1 Volume : 6 Issue : 12 December 2009 Price : Rs. 3.00 Chairman’s Message Dr. S. Salivahanan [email protected][email protected]Mobile: 94441 89433 From The Editor’s Desk H.R. Mohan [email protected]Dear Friends, The current issue of LINK, the last in the year 2009 is in your hands with regular features and few interesting items such as “Effects of Climate Change Today”, “Common Myths about Ubiquitous Computing”, “Emerging Technology in 2009” and “Kaizen” to provide points to ponder. An article by the student member Mr. S. Bala Ragavendran on “The Navigator GPS Receiver” is a timely one. The “Climate Change” issues are attracting greater attention globally and our country is being targeted by the developed nations. While every one agrees that there is a definite need to reduce the emission of Greenhouse Gases, the industrialized nations should lead the way and also support the other countries in achieving the goal. Cleaner and renewable energy will help us in the long run. LINK draws the attention of the staff members of various institutions to inform the students to utilize the new combined and cost effective membership offer for the year 2010 in IEEE & IEEE CS with access rights to the IEEE CS Digital Library at just USD 40 per year. It is right time to increase the membership strength. LINK is pleased to report the student branch activities of Jeppiaar Engineering College which includes a technical awareness programme, Website launch and the induction programme along with the inauguration of the student branch at Sri Eshwar College of Engineering. Brief reports of the events organized by the IEEE Computer Society such as CIO Meet on “Openbravo – an open source, Web based ERP”, Talk on “Web 2.0 / Web 3.0 – Hype or Hope” and a Presentation on “Data Integration Technology and Tools” appear in this issue of LINK. With the increase in the use of Internet, there is an increase in the cyber crimes. Deliberations of the day long workshop organized by the Cyber Society of India and supported by the IEEE Computer Society are also published in this issue. LINK congratulates Mr. C.A. Sanjiv Kumar of M.N.M. Jain Engineering College and Mr. M.N. Gokul of Mahindra Satyam, the winners of Info Contest - 0911 who will receive a prize of Rs. 500/= each sponsored by SRA Systems. LINK draws the attention of readers to the Intl. Conf. on Wireless Communications and Sensor Computing to be held at Chennai in Jan 2010. Readers may pl. respond to the call for papers for the conferences on “Information and Software Engineering”, and “Advances and Emerging Trends in Computing Technologies”. LINK still gets contributions for publishing without following the recommended guidelines. May we request the contributors to adhere to the guidelines (available Section website at www.ewh.ieee.org/r10/madras) while submitting the materials for publication, failing which, they may get ignored. LINK wishes all its readers A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR 2010. Dear Friends, Wish you all a very happy and prosperous new year 2010. It gives me immense pleasure to mention that IEEE Madras Section organized a Workshop on “RF & Microwave Circuits & Systems” on Dec 14, 2009 at SAMEER-Centre for Electromagnetics, Chennai in which more than 125 delegates participated. The following resource persons delivered lectures on different topics in microwaves: Dr. Barry S. Perlman, Life Fellow of IEEE, Associate Director, U.S. Army Communications-Electronics RD & E Center Dr. Samir El-Ghazaly, Fellow of IEEE, President, Distinguished Prof. and HOD of Electrical Engineering at Univ. of Arkansas: Miniaturized RF Components Dr. Madhu S. Gupta, Fellow of IEEE, Prof. and RF Systems Industrial Chair, Director, Communication Systems and Signal Processing Institute: Phase Noise in Oscillators-Characterization, Simulation and Optimization Dr. Vijay Nair, Fellow of IEEE, Member IEEE MTT-S ADOM, Principal Research Scientist at Intel Corporation, Phoenix, AZ: Heterogenous Network Communication devices Dr. Shiban Kishen Koul, Prof., CARE, IIT Delhi: Millimeter wave Integrated Circuit Techniques& Technology Dr. P. Hanumantha Rao, Scientist – SAMEER: Electromagnetic Bandgap Structures (EBG) Dr. Amitava Das Gupta, Prof., IITM, Chennai: RF MEMS applications and components Ms. S. Vidya, the final year student of B.E. (ECE) in NIT, Trichy presented their web based software developed under the guidance of Prof. Dr. S. Raghavan for Smith Chart calculations and design of array multiplication and radiation patterns of antennas. A Faculty Development Programme on “Graphical Systems Design Concepts (Using Labview)” was conducted by IEEE Madras Section on 18 & 19 Dec 2009 in association with Dept. of ECE, Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology. The resource persons include Prof. K. Jayaraman, School of Electrical Sciences, VIT, Vellore and experts from Trident Techlabs Pvt Ltd, Banglaore. It was a memorable day, the 21st Nov 2009, when the IEEE Execom meeting was conducted at Numeric Power Systems Ltd., Semmancherry, Chennai which was founded by one of our Execom members Mr. R. Chellappan. The members got an opportunity to visit the solar power plant and other facilities available there. On behalf of IEEE Madras Section, we thank Mr. R. Chellapan for the hospitality extended during our visit. All the IEEE members are requested to renew their memberships for the year 2010. For further details, please visit www.ieee.org.
The current issue of LINK, the last in theyear 2009 is in your hands with regular featuresand few interesting items such as “Effects of ClimateChange Today”, “Common Myths aboutUbiquitous Computing”, “Emerging Technology in2009” and “Kaizen” to provide points to ponder.An article by the student member Mr. S. Bala
Ragavendran on “The Navigator GPS Receiver” is a timely one.
The “Climate Change” issues are attracting greater attentionglobally and our country is being targeted by the developed nations.While every one agrees that there is a definite need to reduce the emissionof Greenhouse Gases, the industrialized nations should lead the way andalso support the other countries in achieving the goal. Cleaner andrenewable energy will help us in the long run.
LINK draws the attention of the staff members of variousinstitutions to inform the students to utilize the new combined and costeffective membership offer for the year 2010 in IEEE & IEEE CS withaccess rights to the IEEE CS Digital Library at just USD 40 per year. Itis right time to increase the membership strength.
LINK is pleased to report the student branch activities of JeppiaarEngineering College which includes a technical awareness programme,Website launch and the induction programme along with the inaugurationof the student branch at Sri Eshwar College of Engineering.
Brief reports of the events organized by the IEEE ComputerSociety such as CIO Meet on “Openbravo – an open source, Web basedERP”, Talk on “Web 2.0 / Web 3.0 – Hype or Hope” and a Presentationon “Data Integration Technology and Tools” appear in this issue ofLINK. With the increase in the use of Internet, there is an increase in thecyber crimes. Deliberations of the day long workshop organized by theCyber Society of India and supported by the IEEE Computer Societyare also published in this issue.
LINK congratulates Mr. C.A. Sanjiv Kumar of M.N.M. JainEngineering College and Mr. M.N. Gokul of Mahindra Satyam, thewinners of Info Contest - 0911 who will receive a prize of Rs. 500/=each sponsored by SRA Systems.
LINK draws the attention of readers to the Intl. Conf. on WirelessCommunications and Sensor Computing to be held at Chennai in Jan2010. Readers may pl. respond to the call for papers for the conferenceson “Information and Software Engineering”, and “Advances and EmergingTrends in Computing Technologies”.
LINK still gets contributions for publishing without following therecommended guidelines. May we request the contributors to adhere tothe guidelines (available Section website at www.ewh.ieee.org/r10/madras)while submitting the materials for publication, failing which, they mayget ignored.
LINK wishes all its readers A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUSNEW YEAR 2010.
Dear Friends,
Wish you all a very happy andprosperous new year 2010.
It gives me immense pleasure to mentionthat IEEE Madras Section organized aWorkshop on “RF & Microwave Circuits &
Systems” on Dec 14, 2009 at SAMEER-Centre for Electromagnetics,Chennai in which more than 125 delegates participated. The followingresource persons delivered lectures on different topics in microwaves:
Dr. Barry S. Perlman, Life Fellow of IEEE, Associate Director,U.S. Army Communications-Electronics RD & E Center
Dr. Samir El-Ghazaly, Fellow of IEEE, President, DistinguishedProf. and HOD of Electrical Engineering at Univ. of Arkansas:Miniaturized RF Components
Dr. Madhu S. Gupta, Fellow of IEEE, Prof. and RF SystemsIndustrial Chair, Director, Communication Systems and SignalProcessing Institute: Phase Noise in Oscillators-Characterization,Simulation and Optimization
Dr. Vijay Nair, Fellow of IEEE, Member IEEE MTT-S ADOM,Principal Research Scientist at Intel Corporation, Phoenix, AZ:Heterogenous Network Communication devices
Dr. Shiban Kishen Koul, Prof., CARE, IIT Delhi: Millimeter waveIntegrated Circuit Techniques& Technology
Dr. P. Hanumantha Rao, Scientist – SAMEER: ElectromagneticBandgap Structures (EBG)
Dr. Amitava Das Gupta, Prof., IITM, Chennai: RF MEMSapplications and components
Ms. S. Vidya, the final year student of B.E. (ECE) in NIT, Trichypresented their web based software developed under the guidance ofProf. Dr. S. Raghavan for Smith Chart calculations and design of arraymultiplication and radiation patterns of antennas.
A Faculty Development Programme on “Graphical SystemsDesign Concepts (Using Labview)” was conducted by IEEE MadrasSection on 18 & 19 Dec 2009 in association with Dept. of ECE, AarupadaiVeedu Institute of Technology. The resource persons include Prof. K.Jayaraman, School of Electrical Sciences, VIT, Vellore and experts fromTrident Techlabs Pvt Ltd, Banglaore.
It was a memorable day, the 21st Nov 2009, when the IEEEExecom meeting was conducted at Numeric Power Systems Ltd.,Semmancherry, Chennai which was founded by one of our Execommembers Mr. R. Chellappan. The members got an opportunity to visitthe solar power plant and other facilities available there. On behalf ofIEEE Madras Section, we thank Mr. R. Chellapan for the hospitalityextended during our visit.
All the IEEE members are requested to renew their membershipsfor the year 2010. For further details, please visit www.ieee.org.
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Technical Awareness Program by Jeppiaar Engineering College
The 2nd Technical Awareness Program(TAP) under the “We Can Bring The Change”campaign was held on 6th Aug, 2009 at St.Raphael’s girls school in Santhome, Chennai.The program was organized by the IEEE studentbranch of Jeppiaar Engineering College.
The group consisted of 60 members fromthe various departments like EEE, ECE, E&I,CSE & IT and from various years like 2nd, 3rd& 4th was split into 16 teams and they mademore than 20 presentations to the students. Thegropup was lead by staff coordinator Mr. T.Arun Srinivas and Miss. Reena Joshi.
The topics presented include: nanobots,vision mars, nxg fuels, biometrics, face
The program was inaugurated by theprincipal of the school. There were two sessionson 1.5 hours — pre and post lunch.
Most of the videos presented were editedand formatted in such a way that it would leadto a better and simpler way of understandingthe latest technologies. The presenters wereeloquent and interactive when it was their turn.
The students on the other side were veryactive and enthusiastic with this new way ofapproaching education. This was a completely
a new experience for them, as it was a conceptof fun with learning.
The vision and mission of this program isto reach as many students as possible. Specially,those students who are less fortunate in termsof quality education and infrastructure, we tryto reach these masses through this program andhelp them discover the numerous opportunitiesavailable for them in the global phenomenon.
We consider this as a process of givingback something to the society that we live in. Ifwe, a team of 60 can reach up 500 studentswithin a span of 6 months through twoprograms, consider a no. of these unfortunatestudents who can benefited if the same programis propagated from all the 137 student branchesof Madras Section and what if it is extended toall the 400 odd colleges in the Tamil Nadu. Itwill lead to an education revolution, which wouldnot only improve the quality of education, butalso the possibility of creating the awarenessabout the varied fields and their consequentialpossibilities.
So our aim as a student branch is to reachthese children and enlighten through these funlearning programs coupled with activities andattractive prizes for grabbing their attention. Inthis endeavor, we have the able support of ourchairman Dr. Jeppiaar, our dynamic directorsMr. Marie Wilson, Mrs. Regena Wilson andour branch counselor Mr. Sellakumar. We arethankful to all the above mentioned generoushearts, as it is only because of their continuoussupport we are able to reach such great heights.
The purpose of the competition is topromote excellence in the design of a systemby a team of students. The IEEE ComputerSociety has constructed a realistic and non-trivial task that requires a group of students tosolve a real-world problem.
Judging will be carried out according tothe following criteria:
o Originality of the architecture designedo Functionality, quality, and versatility of
the simulatoro The use of software engineering in the
design of the simulator
The simulator must be able to run ontypical PCs under Windows. We appreciatethat some may find this restriction restrictive.
However, not all judges, evaluators, and userswill have alternative operating systems on theirhome computers.
Each team must certify that their reportsand software are their own work and have notbeen derived (with or without permission) fromother sources.
A team may consist of three to fivestudents at an institution of higher education.All members of the team must be on a courseleading to a first degree. Note that team membersdo not necessarily have to be on a computerscience degree course – the only restriction isthat they are students.
A top prize of $7,000 will be awarded tothe team the judges declare the overall winner.
Prizes of $1,000 will be awarded to thewinning team in each of these categories:
o Originality of the architecture designedo Functionality, quality, and versatility of
the simulatoro The use of software engineering in the
design of the simulator
The deadline for registration is 11January 2010 & for the submission is 9 April2010.
For more details, pl. visit: http://www.computer.org/portal/web/competition/home
IEEE Computer Society System Competition
Visit our Websitewww.ewh.ieee.org/r10/madras
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IEEE Student Branch Website Launch at Jeppiaar Engineering College
The IEEE members meet was held on 7thJuly, 2009 in Jeppiaar Engineering CollegeAuditorium. It was a meet filled with surprises.The chief guests for the event were the directorsof Jeppiaar Eng College, Mr.N. Marie Wilsonand Mrs. Regeena Wilson. The function wasalso preceded over by the HOD of EEEdepartment Mr. R.Madhusudhanan, HOD ofECE department Mr.Venugopal and our branchcounselor Mr.S. Sellakumar.
The welcome address was given byMr.F.Felix Chairman IEEE Student Branch JEC.The first surprise gift for the members was the
launch of IEEE Student Branch-JEC website.The site was launched by our beloved directorsMr.N.Marie Wilson and Mrs. Regeena Wilson.The launch of the website was followed by asession explaining the various features availablein it and its varied applications. The site wasdesigned by our student member Mr. M. Bertin,Final year EEE, our web designer who has put alot of effort in building this website.
After the launch on the web session, itwas the turn of our directors to give theirfeedback about the site and their valuableinsights. The first in line was our madam
Director Mrs. Regeena Wilson who wasoverwhelmed by the efforts put in by ourmembers and also appointed the efforts of ourweb designer for my coming out with such abeautiful product. She concluded her speech bysaying that she expects more from the team andhopes that they will satisfy her expectations.
Mr. Marie Wilson, appreciated theefforts taken by the IEEE Student Branch JEC,as he was thrilled and upheld by the continuousgrowth of this student branch and its pathbreaking success. The interactive features of thewebsite were specially highlighted and hesuggested the involvement of more studentsfrom different departments in the forth comingevents. He had made some surpriseannouncements for the members. He announcedthat the best innovative project from the finalyear would earn a prize of Rs. 25,000 and alaptop, the best IEEE student member from thefinal year would be given a prize of Rs. 20,000.The webmaster or the person updating thewebsite would be given Rs.1000 per month.These announcements were a heartening surpriseto the members, as they were enthralled by theopportunity of obtaining recognition throughsincere efforts.
Inauguration of Student Branch activities atSri Eshwar College of Engineering
The IEEE student branch activities of SriEshwar College of Engineering were inauguratedon 31st October 2009. Prof. RamalathaMarimuthu, IEEE WIE Asia-Pacific co-ordinatorand HOD, Karpaga Vinayaga College ofEngineering & Technology, graced the occasionas the chief guest.
The function started with a prayer song.The Principal Dr. S. John Alexis welcomed thegathering. IEEE student branch memberMs.R.Tharani, II EEE introduced the chiefguest. The chief guest inaugurated the IEEEstudent branch activities and delivered theinaugural address detailing out the benefits of
being an IEEE member and also encouraged thestudents to join in Women-In-Engineeringaffinity group. The student branch membersMr.V. Arun and Mr. S. Karthick explained thestudents about the mission of IEEE.
The director, Mr. R. Rajaram presidedover the function. At the end, Mr. B.Hemananth, IEEE student branch counsellorproposed vote of thanks.
Behind the success of this function, liethe hard work of all teaching and non teachingstaff members and the young energetic studentsof Sri Eshwar College of Engineering.
The student branch office bearers
Chair person : Divya. S (II EEE)Vice-Chair person : Tamil Selvan. S.N
(II ECE)Secretary : Samson Amalkumar. S
(II EEE)Join secretary : Arun. V (II ECE)Treasurer : Sriram. G (II EEE)
Section Membership as on15th December 2009
Life Fellow - 1Fellow - 1Life Senior - 7Senior Member - 74Life Member - 4Member - 1648Associate - 98Affliate - 39Graduate Student Member - 765Student Member - 4748
Total - 7,385
Student MembershipJoin IEEE and the IEEE Computer Society,and receive FREE access to the ComputerSociety Digital Library (CSDL) for only $40.The 2010 membership year begins earlySeptember 2009 — mark your calendar nowto become a member of IEEE and the IEEEComputer Society for just $40, and get accessto the Computer Society Digital Library.Pl.visit http://www2.computer.org/portal/web/membership/join
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Induction Program at Jeppiaar Engineering College
The Induction program at JeppiaarEngineering College was held on 12th Sep 2009.The challenging part about this program wasthat we did not invite any guest speakers fromoutside the college. We ourselves (i.e. 2nd,3rd& 4th years) not only took charge as theorganisers, but also held the responsibility ofpresenting the various topics.
The welcome address was given byMs.Vinya, 2nd ECE. The first presentation wasgiven by Ms.Satya Prabha, 2nd CSE on“Mission of IEEE”. This was followed by apresentation by Bertin.M, 4th year EEE (Web-designer, IEEE SB JEC) on “Benefits of IEEE”- a valuable session has it highlighted the variousbenefits experienced by any IEEE member.
4th year ECE, which highlighted the variousqualities that a successful professional shouldpossess. As its title suggests, it was acompletely eye opening session, as the youngprofessionals were given the opportunity toknow about the various successful people in allwalks of life.
This was followed up by the activitieslike “Answer my previous question” and “Spin-a-yawn”, for which there were many volunteersfrom the audience took part. The hosts for thissession were Bhokasio Bervin Raja, 3rd EEE(Vice-Chairman, IEEE SB JEC), Anish AmalRaj.A, 2nd EEE, Anjali, 2nd ECE, SnehalineViji, 2nd ECE. These activities were an instanthit among audiences as it invoked theirenthusiasm to participate in the events.
The activities were followed up by a
session on “About IEEE” by Anand, 2nd EEE,Rohit, 2nd ECE. This was the session whichbroke the basic myth on the various confusionsrelated to a person’s role on IEEE.
The “Eye Ppener-2” session conductedby F. Felix, (Chairman, IEEE SB JEC) wasdedicated to enlighten the students about thevarious aspects of human life. The session as awhole could be summarised in four letters “IIII”which stands for insight, innovation, inspirationand influence. The speaker linked these four ‘I’swith the various ways in which it affects anindividual. The “Eye Ppener-2” revealed thedifference between response and reaction to aparticular instance.
All the above mentioned sessions wereactually a culmination of thought, actions andeffective implementations, along with the activeparticipation of the audience. The program wasa instant hit among the first years and thefeedback session revealed that we have achieved,what we had actually targeted. There were morethan 200 students, who were interested in joiningas student members, which not only achievedour initial target but also went beyond ourexpectations.
We thank our chairman Dr.Jeppiaar ourbeloved directors Mr.Marie Wilson,Mrs.Regeena Wilson and our dynamic SBCouncellor Mr.Sella Kumar.
Report by F.Felix, Chairman, IEEE SBJeppiaar Engineering College
IEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter& CIO Forum of CSI Chennai jointly organizedalong with Essentia Soft Solutions, the CIO meetand a presentation on “Openbravo - an opensource, Web based ERP and Point-of-Salesolution” by Mr. Manel Sarasa, CEO, OpenBravo and Mr. Paolo Juvara, CTO, Openbravoon Tuesday, 27th Oct 2009.
Mr. H.R. Mohan, Chairman, IEEE CS inhis opening remarks highlighted the growingadoption of Open Source Products by theenterprises to reduced the TCO and avoidvendor lock-in. He also said that the professionalfrom India have started contributing for theOpen Source. He added that the IEEE CS &CSI have started the Open Source SoftwareProduct Development Forum in associationwith Essentia to induct the engineering studentsin the OSS area. Then Dr. Gopi Ganapathy,CEO and Director of Essentia Soft Solutions
provided an overview of Essentia and OpenBravo and said that Essentia is setting upcompetency and support centre for many opensource products in India in particular at Chennai.
Mr. Manel Sarasa and Mr. Paolo Juvarapresentation covered details on Openbravo(www.openbravo.com), an award-winningdeveloper of professional open source solutionsfor businesses, offering the industry’s first realalternative to proprietary enterprise software.It’s web-based Enterprise Resource Planning(ERP) and Point of Sale (PoS) solutions, themost popular in their respective market, havebeen downloaded more than a million times andare used in over 50 countries. Openbravo’sgrowth is fueled by an ever expandinginternational community of users, partners anddevelopers. Openbravo’s commercial opensource business model eliminates softwarelicense fees, providing support, services, and
product enhancements via an annualsubscription.
Openbravo, offers real alternative toproprietary ERP solutions and has attributesthat are appealing to Small and MediumEnterprises. It was highlighted that till now,many companies have been unable to afford anERP solution and now Openbravo ERP givesthem an option to go for a full-fledged ERPsolution at an affordable cost and at a fractionof the cost of other existing commercialsolutions. The presentation highlighted thefeatures and comparative advantages ofOpenbravo Vs other standard ERP solutions.
This CIO meet attracted a participation ofover 80 and comprised of industry professionalsand academic community. The industryprofessionals looking for alternative solutionsat a lower cost got their apprehensions on opensource products clarified. Dr. Gopi Ganapathyof Essentia, to a query on SaaS model forOpenbravo said that there is a proposal to setup such a facility at Chennai soon.
CIO Meet on “Openbravo - an open source, Webbased ERP and Point-of-Sale solution”
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IEEE MAS LINKSRA Systems
Info ContestH.R. Mohan
Chairman, IEEE CS, Madras ChapterEditor, IEEE MAS LINK
AVP (Systems), The Hindu, Chennai
This is the 20th edition in the series ofInfo Contest – a regular column in our newsletterIEEE MAS LINK. The content mix nowincludes some General Knowledge questions inaddition to IT related. This, we believe wouldprovide an overall exposure and also facilitatemore participation.
TWO lucky winners who answer tomaximum no. of questions and early (selectedby lot if multiple entries qualify) will receive anaward of Rs. 500/= each, sponsored by SRASystems.
Members are encouraged to participatein the contest and win prizes. Answers are tobe sent by EMAIL ONLY. Please follow theguidelines provided at the end of the questions.
Info Contest – 0912
This contest has 25 questions in fivesections — A, B, C, D & E — each having fivequestions.
A. In the following acronyms/abbreviations “L” stands for what.
A1. LF
A2. DLL
A3. LZW
A4. BLOB
A5. CJLI
B. Provide / Select the answer.
B1. According to Google zeitgeist, in 2009,the largest queries were made on MichaelJackson / Facebook
B2. First IT Company to surpass $100 billionin annual revenue. IBM / HP
B3. Jungle-Search.com is associated withfinding the deals available with which Website
B4. Identify the company from its tagline“The ultimate in clean power”
B5. Whose winning entry for the
Doodle4Google India contest appearedfor the whole day on Google’s Indiahomepage.
C. Provide the answer / Fill in the blanks.
C1. ——— is the initial name of Google
C2. AMD codenames its notebook platformsbased on ———
C3. ——— is the Indian researcher behind‘SixthSense’, “a wearable gesturalinterface”
C4. The nationality of Linus Torvalds is———
C5. Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of theWorld Wide Web, has confessed andapologised for ———, the ‘unnecessary’part of a Web address
D. Select the correct answer.
D1. Murphy & Kelly are the common namesof Ireland / Scotland
D2. Which is considered as the universalcurrency? Euro / US Dollar
D3. After Delhi, which metro leads inteledensity. Chennai / Mumbai
D4. The oldest model from Maruti. Omni /800
D5. World’s largest two wheeler maker. HeroHonda / Bajaj
E. Fill in the blanks / Provide the answer.
E1. ‘The World On Time’ is the tagline of———
E2. The game, Table Tennis is also known as———
E3. Cloned animals age faster than normalanimals. State True / False
E4. The recent UN Climate Summit was heldat ———
E5. Duodecennial occurs every ———years.
Guidelines to submit the answers to the InfoContest by email.
In the Subject,
Write the Contest No. (Info Contest –0912) in the subject line.
In the body of the mail,
In the first line, write the contest No:Info Contest – 0912
In the second line, write your membershipno.
In the third line, write your email id.
In the fourth line, write your name.
In the fifth line, write your college /organization name
In the sixth line, write the answers to thefive questions of Section A, separatedby comma.
In the seventh line, write the answers tothe five questions of Section B, separatedby comma.
In the eighth line, write the answers tothe five questions of Section C, separatedby comma.
In the ninth line, write the answers to thefive questions of Section D, separatedby comma.
In the tenth line, write the answers to thefive questions of Section E, separatedby comma.
As the evaluation of the entries isautomated, pl. ensure the above guidelines arefollowed.
Melappalayam N. GokulMahindra SatyamMem No : 80659991Email: [email protected]
Both the above will beawarded a prize of Rs. 500/=
each. LINK acknowledges with thanks thesponsorship of the awards by SRA Systems(www.srasystems.com).
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Workshop on ‘Combating Cyber Crimes infinancial transactions and the role of Standards’
A workshop on Combating Cyber Crimesin financial transactions and the role of Standardswas held on 23rd Oct 2009. The workshop wasorganized by the Cyber Society of India andsupported by the Madras Chapter of the IEEEComputer Society and CSI Chennai Chapter.
The workshop started with a welcomeaddress by Chairman Shri R. Ramamurthy. Hegave an introduction of CySI’s activities and abrief account of CySI’s commitment inspreading awareness on Cyber Crimes andrelated areas. Talking from his past experienceof participating in international conferences onCyber Crimes, he narrated the various crime-prone areas and the tasks ahead for citizens,investigators, governments and finally theNGOs.
The Chief Guest of the workshop ShriT.S. Krishnamurthy was introduced by Shri K.Srinivsan, CEO Prime Point Foundation and afounder-life member of CySI. Whileintroducing, he narrated the tremendouscontribution of Shri TSK in his role as ChiefElection Commissioner, when for the first time,the country went on a 100% EVM-basedelections.
Shri T. S. Krishnamurthy former ChiefElection Commissioner inaugurated theworkshop. In his inaugural address, he brieflydiscussed the cyber crime scenario in thecountry. He narrated the various vulnerableareas in computers and stressed the need forincreasing awareness on the use of computers,its fraud-prone areas. He wondered how eveneducated people fall an innocent prey tocomputer crimes falling victims to greed formoney. He presented the modus operandi inNigerian Crimes; credit card frauds etc., andfinally lauded the efforts of CySI and assuredto be closely associated with the activities ofCySI in all its socio-academic activities in future.
Shri A. Vijay Kumar, Life Member ofCySI introduced Shri C.L. Ramakrishnan, formerDGP adding that as a former DGP and a formerDVAC, he has rendered memorable service inthe police force, which is worthy of emulationfor any police official. He added that Shri CLRenrolled for and completed his Ph.D. in Vedantaafter his retirement.
Shri C.L. Ramakrishnan, delivering thekey-note address stressed the relevance of I.T.Act, the circumstances under which the Act waspassed and its use in investigation. Drawing
from his experience as a top police official ofthe State, he said the basic urge to commit anyfraud is greed and lust for some thing that donot belong to the individual. He said that onlythe modes of committing the crime vary in acyber crime and it is basically an electronicvariant of normal crime only. He jocularly addedthat in a cyber crime, it is sometimes easy tocommit and difficult to detect, whereas a normaland physical crime is difficult to commit andeasy to detect. He highlighted the efforts of thepolice in nabbing a cyber criminal and the specialtasks that it normally involves.
Mr. H.R. Mohan, Chairman, IEEEComputer Society in his brief address statedthat the computer crimes are not reportedproperly and awareness level on cyber crimes slow even among professionals and added thatthe professional bodies such as CySI, CSI &IEEE CS should join together and organizesimilar events across the country.
After the tea break, Shri V. Rajendran,Secretary of Cyber Society of India and apracticing Cyber Law Advocate and Consultantpresented the various cyber crimes reported andthe role and relevance of I.T. Act 2000 and theamendment Act 2008. He presented some ofthe most important sections of the Act andcompared it with the significant provisions ofI.P.C. which bear relevance in the I,T. scenario.He presented how effective the Act has been,over the past years and the significance of the2008 amendments.
Shri N.R. Krishnamukar, RegionalDirector of DNV, the main sponsors of the eventgave a very rich presentation. He described thebest practices in the industry to combat cybercrime and the usefulness of ISO 27001 standardsand 27002 standards. He discussed therequirements of such standards and highlightedthe importance of putting these into practiceand going for the appropriate certificationadding that expenditure on adherence to bestpractices and standards is like expenditure spenton a life-jacket or a fire-extinguisher and thatthe return on such expenditure should never becalculated in simple terms.
After the lunch break, Dr B.Muthukumaran, Chief Security Consultant ofGemini Communications Ltd presented thesecurity aspects in a typically networkedenvironment stressing upon the need for havingsound systems like anti-virus, fire-wall withintrusion prevention and intrusion detection. He
gave a demo in the form of video clipping of atypical scenario describing the features of goodsecurity practices in a corporate organization.He urged upon the corporates and security headspresent to understand the requirements of asound security policy in the organisation.
Shri S.N. Ravichandran, from CySICoimbatore gave a simple interesting and user-friendly talk on the various cyber crime casesbeing reported to the police every day. Heexplained the practical difficulties ininvestigating a cyber crime. He stressed theimportance of parental care and monitoring whenthe children browse the net. He also explainedhow many vital cases go un-reported and howmany ISPs and Banks handle such issueswithout proper care that they deserve, likeopening an account without address verificationin a Bank, giving a mobile with an id proof etc.
Shri M.L. Srinivasan, started his richpresentation commenting about the meaning ofthe words, threats, vulnerabilities and risks. Hedescribed the practical implications of risks inan enterprise and described what is popularlycalled a bot and botnet. He gave pictorialrepresentations of how a computer system getsaffected by a bot and how it acts as a zombieinvariably without the knowledge of the rightfulowner of the PC. He gave useful tips on how toguard against such threats for a home user aswell as for a corporate user.
Participants gave a wonderful feed-backintroducing one after another. Participants frombanks commented that more sessions could havebeen included on topics concerning cyber crimeareas in financial transactions especially inbanking. Almost everyone praised the way theworkshop was conducted sticking to the timeschedule and giving a good coverage of all theareas planned for.
There was a very good interactive sessionwith participants posing questions on the variousareas covered by the speakers, right from mobilefrauds, credit card frauds, phising, guardingagainst id theft etc
At the end, Shri U.P. Prakasham,Treasurer of CySI summed up the entireproceedings of the day in a very brief and crispmanner narrating the highlights of every session.He proposed vote of thanks thanking everyonefor the successful conduct of the programmeand every participant for the valuablecontribution in the interactive and othersessions.
Report by Shri V. Rajendran, Secretary,Cyber Society of India
Abstract: Until now, Global PositioningSystem (GPS) receivers, while providing anaccurate and inexpensive means of navigation,have been limited to low Earth orbit (LEO)missions. This innovative receiver technologydeveloped by NASA Goddard Space FlightCenter is a leap forward for GPS technology.The Navigator is an autonomous, real-time,fully space-flight-qualified GPS receiver withexceptional capabilities for fast signal acquisitionand weak signal tracking. These features enablethe use of GPS navigation in high Earth orbit(HEO), geostationary orbit, and other highaltitude applications.Technology Details
Because GPS signals at altitudes abovethe GPS constellation are 10 to 100 timesweaker and less densely populated, GPSreceivers have not been feasible for use aboveLEO. The Navigator is a radiation-hardened GPSreceiver specifically designed for use in highEarth orbits. It is capable of significantly fasteracquisition times and tracking for both strongand weak signals. It requires no external data,and its fast acquisition enables it to be powereddown in any orbit until needed.
How it worksIn order to determine positioning using
GPS, a receiver must first acquire the GPS signalsand then track those signals simultaneously.When tracking the signal, the receiver holds andextracts data, making range measurements fromeach satellite. Those measurements are processedto determine the position of each satellite andthen extrapolate the receiver’s position. To enableit to acquire GPS signals very quickly and alsotrack weak signals, the radiation-hardenedNavigator receiver utilizes a bank of hardwarecorrelates, a Cold Fire microprocessor, and aspecialized fast acquisition module. Thehardware is implemented in VHSIC HardwareDescription Language (VHDL) to targetradiation -hardened Field Programmable GateArrays (FPGA) rather than Application-specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC), in order tomaintain flexibility for growth and designmodifications.
Autonomous operationOne of the Navigator’s two design
principles was autonomous operation to
promote the feasibility of using GPS foronboard navigation of geostationary (GEO) orother high altitude space missions. With theexception of GPS signals, Navigator requiresno external data (e.g., current estimate of time,recent GPS almanac, or converged navigationfilter estimate of the receiver dynamics).
Data processing softwareBy double buffering data up front in 1ms
blocks, data can be processed as it is acquired.A discrete Fourier transform (DFT) is used tocalculate the 1 ms correlations. Time issignificantly reduced by using a FFT algorithmto compute these DFT’s. Computationalefficiency is optimized and tradeoffs amongsampling rate, data format, and data-path bitrate are carefully weighed in order to increaseperformance of the algorithm.
In addition, the Navigator’s hardware-independent receiver software includes both ahardware interface to perform low-levelfunctions, such as controlling the acquisitionengine and tracking loops as well as basicnavigation software. The navigation softwareruns on the Nucleus real-time operating systemand forms measurements; provides standardposition, velocity, and time-point solutions (whenfour or more satellites are being tracked); andhandles commanding and telemetry messages.It also is capable of determining attitude whenit is set up with an appropriate antennaconfiguration. Onboard orbit determination andaccurate state estimation/propagation duringperiods with no GPS access are accomplishedby integration with the GPS Enhanced OnboardNavigation System (GEONS).
Accuracy enhancement: Augmentation
Augmentation methods of improvingaccuracy rely on external information beingintegrated into the calculation process. Thereare many such systems in place and they aregenerally named or described based on how theGPS sensor receives the information. Somesystems transmit additional information aboutsources of error others provide directmeasurements of how much the signal was offin the past, while a third group provideadditional navigational or vehicle informationto be integrated in the calculation process.
Future take-upIt is likely that GPS will remain the hub
around which navigation applications arecentered for some time to come, althoughgradually this role will be taken on by a fewdifferent GNSS, including Galileo and Glonass,which will work alongside GPS. However, therole of other techniques, such as map-matching
and inertial systems, as well as GNSS assistanceand augmentation data, is likely to be critical inthe future success of GNSS.
For many tasks, especially those that arenot critical, GPS alone is adequate. For the rest,the perceived success of GNSS (and GPS) willbe underpinned by many other underlyingpositioning techniques and technologies. It willbe the way these disparate technologies can befused together that will lead to wide-scale robustand reliable positioning for navigation applications.
Benefits
Enables GPS in High Earth Orbit: Itcan acquire and track even very weaksignals and requires no external data, (e.g.,ground station uplinks of position,velocity or time), the Navigator receiverenables use of GPS in high Earth orbits(HEO), geostationary orbits, and otherhigh altitude uses.
Acquires Signals Faster: Byemploying efficient Fast FourierTransform (FFT) algorithms and FieldProgrammable Gate Arrays (FPGA) toimplement a massively parallel search,even weak signals can be acquiredthousands of times faster than intraditional serial search methods.
Operates Autonomously: With theexception of GPS signals, the receiverrequires no external data for operation.
Is robust and reliable: The radiation-hardened receiver can reliably operate inthe harsh environment of space. (Highaltitude orbits can present particularlyharsh radiation environments.)
Improves GPS Navigation in LEO:When used in LEO, the receiver’s fastacquisition rate eliminates the approxi-mately 20-minute cold start delay time,acquiring GPS signals in only seconds.
Low Earth orbit spacecraft (offersenhanced GPS navigation via Navigator’sfast-acquisition capability)
Editorial TeamMr. H.R. Mohan, Dr. S. Salivahanan,
Dr. M. Ponnavaikko,Dr. P. Suresh Chander Pal,
Mr. T.S. Rangarajan, Mrs. M. Ramalatha
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Emerging Technology in 2009: An Engine for GrowthIn 2009 we saw plenty of new and
innovative technologies that not only offer aboost to current users and businesses but alsopoint the way toward future technologicalimprovements that could become the next wavethat will lift up businesses and individuals.
What were some of these products andtechnologies? Here are some innovativetechnologies and sectors that stood out in 2009.
HTML 5 - While it is not yet a fullstandard and has yet to be fully implementedin any major Web browser or application, thenext iteration of HTML is already having a bigeffect on the future of the Web. HTML 5 willallow for much greater interactivity andrichness in Web applications, will allowbrowsers to handle video natively and will bringdesktop like features to Web applications.We’ve seen implementations of thisforthcoming standard in Firefox, GoogleChrome, Apple Safari and Opera. And onetangible impact of the coming effect of HTML5 is Google’s recent decision to stopdevelopment of its Gears technology, sinceGears features for offline support of Webapplications are a core feature of HTML 5.
Mobile Operating Systems - Not longago, mobile operating systems were seen asweak, inflexible and closed systems. Fordevelopers, they were difficult to build for andoffered nearly impossible hurdles in order toget applications to users. And users often foundthem unfriendly and to have limited optionsfor customization. The iPhone bucked theseexpectations by providing an excellent operatingsystem and a (more) open forum for creatingand delivering applications. And then in 2009we saw the rise of Android based phones andnew systems such as Palm WebOS, which haveshown that mobile operating systems can bedynamic, flexible and more open to applicationdevelopers.
Google Chrome OS - People have longtalked about the idea of the browser as theoperating system. And with the release of anearly developer version of the Google ChromeOS, we finally got a look at one. The maininterface for Chrome OS is the Chrome Webbrowser, and nearly all applications on ChromeOS are expected to be Web-based. While thisChrome OS is still in its early stages, I expect itto change before its release late next year. AndI also expect to see some of the ideas shown inChrome OS spread to other systems andhardware.
Next-Generation Processors -Typically processor growth is measured insmall performance improvements that mean littleto most users. However, 2009 saw several majorupgrades in processor technology both on thehigh and on the low end. The Intel Xeon Nehalemfamily of processors provided a massive boostin performance and scalability for servers. Andnew advances in Ultra Low Voltage processorsmade it possible to build laptops that have goodperformance but also use little power.
Search Engines Compete Anew -Google’s dominance of Web search saw a fewmajor new challenges in 2009. Wolfram Alpha,though not a traditional Web search engine inthat it searches a closed database of information,offered an interesting look at a search enginedesigned to provide actual answers to questionsrather than just provide lists of results. But thebiggest (and probably most surprising) challengecame from Microsoft’s Bing, which madeinroads against Google and offered a much moreattractive and interactive search engine. WhileGoogle had long championed basic and simpleas the preferred interface for search, Bingshowed that there is a place for attractive,interactive and dynamic search interfaces.
New Ways to Collaborate - In 2008,most of the attention when it came tocollaboration focused on Web 2.0 technologiessuch as social networks, wikis and Twitter. Plus,
we saw the rise of services designed to adaptthese technologies for business use. But 2009saw some radical new twists on the idea ofcollaboration. Browser maker Opera released anew technology called Opera Unite, which wasessentially a Web server inside a browser. Whilewearing my security hat I was greatly concernedof the implications of a Web server on everyone’ssystem. But from a functionality standpoint,Unite is an intriguing idea where every Webuser can connect with and serve data to otherswithout the need of external servers and cloud-based systems. 2009 also saw the introductionof Google Wave, probably one of the mostmisunderstood technology releases of the year.While many focused on the initial beta of Waveand its focus on collaboration and taskmanagement, the truly interesting aspect ofWave is its potential to be a platform for openand constant development of systems forcollaboration and content delivery.
SSD in the Data Center - Solid-statedrives are as common as anything in tech. FromUSB drives to cameras to MP3 players tophones, you probably have multiple SSDs inyour possession. And in recent years SSD hasbecome a popular option in netbooks and othersmall mobile devices. But their biggest impactcould come in the biggest systems, as the use ofSSDs in servers offers much greater performanceand operations benefits.
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Common Myths about Ubiquitous ComputingUbiquitous computing is quite a broad
vision. There is a danger that it becomes tooencompassing. Here a few unrealistic expectationsabout ubiquitous computing are discussed:
There is a single definition whichaccurately characterizes ubiquitous computing:rather there is a range of properties and typesfor ubiquitous computing which vary accordingto the application.
The ideal type of ubiquitous computing iswhere all the properties of ubiquitous must befully supported: it may not be required, usefulor usable in many cases in practice, to supportthe full set of these properties.
Ubiquitous computing means makingcomputing services accessible everywhere: thisis unnecessary, too costly and makes smartenvironments become too cluttered, overloadingthe user with too many choices and contravening
the hidden computer idea. Ubiquitouscomputing is also about computing beinglocalised within a context and being availableonly when needed. Hence it is more appropriateto speak of context-aware ubiquity.
Ubiquitous computing is boundlesscomputing: this means that the virtual ICT worldcan extend fully into the physical world andinto the human environment, replacing humanand physical world systems and theirinteractions with computer interaction. Butthere limits to what computer systems canachieve, at least in the short term, e.g., UbiComsystems are not (yet) capable of completelysupplanting human cognition and behaviour.Hence, UbiCom must strike a careful balancebetween supporting being human and living inharmony and experiencing the physical world,between being designed to give humans morefulfilled control of the their environment and
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taking away the less fulfilling control of theenvironment.
Ubiquitous computing is just about HCI:automatic interaction and decisions are alsoneeded in order to reduce human task andcognition overload and to enable tasks to beperformed more safely, quicker, repeatedly andaccurately. It is also less practical for humansto interact with micro-sized devices in the sameway as interacting with macro-sized devices.Human interaction with compositions ofmultiple devices spatially distributed in sharedphysical spaces and time cannot be controlledcentrally in the same way that humans cancontrol a single device.
Calm computing should be used as amodel for all HCI. Calm computing is wherethe system is active, reducing some decision-making by humans. There are manyapplications and situations, where human usersshould clearly lead and control the interaction.Calm computing needs to be selectively used.Degrees of calm computing are needed fromweak to strong.
Ubiquitous computing is just aboutaugmenting reality: UbiCom systems may notonly enhance human–physical world interactionbut it may also change it in wider ways. It mayeven diminish reality in some ways in order toaid the user in focusing on particular contexts.UbiCom is more about mediated reality.
Ubiquitous computing is just distributedor virtual computing: UbiCom is more thanbeing distributed in terms of interlinked,
transparent and open ICT systems. UbiComalso focuses on particular models of human andphysical world interaction involving context-awareness of the physical world and humanand on supporting implicit human computinginteraction.
Ubiquitous computing is just mobilewireless computing: The ability to carry aroundhigher resourced, multi-functional wirelessmobile devices is useful but is also limited. Toomany functions can cause clutter. Increasingnumbers of functions can interfere with eachother. It can be complex to make mobile devicesstrongly locally situated and adapt to thephysical world. Ubiquitous computing alsoconcerns being situated and embedded in thephysical world.
Ubiquitous computing is just about smartenvironments: while smarter physical worldinteraction can be facilitated through embeddingactive computing in the real world, UbiComalso involves interactions of smart, flexible,mobile devices which are human-centred andwhich support personal and social interactionspaces.
Ubiquitous computing need to be highlyautonomous systems: systems’ autonomy isoften limited in practice as computers are notable to design themselves, to completely adaptto new environments and user requirements andto maintain themselves in the face of changingrequirements.
Ubiquitous computing is just aboutphysical world context-awareness: many types
What is Kaizen?
The Kaizen method of continuousincremental improvements is an originallyJapanese management concept for gradual,continuous (incremental) change (improvement).
Kaizen is actually a way of lifephilosophy. It assumes that every aspect ofour life deserves to be constantly improved.The Kaizen philosophy lies behind manyJapanese management concepts such as: TotalQuality Control, Quality Control circles, smallgroup activities, labor relations.
Key elements of Kaizen are: quality,effort, involvement of all employees, willingnessto change, and communication. Japanesecompanies distinguish between: Innovation, aradical form of change, and Kaizen, a continuousform of change. Kaizen means literally: change(kai) to become good (zen).
Kaizen
of context aware systems are episodic,considering only the current physicalenvironment state in order to determine theirnext actions. This is not effective in a partiallyobservable and non-deterministic world. Inaddition, the physical world context needs tobe considered as part of the user context.
Ubiquitous computing is just distributedintelligence: action selection and manyoperations can become overly complex andcomputationally intractable, requiringsubstantial computation to enable intelligentdeliberation to reach an outcome. Interaction ismore effective and easier to compute and executeif it has minimal intelligence, e.g., it is basedupon reactive system design, rule-basedbehaviour as used in self-organising and self-creating systems. However, intelligence is veryuseful when systems have to deal withuncertainty and to handle autonomous systemsthat are themselves complex and intelligent.
Ubiquitous computing systems canoperate effectively in all kinds of environments:It is unrealistic to expect that ubiquitouscomputing systems can behave deterministicallyin non-deterministic, partially observable, etc.,human and physical environments. Currentsystems cannot reliably actively adapt to usercontexts where users act in an ad hoc manner. Aweather context-aware system cannot reliablyand accurately predict which clothes usersshould wear when the weather itself isunpredictable.
The Five Foundation Elements of Kaizen
1. Teamwork.2. Personal discipline.3. Improved morale.4. Quality circles.5. Suggestions for improvement.
Out of this Foundation, three Key Factorsin Kaizen arise
1. Elimination of waste
(muda) and inefficiency.
2. The Kaizen five-S framework for goodhousekeeping.
When should the Kaizen philosophy beapplied? Although it is difficult to give genericadvice it is clear that it fits well in gradual,incremental change situations that require long-term change and in collective cultures. Moreindividual cultures that are more focused onshort-term success are often more conducive toconcepts such as Business Process Reengineering.
Kaizen Compared To Business ProcessReengineering
When Kaizen is compared with the BPRmethod it is clear the Kaizen philosophy ismore people-oriented, more easy to implement,but requires long-term discipline and providesonly a small pace of change. The BusinessProcess Reengineering approach on the otherhand is harder, technology-oriented, it enablesradical change but it requires considerable changemanagement skills.
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Effects of Climate Change TodayOver 100 years ago, people worldwide
began burning more coal and oil for homes,factories, and transportation. Burning these fossilfuels releases carbon dioxide and othergreenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Theseadded greenhouses gases have caused Earth towarm more quickly than it has in the past
How much warming has happened?Scientists from around the world with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC) tell us that during the past 100 years,the world’s surface air temperature increased anaverage of 0.6° Celsius (1.1°F). This may notsound like very much change, but even one degreecan affect the Earth. Below are some effects ofclimate change that we see happening now
Sea level is rising. During the 20thcentury, sea level rose about 15 cm (6inches) due to melting glacier iceand expansion of warmer seawater.Models predict that sea level may rise asmuch as 59 cm (23 inches) during the21st Century, threatening coastalcommunities, wetlands, and coral reefs.
Arctic sea ice is melting. The summerthickness of sea ice is about half of whatit was in 1950. Melting ice may leadto changes in ocean circulation. Plus
melting sea ice is speeding up warmingin the Arctic.
Glaciers and permafrost aremelting. Over the past 100 years,mountain glaciers in all areas of the worldhave decreased in size and so has theamount of permafrost in the Arctic.Greenland’s ice sheet is melting faster too.
Sea-surface temperatures arewarming. Warmer waters in the shallowoceans have contributed to the death ofabout a quarter of the world’s coral reefs inthe last few decades. Many of the coralanimals died after weakened by bleaching,a process tied to warmed waters.
Heavier rainfall cause flooding inmany regions. Warmer temperatureshave led to more intense rainfall eventsin some areas. This can cause flooding.
Extreme drought is increasing. Highertemperatures cause a higher rateof evaporation and more droughts insome areas of the world.
Ecosystems are changing. Astemperatures warm, species may eithermove to a cooler habitat or die. Speciesthat are particularly vulnerable include
endangered species, coral reefs, and polaranimals. Warming has also caused changesin the timing of spring events and thelength of the growing season.
Hurricanes have changed infrequency and strength. There isevidence that the number ofintense hurricanes has increased in theAtlantic since 1970. Scientists continueto study whether climate is the cause.
More frequent heat waves. It is likelythat heat waves have become morecommon in more areas of the world.
Warmer temperatures affect humanhealth. There have been more deaths dueto heat waves and more allergy attacks asthe pollen season grows longer. Therehave also been some changes in the rangesof animals that carry disease likemosquitoes.
Seawater is becoming moreacidic. Carbon dioxide dissolving into theoceans is making seawater more acidic.There could be impacts on coral reefs andother marine life.
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Earth and Space sciences for use by thegeneral public.
A talk on “Web 2.0 / Web 3.0 – Hope orHype” by Dr. K. Satya Sai Prakash. MD,Amphisoft Technologies Pvt Ltd & Dean – SoC,SKR Engineering College was organised jointlyby IEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapterand the Chennai Chapter of Computer Societyof India on Saturday, 14th Nov 2009.
Mr. H.R. Mohan, Chairman, IEEE CSwelcomed the gathering and Mr. S. Ramasamy,
Talk on on “Web 2.0 / Web 3.0 – Hope or Hype”Chairman, CSI Chennai Chapter introduced thespeaker Dr. K. Satya Sai Prakash.
The talk focussed on the fact thattechnology and business share an intriguingrelationship and the speaker stressed thatTechnology without business opportunity isredundant as well as Business withouttechnological advancement/adoption is void. Hewas of the opinion that academic intelligentsia,business acumen, and corporate creativity aimsat striking a balance point that enablestechnological advances which create amplebusiness opportunities.
Dr. Sai, in his talk, stated that Web, akiller application created on gigantic Internetplatform started as a fledgling HTML basedinformation representation and with timeevolved into a complex ‘web’ of activities,transactions, and exchange of services. He addedthat careful and graded evaluation of thisexponential growth gave us insights into Web1.0 … Web 2.0 … Web 3.0. He explained withexamples the various generations of Web
technologies and Web 3.0 is more on machinebased learning and will be the technology of thefuture. His interactive demo of the applicationof interactive web technology for a saree shopwas well appreciated.
Mr. G. Ramachandran, Past VicePresident, CSI presented a memento to Dr. SatyaSai Prakash and Mr. Ramesh Bashyam, MCMember, CSI Chennai Chapter proposed thevote of thanks.
During the meeting, the students who hadsponsored by CSI and participated in theSEARCC Software Contest held at Sri Lankaand won in the contest were felicitated alongwith the staff co-ordinator Mr. Kumar fromRajalakshmi Engineering College who hadaccompanied the students to Sri Lanka. Wg Cdr(Retd) M. Murgesan, Regional Director, CSIgave an overview of the contest and the role ofCSI in nurturing the talent of students. Mr. H.R Mohan, who was associated with theSEARCC contest right from 1989 held atSingapore where our students won the firstprize recalled the experiences and fall and riseof our students over the two decades in thiscontest.
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ICAET-10International Conference on
“Advances and Emerging Trends inComputing Technologies”
21 – 24, June 2010
Organised bySchool of Computer Science & Engineering
SRM University
in association withUniversity of Arkansas, Little Rock, USA,Div II & Div IV, Computer Society of IndiaIEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter
CALL FOR PAPERS
Computer Science is an area that is characterized, by continued advancesin existing technologies, pioneering trends and new theories at a rapidpace than most areas of science and technology. A conference is an idealforum for researchers to exchange their findings and thoughts with theirfellow researchers across the globe. The highlight of the conference willbe keynote addresses and plenary lectures to be delivered byinternationally renowned experts and very enriching tutorials. Theorganizers intend the conference to be a platform for fruitful interactionamong the participants.
Research and review papers are solicited in the following areas.
Grid Computing; Cloud Computing; Optical Computing; AutonomicComputing; Peer-to-Peer Computing; Location/Context AwareComputing; Security - Cloud Computing, Mobile Computing; Bots, WebCrawlers and other agents in Computing; WiMax; SAAS; SAN andNAS; Semantic Web; Virtualization; Complex Events Processing; NaturalLanguage Processing; Bio computing and Biometrics
The proceedings of the conference will be published in print form by aleading publisher.
Pre conference tutorials will be conducted in the following areas.Semantic Web; Cloud Computing; Bots and Web C crawlers; Biometrics;Cyber Forensics
IMPORTANT DATES:
Abstracts (300 words max.) due by: January 15, 2010; Full Papers dueby: February 15, 2010. Notification of Acceptance by: April 1, 2010;Camera ready paper is due on: May 1, 2010
REGISTRATION:
Members of Industry: Rs. 3000 (US $ 100);Academicians: Rs. 1500 (US $ 50); Students: Rs. 750 (US $ 25)
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Dr. S. Chellaiah, Conference Chair ICAET-10Professor of Computer Science and EngineeringSRM UniversitySRM Nagar, KattankulathurChennai 603203, India.Email: [email protected]: http://www.srmuniv.ac.in/events.php?page=icaet10
NCISE-10National Conference on
Information and Software Engineering26 – 27, February 2010
Organized byIEEE Computer Society - Madras Chapter
IEEE Computer Society Branch Chapter-AVITDepartment of Information Technology
Aarupadai Veedu Institute of TechnologyVinayaka Missions University
In association withDiv II (Software) - Computer Society of India
CALL FOR PAPERS & PARTICIPATION
Programme Highlights: This two days national conference will have twomain theme tracks presenting papers and special lectures by eminent personsfrom industries and academia on various topics as detailed below:
Theme 1: Information Engineering
Information and Communication System; IT Applications in PollutionControl and Sensor Networks; Advanced Database Technologies;Internet Information System; Information Security and Privacy; 3G/4GInformation Systems; Cloud Computing; Service Oriented Architectures;Data Mining and Warehousing; Management Information Systems
Theme 2: Software Engineering
Software Requirement Engineering; Software Metrics, Quality andReliability; Software Safety, Security and Dependability; Software Project& Process Management; Software Testing, Verification & Validation;Software Performance Engineering; Formal methods in SoftwareEngineering; Model driven Software Architecture; Advanced Softwaredevelopment models; People issues in Software Engineering
Call for Papers: Papers are invited relating to the above theme topics.
Important Dates: Paper submission: 10th Jan 2010; Intimation ofacceptance: 20th Jan 2010; Camera ready paper: 31st Jan 2010.
Registration Fee: Industrial Delegates: Rs. 1000/-; Academic Staff:Rs. 750/-; Students & Research Scholars: Rs. 600/-; IEEE/CSI Members:Rs. 600/-
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Presentation on Data Integration Technology andTools
An interesting presentation on DataIntegration Technology and Tools was madeby Mr. Mike Hoskins CTO and Executive VP,Pervasive Software Inc, USA on 25th Nov 2009at IEEE Section premises. The event wassponsored by IEEE Madras Section, IEEEComputer Society, Madras Chapter IEEETechnology Management Council, MadrasChapter, IEEE Power & Energy Society, MadrasChapter and Computer Society of India,Chennai Chapter.
Mr. Hoskins described this latest ‘Stateof the Art’ Technology for tackling the maze of
data (’Infloglut’) in any organization. He saidthat his company was the pioneer in this field.
Mr. K.V.Rupchand, Chair IEEE PES &TMC, Madras Chapters welcomed thegathering and highlighted the relevance andimportance of the topic. Dr. Sakthivel, Professor,Anna University & Vice Chair, CSI introducedthe Speaker. Mr. S. Ramasamy, Chairman, CSIChennai Chapter proposed a Vote of thanks.
There was a lively interaction at the endof the presentation which was attended by over60 professionals.
Report by Mr. K.V.Rupchand, Chair,PES & TMC Chapters
LINK congratulates Mr.Darwin Jose Raju (IEEEMember No.80362015)IEEE Student Branchcoordinator and Sr. Lecturerat St. Xaviers CatholicCollege of Engineering for
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ICWCSC - 2010International Conference on
Wireless Communication andSensor Computing
January 02 - 04, 2010, Chennai, India
Organized bySSN College of EngineeringKalavakkam, Chennai, India
In association withIEEE Madras Section
IEEE Computer Society - Madras ChapterIEEE Communications Society - Madras Chapter
Indian Nuclear SocietyCognizant Technology Solutions, Chennai
HCL Technologies Ltd., ChennaiInfosys, Chennai
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