1

2

IEEE NY MONITOR

A PUBLICATON OF THE IEEE NEW YORK SECTION

EDITOR: AMITAVA DUTTA-ROY

PRINCIPAL OFFICERS OF THE IEEE NEW YORK SECTION FOR 2016:

Chair: Wilson Milian Chair

VP: Chapter operations Neil Weisenfeld

Charles Rubenstein Vice chair, Section activities

Treasurer Simon Odie

Sharene Williams Secretary

3

IEEE NY MONITOR, NOVEMBER 2016

p.4 Quick date checks for your calendar. For details please see the individual fliers

p. 4 Last executive committee meeting of the year

p. 4 Notice of election of officers at the IEEE NY Section

p.6 Technical meetings and conferences of our interest realized recently and to be realized in NYC and the vicinity

p. 7 From the keyboard of the editor

p. 7 Scalability: presentation by Prof Charles Rubinstein at iSPAC & SPAC, LIU & CUNY CityTech College Rubin-

stein is a professor at Pratt Institute, New York and a LSM of IEEE. He is also the conference coordinator at

IEEE Region 1 and is much involved with student affairs

p. 8 A Holistic View for IEEE: Together We can Serve our scientific, Technical, and Professional Communities Better: Prof Vincenzo Piuri, Fellow IEEE, 2016 past VP of IEEE Technical Activities Board (TAB) and prof of Computer Science, University of Milan, Italy

p. 11 ADDENDA:

Flyers of the BTS meeting (p.11); Princeton (p. 12); Announcement of 2017 Future City Competition (p. 13) Call

for Volunteers at Globecom (p. 14), and Links to IoT workshops (p.15)

p. 16 Rates for advertising in NY Monitor

Participate in the activities of the IEEE

4

QUICK DATE CHECKS FOR YOUR CALENDAR

Dates for the 2016 Executive Committee meetings at IEEE NY Section

10 January

10 February

9 March

13 April

11 May

8 June

No meetings during the months of July and August

14 September

12 October

9 November

14 December

Unless otherwise notified all ExComm meetings are scheduled for 12:30 pm at the ConEd Building, 4 Irving Place, New York. All members of the New York Section are invited to participate in the ExComm meetings. However, for reasons of security, you must notify the Section chair of your desire to attend such meetings. Thank you for your understanding

NOTICE OF ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR 2017 AT IEEE NEW YORK SECTION

In accordance with its Operations & Procedures Manual, the IEEE New York (NY) Section is ad-vising all IEEE NY Section members that an election for officers and certain working activity committee chair positions for calendar year 2017 is scheduled to be held on December 14, 2016, beginning at 5:45 pm at the Con Edison Co. of New York, 4 Irving Place, New York, NY 10003.

The Executive Committee (Excom) of the IEEE NY Section is pleased to announce its slate of of-ficers for elected positions to the NY Section’s Excom for calendar year 2017. The list of candi-dates for the various positions was approved by the NY Section Executive Committee on Novem-ber 9, 2016, and, since there were no valid peti-tions submitted by the August 15, 2016 deadline, for any of the positions, the list of candidates is

5

the same as that approved at the November 9th Excom meeting

.

2017 Slate of Candidates as Approved by the NY Section Excom

Section Officer Positions:

Section Chair: Wilson Milian or Charles Rubenstein

Section Vice Chair – Chapter Operations: Robert M. Pellegrino

Section Vice Chair – Section Activities: Vacant

Section Treasurer: Mohammed Farzad Haghi

Section Secretary: Thomas Villani

------------------------

Elected Committee Chair Positions:

Chapter Organization Committee Chair: Paul Sartori

Historian: Amitava Dutta-Roy

Long Range Planning Committee Chair: Mel Olken

Operations & Procedures Committee Chair: William Coyne

Publications Committee Chair: Sharene Williams

Special Events Committee Chair: David Horn

Webmaster: Harold Ruchelman

-----------------------

All members in “good standing” (good standing re-fers to active members who have paid their IEEE dues for calendar year 2016) who are Graduate Stu-dent member grade or higher are eligible to cast a vote for the candidates for office. Student Members of the NY Section are not eligible to cast a vote for the candidates for office. In addition, IEEE Society Affil-iates are not IEEE members and therefore not eligi-ble to vote.

For security reasons, IEEE New York Section mem-bers who want to cast a vote at the election meeting

must arrive at Con Edison Co, of NY, 4 Irving Place & E.14th Street, New York, NY 10003 [Ground floor Re-ception Room] NO LATER THAN 5:40 PM on Dec. 14, 2016. PLEASE BRING A PHOTO ID SUCH AS DRIVER’S LICENSE AND YOUR CURRENT IEEE MEMBERSHIP CARD FOR SECURITY ACCESS AND ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE. ANYONE ARRIVING AFTER 5:40 PM OR MISSING A PHOTO ID AND IEEE MEMBERSHIP CARD WILL NOT BE AL-LOWED TO VOTE.

6

For more details please see the fliers at the end of this edition of the newsletter

November 11, 2106: NY Section’s Young Professionals, Fall 2016 Happy Hour, Stout NYC, Grand Central Terminus, 6pm-8pm. At these informal events you can meet your contemporaries and exchange ideas on jobs and other professional developments. Lot of fun! If you like to attend similar events for YPs please con-tact the YP chair Cathy Chen (cache@ieee.org)

15 November, 2016,: PES/IAS/LMAG presentation: Preparation of Transformation Specifications at Coned Building, 4 Irving Place (East 14th Street x Irving Place), one block from Union Square, 5pm-7pm. Speaker; Ronnie Minhaz, P.Eng, Transformer Consulting Services, Inc. For more information on PES/IAS/LMAG monthly presentatikons please see the announcement in October issue of the NY Monitor or contact Arnold Wong (wongar@coned.com)

November 11, SMC: Systems, Cybernetics and Man Society’s NY chapter presentation: On behavioral Insights of Wearables for Coaching Advises. Speaker: Dr Henry Chang, Center for Computational Healthcare, IBM T J Watson Research Center. The presentation discussed the use and benefits of wearable devices (e.g., wristwatches) for alerting health conditions of the wearer before any critical condition occurs. We are expecting a descriptive article from the author and will publish it as soon as possible.

November 16, 2016: IEEE NY Section Professional Activities Committee for Engineers (PACE) Joint Meeting with Women in Engineering (WIE) Affinity Group and New York PES & IAS NY Chapter. Topic: of the Women & Wealth Seminar: “In life, your financial success is woven into a larger story: a unique web of circumstances, responsibilities and goals. Regardless of whether you are married, divorced or widowed; have a family and/or career; own your business, built your legacy or inherited assets, come learn how you can do more with your wealth.” For more information on PACE activities please contact PACE chair Robert Pelle-grino (bobpellegrino@ieee.org)

December 2, 2016: SMC presentation: Speaker: Dr M. Nazrul Islam, SM of IEEE, and professor &

chairman of the Security Systems Department at State University of New York (SUNY), Farmingdale. Cur-

rently, he is also the chair of the IEEE Long Island Section. Dr Islam introduced the technical concepts be-

hind optical pattern recognition and the challenges in the future. SMC NY Chapter regularly offers presenta-

tions by distinguished speakers. For more information on them please contact the chair: Prof Ping-Tsai

Chung (ping.chung@liu.edu)

================================================================== 8 December, 2016, Thursday: 6.30pm-7.30pm: IEEE NY Broadcast Technology Chapter, at Leo Hall Room,

Leo Engineering Building, TV Studio, Manhattan College. Visit the forecast Studio and meet the executive and NY Section BTS members. A presentation on “Challenges in Transitioning to 4K video” by Prof. Grabowski, PhD of Communication Department, Manhattan College. Please see abstract at the end.

8 December, 2016: 1.30pm-2.30pm: Princeton University, Department of Electrical Engineering, En-gineering Quadrangle, Room B205, Olden Street, Princeton, NJ 08554. Talk title: Time-based Signal Rep-resentation and its Application to Data Conversion, Filtering and Control. Speaker: Prof Pavan Hanumolu of University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (for abstract please see the flyer at the end of this edition)

13 December, 2016: PES/IAS/LMAG joint presentation; refreshment, networking and program begin at 5.00pm and end at 7.00pm. Topic: Single Processor Control Low Voltae Switchgear. Speaker: Guan Zhong (John) Liang, Specifications Engineer, General Electric Company. RSVP re-

quired: please see the flyer at the end of this issue.

7

FROM THE KEYBOARD OF THE EDITOR

This editorial begins with a

sincere apology to our readers.

The November issue has been

delayed in posting; it was be-

yond my control. It’s to be ex-

pected from any one-person

operation. The reason was a

simple or a complicated one depending on your

own point of view. On 15 November I underwent an

open-heart surgery to replace my aortic valve. A

couple of days later, after some exhaustive tests, the

chief surgeon told me that I also needed a pace-

maker. As a result, I spent 10 days in the hospital

and now am convalescing at home. Complications

in life strike when you least expect them. Most of

us, excepting those toiling with research in fields

such as Engineering in Medicine and Biology and

Robotics in Surgery, deal with inanimate objects.

But when our objects become human lives the envi-

ronment turns out to be entirely different. Lives

must be saved; no room for procrastination until

the following day. Procedures have to be precise

and now. Thanks to cardiologist Dr Svetlana

Matayev for her penchant for diagnostic details,

and the charismatic surgeon Dr L. Michael Graver

and his entire team at Northshore University Hos-

pital, Manhasset, NY for their care and skill, and

also to my wife Maria Cristina, I’m still alive. I have

a new lease on life and hope (if you let me, that is)

to appear on your computer screen for some more

time. Thanks to all of you for your understanding

and patience.

***************************

iSTEP and SPAC: joint program of student chapters at

Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus and

CUNY CityTech College, Brooklyn

the October issue of the NY Monitor we

posted a report on the IEEE iSTEP and SPAC

Conference/seminar realized at the Long Is-

land University, Brooklyn Campus in which the students

of CUNY CityTEch College also participated. Prof

Charles Rubenstein of Pratt Institute and a SLM of IEEE

gave a speech that was both witty and full of practical

information. Rubenstein have been with IEEE for a long

time and knows much about its inner workings. At our

request he agreed to let us post a copy of his presentation

slides. Please click on the link below and you will be able

to see the slides.

http://sites.ieee.org/ny-

monitor/files/2016/12/16_iSTEP_Scalability.pdf

Hope you will take advantage of the information that

Charles Rubenstein conveyed to you.

In

8

A HOLISTIC VIEW FOR IEEE: TOGETHER WE CAN SERVE

OUR SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL, AND PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITIES BETTER

Prof Vincenzo Piuri

2016 IEEE Past Vice President for Technical Activities

((The author is a Fellow of IEEE and professor on Computer Science at University of Milan, Italy. This paper is based on

this his own presentations made at the R 1 BoG meeting, Mystic, Conn., 6 August, 2016 and at a LMAG Focus Group meeting,

20 September, 2016, New York. The NY Monitor welcomes articles and opinions that are deemed for the betterment of IEEE

and advance of technology for humanity. – Editor.)

IEEE is viewed as the most prominent world-wide scientific and professional association in its fields of interest: it is where people interested in these areas would want to be. To ensure that our association continues to be beneficial to the hu-manity, we should focus on serving our global sci-entific, technical, and professional communities, by nurturing their local roots and adopting a human-centric and more personal approach. This is our mandate, this is our mission, and this is what the world expects from the IEEE volunteers: passion, open mind, care, creative vision, and a cooperative spirit. We should increasingly view our mission in a holis-tic way, across all organizational units of IEEE by sharing experiences, capitalizing on synergies while maintaining a high level of trust from all concerned. The world is turning increasingly complex and thus a segmented approach is no longer suitable for our mission. Only by unit-ing efforts and embracing our diversities, we can create a universal view that will address the increasing needs of the scientific, technical, and professional communities. Holistically, we can better share our knowledge, foster innovation, network with people, grow together, and help peo-ple in developing their career. This synergic ap-proach will noticeably be beneficial for the social and economic advancement for the entire humani-ty. To attain these ambitious goals we will depend on our dedicated, open-minded, and caring volun-teers who, with the support of the IEEE staff, can collectively coordinate our activities so that we can serve our community in an optimally effective manner.

This altruistic combination of spirit and attitude is what made IEEE the leading scientific and profes-sional association in our fields of interest around the world, and will hopefully continue to do so in the future. Our efforts will be successful only if we are bold enough to always place the well being of our community in the most prominent place in our hearts and minds. The holistic view I have mentioned above should continue to guide us by avowing some basic princi-ples that still are our common beliefs for nurturing our scientific, technical, and professional communi-ties. These are the principles of service that inspired the founding members of IEEE. Time passes but, if we look retrospectively and introspectively, we can

clearly see that they are still our core val-ues. I feel that the following basic principles are important for all of us in IEEE. First, since we aim to serve the community and the humanity as a whole, we should further promote the scientific, technical, and professional development around the world with a truly international per-

spective. We should continue to foster, inspire, and empower the scientific, technical, and profes-sional communities worldwide in a more pervasive way. Overcoming expected and unexpected barri-ers, emerging from silos, and widening our perspec-tives will be increasingly important to succeed in the modern competitive world. Furthermore, all of us will feel appreciated, involved, and cared for when we consider each individual country on an equal manner. We should strongly aim to be universally recog-nized for our contributions to improve the global

9

human conditions. To achieve this goal, it will be essential to expand our support for facilitating more networking that will enable individuals to en-ter a more equitable global community and actively participate in it. We should continue to grow fur-ther as a trusted source for high-quality, innovative, timely knowledge and ensure that all segments of our community have access to it. It is essential to expand our present exemplary coverage of diverse technical fields, especially in many emerging and interdisciplinary technologies, applications and standards. It is crucial, and becoming increasingly so, to empower people to build their careers so that they themselves are able to innovate and aid the scientific, technological, economic, and social de-velopment by providing opportunities for all to learn how to be appropriately competent in this challenging world. Second, since nurturing the local roots of any inter-national community is essential to its growth, we must not forget to nurture our local roots. It is essential that we respect, and care for the local tra-ditions, culture, life style as well as the technical needs when we develop opportunities by working with the guidance of local volunteers and in coop-eration with national scientific and professional as-sociations. This will help us to maintain strong bonds with people in our fields everywhere in the world. Our members and people around them will grow, live, work, and enjoy life locally and interna-tionally. The global networking opportunities and knowledge offered by IEEE can empower them to broaden their horizons, live and be active also in an environment that will expand their own networks around the world. In its turn, the global community will benefit from even stronger local roots, since this will ensure our future, increase the relevance of the IEEE, embrace future generations, outreach to more people, and attract new volunteers. Third, since our scientific, technical, and profes-sional community is heterogeneous, we should al-ways remember that diversity is an integral part of life. In IEEE, we should increasingly promote in-clusivity and diversity with respect to geo-graphical origins, technological expertise, profes-sion, employment type, culture, gender, and age. Activities need to be devised and tailored to em-brace each segment of the community and offer the most appropriate opportunities to make sure that everybody feels welcome and be an integral part of such a unified body. Promoting inclusivity and cherishing diversity, and at the same time integrat-ing different perspectives, will offer a comprehen-

sive view and will allow us to identify more aspects, nuances, and critical issues, several of which would otherwise remain obscure. This global approach will then allow us to better serve everybody in the community with a more balanced view and thus increasing the quality of all of our services. Fourth, individuals are the foundation of our scien-tific, technical, and professional community and IEEE. We should therefore try to understand and value the specific characteristics and needs of each of its distinct segments. We need, in fact, to serve each individual as best as we can: every individual is equally important and essential. For this pur-pose, we should address more the needs of these individuals with a human-centric and person-alized approach. We should provide curated technical knowledge, tailoring it for the specific needs of individuals. More personalized networking opportunities and services will allow individuals to expand their personal professional network, if and when needed. We should further enhance continu-ing education and career development, broadly en-gaging everybody, especially for the younger gener-ations, industry professionals, and women. We should further promote participation of everybody in all activities and in our IEEE: everyone should have a voice. Responsiveness to the needs of indus-try and academia should be increased, focusing on scientists, practicing professionals, young profes-sionals, entrepreneurs, and students, while wel-coming the general public to join us in this holistic mission. More support should be given to under-served geographical areas, where residents may have more difficulties in accessing our services and opportunities. Particular attention and even higher care should continuously be given to IEEE members. They de-serve special focus, since they represent the most active elements within the scientific, technical, and professional community anywhere and are more inclined to get involved with our mission. We need to embrace and engage them as pervasively as pos-sible. Our dedicated volunteers also serve as role models for the entire societies surrounding us. It is essential to nurture, appreciate, and recognize them for our global growth. They are the ones who will help in broadening and making our presence and service more pervasive around the world. They will be, especially the young generations, the future of our community and the entire humanity. Fifth, we should serve the community more holistically. It is ONE IEEE, though organized

10

in separate units to provide specific services. But, fundamentally we are one. The founding members created IEEE as a single, comprehensive, unique entity, embracing all diversities, in which all facets were to blend together and to bring value to our broad community. Therefore, we should think, feel, and act more as one. Working separately may well lead to inefficiency and inadequate services to indi-viduals and the communities. The true, unique val-ue of IEEE is in the integrated, synergic structure that combines the various aspects of technology, the global and local needs, and the aspirations of individuals into a single comprehensive entity, where each part is important and contributes to the overall wellness. An entity that is much more than the sum of its parts. All Major Boards should in-creasingly cooperate to provide a comprehensive approach and a unique experience to the scientific, technical, and professional communities. All organ-izational units should share this spirit for the bene-fit of the members, the scientific, technical, and professional communities, and, ultimately, the en-tire humanity. How can we, all together, put the principles above into practice in serving and nurturing the scientific, technical, and professional community? It’s simple! The core values should be in our hearts and minds when we conceive of any activity for the benefit of our community, locally or worldwide: - conferences, technical meetings, webinars, and

publications, - networking events, services to the community, - member services and mentoring, - continuing education, and resources for career

advancement in technology, - standards and industry services, - services for underserved segments of the com-

munity (including young professionals, industry professionals, women, entrepreneurs) and un-derserved geographical areas,

- future technology directions, emerging technol-ogies, emerging needs for technology and appli-cations, and emerging needs for standards,

- support to public policy, - public services, public imperatives, and human-

itarian projects, - public visibility and global presence, - cooperation with sister societies. There is no specific activity that we should empha-size in relation to others. It is indeed our global atti-tude in each of the activities, I have mentioned above, that will make a difference, that can contrib-

ute to bringing changes in the world. Obviously, in identifying, designing, and implementing actions for the various groups and needs, we should be cre-ative and find new and better ways to serve the community, understanding specific languages, methods of interaction, aspirations, and needs of each group. In this perspective, our IEEE can holistically work, for example, in the following practical directions: - energizing joint cooperation in chapters, by ex-

panding synergies and collaboration in tech-nical meetings and educational activities,

- nurturing underserved segments of the com-munity (with specific attention to young profes-sionals, women, industry professionals, entre-preneurs) and underserved geographical areas,

- promoting broader and more inclusive active participation,

- identifying local emerging needs for technolo-gies and applications,

- jointly promoting membership development of IEEE and individual Societies.

Continuing to serve increasingly better our scien-tific, technical, and professional community by fol-lowing the five basic principles mentioned above will reinforce the trust in our IEEE and the value that we are able to provide. An inclusive, caring, and welcoming approach will help significantly in attracting active volunteers and members to IEEE, chapters, student branches, student chapters, socie-ties, and technical councils, thus further increasing our activities and services. It will also help to main-tain IEEE relevant in the world and in local com-munities. Thus, our society, in general, will appre-ciate IEEE, its volunteers, the engineers in the IEEE’s fields of interest, and the engineering pro-fession. This appreciation will ensure a continuous growth of our profession and enable us to hopefully contribute to the benefit of humanity. In summary, we should always act holistically and dynamically in the evolving international environ-ment, nurturing our local identities and communi-ties, valuing each group in the community and each individual, and intensifying synergic alliances with local and international associations. We should continue to work for the good of the entire scien-tific, technical, and professional communities, since this will result in benefits for everybody in the world. Let us dream big: together we can make it happen.

11

ADDENDA

IEEE - NEW YORK SECTION

Broadcast Technology Society Chapter

Come join us for our Visit to the Forecast Studio at Manhattan College.

Meet our the candidates for our executive, our guest speaker, and your fellow IEEE New York Section members.

Date: 8 December 2016

Time: 06:30 PM to 7:30 PM

Location : Manhattan College,

Leo Engineering Building, TV Studio,

Leo Hall Room 221

Keynote Speaker:

Prof Grabowski, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Communication Department at Manhattan College

" Challenges in Transitioning to 4K Video"

Speaker:

Abstract When Manhattan College sought to upgrade its standard definition television studio

to high definition, it found that, for about the same cost, it could leapfrog to 4K. This

presentation examines the issues, challenges, and benefits of 4K, including signal in-

tegration, storage, and postproduction workflows in a tapeless 4K environment.

What is necessary, and what compromises can be made to make cost-effective up-

grades? In addition, how does a studio future-proof itself for impending changes, in-

cluding transition from SDI to IP-based video and high dynamic range (HDR)? Bio Michael Grabowski, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Communication Department at

Manhattan College. He is the editor of Neuroscience and Media: New Understandings and

Representations (Routledge, 2015) and has published several articles and book chapters about

film, television, and media environments. His work on documentaries, feature films, commercials,

music videos, and news has played at the Guggenheim, the Smithsonian, in several film festivals,

and on several broadcast and cable networks. He began his career in television over two decades

ago at an NBC affiliate station before moving to New York in 1994. He currently is a Senior

Research Consultant for Audience Theory, a research firm whose clients include top television

networks, producers, and new media companies.

Organizers: IEEE Broadcast Technology Society Chapter, New York Section & Manhattan College, ECE Department

For more information please contact: Dr. Ahmed Refaey Hussein, Ahmed.hussein@manhattan.edu

12

13

14

Dear Colleague, Greetings from Globecom 2016 in Washington DC! As you may know IEEE recently launched a multi society and all inclusive 5G initiative that kicked-off on August 29-30 in Princeton. Steering Com-mittee had its first face-to-face meeting on November 17 during IEEE board series. We are now soliciting contributors and committee members for various areas. Please visit 5g.ieee.org to learn more about the pro-posed activities and how to get involved in different working groups. Those who are interested to get involved in IEEE 5G initiative can contact 5G initiative co-chairs Gerhard Fettweis (Technical University of Dresden) (Gerhard.Fettweis@tu-dresden.de), or myself, Ashutosh Dutta (AT&T) (ad37@caa.columbia.edu). We are now soliciting volunteers for the following working groups: Publications Education Community Development Brand Development Innovation and Roadmap (Roadmap has many technical groups) Standards Industry Engagement Conferences/Events Web Portal/Content Development Roadmap working group pertains the “5G Innovation & Technology Roadmap” which is led by Chi-Ming Chen (AT&T) and Mischa Dohler (King’s College London). This working group will be composed of several (fairly heterogeneous) working tracks – examples being mobile edge cloud, security, capabilities of devices, impact onto smart grid, etc. To enable the development of a solid planning towards the envisaged IEEE 5G roadmap, we are organizing a dedicated one-day workshop at Globecom 2016 on Thursday, 8th December from 9:00am - 4:00pm in Dupont room at Terrace level to discuss about potential topics and are-as. Please plan to attend if you would like to contribute or to get involved in IEEE 5G initiative. Please send mail to me (Ashutosh Dutta) at

15

ad37@caa.columbia.edu if you plan to attend 5G roadmap discussion. Dial-in Information: Those who cannot join in person can dial in using the link below. http://5g.ieee.org/home/sitemap/12-publications/23-solicitation-for-ieee-5g-roadmap-workshop Regards, On Behalf of the IEEE 5G Initiative Steering Committee Ashutsoh Dutta and Gerhard Fettweis Co-Chairs of IEEE 5G Initiative --------------------------------------- Ashutosh Dutta, Ph.D. AT&T, New Jersey Co-lead IEEE 5G Initiative Director of Industry Outreach, IEEE Communications Society (Volunteer) Cell: 908-642-8593

***********************

INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT)

There are several IoT oriented sessions at the IGF this week. https://igf2016.intgovforum.org/ One yesterday had a peculiar focus - toys. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmGagurRW6I

You can find a transcript on http://isoc-ny.org/igf16/mon/rm7b.txt

The NY Monitor thanks Joly MacFie of the Internet Society for the above information.

16