Welcome

The IEEE Computer Society is the world's leading organization of computer professionals with nearly 90,000 members.  The Society is dedicated to advancing the theory, practice, and application of computer and information processing technology.

The Denver Section Computer Society chapter aims to leverage the parent society's resources to further the growth of the Computer, Information Technology and related technology professionals and aspiring professionals.

• The Computer Society is launching a new Student Competition for 2010, here is the flyer and the competition web site is http://www.computer.org/portal/web/competition
• For more about the Financial Advantage Program (FAP) please visit: http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/financial-advantage/index.html
• We are looking for 200 testers to take the new CSDP beta examination and have put together a very aggressive $295 package of e-learning, exam, SWEBOK Guide, and supplemental material for those that would like to participate. For more information go to http://www2.computer.org/portal/web/certification/csdpbeta
  This offer expires 16 October 2009.
• Join us on LinkedIn IEEE Computer Denver Section Group - great way to make connections and stay informed to local events, trainings, jobs, and more
• Raise Your Standards is a new initiative intended to increase
  the IEEE Computer Society's awareness among technology professionals and corporations.
  The message will be communicated via video vignettes on You Tube, MySpace,
  and SecondLife, as well as via a DVD distributed at
  conferences and trade shows around the world.
• Top Recession Proof Jobs: "Software engineers are expected to be among the fastest-growing occupations through 2016, according to the U.S. Labor Department"
• The Boulder Denver New Technology Meetup - stay in touch in technology in Boulder and Denver
• Colorado Green Tech Group - technology in the field of green

1. Seminar: Privacy Enhancing Technologies
2. Join Us on LinkedIn
3. Conference on Model Engineering Languages and Systems
4. Raise Your Standards

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Cloud Interoperability Requirements Webinar (PDF from presentation)

Saturday, November 14 from 10:30 to 11:30 AM Mountain Standard Time

Abstract:

Cloud Interoperability requires more than just application portability and security; in the case of distributed services the requirements grow in both number and complexity. A number of challenges and issues ranging from process execution, security, migration/cloning control, to manageability and regulatory compliance hamper inter-organizational interoperability. Computing clouds, cloud providers and stakeholder interests further complicate these issues; both private and public clouds maybe involved in a process execution and services are likely to be owned by different parties. This presentation explores some of the inter-organizational interoperability issues. The webinar will discuss a set of basic requirements for inter-organization cloud interoperability; topics other than just security will be covered.


This webinar is intended to be interactive and active audience participation is encouraged.

Attendance is restricted to 14 participants. Please contact pgoyal@ieee.org if you would like to participate.


Facilitator:

Pankaj Goyal, Ph,D., has many years of experience in IT solutions and has been recently actively engaged in the study of issues related to clouds, services and middleware; during 2009, 5 papers on these topics have been accepted for presentation at IEEE refereed conferences.

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Third Thursday at Three-Thirty-Three

(The CCTSI Informatics Seminar Series)

Presents

“American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and

The Colorado Regional Information Organization (CORHIO)”

Ms. Carrie Book  will present the October seminar in the monthly CCTSI 2009 / 2010 Informatics Seminar Series, sponsored by the Informatics Core of the Colorado Clinical Translational Science Institute. 

Join us for a stimulating talk followed by light refreshments and a chance to socialize with your colleagues.

Carrie Book , BBA, PMP, is the Chief Technology Officer for CORHIO, the state designated organization for enabling interoperable healthcare systems for Colorado.  Over the last ten years, she has coordinated technology solutions in positions with increasing responsibility for project management, vendor selection, contract negotiation and strategic planning.  Most recently, she led the technical implementation of CORHIO’s Point of Care services, implementing a federated architecture with standard healthcare messaging among four large organizations, each with a different enterprise electronic medical record system.  Her experience includes managing multiple technology projects with the University of Colorado’s Cancer Center, as well as several years of project management within the telecom/DSL industry.  Ms. Book participates in the Colorado TeleHealth Network IT Council and is the new board member as the RHIO Liaison for CHIMSS.

    Thursday, October 15th, 2009

 3:33 pm

Teaching Lab 2

Health Sciences Library

Anschutz Medical Campus

DIRECTIONS:

The Health Sciences Library is located at 12950 East Montview Boulevard, immediately north of historic Building 500. The entrance to the library is on the west side of the building, between the Coffee Shop and the Tower structure.

Directions to the library and to parking can be found at http://hsclibrary.uchsc.edu/about/directions.php

A campus Parking Map is at http://www.ucdhsc.edu/admin/facilities/parking/docs/AMC_CampusParking.pdf


1. Seminar
in association with the IEEE Student Chapter University of Colorado at Denver

Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PET)

Download the Presentation in Power Point (you might need power point plug-in for file format)

Date and Time: Saturday August 15, 2009, 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM
Room: NC 1202
Location: University of Colorado at Denver

Privacy is defined as the right of entities to determine by themselves when, how, and to what extent information about them is communicated to others.  Information that is collected about individuals can be used for a wide variety of purposes such as targeting ADs that a user might be interested in or selling personal information to other companies for profit.  An example of information used to target an AD would be an individual who is in a new area and uses their cell phone to find a Starbucks.  Then, whenever that individual is near a Starbucks, an AD appears on their phone alerting them to the new Starbucks.  This information, either singularly (such as a social security number) or in combination with other personal information such as a name and address constitute what is called personally identifiable information or PII.   Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PET) are tools that are designed to protect an individual’s privacy.  PET generally fall into three categories – software tools (such as data encryption), hardware tools (such as biometrics and smart cards), and actions by users (such as ensuring a password exists on routers at their homes).  This presentation covers the various PET within these three categories and is designed to increase a user’s awareness of threats to their PII as well as mechanisms they can take to enhance security of their PII and their privacy.

Speaker Bio

Dr. Shaw is an Enterprise Architect/Computer Scientist with EDS, an HP company.  He provides services world-wide to clients wishing to reassess the agility (ability to respond quickly to changing circumstances) of their IT as well as how well IT contributes to the business goals and objectives.  Dr. Shaw has supported clients in the U.K. (British government), South America (power and gas), Korea (the U.S. military) and throughout the United States (communications, transportation, banking, technology, medical).  Dr. Shaw is currently pursuing another Doctorate in Computer Information Systems with a National Security Agency (NSA) approved concentration in Information Security.  Dr. Shaw’s Doctorate is in Computer Science.

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2.  Join the IEEE Computer Society Denver Section on LinkedIn 

Stay in touch, connect, and help each other in careers and professional development.
Click the following link to join our group on LinkedIn

http://www.linkedin.com/groupRegistration?gid=2086871

The mission of IEEE Computer Society Denver Section is to enrich the professional and personal lives of the Rocky Mountain Region members, developing them into valued contributors to society through quality programs, continuing education, career development and community service; in collaboration with IEEE, industry, government and academia.

Especially in these economic times, networking with profession organizations, such as IEEE are invaluable. IEEE offers resources to its members which include job sites, professional development, ongoing education, local workshops, and conferences.

For more information, please contact Dr. Adam J. Griff  (Please use the above link to send him a message).

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3. ACM / IEEE 12th International Conference on
   Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems,
Denver, Colorado, USA October 4-9, 2009. 

For details: http://www.modelsconference.org/ 
The organizers are looking for sponsors. A number of companies around this area must use these techniques, in particular in defense/aerospace. If you can help, please contact me and I will forward this on to the organizers. Thanks. 

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4. Raise Your Standards

Let the world's most prestigious engineering society help you grow. 

Tell your company about this great offering from Computer Society:http://www2.computer.org/portal/web/raiseyourstandards/home

Volunteers and Ideas Needed

There are many ways to get involved with us in furtherance both of your career and personal growth. Get involved!

Enhance your professional growth by organizing events, delivering technical and professional seminars, mentoring fellow and aspiring professionals -- pre-college and college.

Your ideas for events are most welcome and your participation is even more valued.

You can contact us by email through the Contact Us page of the IEEE Denver Section web site.