Society NewsAlexandru Nechifor “Powerhouse” Team Report Congratulations to the “Powerhouse” team! The extreme 24hr programming competition IEEExtreme organized by IEEE took place on October 24, 2009 and brought together more than 700 teams from more than 40 countries. Team "powerhouse" composed of the IEEE student members Alexandru Nechifor, Dan Spatarel and Mihai Ciucu took 4th place after 24 challenging hours of non-stop coding. They were proctored by Professor Mihaela Albu, who helped them organize the competition under the umbrella of the student branch "Politehnica" University of Bucharest. The whole team is involved in the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society. The performance of the three Romanians from the "powerhouse" team is even greater considering that they came in fourth after three teams ("Mora Seekers", "Citrus Celebration" and "Amobear") from Sri Lanka, New Zealand and Thailand, respectively - and therefore they were the best outside region 10. We are proud to have such a competitive team and obtain such an extraordinary result! Congratulations, "Powerhouse"! You can also see the results on the official website of the competition: www.ieee.org/web/membership/students/xtreme/2009results.html and www.ieeextreme.org. JIm Leonard IEEE AUTOTESTCON The IEEE AUTOTESTCON Frank McGinnis Professional Achievement Award is given in the memory of the late Frank McGinnis of the Sperry Corporation, who was instrumental in bringing military automated test to the forefront of visibility for government and industry alike. Mr. McGinnis founded the Navy Ad Hoc ATE Project for the Navy in 1975, under National Security Industrial Association (NSIA) leadership, to examine and recommend to the Navy a program of research and development to help increase the competency levels of automated test. This led to a Joint Services ATE Project that started in 1978 and had a similar purpose, except the focus was tri-service. The culmination was the formation in late 1980 of the NSIA Automated Test Committee, a permanent activity to maintain a focus on military automated test. This activity is still vibrant and functioning, as a Committee of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA, successor to the NSIA) Systems Engineering Division. The Professional Achievement Award was established in Frank McGinnis' memory and honor to recognize managers or professionals in the ATE industry who have demonstrated long-term leadership in the field. The Award is a renaming of the former AUTOTESTCON "Man of the Year" Award. The award is presented at the AUTOTESTCON awards luncheon by the AUTOTESTCON Board Chair or Vice-Chair. The Award includes a check in the amount of $2,000.00 and an award item.
Award Criteria Nomination & Balloting Process Eligibility Award Notification The Agent of the Board informs the AUTOTESTCON Board Chairman of balloting results, and in turn the awardee is notified to help assure his/her attendance at the current AUTOTESTCON. The awardee will be asked to submit a current photograph and biographical sketch to the Agent by 1 July of the current AUTOTESTCON year to allow publication in the Proceedings and the Conference Program. Entry A nomination form for the Frank McGinnis award is at http://autotestcon.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22&Itemid=75 Please return it to:Jim Leonard at j.leonard@ieee.org or Judy Scharmann at j.scharmann@conferencecatalysts.com Jim Leonard Deadlines Frank McGinnis Award Winners
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