Dear MICHAEL DOLINSKY: Here's your report on news around the IEEE, from the editors of The Institute. The most current version of The Institute can always be found at ________________________________________________________ IN THIS ISSUE: 1. Seeing the Invisible: IEEE Leads the Way in Medical Imaging 2. IEEE Spectrum Editors Moderate Panels on Consumer Electronics 3. Salaries for EEs on the Rise, Unemployment Too 4. An Engineer's Life in Nigeria 5. Marketplace: When the Power Fails 6. Circuits Take Center Stage at Conference 7. 2002 Solid-State Circuit Conference Proceedings Now Available 8. Nominations Sought for IEEE Awards Subscription information is found at the end of the newsletter. ________________________________________________________ SPONSORED BY: Measure Real-Time Signals in Windows...With Confidence Get accurate data collection with guaranteed performance. No system is more powerful, accurate and easier to use for real-time data acquisition measurements than the DT9841. Use the UI and standards of Windows and the power of the TMS320C6711 DSP chip from Texas Instruments. _______________________________________________________ A word about the links in this e-mail: Recent technical problems caused a delay in shortening the long URLs taking you to articles. Continue to use the complete link, contained between the < > symbols, when clicking or copying and pasting into a browser window. 1. Seeing the Invisible: IEEE Leads the Way in Medical Imaging Through its technical societies, special issues of publications, and conferences and symposia, the IEEE has helped to bring forward technological advances in medical imaging. Find out more at 2. IEEE Spectrum Editors Moderate Panels on Consumer Electronics IEEE Spectrum and the Consumer Electronics Association will present three educational panels at the 2004 Consumer Electronics Show to be held 8-11 January in Las Vegas, Nev., USA. Moderated by IEEE Spectrum editors Harry Goldstein, Glenn Zorpette, and Tekla Perry, the panels will present the latest information on 3D displays, portable music and video systems, and new applications for gallium nitride chips. Find the panel schedule at 3. Salaries for EEs on the Rise, Unemployment Too Despite record U.S. unemployment for high-tech workers, the median annual salary for working U.S. members increased to more than US$100 000 last year, according to the results of the latest IEEE-USA Salary and Fringe Benefit Survey. Read more at ________________________________________________________ SPONSOR'S NOTICE: FREE 3D Skills Info Kit. Learn how the 3D Skills Program from SolidWorks can advance your career. The Info Kit provides details about the program, which offers you a free hands-on introductory session and a seat of SolidWorks Personal Edition software at no charge. Request your free Info Kit today! ________________________________________________________ 4. An Engineer's Life in Nigeria Muyiwa Taiwo helped found the IEEE Nigeria Section, but he had to leave his homeland. Find out the ups and downs of this member's career at 5. Marketplace: When the Power Fails Since last August, more than 100 million people in North America and Europe have lost electricity. What can engineers do to prevent large-scale blackouts from happening again? Weigh in at 6. Circuits Take Center Stage at Conference A retinal prosthesis, faster Internet connections, and the largest on-chip cache ever built are just three of the new applications for integrated circuits to be described at the 2004 International Solid-State Circuits conference being held from 14 to 19 February in San Francisco, USA. Find out more about this conference at ________________________________________________________ SPONSOR'S NOTICE: Subscribe now to the FREE monthly newsletters devoted to IEEE standards activities in Asia, the Americas, Africa, and Europe. 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