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. Latin America Publishes Its Own Transactions 2. Creator of Ctrl+Alt+Delete Reboots His Career 3. Member Survey Response Spurs Societies to Act 4. What is Your Opinion of the Recent OFAC Ruling? 5. Society Explores the Effect of Technology 6. Five Sections Reach Century Mark 7. Microwave Buzz Hits Texas 8. Computer Communications Conference Proceedings Subscription info and member number are at the end of the e-mail. Complete URLs are contained between the < > symbols. ________________________________________________________ SPONSOR'S NOTICE: MIT PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTE -- SUMMER SESSION 2004 Currently accepting registrations for more than 30 intensive, week-long programs designed especially for professionals. Courses taught on campus by MIT faculty from June through August. Offerings include biotechnology, chemical/pharmaceutical engineering, information technology, manufacturing, systems design, telecommunications, transportation, and other topics of vital interest to today's engineers, scientists, and business professionals. _______________________________________________________ 1. Latin America Publishes Its Own Transactions How do you create an online, peer-reviewed, technical publication from scratch in less than a year? For a group of members from Region 9 (Latin America) the answer is simple: work hard, often around the clock. Read more at 2. Creator of Ctrl+Alt+Delete Reboots His Career Hardly anyone is aware that the programming behind the PC's clever reboot function, Ctrl+Alt+Delete, is credited to a single person -- IEEE Member David J. Bradley. But that's not the only contribution Bradley has made to PC development. Find out more at 3. 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The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) ruled on 2 April not to place any restrictions on the IEEE's peer review and editing of scholarly articles from members in Cuba, Iran, Libya, and Sudan. Give us your opinion of this ruling at To read the ruling, visit 5. Society Explores the Effect of Technology More than 30 years ago, a group of members were so worried about the effect that technology was having on society that they convinced the IEEE to form one of the organization's few non-technical councils. Learn more about The Society on Social Implications of Technology at 6. Five Sections Reach Century Mark In 1904, the same year in which John A. Fleming was inventing the diode, members of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, one of the IEEE's predecessor societies, formed five sections around the United States. 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