The Section is moving forward with its preparation for a very busy fall. AUTOTESTCON 2002 activities are heating up, hoping to attract nationwide attention. The Section is also a technical sponsor of the Huntsville Simulation conference (HSC). RADARCON2003 is also actively making its preparations. If you would like to participate or submit technical papers for the RADARCON, this is a good time to put those thoughts on paper and submit your abstract in.

For more information on AUTOTESTCON2002 please visit http://www.autotestcon.com/2002/2002.htm For more information regarding HSC please visit http://www.scs.org/confernc/hsc/hsc02/index.htm. For more information on RADARCON2003 please visit http://www.radarcon03.org.

We are also in search of a few good volunteers with some of the local Section's activities. In particular, we are looking for some assistance from a few recent graduates that would like to help lead our GOLD (Graduates Of the Last Decade) committee. If you are interested in participating with this or any Section activities, please feel free to contact me at egrigorian@ieee.org.

DID YOU KNOW

IEEE Approved 10 Gbit/s Ethernet Standard, Raising Operating Speed 10X and Adding Connectivity to WANs and MANs.

The world of Ethernet communications just got faster and more connected. IEEE Standard 802.3ae®, a new standard from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, extends the speed of Ethernet operations by an order of magnitude to 10 Gbit/s and makes provision for linking Ethernet local area networks (LANs) to municipal and wide area networks (MANs and WANs). The standard reflects Ethernet's ongoing evolution toward higher speed as network and Internet traffic continue to expand dramatically. For more information please visit http://standards.ieee.org/announcements/8023aeapp.html.