The IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Communications and Vehicular Technology (CVT) Society is hosting a presentation by Dr. Andrea Fumagalli, an associate professor at The University of Texas at Dallas at 11:50 a.m. on Tuesday, March 16 in the Holiday Inn Select located at 1655 N. Central in Richardson. This event is free for IEEE members and the public. There is a $5 lunch charge for IEEE members and a $10 lunch charge for nonmembers. For more information, email rajand@engr.smu.edu.

The Dallas Society of Women Engineers is hosting a presentation by Mary Anne Durnin entitled "Career Transition from Software Engineer to Artist" on Tuesday, March 16 at 6:15 p.m. in the community room of Nedley's Restaurant located at 1801 North Plano Road. For more information, contact LeEarl Bryant at 972-699-1649.

Texas Christian University (TCU) is inviting the public to attend the inauguration of its 10th chancellor, Victor J. Boschini, Jr., Wednesday, March 31 at 10 a.m. in Daniel-Meyer Coliseum. The ceremony, titled Vision In Action: Enhancing the TCU Experience, represents the university's official recognition of Chancellor Boschini as TCU's newest chancellor. The inauguration will begin with a processional of faculty, staff, student organization representatives and international students in their native dress. Dr. George Kuh, professor of higher education and director of Indiana University's Center for Postsecondary Research, is the keynote speaker. The Center is annually responsible for the National Survey of Student Engagement, or NSSE, which benchmarks college students' living and learning experiences.

A series of on-campus academic events during the week will add to the inauguration celebration, including TCU's Honors Program Convocation, the International Socrates Symposium, and the Latin American Arts Festival. Most events are free and open to the public. The inauguration will be followed by a noon luncheon on the Dee J. Kelly Alumni & Visitors Center patio.

Maura Schreier-Fleming is presenting "Consultative Selling - Strategic Questioning" at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 31 at the Holiday Inn Select Richardson, located at 1655 N. Central Expressway.

The goals of this seminar are to teach participants to:
-Guide customers to see there is an immediate need for the products
-Create customer awareness to buy now instead of postponing the decision
-Shorten sales cycle
-Increase trust with customers
-Find the areas that most concern customers
-Make selling easier and more successful
To register, contact: Maura@Bestatselling.com or 972 380 0200. There is a $79 charge to register, which includes lunch.

Carl Djerassi, professor emeritus at Stanford and internationally recognized chemist, will give a colloquium in conjunction with The University of Texas at Arlington's Annual Celebration of Excellence by Students (ACES), an event highlighting research and creative activity by undergraduates and graduates.

Dr. Djerassi will present "Noble Science and Nobel Lust: Disclosing Tribal Secrets" Friday, April 2 beginning at 6pm in Nedderman Hall, 416 Yates Street. A reception for Djerassi will begin at 5pm in the atrium.

Carl Djerassi received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1945. He taught at Wayne State University and Stanford University. Concurrent with his academic positions, he worked for such companies as CIBA Pharmaceutical, Syntex, and Zoecon. Djerassi is one of the few American scientists to have been awarded both the National Medal of Science (for the first synthesis of a steroid oral contraceptive--"the Pill") and the National Medal of Technology (for promoting new approaches to insect control). A member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as well as many distinguished foreign academies, Djerassi has received 19 honorary doctorates together with numerous other honors, such as the first Wolf Prize in Chemistry, the first Award for the Industrial Application of Science from the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Chemical Society's highest award, the Priestley Medal.

The University of Texas at Dallas is featuring a presentation by Dr. Eli Yablonovitch of the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of California Los Angeles. The presentation will be held on Mon. April 5 at 2 p.m. in the TI Foundation Auditorium, Room 2.102 in the Engineering and Computer Science Building South on The University of Texas at Dallas. Yablonovitch will be presenting " Classical and Quantum Information Physics" and will discuss the future of quantum information technology based on the evident successes of classical information technology. This event is free and open to the public.

Eli Yablonovitch graduated with the Ph.D. degree in Applied Physics from
Harvard University in 1972. He worked for two years at Bell Telephone
Laboratories, and then became a professor of Applied Physics at Harvard. In
1979 he joined Exxon to do research on photovoltaic solar energy. Then in
1984, he joined Bell Communications Research, where he was a Distinguished
Member of Staff, and also Director of Solid-State Physics Research. In 1992
he joined the University of California, Los Angeles, where he is Professor
of Electrical Engineering.

His work has covered a broad variety of topics: nonlinear optics,
laser-plasma interaction, infrared laser chemistry, photovoltaic energy
conversion, strained-quantum-well lasers, and chemical modification of
semiconductor surfaces. Currently his main interests are in optoelectronics,
high speed optical communications, high efficiency light-emitting diodes and
nano-cavity lasers, photonic crystals at optical and microwave frequencies,
quantum computing and quantum communication.

Yablonovitch was a Founder of the W/PECS series of Photonic Crystal
International Workshops that began in 1999. (PECS V will be held in Kyoto in
March 2004.)

He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, the
Optical Society of America, and the American Physical Society. Yablonovitch
is a Life Member of Eta Kappa Nu, and a Member of the National Academy of
Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences.

For more information, call 972-883-4154.

The IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Consultants' Network is presenting Mike Shea, the COO of Biznet Software on Monday, April 12 at 6:15 p.m. in the Holiday Inn Select Richardson, located at 1655 N. Central Expressway. The presentation is entitled "Challenges and Triumphs of Developing Small Businesses." There is a $5 for IEEE members and a $10 charge for non-members which includes a buffet. For more information, see www.ieee.org/dallascn

The Dallas Section of IEEE (INstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) is presenting Joe Costantino, the president of Einstein's Eyes who will give a talk entitled "The War on Spam" on Tuesday, April 13 at 6:30 pm. In the Holiday Inn Select Richardson, located at 1655 N. Central Expressway.

Joe Costantino has been in the web business since 1999. As president of Einstein's Eyes, a Richardson-based web design and hosting company, his company has been responsible for managing and working on over 100 sites. Joe's mission is to eliminate spam for all his clients. Joe has been in the Dallas area since 1991. Previous to being in the web business, Joe was a software engineer working in a variety of projects with TI, Raytheon and E-Systems.

All Section meetings are free of charge, and open to all interested in attending. For more information call Dr. Mark Allen, IEEE Activities Chair 972-747-1490 mark.allen@ieee.org.

The University of Texas at Austin is hosting an ethics conference on April 16-17 in the Lyndon B. Johnson Auditorium on campus.

In the wake of a rash of ethics scandals, this conference will consider from a variety of perspectives the claims of universal values in guiding moral instruction. The three areas to be covered in the conference are:

The Problem and the Challenge:
The lack of coherent and observed societal ethics revealed by business and other scandals challenges our culture to consider the role of education in responding to the current ethics crisis.

The Viability of Different Universal Theories:
What sorts of claims and warrants can any system or any synthesis of systems posit for a set of universal principles to respond to the ethical demands of our times?

Foundations of Ethical Pedagogy:
Is an ethical pedagogy centered on universal principles possible in our age? What are the theoretical or practical constraints on such a project?

The Center for Intelligent Supply Networks in The University of Texas at Dallas School of Management is offering a Certificate in Supply Chain Management. This three-month program begins on May 14 and ends July 24. The program highlights include:
-Focuses on end to end supply chain
- Fast track certificate on completion of six modules of two days each in about three months
- Convenient schedule for working professionals with Friday and Saturday classes that meet two weekends each month
- Industry site visit

The program costs $3600 if registration is complete by March 31 and $4200 starting April 1. Individual classes are $950 each.

To learn more and register http://som.utdallas.edu/c4isn/c4isn_programs.htm

The ACM SIGGRAPH International Conference on Virtual-Reality Continuum and its Applications in the Industry (VRCAI 2004) will be a forum for researchers, educators, developers and users to share the latest development of the state-of the-art technology in Virtual Reality Continuum. Special emphasis will be placed on growing application areas in Defense and Military Science, Life Science, Design and Engineering, Education and Entertainment. The conference will be held at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore from June 16-18. For more information, see www.seagraph.org/vrcai2004.