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Volume : 5 Issue : 9 September 2008 Price : Rs. 3.00

Chairman�s Message

Dr. S. [email protected]@ssn.edu.in

Mobile: 9444189433

From The Editor�s Desk

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Dear Friends,

I am happy tomention thatMr. S. Rajavel,Vice President andHead of EI&CSector, Larsen& Toubro Limited, Chennai delivered a talk on�Gas Insulated Substations�, Mr. Maheswaranof L & T on �Communication Systems for

SubstationAutomation�, Mr. G.V. Rao, Chair, IEEE IAS highlighted on�IEEE IAS Membership Benefits� and Mr. T.S. Rangarajan, ExecomMember IEEEMadras Section highlighted on �IEEEMember Benefits�on 27th August 2008 at Convention Centre, Larsen & Toubro Limited,Chennai for a gathering of 350 consisting of L&TStaff, IEEEMembers,student members and others. This technical lecture was webcast LIVEfor the first time which was witnessed by IEEE Members, studentmembers and others.

The Students ProfessionalAwareness Conference (SPAC) held atSSN College of Engineering, Kalavakkam � 603 110 on 12thSeptember.2008 was a grand success. Over 280 students, drawn from 11SBs in 3 GINI Hubs, from IEEE Madras Section participated in thisevent. As the Principal of SSNCE andChairman of IEEEMadras Section,I welcomed the gathering. Mr. Naren Nachiappan, Managing Director,Jivox India conducted a session on �CareerManagement in Technology�with emphasize on the importance of making the right choices during thecourse of ones career. Dr. Suresh Chander Pal, Student Activity Chair,Madras Section and M.S. Barnabas, Vice Chair, GINI Madras Sectionconducted sessions on �Values of IEEE � and �Benefits that IEEE canprovide to a studentmember� respectively. The conferencewas sponsoredby SSNCollege of Engineering Student Branch and TIME contributed tothe extent of Rs.3,000/-. Mr. Ashwin Kumar Sahoo, Student BranchCounsellor, Mr. Prithvin Rajendran, IEEE Student Branch Chair, Mr.Hari Ganesh, Section GINI Representative, andMr. S. Subadesh Kanna,HUBRepresentative of Kanchipuram district made all the arrangementsfor the successful conduct of the conference.

As the IEEE Madras Section Chairman, I inaugurated the IEEEValliammai Student Branch on 28th August 2008. Dr. Suresh ChanderPal, IEEE StudentActivities Chair felicitated the function in the presenceofDr.M.Balasubramanian, Principal andDr. Padma Subramaniam, IEEEStudent Branch Counsellor ofValliammai Engineering College.

Congratulations to Easwari Engineering College which has wonthe 2007 IEEE WIE Affinity Group of the Year Award. The credit forthis success goes toMrs.M.Ramalatha, IEEEStudent BranchCounsellor,Chair,WIEAffinity Group and IEEER10WIECoordinator. To celebratethis, IEEE Madras Section organised a Global Award Ceremony onMonday, 15th September 2008, at Hotel Park Sheraton. Mr. AndrewSimkin, HonourableAmerican Consul General, was the Chief Guest.

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Dear Friends,

We thank you for the positive feedback on thenew layout of the newsletter LINK. Our desire is tomake the newsletter not only attractive but alsoinformative to all our members, irrespective of theirfield of specialization. This can be achieved onlywhenwe receive the relevant contributions from ourprofessional members and student branches.

We congratulate Mr. Pugazharasan Selvanthan & Mr. V.T.Lakshminarayanan, both from Sri Venkateswara College of Engg., thewinners of Info Contest 0808 who will receive a prize of Rs. 500/= eachsponsored by SRA Systems. We would like to bring it to your attentionthat the deadline to send the answers to the contest has been advanced to5th of the month.

Our congratulations to Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology,Vinayaka Missions for having organized four events, all of which arereported in this issue. PES, Computer Society and WIE are quite active.Reports on the activities held at Kongu Engg. College (belated reporting),ValliammaiEngg.College, VelammalEngg.College,MPNMJEngg.Collegealso appear in this issue.

We are sure that all our student branches are also active but notreporting to LINK. Though we have been reminding the studentcoordinators now and then to keep sending us reports on the activitiesdone in their institutions, response is coming from only from few. Ourwish is to publish at least two events from each student branch in a year.This will make the Madras Section which has highest no. of studentbranches also to be the most active one globally.

One page report on the second batch of tutorials and talks by Dr.Prabhaker Mateti, Associate Professor, Dept. of CSE, Wright StateUniversity, USAand co-ordinated byMr.Mohan, Chairman of IEEECSappears in the newsletter along with two interesting articles � one on ITGoveranance by Mr. NSN Pillai of Ashok Leyland and the other one bytwo studentmembers of SakthiMariammanEngg. College on �EstimationofDiamond usingDigital Image Processing� and the proceedings of IEEECSmonthly technical meetings..

A list of forthcoming events � workshops, conferences beingorganized or supported by IEEE and its sister societies has been compiledand appear in this issue for the benefit of our readers to present papersand participate in them.

To facilitate the timely publishing of LINK, please follow theguidelines published inAug issue of LINK and send the reports by 8th ofevery month by mail to [email protected] with a copy to theSectionmail id: [email protected].

Editorial TeamMr. H.R. Mohan, Dr. S. Salivahanan, Dr. M. Ponnavaikko,

Dr. P. Suresh Chander Pal, Mr. T.S. Rangarajan, Mrs. M. Ramalatha

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IEEE-MAS Link Volume : 5 Issue : 9 September 2008

IEEE Computer Society,Madras Chapter, IEEETechnology ManagementCouncil, Madras Chapter,IEEE CommunicationsSociety,Madras Chapter andthe Computer Society ofIndia, Chennai Chapter had jointly organizeda presentation in two parts on 8th Aug 2008on �IT Governance & COBIT framework�

Mr. Mr. K. Jayaramakrishnan,Chairman, CSI Chennai welcomed thegathering.He also highlighted on theCSI 2008annula convention being organized at Chennaiduring Sep 2008.

Mr. K.V. Rupchand, Chairman, IEEE-TMC introduced the first speaker, Mr. N.S.N.Pillai,Head�RiskManagement& InformationSecurity at Ashok Leyland and the Presidentof ISACA, Chennai Chapter.

Mr. Pillai gave an overview of IT

Presentation on IT Governance & COBITframework

Governance, an integral part ofenterprise Governance whichc o n s i s t s o f l e a d e r s h i p ,organizational structures andprocesses that ensure that theorganization�s IT sustains andextends the organization�s strategiesand objectives. He narrated his

experiences at Ashok Leyland in theimplementation of IT Governance relatedactivities.Adetailed article on ITGovernanceby Mr. Pillai appears in this issue of LINKfor reader�s ref.

Mr. S. Ramasamy, Vice-Chairman, CSI Chennaiintroduced Mr. R. Vittal Raj,Chartered Accountant &Director Certification, ISACAChennai Chapter, the speakerof the 2nd part of thepresentation. Mr. Vittal Raj,gave a lucid presentation and took the audiencethrough theControlObjectives for Information

and related Technology (COBIT), an ITgovernance framework and supporting toolsetthat allowsmanagers to bridge the gap betweencontrol requirements, technical issues andbusiness risks. He added that COBIT enablesclear policy development and good practicefor IT control throughout organizations and itemphasizes regulatory compliance, helpsorganizations to increase the value attainedfrom IT, enables alignment and simplifiesimplementation of the COBIT framework. Adetailed article on COBIT framework by Mr.Vittal Raj will be published in the next issueof LINK.

Mr. Sivan Ramachandran, Chairman,IEEE-ComSoc proposed the Vote of Thanks.

Mr. H.R. Mohan,Chairman, IEEE CSpresented the mementoto Mr. Pillai Mr. G.Ramachandran, PastVicePresident, CSI presentedthe memento to Mr.Vittal Raj. This

presentation was attended by over 75professional and student members.

Presentation on IPTV � Internet ProtocolTelevision

IEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter,IEEE Communications Society, MadrasChapter and the Computer Society of India,Chennai Chapter had jointly organized atechnical talk on 30th Aug 2008 on �IPTV �Internet Protocol TV�

Mr. S. Ramasamy, Vice-Chairman, CSIChennaiwelcomed the gathering and introducedthe speaker Mr. A. Ganesan, Past ChairmanIETE& Dy. GeneralManager, BSNL (Retd.).

Mr. Ganesan, who had a vast experiencein the communications filed and authoured threebooks including a popular and recent one onMobile Networks and New Services, and

practical working knowledge, gave anexcellent presentation on the topicIPTVwhich is to be shortly launchedin India. In his talk, Mr. Ganesan,started with telecom networks,concept of broadband, differencebetween wire line & wirelessbroadband and thenmoved to explainon what is IPTV, services offered inIPTV, IPTV architecture, functionalcomponents in IPTV, implementationissues of IPTV, regulatory issues and

marketing issues in IPTV.All the concepts wereexplained with good illustrations.

The meeting was attended by about 100participants consisting of professional andstudent members of organising societies.

Mr. K. Adhivarahan, Past Chairman ofCSI Chennai highlighted the various technicalsessions being planned at the CSI 2008 annualconvention and requested the participantsregister and benefit. At the end of the talk, Mr.SivanRamachandran,Chairman, IEEE-ComSocproposed the Vote of Thanks. Mr. H.R. Mohan,Chairman, IEEE CS presented the memento tothe speaker Mr. Ganeasn.

IEEE CS seminar on

Software Engineering

Process Models

The Dept of Computer Science andEngineering and the Association of

Computer Engineers and IEEE ComputerSociety of the Aarupadai Veedu Inst.of Technology, conducted one day seminar on11th SEP 2008. on the topic �SoftwareEngineering Process Models� Mr. D. VijendraBabuVice Principal Presided over the inauguralsession. Mr. P. T. Sivasankar, HOD (CSE)welcomed the gathering. Technical talk wasdelivered byMr.Mohan Sidhan, CEO,VyosoftSolutions Pvt Ltd. Deans and HODs of otherdepartments participated in the seminar. Over200 students enthusiastically participated inthe seminar.

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Activities at Kongu Engineering College

The valedictory function for the IEEEstudent branch ofKonguEngineeringCollege

was held on 27th March 2008. The activities of thestudent branch for the year 2007- 2008were endedwith thevaledictoryfunction.Thewelcomeaddresswasgiven byMr. E.K.Bharanidharan,ViceChairperson,Final B.Tech IT. The Chair Person Mr. S. SivaKannan, Final BE EEE presented a report of theyears activities. The Office Bearers for the year(2008-2009) were then introduced by him.

The presidential address was given byProfessor K. Narayanan, Staff Advisor of theIEEE Student Branch in Kongu EngineeringCollege. Prof. T. Michael Narendra Kumar,Director (KSMS), Karunya University, Karunya

Nagar P.O., Coimbatore � 641114presided over the session and gavethe valedictory address. He alsopresented a brief lecture on the IEEEand a related technical topic. Thestudents found the lecture veryinformative and greatly benefitedfrom his vast experience andknowledge. He insisted that the IEEEwas not only limited to the circuitbranches and encouraged morestudents from departments likeMechanical and Civil Engineering to

take an active interest in all IEEE activities. Thestudents interacted with him after his presentation.

Spectrum presentations were given by S.Sathish Kumar (III BE ECE) , R. Ambi Babu, (IIBE EEE) and N. Logeswarachakravarthi (III BEECE) . S. Sathish Kumar (III BE ECE) presentedhis topic about solar panels that make electricalcharges. He also spoke about the efficiency ofsolar panels which is 53-60% lesser in India thanthe technology which is implemented in theGoogle headquarters in California. It uses aninnovativemethod that produces almost 746wattsof power per hour. The energy produced is muchmore than is currently needed in Google and anyexcess power is given to the Californian

government which charges surrounding areas oneunit less from the domestic supply.

R. Ambi Babu (II BE EEE) presented hisarticle about a Microchip that enables ElectronicGene Injection into the brain and thereby replacesany damaged cellswith new cells that allow normalfunctioning of the damaged brain cells. N.Logeswarachakravarthi (III BE ECE) gave a briefpresentation entitled �Classical Vs Quantum�.

The presentations gave remarkableawareness about the Spectrum magazine. Prizeswere distributed after the presentations to theorganizing team and to the office bearers of theoutgoing batch.

The chief guest applauded the teamworkof IEEE-KEC all throughout the year and he wasall praises for the rank obtained by IEEE-KECfor the academic year 2007-08 amongst thevarious other student branches from other colleges.The audiences were then requested for theirfeedback. Among the various aspects of thefeedback obtained, SPAC �08, a 2 day national-level professional conference was well applauded.The new office bearers took charge amongst greatovation. Finally, the vote of thanks was given byMr. Gautham Sasidharan, Final BE EIE.

Report by Mr. P. Rajesh, Chairman, IEEEStudent Branch, Kongu Engineering College

IDAIP 2008: Intelligent Data Analyticsand Image Processing; 3-4, October 2008;Dept. of IT, Bannari Amman Institute ofTechnology, Sathyamangalam, Erode Dt.. Fordetails, pl. contact the Organising Secretary Mr.C. Palanisamy, email: [email protected] Wahi , email: [email protected]

SYNC 08: National Level ProjectContest, 6th Oct 2008, Dept. of EEE, ErodeSengunthar Engineering College, Thudupathi,Erode. For participation. Pl. contact: Mrs. M.Shyamala Gowri, Ph: 98426 60908 or email:[email protected]

NACLIN 2008: Eleventh NationalConvention on Knowledge, Library andInformation Networking; Theme: DigitalFutures: Strategies for Developing World ClassLibraries; 4-7, November 2008, KarunyaUniversity, Coimbatore; Organised by: DELNET,Developing Library Network, New Delhi &Central Library, KarunyaUniversity, Coimbatore;Supported by: IEEE Computer Society, MadrasChapter & Div II (Software), Computer Societyof India. Last Date for Submission of Papers:September 15, 2008. For details, pl. contact:Dr. H.K. Kaul, email: [email protected] [email protected]. For Registration, pl.

Forthcoming Events co n t a c t : D r . J . D om i n i c , e m a i l :[email protected] Website:www.naclin.org

NCSOFT 08: National Conference inSoftware Engineering; 4-5, December 2008,Cochin University of Science & Technology,Kochi; Last date for paper submission: 15th Nov2008. For details pl. contact Ms. Mini Ulanat,email: [email protected] , [email protected]/ [email protected]

ADCOM 2008: InternationalConference on Advanced Computing andCommunication; 14 � 17, December 2008, MITCampus, Anna University, Chennai, India; Fordetails, pl. visit http://annauniv.edu/adcom2008/

ICCCN 08: International Conferenceon Computing, Communication andNetworking; 18-20, Dec 2008 at ChettinadCollege of Engg andTechnology, Karur. Supportedby IEEEEDSociety&ZIPSResearch Foundation.Last date for paper submission: 15th Oct 2008.For details pl. contact Dr A.P. Kabilan, email:[email protected] , [email protected].

TIMA: 6th International Conference onTrends in Industrial Measurements andAutomation; Theme: Intelligent sensing andcontrol (towards energy management andenvironmental preservation); 4 � 6, Jan 2009,Chennai, India; Organised by: Dept. of

Instrumentation Engg., MIT Campus, AnnaUniversity, Chennai; Last date for full papersubmission( 6 pages): 15th September,2008; Forfurther details pl. contact: Dr. T. Thyagarajan,email: [email protected]

ICETiC 2009: International conferenceon Emerging Trends in Computing; 8-10, Jan2009, Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu; Organized by:Dept. of CSE, Kamaraj College of Engineering &Technology; Supported by: IEEEMadras Section,IEEE Computer Society - Madras Chapter,Computer Society of India - Div II (Software).Last date for paper submission: 31st Aug 2008.For Further details, pl. contact: Er. N. SaravanaSelvam, email: [email protected],Website:www.icetic2009.org/

ICWIS-09: International Conferenceon Web Intelligent Systems; 8 � 10 January2009, Chennai, India; Organized by: RajalakshmiEngineeringCollege, Chennai; InAssociationwith:IEEE Computer Society - Madras Chapter,Computer Society of India - Div II (Software) &Chennai Chapter, Indian Institute of InformationTechnology and Management � Kerala. Last datefor the submission of extended abstract: July 30,2008. For further details, pl. contact: Website:http://www.rajalakshmi.org/icwis09, email:[email protected]

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The IEEE Valliammai student Branch ofValliammai Engineering College was

inauguratedon28thAug2008.Dr. S. Salivahanan,Chairman, IEEE Madras section and Dr. P.SureshChander Pal, Chairman, StudentActivity,IEEEMadras sectionwere the chief guests. Theevent started with invocation. Dr. D. PadmaSubramanian, Prof & HOD /EEE, IEEE-VECBranch counselor welcomed the gathering.

The inauguration of IEEE �ValliammaiStudent Branch was followed by motivationalspeeches byDr. S. Salivahanan andDr. P. SureshChander Pal. Dr. S. Salivahanan gave somestatistical and vital information about variousactivities and outreach programmes conductedby the IEEE Madras section. He recollectedsome of the successful initiatives by the IEEEto the rural people and motivated students towork toward the same. This talk encouragedthe students to join the IEEEandhe explained thevarious benefits to the students from the IEEE.

Dr.M.Balasubramanian, Principal,Valliammai Engineering College in his addresspraised theDepartment for its progress and urgedtomaintain the same spirit ofmotivation in future.

Dr.T.Thyagarajan,Secretary IEEEMadrasSection and Professor and Head, Departmentof Electronics and Instrumentation Engineeringgave a lecture on �Intelligent Modeling andControl Schemes for Automation� as part ofactivities of IEEEValliammai Student Branch.

Dr. T. Thyagarajan began his lecture withthe conventional techniques employed formodeling various physical systems andhighlighted the limitations imposed by thosetechniques when it came to assumption of non-zero initial conditions and highly complexsystems involving cumbersome calculations.Hisfocus then shifted toArtificial Intelligence basedadvanced control techniques. He also explainedthe concepts of Artificial Neural Networks(ANN), Fuzzy Logic Control (FLC), GeneticAlgorithm (GA) and hybridization techniques.The lecture threw light on the basics of trainingthe parameter set in ANN, Fuzzification andDefuzzification concepts of FLC and thebenefits of intelligent modeling of controlsystems. The lecturewas followed by a questionhour where the students got their queriesclarified. The speaker encouraged the studentsto mail their queries in future and also cited fewimportant IEEE references for the topic ofdiscussion of the day. He also insisted them topursue project work in the area of ArtificialIntelligence.

Dr. P. Suresh Chander Pal suggested themembers to form various committees with

Activities at Valliammai Engineering College which all the members will be able to take partin the activities of thebranch.Hecalledfor nominations from students forvarious committees and appointedthe students in charge for the same.

The function attended by about150 participants proved to be a grandsuccess in motivating many studentsto join the IEEE.

The event concluded with thevote of thanks given by Mr. K.Srinivasan, Branch Mentor, IEEEValliammai student Branch andfollowed by national anthem.

IEEEMASLINK congratulates the followingachievements of IEEE & IEEE CS member(No. 90284125) Dr. Rajkumar Kannan PhD /NIT-T, Associate Professor, Dept. ofComputer Science, Bishop Heber College,Trichy. e-mail: [email protected] &website: http://member.acm.org/~rajkumark/

� Publised a paper titled, �Modeling theDanceVideoSemanticsUsingRegularTreeAutomata� in the refereed internationaljournal �Fundamenta Informaticae�, Vol.86(1-2):175-189 published by IOS Press,The Netherlands. Online version is at:http://fi.mimuw.edu.pl/vol86.html.

� Been to Slovakia as aVisiting Professor atthe Faculty of Informatics and Information

Member Achievements

Office Bearers

Branch Counselor Dr. D. Padma Subramanian Prof &Head/EEE

Branch mentor Mr. K.Srinivasan Sr. Lecturer/EEE

Chairman Mr. Gopalakrishnan Raguveer Final year EEE

Vice- Chair Aswini.A Final year EEE

Secretary Upendra.K.S Third year EEE

Joint-Secretary Manujeevan.P Third year EEE

Treasurer Vatsaladevi.S & Josh Second year EEE

Industry Relations Officer Kishore Second year EEE

Membership Committee i/c Ansh Khandelwal & Kartick Final year EEE&Second year EEE

Program committee i/c Karthica.K.R & Ramya Final year EEE&Third year EEE

Newsletter Committee i/c Narendiran &Arthi Swaminathan Second year EEE,

Website Committee i/c Jayasudan & Vidhya Second year EEE&Third year EEE

This is to inform the faculty members ofengineering colleges that IEEEMadras Sectionhas taken a decision to conduct FacultyDevelopment Programmes in Trichy andCoimbatore also.

The non-members who register formembership from August 16 to till the end ofFebruary 2009 can avail the benefit of 2008from the date of registration in addition to thebenefits of 2009.Visit www.ieee.org for furtherdetails.

Chairman�s message continued...

- Dr. S. Salivahanan

Technologies, Slovak University ofTechnology, Bratislava, Slovakia duringApril-June 2008. Please find one of mytalks at : nazou.fiit.stuba.sk/pewe/data/2007-2008/rajkumar-mining.pdf.

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Velammal Engineering College rocked outwith an Electrical Surge on 27th August,

2008 when the young, vibrant and prospectiveEngineers of the Dept. of Electrical andElectronicsEngineering in associationwithVECIEEE Student Branch (SC: 60661) triggered upthe National Level Technical Symposium �SURGE2K8 �ThunderstormsAssured.

The Technical Extravaganza geared upwith an inauguration which was honoured bythe presence ofMr. B.V.S.Krishnamurthy,HeadR&D, Alcatel Lucent Development India whoofficially inaugurated the festival and deliveredthe inaugural address. The function waspresided over by Dr. J. Shanmugam, Principal,VEC. Prof. Narayana Bhaskar, HOD/EEE,Mr.K. Suresh Kumar, Symposium Convener andMr. M. S. Barnabas, Chairman, VEC IEEEStudentBranch accompanied the guests on stage.The Special Edition of TECHNOCRATS, theofficial in-house bulletin of VEC IEEE StudentBranch was also released on the auspices of theoccasion. (Visit www.vec-technocrats.co.cc for

A total of 250 Students withrepresentation from more than 40 Colleges inaround the State of Tamilnadu participated inthe various events organized. 15 TechnicalPapers were presented and they were evaluatedby Distinguished Technical Experts viz., Dr. P.Rangarajan, Professor & Head, Dept. of IT,RMDEngineeringCollege,Dr.V.Kamaraj, Prof./EEE, SSN College of Engineering, Dr. P.Chidambaram,Prof./EEE,VelammalEngineeringCollege, Chennai.

Innovative Projects displayed by 26teams from various Colleges and 13 In-houseteams occupied the tables during the afternoon

Activities at Velammal

Engineering College

session. Best Projects from bothexternal colleges and in-house teamswere selected.

To test the skills of delegates,other technical events such asCircuit Modelling, 3D InnoSketch,Quiz and AdZap were alsoconducted.

The Grand TechnicalFestival reached its tail end with aValedictory Function. Mr.K.S.Kirthivasan, AGM (Engg.)/

BHEL RPT was the Guest of Honour whodelivered theValedictoryAddress. The functionwas presided over by Dr. Sheilaa Haran, VicePrincipal & Student Branch Counsellor, VECand Prof. P. Narayana Bhaskar, HOD/EEE.Cash Prizes worth Rs. 25,000/- and MeritCertificates were awarded to the Winners ofVarious events. Mr. M. Karthick, GeneralSecretary, Velammal Electrical and ElectronicsEngineers� Student Association (VEESA)delivered the vote of thanks.

To see the photographs of the event, pl.visit www.surge2k8.co.cc

Inauguration of IEEE Power & EnergySociety

The IEEE Student branch& IEEEPower&Energy Societywas inaugurated atAarupadaiVeedu Institute of Technology- Paiyanoor,Chennai on 13thAugust-2008. The Society wasinaugurated by Dr. Suresh Chander Pal,Chairman, IEEE Student activities( Madrassection). He also made the students acquaintedwith the benefits of joining IEEE. The variousIEEE activities were highlighted by Dr. S.Salivahanan, Chairman,IEEEMadras Section.The function was presided by Mrs. R.

Activities at Aarupadai Veedu Institute of

TechnologyKalavathy,Vice-principal,AVIT.Dr.V.Ramakrishnan, HOD/EEE & EIE,IEEECounsellor, IEEE student branchatAVITdelivered thewelcome address.Mr. S. Rajagopal, Asst. Prof/EEEdelivered the vote of thanks. The officeBearers for IEEE student Branch, IEEEPower & Energy Society and variousactivities of IEEEwere selected for theyear-2008.

Office Bearer for IEEE-StudentBranch

Faculty Advisor: M.Venkatesh KumarPresident : Bhaskar PratapVice-President : PankajSecretary : Siddhartha Shankar

Treasurer : Mr. SanjeevKumar Paul

Office Bearer for IEEE-Power & EnergySociety

Faculty Advisor : G.Radha KrishnanPresident : Mr.Prakash KumarVice-President : Mr.R.S.RajasekarSecretary : Ms.Priyanka

Priyadarshni

Treasurer : Ms.Seema SinhaNews letter & WebpageCo-ordinator- G.Radha KrishnanTechnical � Manoj KumarPublic Relations �Alok KumarTreasurer - Sanjeev Kumar PandeyMembershipActivities � Shagufta EnamIEEE-MASLinkCo-ordinator- S.L.SreedeviTechnical � Sanjeev Kumar PaulPublic Relations � Neeraj KumarTreasurer � Arun LalMembership Activities � P.V.Rajesh Kumar

Section Membership ason 15th September 2008Life Senior - 7Life Fellow - 1Life Member - 3Senior Member - 73Member - 1244Affliate - 24Associate - 131Graduate Student Member - 526Student Member - 3737

Total - 5,746

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Tutorial & Lecture programmes by Dr. Prabhaker Mateti

The following table outlines the tutorials & lecture programmes by Dr. PrabhakerMateti,Associate Professor, Dept. of Computer Science & Engg,Wright State University, Ohio, USA organized at various institutions during Jul / Aug 2008. Reports from few more programmes are awaited. Theseprogrammes were co-ordinated by Mr. H.R. Mohan, Chairman, IEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter.

Date Institution Topic Attendees Coordinator

30th Jul 2008 TheKavery Engineering College, Importance of Linux 120 Prof.V.Venkatachalam,Mecheri, Salem Principal

31st Jul 2008 K.S.RangasamyCollege of InauguralAddress at the inauguration of 400 students E. Jayabalan,Arts & Science, Tiruchengode the computer ScienceAssociations & and 60 HOD of Computer Science

Faculty Development Programme on faculty & ApplicationsPersonal Security and Privacy on the Web members

1st Aug 2008 KonguEngineeringCollege EverythingYou Should KnowAbout Linux 250 Prof. K. Narayanan,IEEE StudentBranch Co-Ordinator

2nd Aug 2008 Sri KrishnaCollege of Engineering AllAbout Linux 50 Prof.N.K.Karthikeyan andand Technology, Coimbatore Prof.G.Kousalya coordinatated

under the guidance ofDr.S.Subramanian, Principal.

21st Aug 2008 Dept. Computer Science and Booting Linux throughUSB 60 Prof.A.M.Sameeullah &Engineering,Annamalai Prof.V.SrinivasanUniversity, Chidambaram

AtKaveri Engg College,Mecheri, Salem At K.S.Rangasamy College ofArts & Science, Tiruchengode

At K.S.Rangasamy College ofArts & Science, Tiruchengode At Kongu EnggCollege, Erode

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Activities at M. P. Nachimuthu M. JaganathanEngineering College

The Electrical and Electronics Engineeringdepartment in association with the Institute

of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)student branch of M.P. Nachimuthu M.

Jaganathan Engineering Collegeconducted a one day seminar on�Energy Conservation inIndustries� on 01.08.2008.

Mr. P. Selvan, Head of theDepartment, Department ofElectrical and ElectronicsEngineering welcomed thegathering.

The correspondent, �UdyogRattan� Thiru. J. Sudhanandhenpresided over the function. Theprincipal, Dr.K. Jagadeesan offered

the felicitation.

Er. K. Nagaraju, Manager/Electrical,LECS, Coimbatore participated in the seminarand delivered a speech on �EnergyConservation

IEEE CS Chapter Seminar on J2EE Technologies

IEEE Computer Society StudentBranch Chapter andAssociation ofInformation Technology Engineers ofAarupadai Veedu Institute ofTechnology Organized a Seminar on�Overview of J2EE Technologies�. Itwas held on Friday 22ndAugust, 2008.

Dr. A. Anthony IruthayarajDean (IT)Welcomed the gathering andbriefs importance of J2EETechnologies. Mrs. P.Kalavathy Viceprincipal, Aarupadai Veedu Instituteof Technology delivered the

in Industries�. In his speech he explained theimportant role of Energy Conservation inIndustries especially in electrical and electronicsengineering.He also asked the teachers to acquirethrough knowledge on Energy Conservation toteach the students effectively. He also explainedthe major benefits of the Energy Conservationmethods.

Around 194 students (including IEEEMembers) and 15 faculty members participatedin this programme.

Mr.D.Sabapathi, BranchCounselor, IEEEStudent Branch proposed the Vote of Thanks..

The arrangements for the function weremade byMr.D.Sabapathi, Branch Counselor ofIEEE Student Branch, Mr.R.Palanisamy, Co �Ordinator, Association of Electrical andElectronics Engineering and the students in agoodmanner.

Presidential address.

Mr. A. Muruganantham, Manager,Hexavarsity, Hexavare technologies Limitedwas the Chief guest and conducted the seminaron Overview of J2EE Technologies.

Mr. C. Karthikeyan HOD (IT)introduced the office bearers of InformationTechnology EngineersAssociation.

Students of IT deparment and facultiesfrom various departments participated in theseminar. Mr. Basanta Kalita, President of theAssociation of Information technologyEngineers Proposed the Vote of thanks.

1. Collapse of Berlin Wall�11/89: Theevent not only symbolized the end of theColdwar, it allowed people from other sideof thewall to join the economicmainstream.(11/09/1989)

2. Netscape: Netscape and the Webbroadened the audience for the Internet fromits roots as a communicationsmedium usedprimarily by �early adopters and geeks� tosomething thatmade the Internet accessibleto everyone from five-year-olds to eighty-five-year olds. (8/9/1995)

3. Workflow software: The ability ofmachines to talk to other machines with nohumans involved. Friedman believes thesefirst three forces have become a �crudefoundation of a whole new global platformfor collaboration.�

4. Open sourcing: Communities uploadingand collaborating on online projects.Examples include open source software,blogs, and Wikipedia. Friedman considersthe phenomenon �the most disruptive forceof all.�

5. Outsourcing: Friedman argues thatoutsourcing has allowed companies to splitservice and manufacturing activities intocomponents, with each componentperformed in most efficient, cost-effectiveway.

6. Offshoring: Manufacturing�s version ofoutsourcing.

7. Supply chaining: Friedman compares themodern retail supply chain to a river, andpoints to Wal-Mart as the best example ofa company using technology to streamlineitem sales, distribution, and shipping.

8. Insourcing: Friedman uses UPS as a primeexample for insourcing, in which thecompany�s employees perform services�beyond shipping�for another company.For example, UPS itself repairs Toshibacomputers on behalf of Toshiba. The workis done at the UPS hub, by UPS employees.

9. In-forming: Google and other searchengines are theprimeexample. �Neverbeforein the history of the planet have so manypeople-on their own-had the ability to findso much information about so many thingsand about so many other people�, writesFriedman.

10. �The Steroids�: Personal digital deviceslike mobile phones, iPods, personal digitalassistants, instantmessaging, and voice overInternet Protocol (VoIP).

Source: The book �The World Is Flat� byThomas L. Frideman

The Ten Forces That Flattened the World

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V.Nagavyshnavi,ECE IIIyearSakthi Anitha Vasudevan,ECE IIIyearSakthi Mariamman Engg. College

ABSTRACT

Diamond is known to mankind fromprehistoric times and has been praised forcenturies as a gemstone of exceptional beauty,brilliance and luster. A number of stimulantsand synthetic gemstones are found in today�smarket of exhibiting the properties of the originaldiamond. Hence, it is very essential to checkthe quality of the gem purchased, mainly to seewhether it is original or a synthetic or a stimulant.So far, the diamond traders, to test or assay thequality of the diamond, commonly use onlyphysical methods.

Therefore, the proposed work is toexamine the quality of one diamondwith anotherdiamond, as well as to examine the quality oforiginal diamond with a stimulant by theapplication of Digital image processing. Theterm �Digital Image processing� refers toprocessing of a two-dimensional picture by adigital computer. Image acquisition, storage,communication and display are the elements ofdigital image processing system.

The proposed work is concerned withthe acquisition of the image of the diamondunder specific conditions, digitizing it, and thenprocessing thedigital imageusingvarious �ImageEnhancement� techniques, to assay its qualityand study its properties. Though �Digital Imageprocessing� has a very wide range ofapplications, such as remote sensing via satelliteand other spacecrafts, image transmission andstorage for business applications, medicalprocessing, robotics, and automated inspectionof industrial parts, the proposed work aims atthe application of digital image processing intoyet another area called �Gemology�, for thepurpose of analyzing the quality and theproperties of diamonds, as well as diamondimitationmaterials.

What is a Diamond?

Diamond is naturalgem known to mankindfrom prehistoric timesand has been praised forcenturies as a gemstoneof exceptional beauty,brilliance and luster. It isa symbol of richness andpower. Graphite and

Estimation of Diamond using Digital Image

Processing Diamond are two allotropic forms of carbon. Indiamond, each carbon atom is covalently singlebonded to four other carbon atoms in atetrahedral manner...

The imposters

An imposter is any gem that claims to beas good or better than, just like, as hard, morebeautiful than, but cheaper than a diamond. Theimposters come in two groups, the stimulantsand the synthetics. A stimulant is somethingthat looks similar to a diamond but does nothave the same properties (weight, specificgravity, refractive index, hardness, etc.). Zirconis natural stone (stimulant) often used to imitatediamonds.A synthetic is a man made diamond.Cubic Zirconia is a synthetic stone. Zircon is asubstitute for diamond and Glass is a substitutefor Zircon.

4 C�s of the Diamond

Diamond needs to be cut and polishedfor its luster.The basic shapes of a diamond are:

1. Oval 5.Pear-shaped

2. Round 6. Heart-shape

3. Marquis 7. Princess

4. Emerald 8. Trillion

The 4 C�s of the diamond are Carat,Clarity, Color and Cut

Carat weight

The weight or size of a diamond ismeasured in carats. One carat is divided intoone hundred segments called �points�. As inthe decimal system, one hundred and twentyfive points equal one-quarter carats. Eventually,the carat was standardized at 200 milligrams.

Clarity

This is the degree to which a diamond isfree of inclusions. Where inclusions lie, theirsize and their type determine the value of thestone.

Colour

This is another aspect, where scarcitydetermines value. Colourless diamonds are

extremely scarce in nature. But, coloureddiamonds are very rate and precious.

Cut

Today, the art of diamond cutting has beenrefined to precise mathematical formulae.Mostdiamonds are cut with 58 facets. The lightreflecting properties and light dispersion of thestone determines a good cut. The three basicparts of every cut diamond is :

1. The crown (top)

2. The girdle (around the middle)

3. The pavilion (the bottom)

The size of the table, the symmetry ofthe facets, the thickness of the girdle, and theangle of the pavilion must all work together togive the diamond the sparkle that is wanted.The light enters the diamond through the crown,splits into white and coloured light, bouncesoff the facets of the pavilion back up throughthe crown, where it could be seen as a �sparkle�.To achieve the maximum sparkle for the magiccombination of brilliance and fire, the diamondmust be well cut and cut in the properproportions. The typical diamond is cut with58 facets, 33 on the crown and 35 on thepavilion. On a well- proportioned stone, thesefacets ill be uniform and symmetrical. If theyare not, the diamonds ability to refract light willsuffer.

Digital Image Processing:

Two principal application areas of digitalimage processing are:

1. Improvement of pictorial information forhuman interpretation and

2. Processing of scene data for autonomousmachine perception.

The field of digital imageprocessing refersto processing digital by means of a digitalcomputer. A digital image is composed of afinite number of elements. Each of which has aparticular location and value. These elementsare referred to as picture elements, imageelements, pels and pixels. Pixels are the termmost widely used to denote or a digital image.

The fundamental steps in imageprocessing are

1. Image acquisition

2. Preprocessing

3. Segmentation

4. Representation and description

5. Recognition and interpretation

Knowledge about a problem domain iscoded into an image processing knowledge base

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withwhich each of the abovemodules interacts.

The digital images are denoted by two-dimensional functions of the form f (x,y) where

0 < f (x, y) < µ

The function f (x, y)may be characterizedby two components: i (x,y) the amount of sourceillumination incident on the scene being viewed,and r (x,y), the amount of illumination reflectedby the objects in the scene.

f(x, y) =i (x, y) r (x, y) where 0 < I (x, y)< µ and 0 < r (x, y) < 1.

Color is a powerful descriptor than oftensimplifies object identification and extractionfrom a scene. Characterization of light is centralto the science of color. The three basic quantitiesused to describe the quality of a chromatic lightsource are: radiance (the total amount of energythat flows from the light source), luminance (ameasure of the amount of energy an observerperceives from a light source), and brightness.The primary colors are red (R), green (G) andblue (B). The color model used in the proposedwork is RGB color model.

Why Digital Image Processing?

The most common method used by thediamond traders for assaying the quality of thediamond is the use of a 10X loupe, a lens that

magnifies the object tentimes than its original size.The clarity of a diamond hasto be examined undernormalized light. This lenshelps to study the cuttingand inclusions in quality ofstudying the inclusions.Refractometer is used to findout the index of refraction.

These is an another testing instrument used inthe scientific method of assaying the diamond

As diamond is a three-dimensional(height, width, and depth) object and cutparameters play an important role in increasingor decreasing the diamond quality, a three-dimensional simulationmodel can suggestwhichcut parameters can yield maximum light returnand fire. The three dimensional modeling is togenerate photo realistic images of diamonds ofdifferent shapes, allowing the user to vary thecut parameters illumination conditions andoptical characteristics of the gemmaterials. Withsuchmodels it is possible to observe ray tracing,inclusion reflections, and other optical effectsthat occur in diamonds. There are specialized

software like �Brill�, developed by theMoscow State University researchers and the�Diamond Calculator� developed by theGemological Institute of America. Thetechnique used in �Brill� is a mathematical

model,whichwillmaintain the shape and patternof the facets of a found diamond. The cutparameters are varied to find out those valuesproviding the maximum light return and fire.The GIA computer model is used for theappearance of a round brilliant cut (RBC)diamond which includes a virtual diamond, avirtual environment (lighting etc.), and a virtualobserver and it also defines the relationshipsbetween these three components. Thesemodels, even though three dimensional, theydo not serve to differentiate between the originaland stimulants, but provide an understandingof how the general principles of light interactwith the diamond and what cut parameters willresult in maximum light return and fire.

The process of developing and testing acomputer model is often lengthy and

painstaking. Each new set of relationshipsbetween the components of the model must bedeveloped, calculated, validated through a seriesof verification tests, and adjusted until astatistically significant correlation is found.Researchers often develop hundreds of metricsin their search for the one that matches theparticular real-world circumstances they aretrying to represent with their mode. In eachcase, one thing is certain:Whenever a change ismade to any of the components or relationshipsbetween comments in the real world, the metricmust also be changed to correspond to it.

Examples of current research projects ofGIA(Gemological Institute ofAmerica) include:

1. Studying the influence of cut proportionson the appearance of polished diamonds.

2. Distinguishing diamond from diamondimitation materials (such as syntheticmoissanite) and from synthetic diamond.

3. Identifying colour and clarity treatmentsin diamond.

4. Investigating fracture-filled emeralds todevelop identification criteria, anddocument the stability of these treatedemeralds under conditi9ons of jewelry

manufacturing and repair.

5. Identifying treatments in cultured pearls.

6. Characterizing new synthetic and treatedgemmaterials.

The proposed work is concerned withthe acquisition of the image of the diamondunder specific conditions, digitizing it, and thenprocessing the digital imageusingvarious �ImageEnhancement� techniques, to assay its qualityand study its properties.

The luster and brilliance is found to bemore in the case of jewel containing original

diamonds than that of jewel containing syntheticdiamonds. The proposed work attempts toexamine the difference in the luster in originaland synthetic diamonds. Only unmounted orloose stones will be used for the purpose ofstudying their properties enhancementtechniques.

In fig (c) and fig (d) the amount ofbrilliance is displayed in black color. It is found

to bemore in original than in the synthetic gem.The luminosity of the object may also bedetermined and represented in terms of numberof pixels. Thus, by the application of digitalimage processing and image enhancementtechniques, it is possible to examine the qualityof one diamond with another diamond, as wellas to examine the quality of original diamondwith a stimulant or with a synthetic.

Conclusion

Though �Digital Image Processing� has avery wide range of application, such as remoteas remote sensing via satellite and otherspacecrafts, image transmission and storage forbusiness applications, medical processing,robotics and automated inspection of industrialparts, the proposedwork aims at the applicationof Digital Image Processing into yet anotherarea called �Gemology�, for the purpose ofanalyzing the quality and studying theproperties of diamond, as well as diamondimitation.

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Pillai.N.S.NHead - Risk Management &

Information Security,Ashok Leyland Ltd

President, ISACAChennai

1. IntroductionThe origin of Governance is a Greek word

KUBERNAN - meaning to steer a ship-continually orienting and adjusting.

Inanorganizationcontext,Governancemeans:� Determining where one wants to go� Identifying&avoidingknownhazardsandrisk� Determine where the organization expects

to be at a fixed time� Monitoring external conditions and

assumptions� Regularly checking the organization�s

position and status� Taking corrective action2. What is IT Governance?

IT Governance is a subset of corporateGovernance.Whenwe talk about ITGovernancewe are talking about value creation for thebusiness.

According to the IT Governance institute,IT Governance is �an integral part of enterpriseGovernance and consists of leadership,organizational structures and processes thatensure that the enterprise�s IT sustains andextends the organization�s strategies andobjectives�.3. What is the need for IT Governance?

Organizations depend more and more onIT.According to Gartner, information that eachone will be handling in the next decade will be20-30 times of what we are handling now. Forsome organizations information is business, e.g.Google, EBay etc. IT has come a longway frommere data processing role to providingmanagement information for decision makingthat run the business, developing variousbusiness models using the power of IT etc�.Behind every successful organization there is astrong IT usage. Therefore managing ITsuccessfully and aligning IT with businessobjectives have become imperative andimportant.

Earlier any failure of IT projects had nomajor impacts on business. But in today�senvironment failure of/delay on IT projects willhave serious impacts on the business. IT hasbecome crucial in support, sustenance andgrowth of business.As there are huge potentialsfor IT to dramatically change organization andbusiness practices, create new opportunities andreduce costs, there is a need for Governing ITrather than managing it. According to varioussurveys conducted world over, IT Governanceis in its nascent stage. This is the right time for

IT Governance Indian Industries to realize the importance ofGoverning IT. The shift has to take place from�doing the things rightly� to �doing right things�.

Following questions need to be asked.� Are we doing the right things?� Are we doing it the right way?� Are we getting them done well?� Are we getting the benefits?

Fundamentally ITGovernance is concernedwith two issues - that IT delivers value to thebusiness and that IT risks are mitigated. Thefirst issue is driven by strategic alignment of ITwith business and second by embeddingaccountability to an enterprise.

Business needs to do the right things, suchas investing in initiatives that makes businessbetter. According to Gartner, billions of USdollars were lost every year on ill conceivedand poorly managed IT projects. If promisesare made about the benefits that will be createdby an IT enabled business initiative, someonehas to be accountable and someone has tomonitor and measure. If something cannot bemeasured, it cannot be managed. Therefore ITneeds Governance just as HR and Finance do.

IT is so critical to the success of enterprisethat it cannot be relegated to either the ITmanageror IT specialist alone. It must receive theattention of both in coordination of the Topmanagement.

IT Governance comprises of 5 majordomains. The Domains of IT Governance arebusiness drivers and are aligned closely withthe kind of issues on which the board andrespective management are focused on. Theyare not technical but are business focused.

The 5 domains of IT governance are:� Strategic alignment of IT with business� Value delivery of IT� IT Risk Management� IT Resourcemanagement� Performancemeasurement.4. Who is Responsible?

IT Governance is the responsibility of TopManagement. It should be top driven.Organizations having board representation ofIT or organizations where IT reports to Topmanagement rather than to CTO are likely to besuccessful. This is a board room subject andtherefore needs representation to the TopManagement and their understanding andsupport.

The five domains of IT Governance focuson, being aware of what IT projects are doing,how they are performing, what they are costingand what they are earning for the organization.

In addition to the commitment andinvolvement of theTopmanagement, it requiresthe commitment and involvement oforganizations IT professionals as well asassurance and security professionals.

It starts with setting clear objectives,policies and goals, participating in the risk

Management process and providing ongoingmonitoring for implementing IT Governanceappropriately and in response to the needs ofthe organization, CIO and ITmanagement needtools, guidelines, best practices and otherinformation. COBIT is one of the importantframe works which will help organizations inthis direction.5. What is going to be the Future Trend?

Draft ISO / IECDIS 29382 standard coverssix principles � through three key activities(directing, evaluating and monitoring) � forboards to use to govern IT as an integralorganizational aspect.

Responsibility � Individuals and groupswithin the organization understand and accepttheir responsibilities in respect to both supplyof and demand for IT

Strategy � The organization�s businessstrategy takes into account the current andfuture capabilities of IT.

Acquisition � IT acquisitions are made forvalid reasons, on the basis of appropriate andongoing analysis, with clear and transparentdecisionmaking.

Performance � IT is fit for purpose insupporting the organization, providing theservices, levels of service and service qualityrequired to meet current and future businessrequirements.

Conformance � IT complies with allmandatory legislations and regulations. Policiesand practices are clearly defined, implementedand enforced

HumanBehaviour � IT policies, practicesand decisions demonstrate respect for humanbehavior, including the current and evolvingneeds of all the �people in the process�

The ISO / IEC SC7 IT Governance StudyGroup also sees these principles as valuable forthe foundation of other standards for thegovernance of projects and IT operations.(Reference Information Systems ControlJournal, Volume 2, 2008).6. Conclusion

To sum up� If organizations IT strategies and business

strategies are aligned, IT has a better chanceof enhancing and even driving the business.

� IT Governance helps enterprises meetobjectives, keep direction, activateconfidence and understand roles andresponsibilities.

� TopManagement support and commitmentis very crucial in IT Governance.

� Organizations who take IT Governanceseriously will be successfully running theirbusiness and whenever enterprisegovernance is in place.

� It will be easier to implement ITGovernanceif the enterprise is having CorporateGovernance in place.

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