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The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Western Australia Section October 2006 Issue
Welcome Message from orange banksias, red poker and magenta You will also be eligible to elect the
paperbark blossom are just a handful of Divisional directors according to your
Section Chair
examples. Exploring and enjoying such technical society memberships.
magnificent sights is an experience that On behalf of the IEEE WA Section, I
Dear friends,
no one should miss. In addition, the urge your participation in the voting pro-
growth and health of the state’s economy cess. The online process takes only ap-
This issue signals the end of the third
is at the envy of other states and even proximately 5 minutes and it is extremely
quarter of 2006. However, this is not yet
the world! We are truly fortunate living in intuitive. The outcomes will affect all IEEE
the end. The WA Section and Chapters
the world-famous Wildflower State! members as the leadership will chart the
are organising a number of events in the
However, let’s not forget the world course and steer the institute in the
coming months. This includes the “De-
and in particular at the IEEE Headquarter, coming years. Please also note that your
signing games for the mobile phone”
Regional and Divisional levels. It’s time to BALLOT must be received by 12 o'clock
workshop by Elina M. I. Koivisto, who is a
have your say through the ballot box in noon, Central Time USA (18:00 GMT),
game researcher and designer in the
selecting the leaders for the coming 1 November 2006 for it to be counted.
Nokia Research Center; visit and talk by
years. By now, you should have received Of course, don’t forget the coming
IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, Professor
information and ballot papers in the mail. AGM of the WA Section at the end of the
Vojin Oklobdzija; Postgraduate Electrical
In particular, I’d like to draw your year. Call for nomination and announce-
Engineering and Computing Symposium
attention to the positions of IEEE ment of the AGM will be sent to you soon.
(PEECS 2006); ICT WA conference; and
President-Elect 2007 and IEEE Region 10 We look forward to meeting you at the
the International Conference on Cyber
Director 2009-2010. The two candidates AGM.
Game and Interactive Entertainment
for IEEE President-Elect 2007 are Lewis Last but not least, I’d like to thank Dr
(CGIE 2006). These events will provide
Terman and John Vig, while the candi- Douglas Chai for putting together another
information from the latest research and
dates for IEEE Region 10 Delegate- informative and entertaining issue of the
development activities happening both
Elect/Director 2009-2010 are Y.W. Liu, newsletter and the contributors for
locally and internationally.
R. Muralidharan and Yong Jin Park. submitting their articles.
Apart from the technical activities,
Information about the candidates, such Take care. Enjoy the spring and this
spring is in the air with wild flowers in full
as their background, IEEE activities and issue of e-wavelets.
bloom across WA. Did you know that over
statements, can be found at the IEEE
12,000 species of plants are flowering
Election web site:
from June until December? Carpets of
daisies covering kilometers on the field,
http://www.ieee.org/election Lance Fung
red-and-green kangaroo paws, eucalypts
WA Section Chair
with blood-red blossoms, pink boronias,
In this Issue… Senior Member Elevation Presently, IEEE is offering potential
mentors, like you, the opportunity to
Congratulations to Philip Hingston and enter the program first. IEEE has
Two more hard-working members partnered with The Training Connection,
promoted to senior member grade. Lance Fung on their promotion to the
IEEE senior member grade. Phil and a vendor that has developed a web-based
IEEE Mentoring Program. Lance were promoted in June and August mentoring program to facilitate the
Meet Our Members. 2006, respectively. matching process. Participation in the
Both Phil and Lance appear in this program is voluntary and open to all IEEE
Workshop on mobile phone game
issue’s Meet Our Members. members above the grade of Student
design.
Member.
R10 GOLD Congress in Beijing. If you are interested, please go to
Ha Ha Story # 4. http://www.ieee.org/mentoring for infor-
IEEE Mentoring Program
mation on the roles and responsibilities of
And more.
each mentoring partner, the program, as
The IEEE Mentoring Connection is an on-
well as additional information on time and
line program to foster mentoring relation-
effort commitments. To access the online
ships between IEEE members.
program site visit the IEEE Membership
Membership Renewal Opening 14 July 2006, IEEE is offering
Benefits page listed under Core Benefits
its members the opportunity to partici-
“New for 2006” at
You can renew your IEEE membership pate in an online program which will fa-
right now. cilitate the matching of IEEE members for http://www.ieee.org/web/
the purpose of establishing a mentoring membership/ benefits/index.html
Simply login to www.ieee.org/renew partnership. By volunteering as a mentor,
using your IEEE Web Account. individuals use their career and life This will then take you to the online
experiences to help other IEEE members mentoring program site. We encourage
in their professional development. As a you to take advantage of the IEEE
mentee, you lead your partnership by network of technical professionals and
IEEE Annual Election selecting your mentoring partner from sign up for the online mentoring program
among those who have volunteered to today.
Vote online at serve in this capacity. We ask that you If you have any questions, please
review the time and effort commitment to contact Cathy Downer, IEEE Mentoring
www.ieee.org/election the program to ensure a successful Program Coordinator, at
mentoring partnership. Email: c.downer@ieee.org
Meet Our Members optimisation of circuit allocation of HV Join IEEE
substation, and economic-environmental
Philip Hingston holds dispatch of power generators. In addition, Know someone who would like to join??
a PhD in mathematical he also received a Graduate Diploma in
logic from Monash Uni- Business from Curtin University of Tech- It’s easy, just to go
versity and a Postgra- nology in 2000.
He has served in the IEEE WA Section http://www.ieee.org/join
duate Diploma in Com-
puter Science from the and various technical chapters for over
University of Melbour- 10 years. He received the IEEE Third
ne. He has 14 years’ Millennium Award in 2000 in recognition Designing Games for the
experience as an aca- of his services. He has also served in the
organising and program committees of Mobile Phone Workshop
demic and 9 years in industry. He has
published 35 refereed conference or jour- many IEEE conferences. Lance believes in
involvement and serving the professional The WA Chapter of the IEEE Computer
nal papers, 2 book chapters, and 10 other
institutes as an integral part of career Society is organising a one-day
papers in machine learning, information
development and training. He is active in workshop on designing games for the
retrieval, neural networks and genetic al-
promoting IEEE to other professional mobile phone.
gorithms.
Between 1995 and 2000 he was a bodies and the industry. He has been a
member of the Institute of Electrical When and where?
senior research scientist and then pro-
gram manager in Rio Tinto’s Research Engineers (IEE) and he is also a current Date: Friday, 24 Nov 2006
and Development division in Perth. He member of the Institute of Engineers Time: 8:45am to 5:00pm
joined ECU in 2000. He has just been Australia (IEAust) and the Australian
Computer Society (ACS). In his words, “It Venue: Murdoch University
promoted to Associate Professor.
His main research interest is in has been an enjoyable time serving IEEE
and other technical communities in pro- Who should attend?
Artificial Intelligence, related areas and
their applications. The current focus of moting technologies for the benefits of Anyone who is interested in mobile
this work is Evolutionary Computation, the society. I have gained much ex- game development.
and its application to industrial design perience as well as many friends. I
tasks, to grammatical inference, and to strongly encourage all members to be What will I learn?
modeling evolving social and natural involved and to make good use of the You will learn what the mobile
systems. A recent addition is the use of opportunities provided." platform offers for game design. The
AI methods in video games. methods that can be used in design
and evaluation of mobile games will
ABC Site Visit also be discussed. Some of the topics
Lance Fung has been to be covered are:
a member of the IEEE The ABC Broadcast Studios site visit,
Designing games for the
over 14 years. His which took place on the evening of Wed
mobile platform
technical career com- 26 July 2006, was very well-attended.
menced as a Marine Our host, Kris Bathgate, is very Evaluating mobile game play
Radio and Electronic passionate about his work and gave us an Tools and methods
Officer in the merchant extensive tour and a thorough Game design
navy in 1974. After explanation of the equipment, facilities
sailing the high seas and functions of the ABC Broadcast Building simply physical
for a few years, he re- Studios. Further, many positive prototypes in groups
turned to study and completed a Bachelor comments were received after the tour,
of Science degree in Maritime Technology which was organized by the IEEE Signal Who is the speaker?
with First Class Honours from the Univer- Processing Chapter. Elina M. I. Koivisto.
sity of Wales, Institute of Science and
Technology in 1981. This was followed by Koivisto is a game researcher and de-
a Master of Engineering degree in System Engineering and Autism signer at the Nokia Research Center.
Test Technology from the same institute. Her main research topics are the
During his study, Lance was awarded the IEEE Women in Engineering hosted an design and evaluation methods for
Marconi Avionics Prize and the Marconi informative and interactive seminar on mobile games as well as the Massively
Space and Defence Systems Prize for the “Asperger's Syndrome and Autism & En- Multi-player Online Game (MMOG)
best project and best performance in the gineering and Computing: Facts – design and communities.
postgraduate course. He then lectured in Theories - Realities”. Research has She has published several articles
the Nautical Studies Department, and indicated a correlation between autism on these topics and frequently spoken
subsequently the Department of Electro- and having a relative who is an engineer, in game conferences such as the
nic and Communication Engineering at and many prominent computer scientists Games Developers Conference (GDC).
Singapore Polytechnic from 1982 to have been suggested to have Aspergers Recently, Koivisto’s work has fo-
1988. In 1989, he took up a lectureship syndrome. Felicity Millman, who is re- cused on evaluating the player expe-
position at the School of Electrical and searching autism at Curtin University, rience. She has conducted play-
Computer Engineering at Curtin Univer- provided a historical, research and clinical testing for commercial and research
sity of Technology where he stayed until perspective on autism and Aspergers syn- game titles.
2003. He then accepted an offer at Mur- drome. Dr Nicola Ritter provided a per-
doch University as an Associate Professor sonal account of her family’s experience What is the cost?
in the School of Information Technology after her son was diagnosed with Registration fee starting from AUD 80.
where he is currently working. Aspergers Syndrome. Attendees included
While teaching full-time and raising families touched by autism, educators, Need more information?
his family, Lance studied for his doctoral researchers, employers and individuals
program under the supervision of Pro- Find out more at the Computer Chap-
who could identify with some behaviours
fessor Kit Po Wong. He received his PhD ter website at
described in the literature. Further infor-
degree from the University of Western mation on these pre-sentations is avail-
Australia in 1994. His thesis was in the http://ewh.ieee.org/r10/w_australia/
able at http://www.ieee.org/wawie .
disciplines of Artificial Intelligence and computer/
Power System Engineering. His study Valerie Maxville
proposed solutions to the problems of IEEE WA Women in Engineering
2 October 2006 Issue | e-Wavelets
R10 GOLD Congress in Beijing Did you know that…
The first ever IEEE R10 GOLD Con- The IEEE is divided geographically
gress was held in Beijing on 14-16 into 10 regions, with the Asia Pacific
July 2006 in association with the bi- region being named the Region 10 or
annual IEEE R10 Student Congress. R10 in short.
Delegates were given the opportunity
GOLD is an acronym for Graduates of
to Share Beyond Boundaries, which
Last Decade. This group caters for the
was the theme of this congress.
special needs and interests of recent
graduates. Find out more at
http://www.ieee.org/gold.
IEEE.tv is an internet broadcasting
network that produces and delivers
special-interest programming about
technology and engineering. Find out
more about the IEEE internet televi-
sion initiative at www.ieee.org.
Competencies of Engineering
Graduates (CEG) Project
The Faculty of Engineering, Computing
and Mathematics at The University of
The first day of the congress started Western Australia is developing an instru-
with presentations from several interna- ment to profile the generic competencies
tional IEEE representatives including the of engineering graduates. The instrument
IEEE President, Dr Michael Lightner and will help universities to align engineering
the IEEE Regional Activities Board GOLD courses with industry requirements.
Committee Chair, Mr Darrel Chong. The instrument development is being
This coincided with the announcement conducted as a PhD project by Ms Sally
of several new IEEE initiatives to add Male BE(Hons) (Electrical), under the su-
value to membership, such as IEEE.tv pervision of Dr Elaine Chapman, Asso-
and GOLD Mentoring Program. ciate Dean Research, Graduate School of
GOLD and Student delegates from all Education, and Professor Mark Bush,
over R10 were given the opportunity to Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Computing
network with one another, and discuss and Mathematics.
important issues such as the transition The first survey in the CEG Project is
from student membership to GOLD mem- to discover whether the jobs of establish-
ber. Delegates also participated in a Q&A ed engineers can be grouped into clusters
session with a prestigious panel including requiring similar competencies. This sur-
the IEEE president. vey is nearing completion.
In the evening, the dinner banquet - For further information visit
fit for an Emperor - was followed by a
cultural performance by students from http://ceg.ecm.uwa.edu.au
the four participating Beijing Universities.
They entertained the audience with sam-
ples of traditional Chinese music, opera
and Wu Shu (Martial Arts). Distinguished
GOLD committee members were honour-
ed with recognition as they received
Your Article Here
awards for their tireless contributions and
for bringing innovations to the IEEE. We would like to hear from you.
On the second day, GOLD delegates Please send in your article to the
participated in a GOLD Affinity Group Newsletter Editor.
activities workshop, where a representa-
tive from each section of R10 presented
to fellow volunteers on the activities of
their affinity group. Representing GOLD
WA Section, I took this opportunity to
share with the other delegates the vision,
background, and local events held here in
WA for the benefit of members. The
presentations proved to be successful as
discussions developed into what makes a
strong GOLD Affinity Group, with each
Section taking note of suggestions and
ideas for improvement. The day ended
with a phenomenal trip to the Great Wall
of China.
Vi Nguyen
IEEE WA GOLD IEEE WA GOLD visited Dreamfit. Find out
more on page 4.
October 2006 Issue | e-Wavelets 3
An Engineer’s Dream Job Ha Ha
Story #4 – Man in a balloon
Mechanical Engineers This is a story about a man in a hot air
Wanted balloon. He realised he was lost. He
reduced altitude and spotted a woman
below. He descended a bit more and
• Are you a hands-on person who shouted, “Excuse me, can you help me? I
likes to get their hands dirty? promised a friend I would meet him an
hour ago, but I don’t know where I am.”
• Seeking an ever challenging The woman below replied, “You’re in a
career in a new and developing hot air balloon hovering approximately 30
industry. feet above the ground. You’re between
40 and 41 degrees north latitude and bet-
• Enjoy working on a variety of ween 59 and 60 degrees west longitude.”
projects that include customizing You must be an engineer,” said the
motor boats, hovercrafts, motor- balloonist.
cycles and other performance “I am,” replied the woman, “How did
vehicles for clients with you know?”
disabilities? “Well,” answered the balloonist,
“everything you told me is, technically
correct, but I’ve no idea what to make of
Enquire within... your information, and the fact is I’m still
lost. Frankly, you’ve not been much help
at all. If anything, you’ve delayed my
(We can’t afford to pay you much but
trip.”
hopefully you would find the work The woman below responded, “You
satisfying and would to make a solid must be in management level.”
The toys themselves are all very nice
contribution to society). to look at. Speaking on behalf many “I am,” replied the balloonist, “but
office workers out there, our daily lives how did you know?”
are usually involved sitting in a cubicle “Well,” said the woman, “you don’t
and staring a computer all day. Any know where you are or where you’re go-
hands-on work would seem to be a bless- ing. You have risen to where you are due
The mock job vacancy above would be to a large quantity of hot air. You made a
ing. The student volunteers certainly
overlooked by most when browsing promise which you’ve no idea how to
found this aspect to be very enjoyable
through the Employment section of the keep, and you expect people beneath you
when comparing it to their standard
newspaper. Riding on the back of boom to solve your problems. The fact is you
course work. It is also rewarding to see
times of the Western Australia’s resource are in exactly the same position you were
the happiness on the client’s face when
industry, it is difficult for some engineers in before we met, but now, somehow, it’s
they have been given a choice in life that
to be contemplating doing work on the my fault.”
was once considered lost.
minimal wage. Darren Lomman, founder
It is hoped that IEEE GOLD WA would
of Dreamfit, could have easily sought
have an opportunity to schedule another
employment with a high profile company
visit sometime in the future to gaze upon What Do You Think?
and enjoyed a rising career on the back
Dreamfit’s projects.
on his many accolades. Instead, he has
chosen to pursue a path that is more Send your letter to the editor at
Future Project
rewarding in terms of self-satisfaction douglas.chai@ieee.org
Dreamfit has obtained funding to
from the job rather than high returns
construct an amp sailing vertical ramp
financially. Quoting in his words, he
that use a motorized railing system to
would like to give “life choices” to those
bring its wheel-chair patron to the top of
who have been forced to forfeit them due Contributors
the tower before allowing them to amp
to certain disability conditions.
sail on the other sides.
On 27 September 2006, IEEE GOLD * LANCE FUNG *
WA organized a site visit to Dreamfit. It
Short Brief
was held at their workshop in Bentley, * PHILIP HINGSTON *
Dreamfit was founded by Darren Lomman
Western Australia. The workshop was
after successfully completing an
every handy-person’s dream with all sorts * DAVID LIM *
engineering project to outfit a standard
of tools and materials in boxes lined up
motorcycle to accommodate a person
from wall to wall. * SALLY MALE *
who does not have muscular control of
On display was the renowned hand-
their legs. It led to the development of an
controlled motorcycle that started it all. * VALERIE MAXVILLE *
organization that allows engineering stu-
Darren kindly gave us a demonstration of
dents to customize recreational vehicles
the bike but not without running through * VI NGUYEN *
for people in the community that have
the mechanics of it, highlighting problems
such special needs.
encountered during the construction. Also
More details can be found at their
available was the hovercraft and speed
website www.dreamfit.com.au. For
boat that have been customized for wheel
engineering students and keen people,
chair access. The former has traction for Douglas Chai
Dreamfit are on the look out for
access and actually locks the wheel down Newsletter Editor
volunteers please contact them for
when the vehicle is operating. The latter
further details.
has an in-built crane with the capacity to
lift a person in a wheel-chair, making the
David Lim
process of boarding convenient for the
IEEE WA GOLD douglas.chai@ieee.org
driver.
4 October 2006 Issue | e-Wavelets
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