Frontiers in Optics and Laser Science Conference

Tucson, Arizona, November 2005

Ravi Athale, a principal communications engineer at The MITRE Corporation, spoke on the future of photonics. According to Athale, "the world of compound semiconductors is moving to silicon, metals, and polymers; bandgap and refractive index manipulation is moving to material size and shape manipulation; and separate optimization of subsystems is moving to joint design and optimization of subsystems."

Virus Bulletin Conference

Dublin, Ireland, October 2005

Desiree Beck, of The MITRE Corporation, and Jimmy Quo, of McAfee, Inc., provided information on the Common Malware Enumeration (CME) program and answered questions from CME board members.

Interactive Tutorial

York, Maine, September 2005

On September 1, the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) hosted a live Webcast presented by Julie McEwen, CIPP/G, principal engineer at The MITRE Corporation. The 90-minute interactive tutorial covered all of the government privacy laws, policies and practices addressed in the Certified Information Privacy Professional/Government (CIPP/G) certification exam.

Air Traffic Control Association

Washington, D.C., June 2005

Amr ElSawy, senior vice president and general manager, spoke at the recent ATCA symposium entitled "Rightsizing the NAS." ElSawy explained that the FAA could save more than $60 million per year on operations and maintenance and $1.7 billion in multi-year replacement costs by retiring 50 of its 750 radars and moving to a system centered on Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast.

American Society of Training and Development

Providence, Rhode Island, May 2005

Kristen Scott, leadership development specialist, spoke at a breakfast meeting of the Rhode Island Chapter of the American Society of Training and Development held at Johnson and Wales University.

Review of 9/11 Commission Report

Washington, D.C., April 2005

Mark Bittinger, lead information systems engineer, led a discussion of the "Review of the 9/11 Commission Report" at the Congressional Fire Services Institute's 17th National Fire and Emergency Services Dinner and Seminars.

Network Terrorism Roundtable

Independence, Ohio, March 2005

Jake Jacobson, lead domain operations analyst, was a guest speaker on the topic "Online Financial Crime, With a Focus on Eastern Europe" at the Northern Ohio Information Technology Roundtable.

Wireless/RFID Conference and Exhibition

Washington, D.C., March 2005

Robert Neugent, chief engineer, was a guest speaker on cybersecurity at the Wireless/RFID Conference and Exhibition.

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