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The IEEE Radiation Effects
Committee (REC) held its annual Open Meeting on July 22, 2004 at
the Renaissance Waverly Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia, during the 2004
Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference (NSREC). The meeting
included reports from the chairmen of the 2003 through 2005 NSRECs.
An election was held during the Open Meeting for Junior Member-at-Large
to the Radiation Effects Steering Group (RESG). The RESG welcomes
Veronique Ferlet-Cavrois from the Commisariat à l'Energie
Atomique (CEA) as its newly elected Junior Member-at-Large. Veronique
joins Steve Clark from the Air Force Research Lab and Gary Lum from
Lockheed-Martin, who are serving as Member-at-Large and Senior Member-at-Large,
respectively.
During the Open Meeting, Ron Schrimpf mentioned the General Chairs
of the upcoming NSRECs. Janet Barth of NASA GSFC, Lloyd Massengill
of Vanderbilt University, and Paul Dodd of Sandia National Labs
are the General Chairs of the 2006-2008 NSRECs, respectively.
Ron Pease of RLP Research was honored for completing his service
as Member-at-Large and Ken Galloway of Vanderbilt University was
recognized for his dedicated service as our representative on NPSS
AdCom.
Allan Johnston of JPL, 2003 Conference General Chairman, recognized
each member of his committee with an award plaque. Allan and his
team took the NSREC to Monterey, California in 2003, hosting a very
successful conference, technically and socially. To celebrate the
40th NSREC, a special retrospective issue of the IEEE Transactions
on Nuclear Science was distributed to all attendees.
Dan Fleetwood, 2004 Conference General Chairman, summarized some
statistics from the 2004 conference. A total of 546 people attended
the technical sessions, the short course, or both. In addition,
we registered 40 people for the exhibits, for a grand total of 586
attendees. The technical sessions were very strong, with 145 papers
presented during the 5-day conference (51 orals, 62 posters, 32
data workshop). International attendance (led by France with 27
and Japan with 12) was 75, continuing a recent downward trend. U.S.
attendance was strong, with the largest numbers of attendees coming
from California (104), Virginia (44), New Mexico (41), Maryland
(37), Tennessee (33), and Alabama (21).
Fred Sexton, 2005 Conference General Chairman, announced that the
Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference will be held on 11-15
July 2005, at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel and Towers in Seattle,
Washington. The Technical Program Chairman will be Mike Xapsos from
NASA GSFC. Allan Johnston of JPL is organizing the tutorial Short
Course. Once again, NSREC 2005 is planning a Poster Session (chaired
by Joe Benedetto), a Radiation Effects Data Workshop (chaired by
Mark Hopkins) and an Industrial Exhibit (chaired by Nazik Maloyan).
Kay Jobe of Boeing Satellite Systems is assembling the social program,
which will be highlighted by the conference social at Tillicum Village
on Blake Island.
We continue to look for ways to encourage NPSS membership among
the members of our community. This past winter, we distributed a
QuickTime video recording of the 2003 Short Course on CD-ROM (playable
on your PC), and provided this CD to each NPSS member who attended.
We encouraged our NPSS members to show this Short Course video to
their non-NPSS colleagues. Tim Holman of Vanderbilt University leads
this effort.
Minutes from the REC Open Meeting are available at www.nsrec.com.
For the most current information on the Nuclear and Space Radiation
Effects Conference, including information on paper submission, please
visit this web site.
Radiation Effects Steering Group
2004-2005
Elected Members:
Ron Schrimpf
Vanderbilt University
Chairman
Tim Oldham
NASA GSFC
Executive Vice-Chairman
Jeff Black
Vanderbilt University/ISDE
Secretary
Gary Lum
Lockheed Martin
Senior Member-at-Large
Steve Clark
Air Force Research Laboratory
Member-at-Large
Veronique Ferlet-Cavrois
Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA)
Junior Member-at-Large
Dale Platteter
NAVSEA Crane
Past Chairman
Appointed Members
Marty Shaneyfelt
Sandia National Laboratories
Vice-Chairman, Publications
Teresa Farris
Aeroflex
Vice-Chairman, Publicity
Robert Ecoffet
CNES
RADECS Liaison
Paul Dressendorfer
Sandia National Laboratories
Editor, IEEE Trans Nuc. Sci.
Dan Fleetwood
Vanderbilt University
Vice-Chairman, 2004 Conference
Fred Sexton
Sandia National Laboratories
Vice-Chairman, 2005 Conference
Janet Barth
NASA GSFC
Vice-Chairman, 2006 Conference
Lloyd Massengill
Vanderbilt University
Vice-Chairman, 2007 Conference
Paul Dodd
Sandia National Laboratories
Vice-Chairman, 2008 Conference
Elected AdCom Members:
Dennis Brown
NRO
Term expires: 12/05
Joe Benedetto
Mission Research Corporation
Term expires: 12/06
Allan Johnston
JPL
Term expires: 12/07
The NSREC Short Course Archival Video Project
In July 2002 the IEEE Radiation Effects Steering Group began a new
project to archive the annual NSREC short course presentations using
digital video cameras and multimedia software. The result has been
the video CD-ROMs of the 2002 and 2003 short courses that were mailed
to all IEEE NPSS members who attended the short course (an added
value for being an NPSS member). A new video CD-ROM from last July's
NSREC conference is currently in production and scheduled for mailing
early next year. These video CDs have proven a valuable educational
resource for many NSREC attendees.
Many people have asked various questions about the production techniques
used to create these videos, and future directions for the short
course archival video project. The following is a short Q&A
summary provided by Tim Holman at Vanderbilt University, who records
and produces the video presentations each year.
Q: What equipment and software do you use to create these videos?
A: The presentations are recorded using two DV video cameras (90
minutes per tape), which allows faster editing of the images. The
sound is captured directly from the mixer board for the auditorium
sound system using a wireless link. The video images are then edited
on a Macintosh computer using iMovie and Final Cut Express, and
combined with the original Powerpoint presentations into a single
Quicktime movie using the Livestage Pro editing package for Quicktime.
Q: Why use two cameras to record the presentations?
A: One camera is used to record the screen image to allow the viewer
to see what part of the screen the speaker is indicating with his
laser pointer. The second camera records the speaker himself. Experience
has shown that people are far more comfortable if they feel that
a person, rather than a computer, is talking to them.
Q: If you're already recording the screen, why include the Powerpoint
presentations at all?
A: The resolution of a DV camera is only 640 by 480 pixels, which
isn't sufficient to see the details from the slides. Adding the
Powerpoint slides provides the viewer with high-resolution images
that are far superior to the DV video images.
Q: Why do you produce these videos in Quicktime format? Why not
use Windows Media Player, or Realplayer format?
A: There are two reasons. First, Quicktime is the best cross-platform
choice for the Windows, Macintosh, and Linux operating systems.
Second, only Quicktime permits the easy combination of multiple
video images with Powerpoint slides and screen animations into a
single file.
Q: Why not record the entire conference, and not just the short
course?
A: Unfortunately, it's simply not practical to obtain permission
to record every single speaker at NSREC, or to produce and publish
30+ hours of additional video at a reasonable cost. Furthermore,
the paper presentations don't have the long-term archival value
of the short course presentations.
Q: What plans does NSREC have to further improve these video presentations?
A: Beginning with the 2004 short course presentations, the short
course notes will be included in PDF format on the CD-ROM. The Radiation
Effects Steering Group is also considering the possibility of publishing
several years of video presentations on a single DVD within three
to four years.
Please contact Tim Holman (tim.holman@vanderbilt.edu)
if you have additional comments or suggestions for the short course
archival video project. Additional examples of microelectronics
presentations recorded with this format can be found at http://www.isde.vanderbilt.edu/download
Ron Schrimpf serves as Chairman of the Radiation Effects Steering
Group, which oversees the NSREC Conference. He is technical chair
of the NPSS Radiation Effects Committee. Ron can be reached at Vanderbilt
University, 5635 Stevenson Center, Nashville, TN 37232; Phone: +1
615 343-0507; Fax: +1 615 343-9550; E-mail: ron.schrimpf@vanderbilt.edu
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