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Provides a preview of the Globecom 2001 telecommunication conference to be held in San Antonio, Texas on November 25-29, 2001. Description of San Antonio; Topics to be discussed in the conference; Overview of the technical papers submitted for the conference.

The article discusses various resources and approaches used for Internet security by several computer companies in the computer industry in the U.S. CounterStorm company utilizes a combination of behavioral attack recognition and anomaly detection for the prevention of zero-day attacks, which takes advantage of software vulnerabilities with no known signature, patch or workaround. Meanwhile, eEye Digital Security installs an agent on computers, workstations, and servers as a placeholder until a patch is developed by software vendors. In addition, not-for-profit organization MITRE Corp. offers an online library of technical papers published in their Web site as well as an up-to-date list of common vulnerabilities and exposures.

In January, 2004 Communications Society's first IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC '04), took place in Nevada. By all measures the venue was a complete success. CCNC '04 attracted over 340 registrants to hear 12 technical papers and 35 poster presentations, see 20 technical demos and experience eight panels including one Distinguished Expert Panel. And those presenting their work came from 31 countries. To help make the program possible, 17 volunteers served on the Organizing and Steering Committees, 64 on the Technical Program Committee, and 120 received submissions. By society norms, of the approximately 50 meetings and conferences sponsored by the society each year, CCNC is not the largest, and there are quite a few that are smaller, especially their more intimate workshops. If the CCNC statistics for volunteer support is to be considered and scaled to encompass all such conferences, the number become very impressive. Furthermore, like the proverbial iceberg where so much is not visible to the casual viewer, this count does not include the many volunteers who are busily engaged in facilitating the society's educational programs and noteworthy publications.

The article profiles Nelson Fonseca, candidate for member-at-large of the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE) Communications Society. Fonseca received his doctorate degree in computer engineering from the University of Southern California in 1994. He is an associate professor at the State University of Campinas in Brazil and he has supervised almost 30 graduate students and has published almost 150 refereed papers. He used to be the director of the Online Services on the Board of Governors from 2002-2003 and is the chairman of the Multimedia Communications TC. Among his position statement notes that he will form channels to motivate members for the increase of their participation in the society.

Editorial. Comments on the digital communications industry OFC '03 conference and exhibition held in March 2003 in Atlanta, Georgia. Decrease in number of exhibitors; Increase in the number of technical paper submissions; Proceedings.

Presents information on the fifth International Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference 2001 held in Seattle, Washington from September 4 to 7, 2001, which addressed issues related to the design, management and evolution of enterprise systems. Presentation of technical papers on the architectural and modeling aspects of component-based enterprise software; Topics of debates in three panel discussions.

Reports on the 2001 International Electrical and Electronic Engineering Workshop on High Performance Switching and Routing in May 2001 in Dallas, Texas. Number of registrants; Papers presented in the workshop; Lecturers.