Baltimore ACM Chapter

The Baltimore ACM Chapter invites you to join us for an evening of
Flash Talks on Computing, in conjunction with the Annual General
Meeting of the Chapter. The program will consist of twelve,
five-minute flash talks on various topics related to computing.

When: Wednesday, June 9th, 8:00 PM

Where: The Engineering Society of Baltimore
11 W. Mount Vernon Place
Baltimore, MD 21201
http://www.esb.org/

This meeting is free and open to the public.

The Baltimore ACM Chapter, the Baltimore IEEE Communications Society,
and the Baltimore IEEE Computer Society would like to announce
the following lecture:

Title:
Helping Solve Challenges in Computing Through Advancements in
Processor Technologies

Speaker:
Russ Fromkin
Director, Intel Federal

When: Monday, May 17, 7:15 - 8:15 pm

Where: Murphy Fine Arts Center, Morgan State University

The Baltimore Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery, in
cooperation with the Johns Hopkins ACM Student Chapter, is holding a
"Career Day" that will present talks about working in the IT industry
in Baltimore.

When: Saturday, April 17, 1:30 pm

Where: Hopkins Homewood Campus, CSEB B-17

The Baltimore ACM Chapter would like to announce the following lecture:

Title: Cybermaryland

Speaker: Adam Suri,
Maryland Dept. of Business and Economic Development

When: Wednesday, April 14, 7:00 - 8:00 pm

Where: National Electronics Museum

Abstract:

In January, Governor O'Malley announced plans for Maryland to lead the
country in cybersecurity by establishing a National Center of
Excellence for Cyber Security and released the report titled
"Cybermaryland: Epicenter for Information Security and Innovation":

http://issuu.com/cybermaryland/docs/cyberreport

Adam Suri of the Maryland State Department of Business and Economic
Development will speak on the "CyberMaryland" report, the current
progress on this initiative, and how it relates to federal
cybersecurity efforts.

Dear colleagues,

You may have heard of the Google Fiber for Communities Initiative
in which Google will select locations to deploy optical fiber
for high-speed Internet access to homes. Google has issued
a Request for Information (RFI) and solicits nominations here:

http://www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi/ .

Baltimore ACM has endorsed a grass-roots initiative to bring
Google fiber to Baltimore called "bmorefiber":

http://www.bmorefiber.com/ .

If you would like to help the effort, there is something you can
do, no matter how busy your schedule is.

The Baltimore ACM Chapter announces our next event

"Computer History in Maryland"

We begin with a guided tour of the Computer History Museum
in Hunt Valley, followed by a panel discussion on the history
of computing in Maryland.

When: Tuesday, December 1st, 7:00 pm

Where: The Computer History Museum
System Source
338 Clubhouse Road
Hunt Valley, MD 21031
(410) 771-5544

The museum website is

http://www.syssrc.com/html/museum/ .

The Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) Baltimore Post
hosts an afternoon workshop titled "CYBER SECURITY" this Wednesday
evening, 21 October 2009, at the Engineering Society of Baltimore:

Dear Colleagues,

We invite you to attend the Annual General Meeting of the
Baltimore ACM Chapter.

Where: Towson University,
York Road Building, Room YR 205
7800 York Road, Towson, MD

When: Friday, May 29, 2009 at 7:15 PM

Agenda:

• Review of the past year's activities
• Plans for the coming year
• Nomination and Election of officers
• Discussion of what you would like to see BACM do

We expect the meeting to last no more than an hour.
Afterwards we will adjourn for dinner and drinks at
Bill Bateman's Bistro.

The Baltimore ACM Chapter would like to announce the following lecture:

Title: Xohm WiMax: Sprint's 4G Broadband Network

Speaker: John Muscarella

When: Tuesday, April 21, 6:00 - 7:00 pm

Where: National Electronics Museum

Abstract:

Mr. John J. Muscarella from Sprint will be presenting an overview of
their latest mobile broadband network technology offering (WiMax). 4G
is often regarded as a major technological evolutionary step that will
truly bring the Internet to life. The availability of Sprint 4G

The Baltimore ACM Chapter is pleased to announce a panel discussion on
technology policy featuring experts from industry, government, and the
media. The topics of discussion will include the role of computing in
improving governance (like CitiStat), promoting education in math and
science to develop the future technology workforce in the region, and
policy at the state level to promote computing and software technology
sector.