Dear VACETS members,
The following candidates were officially running for the election of the Executive Committee for the term of 1998-1999 and the election results are as follows:
Dear VACETS members,
I am pleased to announce 8 candidates who stand
for this 1998 VACETS
Board election. From the 6 members elected
this year, the one who
receives the most votes will become
the President of VACETS (98-99);
the runner-up will become the President-elect
of VACETS.
The names of the candidates are
shown below arranged in
chronolological order based on the receipt
of their candidates' forms:
1. Tra^`n Tho^'ng
2. James La^.p
3. Tra^`n Ngo.c
Bo^.i
4. Tra^`n Mai-Hu+o+ng
5. Nguye^~n
Ma.nh Tie^'n
6. Nguye^~n
Hu+ng
7. Tra^`n H.
Alan
8. Tru+o+ng
Tho.
We have set up [email protected] forum
for election Q&A.
So, please send all questions
and answers to:
Please participate in this election Q&A
to allow you to learn
more about the candidates' background, mission
and goals.
where/when/what to send:
Questions to candidates: March 30 - April 6, 1998
Forum: [email protected]. All registered
members will be automatically signed up to this
forum for the duration of the Q&A.
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Currently, the VACETS Database consists of
around 800 membership forms,
of which about 660 e-mail addresses are valid.
This is due to a number
of members recently changed e-mail addresses
but do not inform
VACETS-Admin of their changes to update.
For this election, only the registered members
whose e-mail addresses
listed on the eligible voters lists (660)
are able to post questions on the
vacets-election forum. Non registered members
(around 300) can also
subscribe to the vacets-election forum to
receive the Q&A, but can not
ask a question.
Happy Q&A and my best wishes to these candidates.
Best regards,
Thao M. Le
([email protected])
Chair, 1998 VACETS Election
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VACETS DDo+n u+'ng cu+? / Candidate Form
+++++ Candidate #1: TRA^`N THO^'NG
1. Te^n Ho. / Full name (Family, Given, Middle
will all diacritical
accents):
Tra^`n Tho^'ng
2. Pha'i / Gender: Nam
3. Ddi.a chi? ddie^.n tu+? / e-mail address: [email protected]
4. Nghe^` nghie^.p / Professional position:
Pho' To^?ng Gia'm DDo^'c Ky~ Thua^.t - Micro Systems Engineering, Inc.
5. Na(m gia nha^.p VACETS / year joined VACETS:
1994 (One of the VACETS
founders)
6. So+ lu+o+.c nghe^` nghie^.p va` hoa.t ddo^.ng
trong VACETS / short
biography and summary of activities in VACETS:
Chu? Ti.ch VACETS (1994-95), Cu+.u Chu? Ti.ch
(1995-96), Co^'
Va^'n Ban Gia'm DDo^'c (1996-98). Tru+o+?ng
ban chu+o+ng tri`nh ky~
thua^.t (Technical Program Chairman) ho^.i
nghi. VTIC97.
Trong tho+`i gian qua phu. tra'ch mu.c Market
Thyself (1994-96)
va` Vietnamese Culture (1996-98) tre^n die^~n
dda`n ddie^.n tu+?
[email protected]. Phu. tra'ch ddie^`u ha`nh
ca'c die^~n dda`n ddie^.n
tu+? [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected].
Dda~ tu+`ng dda(ng ba`i trong ca'c ta.p
chi' VACETS Magazine va` dda~
tham du+. va` tri`nh nhu+~ng ba`i ba`i ky~
thua^.t trong VTIC96 va`
VTIC97. La` ngu+o+`i chu? tru+o+ng du`ng tie^'ng
Vie^.t trong ta.p
chi' ky~ thua^.t VACETS va` trong ho^.i nghi.
VTIC97.
Ve^` phu+o+ng die^.n chuye^n nghie^.p to^i
la` mo^.t ky~ su+
ddie^.n chuye^n ve^` he^. tho^'ng (System
Engineer). To^i dda~
o+? trong nghe^` tre^n 25 na(m va` dda~ hoa.t
ddo^.ng vo+'i nhie^`u
tu+ ca'ch ky~ thua^.t va` qua?n tri. o+? Bell
Labs, General Electric,
Tektronix, va` Micro Systems Engineering.
Ngoa`i co^ng vie^.c la`m o+? co^ng ty, to^i
cu~ng dda~
tu+`ng da.y o+? mo^.t so^' dda.i ho.c. To^i
hie^.n la` Gia'o Su+
ban Phu. Gia?ng (Adjunct Professor) ta.i Oregon
Graduate Institute
of Sciences and Technology. To^i cu~ng na(`m
trong ban co^'
va^'n nghie^n cu+'u trung ta^m ky~ thua^.t
sinh-y (Biomedical
Engineering Institute) dda.i ho.c Erlangen
o+? CHLB Ddu+'c.
To^i ddem to+'i VACETS nhie^`u kinh nghie^.m
to^? chu+'c trong
ca'c ho^.i ddoa`n ky~ thua^.t. To^i la` ngu+o+`i
Vie^.t dda^`u
tie^n ddu+o+.c ba^`u la`m ho^.i vie^n u+u
tu' (Fellow) cu?a
ho^.i IEEE. Trong ho^.i IEEE to^i dda~ tu+`ng
la`m chu? ti.ch
chi nha'nh (section chairman), pho' bie^n
ta^.p ky~ thua^.t (Associate
Editor) ta.p chi' IEEE Transactions on Circuits
and Systems, chu? ti.ch
u?y ban ky~ thua^.t (Technical Committee Chairman),
dde^. nhu+'t pho'
chu? ti.ch (Executive Vice President) ho^.i
ddoa`n IEEE Circuits and
Systems. To^i dda~ tu+`ng ddu+'ng ra to^?
chu+'c ho^.i nghi. ky~ thua^.t
(General Chairman 1989 IEEE International
Symposium on Circuits and
Systems).
To^i cu~ng co' hoa.t ddo^.ng cho mo^.t ho^.i
tu+` thie^.n
giu'p Vie^.t Nam. Ho^.i na^`y trong ma^'y
na(m qua dda~
ca^'p ma^'y nga`n ddo^ la ho.c bo^?ng cho
ca'c sinh vie^n o+? hai
tru+o+`ng dda.i ho.c o+? Saigon va` Hue^'.
Chu+o+ng tri`nh o+?
Hue^' do to^i dde^` nghi. sau mo^.t
chuye^'n tha(m que^ no^.i
qua' u+ nghe`o na^`y\.
Co^ng ty cu?a to^i cu~ng co' nhu+~ng hoa.t
ddo^.ng thu+o+ng ma.i
o+? VN ne^n to^i cu~ng co' di.p tham gia mo^.t
so^' ho.at ddo^.ng ky~
thua^.t vo+'i ca'c ddo^`ng nghie^.p o+? VN.
Mu.c ddi'ch cu?a
to^i trong ca'c ho.at ddo^.ng na^`y la` giu'p
ta(ng tri`nh ddo^.
ky~ thua^.t cu?a ca'c ddo^`ng nghie^.p o+?
VN. Cu~ng trong hoa.t
ddo^.ng na^`y, to^i cu~ng co' to^? chu+'c
xin mo^.t so^' du.ng
cu. y khoa cu? cho ca'c be^.nh nha^n nghe`o
o+? VN.
Trong co^ng vie^.c cu?a to^i, to^i cu~ng dda~
tu+`ng co' di.p
ddi nhie^`u nu+o+'c ne^n cu~ng co' pha^`n
na`o hie^?u ti`nh
tra.ng sinh so^'ng cu?a ca'c anh chi. tre^n
the^' gio+'i\.
Ngoa`i tie^'ng Anh va` tie^'ng Vie^.t to^i
cu~ng tha.o tie^'ng
Pha'p, va` cu~ng bie^t ddo^i chu+~ tie^'ng
DDu+'c va` co' the^?
ba(.p be. mo^.t va`i tie^'ng Nha^.t.
To^i dda~ dda(ng trong ca'c ta.p chi' ky~ thua^.t
va` tri`nh o+? ca'c
ho^.i nghi. ky~ thua^.t khoa?ng 50 ba`i
ve^` ca'c mo^n nhu+ xu+? ly'
ti'n hie^.u so^' (digital signal processing),
ta.o hi`nh ba(`ng ma'y
ddie^.n toa'n (computer graphics), va` tim
ma.ch ho.c (cardiology). To^i
cu~ng dda~ ddu+o+.c thu+o+?ng 11 ba(`ng sa'n
che^' o+? Hoa Ky`
va` cu~ng co' ddu+o+.c mo^.t so^' ba(`ng sa'n
che^' o+? A^u Cha^u.
7. Ho.c va^'n / Education:
Cu+? nha^n ky~ thua^.t ddie^.n ha.ng u+u (BSEE
with distinction)
Illinois Institute of Technology.
Tie^'n si~ (PhD) ky~ thua^.t ddie^.n Princeton
University. Lua^.n a'n
tie^'n si~ ve^` xu+? ly' ti'n hie^.u so^'
(digital signal processing).
8. Te^n (e-mail) ca'c ho^.i vie^n VACETS u?ng ho^. u+'ng cu+? vie^n /
9. La^.p tru+o+`ng va` chu+o+ng tri`nh cho
VACETS / Position statement
about VACETS:
Khi to^i ro+`i ban Gia'm DDo^'c VACETS ca'ch
dda^y hai na(m to^i
kho^ng bao gio+` nghi? se~ co' nga`y ddu+'ng
ra u+'ng cu+? dde^? tro+?
la.i ban Gia'm DDo^'c. Tuy nhie^n ky` na^`y,
sau mo^.t na(m vo+'i
mu+'c ddo^. hoa.t ddo^.ng suy gi?am qua' tra^`m
tro.ng trong
ho^.i, to^i tha^'y ca^`n pha?i co' ngu+o+`i
ddu+'ng ra le`o la'i
la.i thuye^`n VACETS dde^? tro+? tha`nh la.i
mo^.t ho^.i ddoa`n so^i
no^?i ma` ca'c anh chi. co' the^? ha?nh die^.n
ddu+o+.c.
To^i tin la` ca'ch la~nh dda.o hu+~u hie^.u
nhu+'t la` mi`nh pha?i la`m
gu+o+ng cho ca'c ba.n ddo^`ng ha`nh.
Cu~ng nhu+ na(m 1994 khi ba('t dda^`u ca'c
mu.c ha`ng tua^`n, vo+'i
ddi.a vi. la~nh dda.o, to^i dda~ ba('t tay
phu. tra'ch mu.c Market
Thyself. To^i hy vo.ng ky` na^`y se~ khuye^'n
khi'ch la.i
ddu+o+.c tinh tha^`n phu.c vu. ho^.i dde^~
chu'ng ta cu`ng nhau ho.c
ho?i va` cu`ng nhau tie^'n le^n tre^n con
ddu+o+`ng ddo+`i va`
ddu+o+`ng nghe^` nghie^.p. To^i tin
tu+o+?ng la` khi ca'c anh chi.
giu'p ho^.i, ca'c anh chi. se~ ho.c ho?i the^m.
DDie^`u na^`y co' lo+.i
cho kie^'n thu+'c cu?a mi`nh va` cho co^ng
vie^.c ha`ng nga`y cu?a
mi`nh.
Thi' du. nhu+ tru+o+`ng ho+.p ba?n tha^n to^i\.
Khi to^i gia nha^.p
ho^.i VACETS, to^i kho^ng hie^?u gi` ve^`
ca'c chu+o+ng tri`nh go+?i
tho+ ddie^.n tu+? cho dda'm ddo^ng (mailing
list). Nho+` phu. tra'ch
ca'c die^~n dda`n ddie^.n tu+? to^i cu~ng
ho.c ho?i ddu+o+.c the^m.
Thi' du. kha'c, la` sau mo^.t na(m trao ddo^?i
vo+'i anh Anson Bi`nh
ve^` vai tro` cu?a tie^'ng Vie^.t ddo^'i vo+'i
ngu+o+`i ky~ thua^.t gia
VN o+? ha?i ngoa.i, to^i ddi dde^'n quye^'t
ddi.nh la` tu+` nay se~
vie^'t ca'c ba`i cho ta.p chi' VACETS va`
cho ca'c ho^.i nghi. VTIC
ba(`ng tie^'ng Vie^.t. Ma(.c da^`u ddie^`u
na^`y kho' kha(n ho+n la`
vie^'t ba`i tie^'ng Anh, dda^y cu~ng
la` mo^.t ddie^`u ha~nh die^.n cho
to^i khi co' the^? vie^'t ddu+o+.c ca'c ba`i
nhu+ va^.y va` co' the^?
dda(ng luo^n trong ca'c ta.p chi' ky~ thua^.t
o+? VN.
Ne^'u ca'c anh chi. muo^'n ho^.i VACETS tro+?
ne^n mo^.t ho^.i
ca'c anh chi. co' the^? ha?nh die^.n, thi`
ha~y bo? phie^'u cho
to^i va` cho nhu+~ng ngu+o+`i cu`ng mo^.t
y' chi' phu.c vu.
co^.ng ddo^`ng nhu+ to^i\.
To^i ra^'t mo^ng ta^'t ca? ca'c anh chi. ha~y
tham gia cuo^.c bo?
phie^'u ky` na^`y va` trong na(m nay ha~y
tham gia to^'i dda
ca'c hoa.t ddo^.ng cu?a ho^.i ve^`phu+o+ng
die^.n ky~ thua^.t,
ba(`ng ca'ch vie^'t va` dda(ng ca'c ba`i trong
ca'c die^~n dda`n
ddie^.n tu+? va` ca'c ho^.i nghi. VTIC, va`
ve^` phu+o+ng die^.n
co^.ng ddo^`ng qua nhu+~ng ba`i dda(ng tre^n
ca'c die^~n dda`n ddie^.n
tu+? cu?a VACETS vo+'i nhu+~ng chu? dde^`
xa~ ho^.i hay thi va(n, cu`ng
vo+'i ca'c hoa.t ddo^.ng o+? ca'c chi nha'nh
ho^.i va` ca'c ba'o Xua^n.
To^i cu~ng se~ tie^'p tu.c giu'p VACETS trong
ca'c la?nh vu+.c ddo'.
For those of you who have difficulty following
my Vietnamese platform,
let me summarize in saying that I believe
that membership in VACETS
should be a journey together. On such a journey,
we have to learn to
give. And we should expect that in the giving,
we will also receive. I
would like to urge all of you to first participate
in this upcoming
crucial annual election. Then, please try
to participate in VACETS
activities. You should all be able to contribute
by writing small
technical articles in our forums, and social
or literary articles also.
I believe that in VACETS you have a friendly
audience to practice skills
that will be helpful to you in your professional
life.
I am aware that my activities in VN may make
some of you uneasy. Let me
assure you that I am well capable of keeping
my VACETS activities
separate from my other activities. My activities
in VN falls into 2
categories. Those which are related to my
company's business, and those
of a more charitable nature. In the first
part, I believe that any
Vietnamese, if given the opportunity, should
take an active part in
their company's business in VN. You can provide
a perspective that will
be lost on your colleagues who do not have
the right cultural and
linguistic background. The second set of my
activities in VN are aimed
at improving the lives of poor students and
poor cardiac patients. For
the students, the scholarship money that we
give to any individual
student in a year is probably the pocket change
that you give to your
kids in a couple of week. For the cardiac
patients, these are poor
people who would otherwise go home and die.
So, if you do not believe
that I should belong in VACETS because I am
helping these poor people,
then I guess I really do not belong in VACETS!
As far as VACETS is concerned, you can be assured
that I will not make
any commitment that is not consistent with
the will of the majority of
the members. I believe in transparency in
the administration of a non-
profit organization. I believe that my tenure
at the helm of VACETS in
1994-95 is proof of this. My detractors may
have put forward a number of
accusations, including vote fraud, but none
of them have ever been able
to come forward with proofs, that they claimed
they had ... because they
could not possibly prove something that did
not happen!
So, please take part in the election and please
help elect a slate of
people who are willing to serve VACETS and
its members.
Thanks for reading this long introduction and platform!
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+++++ Candidate #2: JAMES LA^.P
1. Te^n Ho. / Full name (Family, Given, Middle
will all diacritical
accents):
James La^.p
2. Pha'i / Gender: Male
3. Ddi.a chi? ddie^.n tu+? / e-mail address: [email protected]
4. Nghe^` nghie^.p / Professional position:
Director of Computer Applications
5. Na(m gia nha^.p VACETS / year joined VACETS: 1994
6. So+ lu+o+.c nghe^` nghie^.p va` hoa.t ddo^.ng
trong VACETS / short
biography and summary of activities in VACETS:
James T. Lap received his B.A. in Computer
Science from New York
University, and M.S. in computer software
engineering from Columbia
University, New York, NY.
Currently, he is a Director of Computer
Applications at New York
City Technical College/The City University
of New York. Prior to that
he was a Director of Computer Center at NY
City Tech for 5 years.
>From 1984 to 1986, he held the position of
Vice President MIS at B
& P Blando Co., New York, NY. He
also worked at Chemical Bank for 4
years. He has been faculty in Information
Systems department at New York
City Tech since 1986. He also taught
Computer languages both on
mainframe and PC's at Pace University from
1982 to 1986.
He also serves as faculty advisor for Vietnamese
students at
New York City Tech and Executive Officer of
Asian American Higher
Education Council, NY City. He is chairman
of Board of directors of
Asian American Consulting Services and Chinatown
Manpower Project
Private Sector Advisory Committee. He
is also a member of the Library
of Computer and Information Sciences, New
York SAS Group, and
International Congress of Mathematicians.
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Joining VACETS in 1994, I first started contributing
in column Market
Thyself, a biweekly column run by Dr. Tran
Thong, to help VACETS
members prepare for job search and interviews.
I ran for board member
position and served two consecutive terms
1994-1995 and 1995-1996.
In Summer 1995, we (Dr. Hoang-Viet Dung, anh
Thao and I) came up
with idea to have VTIC for members to meet
face-to-face and have
chance to share technical ideas, discoveries,
researches and inventions
with other members and engineers inside as
well as outside VACETS. With
encouragement from the board members, I accepted
to be the Editor-in-
Chief for the first issue of VACETS Technical
Magazine published in
Spring 1996. In 1997, Dr. Tien Manh Nguyen
took over this
Editor-in-Chief job (thank him for that) and
I became Managing Editor.
We renamed it VACETS Technical Journal since
then. Currently I continue
to work with Dr. Charles C. Nguyen for the
Journal. I was also chair of
the publication committee for the VTIC 1996
proceedings.
7. Ho.c va^'n / Education:
M.S. degree in Computer Software Engineering
from Columbia University
and B.A. degree in Computer Science from New
York University, New York
8. Te^n (e-mail) ca'c ho^.i vie^n VACETS
u?ng ho^. u+'ng cu+? vie^n /
Name (e-mail) of VACETS members who have agreed
to endorse
the candidate:
*** KHO^NG CA^`N THIE^'T/ OPTIONAL ***
9. La^.p tru+o+`ng va` chu+o+ng tri`nh cho
VACETS / Position statement
about VACETS:
My goal is to be a regular board member to
help and serve VACETS within
my capacities. I do not promise much but I
can assure you that I will
serve VACETS as much as I can. At least, I
do want to keep many good things
in VACETS such as: friendship, activities,
helping each others, etc.
I will continue working on publishing VACETS
Technical Journal.
I will again promote local chapters which
are the core of VACETS life.
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Tre`s chers Soeurs et Fre`res (qui parlent
fran,cais):
Ma voice de nouveau. Pourquois de'sirais-je
a` devenir un membre des
directeurs? J'ai un goal tre`s simple: e^tre
e'lu come un membre
ordinaire pour servir vous tous, VACETS membres.
Oui, c'est tout. J'ai
besoin de votre vote. Je suis tre`s occupe'
come tout le monde. Mais
je promis d'accomplir mon devoir envers VACETS
et vous tous.
Donc, soeurs et fre`res, veuillez me croire
encore une fois.
Merci de tout mon coeur (et pardon mon pauvre franc,ais)
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+++++ Candidate #3: TRA^`N NGO.C BO^.I
1. Name
: Boi N. Tran, Ph.D.
2. Gender
: Male
3. E-mail Address
: [email protected]
4. Prof. Position
: Senior Engineer-Scientist
5. Year in VACETS
: 2+ years
6. Short Bio
: Works for Phantom-Works/Adv. Sys. and Technology
division of The Boeing Company for 9+ years.
7. Education
: Graduated at Univeristy of California, Irvine
with Ph.D. in E.E. specializing in Signal
processing, control,
communication, computer, and networks.
8. Name (endorsee) : Dr.
Tien M. Nguyen (aerospace corp.)
9. Position Statement:
If elected into EXCOM, I will try to reshape
VACETS's overall
Vision and Values in such a way to promote
harmony for people
working together as one world organization
for technical leadership.
This vision will help us becoming a focal
point for U.S. and
international partnerships in folster next
generation Vietnamese Youth Oversea.
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+++++ Candidate #4: TRA^`N MAI-HU+O+NG
1. Te^n Ho. / Full name (Family, Given, Middle
will all diacritical
accents):
Tran Mai-Huong
2. Pha'i / Gender: Female
3. Ddi.a chi? ddie^.n tu+? / e-mail address: [email protected]
4. Nghe^` nghie^.p / Professional position:
Sr. Systems Engineer/Electrical Engineer
5. Na(m gia nha^.p VACETS / year joined VACETS: 8/97
6. So+ lu+o+.c nghe^` nghie^.p va` hoa.t ddo^.ng
trong VACETS / short
biography and summary of activities in VACETS:
Have over eleven years of work experience pertaining
to the analysis,
integration, and software testing of telecommunication.
Highly
proficient in performing modeling, simulation,
analysis, system
integration and testing of satellite communication
and network
management systems. Held various technical
positions at Hughes, CSC,
and Loral Aerosys, and others.
7. Ho.c va^'n / Education:
M.S.E.E., The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore,
MD
B.S.E.E., George Washington University, Washington,
D.C
8. Te^n (e-mail) ca'c ho^.i vie^n VACETS
u?ng ho^. u+'ng cu+? vie^n /
Name (e-mail) of VACETS members who have agreed
to endorse the
candidate: Thao Mong Le
*** KHO^NG CA^`N THIE^'T/ OPTIONAL ***
9. La^.p tru+o+`ng va` chu+o+ng tri`nh cho
VACETS / Position statement
about VACETS:
As a member of VACETS I enjoy visiting
our Web page, which is a
beautiful and helpful resource for our VACETS
members. Through various
VACETS forums, I enjoyed reading many interesting
articles as well as
general literature and technical news.
However, I think that VACETS should be
reaching out further to our
members, especially female members by providing
projects and activities
that everybody can participate and make a
contribution.
As a board member, I will do my best to:
a) encourge our members, especially female
members, to participate in
various VACETS actvities and projects;
b) invite new and experienced professionals
to join AdCom to run
VACETS efficiently;
c) contribute to VACETS success in support
of Vietnamese professionals
worldwide;
d) create and support activities that keep VACETS growing.
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Candidate #5: NGUYE^~N MA.NH TIE^'N
1. Te^n Ho. / Full name (Family, Given, Middle
will all diacritical
accents):
Nguye^~n Ma.nh Tie^'n
2. Pha'i / Gender: Male
3. Ddi.a chi? ddie^.n tu+? / e-mail address:
[email protected]
4. Nghe^` nghie^.p / Professional position:
Section Manager/Communications Analysis Section
5. Na(m gia nha^.p VACETS / year joined VACETS: 1996
6. So+ lu+o+.c nghe^` nghie^.p va` hoa.t ddo^.ng
trong VACETS / short
biography and summary of activities in VACETS:
Tien M. Nguyen received B.S.E.
and M.S.E. (CSU Fullerton), M.S.E.E.
(UC San Diego), Ph.D.E.E (Columbia Pacific
University), M.A. and Ph.D.
(Claremont Graduate School). He has been a
Certified Manufacturing
Technologist and Certified EMC Engineer since
1984 and 1990,
respectively.
Currently, he serves as the section
head of the Communications Analysis
Section at the Aerospace Corporation. Previously,
he was with the Jet
Propulsion Laboratory, and ITT Educational
Services where he served as NASA/JPL
delegate to the Consultative Committee
for Space Data Systems (CCSDS)
and the chief of the Automated Manufacturing
Technology department,
respectively. Presently, he also teaches short
courses in wireless
digital communications and digital signal
processing.
Dr. Nguyen has published more than 65 conference
and journal papers and
served as the editor for the CCSDS proceedings
(89-93). He also served
as the Editor-in-Chief for the Vietnamese
Association for Computing-
Engineering-Technology and Science (VACETS)
Technical Journal.
Moreover, he serves as a reviewer for IEEE
transactions on
Communications, EMC, Wiley Encyclopedia of
EEE (to be published),
GLOBCOM, ICC and IEE Proceedings (England).
He was the vice-chairman of IEEE/EMC/TC6; was
session chairman and
session organizer for the 1986 IEEE/EMC, 1995
IEEE/ITC and ICC, 1997
conferences. He was the Co-organizer of the
VITIC '96.
He received numerous NASA and IEEE awards and
hold one patent. He is an
elected member of Phi Kapa Phi, Sigma Xi,
New York Academy of Sciences,
and a senior member of IEEE and AIAA.
His Biography appears in the
Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering
and Who's Who in the World.
7. Ho.c va^'n / Education:
Ph.D. (Claremont Graduate School), M.S.E.E.
(University of California at
San Diego, B.S.E. (California State University
at Fullerton)
8. Te^n (e-mail) ca'c ho^.i vie^n VACETS
u?ng ho^. u+'ng cu+? vie^n /
Name (e-mail) of VACETS members who have agreed
to endorse
the candidate:
*** KHO^NG CA^`N THIE^'T/ OPTIONAL ***
9. La^.p tru+o+`ng va` chu+o+ng tri`nh cho
VACETS / Position statement
about VACETS:
To work with other VACETS members as a team
to provide a TRULLY
professional and social platform for engineers
and scientists worldwide
to exchange their expertise and their aspiration
for the betterment of
the Vietnamese communities. This shared
vision can be achieved with the
proposed future strategic planning:
-Continue to support current projects such
as VITIC, VACETS technical
journal, VACETS Magazine and VACETS
DICT;
-Form a consensus seeking group to brainstorm
about projects that
align with our shared vision. Build a trully
professional team to carry
out these projects. Promote team work on all
these projects.
-Establish a flexible professional organization
structure, e.g., under
certain circumstances, ADCOMERs have power
to vote as EXCOMERs.
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+++++ Candidate 6: NGUYE^~N HU+NG
1. Te^n Ho. / Full name (Family, Given, Middle
will all diacritical
accents):
Nguye^~n Hu+ng
2. Pha'i / Gender: Nam
3. Ddi.a chi? ddie^.n tu+? / e-mail address: [email protected]
4. Nghe^` nghie^.p / Professional position:
Co^' Va^'n Ky Thua^.t (Technical Consultant)
5. Na(m gia nha^.p VACETS / year joined VACETS: 1995
6. So+ lu+o+.c nghe^` nghie^.p va` hoa.t ddo^.ng
trong VACETS / short
biography and summary of activities in VACETS:
Sau khoa?ng 18 na(m la`m vie^.c cho ca'c ha~ng
tu+ o+? su+' My~ na`y,
to^i hie^.n tho+`i ddang la`m co^' va^'n
cho ha~ng MedAcoustics Inc.
o+? Raleigh, North Carolina. Ha~ng na`y ddang
la`m ve^` ca'c ma'y dde^?
kha'm pha' ra be^.nh ma.ch ma'u cu?a tim (coronary
artery disease).
Trong nhie^.m vu. na`y, to^i phu. tra'ch la`m
ve^` pha^`n nghie^n cu+'u
ve^` bie^'n che^' ti'n hie^.u a^m thanh (acoustics
signal processing).
To^i cu~ng ddang la`m gia'm ddo^'c cho ha~ng
rie^ng te^n la` Mountain
Technology Inc. Ha~ng na`y chuye^n mo^n la`m
co^' va^'n va` di.ch vu.
ky~ thua^.t ve^` telecommunications va` system
integration. Tru+o+'c
ddo' thi` to^i la`m cho nhie^`u ha~ng tu+
nhu+ la` Booz-Allen-Hamilton,
Orincon, E-Systems, Combustion Engineering,
Northeast Utilities va`
ENSCO. To^i cu`ng co' di.p la`m cho tu+o+`ng
George Mason University
vo+'i tu+ ca'ch la` Visiting Research Scientist
trong tho+`i gian
1996-1997. Co`n ve^` nhu+~ng hoa.t ddo^.ng
ve^` ba`i vo+? ky~ thua^.t
thi` to^i co' tham du+ va` tri`nh ba^`y o+?
mo^.t va`i ho^.i nghi.
ddu+o+.c to^? chu+'c bo+?i ho^.i IEEE ve^`
Signal Processing lu'c mo+'i
la`m xong lua^.n a'n.
Gia ddi`nh chu'ng to^i co' ca'i home page o+?
ddi.a chi?
https://home.earthlink.net/~hunguyen ne^'u
ca'c ba.n ra?nh thi` xin mo+`i
tha(m vie^'ng o+? ddo'.
Co`n ve^` hoa.t ddo^.ng cu?a VACETS thi` to^i
ddang o+? trong ban qua?n
tri. (ExecCom) cho nhie^.m ky` 1997-1998 va`
tham gia ti'ch cu+.c
nhu+~ng quye^'t ddi.nh va` nhu+~ng cuo^.c
ba`n lua^.n so^i no^?i ve^`
ddu+o+`ng lo^'i hoa.t ddo^.ng hie^.n tho+`i
va` trong tu+o+ng lai cu?a
VACETS no'i chung. La`m vie^.c chung vo+'i
ca'c ho^.i vie^n ExecCom
1997-1998 la` mo^.t kinh nghie^.m kha'c thu+o+`ng
ma` co' le~ to^i se~
kho^ng que^n ddu+o+.c. Trong nhie^.m ky` 1996-1997,
to^i co' di.p
ddu+o+.c hoa.t ddo^.ng trong ban AdCom vo+'i
tu+ ca'ch la` tru+o+?ng ban
Promotion & Public Relations va` la`m vie^.c
chung vo+'i mo^.t so^'
ddoa`n vie^n VACETS tha^.t xua^'t sa('c.
Ve^` hoa.t ddo^.ng ky~ thua^.t cho VACETS,
to^i dda~ co' ba`i dda(ng
trong ba'o VACETS Technical Magazine and dda~
tham du+. Dda.i ho^.i VTIC
trong na(m 1996 va` 1997 vo+'i tu+ ca'ch thuye^'t
tri`nh vie^n nhu+~ng
ba`i ve^` truye^`n tin va` bie^'n che^' ti'n
hie^.u (communications &
signal processing).
7. Ho.c va^'n / Education:
Tie^'n Si~ Ve^` Ky~ Su+ Ddie^.n tu+` George
Mason University.
Lua^.n a'n la`m ve^` bie^'n che^' cho he^.
tho^'ng antenna (array
signal processing). Cao Ho.c ve^` Ddie^.n
Toa'n tu+` Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute va` Cu+? Nha^n Ky~ Su+
Ddie^.n tu+`
University of Maryland, College Park.
8. Te^n (e-mail) ca'c ho^.i vie^n VACETS
u?ng ho^. u+'ng cu+? vie^n /
Name (e-mail) of VACETS members who have agreed
to endorse the
candidate:
9. La^.p tru+o+`ng va` chu+o+ng tri`nh cho
VACETS / Position statement
about VACETS:
Sau khi hoa.t vo+'i VACETS trong 2 na(m vu+`a
ro^`i, to^i ca?m tha^'y
VACETS dda~ tra?i qua nhu+~ng bie^'n ddo^?i
ma` co' the^? no'i la` kha'
tra^`m tron.ng cho tu+o+ng lai cu?a ho^.i
chu'ng mi`nh. Theo to^i nghi~
thi` co' nhu+~ng thie^'u so't ma` to^i xin
tri`nh ba^`y theo thu+' tu+.
tra^`m tro.ng nhu+ sau:
1. La~nh dda.o kho^ng ddoa`n ke^'t.
2. Su+. tham du+. cu?a ho^.i vie^n.
3. Trao ddo^?i y' kie^'n trong ho^.i
4. Ddu+o+`ng lo^'i pha't trie^?n.
After two years of working with VACETS, I have
come to realize that as
VACETS as it stands is going through some
changes that could severely
affect the future of our organization. This
in my opinion is due to
certain deficiencies that I think can be stated
in the order of severity
as follows:
1. unity in its leadership
2. member participation
3. membership wide communication
4. A direction of growth
Chu? tru+o+ng cu?a to^i la` ne^'u muo^'n cho
VACETS la` mo^.t to^?
chu+'c ddu+o+.c hu`ng ma.nh va` ddu+o+.c
coi tro.ng thi` pha?i gia?i
quye^'t nhu+~ng va^'n dde^` nhu+ tre^n va`
theo nhu+~ng u+u tie^n thu+'
tu+. nhu+ the^'. Ne^'u muo^'n gia?i quye^'t
nhu+~ng chuye^.n nhu+ tre^n
thi` to^i co' nhu+~ng ddu+o+`ng lo^'i nhu+
sau:
1. Ta.o mo^.t ba^`u kho^ng khi' la`m vie^.c
dda^`y thie^.n chi' va`
ddoa`n ke^'t trong ban qua?n tri. To^i nghi~
ra(`ng ngoa.i tru+` nhu+~ng
kha? na(ng la`m vie^.c to^'t co`n nhu+~ng
dda(.c ddie^?m cu?a nhu~ng
ngu+o+`i trong ban qua?n tri. ve^` va^n dde^`
dda.o ddu+'c ma` ra^'t
ca^`n thie^'t cho ddu+o+`ng hu+o+'ng cu?a
mo^.t ho^.i nhu+ VACETS.
2. Ta'i thie^'t la.i su+. tham gia ti'ch
cu+.c cu?a ho^.i vie^n VACETS.
Theo to^i nghi~ thi` mo^.t trong nhu+~ng ly'
do ma` ho^.i VACETS kho^ng
co' nhie^`u tham du+. cu?a ho^.i vie^n la`
vi` ho. kho^ng co`n ca?m
tha^'y hoa.t ddo^.ng cu?a VACETS mang la.i
su+. hu+'ng thu' va` hu+~u
i'ch cho chi'nh ho. Ne^'u ba?n cha^'t cu?a
ho^.i VACETS chi? chuye^n
ve^` khoa ho.c ky~ thua^.t thi` nhie^`u lu'c
qua' kho^ khan va` ca^`n
pha?i co' nhu+~ng phu+o+ng die^.n di'nh li'u
ve^` xa~ ho^.i thi` mo+'i
ta.o ddu+o+.c su+ qua^n ba(`ng cho VACETS.
3. Co`n ve^` va^'n dde^` lie^n la.c giu+~a
ca'c ho^.i vie^n thi` ca^`n
pha?i to^? chu+'c lai nhu+~ng ca'c forum cho
ddu+o+.c da`ng hoa`ng va`
chi?nh cha('n. Trong qua' khu+', co' qua'
nhie^`u ho^.i vie^n dda~ ro+`i
VACETS vi` co' nhie^`u tru.c tra(.c trong
va^'n dde^` ky~ thua^.t. Ca'c
forum ca^`n co' mo^.t dda.i die^.n dde^? die^`u
ha`nh cho mo^.i su+.
ddu+o+.c xuo^i cha?y.
4. Mu.c ddi'ch chi'nh cua?a VACETS la` ta.o
ddie^`u kie^.n dde^? mo'c
no^'i va` lie^n la.c cho ca'c ky~ thua^.t
gia VN. Ne^'u chu'ng ta chi?
gio+'i ha.n ta^`m mu+'c trong ho^.i VACETS
thi` qua' gio+'i ha.n. Tha`nh
ra to^i nghi~ VACETS ca^`n pha?i ba('t tay
vo+'i nhu+~ng ho^.i chuye^n
gia kha'c cu`ng chi' hu+o+'ng ne^'u muo^'n
co' su+. tho^'ng nha^'t cu?a
ca? co^.ng ddo^`ng VN o+? ha?i ngoa.i.
My position is that if VACETS is to be considered
a strong and respected
organization then the above issues have to
be resolved in the presented
priority. In order to solve these issues,
I would like to offer the
following directions:
1. Create a friendly working environment among
mutually respected Adcom
members. I do think that besides the qualifications
possessed by each
Adcom member, the ethical aspect of each core
member is a very important
for the development of VACETS.
2. Revive the active participation of
VACETS members. I think one of
the reasons for the lack of participation
is that the membership feels
there is less motivation for the members to
be with VACETS and there is
little that VACETS can offer them. Furthermore,
if there is only
technical contents in VACETS forum then it
is too dry of a subject. We
thus need the human side of the equation,
or a balance with social
issues would do wonder to the causes of VACETS.
3. As for the communication problem among the
VACETS membership,
we need to re-organize our forum so that they
are more efficient
and on track. In the past, there has been
a loss of membership due to
technical problem causing message bounces
and irritation from the
membership. This has to be fixed if there
is to be efficient
communication VACETS membership. In addition,
each forum should
have a moderator to ensure that the traffic
and contents in each forum
are adequate.
4. In terms of growth direction, one of the
principal idea behind VACETS
is to promote networking and friendship among
Vietnamese technical
people. If we limit ourselves to just within
the VACETS circle then we
are not fulfilling the basic philosophy that
we set out to do. Thus we
need to reach out to other Vietnamese professional
organizations sharing
the same goals with the hope that a united
front can be reached within
the overseas Vietnamese.
Chu? tru+o+ng cu?a to^i co' the^? no'i va('n
ta('t trong mo^.t ca^u
gia?n di. la` "Bi`nh Gia, Tri. Quo^'c", va`
ne^'u ca'c anh chi. tin
tu+o+?ng o+? to^i cho nhu+~ng tra'ch nhie^.m
va` ddu+o+`ng hu+o+'ng
nhu+ tre^n thi` xin ba^`u cho to^i la` Nguye^~n
Hu+ng. Xin ca'm o+n
ca'c anh chi., va` to^i se~ co^' ga('ng tra?
lo+`i ca'c ca^u ho?i
ddu+o+.c ne^u le^n trong cuo^.c ba^`u cu?
na`y.
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+++++ Candidate #7: TRA^`N ALAN
1. Te^n Ho. / Full name (Family, Given, Middle
will all diacritical
accents):
TRAN N. HAI or TRAN H. ALAN
2. Pha'i / Gender: Male
3. Ddi.a chi? ddie^.n tu+? / e-mail address:
[email protected] (w) or
[email protected] (h)
4. Nghe^` nghie^.p / Professional position:
Software Engineer
5. Na(m gia nha^.p VACETS / year joined VACETS: 1996
6. So+ lu+o+.c nghe^` nghie^.p va` hoa.t ddo^.ng
trong VACETS / short
biography and summary of activities in VACETS:
I have many years of work experience in software
development related to
various Relational as well as Object-Oriented
Database environments.
Served as a programmer, software engineer,
and consultant for many
companies located in the Washington DC metropolitan
area.
Since joining VACETS in1996, I have the opportunity
to make friends
with many members. I also read many
interesting articles from VACETS
forums, the Webpage, and VACETS technical
magazines/journals. I think
it is the right time for me to contribute
to VACETS and to help to make
VACETS a success.
7. Ho.c va^'n / Education:
M.S.
in Electrical Engineering, Virginia Tech, VA.
B.S.
in Electronic & Computer Engineering, George Mason
University,VA.
8. Te^n (e-mail) ca'c ho^.i vie^n VACETS
u?ng ho^. u+'ng cu+? vie^n /
Name (e-mail) of VACETS members who have agreed
to endorse the
candidate:
*** KHO^NG CA^`N THIE^'T/ OPTIONAL ***
9. La^.p tru+o+`ng va` chu+o+ng tri`nh cho
VACETS / Position statement
about VACETS:
. Rendering help to other members in
technical and educational fields.
. Supporting programs promoting intellectual
welfare for the Vitenamese
community.
. Promoting communication among members
and between AdCom
and members.
. Working with other Board member to
make VACETS a stronger
association.
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+++++ Candidate #8: VU~ TRU+O+NG THO.
1. Te^n Ho. / Full name (Family, Given, Middle
will all diacritical
accents):
Vu~ Tru'`o'ng Tho. (Vu, Tho, T.)
2. Pha'i / Gender: Male
3. Ddi.a chi? ddie^.n tu+? / e-mail address: [email protected]
4. Nghe^` nghie^.p / Professional position:
Electrical Engineer, President of Top-Vu Technology,
Inc.
https://www.topvu.com
5. Na(m gia nha^.p VACETS / year joined VACETS: 1997
6. So+ lu+o+.c nghe^` nghie^.p va` hoa.t ddo^.ng
trong VACETS / short
biography and summary of activities in VACETS:
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
* Top-Vu Technology Inc., Saint Paul, Minnesota,
1989-Present, President
and Chief Engineer
. Founded the company that specializes in
Chip Design and MicroSystems
· Develops GaAs based Microsystems
including Microsensors,
Micromachines, Readout Electronics, Analog
to Digital Converters, and
Digital Signal Processors
. Responsible for formulating the business
and research direction for
the company, and for its development
. Obtained and has been successfully performing
on several contracts,
grants, and IR&D projects. The largest
contracts to date are $830K
from DoD and $550K from NASA, and the largest
grant is $310K from
NSF.
. Coordinates on an average of 12 professionals
that include
subcontractors.
* Honeywell Inc., System & Research Center,
Minneapolis, Minnesota
1980-1989, Principal Research Scientist
. In the Microelectronics and Microsystems
Science area
. IC design and device modeling of Si
bipolar VLSI/VHSIC digital chips
in ISL and CML, unipolar analog chips in CCD,
MOS, and CMOS mux/
readout/signal processing for IR-FPA sensors
. Developed silicon IC's including a VLSI/VHSIC
electro-optical signal
processor and controller chip set, 4 bipolar
gate arrays, 2 ROMs, 1
static RAM and analog MOS/CMOS chips
. Designed and modeled GaAs analog and digital
devices using depletion-
and enhancement-mode MESFETs and heterojunctions.
Developed GaAs IC's
including 5 gate arrays, 2 static RAM's, 3
A/D and 4 D/A converters,
analog IC's, and MMIC's
. Worked on signal processing of electro-optical
systems, electronic
warfares, and computer architectures for chip
integration and insertion
. Was principal investigator and/or program
manager on several projects
. Lectured at the microelectronic workshops
on various semiconductor
technologies and microsystems organized by
the Honeywell Solid State
Electronics Center, since 1985
* Sperry Univac (now Unisys), Roseville, Minnesota, 1977-1980, Associate
Design Engineer
. Logic design and test of computer memory
modules
. Integrated circuit design and test of silicon
bipolar LSI gate arrays
for high performance CPU's
* University of Minnesota, Biology Science
Center, St. Paul, Minnesota
1976-1977, Research Assistant
. Assisted a professor and graduate students
in performing research
experiments in biology and biochemistry.
. Maintained a biochemistry laboratory, and
used various machines and
equipment in the Biology Science Center
PUBLICATIONS, PATENTS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
. Author or co-author of more than 60 research
and review papers and
holds 11 patents
. Served two consecutive terms as an Associate
Editor for the IEEE
Transactions on Circuits and Systems from
1988-91
. Author of a IEEE short course on System
Insertion of GaAs Technology
. Senior Member of IEEE
. Excellence awards from Honeywell, State
of Minnesota and national
organizations
. Was a Lecturer for University of Minnesota
Electrical Engineering
Department on microelectronics at the undergraduate
and graduate levels
. Consultant for University of Minnesota Electrical
Engineering Dept.,
1994
. Technical Staff Expert for Teltech Resource
Network Corporation,
since 1993
Summary of activities in VACETS:
* Participated and published a paper
at VTIC'97.
T.T. Vu, P.C. Nguyen, L.T. Vu, C.H. Nguyen,
M.D. Bui, A.C.
Nguyen, and J.C. Vu, "Complementary Heterostructure
FET Technology,"
Invited, VTIC-97, Microelectronics, 17-18
July 1997, San Jose CA.
7. Ho.c va^'n / Education:
* Bachelor of Electrical Engineering
(BEE Degree), University of
Minnesota, Institute of Technology, 1976-77,
Major: Electronics,
Minor: Computer Design.
* Master of Electrical Engineering (MEE
Degree), University of
Minnesota, Graduate School, 1979-80, Major:
Microelectronics, Minor:
Engineering Administration. The Master's thesis
was on
microelectronics silicon bipolar DCTTL and
FECL.
* Professional Development Recognition
Program (PDRP Certificate),
University of Minnesota, Graduate School,
1980-82, 2 years program,
Major: Microelectronics. His post graduate
study was in
microelectronics III-V compound semiconductors
with the emphasis on
gallium arsenide (GaAs) integrated circuits.
* Professional Training, Completed and
attended several short
courses and conferences on advanced microelectronics,
microsensors,
microsystems, and business administration.
He completed the Fast Trac
and Business Executive Programs at the University
of St. Thomas, and
at the Amos Tuck School Dartmouth College
in 1989, 1996 and 1997.
8. Te^n (e-mail) ca'c ho^.i vie^n VACETS
u?ng ho^. u+'ng cu+? vie^n /
Name (e-mail) of VACETS members who have agreed
to endorse
the candidate:
Thao M. Le, Chair, 1998 VACETS Board Election, [email protected]
Tho Vu was the President of Minnesota Vietnamese
Student Association,
University of Minnesota (1978-79).
His biography was published in the book by
Trong Minh "The Pride of
the Vietnamese," MeKong Printing in
Santa Ana CA, pages 186-190, and
197-200, 1996.
Some of his contributions in Minnesota were
published in the book "20
Years after the Resettlement of the Vietnamese
Refugees in
Minnesota," by The Vietnamese Community of
Minnesota, pages 96-97,
124-125, 270, 289, 321, 26 April 1997.
9. La^.p tru+o+`ng va` chu+o+ng tri`nh cho
VACETS / Position statement
about VACETS:
Plan to vote for projects on a Business Forum and VTIC'99.:
If you have comments or suggestions, email to [email protected]