{"title":"The California nuclear safeguards initiative and the IEEE","authors":"F. Kotasek","doi":"10.1109/CSIT.1976.6498839","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CSIT.1976.6498839","url":null,"abstract":"On June 8, 1976 the citizens of California will vote yes or no on an initiative setting forth the conditions under which nuclear power plants will be permitted to operate in the state. The California Nuclear Safeguards Initiative would require the following: (1) Within one year, the federal limits on liability for damages caused by a nuclear accident must be removed by law or by waiver for accidents in the state of California. (2) Within five years, the state legislature must find, by a two-thirds vote, that the effectiveness of reactor safety systems had been demonstrated by actual tests on \"substantially similar physical systems\" (presumably, large reactors) and that radioactive wastes can be stored or disposed of with no reasonable chance of eventual escape into the environment. Unless these conditions were met, new construction of nuclear power plants would be prohibited and existing plants would be derated and eventually phased out.","PeriodicalId":231350,"journal":{"name":"IEEE CSIT Newsletter","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1976-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114395107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Solar energy: Its status and prospects","authors":"D. Redfield","doi":"10.1109/CSIT.1976.6498843","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CSIT.1976.6498843","url":null,"abstract":"There is a clear need for development of alternative energy sources to replace the depleting hydrocarbon fuels on which we depend for 3/4 of our energy. The characteristics that would be desirable of future energy sources are that they be extensive, inexhaustible, widely available and that they present the minimum hazards to health, the environment, and the \"quality of life\". Solar energy, as one of the proposed alternatives, is examined here; the principal subprograms are summarized and their present status is described. The state of development of the different solar technologies varies widely from solar heating of buildings that is ready for commercial development to ocean thermal generation of electricity that is in design stages. It is found that several are well enough advanced to be \"under-used technologies\" and their cost projections under conditions of industrial development are favorable. The time scale for significant contributions from solar energy is, by conservative estimates, 10 years. Among the proposed alternative energy sources we find that solar energy is unique in its possession of the desired characteristics as well as further important advantages. It therefore seems appropriate that the utilization of solar energy be designated as our highest priority energy development goal.","PeriodicalId":231350,"journal":{"name":"IEEE CSIT Newsletter","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1976-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117184879","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Engineering and ideology","authors":"N. Balabanian","doi":"10.1109/CSIT.1975.6498829","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CSIT.1975.6498829","url":null,"abstract":"The beck under discussion id an outgrowth of a freshman engineering course at the University of Massachusetts in which students take four 1-semester-unit mini-courses in various areas of engineering. A total of 13 authors have contributed to the book. Each chapter, after the first, deals with a specific area in a relatively broad and interesting way. Example are transportation, energy, air pollution, computers, materials, communications, and bridge building. The one anomaly, which clearly is out of place here, is the chapter titled Fundamentals of Electrical Networks, which goes into the usual gory details. This chapter contains more equation than the entire remainder of the book.","PeriodicalId":231350,"journal":{"name":"IEEE CSIT Newsletter","volume":"237 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1975-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121313238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Protection of information in computer systems","authors":"Jerome H. Saltier, Michael P. Schroeder","doi":"10.1109/CSIT.1975.6498831","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CSIT.1975.6498831","url":null,"abstract":"The topics of protection of information, data security, and privacy In the domain of Computer systems are of particular significance in our society, which is increasingly keeping its records in computer based systems. This paper is an excellant technical survey of the mechanics of protecting computer-stored information from unauthorised use or modifications, with a focus on tire conceptual framework necessary tu enforce data security.","PeriodicalId":231350,"journal":{"name":"IEEE CSIT Newsletter","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1975-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116120423","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Age discrimination patterns in engineering employment","authors":"R. Rivers","doi":"10.1109/CSIT.1975.6498810","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CSIT.1975.6498810","url":null,"abstract":"Age discrimination is illegal and is covered by the \"Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967\". This act calls for criminal penalties for second offenses. It specifically restricts coverage of the act to ages between 40 and 65 and covers Union and Employment Agencies as well as Employers. The number of cases involving Age Discrimination is increasing, and there have beer some recent significant damage awards under the law. This paper discusses some evidence that indicates a significant problem in the Electrical and Electronic Industries. It also shows evidence that the Aerospace Industry considered by some as age selective is not in fact responsible for any significant age discrimination.","PeriodicalId":231350,"journal":{"name":"IEEE CSIT Newsletter","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1975-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126686385","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Critique of the 1974 IEEE-CSIT/ED Kentucky workshop","authors":"B. Myers","doi":"10.1109/CSIT.1975.6498803","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CSIT.1975.6498803","url":null,"abstract":"EDITOR'S NOTE: In previous issues the CSIT Newsletter has published reviews of sessions organized by other entities in IEEE, notably INTERCON. Many of these have been critical of the narrow perspectives of the organizers and authors. We now publish below a critique of an event organized by CSIT itself, which discusses the disadvantages of being too broad.","PeriodicalId":231350,"journal":{"name":"IEEE CSIT Newsletter","volume":" 14","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1975-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113950109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Associations for EE's","authors":"R. Rudd","doi":"10.1109/CSIT.1974.6498790","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CSIT.1974.6498790","url":null,"abstract":"The Association of Scientists and Professional Engineering Personnel (ASPEP) represents research, development and design engineers, and scientists at RCA in the Camden, N. J. area. After certification by the National Labor Relations Board in 1945 as the collective bargaining representative for the professional community at RCA, a contract was negotiated with RCA covering salaries, pensions fringe benefits and all terms and conditions of employment, including a formal merit review system, layoff and rehiring procedures, a severance pay program and an arbitration procedure for the settlement of disputes between the parties. This contract has been renegotiated 17 times since 1945.","PeriodicalId":231350,"journal":{"name":"IEEE CSIT Newsletter","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1974-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121231601","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"More is not enough","authors":"J. Cyr","doi":"10.1109/CSIT.1974.6498791","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CSIT.1974.6498791","url":null,"abstract":"Persons in today's technological environment, be they rich or poor, live amidst an ascendancy of discovery and innovation, and a corpulence of goods, gadgets and communications. Stimulated — even goaded — by the positive feedback of commercial advertising, individuals in all circumstances want (not necessarily need) more. The people who control resources strive in every way for expansion, and in a modern world where \"success\" is linked to \"growth\", the extravagant increase of demand, by an increasing longer-lived population, has yielded a phenomenal crescendo of patents, printed matter, miles traveled per capita, vehicle speed, income, and energy consumption/1/. The time is nigh when growth, in terms of increased sales and production, will have generated a Social cost far in excess of societal benefits derived. It is not enough to wait until government and others who control the money, resources, and communications exert the influence required to decrease or reverse this acceleration to catastrophe. Nor, in the face of the impulse-buying mania of \"free\" societies and rigid economic disciplines of others, can it be expected that the earning consumers be ever sufficiently organized — or disposed as a whole — to resist and overcome inertia and exert their economic pressure potential in order to assure their ultimate benefit. The task, it seems, must fall on those of us who Me between — those who supply the wherewithal: engineers, scientists, analysts, technicians, organized labor, and others who wish to become concerned consumers (whose concern is not \"more\" products, or even \"better\" products, but \"clean\" products, the manufacture of which has generated a minimum of waste and which has after-use potential and value.) Motivated initially by public opinion and pressure, and subsequent legislation enforced, and now, perhaps, by profit, the industry (and technology) involved with recycling and other commercial solid waste processing is growing. What else can be done?","PeriodicalId":231350,"journal":{"name":"IEEE CSIT Newsletter","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1974-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114225289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ethical professionals without support: A case in point","authors":"R. W. Anderson","doi":"10.1109/CSIT.1974.6498779","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CSIT.1974.6498779","url":null,"abstract":"Can Professional Engineering Societies, as presently constituted, support and protect engineers who respond to the call of professional ethics in protecting the public health, safety and welfare? If the experiences of the members of the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) Chapter in California, who came to the aid of three fired BART engineers, is any example, the answer probably is no.","PeriodicalId":231350,"journal":{"name":"IEEE CSIT Newsletter","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1974-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122512606","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Technology, its control and the engineer","authors":"N. H. Schilmoeller","doi":"10.1109/CSIT.1974.6498780","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CSIT.1974.6498780","url":null,"abstract":"Decision making in a technical field continues to be studied as it has since man first traded a pelt for a stone ax. The complexity of today's technology with its rapid developments creates a situation where the control of technology or of a technological industry is being put to a severe test. If appears that as any one field becomes more technical, society is tempted to call in more and more experts for policy decisions. Thus, the general public is moved further and further from the seat of control. This loss of control may be lessened by more study along old lines of thinking but newer points of view are required to reverse this trend.","PeriodicalId":231350,"journal":{"name":"IEEE CSIT Newsletter","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1974-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126952711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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