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By Seth Ross
Author: Bruce Schneier
Publisher: Wiley
Pub. Date: August 14, 2000
Length: 432 pages
To buy on Amazon.com:
If you're interested in a broad, well-written, and thought-provoking
introduction to computer security, pick up a copy of _Secrets &
Lies_. For those of us in the encryption business, Bruce Schneier
is a god, or at least a minor deity. His Blowfish algorithm has
been built into hundreds of data protection programs, including
PC Guardian's Encryption Plus(r) line. His first book, _Applied
Cryptography_, is the authoritative book on the field, the one reference
you need if you need a crypto reference.
_Secrets & Lies_ covers both the landscape of computer security
vulnerabilities (what Schneier calls the "vulnerability landscape")
and the technologies that can be deployed to diminish or counter-act
threats, including chapters on Attacks, Adversaries, Cryptography,
Network Security, Software Reliability, and Secure Hardware. The
news here is not good. Schneier points out that -- even with strong
cryptography -- it's impossible to eliminate threats or prevent
computer security breaches.
Schneier notes that computer systems exhibit four properties that
make them extremely difficult to secure:
Even if computer systems were simple and bug-free, computer security
would still be a problem. Most security problems have more to do
with people than technology. You can deploy strong cryptography
using long keys, but if your crypto-system relies on human-remembered
passwords, it will be vulnerable to brute-force password-cracking
programs. As Schneier points out, the average password has less
than four bits of entropy per character: the English language simply
isn't all that random.
With the "people problem" in mind, Schneier divides the challenge
of computer security into three parts: * prevention * detection
* response
He points that most computer security products are concerned with
prevention: firewalls prevent unauthorized network access, encryption
prevents breaches of confidentiality, physical security devices
prevent theft, etc. Detection and response often get short shrift
in computer security architectures. This isn't how the "real world"
works, however.
Take the police. People sometimes think that the role of the police
is to prevent crime. But there are more criminals than police personnel
on the streets. The police simply can't be everywhere at once, preventing
crimes as they happen. They are quite effective, however, at detecting
that crimes have occurred. They're also effective at responding
to crime (inspecting crime scenes, filing reports, etc.).
This plays into an aspect of _Secret & Lies_ that I found to be
mildly disturbing. Schneier argues persuasively that security is
a process, not a product, and that there's no substitute for expert
detection and response to computer security breaches. Not coincidentally,
Schneier is now the Chief Technical Officer of a managed security
monitoring firm that offers expert detection and response services
for corporate systems. While Schneier's integrity is unimpeachable,
his conclusions about detection and response fit a bit too snugly
with his new business mission.
My only other complaint about _Secrets & Lies_ really isn't fair:
_Secrets & Lies_ is not _Applied Cryptography_. _Applied Cryptography_
is one of the greatest computer books ever published. It belongs
to a broader category of works that completely and authoritatively
nail down their subjects. If you want to learn cryptography, read
_Applied Cryptography_ and you're set. While _Secrets & Lies_ is
well written, engaging, and far-reaching, Schneier hasn't nailed
down his topic for all time. This criticism isn't fair since Schneier
did not set out to create the definitive work on digital security.
Nonetheless, that's the book this reviewer wanted him to write.
Schneier is both brilliant and relatively young: maybe he'll write
another nail-it-down book someday. In the meantime, I highly recommend
_Secrets & Lies_, _Applied Cryptography_, and Schneier's free monthly
newsletter Crypto-Gram.
You can find _Secrets & Lies_ on Amazon.com at
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Neldy Jolo
I have nothing to post recently. I decided to post something that could remind me to remember the route to explore Borneo of Brunie, Borneo of Malaysia and Borneo of Indonesia. After our wanders to explore Borneo of Malaysia, specifically North Borneo of now known as Sabah,we separated our ways. North Borneo still in a leased but sanctioned by UN as part of Malaysia state started in 1963. It was Sultanate of Sulu who leased North Borneo represented by Sulu Sultan Jamalul Ahlam to Baron Overbeck and Alfred Dent Company in 1878.
Vicinity of Kampunbg Ayer, Brunie Darussalam
Cat Monument to commemorate Kuching as City on 1 August 1988
Cat Monument to commemorate Kuching as City on 1 August 1988
Another Cat Monument
Sarawak State Assembly Hall (Dewan Undangan Negeri) along Rejang River, the largest river in Malaysia
I headed to Kota Kinabalu at night from Lahad Datu at around 9pm, they extended their stays at Lahad Datu and then proceded to Sandakan. We visited Kunak, a small town and a symbol of of still ancient town. I arrived Kota Kinabalu early morning then headed to Menumbok, the best way to reach Labuan by speed boat that cost 15RM. To enter Brunie only coast 35Rm around 1 hour in 45 munites. From the Muara Ferry Terminal reaching Bandar Seri Begawan about 45minutes by taking Shuttle bas that cost 2 Ringgit Brunie or 7RM.
This was my second visit to Brunie and I was overwhelmed by the magnificient beauty of the Sultan Omar Shaifuddin Mosque located at the heart of Bandar Seri Begawan, adjacent to the knwn water village called Kampung Ayer. Kampung Ayer is similar to the ancient Jolo town, that was historically known as Suba' Bawang and was being called Madi Mahat (Maddy Mahat) the traveller's great place during that time, around 11th century.
I proceded to Miri the day after paying 18 Ringgit Brunie. These routes are the best way to explore whole Borneo. Looking at its forested side help people to protect the beautiful enviroment. The way to reach Kuching, Sarawak, Miri is the starting point, it is only cost 80RM. Before reaching Kuching by bas, it will take the way to reach Bintulu, Sibu.
To pontianak from Kuching will cost around 65RM, unfortunately I was not able to visit. It is only from 6-8 hours travel. The only place near to Indonesia I got visited was Serikin, the haven of cheap products that are sold by Indonesians, Serikin is the boundary between Sarawak, Malaysia and Indonesia.
Kuching as fondly called Cat City by the locals and foreign tourists and travellers made the government to erect the Cat Monument around the city. Kuching was derived from the Malay word Kucing or Cat but having its name, perhaps it was mistaken to be Cochin or "Port" in ancient Indian name.
There is also a theory by naming it from the Mata Kucing or Cat Eye's Fruit. There are many affordable inns and hotels around greenhills street for backpackers. Not to forget the Kek Lapis or the Lapis Cake.
Hope to give more stories soon. Have to look at some notes to put details. In the evening of Feb 8, I took Air Asia flight in a cheap cost. Thank you to Abang Samad for the guidance. Talk to you later. Yaz, you should try to look for time to explore Borneo soon. Have to thank you for your effort in booking the ticket. Hope to have you on travel soon.
Photos: Neldy Jolo

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Eleven-time Pro Bowl linebacker Derrick Brooks was released by the Buccaneers on Wednesday, part of a massive purge of veterans to help Tampa Bay get ready for free agency.
Cut along with Brooks were running back Warrick Dunn, wide receivers Joey Galloway and Ike Hilliard, and linebacker Cato June. All but June, who is 29, are well over 30 years old.
"There is no way to adequately thank Derrick Brooks for his years of dedication and service to this team and community, or for his impact on me personally," said Raheem Morris, the Bucs' new coach, who at 32 is younger than all the players cut except June.
"He is a once in a lifetime kind of player and man, and I am very fortunate to have had the chance to work with him and learn from him. Those who played with him and coached him are better because of it."
Brooks, who will turn 36 in April, was also a leader in the community and the 2000 NFL Man of the Year, honored for contributions on the field and off. The moves caught him by surprise.
"Right now, like all of you guys, I'm just trying to get a feel for it all, trying to come to grips with it," Brooks said by telephone. "I don't even know what to think."
Brooks and the others were cut for age reasons – the Bucs already are far under the $123 million salary cap as free agency begins at 12:01 a.m. EST Friday.
Dunn, 34, was the Man of the Year in 2004. He played his first five seasons with the Bucs, spent six years with Atlanta, then rejoined Tampa Bay last season, rushing for 786 yards and a 4.2 average. He made the Pro Bowl three times and is the sixth player in NFL history to have over 10,000 yards rushing and 500 receptions.
Galloway, 37, is the only Buccaneer to have three straight seasons with more than 1,000 yards receiving, something he accomplished from 2005-2007.
Other veterans released Wednesday included quarterback Trent Green and wide receiver Drew Bennett by St. Louis; wide receiver Laveranues Coles by the New York Jets; receiver D.J. Hackett, a San Dimas High School graduate, by Carolina; and safety Will Demps by Houston.
One player getting big money Wednesday was Giants running back Brandon Jacobs.
Less than two weeks after putting a franchise tag on him, New York signed the bruising halfback to a four-year, $25 million contract.
"I was confident all along that this was going to get done, I didn't panic one bit," Jacobs said in a statement released by the team. "I know the reason we did it the way we did; I knew I was going to be here. I was super-confident and I am here. I'm happy about it."
The deal includes $13 million in guarantees. Jacobs will earn $15 million over the first two years.
Despite missing three games with a knee injury, Jacobs ran for 1,089 yards and a team-leading 15 touchdowns in helping the Giants win the NFC East last season.
Also staying put is linebacker Channing Crowder, who signed a multiyear contract with the Dolphins. Crowder, a former third-round draft choice, was the second-leading tackler last season on a much-improved defense for the Dolphins.


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LiveWorld provides a full range of services and software that help pharma brands build and operate effective, compliant social media programs that positively impact business goals and patient outcomes. LiveWorld guides and enables branded conversations that create emotional connections with customers, resulting in action, sales and advocacy. We help our clients gain share of mind and heart through social media engagement across digital marketing, sales and online customer care. Visit www.liveworld.com to learn more or contact us at @LiveWorld.
M3 Health
M3 Health is a strategic technology partner serving the healthcare and life sciences industries. With almost 20 years of experience developing and delivering innovative technology solutions, we enable our clients to better engage their audience, and solve the challenges they face to improve communications, drive sales, and ensure customer loyalty. Our latest technology innovation, Ping™, powered by AWS, is a complete IoT ecosystem for healthcare applications. www.pingm3.com
MedData Group
MedData Group provides a wide range of data solutions for providers of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, healthcare technology, professional services, medical education, publishers and others looking to identify and engage with professional healthcare audiences. We offer an extensive portfolio highly flexible, cost-effective data products and platforms that allow for sophisticated and accurate segmentation of target HCP audiences and provide multi-channel engagement solutions. Our database of over 1.9 million healthcare professional records including email, digital ID, clinical behavior (Dx/Px) and dozens of other demographic, firmographic and professional fields is constantly being verified, enriched and updated to fuel your interactive marketing campaigns.
Medical Marketing Service, Inc.
Medical Marketing Service, Inc. (MMS), the original Database Licensee of the American Medical Association (AMA), is a leading provider of email marketing services, direct marketing lists, and databases that get medical marketing messages delivered to over two million healthcare professionals including physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants with the highest deliverability, open, and click through rates available. With over 80 years¹ experience, MMS has the expertise you need to succeed. MMS offers creative and consulting service to optimize results as well as state-of-the-art deployment to the best-quality permissioned addresses. Follow MMS on Twitter - @mmsemail.
Medisafe is a patient-centric medication management platform addressing all major causes of non-adherence. Far more than a pill reminder, Medisafe personalizes content, resources and interventions — such as educational videos, coupons and motivational messages — based on each user's regimen, condition and specific circumstance. Medisafe fosters collaboration between patients, their loved ones and healthcare professionals through caregiver tools and reports, and helps the care continuum reduce avoidable hospital admissions and sustain quality care initiatives. Medisafe has nearly three million patient and caregiver users who have recorded over 360 million successful medication doses on their iOS and Android smartphones and tablets and contributed 120,000+ user reviews that average 4.5 out of 5 stars in the App Store and Google Play app stores.
MedPoint Digital
MedPoint Digital pioneered virtual meetings for the biopharma industry in 1993, and for 24 years we've evolved our services to deliver live virtual events that engage the intelligence of healthcare professionals and foster personal connections. In addition to superior virtual meeting technology and service, we also offer advisory board, training, speaker program, clinical trial, and study site portal solutions to meet the needs of biopharmaceutical clients across all stages of compound discovery and product lifecycle. We use virtual meeting technology in advanced ways to deliver an unparalleled experience for participants. We also apply a unique mix of best practices in planning, pre-production, and day-of-event services, for engaging, full-service virtual meetings that are reliable, seamless, and elevated far above the ordinary.
meltmedia is an award-winning digital strategy, design, and development agency. Established in 2000 and headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, the meltmedia team consists of over 80 onshore, in-house designers, developers, and strategists who live to create the world's most inspiring digital experiences. Its portfolio of leading national biotech, pharmaceutical, healthcare, and other industry clients includes Genentech (a member of the Roche Group), HonorHealth, and Scholastic. meltmedia has been named the #1 web design agency, #1 mobile development firm, a top five software company, and a best place to work by the Phoenix Business Journal, and an Inc. 5000 fastest-growing company in America. Visit meltmedia online at meltmedia.com.
Merkle is a leading data-driven, technology-enabled, global performance marketing agency that specializes in the delivery of unique, personalized customer experiences across platforms and devices. For more than 30 years, Fortune 1000 companies and leading nonprofit organizations have partnered with Merkle to maximize the value of their customer portfolios. The agency's heritage in data, technology, and analytics forms the foundation for its unmatched skills in understanding consumer insights that drive people-based marketing strategies. Its combined strengths in performance media, customer experience, customer relationship management, loyalty, and enterprise marketing technology drive improved marketing results and competitive advantage. With 5,500 employees, Merkle is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, with 24 additional offices in the US and 25 offices in Europe and APAC. In 2016, the agency joined the Dentsu Aegis Network. For more information, contact Merkle at 1-877-9-Merkle or visit www.merkleinc.com.
MyHealthTeams builds social networks for people living with chronic conditions. More than 1.3 million members across 29 communities rely on other individuals and caregivers dealing with the same condition for information, resources, life hacks and support. With unmatched consumer engagement, MyHealthTeams is a key partner to dozens of pharmaceutical and biotech companies seeking to better understand and address the patient experience from clinical trial design through introduction and adoption of new therapies. By integrating relevant content into this patient-first environment, pharma brand managers create high-impact connections with specific patient populations, improving their quality of life and health outcomes.
Office Ally
OneTrust is the global leader in privacy management and marketing compliance software. More than 1,500 customers, including 200 of the Global 2,000, use OneTrust to comply with data privacy regulations across sectors and jurisdictions, including the EU GDPR, ePrivacy (Cookie Law) and the California Consumer Privacy Act. The software, available in 50+ languages, is backed by over 20 awarded patents and can be deployed in an EU cloud or on-premise. The comprehensive platform is based on a combination of intelligent scanning, regulator guidance-based questionnaires, automated workflows and developer plugins used together to automatically generate the record keeping required for an organisation to demonstrate compliance to regulators and auditors.
OptimizeRx the leading aggregator of sponsored services in the EHR
The pharma sales environment is changing. Health care Professionals (HCPs) spend over three hours a day using the electronic health record (EHR). So reaching them outside of their workflow gets tougher every day. OptimizeRx® revolutionizes the point of care experience for HCP by integrating total brand support into the EHR, leading to better patient care and improved outcomes. Financial messaging. Patient education materials. Brand messaging. Brand support. And much more!
Outcome Health
Outcome Health is a technology platform that delivers educational health-related content to patients and healthcare professionals at the point-of-care. Our BPA-certified digital network includes over 150,000 devices in more than 40,000 physician offices and health systems across the country, serving informative health content when it's most relevant and most needed. Outcome Health transforms healthcare by empowering patients with information to take control of their own health by having more engaged discussions with their physicians.
PatientPoint® connects pharmaceutical and health and wellness brands to their most valuable patients and physicians at critical decision-making moments. Harnessing the power of digital and mobile technology, our comprehensive platform of patient engagement solutions features award-winning health education that drives doctor-patient discussions and positions your brand as the solution. For 30 years, clients have trusted PatientPoint to provide a category-exclusive approach to owning the office that delivers direct revenue—guaranteed. By the end of 2018, PatientPoint programs are on track to reach more than 140,000 HCPs in 51,000 physician offices and 1,000 hospitals nationwide. Learn more at patientpoint.com.
Phoenix Group
Phoenix Group is an independent strategic medical communications and integration company that supports product commercialization for life sciences companies. Our proven approach generates actionable insights, translates complex science into meaningful conversation, and creates compelling medical communications. Phoenix designs and implements effective peer-to-peer (P2P) programs through a variety of channels, with a service-delivery model that navigates compliance risk while maximizing business impact. We use innovative technology-based solutions to elevate healthcare professional engagements to the next level, effectively educating clinicians on complex disease areas and novel therapeutic interventions. When you partner with Phoenix, your business is our business.
Phreesia is a trusted platform that integrates with practice management and electronic medical record systems to manage every step of the patient intake process. When patients check in on Phreesia, the clinical information they provide is used to guarantee that your message reaches the appropriate, qualified patient audience.
The PatientConnect platform creates a new opportunity for marketing to patients — Patient-Centric Marketing — which allows you to get your message to relevant patients when it matters most. Patients engage with your message prior to speaking with their doctor, while they are speaking with their doctor and after they leave the office. The ability to connect with patients at multiple touchpoints throughout their healthcare journey ensures that they are seeing the right message at the right time.
Physician's Weekly
For more than 30 years, Physician's Weekly has been a trusted source of medical news and information for healthcare professionals at the point of care. The company offers a unique digital marketing platform by placing tablets in physician-only access areas of medical facilities. While delivering convenient and valuable resources to healthcare professionals, the tablet offers clients a variety of effective physician-engagement opportunities.
Physician's Weekly advances the digital advertising landscape by creating a new channel for clients to engage their target audience with continuous brand exposure and measurable interactivity at the point of care.
PIXACORE is an independent, full-service digital marketing agency based out of New York City focused on the healthcare, biotech, and pharmaceutical industries. With more than 15 years of industry experience, multichannel expertise, and dedicated R&D staff, PIXACORE is redefining what it means to be an agile, strategic, innovative, data-driven, and ROI-centric agency partner. The team at PIXACORE is uniquely positioned to help brands and organizations evaluate, ideate, design, and develop solutions that are grounded in strategy. Recommending tactics isn't enough — we measure our success by analyzing the results of our recommendations and how they impact and grow our client's business.
PulsePoint, a global programmatic advertising platform, fuses the science of programmatic targeting, distribution and optimization with the art of brand engagement. The PulsePoint platform is powered by terabytes of impression-level data, allowing brands to efficiently engage the right audiences at scale while helping publishers increase yield through actionable insights. Investors in the company include Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), Gotham Ventures (formerly DFJ Gotham), New Atlantic Ventures (NAV), Investor Growth Capital, Updata Partners and VantagePoint Capital Partners. The company is headquartered in New York City with offices in San Francisco, California, and London, U.K.
Redi-Data empowers businesses to win new customers with the most comprehensive healthcare data solutions available. Our healthcare data includes lists licensed from the most trusted sources, including the AMA, ADA and more. Our email lists include over one million email records of doctors and healthcare professionals. Redi-Data's suite of healthcare data services - including real-time data append and physician verification - give you the data you need to increase sales and ROI in an ever-changing healthcare landscape.
SAP Customer Data Cloud from Gigya
SAP Customer Data Cloud from Gigya provides the foundation for building trusted customer relationships. Our solutions help businesses securely identify and engage consumers across devices and channels; build trust with customers through increased transparency and control of their profile, preference and consent data; and, transform data into unified customer profiles that are governed, orchestrated and analyzed from a central and secure environment. SAP Customer Data Cloud solutions help drive great, personalized digital experiences with first-party customer data while decreasing total cost of ownership and speeding time-to-market.
SERMO is the most trusted global social network for doctors, reaching 800,000 fully verified and licensed physicians across 150 countries. SERMO's mission is to revolutionize real-world medicine by democratizing medical knowledge and insights to improve clinical outcomes. Our community of doctors come to SERMO to anonymously talk real-world medicine, review treatment options via our proprietary Drug Ratings platform, collectively solve patient cases, and earn honorarium from surveys. Through our unique network, pharmaceutical and healthcare partners can drive physician awareness and gain deep understanding of brand perceptions to benefit the medical community at large.
Sharecare is a health engagement platform that provides people with personalized resources to help them live their healthiest lives. Over 80 million people have shared more than five billion data points about their health status and habits with Sharecare, which uses that information to create a comprehensive health profile allowing users to access all of their health resources in one place, and to dynamically connect to the knowledge, evidence-based programs and health professionals they need. Created by Jeff Arnold and Dr. Mehmet Oz in 2010, Sharecare's predictive and personalized platform is accessed daily by millions of consumers, including viewers of The Dr. Oz Show, patient populations of the country's leading hospital systems and every soldier in the United States Army.
Skipta is the leading social network of specialized online medical communities for verified healthcare professionals. Skipta's growing network of more than 30 specialized online medical communities enables healthcare professionals to communicate, consult and exchange information within private and secure platforms per physician specialty, healthcare profession or disease state. Skipta supports the medical advancement of its members by offering a range of collaborative peer-based services that aid quality of care and contribute to improved patient outcomes. Skipta's network provides trusted forums and a range of tools for the life sciences industry to engage with healthcare professionals. For more information, please visit skipta.com.
Swoop is creating a new marketplace where search advertisers and premium endemic content publishers can come together for the first time. By matching search advertisements with dynamic advertising slots, we provide advertisers with the most qualified engagements at scale. Our traffic quality is unparalleled, thanks to our commitment to publisher transparency, click protection, fraud protection and 100% viewability guarantee.
Symphony Health
Symphony Health is a leading provider of high-value data, analytics, and technology solutions for biopharmaceutical manufacturers, healthcare providers, and payers. The company helps clients understand disease incidence, prevalence, progression, treatment and influences along the patient and prescriber journeys by connecting and integrating a broad set of primary and secondary data, and providing health research, analytics and consulting expertise. Symphony Health derived data improves health management decisions, and helps clients drive revenue growth while providing critical insights on how to effectively adapt to the changing healthcare ecosystem.
Syneos Health
Syneos Health (Nasdaq:SYNH) is the only fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization. Our company, including a Contract Research Organization (CRO) and Contract Commercial Organization (CCO), is purpose-built to accelerate customer performance to address modern market realities. Created through the merger of two industry-leading companies — INC Research and inVentiv Health — we bring together more than 21,000 clinical and commercial minds with the ability to support customers in more than 110 countries. Together we share insights, use the latest technologies and apply advanced business practices to speed our customers' delivery of important therapies to patients. To learn more about how we are shortening the distance from lab to lifeTM, visit SyneosHealth.com.
TrialCard Incorporated provides product access, medication adherence, and patient support services on behalf of pharmaceutical manufacturers. Founded in 2000, TrialCard has become the one of the largest providers of patient access programs in the industry, connecting patients with over $1.7 billion in annualized branded drug savings. TrialCard holds nine U.S. patents related to the processing and marketing of patient access programs. The company is headquartered in Morrisville, North Carolina. For more information about TrialCard, please visit https://corp.trialcard.com/.
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Launched in 2016, but built on a platform of 20+ years of data evaluating how consumers engage with health content, Verywell is unrivaled in the health and wellness space. Verywell's friendly and accessible approach to health provides a welcome alternative to traditional, hyper-clinical health sites. Our award-winning design provides expert content in the most modern digital health experience, driving unparalleled engagement with consumers, who spend an average of 4.7 minutes per session and 6+ page views per month on site. We deliver cutting-edge partnership solutions that provide answers, advice, and inspiration for consumer and HCPs, and meaningful impact for brands. At just one year old, we are already the 4th largest health and wellness information site.
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ICRA 2018: Call for Abstract-only Submissions
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To include the broader robotics and industrial community, ICRA 2018 will include an Abstract-Only Poster Session (in previous ICRAs called Late Breaking Results). This is an opportunity to describe industrial robotics projects, new robotic technology, or recent research results. One-page abstracts, with a streamlined decision process, will be presented at the conference as posters.
Accepted abstracts will be included in the conference proceedings, but as non-peer-reviewed publication they will not be uploaded to IEEE Xplore. Prospective poster presenters should submit a 1-page extended abstract by 10 March 2018 through the PaperPlaza system.
More details can be found here under the Contribute tab: http://icra2018.org/
IEEE Vision, Innovation, and Challenges Summit to feature Oussama Khatib
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You're invited to the IEEE Vision, Innovation, and Challenges Summit and Honors Ceremony
11 May 2018 at The Palace Hotel in San Francisco, CA, USA.
The IEEE Vision, Innovation, and Challenges Summit brings together leading innovators, visionaries, and disruptors in technology to discuss, explore, and uncover what is imminent, what is possible – and what these emerging technologies mean for our future.
The Summit culminates with the IEEE Honors Ceremony, where IEEE's highest awards are presented. These awards are an expression of recognition for outstanding contributions to the advancement of the theory and practice of electrical, electronics, communications, environmental and safety technologies, computer science and engineering, engineering education, as well as the allied branches of engineering and the related arts and sciences and technologies and their application.
Robots on the Rise: The Future of Robotics and AI
Robots have long captured our imagination, but for decades they've been confined to factories and research labs. Now robots are finally making their way into our homes, offices, warehouses, hospitals, and streets. Agile humanoids, social robots, and autonomous vehicles are becoming a reality thanks to recent advances in robotics and AI.
These machines promise to improve our daily lives, but they also raise questions. What jobs should we automate? Can self-driving cars help save lives? Should we be build AI-powered weapons? Where's Rosie the Robot? This panel of robot luminaries will tackle these and other pressing questions on the future of robotics and artificial intelligence.
Moderator: Oussama Khatib, Stanford University
Speakers (L-R): Marc Raibert, co-founder and President of Boston Dynamics Inc.; Cynthia Breazeal, MIT; Dr. Eric Krotkov, Toyota Research Institute
IEEE Awards is happy to provide a 10% discount code to the IEEE Robotics & Automation Society Members! Enter discount code VICSRobotics on the payment screen (in the discount code box) during the registration process.
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IEEE - RAS Congratulates Recently Elevated Senior Members
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Congratulations to the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society members recently elevated (October & November 2017) to Senior Member status by the IEEE Admission and Advancement (A&A) Senior Member Review Panel.
To be eligible for application or nomination, candidates must:
• Be engineers, scientists, educators, technical executives, or originators in IEEE-designated fields
• Have experience reflecting professional maturity
• Have been in professional practice for at least ten years (with some credit for certain degrees)
• Show significant performance over a period of at least five of their years in professional practice
Nominees for IEEE Fellow must hold the grade of Senior Member or Life Senior Member in order to qualify for elevation to Fellow status.
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Call For Participation: Access To Talent Program at ICRA 2018
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Looking for a job in robotics? Looking to hire top robotics job candidates?
After previous successes at ICRA and IROS, the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society will again be organizing an official Access to Talent Program in conjunction with ICRA 2018. This program is targeted at job seekers and robotics companies of all sizes. It provides an outstanding opportunity for potential employers and potential employees to connect at one of the top robotics conferences in the world.
The program will be of interest to:
(1) Those Seeking Employment Opportunities
Conference attendees (primarily students) interested in robotics-related employment opportunities can upload their contact information, interests and resumé to a database that will be made available to company recruiters. Interested companies will then have the opportunity to review this database and conduct on-site interviews at ICRA. Instructions for uploading your information to the Access To Talent Program database will be included in the registration confirmation for ICRA 2018.
(2) Recruiting Companies
Companies interested in recruiting at ICRA 2018 will have access to the following resources:
- A searchable resume database of conference attendees interested in robotics-related employment.
- Space for conducting on-site interviews.
- Poster space during the exhibition to advertise the company and its available positions.
More information is available at https://icra2018.org/access-to-talent-program-at-icra2018/.
Email inquires may be directed to: firstname.lastname@example.com
Organizing Committee
Jonathan Kelly, University of Toronto, Canada
Matthew Walter, Toyota Technological Institute, USA
Henny Admoni, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Call for Applications: Editor-in-Chief of the NEW IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics
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The IEEE Robotics & Automation Society (RAS) and IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) seek candidates for the position of Editor-in-Chief of the NEW journal IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics (T-MRB).
IEEE T-MRB is the new quarterly, multi-disciplinary journal jointly sponsored by IEEE RA and IEEE EMB Societies, publishing papers reporting high-quality research in the fields of robotics and of bionics applied to medicine. The IEEE T-MRB publishes articles on theoretical, methodological, experimental advancements focusing on healthcare applications of robotic and\or of bionic components and systems able to support prevention, diagnosis or treatment of human diseases.
Candidates should be dedicated volunteers with outstanding research profiles in medical robotics and bionics, strong leadership qualities, intellectual vision, organizational abilities and extensive editorial experience. The official term will start on 15 March 2018, and continue for five years, non-renewable.
The primary responsibility of the IEEE T-MRB Editor-in-Chief is to assure the journal's quality, reputation, and scholarship. The Editor-in-Chief should be prepared to strengthen the journal's competitive position over the next years, and develop editorial initiatives which could generate contents representative of the full spectrum of high-quality work carried out worldwide in medical robotics and bionics. The Editor-in-Chief should also assure that the journal's activities are carried out in a fiscally responsible manner.
The Editor-in-Chief oversees the IEEE T-MRB manuscript submission and review process and is responsible for the content, quality, and timeliness of each issue of IEEE T-MRB. The Editor-in-Chief recommends to IEEE RAS and IEEE EMBS a team of editors and associate editors to help administer the peer review process, promote excellence in content, and advance editorial initiatives.
The IEEE T-MRB Editor-in-Chief will serve as ex-officio non voting member of the T-MRB Steering Committee and also reports to the IEEE RAS and IEEE EMBS through the Publications Activities Boards\Committees of the two societies.
Applications (PDF) should be submitted by e-mail to the RAS and EMBS Vice-Presidents for Publication Activities, at the following addresses: email@example.com and firstname.lastname@example.com.
The application must be received by 5 March 2018.
Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed (remotely) by the IEEE T-MRB Steering Committee. After the interviews, the Steering Committee will convene to determine its final recommendation and provide that recommendation to the IEEE RAS and EMBS Presidents for consideration.
The application package must include:
• a complete curriculum vitae;
• a separate description on each of the following items (max 150 words/item): Vision Statement; Editorial Experience; Summary of publishing experience in IEEE journals/magazines; IEEE Volunteer Experience; Institutional Support; Current service and administrative commitments (if any); Networking with the Community; Why does the candidate consider herself/ himself fit for this position?
• tentative list of proposed Editors and Associate Editors.
For any information and clarifications please contact email@example.com or email@example.com
IEEE Fellow Class of 2019 - Call For Nominations
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IEEE Fellow is a distinction reserved for select IEEE members. The honor is conferred by the Board of Directors upon a person with an extraordinary record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest.
If you know of an IEEE colleague who is a Senior Member or Life Senior Member in good standing, has completed five years of service in any grade of IEEE Membership and who has made an outstanding contribution to the electronic or electrical engineering profession, you can nominate this person in one of four categories:
- Application Engineer/Practitioner
- Educator
- Research Engineer/Scientist
- Technical Leader
Nominations for the Fellow Class of 2019 are now being accepted. To learn more about the Fellow program and the nomination process, visit the Steps to Become an IEEE Fellow page.
NOMINATION DEADLINE: 1 March 2018
Additional information about the IEEE Fellow program, and a list of RAS Fellows is available HERE.
2018 IEEE/IFR Innovation & Entrepreneurship Award - Application Deadline 15 March!
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Submit your application today!
The purpose of this award is to highlight and honor the achievements of the inventors with value creating ideas and entrepreneurs who propel those ideas into world-class products. This is a key element to the continuing success of robotics and automation today. Active infusion of innovation and entrepreneurship into technological advancement is regarded critical at this juncture to strengthen a healthy balance between research and practice as well as a healthy growth of industrial and commercial sectors in robotics and automation.
These achievements will be recognized in a specially organized IEEE/IFR Joint Forum on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Robotics and Automation, which will be held on 20 June 2018 in conjunction with the International Symposium on Robotics in Munich, Germany. The selected finalists will have the opportunity to present their story of the genesis of a successful innovative product in robotics and automation from its very inception to the final state of commercialization in a series of plenary lectures. The ultimate winner will be chosen by an evaluation board consisting of distinguished individuals from industry and academia. A prestigious plaque will be awarded to each finalist and a US$ 2,000 prize will be awarded to the winner.
Applications should describe the original work that has been translated into a commercial success. The application must include statements regarding:
- description of the innovation/product/application
- stages of the product genesis
- novelty/uniqueness of the product
- market analysis, economic viability and pathway for commercialization
- sustained competitive advantage
- current and future impact on and relevance to industry
DON'T MISS THE DEADLINE! Applications for the IERA Award must be submitted no later than 15 March 2018.
See more here: https://ifr.org/ifr-press-releases/news/iera-award-2018-apply-now
Applications should not exceed a maximum length of 5 pages. Product descriptions and public relation material will not be accepted as an application. References and links to online material are permitted.
Please send as PDF document (< 6 MB) no later than 15 March 2018 (any time zone) to IFR Secretariat – email@example.com
For additional information see: Call for Applications
CALL for RAS Student Activities Committee (SAC) Chair AND Co‐Chairs
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The IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) is seeking applications for the Member Activities Board's Student Activities Committee (SAC). There are openings for one Chair and one or more co‐Chairs. These positions offer great opportunities to learn more about the Society, have an international impact, and expand one's professional network. The chair will serve for two calendar years (2018–19), and the co‐chairs for a one‐year term in 2018 and renewable for a second year.
The IEEE‐RAS Student Activities Committee promotes student participation in the Society activities in co‐operation with all Society Boards, Committees and Working Groups, under the supervision of the Membership Activities Board. The mission of the committee includes working on issues of interest to student members and interacting with student members and student chapter branches. Current areas of focus include:
- Lunch with Leaders held at flagship conferences (ICRA, CASE, IROS)
- Informal social events at RAS sponsored conferences
- Educational webinars
- Membership development
- SAC Website content
- Coordination with student branch chapter chairs
- SAC column in IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine (quarterly publication)
- IEEE RAS Facebook group management
The chairs of the RAS SAC are appointed by the RAS President from a slate of candidates approved by the Membership Activities Board. Candidates may be undergraduate or graduate students, but must be student members of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society in good standing. The ideal candidate has strong social, professional, and communication skills, is willing to take part in ongoing activities and propose new initiatives. Past participation in SAC is requested but not required. There is no geographical preference.
The Chair of the SAC shall be an ex‐officio Administrative Committee member with a vote. The chair is expected to attend the semiannual Administrative Committee meetings, adjoin to the ICRA and IROS conferences. * Partial travel support (depending on the distance) is provided by the Society (up to $2000, for the chair, and $500 for co‐chairs). The Student Activities Chair shall also be an active member of the RAS Member Activities Board.
Currently, the SAC has several initiatives to promote active networking, interdisciplinary dialogues, and robotics education. Some initiatives require weekly SAC involvement while other activities are conference specific (currently developed around the RAS flagship conferences: IROS, ICRA, and CASE). More information about current activities can be found at the RAS webpage <http://www.ieee-ras.org/students/about-sac>
Interested applicants should be:
- Self-motivated
- Organized
- Responsive to e-mail discussions
- Able to commit 5+ hours a week to SAC material, potentially more when required for specific activities (e.g. reviewing volunteer proposals, organizing conference activities, etc.)
If you wish to be considered, please complete an Application Form by 1 March 2018 and indicate whether you are applying for the Chair or Co-Chair position, and include the following information:
1. A letter indicating applicant's interest in serving on the SAC and relevant experience (2 pages maximum)
2. A CV or résumé (2 pages maximum)
3. A letter of support from a faculty member at your college or university (preferably a current member of IEEE and RAS).
For more information on the SAC and current activities, refer to the IEEE RAS webpage.
* Upcoming IEEE RAS Flagship Conference dates and locations are as follows:
ICRA 2018: Brisbane, Australia, 21-25 May
IROS 2018: Madrid, Spain, 1-5 October
CASE 2018: Munich, Germany, 20-24 August
ICRA 2019: Montreal, Canada, 20-24 May
IROS 2019: Macau, China, 3-8 November
CASE 2019: Vancouver, Canada, 25-28 August
T-CDS Special Issue: Introspective Methods for Reliable Autonomy
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IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems
Special issue on: "Introspective Methods for Reliable Autonomy"
Submission deadline: 28 February 2018
As humans, understanding our own limitations, failures and shortcomings is a key to improvement and development. This knowledge is crucial for altering our behaviours, e.g. to execute tasks in a more cautious way. Correspondingly, equipping robots with a set of skills that allows them to assess the quality of their sensory data, internal models, used methods etc. will greatly improve their overall performance.
The problem of introspection, directly or indirectly, relates to other research topics: planning, execution monitoring, active perception and mapping. Accordingly, an improved understanding of introspection in robotics has a direct impact on a large variety of application areas (e.g. search and rescue, intralogistics, assistive robotics).
The introspection impacts the most the following aspects of robotics system: safety, reliability and the maintenance costs.
Information on the internal state of the robot is crucial to make decisions if it is safe to execute the assigned mission considering not only the current state of the perceived environment, but also the internal state of the robot.
Continuous monitoring of the internal state of the robot and automatic assessment can also be used to enhance the maintenance process. Information about the internal state of the robot can be used to estimate the likelihood of potential failure and tailor the efforts to prevent it or to speed up the recovery or repair process by providing detailed information to a human operator or even enable self-repair.
Introspection takes an active role in the process of preventing of malfunctions of the robotic system and help to speed the repair process up. These two features have a direct impact on the running cost of a robotic system. Preventing unplanned interruptions in the robot operation and shortening the time of the planned interruptions has a direct impact on the cost of robot exploitation.
It is also important to remember that introspective information is a cornerstone of all methods aiming to robotics self-improvement. It provides information crucial to the learning and development process. In this context, it is possible to draw a parallel between human and robotic system. Assessment of the internal state is important input helping to anticipate if the planned action is feasible for the agent (either human or robot). For a complex system, it is difficult to perform such assessment relying only on the predefined set of rules and conditions.
Therefore, it is necessary to use learning algorithms which will be able to connect the preexisting internal and external conditions with the outcome of a planned action. In such a configuration, a failure became a crucial element of a learning process of an autonomous system.
Finally, it is important to emphasis that introspection is a topic which spans across multiple fields. The introspection is originally a human ability. It is recent years when the idea of introspection is also becoming present in the field of robotics.
Therefore, to obtain a complete picture of the problem of introspection in autonomous systems it is important to have a closer look also at psychological aspect of introspection. Moreover, the impact of introspection in the context of the cognitive science cannot be overlooked.
The primary topic of this issue is to present work on:
How to assess the quality of internal models, methods, sensory data and the hardware used by robots and how to alter their behaviour using this information?
The aim of this special issue is fourfold:
* Survey the state of the art in the field.
* Define open research questions in the field.
* Provide a venue to present the recent developments in the field of introspection.
* Present system papers showing how introspection is integrated and affects the performance of a system.
This special issue is addressed to researchers interested in the development of introspective methods for robust autonomy
across different research areas. We expect to receive submissions relevant for following research fields, but to name a few: Long-term autonomy, safe operation of robots under uncertainty, performance awareness, reliable-aware operation,
cooperative robotics, cognitive and learning robots, developmental robotics, Human-Robot Interaction. Introspection
is broad term covering a set of topics. Topics relevant to this special issue includes, but are not limited to:
* Internal assessment (Map quality assessment, Perception quality assessment, Classification quality assessment)
* Analysis (Failure analysis, Execution monitoring, Meta-reasoning)
* Introspection-related actions (Failure recovery, Reconfigurable robots, Planning with uncertainty)
28 February 2018 - Deadline for manuscript submissions.
15 June 2018 - Notification of authors
15 July 2018 - Deadline for submission of revised manuscripts
15 September 2018 - Final decisions
Manuscripts should be prepared according to the "Information for Authors" of the journal found HERE and
submissions should be made through the IEEE TCDS Manuscript centre at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tcds-ieee selecting the category "SI: Introspective Methods for Reliable Autonomy".
The IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems (TCDS) focuses on advances in the study of development and cognition in natural (humans, animals) and artificial (robots, agents) systems. It welcomes contributions from multiple related disciplines including cognitive systems, cognitive robotics, developmental and epigenetic robotics, autonomous and evolutionary robotics, social structures, multi-agent and artificial life systems, computational neuroscience, and developmental psychology. Articles on theoretical, computational, application-oriented, and experimental studies
as well as reviews in these areas are considered.
Yaochu Jin
Department of Computer Science, University of Surrey
Surrey, United Kingdom
Tomasz Piotr Kucner
Centre for Applied Autonomous Sensor Systems, Örebro University
Örebro, Sweden
Sören Schwertfeger
School of Information Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University
Shanghai, China
Martin Magnusson
Centre for Applied Autonomous Sensor Systems, Örebro University
Örebro, Sweden
Achim J. Lilienthal
Centre for Applied Autonomous Sensor Systems, Örebro University
Örebro, Sweden
Rudolph Triebel
Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics, German Aerospace Center
Oberpfaffenhofen-Weßling, Germany
IEEE CASE 2018 - Call for Papers
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14th IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering
IEEE CASE 2018, sponsored by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS), will be held in Munich, Germany, 20-24 August 2018. It is the flagship automation conference of IEEE RAS and constitutes the primary forum for cross-industry and multidisciplinary research in automation. Its goal is to provide a broad coverage and dissemination of foundational research in automation among researchers, academics, and practitioners. This edition of the conference will be under the motto Knowledge-Based Automation.
To allow customized products and shortened time to market on the one hand, and longetivity and evolvability of networked automated production systems on the other hand, we need to learn from engineering and operation of systems. CASE 2018 will focus on knowledge as a key factor for future automation engineering and science.
Conference Tracks
- Cyber physical production systems and industry 4.0
- Cloud computing for automation
- Big data and data mining
- Automation and control
- Domain specific software & systems engineering
- Mechatronics
- Discrete event systems
- Model evolution (systems and software)
- Human in the loop (in engineering and operation)
- Building automation
Important Dates
15 January: Open special session/ tutorial/workshop proposal submission due
29 January: Open special session/tutorial/ workshop acceptance notification
15 February: Special session proposal submission due
15 February: Deadline for RA-L submission
1 March: Deadline for Regular/Special session submissions
1 April: Work in Progress/Industrial paper submission due
15 May: Paper acceptance notification
15 June: Final paper submission due
For more information see: http://case2018.org/


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