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Updated 10/17/2004 -- '04 #179

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User Group events:
See below for Seminars, Shows, Learning, etc.

Mon OCT 18, 2004
SwANH SW Eng & Quality SIG, "SIG Kick-Off", 6PM, Amoskaeg Incubator
Computer Measurement Group quarterly meeting, Forefront convention ctr, Waltham
Worcester Comp Soc, "iMac G5 Demo", 6:30, Worcester State College

Tue OCT 19, 2004
Storage Networking Users, "Virtual Tape vs. D2D Offerings", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
NE Palm Users, "User Story: Steve Isenberg", 7PM, MIT Plasma Fusion Lab, Bldg NW17-218,
Boston SPIN (S/W Process Improvement Netwk) "How to Say No to Power" 6-8:30, MITRE, Bedford
Club Pocket PC-Boston meeting, 6:30, Microsoft, Boston
Small Business Server open discussion, 6PM, Microsoft, Boston

Wed OCT 20, 2004
So NE Network Users "Research In Motion (Tentative)" 7PM, R Williams College, Providence
Boston Linux & Unix UG, "The State of X11", 7-9pm, MIT Building E-51, Room 145
Access Day "Introduction to Access", 9-12, Microsoft, Waltham
Access Day "Intermediate Access", 1-5, Microsoft, Waltham
Access Day "Access Developer", 5-8:30, Microsoft, Waltham
DataCAD Users (DBUG) "DBUG's 17th Anniversary" 6pm, World Trade Center, Boston
MacWoburn "Ross Williams demos the new iMac G5!" 7-9pm, Woburn Senior Center
Club Pocket PC "AT&T Wireless/NetMotion Wireless/Creative Zen" 6:30-8:30 Microsoft, Waltham

Thu OCT 21, 2004
SwANH Software Engineering and Quality "SIG Kick-Off" Amoskaeg Incubator & NHCTC-Pease
GBC/ACM, "Engineering Simple Living Systems", 7PM, MIT room 32-123
Info Security Group, "Network Auditing", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
AITP of So NE, $ "Thom Robbins of Microsoft", 6PM, Marriott Hotel, Providence
Boston AITP, $ "Embracing Strong Passwords", 6:30, Red Sauce Restaurant, Quincy
NE Autosys Users general meeting, 10AM-3PM, Computer Assoc, Framingham
Worcester Macromedia "RoboDemo and Flash: online training" 7-9:30, Assumption College

Sat OCT 23, 2004
Women in Computing hands-on workshop, Waltham Girl Scouts facility

Tue OCT 26, 2004
Final Cut Pro Users, "FCP HD Tips", 6:30, Emerson College Bill Bordy Theater
Water Users, "Doc, Test, and Debugging", 7PM, One Broadway, Cambridge
Boston AppleScript Users Group "TBA" 6pm, MIT building E51, Room 372
Ind Comp Consultants, $ "Effective Office Organization", 6PM, Rebecca's Cafe, Burlington
Boston .Net and Beantown .Net "Juval Löwy: C# 2.0 Generics", 6:30-8:30, Microsoft, Waltham

Wed OCT 27, 2004
Merrimack Valley Linux Users, topic TBA, 5:30, Danl Webster College

Tue NOV 02, 2004
Internet Professionals 495 "To Be Announced - Be Sure to Vote First !!!"

Wed NOV 03, 2004
New Hampshire SQL Server Users Group, "TBD", 7pm, Nashua

Thu NOV 04, 2004
Visual Basic Pro, "VB.Net in Visual Studio 2005", 6:15, Microsoft Waltham
Beantown.NET "Occasionally Connected Applications" 5:30, Adesso Systems, Boston

Fri NOV 05, 2004
No Shore Comp Soc computer clinic, 7PM, Peabody Municipal Light

Sat NOV 06, 2004
Boston Linux & Unix UG, "Linux InstallFest XVIII", 9-5, WCVB-TV Channel 5, Needham

Tue NOV 09, 2004
NE M Users (NEMUG), "Extreme Programming, Agile Programming", 6PM, Wellesley Gateway Bldg
Boston-voice-users  "re-organizational meeting, Details TBA"

Wed NOV 10, 2004
Worcester Linux Users, "TBD", 7PM, Access Grid Rm, WPI Campus
SW Quality Grp, "Planning for Effective Test Automation", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
Systems Engineering and Admin Tech UG  (SEA-TUG) "Topic: TBD" Pease Campus (NH Com Tech Col)

Wed NOV 17, 2004
Boston Linux & Unix UG, "Beowulf Supercomputing Update", 7-9pm, MIT Building E-51, Room 145
So NE Network Users "Auditing & Security Solutions" 7PM, R Williams College, Providence
DataCAD Users (DBUG), "No Meeting"

Thu NOV 18, 2004
SwANH Software Engineering and Quality SIG "TBD" Amoskaeg Incubator
GBC/ACM, "What's New With IPV6", 7PM, MIT 51-325
NE Java Users, "Single Sign-On (SSO)", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

Tue NOV 23, 2004
Boston AppleScript Users Group "TBA" 6pm, MIT building E51, Room 372

Tue NOV 30, 2004
Water Users, "Water Server", 7PM, One Broadway, Cambridge
Rational ClearCase Users, topic TBA, 5:30, Investors Bank & Trust, Boston
Boston Rational ClearCase User Group "Topic: TBD" 5:30-8:00, Investors Bank & Trust, Boston

Wed DEC 01, 2004
New Hampshire SQL Server Users Group, "TBD", 7pm, Nashua

Thu DEC 02, 2004
Visual Basic Pro, "Compact Framework Programming", 6:15, Microsoft Waltham
Beantown.NET "Advanced Control Development in .NET" 5:30, Adesso Systems, Boston

Tue DEC 07, 2004
Internet Professionals 495 "4th annual Holiday Networking meeting"

Wed DEC 08, 2004
SW Quality Grp, "Top Ten Opinions About Software Testing", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

Wed DEC 15, 2004
Boston Linux & Unix UG, "What's New with BSD", 7-9pm, MIT Building E-51, Room 315
So NE Network Users, X-Mas Party, 7PM, R Williams College, Providence
Worcester Linux Users, "TBD", 7PM, Access Grid Rm, WPI Campus

Thu DEC 16, 2004
SwANH SW Eng & Quality SIG, topic TBD, 6PM, @NHCTC, Pease Tradeport

Tue JAN 11, 2005
Boston AppleScript Users Group "TBA" 6pm, MIT building E51, Room 372

Wed JAN 12, 2005
SW Quality Grp "Menlo Software Factory Devel Methodology", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

Wed FEB 09, 2005
SW Quality Grp, "Latest Industry Data for Appl Devel", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

Thu MAR 10, 2005
SW Quality Grp, "Champagne QA on a Beer Budget", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

Wed MAR 16, 2005
Boston Linux & Unix UG, "LinuxSoup VIII", 7PM, MIT Bldg E-51, Room 315

Wed APR 13, 2005
SW Quality Grp "Results from Inspecting Test Automation Scripts", 6PM, Sun Micro, Burlington

Wed MAY 11, 2005
SW Quality Grp, "Applying Six Sigma to Software Devel", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

Wed JUN 08, 2005
SW Quality Grp, "Out of Ad Hoc and Into Maturity", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

Wed JUL 13, 2005
SW Quality Grp, "Hot Topics Night", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington


Events, Conferences, Education and Training:

OCT 16 and 24, 2004
Qualware Instructional "Advanced SQL Lab Crash Course" 9-5 Oct 16 & opt 24, Burlington

OCT 17 and 24, 2004
Qualware "Home Wired/Wireless Shared Resource (printer/files) Network" 1-5, Burlington

OCT 18, 20, 22, 25, 27, 29, 2004
Qualware Instructional Services "Fundamentals of JAVA Programming" 9-5, Burlington

OCT 19, 2004
IEEE Boston Section Workshop, "Realistic Project Schedules from Software Requirements"

OCT 20, 2004
ASQ Presentation, "Improving the Effectiveness of Medical Device Software Validation"
Oracle Users Group: "Fall Training Day", 8-4, Bentley College, Waltham

OCT 21, 2004
IEEE Boston Section Workshop, "Introduction to Software Quality Assurance"

OCT 22-24, 2004
New England Software Symposium [JAVA] at Sheraton Framingham

OCT 23, 2004
GBC/ACM Prof Dev Seminars "Web Design Mistakes & How to Avoid Them" 9-4:30, MIT Room 34-101

OCT 26, 2004
IEEE Workshop, "Software V&V: An Overview for Practitioners and Managers"

OCT 27, 2004
IEEE Providence Section Workshop, "Improving the Effectiveness of Testing"

OCT 28, 2004
IEEE Boston Section Workshop, "Software Development for Medical Device Manufacturers"

NOV 20, 2004
GBC/ACM Prof Development Seminars "Overview of the Semantic Web" 9-4:30, MIT Room 34-101
Boston Area SAS Users Group Full-Day Training Workshop, Holiday Inn Newton 

JAN 20-21, 2005
American Society of Professional Education (ASPE), "Voice over IP Security", Boston

MAY 2-4, 2005
USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation, Park Plaza, Boston

JUN 11-16, 2006
Microsoft Tech Ed Convention, Boston Convention & Expo Ctr


Ongoing:

MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science events open to the public

The IEEE Boston Section posts local courses at http://www.ieeeboston.org/

Qualware Instructional Services  Burlington

Cambridge Center for Adult Education  Call (617) 547-6789 or check the courses
available at http://www.ccae.org

DevelopMentor Training Classes, Cummings Park, Woburn. http://www.develop.com

Future Media Concepts provides training in all areas of digital media

Pinnacle Training has continuing Microsoft-related courses at Westborough and Braintree

Apple seminars  MA NH RI

Microsoft New England: Local Event Calendar

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