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FEBRUARY 2015
VOL 6 NO. 1
Oakland CA
AEEC
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EDITORS
BY
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AMANUEL GEBREBRHAN
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
BY Y OSIEF W OLDEMARIAM
& F ILIPOS A BRAHAM
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
The Success of
Teamwork
Coming together is a
beginning.
Keeping together is
progress.
Working together is
success.
~ Henry Ford~
EDUCATION
IS THE MOST
POWERFUL
WEAPON
WHICH YOU
CAN USE TO
CHANGE
THE WORLD
Sincerely yours,
Seble Gebremedhin
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INTRODUCTION
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information revolution driven by advances in software
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technologies (software and hardware) used for gathering,
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E ICT technologies such as computer based training (CBT),
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universally over wider geographical location and on
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demand. This has brought huge benefits not only in
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overcoming the instructor to student ratio of the traditional
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knowledge assimilation. ICT has also enhanced learning
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A discussion forums. Additionally simulation packages for
E modelling complex scientific experiments and various
E physical processes are replacing traditional bench top
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C. THE EGOVERNMENT
Government institutions can benefit significantly from
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effective use of ICT technologies to provide efficient,
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between government agencies is referred to as
~ eGovernment. In such governance, ICT improves the
A relationship between the government institutions and their
E constituencies in service delivery promoting social equality
E and democratic inclusiveness. In particular rural
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accessible either due to lack of effective transportation or
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other bureaucratic systems, governance can benefit greatly
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through use of ICT. The transparency and good governance
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which comes with properly implemented eGovernment
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readily available has the potential to reduce corruption and
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E D. SOCIAL MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT
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enable people to communicate and share information.
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A and YouTube, LinkedIn blogs, discussion forums, chat rooms
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E ago, indeed they are still evolving not only due to the
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advances in ICT but also as a direct result of the way we
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A felt, the potential for these technologies to promote
E informed citizenry and civil organization, with profound
E implications for democratic participation, is clear.
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providing up to date information in emergencies and
~ disasters facilitating communication in organizing
A assistance, issuing early warnings, pictorial reporting of
E damage and general situational awareness. The relief
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SOFTWARE AS A PRODUCT
There are several key industries and processes which heavily rely
on software technologies and intelligent hardware systems for
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E and communications infrastructure, industrial products ranging
from medical instruments to home appliances, government
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institutions, research programs, education, social services and
others. In addition software itself, as an industry in its own right,
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A growth industry with huge export potential. The software industry
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compared to traditional industries as shown in some Asian tiger
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economies. Here it is important to differentiate low skill
outsourced activities, such as call centers, that have little impact
~ on long term economic growth from skilled software industries.
A Increasingly, new and existing critical infrastructures will depend
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M security and availability will become more crucial (ISTAG 2012).
To effectively exploit this trend, economies need to produce
highly skilled work force with the appropriate technical skills.
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ICT AS A SERVICE
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Many organizations of various sizes are becoming conscious of
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a Service (PaaS). SaaS refers to the software delivery model in
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A Internet. Many web applications such as web emails, social media
and other enterprise applications are delivered this way. IaaS on
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E accessed as a service through a network, e.g. storage spaces,
M networking components, servers etc. The resource is pulled from
a pool of servers distributed across data centers under the
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IaaS. In addition to the fundamental computing resource supplied
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enable businesses and utility industries to provide cost
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effective services by facilitating e-commerce and accurate
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data collection. Additionally this technology will make
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interactive education systems accessible. Key to this is
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A infrastructure for high bandwidth communications system.
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of international trade and attracting foreign investment in
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CONCLUSION
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Advances in ICT, in the developed world in particular, have
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well socialize and interact. It has provided transparency, improved
accountability and efficiency in governance. ICT has made instant
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First of all, I would like to thank you for sharing the June issue of Alpha Eritrean
Engineer's Magazine. I would like to sheepishly confide with you that it was my
first time hearing about it.
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admiration. I perfectly understand the amount of hard and consistent effort that
was put in it- starting from net-working, maintaining and developing the
commitment among devoted Eritrean engineers and finally putting it all together
in a journalistic style with substance and quality presentation: Eritrean
Engineers Magazine - a pioneer of its own. It is quite an achievement and speaks
for itself.
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Introduction to
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Introduction to
Displays and How
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Display trends
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From CRT TV in 1922
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Reference of
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Authors
Y ONAS M ERESSI yonas.mgm@gmail.com received his B.S. in Electrical, Electronics & info engineering and Ph.D
in Polarimetric fibre optic sensor systems from City University of London. Currently, he is employed at California
Department of Transportation, Caltran.
M USIE B EYENE beyenemusie@gmail.com received his B.S. in MSci in Mathematis and Physics from University
College London and his PhD in Computational Atomic and Molecular Physics from the University of Durham in the
UK. Currently he works as a Senior Lecturer at Icon college of Technology and Management and as a freelance web
applications developer.
M EDHANIT B AHTA hanitwel@yahoo.com received her BS in chemistry from the University of Asmara and
obtained graduate-research assistantship position and Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from University of Tennessee.
Currently employed under US Patent and Trademark Office as a patent examiner in the chemical art unit
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