Projects

Book Drive to Armenia Late last year, ArmEngine decided to embark on an initiative to lead a Book Drive to Armenia. We are currently coordinating drop-off locations and sponsors for the Book Drive. Students, professors and working professionals are encouraged to donate books of various disciplines with an emphasis on Engineering related studies. AESA (Armenian Engineers and Scientists of America) has generously agreed to deliver the books to Armenia. If you have books that you would like to donate, please email bookdrive@armengine.com. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Groong RSS feed We are currently working on providing an RSS feed for USC Groong News Email Archive. Subscribers will be notified upon completion of project. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - No Church Left Behind ArmEngine has created an initiative to help develop, maintain and provide technical support for Armenian Churches. Technical support services include setting up local area networks, website development, and troubleshooting of existing issues. As a token of our commitment to this initiative, we are currently helping St Gregory's Church in Pasadena with development of their website and installation of a local area network. If you would like to submit a request for an Armenian church that is in need of our services, please send an email to church@armengine.com. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Google-ian The motivation and direction of this partnership for the future is to build a set of Armenian Knowledge repositories of data where Google services can be developed and deployed to facilitate the search, semantic classification and publication of information to clients. Some of these services will be visible in your online experience, others will not. Project Google-ian is an effort to... Armenianize the Google experience by developing gadgets, widgets Use Google services to preserve, enhance the Armenian online experience   Furthermore, we are currently working on an Armenian Academic/Professional Community that will be powered by Google. The framework for this application is a suite of re-usable, integrated, collaborative, and near real-time services that can be applied to any organization of varying sizes of personnel. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Collaboration with ArmenCal ArmEngine is currently working on two enhancements for ArmenCal that are scheduled to be released in the next few months. These enhancements will allow for two additional user views to existing ArmenCal functionality. - visit www.armeniancalendar.com We also suggest that you visit and make use of the advanced ticket purchasing and reservation system. - visit www.itsmyseat.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Spitak Laboratory, Armenia ArmEngine has recently contacted members of Shogher Labratory in Spitak, Armenia. For those unfamiliar with their efforts, the Laboratory is setup to provide under privileged young Armenian students with software and computer skills to enhance their educational skills. ArmEngine will be sponsoring a fund-raiser activity to solicit from local businesses any and all relevant equipment that is necessary. We are also exploring the possibility of providing some open source software that will enhance the educational experience of students in Armenia. Some of the supplies we are interested in collecting include but not limited to... Analog or digital video camera(s) Digital photo camera(s) SDR, DDR or DDR2 RAM Memory USB Flashcards and other memory sticks UPS- with input and output 220W, 600w or higher Any other electronic devices or equipment that do not violate export/import laws We are working with a non-profit organization so that any donations made are eligible for tax deductions. If you would like to make a donation, please email electornics@armengine.com. - visit www.spitux.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Armenian Open Source Initiative ArmEngine has decided to adopt an Armenian Open Source Initiative that is geared towards providing open source software pertaining to the needs of the Armenian community world wide. The goal of this initiative is to... Eliminate the high costs of licensing and usage restrictions imposed by proprietary software in the Armenian community. Raise awareness of opportunities of Open Source Software in Educational and Entrepreneurship circles Provide software/services that address specific challenges and issues facing the Armenian Community There are a few projects that are currently being considered... ArmElect, software that will aide Armenian politicians perform analysis, assessment, refinement and graph election results. The goal is to increase participation of Armenians in the political precess by empowering active members of our community with tools necessary to help them help us. Academic Electronic Learning Guide to supplement Educational curriculums in Armenian schools Software to support E-waste studies in Armenia to eliminate the dangers facing our communities Disaster Management System A few more... If you are interested in contributing to this initiative, please email opensource@armengine.com. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Armenian Archive Initiative ArmEngine has created an initiative to aide archive Armenian documents digitally and make them accessible through Google Archives. Currently, there are quite a few repositories that are not available online due to being on an island (intranet) and for other reasons. We understand the importance for preservation and availability of information regarding Armenian news, events, culture and history to those interested. We envision that this repository would ultimately serve as a reference resource for students and researchers. We believe that this initiative will aide students and researchers find more information regarding Armenian culture both past and present. Additionally, Google archives would ensure efficient searching methods to find the most relevant information possible. If you are interested in contributing to this initiative, please email archive@armengine.com. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Armenian Web Security Group Each year, Armenians all around the world witness the unfortunate and derogatory defacing of websites geared to raise awareness of the Armenian Genocide and other sites of interest. As with most problems, there are often two solutions (Do something about it or wait until it goes away). A group of ArmEngine members have decided to provide consulting services to those who are in need of or interested for help. Regretfully, we have personally seen a rise in cyber-terrorist networks that provide subscription based services to mass disseminate software vulnerabilities. Often times, the vulnerabilities are sold to the highest bidder, in which case has been seen to be as low as $40 US dollars. These networks offer monthly subscription based services to disseminate software vulnerabilities available to a much larger community in a way much easier than in the past. At minimum, we would like to ask you to stop hosting sites on Windows servers. Additionally, we would like to ask that you do not use Microsoft Internet Explorer to perform website administration work as it provides little protection against well known scripts. We understand the challenges that rise ahead, but we also understand the cost of standing by to see it happen again in the years to come. If you are interested in receiving information on how to protect your assets, please email security@armengine.com. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Armenian Language Translator There is currently no automated tool to perform translation of common world languages to Armenian and vice versa. As a result... Millions of websites, electronic books, articles and other sources of information are unavailable to native Armenian language speakers Since the Armenian Diaspora is spread throughout the world, there is a need to normalize/translate different target languages to Armenian. The Diaspora naturally adopts host languages fluently, often times at a higher level of competence than Armenian. Such a translator will help teach Armenian to current and future generations to ensure that our language is preserved. Armenian websites are not available to speakers of other world languages A translator can be used in courtrooms, banks, emergency rooms (hospitals), academia, and media domains. As a result, we have began consulting with senior staff at USC to derive an algorithm for an Armenian Language Translator. If you know of any Armenian or English linguists that are willing to donate a portion of their time to work on this project or would like to become a sponsor, please email translator@armengine.com. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Instant Messenger for Charity Instant messenger is a commonly used application by millions of people world wide. ArmEngine has created a new project to develop an instant messenger client that provides similar functionality as commonly used IM applications. This new IM client will differ in that ArmEngine will make donations to Armenian charities just by having users use the IM client. You can use your existing Yahoo or MSN messenger screen names without having to create a separate screen name. We are currently prototyping the proposed solution. If you would like to advertise your business on messenger or help with developement efforts, please contact messenger@armengine.com.