The formation of an Embedded Systems Design Group at Virginia Tech will be inaugurated at a one-day colloquium featuring expert guest speakers on embedded systems from around the world. The colloquium will be held at Donaldson Brown Conference Center on Oct. 29 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. To register and for more information about the colloquium schedule, go to: http://www.visc.vt.edu/~skshukla/seminar.html.