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Wednesday, May 23, 2018 
OEB Signal Processing Society (SPS) and Communications Society (ComSoc) 
Subject: Center for Advanced Signal and Image Sciences Workshop
– Signal processing, Image & video processing, NDE & inverse problems, Radar & wireless communications, Radiation detection & isotope ID, Machine learning & pattern analysis, Control systems, Real-time / embedded systems, Applications … 
Speakers: Dr. Avideh Zakhor,  Professor of Electrical Engineering, UC Berkeley, and Dr. Joseph M. Kahn, Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University 
Time: 9:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Cost: Free, but registration required
Location: High Performance Computing Innovation Center, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Adjacent to LLNL East Gate off Greenville Road, Livermore 
Event Details: https://casis.llnl.gov/casis-2018 

Saturday, April 28, 2018 
SCV Power and Energy Society (PES) and Industrial Applications Society (IAS) 
Subject: Energy Storage Seminar: Policy, Business Models, and Control
– Join us as three storage experts give their unique perspective on grid storage business models and technology… 
Speakers: Fan Dai, Ph.D., Special Advisor to Governor Edmund G. Brown; Vic Shao, Founder and CEO of ENGIE Storage, formerly GreenCharge; Mizhi Zhang, Managing Director of North America Region at Sungrow-Samsung SDI Energy Storage Power Supply Co, Ltd (Sungrow-Samsung SDI Joint Venture)
Time: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm: registration, lunch, & networking; 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm: Talks from speakers; 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm: Panel discussion;
Cost: IEEE members: $10 with promo code IEEE; Non-members: $15
Location: 250 West Tasman Dr., San Jose 
Event Details: power.ieeesiliconvalley.org/2018/04/10/april-28th-2018-energy-storage-seminar-policy-business-models-and-control/ 

Thursday, May 17, 2018 
OEB Industrial Applications Society (IAS) 
Subject: Cyber Security Primer for Legacy Process Plant Operation
– current implementations of legacy protocols and hardware with a focus on cyber security aspects given the new wireless additions to the legacy systems … 
Speaker: Chet Sandberg, Principal, C L Sandberg & Associates 
Time: 5:30 pm: Networking No-host social; 6:15 pm: Presentation; 7:15 pm: Dinner; 8:00 to 9:00 pm: Presentation continues
Cost: IEEE members: $25, Non-Members: $30, Student and retired members: $15 (Payable as Cash or Check)
Location: Zio Fraedos, 611 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill 
Event Details: meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/171251 
Please make reservations by May 14 by contacting Luis Soria via email: lmsq@pge.com or telephone: (415) 793-7909

Tuesday, April 18, 2018 
SCV Solid State Circuits Society (SSCS) and Circuits and Systems (CAS) Society
Subject: Neuroengineering the Next Decade
– Brain disease, brain-machine interface, difficult to restore memories, leading-edge technology that can make the fulfillment of memory restoration and the treatment of neuropsychiatric symptoms highly likely… 
Speaker: Dejan Markovic, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles 
Time: 6:00 pm to 6:30 pm: Networking with food and refreshments; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm: Seminar
Cost: IEEE SSCS/CAS members: free; IEEE members: $2 donation; Non-members: $5
Location: Texas Instruments Building E Conference Center, 2900 Semiconductor Dr., Santa Clara 
Event Details: sites.ieee.org/scv-sscs/upcoming-events/ 
Register: eventbrite.com/e/neuroengineering-the-next-decade-prof-dejan-markovic-ucla-tickets-44972341484

Tuesday, May 8, 2018 
SCV Consultant’s Network of Silicon Valley (CNSV) 
Subject: The Untold Origins of Cloud Computing
– time sharing, Born in the Cold War in the aftermath of the first Russian Atomic bomb, Tymnet as the first independent Cloud-based services network in early 1972…
Speaker: Nathan Gregory, CTO and Chief Scientist, Reprivata LLC
Time: 7:00 pm: Networking, registration, and refreshments; 7:30 pm to 9 pm: Presentation
Cost: Free
Location: SEMI Global Headquarters, 673 S Milpitas Blvd., Milpitas 
Event Details: californiaconsultants.org/event/the-untold-origins-of-cloud-computing/ 

Saturday, April 21, 2018 
Region 6 and SJSU 
Subject: Spring Central Area
– MicroMouse competition, the new student “Pitch” competition based on student chosen projects, as well as a range of speakers and awards… 
Time: 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
Cost: Free 
Location: San Jose State University, Engineering Building, Conf Room 285-287, 2nd Floor, 1 Washington Square, San Jose
Event Details: eventbrite.com/e/2018-ieee-region-6-central-area-spring-meeting-tickets-44385218383 

Thursday, April 19, 2018
SCV Young Professionals (YP) and ASME
Subject: Thirsty Third Thursday Happy Hour
– free appetizers, pay for your own drinks…
Time: 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Cost: Free admission, pay for your own drinks
Location: Lilly Mac’s Irish Pub & Restaurant, 187 S Murphy Ave., Sunnyvale
Event Details: eventbrite.com/e/asme-scvs-ieee-yp-thirsty-third-thursday-happy-hour-tickets-44280372787

Attend the 5G World Forum (5GWF’18) to be part of the exciting field of 5G technologies and applications. 5G will provide higher bandwidth and lower latency than current-generation technology; and is expected to enable fundamentally new applications. 5G should help solve the last-mile/last-kilometer problem and provide broadband access to the next billion users on earth at much lower cost because of its use of new spectrum and its improvements in spectral efficiency.

* 5G Vertical Sessions                                                  * 5G Applications
* Automotive, Intelligent Transport                              * 5G Topical Sessions
* 5G for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)           * 5G Security and Privacy
* E-Health and Mobile Health over 5G Networks         * Standards and Deployment
* Disrupting Media and Entertainment in the 5G Era   * Workshops
* Policy and Regulation in the 5G Era                           * IoT in the 5G Era Workshop
* Open API, Unbundled, Open Source, and Testbeds     * Tactile Internet Workshop
* 5G Satellite Networks: Applications, Challenges and Standards

See ieee-wf-5g.org for more information. Discount for IEEE members! The conference will be on July 9-11, 2018 in Santa Clara.

Friday, May 4 – Sunday May 6, 2018 
OEB Young Professionals (YP)
Subject: Startup Weekend East Bay
– pitches and continuing through brainstorming, business plan development, and basic prototype creation, test your idea and take the first steps towards launching your own startup…
Time: 6:30 pm Sunday through 9:00 pm Sunday 
Cost: $0 to $50
Location: California State University, East Bay, 25800 Carlos Bee Boulevard, Valley Business Technology Center, Hayward
Event Details: eventbrite.com/e/startup-weekend-east-bay-tickets-43904563732?discount=IEEE 

Thursday, April 10, 2018 
SCV ElecroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Chapter 
Subject: Near-Field Scanning : Searching for Root Causes
– Emission source microscopy (ESM) scanning technology is a powerful tool to identify the radiated emission sources, measurement is performed in “radiative” near-field (Fresnel) region … 
Speaker: Hamed Kajbaf, Amber Precision Instruments 
Time: 5:30 pm: Networking and light dinner; 6:30 pm: Presentation; 7:45 pm: Adjourn
Cost: Water and soft drinks are free. Food is available for a small fee.
Location: 7layers, 1293 Anvilwood Ave., Sunnyvale 
Event Details: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/emc/ 

Tuesday, May 1, 2018
SCV Photonics Society
Subject: The Physics of Ultra-Efficient III-Nitride LEDs
– physical aspects of the three components driving high-efficiency LEDs – Light extraction, Carrier Injection and Internal Quantum Efficiency…
Speaker: Aurelien David, Sr. Principal Scientist, Soraa
Time: 5:30 pm: Networking and light dinner; 6:30 pm: Presentation; 8:00 pm: Adjourn
Cost: Free
Location: Intel, Building SC-12,3600 Juliette Lane, Santa Clara
Event Details: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/leos/