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2008 Calendar Archive Index

Date Event Sponsor (key)
J A N U A R Y    2 0 0 8
Wednesday, Jan. 7 EMBS Officer Elections EMBS
Tuesday, Jan. 8 Indian Railways VTS-LTC
Tuesday, Jan. 8 Washington Section Administrative Committee Meeting W
Wednesday, Jan. 9 Northern Virginia Section Administrative Committee Meeting NV
Tuesday, Jan. 15 Handling Photons the Hard Way:
One at a Time
LEOS
Tuesday, Jan. 15 Women in Engineering Election Meeting WIE
Tuesday, Jan. 22 Building Services for the VII Environment:
Use of the WAVE Networking Standard
for In-Vehicle Communication
COM(NV)
F E B R U A R Y    2 0 0 8
Monday, Feb. 4 Coupling Dynamics in Semiconductor Lasers & Applications to Self-mixing Interferometry and Chaotic Cryptography LEOS
Tuesday, Feb. 5 Washington Section Administrative Committee Meeting W
Tuesday, Feb. 12 National Railroad Passenger Service VTS-LTC
Wednesday, Feb. 13 Northern Virginia Section Administrative Committee Meeting NV
Saturday, Feb. 16 Discover Engineering Family Day IEEE-USA
Tuesday, Feb. 19 Spectrum Policy for the Wireless Engineer: Avoiding Regulatory Pitfalls in Getting New Wireless Technology to Market COM(W)
Wednesday, Feb. 20 Engineers and Architects Day Luncheon DCCEAS
Thursday, Feb. 21 Advances in Microwave Systems for Deep-Space Missions MTTS, AESS
Saturday, Feb. 23 DCCEAS Awards Banquet DCCEAS
M A R C H    2 0 0 8
Tuesday, March 4 Washington Section Administrative Committee Meeting W
Tues.-Wed., March 4-5 Congressional Visits Day 2008 IEEE-USA
Thursday, March 6 Space Robotics for Science and Exploration on Planetary Surfaces RAS
Saturday, March 8 National Capital Area Leadership Training NV, W
Wednesday, March 12 Northern Virginia Section Administrative Committee Meeting NV
Friday, March 14 Electromagnetic Compatibility Society Meeting EMC
Tuesday, March 18 Women in Engineering Social Meeting WIE
Thursday, March 20 Daily Main Line Steam Operation VTS-LTC
Monday, March 24 IPv6 - The Next Generation of Global Addressing for the Internet SSIT
Tuesday, March 25 Security Clearances: The Straight Scoop CN
Tuesday, March 25 Applying Agile Techniques to Process Development: Lessons Learned, Part 1 CS, ASQ, SSQ
Wednesday, March 26 Student Professional Awareness Conference GMU Stu.Br.
Thursday, March 27 Computer Society Business Meeting CS
Saturday, March 29 Solar Technology Update—Progress and Events at the University of Maryland NPS
Sat.-Sun., March 29-30 Capital Science 2008 WAS
A P R I L    2 0 0 8
Tuesday, April 1 Washington Section Administrative Committee Meeting W
Thursday, April 3 Reduced Rank Adaptive Signal Processing SPS(NV)
Fri.-Sun., April 4-6 Region 2 Student Activities Conference R2
Wednesday, April 9 Northern Virginia Section Administrative Committee Meeting NV
Thursday, April 10 Bi-Lo Track Concept VTS-LTC
Friday, April 11 Particle Filtering Methodology in Signal Processing SPS(W)
Saturday, April 12 IEEE National Capital Area Awards Banquet W, NV
Tuesday, April 15 Overview of Chaos and Its Information Applications MTTS
Thursday, April 17 Single Spin Logic EDS
Thursday, April 17 Live Demonstration of TVSS Devices to Include Over-voltage Deterioration Condition to MOVs PES, IAS
Thursday, April 17 Using a Network Device to Filter IP Packets for XML Data COM(NV,W), CS
Mon.-Wed., April 21-23 The USB Continuum Workshop for Embedded Systems Engineers WS
Tuesday, April 22 Applying Agile Techniques to Process Development: Lessons Learned, Part 2 CS
Wednesday, April 30 Life Members Meeting LM
M A Y    2 0 0 8
Tuesday, May 6 Washington Section Administrative Committee Meeting W
Saturday, May 10 Technology for the Golden Years: Leading an Independent Life in the 21st Century EMBS, NV, W, APS, COM(W), CS, IT, NPS, RAS, SPS(NV), SSIT
Monday, May 12 Using Brain Waves to Link Thoughts and Action SPS(W)
Tuesday, May 13 The Air Interface for Sprint WiMax from an Operations Perspective MTTS
Wednesday, May 14 Northern Virginia Section Administrative Committee Meeting NV
Thursday, May 15 Positive Train Control: A Regulatory Perspective VTS-LTC
Tuesday, May 20 Design for Reliability: Uncovering Elegant Solutions WIE, EMBS, RS
Tuesday, May 27 Protecting Your Business from Liability NCA-CN
Tuesday, May 27 An SQA Sojourn: Lessons Learned from 6 Appraisals CS
Wednesday, May 28 Graduate Student Poster Competition: Optical Science and Technology LEOS(W/NV,B)
J U N E    2 0 0 8
Monday, June 2 Peer-Assisted Delivery: The Way to Scale IPTV to the World SPS
Tuesday, June 3 EMC Expo 2008: Electromagnetic Environments EMC
Tuesday, June 3 Washington Section Administrative Committee Meeting W
Wednesday, June 4 Earth's Changing Climate GRSS, SSIT
Thursday, June 5 Acela and High Speed Rail Operation and Maintenance VTS-LTC
Wednesday, June 11 Allocation vs. Diversification: Managing Your Portfolio for Success GOLD, WIE
Wednesday, June 11 Candidates Forum and Northern Virginia Section Administrative Committee Meeting NV
Thursday, June 12 Applications and Demonstration of Lightglove, a New User Interface EMBS, APS, CS, SPS(NV), GOLD
Saturday, June 14 D.C. United Soccer Game WIE, GOLD(NV,W)
Wednesday, June 18 The Theory of Fast and Robust Adaptation CSS(NV,W)
Tuesday, June 24 The NIST Trustworthy Software Program CS
Thursday, June 26 The Current State of IEEE in Region 2 & the National Capital Area LM
J U L Y    2 0 0 8
Saturday, July 19 Annual IEEE Northern Virginia Section Picnic NV, GOLD(NV), WIE
Tuesday, July 22 How to Avoid Software Inspection Failure and Achieve Ongoing Benefits CS
Wednesday, July 23 When Will We Discover the Extraterrestrials? AESS, EMS
Friday, July 25 Patterned Nanomagnetic Bits and Devices MAG
Tuesday, July 29 Computer Society Executive Committee Meeting CS
A U G U S T    2 0 0 8
Saturday, Aug. 2 IEEE Expert Now Course: Skills for Success in the Real World CN, GOLD, WIE, LM
Tuesday, Aug. 5 Washington Section Administrative Committee Meeting W
Saturday, Aug. 16 Washington Section Picnic W, CN
Tues.-Thurs., Aug. 19-21 Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems (PerMIS'08) Workshop RAS, ACM
Tuesday, Aug. 26 Using the Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act CN, PCS
Tuesday, Aug. 26 Computer Society Chapter Meeting CS
S E P T E M B E R    2 0 0 8
Tuesday, Sept. 2 Washington Section Administrative Committee Meeting W
Tuesday, Sept. 9 The Economics of Coal as a Locomotive Fuel VTS-LTC
Wednesday, Sept. 10 A View into the Aerospace and Defense Industry's Interests and Needs in Nanotechnology EDS
Wednesday, Sept. 10 Northern Virginia Section Administrative Committee Meeting NV
Fri.-Sat., Sept. 12-13 Fundamentals of Intrusion Detection ACM, CS
Monday, Sept. 15 Communications Society Washington Chapter Executive Committee Meeting COM(W)
Tuesday, Sept. 16 NASA Technical Tour GRSS, AESS
Tuesday, Sept. 16 Women in Engineering Meeting WIE
Thursday, Sept. 18 Arc Flash Hazards: A Reality Check PES, IAS
Thursday, Sept. 18 Nuclear Energy Political Forum: Perspectives from the Democratic and Republican Presidential Candidates' Campaigns NPS
Fri.-Sat., Sept. 26-27 Intermediate Intrusion Detection ACM, CS
O C T O B E R    2 0 0 8
Saturday, Oct. 4 IEEE Expert Now Course: Skills for Success in the Real World (Modules 2 & 3) CN, GOLD, WIE, LM
Saturday, Oct. 4 Autonomous Small Robot Speedway Competition RAS, UM
Monday, Oct. 6 Towards High-Performance and Reconfigurable Optical Communication Networks COM(B,W), LEOS(B)
Monday, Oct. 6 Certification of Software Development Professionals CS, ACM
Tuesday, Oct. 7 Washington Section Administrative Committee Meeting W
Wednesday, Oct. 8 Northern Virginia Section Administrative Committee Meeting NV
Wed.-Fri., Oct. 8-10 2008 IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Systems SPS, CAS
Tuesday, Oct. 14 Positive Train Control: Why We Need It VTS-LTC
Thursday, Oct. 16 Breaker Coordination in Mission Critical Environments PES, IAS
Tuesday, Oct. 28 Root Cause Analysis for Customer Reported Problems CS
Thursday, Oct. 30 My Supervisors During My Career LM
N O V E M B E R    2 0 0 8
Saturday, Nov. 1 PACE Professional Development Seminar B, EMBS(B),
IEEE-USA
Wednesday, Nov. 5 Washington Section Administrative Committee Meeting W
Thursday, Nov. 6 Anti-Windup and Bumpless Transfer Controller Design CSS, RAS
Monday, Nov. 10 Photovoltaic Plenary LEOS
Monday, Nov. 10 RAS Chapter Member Speaker Series RAS
Wednesday, Nov. 12 Earth-Moon-Earth Communication: Amateur Techno-Sport MTTS
Wednesday, Nov. 12 Northern Virginia Section Administrative Committee Meeting NV
Thursday, Nov. 13 Electrically Controlled Pneumatic Brakes VTS-LTC
Thursday, Nov. 13 An Overview of Breakthrough Renewable Energy Technologies SSIT
Friday, Nov. 14 Fall Power Fiesta Networking Event PES, IAS, PCS, SSIT, NCA-CN, WIE, GOLD, LM
Thursday, Nov. 20 Life Members Meeting LM
Tuesday, Nov. 25 DoD Enterprise Ontology Support CS
D E C E M B E R    2 0 0 8
Tuesday, Dec. 2 Joint Executive Committee Meeting
(Officers only)
NV, W
Thursday, Dec. 4 Communications Society Washington Chapter Officer Election & Holiday Social Event COM(W)
Saturday, Dec. 6 Focusing on the Member: Bringing the Message to the Sections NV, W, B
Tuesday, Dec. 9 Ceramic Railroad Wheels VTS-LTC
Tuesday, Dec. 9 EMBS Washington Chapter Officer Election & Holiday Social Event EMBS
Thursday, Dec. 11 The Revolution at the Edge of the Network COM(W)
Monday, Dec. 15 The Quest for Mid-infrared Semiconductor Lasers to Counter Heat Seeking Missiles LEOS
Tuesday, Dec. 16 Service Oriented Acquisition CS
Tuesday, Dec. 16 Women in Engineering Administrative Meeting WIE

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