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Volume 54-07 |
July 2010 |
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Newsletter of the Central Texas Section of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc. Published monthly. Deadline for inclusion is the 27th day of the previous month. Send submissions, comments, questions to John Purvis, Editor, john.purvis@ieee.org CONTENTS1. Section Activities2. Chapter Activities3. News & Information4. Local Conferences5. Other ConferencesIEEE EXTERNAL LINKS
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1. Section ActivitiesChairman's ColumnI'd like to thank Dennis Ferguson for his efforts as editor of the Analog past couple of years. It is a heroic job to assemble the inputs from 21 chapters and affinity groups into the excellent coherent publication that he has been delivering every month. However, he has reached a time in his career that does not allow him to devote enough time to continue as editor. A new editor is in the works, although Joe Redfield is editing the newsletter on an interim basis. One of the things that Dennis brought to us was an automation of the process of collecting input from the chapters and affinity groups. That system of web updates instead of a plethora of email messages will probably be back on line shortly after the new editor is in place. We will continue the tradition of having a Fall planning meeting of the section and chapter officers on August 28th, at Texas State in San Marcos. This is an opportunity for training of the leaders, as well as a chance for chapter leaders to share their successes and needs for help. A meeting of the section officers with past section chairs on June 26th has led to a change of the traditional format for the Fall Planning Meeting, to see if it can better serve the needs of the chapters and affinity groups. More information about what is needed in the presentations will be forthcoming in a couple of weeks. Tom
Grim Back to TOP Membership DevelopmentHALF PRICE IEEE MEMBERSHP That’s right half price IEEE membership. Join IEEE for the first time and pay only ½ annual dues. If you have been looking to join, but waiting for a good excuse, now is it. Go to https://www.ieee.org/join for details. If you are currently unemployed and current IEEE member, and have not renewed your membership, you also receive IEEE membership at ½ price. Simply go to: https://www.ieee.org/renew. Did you know about IEEE – myIEEE Did You Know – You can find out what are the most accessed documents in IEEE Xplore for the month. By selecting the Knowledge Tab in myIEEE, you will see the IEEE Xplore module located in the middle column. Here you will find a list of the top 10 documents accessed this month. Citations and their Abstract are available with quick links to the full article. IEEE Xplore has over two million documents on emerging and revolutionary technologies. GO TO myIEEE now at www.ieee.org/myieee Joe Redfield Back to TOP Section & Chapter NewsDiscover EngineeringDiscover Engineering is a Central Texas program that coordinates classroom visits from local engineering volunteers. The mission of Discover Engineering is to excite K-12 students to pursue careers in math, science, and engineering through hands-on engineering activities and collaborative, volunteer-driven initiatives of the engineering and education communities. During the 2008-2009 school year, Discover Engineering volunteers visited over 13,000 students from more that 80 schools in the greater Austin area. Over 800 volunteers from more than 50 area companies, government organizations and professional societies participated in these visits. Registration for volunteers and teachers for the 2010-2011 school year is now open on the Discover Engineering web site (https://www.centexeweek.org). Teachers can sign up for a single classroom visit, an entire grade level, or an entire school. Individuals, Teams or entire companies can sign up as volunteers. Please take a few minutes to look at our web site, then sign up as a volunteer. And don't hesitate to pass this information on to any others you think would be interested. Back to TOP Continuing EducationThe Engineering Leadership Institute begins its 2009-2010 year with a one-week intensive bootcamp, training engineering managers to:
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Mary's University - San Antonio (https://engineering.stmarytx.edu/ieee/) Texas
State University - San Marcos (new branch, 2009) Trinity University - San Antonio University of Texas at Austin (https://ieee.ece.utexas.edu/) University of Texas at San Antonio (https://ieee.utsaengineering.org) Student Member NewsBack to TOP Calls for VolunteersDissertation Research SupportPortable data storage devices (PDSD), while creating many benefits for storage and transportability for electronic data, has also created a number of challenges for organizations that include lost or stolen data that can include personal identification information (PII) as well as increasing the dangers of viruses, worms, malware, etc being introduced into the organizations technology infrastructure. I am looking to interview employees of organizations that use technology as a component of completing business processes and procedures to determine (1) the level of understanding of the dangers associated with PDSD’s, (2) is there a concerted effort to educate employees on these dangers associated with PDSD’s and (3) are their efforts in place to protect PDSD’s and associated data at a general level not detailed level. If anybody is willing to speak with me regarding this topic and help with my dissertation research by being a respondent, I can be reached at 210-723-7493 or 210-524-2125 to provide further details or via email at Paul.Cooper@phoenix.edu or RadBnUSMC@gmail.com or RadBnUSMC@email.phoenix.edum. Back to TOP 2. Chapter ActivitiesMultiple Chapter EventsNo meetings are scheduled for July.Back to TOP Chapter Meeting NoticesAntennas
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Emerging ADCs |
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Speaker |
Prof. Un-Ku Moon |
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Abstract |
Most analog IC designers and students are drawn to ADCs. While some ADC realizations have had a lasting impact, examples including pipelined ADCs with digital redundancy, flash ADCs with folding and interpolation, and multi-bit delta-sigma modulators with dynamic element matching, there are many more recent and emerging ADC design techniques that are receiving much attention and also gaining momentum in some areas. Many of these ideas are showered with doubts and honest criticism. However, we may also be entering a new phase where a few of these developments would help resolve the tough submicron scaling challenge that analog designers face today. This tutorial will summarize and ponder the impact of a few selective as well as random slices of these emerging ADC designs. |
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Date/Time |
Thursday, 22 July 2010, 6:30-8:00pm |
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Cost |
none |
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Reservations |
not required |
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Location |
UT Campus - ENS 306 |
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Notes |
The joint Circuits & Systems/Solid State Circuits Societies normally meet on the 2nd Tuesday of every month. This meeting is open to the public and interested parties. Additional details will be posted at the website. If you have any questions about this meeting or this group, please contact renhaoxing@ieee.org or zhuoli@ieee.org
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Topic/title |
Using the CMMI-SVC to Transform an Organization into a High-Functioning, Customer-Driven Profit Center |
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Speaker |
Henry Schneider, President, Process and Product Quality Consulting, LLC Henry Schneider is the President and Senior Principal Consultant at Process and Product Quality Consulting, LLC. He has over 30 years experience in software and systems development as a developer, systems engineer, project manager, trainer, consultant, and assessor/appraiser (ISO 9000/TickIT, SW-CMM®, and CMMI®) working for clients in the commercial, government, aerospace, product software, automotive, data communications, telecommunications, and information technology sectors. He provides consulting support to PPQC clients in the areas of process improvement, project management, process engineering, requirements management, configuration management, process and product quality assurance, reviews and inspections, measurement and analysis, and risk management. Henry is a Software Engineering Institute-authorized CMMI High Maturity Lead Appraiser and Intro to CMMI Instructor (CMMI-ACQ, CMMI-DEV, CMMI-SVC), former Vice President for the Society for Software Quality, and on the editorial review board for ASQ’s journal, Software Quality Professional. |
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Abstract |
As a company grows
and matures from a startup entrepreneurial venture to a sustainable
corporation, the departments and company services that begin as good
ideas expand and evolve to support the company’s growing
business. Many times these services simply develop without
any strategic vision. This can result in institutionalized
behaviors that are incompatible with the company’s business
goals and objectives. Consequently, the transition
to a larger corporation becomes a challenge. |
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Date/time |
8 July 2010 |
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Location |
Microsoft
Technology Center: Austin |
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Cost |
None |
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Reservations |
None |
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Notes |
Joint meeting with Austin SPIN. |
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| Topic/Title |
OWASP and Their Role in Web Security |
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James Wickett |
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James Wickett is
the current Vice President of the Austin OWASP chapter and is chairing
the 2010 Lonestar Application Security Conference which is a regional
OWASP conference. Outside of OWASP, he works for National
Instruments as a Web Systems Engineer in the R&D
department. He is a graduate of the University of
Oklahoma. Current certifications: CISSP, GCFW. |
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This talk will
focus on web application security and how its |
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Wednesday, 28 July
2010 |
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China Star Restaurant, 6134 Hwy 290 E, Austin TX. Westbound access road of 290E, just east of IH 35 |
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$5.00 minimum charge for the restaurant. Supper is at optional extra cost. |
| Reservations |
Not required. All interested parties are invited to attend. |
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For more information, contact Ed Gordon, ebg@ieee.org, or Kai Wong, kaiwong@ieee.org |
Do a friend a favor. Bring your colleagues to grow the Consultants Network.
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Topic/Title |
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Speaker |
Bruce White |
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Abstract |
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Date/Time |
Thursday, 29 July 2010 from 6:00 - 7:30pm |
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Refreshments |
Light refreshments are provided |
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Reservations |
Please RSVP to Christian Catalan at Christian.Catalan@amd.com. We need an accurate count to purchase refreshments. |
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Location |
Rio Grande
Conference room at SVTC Map: https://www.sematech.org/corporate/map.htm |
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Notes |
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The Engineering Management Society has become the Technology Management Council. Information about meetings can be found in the sections for Technology Management Council - Austin and Technology Management Council - San Antonio
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For more Information contact Jason Polendo jpolendo@ieee.org
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For more information, contact Ray Chen
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The Iceberg Theory of Power & Energy Mgmt. |
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Greg Lado, Schneider Electric. |
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3 facets of ROI for your power and energy monitoring system. |
| Date/Time |
Tuesday, 258 July
2010 |
| Location |
El Gallo Mexican Restaurant |
| Cost |
$11 or $13 for IEEE
members and accompanying spouses |
| Reservations |
Please RSVP if you plan to attend. To reply or for further information, please contact Kevin Ewing via email at kewing@shermco.com. |
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The bar will be available to those who care to purchase a drink or beer. When you order, you will have a choice from nine special selections and six traditional combinations on our menu. |
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We encourage you, others in your organization, or other interested parties to participate in our meetings. The PSES meets on the third Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm, with the program starting at 7:00pm. For further information about the PSES, please contact Dale Ritzen at (512) 651-5338.
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Topic/Title |
Addressing the Current and Future Wireless Demand |
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Speaker |
Dave Wolter is the Executive Director of the Radio Technology and Strategy group at AT&T; Labs - Austin. He directs a team responsible for identification, simulation, assessment and enhancement of leading edge radio technologies and architecture in support of AT&T;’s fixed and mobile wireless businesses. The scope of his responsibilities includes current and future generations of mobile systems, Wi-Fi, and fixed wireless access systems with a focus on radio system performance. His group also supports strategic analysis, spectrum strategy, business case development, and standards development. |
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Abstract |
This talk will discuss the explosion in mobile data usage, some of the reasons behind this, and how AT&T; and the industry are moving forward to address this demand through technology evolution and network design. |
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Date/Time |
Thursday, 15 July 2010 at 6:00-7:30 pm |
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Location |
AT&T Labs - 9505 Arboretum Blvd, Austin, TX 78759 |
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Cost |
Admission is Free |
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Reservations |
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Notes |
Check our website https://www.cts-comsoc-sp.org for details. |
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Contact Doug Russell for more information about the Austin TMC.
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Contact Nils Smith (nils.smith@ieee.org) for information about the San Antonio TMC.
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Jointly held with the Technology Management Society - Austin (see above).
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Your annual election ballots won't arrive until August, but now it's time to get to know the candidates for 2011 IEEE president-elect: Gordon W. Day and Joseph V. Lillie. Learn something of their personal sides, including what
they were like in college, how they use their free time, and who they consider
their role models, at https://bmsmail3.ieee.org:80/u/16472/32170. Make
sure you'll be able to vote in the annual election. Members who have
moved should update their contact information, and graduating students
should update their educational data by 15 June to ensure they receive
the ballot package. For more information, visit https://bmsmail3.ieee.org:80/u/16473/32170
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18Aug-20Aug, 2010 - 16th International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design. Austin, TX. https://www.islped.org/. Call for papers.
2010 IEEE Solar Technology Workshop on September 16, 2010 in Austin at Freescale Semiconductor. For more information see https://ewh.ieee.org/r5/central_texas/stw/
2010 IEEE Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting - BCTM on 4 October 2010 at the Austin Radisson Hotel & Suites. For more information see https://www.ieee-bctm.org/.
IEEE 19th Conference on Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging and Systems (EPEPS) on 25 October 2010 at the Austin Crowne Plaza Hotel. For more information see https://www.epeps.org.
2010 IEEE International Test Conference (ITC) on 31 October 2010 at Marriott Austin Downtown/Convention Center. For more information see https://www.itctestweek.org/.
IEEE Conference Search can be found at https://www.ieee.org/web/conferences/search/index.html.
See also https://www.wikicfp.com - A place to organize and share Calls for Papers.
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