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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 ColumnThanks to all the volunteers who have made 2010 a banner year for the Central Texas Section of IEEE. Particular thanks are due to Vice Chairs Dawn Roberson and Thuy Dao, Treasurer Kenny Rice, and Secretary Dina Triyoso, as well as the section's committee and chapter leaders. We were happy to thank the section's leading volunteers at appreciation dinners in Austin and San Antonio during December.Let's continue with a reminder to what may be a third of our members. Be sure to renew your IEEE membership. IEEE is growing, but about 30 percent of members are arrears at the end of each calendar year, and it takes a lot of Membership Development effort early in the year to remind them that they have not renewed. We would be better off to spend it on things like advancing existing members to the Senior Member status and facilitating the nomination of new IEEE Fellows. Chapter officers, you need to be sure that your L31 meeting reports are up to date, including administrative meetings, and to be sure that Kenny Rice has all the financial information he needs so that your portion of the Section's books can be audited. That means that expenditures should be able to be matched with receipts. Finally, you need to be sure that Dina Triyoso has received the report of your election of officers so the section's officers roster can be updated. Updating the chapter web pages continues to be the chapter's responsibility. You also need to be sure that your chapter will be represented at the CTS Executive Committee meeting on January 29th at Texas State University in San Marcos. We will be approving the budget for 2011, along with a resolution to have separate chapters of the Computer Society in Austin and San Antonio. Scott Atkinson will be presenting a new document to replace the section bylaws, in accordance with a new governance document from the IEEE Member Geographic Activities Board. Finally, here's a correction from November. Kenny Rice tells me that Tony Ambler has accepted a new position as the new Dean of Engineering at USC, University of South Carolina. He has already bought a house. Tom
Grim Back to TOP Membership DevelopmentHave you renewed your IEEE membership for
2011?
It is easy to forget and easy to
put off. If you haven’t renewed your IEEE membership, or
don’t know if you have, go to your MYIEEE account NOW and check
at https://www.myieee.org or call
800 678-4333.
Renew now to avoid loss of any of your IEEE benefits. If you have already renewed, thank you for being part of the Central Texas Section and the IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional association. IEEE Honors 2011 Class of Fellows IEEE recently announced its class
of 2011 Fellows, which consists of 321 members from around the world
who have demonstrated an "extraordinary record of accomplishments in
any of the IEEE fields of interest." They join a group of
thousands of other IEEE distinguished Fellows who have contributed to
the advancement or application of engineering, science, and
technology. The IEEE Board of Directors awards the honor of
Fellow to no more than 0.1 percent of the voting membership as of 31
December of the preceding year.
Please welcome Sandeep Chennakeshu, Michael Donald Dahlin, Robert Wendell Heath, Chris Alan Mack, and Kathryn S. McKinley to the distinguished list of 72 other IEEE Fellows in the Central Texas Section IEEE GOLD to Host Upcoming Professional Development Webinar The IEEE Mentoring Connection
program, sponsored by GOLD, is hosting a webinar on mentoring in
January 2011. This webinar is targeted at IEEE members who are
interested in mentoring, either from the perspective of being mentored
or of being a mentor.
This webinar will discuss the concept of mentoring and how the IEEE Mentoring Program works. In addition, participants will explore what to look for in a mentoring partner and clarify roles, responsibilities and expectations. This webinar will be recorded and made available for on-demand viewing for those members who are not able to view it live. Date: 21 January 2011 Time: 13:00 EST For more information visit https://www.ieee.org/GOLD Did you know about IEEE – IEEE Spectrum As a member of IEEE you have
exclusive download privileges to view IEEE Spectrum articles and
features.
Current Spectrum special articles include: Smartphones: The Pocketable PC 2010 Renewable Energy Recap: Big Potential, Slow Progress Top 11 Technologies of the Decade Social Networking: Friended See more at https://spectrum.ieee.org/ Joe
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for Awards Nominations-
Now
is the time to recognize your peers through IEEE awards
nominations. Awards information for Region 5, IEEE USA and IEEE
MGA awards are linked on the Section webpage at https://ewh.ieee.org/r5/central_texas/honors.html.
Region 5 offers 13 awards which are recognized at the Region 5 Annual Meeting in April. They include Outstanding Large and Small Section, Member, Engineering Educator, Large and Small Student Branch, Student Member, Student Branch Counselor, Large and Small Company, Individual Member Achievement and Individual GOLD Member Achievement. IEEE-USA Awards are given to recognize professionalism, technical achievement, and literary contributions to public awareness and understanding of the engineering profession in the United States. Member and Geographic Activities Board (MGA) is designed to promote, recognize and reward excellence in the MGA operations and IEEE geographic unit activities (Regions, Councils and Areas, Sections, Chapters, Student Branches, and Student Branch Chapters). Please contact Clif Denny, c.denny@ieee.org, for more information. Central Texas Future City Competition The Central Texas Future City
(https://www.ctxfuturecity.org/)
Competition will be held on January 15,
2011 on the campus of Texas State University. We are in need
of
mentors and judges. Mentors will be assigned a specific team
to
work with for the entire time. Judging can be done remotely -
we
provide the SimCity software and the metrics to judge the city, or if
writing is more your thing, you can judge the essay from the comfort of
wherever you may be. We also need judges the day of the
competition for the model of the City and the presentations.
HOW YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE: There are a number of different ways for you and/or your organization to become involved in this year's Future City Competition.
The Future City Competition is the nation's largest not-for-profit engineering education program. Its purpose is to encourage students to pursue a technical career, to address important environmental issues in our world, and to realize their vision of a city of the future. The winner of our regional event will go on to compete in Washington, DC during National Engineers Week. All of it is possible only through the combined efforts of volunteers and sponsors. The students are challenged in a series of fun, hands-on applications to present their unique set of solutions to the real-world problems of creating a livable city. To do so, they will adopt the principles of every branch of engineering to support their assertions. Each competing team is asked to first generate a computerized design of a future city, then build a scale model of that city using as many recycled materials as possible. THIS YEAR’S CHALLENGE IS MEDICAL DEVICES AND SERVICES – the students must research and write a paper describing their design for a health care product that improves the quality of life for an ill/injured/disabled patient. Their designs will cover both virtual and on-site medical practices. Contact Andrew Hunt (ACHunt@lan-lan-inc.com) for mentoring options - there are teams needing mentoring in Austin! or Dean Schneider (d-schneider@tamu.edu) for judging. Back to TOP Continuing EducationBack to TOP Student BranchesSt
Mary's University - San Antonio (https://engineering.stmarytx.edu/ieee/) Texas
State University - San Marcos (new
branch, 2009) Trinity
University - San Antonio (https://www.engr.trinity.edu/) University
of Texas at Austin (https://ieee.ece.utexas.edu/) University
of Texas at San Antonio (https://www.utsaieee.org/) Student Member NewsBack to TOP Calls for VolunteersCentral Texas Discover Engineering: Five Steps for Volunteers to Get InvolvedEngineer
volunteers visit
classrooms and lead hands-on activities that demonstrate teamwork and
logical processes while discussing their jobs and their enthusiasm for
engineering. Learn
about our volunteer opportunities
and how you can join in sharing
the world of engineering with local students, elementary through high
school:
Matching of schools and
volunteers begins in early January with classroom visits beginning in
February with Engineers Week 2011.
Learn more about volunteering and how to get involved on the Central Texas Discover Engineering website. Back to TOP 2. Chapter ActivitiesMultiple Chapter EventsNone planned for this monthBack to TOP Chapter Meeting Notices
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Gary A. Hallock, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Texas Austin Gary A. Hallock is a professor of Electrical and
Computer Engineering at UT Austin, and holds the Archie W. Straiton
Endowed Faculty Fellowship in Engineering. He is the faculty
advisor of the University of Texas Solar Vehicles Team, and has
overseen the development of the group’s last two solar
cars. Professor Hallock’s research interests include high
temperature plasmas, plasma diagnostics, wave phenomena, and
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The University of Texas Solar Vehicles Team is a
volunteer, student-run organization committed to developing solar
electric vehicles. The team members (almost all undergraduates
from across engineering disciplines) learn complex practical
engineering, team work, fund raising, and deadlines. The solar
cars are full-sized vehicles capable of driving on ordinary highways,
although they only use about a kilowatt of power. Typical speeds
are 30 – 50 mph, and the roads used are similar to “Route
66”, often 4 lane highways with somewhat lower speeds than major
interstates. We competed in two events this past summer, the 2010
Formula Sun Grand Prix and the 2010 American Solar Challenge.
FSGP is a 3 day track race, and was held in Texas this year. The
American Solar Challenge is the premier solar car race in North
America. ASC 2010 was a staged race from Tulsa, OK to Chicago,
IL. Teams from the United States, Canada, Germany, and Taiwan
were represented. The race was over 1200 miles, and took place
over a 7 day period in June. The route took the solar cars
through Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois. Our solar car,
the Samsung Solorean, has a sophisticated electrical system. This
includes a battery protection system, wireless telemetry, data storage,
and both low voltage and high voltage buses. The car uses
National Instruments cRIO instrumentation, as well as custom designed
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Monday January 17, 2011 Reception: 6-6:15pm, Presentation: 6:15-7:30pm |
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Heterogeneous Processors: The Cell Broadband Engine |
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H. Peter Hofstee, IBM Austin Research Lab H. Peter Hofstee currently works at the IBM Austin Research Laboratory on workload-optimized and hybrid systems. Peter has degrees in theoretical physics (MS, Rijks Universiteit Groningen, Netherlands) and computer science (PhD, California Inst. of Technology). At IBM Peter has worked on microprocessors, including the first CMOS processor to demonstrate GHz operation (1997), and he was the chief architect of the synergistic processor elements in the Cell Broadband Engine, known from its use in the Sony Playstation 3 and the Roadrunner supercomputer that first broke the 1 Petaflop Linpack benchmark. His interests include VLSI, multicore and heterogeneous microprocessor architecture, security, system design and programming. Peter has over 100 patents issued or pending. |
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This talk will provide a review of four years of
experience with the Cell Broadband Engine. This talk will review the
original motivation for introducing the architecture, discuss the
various processor and system implementations, and highlight key
application areas. The second part of the talk will discuss hybrid and
heterogeneous system architecture in general and takes a stand on how
to program such systems. |
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Tuesday January 18 6:30PM - 8:00PM |
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UT Campus TBD (please check https://ewh.ieee.org/r5/central_texas/ssc_css/
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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.
More information on Consultants Networks: https://www.ieeeusa.org/business/whatis.asp
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Conducted Emissions, Power Supplies, and LISNs |
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Mark Steffka of General Motors Mark Steffka is an Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Technical Specialist with the General Motors (GM) Powertrain Group, supporting the product engineering organization with respect to EMC design, testing, and specifications. His primary work at GM is currently with hybrid and electric vehicles. He is also an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Michigan-Dearborn and University of Detroit-Mercy, where he is the instructor for courses in EMC, antennas, and digital/analog communications. His educational background consists of a B.S.E.-E.E., from the University of Michigan, and a M.S. in Management from Indiana Wesleyan University. His involvement in professional activities includes the Society of Automotive Engineers Electromagnetic Standards Committees, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Southeastern Michigan Chapter of the EMC Society. |
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With the proliferation of digital methods from data
communication to machine and equipment control, as well as the
increasing use of switched mode power supplies (SMPS), conducted
emissions are becoming more of a concern. This topic discusses the
physics involved in conducted emissions, how to measure those
emissions, the trade-offs in power supply issues versus EMC, and
effective filtering methods. Diagnostic methods to identify the nature
and source of conducted emissions are presented as well as corrective
actions to solve those problems are identified. |
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011 6:30-7:00PM social/food, 7:00-8:30pm program |
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National Instruments, Building C, 11500 N. Mopac Expwy,
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Food and refreshments are provided. See the EMC Society Chapter web site at https://ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/chapters/centraltexas/index.html for more information and directions. This meeting is open to the public. For meeting information, contact Ross Carlton at ross.carlton@ieee.org or 512-683-6392 |
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Nanoscale Devices and Materials for Neuromorphic Architectures |
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Eric M. Vogel |
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As traditional device scaling according to
Moore’s Law moves toward real physical limitations, alternative
computational architectures will augment the capabilities of binary
systems. Neuromorphic architectures are promising due to their
efficiency in performing complex tasks such as pattern recognition and
classification as well as learning and adaptation. In this work,
nano-crystalline silicon (nc-Si) nanowire transistors are fabricated
and characterized. SPICE device models are developed to fit the
electrical characteristics of ambipolar thin-film transistors (TFTs)
and the corresponding device model geometry is then extrapolated down
to submicron dimensions. The devices are then used to simulate a
spiking neuron circuit with properties similar to biological neurons.
Memristor SPICE models are also developed and the properties of simple
electronic neural networks are explored. |
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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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More information on GOLD: https://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/gold/index.html
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For more information, contact Ray Chen
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| Notes | The December
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spouses are especially invited. |
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The Dark Side of the Sun: Solar Storms and Their
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| Speaker | Maher A Dayeh, Southwest Research Institute Dr. Dayeh is a scientific analyst experienced in space and atmospheric data analysis and instrumentation. He holds a PhD in Physics (2007) and a Masters in Space sciences (2003) from the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida, and a Bachelor in Physics (2000) from Lebanon. Dr. Dayeh is currently finishing his postdoctoral appointment in the Space Science and Engineering Division at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. During his PhD, Dr. Dayeh worked on analyzing and interpreting energetic particle, solar wind plasma, and magnetic field data from Wind and the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) spacecraft during solar energetic particle events and interplanetary shock events associated with coronal mass ejections. While working toward his Masters, Dr. Dayeh was involved in designing, building, and operating the triggered and natural lightning energetic radiation detectors at the International Center for Lightning Research and Testing (ICLRT) in Camp Blanding, Florida. He then worked on the data analysis that resulted in the discovery of energetic radiation from rocket-triggered lightning and confirmed x-ray observations from natural lightning. Dr. Dayeh has authored and co-authored 10 refereed publications in space and atmospheric physics, and presented 30 contributed talks/posters at national and international conferences and workshops. He is a member of the American Geophysical Union and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. |
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The Sun is continuously affecting the Earth by a host of
interconnected physical processes that are very dynamic in nature.
These processes are among the principal threats to the modern human
technology that our society is progressively becoming dependent on.
Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) and solar flares are gigantic outbursts
of magnetized plasma that sweep through the interplanetary space
bypassing Earth. These events often lead to geomagnetic storms that
sometimes wreck havoc on technological systems such as orbiting
satellites, Earth-based power grids, communication cables, pipelines,
and railway signaling, among others. The term Space Weather was
specifically introduced to describe and forecast these
solar-terrestrial effects. In this talk, I will first review the
Sun-Earth connection within the context of solar storms, and then
examine the impact of these storms on ground-based technology. In
particular, I will discuss the 1859 severe superstorm, its
consequences, the possibility of a similar event recurrence, and our
preparation to anticipate such an event. |
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010 6:00 PM Social |
| Location | El Gallo Mexican Restaurant 512-444-2205 2910 S Congress Austin, Texas |
| Cost | Dinner is free for full-time students $13 or $15 for IEEE members and accompanying spouses $15 or $18 for non-IEEE members |
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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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Check the web site
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For more information please go to our web site at https://ewh.ieee.org/soc/pes/centraltexas/sanantonio |
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Amusement Park Ride Safety - A Further Assessment |
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| Speaker | Dale Ritzen, Austin Manufacturing Services |
| Abstract | How safe are the amusement park rides that we enjoy?
Join us to see the latest statistics on how likely you are to walk away
from an amusement park ride without any injuries. How are these rides
policed; what safety requirements do the operators have; how well are
they enforced and what are the rides with the worst injury records?
This presentation follows up on the original presentation given in
2008. |
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011 |
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Ryan's Family Steak House, 1813 W. Parmer Lane, Austin,
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Each person attending will be responsible for his/her
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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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FRONTIERS IN RADIONAVIGATION |
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Prof. TODD HUMPHREYS, Department of Aerospace
Engineering and Engi- neering Mechanics at the University of Texas at Austin. |
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Despite its marvelous success over the last three
decades, the Global Positioning System (GPS) has two Achilles heels:
its signals are weak, and in the case of civil
GPS, unauthenticated. At UT Austin's new Radionavigation Laboratory,
directed by Assistant
Professor Todd Humphreys, we are working to address both these
vulnerabilities. Weak GPS Signals: Just how weak are the signals transmitted by GPS satellites? Consider this comparison: a hand-held GPS device recovers less power from a GPS satellite than it would from a 30-Watt light bulb held 4000 km away. For typical GPS users this means that, unlike cell-phone and television signals, GPS signals do not penetrate well indoors. Weak signals also make GPS an easy target for jamming: A single well-placed handheld 1-Watt jammer built with off-the-shelf parts could knock out GPS across the entire Manhattan borough of New York City. The deepening dependence of the civil infrastructure on GPS, especially for timing synchronization, and the potential for financial gain or high-profile mischief makes civil GPS jamming a gathering threat. Finally, weak signals make GPS vulnerable to natural interference events like solar radio bursts and ionosphere-induced power fluctuations called scintillation. At the Radionavigation Laboratory, we are developing techniques to harden GPS against man-made and natural interference and to push GPS use deeper inside buildings. This work involves innovative signal tracking techniques, re-purposing signals of opportunity for navigation (e.g., from cell phone towers, Iridium satellites, etc.), and collaborative navigation. Unauthenticated GPS Signals: GPS signals come in two flavors, military and civil. Military GPS signals are strongly encrypted to prevent counterfeiting, but civil GPS signals support no such authentication; they are broadcast in the clear," which means they are vulnerable to spoofing. To better assess and defend against the spoofing threat, the Radionavigation Lab, in colloboration with Cornell University and Coherent Navigation, Inc., has developed a fully functional portable civil GPS spoofer. We have demonstrated that a malefactor in possession of such a device could dupe any off-the-shelf civil GPS receiver into reporting erroneous position and time data, and we have warned that such spoofing could threaten cell telephone systems, power grids, and financial transactions, which all depend on GPS-based synchronization, as well as location-based regulatory practices such as fishing regulation and road-user charging schemes. To address this threat, we are busy developing effective and practical defenses against civil GPS spoofing. |
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Thursday January 20th, 2011 6:00pm - 7:30pm |
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AT&T Labs -
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Admission is Free |
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To register please check |
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Election results for 2011 calendar year
for COMSOC/SP Austin chapter are on expected lines and as follows. Check our website https://www.cts-comsoc-sp.org for details. |
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More information on WIE: https://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/women/women_about.html
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December issue of IEEE-USA Today's Engineer includes these features:
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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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