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Newsletter of the Central
Texas Section
of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.
Archives of The Analog can be found on the CTS web site here.
Published monthly.
Deadline for inclusion is the 26th day of the previous month. Send
submissions, comments, questions to John Purvis, Editor, john.purvis@ieee.org
CONTENTS
General Interest
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Chairman's Column
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Membership Development
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News of Interest to the Section
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Continuing Education
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Student Branches
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Calls for Volunteers
Local Chapter Activities
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Antennas &
Propagation/Microwave
Theory and Techniques
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Joint Circuits
and Systems/Solid-State
Circuits
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Components, Packaging and Manufacturing
Technology
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Computer Society - Austin
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Computer Society - San Antonio
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Consultants Network
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Electromagnetic Compatibility Society
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Electron Devices Society
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Engineering in Medicine and Biology
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Graduates of the Last Decade
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Instrumentation and
Measurement Society
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Laser and Electro Optics Society
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Life
Members Affinity Group
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Joint Power and Energy, Power
Electronics, Industrial Electronics, and Industrial Applications
Societies - Austin
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Power Engineering Society - San Antonio
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Product Safety Engineering Society
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Joint Signal Processing/Communications
Society - Austin
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Joint Signal Processing/Communications
Society - San Antonio
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Systems, Man and Cybernetics
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Technology Management Council -
Austin
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Technology Management Council - San
Antonio
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Women in Engineering
Conferences, Events and Other
Meetings
Local
IEEE
Conferences, Events and Workshops
Non-IEEE
Meetings
and Events of
interest suggested by the membership
Miscellaneous
Latest
issue of IEEE-USA Today's Engineer
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
(STEM) Events and Information
Career
Tips,
Tools and Gadgets
IEEE
EXTERNAL LINKS
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IEEE
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IEEE-USA
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IEEE Region 5
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IEEE Central Texas
Section
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Call
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IEEEXplore
- full text access to IEEE Publications
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What's New at IEEE
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SocietyNews
from IEEE
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IEEE Standards
Association
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The Spectrum
Online - The Magazine for
Technology Insiders
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IEEE
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General Interest
Chairman's
Column
The main item I'd like to discuss
this month is the two-day Austin Metropolitan Area Workshop
(MAW), at the Austin South Marriott on Friday and Saturday, October 21
and 22. The MAW will bring us a set of tutorial material
that has never before been presented in the same venue. You
should seriously consider taking advantage of the opportunity your
section officers have arranged for you. If you are looking for a
new career opportunity or you are just looking to learn in depth
about an area that is peripheral to your current career area,
this is just the thing for you.
Each subject area workshop is usually presented as a one day stand
alone course, and the registration is usually $500 to $1000. Instead,
you will be able to attend two of these workshops for $119 if you are
an IEEE member. Because this is a special offering, and
barely covers the amount we are paying to the hotel for catering,
there will be no discounts for Student or Life Members. Invite
your non-IEEE Member friends to join us for $199.
On Friday choose from three workshops on parallel all-day tracks:
- Wireless Communications Engineering: Current Practice
- Introduction to Smart Grid
- Software Engineering Essentials
On Saturday you may also choose from three workshops, some of which are
repeated:
- Introduction to Smart Grid
- Software Engineering Essentials
- Career Assistance
The sponsoring societies and IEEE-USA are covering the travel for
their instructors, and the IEEE Member and Geographic Activities
organization is providing the administration of the
workshop. Instructors from the Communications Society,
Power and Energy Society, and Computer Society as well as the IEEE-USA
Employment and Career Services Committee will present the
workshops. In addition, the Central Texas Section has arranged a
personal session with a Career Coach as part of the Career Assistance
workshop. If you register and sign up for the Career Assistance
Workshop, you should be contacted about what reference materials you
might want to bring to this short counseling session. There will
be an opportunity to sign up for one of the limited number of
appointments at the registration desk when you check in.
More information and registration information can be found at https://www.ieee.org/membership_services/mga_maw.html
Details of the material to be presented can be found at https://www.ieee.org/membership_services/mga_maw_agenda.html
Tom
Grim
Chairman, Central Texas Section
t.grim@ieee.org
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Membership
Development
Annual IEEE Election – VOTE…VOTE….VOTE!
The 2011 IEEE annual election
ballots have been mailed. If you have not yet voted in this year's
Annual Election, the balloting period is open until 12:00 PM Central
Time USA (17:00 UTC) on 3 October 2011. When you vote, you are
choosing the future direction of the IEEE as an organization. Your
votes provide an important service to IEEE. Thank you for making
this a part of your IEEE membership experience.
Information about the candidates and access to your ballot on the IEEE
Election Site at: https://www.directvote.net/ieee/
You will need your IEEE Web Account username and password to
authenticate access or the ballot Control Number and E-signature
located on your paper ballot (at the top and to the right of your
mailing address).
Join IEEE today and get 15 months
of membership for the price of 12. That’s right signup today and
renewals will be deferred till 2012. Checkout the updated
benefits of being an IEEE member at https://www.ieee.org/membership
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. Check it out thought your myIEEE account at:
https://www.ieee.org/myieee
Joe
Redfield
CTS Membership Development Chair
J.Redfield@ieee.org
210-522-3729
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News
of Interest to the Section
Thomas
Friedman To United States: Innovate Or Else
Congratulations to Newly
Elevated Section Members
The Admission & Advancement
review
panel elevated the following Central Texas Section members to the rank
of Senior Member: Timothy Ehrler, Lixin Ge, Bao Liu, and Jayakumaran
Sivagnaname. Congratulations to all!
'IEEE-USA in ACTION' App
Available in iTunes Store
October
6, 2011: IEEE Day
Thursday, 6 October 2011, marks
the
second annual IEEE Day. This year's theme is Empowering Members to
Create the Future. IEEE organizational units (Regions, Sections,
Chapters, Affinity Groups, Student Branches, etc.) around the world
have been busy planning events to celebrate. If you haven't done so
already, please register your event through the online form. IEEE Day
is on Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and LinkedIn, and members are
encouraged to use social networking to communicate technological
achievements, interests, and successes. The first IEEE Day was held 7 -
8 October 2010, in recognition of IEEE members -- past, present, and
future -- on the anniversary of the first time IEEE members gathered to
share their technical ideas in 1884.
IEEE Question of the Month:
Would You Be an Early EV Adopter?
Despite the buzz about Nissan's
recently launched all-electric Leaf automobile, only 1025 were sold
through April. Nissan, which blames slow sales on a temporary lack of
supply, says it hopes to sell 10 000 of the US $32 000 vehicles by
year's end. By that time, an all-electric Ford Focus should be
available. And then there's the high-performance $109 000 Tesla
Roadster, first delivered in 2008. U.S. purchasers can get a $7500
federal tax credit, but many people hesitate to buy an EV for a
number of reasons, including the cars' limited range, the lack of
charging stations, the time it takes to charge the car, and the
possibility that severe cold and using the heater or air
conditioner will drain the battery.
Do you plan to buy an all-electric car? Why or why not? Respond to
our question in the comments section at https://bmsmail3.ieee.org:80/u/18655/32170
Check out a sample of free
e-books available to members from the IEEE eBook Classics collection.
The books cover such topics as linear time-invariant systems,
magnetism, wave propagation, and how to make presentations. Learn more
at https://bmsmail3.ieee.org:80/u/18662/32170
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Continuing
Education
October 3, 2011: Two Week Black Belt Six Sigma Training, UT CLEE
Week One: October 3-7, 2011
Week Two: November 7-11, 2011
Practical, Straightforward, and Effective
This powerful program will provide participants with proven Six Sigma
tools and techniques, plus practical experience to catapult their
organization toward "World Class" status. Emphasis is on gaining
knowledge in all aspects of product and process life cycles. At UT
Austin, managers, practitioners and researchers will benefit from a
very practical and applied teaching style that emphasizes a Keep It
Simple Statistically (KISS) approach. Under the guidance of our highly
acclaimed instructors, our graduates save their companies on average
over $500,000 per person as a result of the projects they completed as
part of our certification requirement.
The Accelerated Program: Cost-Efficient and Comprehensive
More time-efficient than most Six Sigma programs available today, our
course is designed to get your staff back on the job applying quality
skills as soon as possible. This is made possible by our accelerated
2-week format, which presents a simple approach to complex statistics
and focuses on knowledge-based management philosophy. Participants will
learn how to prioritize, characterize, optimize, and thus, realize
return on investment (ROI).This comprehensive program, unlike many
others, does not have a Green Belt prerequisite: through a combination
of in-class learning and a hands-on assignment during the break between
the two weeks of classroom time, students gain all the knowledge and
tools required to obtain Black Belt certification. The assignment
focuses on increasing knowledge of key business issues resulting in
better, faster, lower cost products and services.
See more information here.
October 4, 2011: Webinar: Silicon Valley's Impact on the Automotive
Industry
Researchers from automobile
manufacturers cover new technical developments affecting their industry
in this webinar on 4 October. For more information and to register for
the webinar, sponsored by the IEEE Electric Vehicles Committee, visit https://bmsmail3.ieee.org:80/u/18729/32170
October
14, 2011. IEEE Central Texas Section, Power & Energy Society,
Austin Chapter, Class Announcement - "Grounding Electrical Systems"
Location: Creedmore, Texas;
Creedmoor Community Center, 12513 FM-1625, Creedmoor, Texas, 78610
Instructor: James Stallcup Sr. of Grayboy, Inc.
Cost is $130 for IEEE members, $175 for Non IEEE members. Cost includes
class, lunch, refreshments, and James Stallcup’s book: Grounding
Electrical Systems. 8 PDHs offered with Completion of
Class. Registrations received after October 10th and Walk-ins
will be accepted based on available seating, but no workbook will be
provided.
Time: 09:00AM to 05:00PM (8.00 hours) All times are: US/Central
Email meeting contact... Please RSVP - if you plan to attend please
reply to this invitation. To reply or for further information, please
contact Steve Pearson via email: pearssteve@gmail.com.
For more information: https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/7487
SPECTRUM WEBCAST
Self-consistent modeling of non-equilibrium discharges has proven to be
a significant challenge for the scientific community over the last
three decades. The complexity of plasma modeling lies in the fact it
combines elements of reaction engineering, fluid mechanics, physical
kinetics, heat transfer, mass transfer and electromagnetics. The net
result is a rather complicated multiphysics problem. The COMSOL
Multiphysics Plasma Module is designed to simplify the process of
setting up a self consistent model of a low temperature plasma. This
webinar will walk you through the process of setting up a model of an
inductively coupled plasma as well as showing various other application
specific examples. More information at https://spectrum.ieee.org/webinar/1921494.
October 24, 2011: Reinventing
Infrastructure for High-Speed Rail
IEEE Spectrum and the IEEE Santa
Clara Valley Section are hosting another webinar on 24 October called
"Reinventing Infrastructure for High-Speed Rail." Moderated by IEEE
Spectrum Executive Editor Glenn Zorpette, a panel of industry
representatives will discuss high-speed rail projects around the world.
For more information and to register, visit https://bmsmail3.ieee.org:80/u/18730/32170
November 6, 2011: Full-day tutorial on "Energy Efficient Data
Centers and Systems"
Experts from IBM Research -
Austin will be presenting an all-day tutorial on the design and use of
energy-efficient data centers and systems, in association with the IEEE
International Symposium on Workload Characterization (IISWC
2011). The tutorial will discuss the chief characteristics of
power and cooling problems of modern data centers and the servers that
they support. The tutorial will present an in-depth survey of the
problems associated with data center and system energy consumption and
substantial material on existing solutions to these problems. It
also will cover emerging industrial solutions, including how they
address different aspects of the problem and what technical ideas they
exploit. Finally, the tutorial will identify key remaining
challenges, opportunities for future research in the area, and a survey
of the methodologies available for this research.
Target audience: Students and professionals interesting in
learning more about the challenges of designing energy-efficient data
centers and systems, existing solutions to these challenges, and
remaining open problems in this area. No prior knowledge of power
management is required.
The tutorial will be presented by Drs. Charles Lefurgy, Karthick
Rajamani, Juan Rubio, Wei Huang, and other members of the IBM Research
- Austin "Power Aware Systems" team, which drove the development of
IBM's EnergyScale server power management mechanisms and leads much of
IBM's work on next-generaetion energy-efficient data centers.
For more information or to register, please visit the IISWC 2011
website ( https://www.iiswc.org/).
December 1, 2011: Engineering Ethics UT CLEE
An overview of the basic tenets
of Engineering Ethics and the ethical obligations of Engineers. A
design-based model of Engineering Ethics that will enable engineers to:
Identify and articulate ethical problems, When possible, anticipate and
avoid ethical problems, Generate options for resolving ethical
problems... See https://lifelong.engr.utexas.edu/epd/course_1.cfm?course_num=1389
December 9, 2011: Strategic Decision and Risk Management, UT CLEE
February 21-22, 2012: White Box/Black Box Software Testing in an Agile
Environment , UT CLEE
Black box and white box are test
design methods. Black box test design treats the system as a "black
box", and does not explicitly use knowledge of the internal structure
of the software to test the system. Black box test design focuses
primarily on testing functional requirements...
Agile testing is a software testing practice that emphasizes testing
from the perspective of customers who will utilize the system. It
represents the close collaboration between the test creator and the
developers in order to ensure that the test scripts can be rapidly
created and are robust in the test environment. Agile testing does not
emphasize rigidly defined testing procedures... See https://lifelong.engr.utexas.edu/epd/course_1.cfm?course_num=1398.
Free Communications Society Tutorials
Each month, IEEE Communications
provides a selection of FREE tutorials, thanks to our corporate
sponsors. Their support enables us to provide these tutorials to you at
no charge. A valuable opportunity for you to benefit from the
expertise of presenters at IEEE Communications events.
IEEE Communications Society's Enhanced Conference Tutorial Program
presents a collection of recent tutorials given at Communications
Society sponsored conferences and from additional presenters.
Each tutorial reviews currents communications topics in network
management and computer and wireless communications. Available
tutorials, which are 2.5 to 5 hours in length contains the original
visuals and voice-over by the presenter. The currently available
tutorials are "Systems Engineering for MIMI Cellular Networks" and
"Evolution to 4G Wireless: The Role of E-Utran and EPC. See https://www.comsoc.org/free-tutorials
Codeacademy
Code academy is a recently
activated web site that walks you through the basics of
JavaScript. It is free and an easy way to learn JavaScript.
See more at https://www.codecademy.com
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Student
Branches
St
Mary's University - San Antonio (https://engineering.stmarytx.edu/ieee/)
Faculty Adviser: Djaffer Ibaroudene, email: dibaroudene@stmarytx.edu
Branch Chair: Ug Igboanugo, email: uigboanugo@mail.stmarytx.edu
Texas
State University - San Marcos (new
branch, 2009)
Faculty Adviser: Larry Larson, email: Larry.Larson@TXState.edu
Branch President: Eduardo Gonzalez, email: eg1196@txstate.edu
Trinity
University - San Antonio (https://www.engr.trinity.edu/)
Faculty Adviser: Farzan Aminian, email: Farzan.Aminian@Trinity.edu
Branch Chair: Paurakh Rajbhandary, email: paurakh.rajbhandary@trinity.edu
University
of Texas at Austin (https://ieee.ece.utexas.edu/)
Faculty Adviser: Sriram Vishwanath, email: sriram@ece.utexas.edu
Branch Chair: Alex Scheuermann, email: chair@ieee.ece.utexas.edu
University
of Texas at San Antonio (https://www.utsaieee.org/)
Faculty Adviser: Yufang Jin, email: Yufang.Jin@utsa.edu
Branch Chair: Kevin Messenhimer, email: kmessen@gmail.com
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Calls
for Volunteers
Help
San Antonio students DISCOVER ENGINEERING this spring!
When: Tuesday, Oct 11 (2 – 3:30
PM)
Where: Education Service Center Region 20, Atascosa room | 1314 Hines
Avenue, San Antonio, TX 78208
RSVP by Monday, Oct 10: https://www.centexeweek.org/alamo-planning
This year marks the 60th anniversary of National Engineer’s Week (Feb
20 – 26), which was established to cultivate the next generation of
engineers and celebrate the engineering profession. Central Texas
Discover Engineering was created to recognize National Engineer’s Week
and has expanded into a year-round program that helps children discover
the world of engineering through classroom visits and hands-on
activities.
Please join us for an inaugural planning meeting to bring Discover
Engineering to San Antonio! You can be part of our effort to
reach 20,000 students across the region this year by coordinating
engineers to visit local elementary, middle, or high school classrooms.
RSVP by Monday, Oct 10: https://www.centexeweek.org/alamo-planning
SABEST Judging
If you are interested in judging
this year you can volunteer at the web site below. The three main
areas that we need to judge are: notebooks, presentations, and day of
duties. The notebooks will be ready for judging on October 9, the
presentations will be on the evenings of October 13 and 14, and last,
the day of the competition is the 15th. A big change this year is
the notebooks are electronic. So you can judge them from the
comfort of your own home. If you have judging preferences, please
let me know. Keep in mind I can use you for any of the three
areas. You don’t need to be available for the 3 areas/days.
For all the details check out our website at https://www.sabest.org.
Be
a IEEE Xtreme Programming Proctor
The
IEEE Student Branch at the University of Texas in Austin is entering
the 24-hour IEEEXtreme Programming Competition again this year.
The competition is on October 22nd, but a lot of planning is
needed. More information about the competition is at https://www.ieee.org/xtreme.
One requirement is that a proctor must be present to ensure that
competition rules are followed and everybody remains honest.
Proctor identity is to be provide at registration for the
competition.
If interested in being a proctor, please contact Connor Weins, the
branch member who is organizing the competition effort at activities.and.events@ieee.ece.utexas.edu.
As of August 30, he has not yet acquired proctors for the event.
According to last year's rules, here is who a proctor can be and what a
proctor does:
Each team must have a proctor to supervise competition activities.
Proctors must be an IEEE Member of higher membership grade. Student or
Graduate Student Members are not allowed to proctor IEEEXtreme but are
encouraged to participate as a team member in the competition.
Proctor information (First Name, Last Name, IEEE Member Number, Email,
and Shirt Size) is
required during the registration process.
Student Branch Counselors, Department Chairs make great Proctors as
they are all higher grade IEEE members. Many IEEE GOLD members are also
higher grade IEEE members and may be eligible to serve as proctors.
Teams may want to recruit two proctors so that one can take a break to
rest during the 24 hour competition.
Proctor tasks include:
Monitor the general flow of the activity
Inform students when the competition begins, at the middle of it,
when there are 6 hours left and when there is 1 hour left
Ensure that no one external to the team members helps or assists the
student participants in resolving the problems in any way
Please note: A Proctor can support up to 8 student teams but all of the
teams under a proctor’s supervision must compete in the same venue.
The K-12 Activities Chairman
position will be available in January 2012. This position
coordinates and promotes IEEE CTS involvement in education activities
in the primary and secondary school levels. The incumbent is
responsible for coordinating local educational activities programs for
IEEE members and developing educational programs to encourage the
technological literacy of pre-university students. This is a non-voting
EXCOM committee position. Areas of specific involvement include:
· IEEE CTS Sponsorship
of the Central Texas Regional Future City Competition
· IEEE CTS Teacher
In-Service Program (TISP) with Transformation 2013 STEM Center at TEA
Region 20 and 13.
· Coordinate
educational activities of IEEE CTS members including Austin and San
Antonio Discover Engineering, BEST robotics, Science Fair judge
recruitment, etc.
· Budgeting for section
support for K-12 educational activities.
For more information please contact Dean Schneider at d.schneider@ieee.org.
Preparations are underway for our
next Future City Central Texas Regional Competition. The Future
City Competition is an integrated, multidisciplinary, holistic approach
to relevant issues and is a strong example of STEM (Science,
Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics) education that addresses
national and state academic content standards. The program asks
6th, 7th and 8th grade students from our local area to team with
engineer-volunteer mentors to create — first on computer and then in
large, three-dimensional models — their visions of the city of
tomorrow. The competition is scheduled for Saturday January
21, 2012 at Texas State University in San Marcos. Three volunteer
opportunities are available: Future City Team Mentors;
pre-judging of student submitted materials on-line prior to the
competition; and judging of student presentations and models on the day
of the competition. For more information or to volunteer, please
contact Dean Schneider at d.schneider@ieee.org.
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Local Chapter Activities
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& 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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Components,
Packaging and Manufacturing Technology (CPMT) - Austin
https://cpmtaustinchapter.org/
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Monthly Seminar "Designing with Solar Technology"
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Dr. Rekha Bangalore
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October 20, 2011 (Thursday)
6:00PM - 7:30PM
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Freescale, Building B
7700
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Austin, TX 78729
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For more information, please visit https://cpmtaustinchapter.org/
or contact Nanju Na at 512-286-9677
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Project Management – The Key to a Successful Smart Grid
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Jerry Melcher
Jerry Melcher, an Executive Advisor with Quanta Technology, has over
thirty years professional experience in the electric power industry and
high performance technology management, including key positions with
Landis & Gyr Systems, EPRI, and American Electric Power (AEP). He
has extensive expertise in all aspects of the Smart Grid, including
assessment, design, specification, and implementation of operational
systems, utility communications power system controllers and field
automation. His areas of expertise include Smart Metering, AMI Systems,
Meter Data Management, Distribution Management, Energy Management, and
Demand Response. Mr. Melcher is an internationally recognized top
expert on Smart Grids including enterprise scale real-time operational
systems. His expertise covers all aspects of Smart Grid from vision
creation, functionality and benefits assessment, system architecture,
design, specification, selection, project management, implementation
and commissioning, operation, maintenance and life cycle management.
Mr. Melcher has been at the forefront of Smart Grid development
implementing advancements in power system controllers and setting up
key metrics for Smart Grid performance.
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Join our new LinkedIn group https://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4064900&trk=hb_side_g
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Development of Parallel Subsurface Multiphase Flow
Simulation Capability
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Will Arensman, Senior Research Analyst, Communications
and Embedded Systems Department,Southwest Research Institute.
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Tuesday, October 18, 6:00 Networking, 6:30 PM Dinner,
7:30 PM Program
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Conference Room B
University Center
St. Mary’s University
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Dinner, $15 Members, $4 students, $18 Non-Members
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Please email Dr. Djaffer Ibaroudene, dibaroudende@stmarytx.edu
, or call (210) 431-2050
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See website for directions and parking,
https://www.ieee-cs-cts.org
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The challenges of building a new design center
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Keith Hawkins
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Keith joined Samsung in April of 2010 as the leader and
founding member of Samsung Austin R&D Center (SARC). The
focus of SARC is on the development of advanced CPU and GPU IP for use
in Samsung’s SOC products primarily targeted at the high-end of the
mobile market.
Keith has over 30 years of design and management experience in IC
development. He has been involved with microprocessor, embedded and
telecommunications development over the course of his career. He
has managed and worked with design teams around the world including
building a number of successful design centers. In addition
to his current position with Samsung he had a long tenure with AMD
where he was responsible for Server and Client product development plus
he has worked at Sun, Alcatel and Mostek.
He has a BSEE for Texas A&M and MBA from University of Dallas.
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Prior to his current position, Keith Hawkins had built
four design centers as part of the leadership team of his former
semiconductor companies. In this talk, Keith will share his experience
and observation of building design team in the past to the current
challenge and opportunity to build it from almost ground up. Keith will
further delineate on getting upper management support, common goal
setting, planning and execution, building the core design leadership
team, site selection, recruitment process, head count growth and design
tools selection, building relationship and communication channels with
other SOC design centers and manufacturing centers.
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Networking at 6:00 pm;
Business and Program from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
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PoK-e-Jo’s,
2121 W. Parmer Lane at Lamplight Village, Austin TX
78727
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Cost: $5.00 minimum charge for the
restaurant. Supper is at optional extra cost.
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Not required. All interested parties are invited
to attend. https://www.ewh.ieee.org/r5/central_texas/cn/index.htm
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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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Map: https://www.sematech.org/corporate/map.htm
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Sponsoring the Solar Technology Workshop, September
16. See IEEE Meetings section for
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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
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Graduates
of the Last Decade (GOLD) Affinity
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Welcome from the
new Chair of IEEE CTS GOLD,
It is my pleasure to serve as the Chair for CTS GOLD. I am
excited about implementing Social Events, Networking Events,
Workshops/Seminars, Focus Groups, Career Guidance Mentorship, and much
more.
I am usually tied to a computer deep in the basement, as most
Information Technology workers are, so I am truly excited to plan and
participate in events that get me away from staring at a
screen.
I enjoy any chance to be outdoors, especially if it is with Remote
Control 1/8 scale gas powered buggies, which is one of my favorite
hobbies. I will plan an R/C event if other members enjoy R/C
as
well, just utilize my contact details below to let me know.
As the GOLD Group matures, events, discussions, and useful resources
will be posted on the following sites.
Events: https://goo.gl/d8D0D
Linkedin Group: https://goo.gl/aVi3O
Facebook Group: https://goo.gl/2wQ4Z
I am planning a kickoff event, so make sure you visit the resource
pages above to get the latest news.
Thank you,
Troy Green
Chair, IEEE CTS GOLD
troy.green@ieee.org
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More information on
GOLD: https://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/gold/index.html
GOLD Launches Mentoring
Connection Webinar
Are you interested in becoming a mentor
or finding a mentor to help with your professional
development?
If the
answer is yes, check out a free new IEEE Graduates of the Last Decade
(GOLD) webinar aimed at
helping mentors and mentees connect with each other. Learn more at https://bmsmail3.ieee.org:80/u/17953/32170
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Instrumentation
and Measurement Society
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High fidelity, surface mount, optical MEMS
Microphones. Officer elections for the chapter will also be held.
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Dr. Neal A. Hall of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department, University of Texas, Austin
Neal A. Hall received the B.S. degree from the University of Texas,
Austin, in 1999, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Georgia Institute
of Technology, Atlanta, in 2002 and 2004, respectively, all in
mechanical engineering. From 2004 to 2006, he was an Intelligence
Community Postdoctoral Fellow with Sandia National Laboratories,
Albuquerque, NM. In 2007, Neal founded Silicon Audio, a high-tech
startup developing MEMS acoustic sensors. He joined the Electrical and
Computer Engineering Department at the University of Texas, Austin as
an Assistant Professor in January 2009. His research interests include
silicon micromachining, acoustics, optics and photonics, and
transducers.
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A microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) optical
microphone that measures the interference of light resulting from its
passage through a diffraction grating and reflection from a vibrating
diaphragm (JASA, v. 122, no. 4, 2007) is described. In the present
embodiment, both the diffractive optical element and the sensing
diaphragm are micromachined on silicon. Additional system components
include a semiconductor laser, photodiodes, and required readout
electronics. Advantages of this optical detection technique have been
demonstrated with both omnidirectional microphones and biologically
inspired directional microphones. In efforts to commercialize this
technology for hearing aids and other applications, a goal has been set
to achieve a microphone contained in a small surface mount package (2
mm x 2 mm x 1 mm), with ultralow noise (20 dBA), and a broad frequency
response (20 Hz–20 kHz). Such a microphone would be consistent in size
with the smallest MEMS microphones available today, but would have
noise performance characteristics of professional audio microphones
significantly larger in size and more expensive to produce. The unique
challenges in our effort to develop the first surface mount packaged
optical MEMS microphone will be presented. Dynamic models used for
simulating frequency response and noise spectra of fully packaged
microphones will be presented and compared with measurements performed
on prototypes.
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October 17, 2011 - Reception 6-6:15pm, Presentation
6:15-6:30pm
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https://ieeectxiandmoct2011.eventbrite.com/
or email kristi.hummel@ni.com
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National Instruments Building B Briefing Center, 11500
N Mopac Expwy, Austin, TX 78759
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Laser
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No meeting scheduled at
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For more information,
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Life
Members (LM) Affinity Group - San Antonio
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Tour of Air Force Research Laboratory, Directed Energy
Lab
Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio
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Host: Garrett Polhamus
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The Tri-Service Research Laboratory is a
181,000-square-foot facility that will house Air Force and Navy
research programs to address the health and safety effects of exposure
to a variety of stressors. These programs previously operated in a
collection of buildings located at Brooks City-Base in San Antonio. The
new consolidated facility at Fort Sam Houston was completed this
summer. Specialized directed energy laboratory spaces will
include laser research labs, anechoic chambers, imaging lab, radiation
lab, a bio-safety level-3 lab, biology labs, microbiology labs,
biochemistry and bimolecular labs, tissue culture labs, and a proteomic
lab. Views of the laboratory construction can be seen at: https://www.isecinc.com/work/project-detail/tri-services-research-laboratory
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TIME: October 13th
11:00 AM - Meet at Earl Abel’s (1201 Austin Highway,
San Antonio) for lunch
(everyone orders from the menu)
12:00 noon - car pool to Fort Sam Houston
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Members must register for the tour by 5:00 pm on
October 10.
The tour is limited to the first 30 registrants. RSVP to:
Tom O'Brien Ph. 210-845-4966 or t.p.obrien@ieee.org
US citizenship status must be stated during registration.
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NotesMonthly Seminar "Designing with Solar Technology"
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Joint Meeting with
IEEE Communications Chapter on October 27, 2:00 pm – 3:00
pm
Topic: Autonomous Aero-Visual and Sensor Based Inspection Network for
Power Grid and Asset Monitoring No
lunch, but light refreshments will be served
LOCATION: Southwest Research Institute
6220 Culebra Road, San Antonio
Administration Building, 1st
Floor Conference Room
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No meeting this month - Product Safety Symposium in San
Diego, CA.
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Quite a few if you attend the symposium!
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The symposium covers subjects like Forensics,
Environmental Safety, IEC 62368-1, Lithium Ion Batteries, EMC,
Certification, Standards Activity, Research, and other topics of
interest. There will also be many exhibitors with many new products to
make life easier for those of us in the Product Safety arena.
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October 10-12, 2011
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Use the link below to find out the cost and to make
your last minute registration for this event: https://www.psessymposium.org
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Definitely required!
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Hilton San Diego Mission Valley, 901 Camino del Rio
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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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Autonomous Aero-Visual and Sensor Based Inspection
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Arun K. Somani (IEEE COM Society Distinguished Lecturer)
Arun K. Somani is currently Anson Marston Distinguished Professor and
Jerry R. Junkins Endowed Chair Professor of Electrical and Computer
Engineering. He earned his MSEE and PhD degrees in electrical
engineering from the McGill University, Montreal, Canada, in 1983 and
1985, respectively. He has worked as Scientific Officer for Govt. of
India, New Delhi from 1974 to 1982 and as a faculty member at the
University of Washington, Seattle, WA from 1985 to 1997.
Professor Somani's current research focuses on scalable architectures
and algorithms to manage optical fiber networks, reconfigurable
architecture, and developing solution for critical infrastructure
protection. He has published more than 250 technical papers, several
book chapters, one book, and has supervised more than 60 MS and more
than 25 PhD students. He has served as IEEE distinguished visitor and
IEEE distinguished tutorial speaker. He has delivered several key note
speeches, tutorials and distinguished and invited talks. In 1999, he
was elected a Fellow of IEEE for his contributions to “theory and
applications of computer networks.” He has been awarded a Distinguished
Scientist member grade of ACM in 2006.
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This talk introduces a theoretical and experimental
program to develop the inspection and fault detection technology needed
to integrate Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs) for persistent intelligence,
reconnaissance, maintenance and surveillance for obscured or
logistically challenging assets in non-urban environments. The design
is explained using a context of heterogeneous deployment of wireless
sensors for real-time asset monitoring by anticipating exceptional
conditions and building the system to cope with them. The system
converges towards an error-free state with self-stabilization, the
ability to fall back to a safe mode in a financially feasible manner.
This sophisticated mechanism requires a real-time capacity estimation
capability to sustain the quality-of-service, which can be achieved by
a distributed sensor network. We discuss issues in design and
information propagation in such sensor clustered topology, optimization
for power-aware networking, and link and node capacity assignment to
achieve the desired goals.
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Date: October 26, 2011
Time: 6:00-8:00 pm
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AT&T Labs
9505 Arboretum Blvd,
Austin, TX 78759
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Check our website https://www.cts-comsoc-sp.org
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https://www.cts-comsoc-sp.org/
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Receipts and
Certifications for PDHs will be
available. Doug will have a limited number of copies of his
book
available for purchase.
int meeting with
the Women in Engineering chapter
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Contact Leslie Martinich (lmartinich@ieee.org)
for more information about the Austin TMC.
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Technology
Management Council - San Antonio (TMC)
https://webinabox.vtools.ieee.org/wibp_home/index/CH05214
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Attendance is free. You will need to pay for your lunch
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Please email Michael Frye (mfrye@uiwtx.edu) an RVSP by Tuesday,
Sept. 13.
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Receipts and
Certifications for PDHs will be
available. Doug will have a limited number of copies of his
book
available for purchase.
Joint meeting with
the Austin Technology Management Council chapter
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Contact Leslie Martinich (lmartinich@ieee.org)
for more information about the Austin TMC.
Conferences,
Other Meetings and Events
Local
IEEE
Conferences, Events or Workshops
October
14, 2011. IEEE Central Texas Section, Power & Energy Society,
Austin Chapter, Class Announcement - "Grounding Electrical Systems"
Location: Creedmore, Texas;
Creedmoor Community Center, 12513 FM-1625, Creedmoor, Texas, 78610
Instructor: James Stallcup Sr. of Grayboy, Inc.
Cost is $130 for IEEE members, $175 for Non IEEE members. Cost includes
class, lunch, refreshments, and James Stallcup’s book: Grounding
Electrical Systems. 8 PDHs offered with Completion of
Class. Registrations received after October 10th and Walk-ins
will be accepted based on available seating, but no workbook will be
provided.
Time: 09:00AM to 05:00PM (8.00 hours) All times are: US/Central
Email meeting contact... Please RSVP - if you plan to attend please
reply to this invitation. To reply or for further information, please
contact Steve Pearson via email: pearssteve@gmail.com.
For more information: https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/7487
October
21-2, 2011: Metro Area Workshop
IEEE is staging a full two day
workshop here in Austin on October 21-22, 2011.
- On Friday choose from three workshops on parallel all-day
tracks: Wireless Communications Engineering: Current Practice,
Introduction to Smart Grid, and Software Engineering Essentials
- On Saturday you may also choose from three workshops, some
of which are repeated: Introduction to Smart Grid, Software Engineering
Essentials, and Career Assistance
- Go to https://www.ieee.org/membership_services/mga_maw.html
for additional information.
November
6-8, 2011: IEEE International Symposium on Workload
Characterization (IISWC 2011)
IISWC is dedicated to the
understanding and characterization of workloads that run on all types
of computing systems. New applications and programming paradigms
continue to emerge as the diversity and performance of computers
increase. On the one hand, computing workloads evolve and change with
advances in microarchitecture, compilers, programming languages, and
networking/communication technologies. On the other hand,
improvements in computing technology are usually based on a solid
understanding and analysis of existing workloads. Whether they are
PDAs, wireless and embedded systems at the low end or massively
parallel systems at the high end, the design of future computing
machines can be significantly improved if we understand the
characteristics of the workloads that are expected to run on them. This
symposium, sponsored by IEEE Computer Society and the Technical
Committee on Computer Architecture, will focus on characterizing and
understanding modern computer applications commercial and scientific
computing.
Conference website: https://www.iiswc.org
Program sessions include:
Keynote address by Dr. Steven Keckler, Nvidia
Session 1: Performance Analysis and Prediction
Session 2: Data Center Computing
Session 3: Ongoing research in workload characterization (posters)
Session 4: Mobile Computing
Session 5: Only Analysis and Instrumentation
Session 6: High Performance Computing
Session 7: Microarchitecture Analysis
Session 8: GPU Computing
Full conference program: https://www.iiswc.org/iiswc2011/program2011.html
Registration fees ( https://www.iiswc.org/iiswc2011/registration2011.html):
IEEE Member: $475/$575 (before/after Oct 4)
Non-member: $595/$720
Student member: $250/$300
Student non-member: $300/$350
IEEE Life/retired: $250/$300
May
14-17, 2012: 2012 IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Industry Technical Conference
- J.W. Marriott Hill Country Resort, San Antonio, TX.
June
3-8, 2010: 2012 IEEE 38th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC)
- Austin Convention Center, Austin, TX. https://www.ieee-pvsc.org/
Non-IEEE
Meetings
and Events of
interest suggested by the membership
October 4, 2011: Agile Austin Meeting
Event:
Agile Austin Meeting
Date: October 4, 2011
Time: 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Location: Pervasive Software, 12365-B Riata
Trace Parkway
Speaker: Mike DuVall
Title: Lessons Learned Implementing Kanban
Description: Kanban is an exciting technique
that is quickly growing in popularity in the software development
community. The basic ideas and principles of Kanban are fairly simple,
with two of the key principles
being:
1. Visualize your workflow
2. Limit Work-In-Progress (WIP)
Though very simple, these mechanisms can have a dramatic effect in
helping teams and organizations identify and fix problems with their
current development process. At Dun and Bradstreet (D&B) in Austin,
more than eight teams are currently using Kanban to track and improve
their software development process. In this talk, Mike will discuss:
. The principles of Kanban
. How Kanban is being used at D&B
. Lessons learned implementing Kanban at D&B
Speaker Bio: Mike DuVall is a ScrumMaster,
Technical Lead, Kanban coach, and Lean-Kanban evangelist at D&B
in Austin. He is currently working to improve the speed with which
D&B delivers valuable software
features to customers. Some of his current specific areas of interest
include TDD, ATDD, Continuous
Delivery, and encouraging a culture of Continuous Improvement.
Mike taught himself to program at the age of 12 by reading books from
the local library and he has been developing software ever since. Mike
has over 20 years of industry experience and has served in a large
number of roles over his career, including: Programmer, Technical Lead,
Architect, Business Analyst, Mentor, ScrumMaster, Consultant, and
Trainer. Mike has always had an interest in improving software
development processes and was an early adopter of both iterative
development and Scrum.
Mike lives in Austin and enjoys spending his spare time training for
marathons and playing classical and electric! guitar.
Additional Information
Cost: Free
Map Directions: Riata Trace Parkway is between
Duval and Oak Knoll off 183. From 183: exit Oak Knoll Drive, turn right
at Riata Trace Parkway. 12365-B is 0.8 miles on right ( map)
More Info: https://www.agileaustin.org
or info@AgileAustin.org
Agenda: Sign-in and
Networking 6:00 - 6:30 PM
Announcements, Presentation 6:30 - 8:30 PM
October 10-13, 2011: Automation Bootcamp! cPanel Conference '11.
Monday, October 10, 2011 12:00 PM
- Thursday, October 13, 2011 12:00 PM (Central Time)
SHERATON AUSTIN AT THE CAPITOL
701 East 11th Street
Austin, Texas 78701
United States
1-800-325-3535
Event Details: https://bootcamp.cpanel.net/
Phone: 713-529-0800, Email: bootcamp@cpanel.net
October 12, 2011: Plant Tour of Thirst Planet Brewery, Sponsored by ASQ
Austin
When:
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 5:00-8:00pm
Where: Thirsty Planet Brewery 11160
Circle Drive 78736. It’s off of 290 W, 5 miles past the Oakhill
Y, on the second Circle Drive
Register: This event is free! Register early as
space is limited. Register
Here.
October 13, 2011: Door64 Austin Happy Hour
Who: Door64.com members
When: Thursday, October 13th, 2011 / 5:30pm - 8:30pm
Where: Six Lounge, 117 West 4th Street, Austin, TX 78701 [Map]
How (much): Free!
Food: Provided!
See https://door64.com/oct2011
for more information and registration
October 14, 2011: Open
Deals Funding Forum hosted by The Texas
Entrepreneur Network
The Open Deals Funding
Forum in San Antonio is still open for Entrepreneur pitches. For
consideration, submit your executive summary through the CONNECT
Program
LOCATION: Old San Francisco Steak House, 10223 Sahara, San Antonio, TX
78216
Cost: $15 (80 seats available)
See https://txenetworks.com/
October 19, 2011: Lean Six Sigma: One
Practitioner’s Perspective,
Sponsored by ASQ Austin
October 25, 2011: Open
Deals Funding Forum hosted by The Texas Entrepreneur Network
The Open Deals Funding
Forum in Austin is still open for Entrepreneur pitches. For
consideration,
submit your executive summary through the CONNECT
Program
LOCATION: Better Business Bureau Conference Center, 1005 La Posada Dr,
Austin, TX 78752
Cost: $15 (80 seats available)
See https://txenetworks.com/
October 27, 2011: Open
Deals Funding Forum hosted by The Texas Entrepreneur Network
The Life Science Funding Forum in
San Antonio is still open for Entrepreneur pitches. For consideration,
submit your executive summary through the CONNECT
Program
LOCATION: Old San Francisco Steak House, 10223 Sahara, San Antonio, TX
78216
Cost: $15 (80 seats available)
See https://txenetworks.com/
November 5-6, 2011
Second
Annual Texas Science and Engineering Festival (TSEF)
It
is with great
enthusiasm that MAES announces the Second Annual Texas Science and
Engineering Festival (TSEF).
The Texas Festival is modeled after the highly successful Austin
Science and Engineering Festival. With an estimated 20,000 people in
2010, attendance at the first Austin Science and Engineering Festival
(ASEF) proved that STEM is fun!
Fueled by the best scientific and educational resources in the area all
geared towards making science interesting, relevant and fun, the ASEF
committee worked in partnership with the community to develop an annual
initiative to engage and excite Texas in the wonders of science and
engineering.
This year we expand the festival to the entire state of Texas with the
first state-wide Texas Science and Engineering Festival. The Texas
Science and Engineering Festival will be an even larger celebration,
jam-packed with the smiling faces of our future scientists and
engineers as they explore the myriad of STEM-related activities
–
lectures, exhibitions, plays, workshops, and more. There will be
something for everyone!
As a partner, your name and logo will be prominently displayed on the
Festival website. There is no funding required from our partners.
Partners are encouraged to:
• promote the festival
• provide volnteers
Where Will You Be When Science Takes Over Texas?
The two-day Expo will be held at the Austin Convention Center on
November 5-6, 2011. We invite you to become a partner of the Texas
Science and Engineering Festival.
This will be a great opportunity for your organization to gain
additional public awareness and recognition. Please join us in
encouraging the youth of America to embrace and pursue the
opportunities available in the fields of science, technology,
engineering and mathematics.
Join us at the Texas Science and Engineering Festival, one of the
largest celebrations of science and engineering. We look forward to
another exciting, interesting and fun festival.
You can find out more at https://texassciencefestival.org
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Miscellaneous
September
issue of IEEE-USA Today's Engineer includes
these features:
Career
Focus: Engineering Management
Taking those first steps into management can be difficult, and there
are many questions you might ask before moving forward. Is going into
management the right career path for you? Are you right for management?
Do you need extra training or skills to become an effective manager?
What if it doesn't work out for you? Are the best paths for career
growth with your current employer, or must you switch companies before
you can advance?
YOUR CAREER, YOUR LIFE
- Risk Management: Integrated ERM and Cyber Security
- Seven Easy Steps that Guarantee Faster Executive Job Search
Results
- Region 3's Jobs Board: Fighting Engineering Unemployment
SHAPING PUBLIC POLICY
- IEEE-USA Position Statements -- What are They, Why do we
Need Them and What do They do for Me?
ENGINEERING EDUCATION
- Assessment Exam for Electrical/Electronics Engineering
Technology Programs Now Available
LICENSURE & REGISTRATION
- NCEES Methodology for Scoring PE Exams, Recap of April 2011
Electrical and Computer PE Exam Results
STEM EDUCATION
- Zero Robotics Lets High School Students Program Robot
Satellites in Space
RESOURCES
- IEEE-USA Toolkit
- Tech News Digest
SHORT CIRCUITS
- World Bytes: Social Responsibility, Business and the Economy
Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Mathematics (STEM) Events and Information
October 3, 2011: 2011 Siemens Competition
The Siemens Competition seeks to
promote excellence by encouraging students to undertake individual or
team research projects. It fosters intensive research that improves
students' understanding of the value of scientific study and informs
their consideration of future careers in these disciplines.
Scholarships for winning projects range from $1,000 to $100,000.
Submission deadline is October 3, 2011.
Details: https://www.collegeboard.com/siemens/about.html
Event Date: Saturday, October 15,
2011, 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
LBJ (Lyndon B. Johnson) High School 7309 Lazy Creek Dr. Austin, TX 78724
All are invited to help develop plans for Saturday morning STEM
research lectures, education/career lectures, and hands-on experiences
at the AAYRC. Additional event dates to follow for people
interested who cannot attend this meeting. Register at https://stemeducationalliance-eorg.eventbrite.com/
October 31, 2011: Calling All Digital Divas, Web Chix, and Coder Girls!
The National Center for Women
& Information Technology (NCWIT) is seeking applications from young
women (grades 9-12) for the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing.
Awardees are selected for their computing and IT aptitude, leadership
ability, academic history, and plans for post-secondary education.
National award winners will receive cash and prizes. Many states have
local affiliates that also offer awards and recognitions. NGCP
Collaboratives help conduct outreach to girls as well as educators that
support girls' aspirations in computing. Applications will be accepted
online September 15 through October 31, 2011.
Register: https://awardportal.ncwit.org/register.php
STEM Transitions -
https://www.stemtransitions.org/
Under the direction of the Center
for Occupational Research and Development (CORD), the STEM Transitions
initiative has worked with 40 community college faculty to create
integrated curriculum projects for use in math, science, and technical
courses in the six STEM-related clusters. Much of this work has been
funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Vocational and
Adult Education. First-time visitors can get an overview in the "Using
This Site" area and then visit the "Integrated Projects" area. After
signing up for a free account, they can take advantage of over 60
lesson plans and activities such as "The Secret Ingredient: Nutrient
Analysis of Selected Food Items" and "Good Dirty, Bad Dirty: Soil Types
and Erosion Potential." The site also provides information about
upcoming webinars and workshops sponsored by the STEM Transitions,
along with information about their faculty affiliates.
Career
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Hot IT Skills for 2012
IT hiring ticks up for the third
straight year, and IT pros with programming skills will be first in
line for jobs. See this
site.
IEEE-USA Launches New Salary Service
IEEE-USA has launched its new
Salary Service, powered by eNetrix, a Division of Gallup, Inc.
Members
who responded to the 2011 Salary & Benefits Survey have been
provided five complimentary uses of the new Salary Calculator. Members
and non-members can subscribe to an annual subscription for unlimited
access to the IEEE-USA Salary Calculator as well as the IEEE-USA Salary
& Benefits Survey eReports (2009-2011).
Where the Jobs Are in 2011: Software Engineering
Mobile applications and cloud
computing are driving demand for new engineering grads. For mor
information see this
site.
eWeek Careers at https://eweek.com
Tips,
Tools and Gadgets
This
was supposed to be in the September Analog, but while I updated the
file, I forgot to save it before I sent out the Analog. Hopefully
that won't happen again.
Have
you ever needed to share a file between your computer and your porable
device? Or between you and others on the Internet? A quick
and free solution is to use Dropbox ( https://www.dropbox.com).
Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring all your photos, docs,
and videos anywhere. This means that any file you save to your Dropbox
will automatically save to all your computers, phones and even the
Dropbox website. Dropbox also makes it super easy to share with others,
whether you're a student or professional, parent or grandparent. Even
if you accidentally spill a latte on your laptop, have no fear! You can
relax knowing that Dropbox always has you covered, and none of your
stuff will ever be lost.
I have used this a few times when I needed to share a large file with
others, and it has worked well.
I do suggest that if you choose to use Dropbox (almost any other of the
online storage services), that you encrypt anything that you want to be
assured will be kept private before you use their storage option.
If you have comments, or suggestions as to something I should mention
in a future issue, please let me know at john.purvis@ieee.org.
I look forward to reading your comments and suggestions.
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