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& Systems Solutions of Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. Dr. KwokWu has been awarded as 2012 Innovator of the Year by ECD – Embedded Computing Design Magazine for his platform approach to Wireless Smart Gateways. See this site. He is also recipient of the Innovative Networking Product Award, at Broadband World Forum 2011with Secured Broadband multi-service Gateway and Best Networking as well as the Communication Product Award, Smart Metering at Australia & New Zealand Summit 2012. He is an award-winning industry veteran and sought after speaker. Dr. Kwok Wu has many years of diverse experience in advanced embedded systems and software. He has delivered high-performance scalable software platforms and products for Freescale’s Power Architecture, Starcore DSP, ARM, and ZigBee Systems-on-Chips (SoCs) in the wireless broadband networking, telecommunications, enterprise, consumer, automotive, industrial, smart energy, and health segments. Previous to Freescale Semiconductor, Kwok has held various executive management positions at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technology and AMD. Kwok is member of IEEE Computer Society, and holds a Treasurer position at the Austin Chapter of IEEE Communications Society and hold a PhD, EECS (Computer Engineering) from the University of Texas at |
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The CEDA chapter normally meet on the 3rd Thursday 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 zhuoli@ieee.org.
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| Topic/Title | 3D Memory Technologies |
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| Speaker | Dr. Betty Prince |
| Speaker Bio | Dr. Betty Prince is CEO of Memory Strategies
International. She has worked with Texas Instruments, N.V. Philips,
Motorola, R.C.A and Fairchild. She is author of 6 books on
semiconductor memories including “Vertical 3D Memory Technologies”,
September 2014, (Wiley). She is a Senior Life Member of the IEEE
and was an IEEE SSCS Distinguished Lecturer from 2005-2011. She
has served on several IEEE conference committees and on the Technical
Advisory Board of IEEE Spectrum magazine. She has been active in the
JEDEC and IEC memory standards committees and was founder of the JEDEC
JC-16 Interface Standards Committee. She has served on the Technical
Advisory Boards of several memory companies and was a Director of
Mosaid Technologies for 10 years. She holds patents in the memory,
processor and interface areas. She has a B.S. and M.S. in physics and
math from the U. of New Mexico and the U. of California, an M.B.A. and
a Ph.D. from the University of Texas with doctoral dissertation on
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| Abstract | As scaled memory ICs become increasingly challenging,
the possibility of increasing bit density by moving into 3D becomes an
attractive alternative. Both scaled and 3D technologies
present difficulties. Three 3D technologies are at the
forefront. (1) The highest volume memory product today is the NAND flash and it has been one of the first to appear in 3D. Both versions of the 3D NAND flash, vertical channel and vertical gate, will be discussed. (2) Resistance RAMs have been investigated for several years and have appeared in low level production. These ReRAMs offer a highest density 3D memory when stacked in 3D cross-point arrays. The three types of ReRAMs - metal oxide, conductive bridge, and phase change – will be discussed along with the three types of 3D cross-point array configurations – Unipolar, Bipolar and Complementary. (3) Stacked DRAMs and logic chips connected with silicon vias already exist as a packaging technology and are poised to become a 3D chip technology. This will involve a revolution in chip design and design tools. |
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| Location | PoK-e-Jo's Restaurant, 2121 W. Parmer Lane at Lamplight
Village, Austin TX |
| Cost | $5 minimum cost for restaurant, supper optional at
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| Reservations | https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/27517 Not required. All interested parties are invited to attend. For more information, go to: https://www.ewh.ieee.org/r5/central_texas/cn/index.html |
| Notes |
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| Speaker | Leslie Martinich Leslie Martinich, 2012 IEEE-USA Congressional Fellow, served as Science and Technology Policy Advisor in the Office of U.S. Representative Steve Israel (NY 02). As Founder and Principal Consultant at Competitive Focus, she provides education and consulting services in leadership, professional ethics and innovation management. With more than 25 years of experience as a software professional, she led teams at IBM, Compaq, Novell, Vignette and several startup companies, where she was given increasing levels of responsibility. She serves as the lead faculty member at the Engineering Leadership Institute at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the past VP Publications for the IEEE Technology Management Council. IEEE Activities (M 1997 SM 2003) AWARDS: IEEE-USA Congressional Fellow 2012; Engineering Management Society, Dallas Chapter, Volunteer of the Year Award, 2008. COMMITTEES/BOARDS: IEEE Awards Board, Presentation and Publicity Committee, 2012-2014; Central Texas Section, Vice-Chair (Austin), 2014, IEEE-USA Annual Meeting 2011 Planning Committee, Engineering Management Society (now the Technology Management Council) Board of Governors, 2005-2009, VP Publications 2006-2009, Chapter Chair 2004-2009, 2013-2014. Women in Engineering, Chapter Chair, 2011, 2013. Education Society, Chapter Webmaster, 2009, Chapter Chair 2013. CONFERENCES: International Engineering Management Conference, 2007, Vice Chair. Other Volunteer and Community Activities. Board of Directors, Spredfast, 2008-2011. Engineering Leadership Institute, Founder, 2005. Ethics in Business Award Selection Committee, 2005, 2006. Austin Software Executives’ Group, Co-Founder, 2001. Southwest Texas State University, Computer Science Industrial Advisory Board, 1989-2001, Hospice Austin, Volunteer, 2008-present. |
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this interactive workshop, participants will explore the dynamics of an
ethical dilemma, and learn techniques and tools to help them think
through and address the challenges they face. |
| Date/Time | 26-August-2014 06:00PM to 09:00PM 6:00 to 6:30 PM Social 6:30 to 7:00 PM Dinner 7:00 to 7:30 PM Business Meeting 7:30 to 8:30 PM Program 9:00 PM room closes for the benefit of long distance drivers and early risers |
| Location | El Gallo Mexican Restaurant 2910 S Congress Austin, Texas |
| Cost | • IEEE Members and accompanying spouses: $11 to $17 for
dinners ($2 non-meal participants) • Visitors (non-IEEE members): $14 to $20 for dinners ($5 non-meal participants) • IEEE Student Members: $3 for dinner (no charge for non-meal participants) • Student Visitors (non-IEEE members): $6 to $10 for dinners ($2 non-meal participants) • All: $2 for non-alcoholic beverages • A bar is available for those who care to purchase a beer or other alcoholic beverage |
| Reservations | https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/24139 If you plan on attending, please RSVP by sending an e-mail to ieee.pi2.austin@zxtech.net. |
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| Topic/Title | Update on the revised EMC and Low Voltage Directives |
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| Speaker | One speaker from Dell to talk on the EU Low-voltage Directive and Ross Carlton of National Instruments to talk on the EU Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) Directive |
| Abstract | This is a joint meeting of the EMC Society and the
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| Date/Time | August 19, 2014 |
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| Location | Dell Parmer South Campus, off East Parmer Lane at Tech
Ridge. Building PS4 is the 2nd building on the right as you travel
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| Notes | 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 even 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 or check our website at https://psescentraltexas.yolasite.com/. |
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Start-up view: ZPEG video compression technology – How
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Dr. Raymond Westwater, President Futureware, LLC Dr. Raymond Westwater is President of Futureware, LLC, an Austin Technology Incubator Landing Pad start-up company (https://www.futureware.com). He holds a PhD in video compression from Florida Atlantic University and has worked in video and cellular transmission applications for Lucent, Microsoft, and Intel, secure radio for the US military, and for AT&T Labs qualifying head-end equipment for the IPTV U-verse product. |
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Video compression is a mathematically complex subject
where solutions equire years of research and thousands of hours of
development time - to arrive at prototype solutions. New contributions
must compete with established standards and even free technologies, and
the sales cycles for mature products are typically 12 to 18 months. So
how can a new technology be monetized, particularly by a start-up? This
question is answered in this presentation, a follow-on to the
technology presentation of last year described below. The three-dimensional DCT optimally decorrelates video content, making it an important tool applicable to various areas of motion video processing. The 3D DCT forms the basis of an ideal image quality processing algorithm, improving upon the existing JND subband decomposition technique. The 3D DCT is a statistically optimal description of motion video that forms the basis of a new motion video format conversion algorithm. This format conversion algorithm has application in crossconversion of video content between high definition and standard definition formats, and in the recovery of information lost in transmission (or compression). Finally, the 3D DCT is used to formulate an important new compression algorithm (ZPEG), which gives highest theoretically possible compression ratios without visual loss. These areas will be discussed, and a live demonstration of the ZPEG video algorithm will be conducted. |
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For further information, please contact IEEE COMSOC/SP
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