Follow the
Central Texas Section in Social Media
Call for Nominations
It's time for the nominating process to begin for
section and chapter officers for next year. If you
are interested in nominating someone for a section
officer position or one of the section committee chairs,
contact the Nominations and Appointments Committee
Chair, Tom Grim. His address is
t.grim@ieee.org. Self-nominations will be
considered by the Nominations and Appointments
Committee.
Nominations for chapters and affinity groups should go
to the chairman of the group.
In the past, Central Texas Section officers have been
elected for a two year term, and chapter officers in the
section have been elected for a one year
term The MGA Operations Manual states that
the section may have terms of office of either one or
two years, and the Central Texas Section has documented
the choice of two year terms for its officers.
Section officers are term limited to four consecutive
years in office, so several of the present section
officers will need to be replaced this year.
Chapter officers must be elected every year, and are
term limited to two years.
Below is the section Elections process specified in the
MGA Operations Manual (it can be found at
https://www.ieee.org/societies_communities/geo_activities/operations_manual/index.html
). The chapter process is substantially the same,
except that petition candidates can join the ballot with
10 signatures.
H. Section Election Process
- Six months prior to the date of election, the
Section Nominating Committee Chair shall issue a “Call
for Nominations” for all positions elected at-large to
all voting members of the Section through an
appropriate medium.
- Section members shall submit nominations within one
month of the “Call for Nominations”.
- The Section Nominating Committee shall verify the
candidates’ eligibility and willingness to serve. A
candidate must be a member of the Section to hold
office in that Section. The Section Nominating
Committee shall also gather position statements and
biographies of the potential candidates, as
appropriate.
- The Section Nominating Committee will select from
all such submissions at least two but not more than
three candidates for each position elected at large,
and submit the slate of candidates to the Section
Committee for ratification.
- The slate of candidates for elected office shall be
communicated to the voting members of the Section not
less than six weeks prior to the election date. In
addition, provision shall be made in the communication
for petition candidates for these offices.
- In addition to the candidates nominated by the
Section Nominating Committee, individual voting
members eligible to vote in such election may nominate
candidates by petition.
In accordance with IEEE Bylaw I-307.17, “the number of
signatures required on a petition shall be determined
as follows. For all positions where the electorate is
less than 30,000 voting members, signatures shall be
required from 2% of the eligible voters.
For all positions where the electorate is more than
30,000 voting members, 600 signatures of eligible
voters plus 1% of the difference between the number of
eligible voters and 30,000 shall be required.”
The petition shall be completed at least 28 days
before the date of the election.
- The entire slate of candidates for office shall be
communicated to the voting members of the Section not
less than two weeks prior to the election date.
- The election process shall be by secret ballot.
- The Section Chair shall submit the names of up to
three members of the Section to serve as a Tellers
Committee, to the Section for approval. After the
tally of votes, the Tellers Committee shall report the
results of the election to the Section Chair. The
Section Chair shall inform each candidate for office
of the results of the election prior to announcing the
results to the Section membership.
The schedule for our elections is as
follows. This message constitutes the Call for
Nominations. The nominations committee will accept
nominations from section members during the month of
April, and will communicate a slate of nominees to the
CTS Executive Committee by August 15th, for ratification
at the Executive Committee meeting at the end of
August. The ratified slate will be published in
the September Analog newsletter, and petition candidates
will be accepted until October 15th. The modified slate
will be announced to section members in the October Mid
Month Reminder. The election will be
announced in the November Analog. The elections
will begin on November 1. We intend to use the
IEEE vTools election process for the election.
Chapter nominations and elections should follow a
similar schedule and process at the chapter level,
although the election itself may be held at the November
chapter meeting instead of on line.
From the Central Texas Section Chair
I would like to
congratulate the Central Texas Section Young
Professionals Chapter for hosting the SXSW Young
Professionals Mimosa Meetup . It was a great success and
stay tuned for more exciting events for the IEEE Young
Professionals.
The Central Texas Section Officers serve a two year
term. In 2015 we will hold the election for the
2016-2017 Officers. For more information contact Tom
Grim, Nominations Chair, at t.grim@ieee.org.
Kenny Rice
Chairman, Central Texas Section
krice@ieee.org
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Membership
Development
New to the IEEE OR want to find out more about the
benefits of your IEEE membership?
The IEEE has developed a website, https://www.ieee.org/start
, specifically to support new IEEE members in
navigating though the IEEE. Along with the
information on the site, IEEE has created a new member
orientation. The orientation is typically held on the
3rd Thursday of each month at 9:00 AM EDT and 3:00 PM
EDT. The next new member orientation will be
23-April. Check the IEEE website for
registration.
If you are a new member to IEEE OR just want to
refresh yourself on what the IEEE offers to its
members, check out the site and the orientation.
Not an IEEE member and have been waiting to join?
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or call the IEEE Contact Center at 1 800
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Did you know about IEEE – IEEE.TV
The IEEE provides an internet-based
television network where IEEE member generated
special-interest programming about technology and
engineering is provided. There are public
programs available and an extensive set of members’
only programs. Check the most viewed programs at
https://www.ieee.tv
Joe Redfield
CTS Membership Development Chair
J.Redfield@ieee.org
210-744-2968
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News of Interest to the
Section
Region 5 Election
Scott Atkinson (Central Texas Section Past
Chair 2003) has been selected by the IEEE Region 5
Nominating Committee as a candidate for the Fall
election for 2016 Director-Elect. Key dates related to
the election:
- 1 May: IEEE BOD submits to the voting membership
the list of nominees for Director Elects and other
positions to be elected by voting members
- 17 August: Annual election ballots sent to all
voting members on record as of 30 June.
Voters may also begin accessing their ballots
electronically
- 1 October: Marked ballots must be received by
1pm EDT USA.
More information to follow.
IEEE-USA’s Free E-Book to Members Guides
Entrepreneurs in Competitive Analysis
IEEE-USA E-books is offering “Starting Your
Start-Up -- Book 3: Competitive Analysis” free to IEEE
members starting today.
The “Starting Your Start-Up” e-book series, by Tanya
Candia, is designed for the engineer or entrepreneur
who has a great product or service idea but no real
marketing expertise.
“Book 3” guides you through the competitive landscape
for a better understanding of who the competition is
and why it’s important to see things the way customers
see it. It helps you develop an effective positioning
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services, and find ways to ensure ideal solutions.
Candia emphasizes that readers must have a clear
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customers and receive funding. She includes a
brainstorming session to find out who the competition
is.
From 1 April to 15 May, IEEE members can get a free
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Austin fastest-growing metro in Texas, third-fastest
in nation
Austin was the third-fastest growing metro
area in the nation during the past year, according
to new data released March 26 by the U.S. Census
Bureau, with the population expanding by 3 percent
between July 2013 and July 2014. Read
more . . .
Austin Ranked Number One City for Tech
Austin has the best environment in the world
for the technology industry, according to a report by
London, England-based property consulting firm Savills
Plc.
Using five metrics such as property prices, talent
pool and quality of life, Austin beat out tech hotbed
San Francisco and rated No. 1 in the overall ranking
of 12 cities, the Wall
Street Journal reported on February 24. Read
more . . .
Central Texas Ranked Second in the Nation for STEM
Jobs
Central Texas ranks No. 2 in the nation for
workers in jobs involving science, technology,
engineering and mathematics — commonly referred to as
STEM.
The ranking is the result of an analysis by WalletHub,
a website operated by Washington, D.C.-based Evolution
Finance Inc. The company analyzed the 100
most-populated metropolitan areas across 11 metrics to
help STEM workers find the best markets.
Read
more . . .
Texas Board of Professional Engineers Ethics Webinars
The next ethics webinars are June 4, 2015
and September 2, 2015. Each event is limited to
1,000 attendees. Registration links for all
webinars are posted at: https://engineers.texas.gov/webinar
one month prior to each event.
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Call for Volunteers
Future Cities
This year, the STEM
Council at Skillpoint Alliance is the Regional
Coordinator for the Future
City Competition in Central Texas and we hope
you can be a part of it!
We would like to get everyone excited for next year's
season with a a brief insight to next year's prompt!
While there is no official title yet, students will be
asked to imagine, research, and design a way to handle
their cities solid waste (AKA Trash). Put your
thinking caps on, and we hope to see some more
fantastic designs next year!
FRIENDS, CO-WORKERS OR FAMILY WANT TO BE INVOLVED?
As always, we encourage active participation from
people interested in us! We are still looking for Mentors,
Volunteers,
and Judges!
Continuing Education
IEEE Provided
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Learn from industry experts about latest
technology advances via our free Tech Insider
Webinars. This page lists upcoming and available 'on
demand' Tech Insider webinars. All the live webinars
are archived and are available on demand for 12
months. IEEE members can also earn PDH certificates
for each webinar.
Computer Society Webinars
Register now for our latest free live
technical webinars. Or check out our past webinars
at your convenience. See this site
for
more information.
Computer Society 2014 Professional Development
Courses
Expand your knowledge base by taking a
professional development course in your area of
technical interest. Half-day webcast formats (3.5
hours) enable you to quickly get up to speed in a
specific technology area without leaving your desk.
And each are at a low cost of $49. For a limited
time, sign up for three courses and receive the
fourth one for free. See the list
of training courses.
ComSoc Training
See this calendar
for
a list of upcoming courses.
Other learning opportunities
IEEE
e-Learning
Library
IEEE Online
Education Portal
IEEE-USA Webinars
(attendees can earn professional development hours
-- PDHs)
Other Sources
CodeAcademy
Learn to code
interactively for free
Corsea.org
A web site that
provides an aggregate of university course
offerings. Their tag line is "Take the World's Best
Courses, Online, For Free." They have 16 course
categories, most in technology areas from 16 major
universities.
MIT Open Courseware
MIT OpenCourseWare
(OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all
MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the
world and is a permanent MIT activity. More can be
learned here.
Saylor.org: Free
Education
The tag line of the
Saylor website is "Harnessing Technology to Make
Education Free." Although Saylor.org does not grant
degrees, students can download a certificate of
completion for successfully passing the exam at the
end of each course. There are thirteen areas of
study that visitors can choose to explore, including
Computer Science, Chemistry, Mathematics, and
Mechanical Engineering.
University of Texas
Professional Development
UT Center for Lifelong Education provides
several courses (these are NOT free). The list can
be found here.
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Career
Articles
of possible interest
CTS
Job
listing
The Central Texas
Section receives job postings from time to time. These
are posted on the Section Web site. If you have a job
to post to the site, send the information to cts-webmaster@ieee.org
IEEE
ResumeLab
IEEE members have a new
tool to help gain a competitive edge in the employment
process. IEEE ResumeLab is a new online service that
allows IEEE members to develop a resume or curriculum
vitae using specialized tools tailored for each step
of the job seeking process. This new product is added
to the list of offerings that assist members as they
find jobs and develop their careers.
The IEEE
Job
Site
The IEEE Job Site has
undergone a makeover with new features and easier
navigation to better serve IEEE members. Its still
easy for IEEE members or IEEE member job seekers to
conduct job searches or create and upload a resume,
but with the use of HTML5 technology, the site boasts
a cleaner layout and crisp contemporary design making
the IEEE Job Site more user-friendly.
The IEEE-USA
Career Manager is organized into eight
categories designed to help you manage and advance in
your career:
* Career Management
Interactive Workshop
* Salary Service
* Consulting and Entrepreneurship
* Professional Development Webinars
* Employment Assistance and Job Search
* IEEE Online Distance Learning
* E-Book Library
* IEEE.tv
Trip report to Austin, TX to attend to attend South by
Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) (13-17 Mar 15)
Summary: The primary purpose of this
trip was to raise awareness of the IEEE Young
Professionals Affinity Group and increase branding
recognition. This was accomplished by organizing and
hosting a Young Professionals Meet Up at SXSW that took
place on March 14, 2015 and the IEEE Young Professionals
Afterglow Party that took place on March 15th, 2015. In
addition to this event, Mr. Ryan and his team were able
to help promote and attend various IEEE event that were
at this conference, including the IEEE Future ID party.
Trip Highlights: One of the biggest challenges of
the IEEE is the retention of more prospective young
professional members. To raise awareness of the IEEE
Young Professionals Affinity Group, Mr. Ryan, Ms. Alger,
and Mr. Gomez attended SXSW and set out to have their
very own high-impact events during this ten day
conference.
The SXSW Festival is a set of film, interactive and
music festivals and conferences that take place early
every year. The SXSW Interactive (SXSWi) Festival is the
portion of the conference that focuses on emerging
technology, a focus which has earned the festival a
reputation as a breeding ground for new ideas and
creative technologies. The interactive includes a trade
show, speakers, parties, and a startup accelerator.
Having Young Professional presence during this
conference in a high-tech hub such as Austin was a
unique opportunity.
While attending SXSWi, they went to several networking
events and meet ups to spread awareness about IEEE Young
Professionals. This was fulfilled by speaking to several
young professionals about the affinity group and handing
out flyers to attend the various IEEE events including
the ones they were hosting, Young Professionals Mimosa
Meetup and the Young Professionals Afterglow Party. Some
of the popular SXSW events they attended are listed
below:
- ATC Gateway Party
- Yahoo Tech Mix
- Young Millennials Meetup
- Woman in Engineering Sessions
- McCombs Entrepreneurial Party
The Young Professionals Mimosa Meetup was hosted at the
JW Marriot in Austin, TX and was a success. They
recorded a guest attendance of 103, 35 of whom were IEEE
members. The stellar turnout can be attributed to IEEE
& SXSW advertisements.
Overall, IEEE Young Professional’s Affinity Group was
successfully promoted during this trip by Messrs. Ryan,
Gomez and Alger. The Meetup they hosted was also a
success. The turnout was higher than anticipated which
can be attributed to being officially recognized as a
SXSW event and listed as one of the IEEE series at SXSW.
This success can also be attributed to the support they
received from the Young Professionals MGA Chairperson,
Mario Milicevic, and other various IEEE volunteers such
as David Stankiewicz and Parshva Bavishi, who helped
integrate the Young Professional activities with the
already established IEEE series within SXSW and promote
the IEEE Young Professionals through various forms of
media such as IEEEtv.
Looking forward, Mr. Ryan would like to propose
increasing the size of the IEEE Young Professionals
presence at SXSW 2016 by having their own IEEE Young
Professionals Series similar to the IEEE series which
has been successful the past two years (https://standards.ieee.org/sxsw/Austin).
The Young Professionals Mimosa Meetup was a great
experiment and proved successful. Having a series of
events hosted by the Young Professionals Affinity can
help ignite the Affinity Group, and help tackle the
ongoing IEEE retention challenge of prospective Young
professionals.
Interviews conducted can be viewed at the following
links:
Devon Ryan
IEEE Young Professionals Chair,
Central Texas
Devon.ryan@ieee.org
Tips, Tools and Gadgets
Sadly I failed to mention
in the March issue that Pi
Day was coming up. In particular this past Pi Day
was the Pi Day of the century as it was celebrated on 3
14 15 (i.e. the first five digits of pi are 3.1415).
I want to mention two different iOS Apps this month -
MathStudio and HowToSmile.
MathStudio
is is an App that is available for both the Mac and iOS
devices from Pomegranate Apps. MathStudio provides a
full scientific calculator, as well as the ability to
solve algebra and calculus problems and plot the
results.
The new MathStudio 6 is available from the Mac App store
for $49.99, and $19.99 for the iOS version. However the
older version 5 of both are currently available for free.
For now my needs are satisfied with the free version. A
web based version of MathStudio can accessed as
well.
You can read a brief review I did of MathStudio here.
The HowToSmile
App or the corresponding web site may come in
handy if you are trying to find a fun, yet educational
experience for kids. I was introduced to this site
and App through a colleague at Central Texas
Discover Engineering. What HowToSmile does is
provide you with the ability to search through thousands
of science and math activities. These should be fun
activities from which the kids will learn some STEM
(Science Technology Engineering Math) skills.
You can read a brief review I did of HowToSmile here.
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.
Student Branches and Activities
St Mary's
University - San Antonio (https://engineering.stmarytx.edu/ieee/)
Faculty Adviser: Djaffer Ibaroudene, email: dibaroudene@stmarytx.edu
Branch Chair: Stephanie Shu, email: sshu@mail.stmarytx.edu
Texas State University
- San Marcos
Faculty Adviser: Larry Larson, email: Larry.Larson@txstate.edu
Branch Chair: Kyle Paul, email: kp1352@txstate.edu
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TXST.IEEE
Trinity University
- San Antonio
Faculty Adviser: Farzan Aminian, email: faminian@trinity.edu
Branch Chair: Niti Nararidh, email: nnararid@trinity.edu
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TrinityIEEE
University of Texas at
Austin (https://ieee.ece.utexas.edu/)
Faculty Adviser: Sriram Vishwanath, email: sriram@ece.utexas.edu
Branch Chair: Josh Frazor, email: chair@ieee.ece.utexas.edu
Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/ieeeut
University of Texas at
San Antonio (https://ieeeutsa.com/)
Faculty Co-Adviser: Paul Morton, email: PaulMorton@utsa.edu
Faculty Co-Adviser: Lars Hansen, email: Lars.Hansen@utsa.edu
Branch Chair: Patrick Stockton, email: pstockton@ieee.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ieeeutsa
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Conferences,
Meetings and Events
Local IEEE Conferences, Events
or Workshops
- April 18-19, 2015:
2015 IEEE Region 5 Conference
InterContinental New Orleans
444 St. Charles Ave
New Orleans, LA
https://www.r5conferences.org
- May 17-20, 2015:
2015 10th System of Systems Engineering Conference
(SoSE)
Hilton Palacio del Rio
San Antonio, TX, USA
Full Paper Submission deadline: 01 Feb 2015
Final submission deadline: 20 Apr 2015
Notification of acceptance date: 12 Mar 2015
https://sosengineering.org/2015/
- May 31 thru June 4,
2015: 2015 IEEE Pulsed Power Conference (PPC)
Hilton Austin
500 East 4th Street
Austin, TX
- May 31 thru June 4,
2015: 2015 IEEE 26th Symposium on Fusion Engineering
(SOFE)
Hilton Austin
500 East 4th Street
Austin, TX
- September 23, 2015: Rock Stars of Wearables
Attend the IEEE Computer Society’s Rock Stars
of Wearables, where you’ll learn from top
industry experts who are driving this disruptive
technology. This one-day event will be packed
with real-world experience and actionable solutions
that address both technology and business problems –
plus the opportunity to network over lunch and
cocktails and receive an approved 8 hours of PDH
credit.
Wednesday, September 23rd at Brazos Hall in downtown
Austin
Click
HERE to register today—Regular pricing is $499
for non-members, $429 for members, but current early
discount pricing gets you $100 OFF—and if you enter
promo code RSW-CT50 – receive an additional $50
discount! (That means a total savings of $150!)
- November 2-6, 2015: International Conference on
Computer Aided Design (ICCAD)
More information about the International Conference on
Computer-Aided Design can be found at https://iccad.com/
The Call for Papers is now open and can be found at https://iccad.com/content/2015_call_for_papers
The important dates are...
Abstract
Deadline:
Friday,
April 17, 2015
Paper
Deadline:
Friday,
April 24, 2015
Special Session Proposal Deadline: Thursday,
April 30, 2015
Workshop Proposal
Deadline:
Thursday, April 30, 2015
ICCAD
Conference:
Monday-Friday,
November 2-6, 2015
- November 15-20, 2015: 2015 SC - International
Conference for High Performance Computing,
Networking, Storage and Analysis
Austin Convention Center
- October 23-26, 2016: 2016 IEEE Compound
Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Symposium (CSICS)
Non-IEEE Meetings and Events of interest
suggested by the membership
See the Door64 calendar for
other local tech events
Texas
Tech Pulse Calendar of Texas High Tech Events
Second & Fourth Friday of evey month: TechRanch
Austin, Campfire
Come join our
entrepreneurial community every 2nd and 4th Friday of
the month.
Want to connect and network with local tech
entrepreneurs? Validate your business idea? Interested
in getting more involved with Tech Ranch? Come out for
a Campfire!
Campfire is all about connecting you to the larger
tech startup community. Every 2nd and 4th Friday at
3:30 PM, we gather interesting, accomplished people
from across Austin’s vast entrepreneur ecosystem so
you can get the introductions, insight, and help you
need to move your business forward, while also helping
others.
April 7, 2015: VMUG UserCon
8:20 a.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Austin Convention Center
500 E. Cesar Chavez Street
Austin, TX
Register
Now
April 13-16, 2015: ApacheCon North America
Hyatt Austin
ApacheCon brings together the open source community to
learn about and collaborate on the technologies and
projects driving the future of open source, big data
and cloud computing.
Read more
. . .
April 14-16, 2015: 2015 CABA Intelligent Building
& Digital Home Forum
Renaissance Hotel,
Austin, TX
CABA's Intelligent Buildings & Digital Home Forum
will be held at the Renaissance Hotel in Austin, TX
from April 14 - 16, 2015. The CABA Forum will be
held in conjunction with Broadband Communities Summit
2015.
Attend the Forum and meet over 1,000 industry
professionals from the "Internet of Things, Connected
Homes, M2M and Intelligent Buildings". Attending
will be many end-users from the MDU (multi-dwelling
unit)/MTU (multi-tenant unit) sectors.
Click
here to review the CABA Forum Sessions
Click
here to review the BBC Summit Sessions
Click
here to see the Full Agenda
CABA added a discount for the IEEE members to use when
registering for the CABA Forum.
Members can register using the following instructions.
1. Registration
Link
2. Click on “CABA Non
Member Rate” - $600.00
3. Promo Code – Insert
“IEEE” and click on the apply button.
April 25, 2015: STEM in San Antonio
Saturday, April 25, 2015
9:00am-1:30pm
Breakfast Snacks and Lunch Provided
Workshops Geared toward Collegiates
Panel to Follow Workshops
Meet-and-Great Lunch with Professionals
All Science Disciplines Welcome
Workshop Topics:
- Grad School vs. Work- Boeing
- Getting into Med School
- How to Spend Your Summers
- College to Career- SWE speaker
- Stats in the Workplace- Valero
- Research
Contact Rachel Hure at rhure@trinity.edu if interested
in participating.
**Event organized by Trinity University SWE**
May 2, 2015: BSides San Antonio
Doors Open at 9:15AM
Talks start at 9:45
Texas A&M - San Antonio
Brooks City Base
https://bsidestexas.blogspot.com/p/san-antonio-april-2013.html
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Science, Technology, Engineering,
and Mathematics (STEM) Events and Information
Google Science Fair
The 2015 Google Science Fair has now launched!
Sign up now at https://www.googlesciencefair.com
for your chance to win a tour of Virgin Galactic.
Texas Girls Collaborative Project
TryEngineering.org
IEEE’s online engineering
education resource for pre-university educators, parents
and students, is now available in a new mobile-friendly
format. Visitors can now access the TryEngineering
content they love, anywhere, any time on virtually any
device including desktops, tablets and smart phones.
Starry Sky Austin
Starry
Sky
Austin is an educational astronomy program for
all. The mission of Starry Sky Austin is to share the
enthusiasm and knowledge of the universe with others and
in doing so, bring about a sense of wonder and
appreciation for our universe. Starry Sky Austin offers
programming, stargazing classes, Girl Scout badges, and
other exciting ways to get everyone curious about
astronomy through an informal approach.
CODE@TACC
The mission of the Texas
Advanced
Computing Center (TACC), at the University of
Texas at Austin, is to enable discoveries that advance
science and society through the application of advanced
computing technologies. TACC offers STEM programming for
students of all ages, building the pipeline for the next
generation of innovators. CODE@TACC (Jr. SCI) is a
two-week, summer program that exposes rising high school
juniors and seniors to a variety of STEM careers by
teaching the principles of high performance computing.
TACC's K-12 Education Programs Coordinator and FabFem, Mariel
Robles, is passionate about increasing the
understanding and appreciation of STEM careers as well
as promoting gender equity and minority participation in
science and engineering. Applications for CODE@TACC open
Winter 2015. Stay connected to TACC through Facebook,
Twitter
and LinkedIn.
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The IEEE is organized into Societies and Special Interest
Groups. The full list as well as a link to join each
can be found here.
The
Central Texas Secion has several Society and Special
Interest Group Chapters with their own local activities as
listed below. Note that some Joint Chapters represent more
than one Society.
You can subscribe to an RSS feed of all Central Texas
Section meetings that have been scheduled through vTools here
Click Meetings to see the next 180 days of
planned CTS activity.
The
Central Texas Section Chapters
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NOTE: Being a member of the following IEEE Societies makes
you eligible to be a member of CEDA: AP, CAS, C, ED, MTT
and SSC. However, you need to go to the IEEE
web site and sign in to be added as a FREE member of
CEDA. See this PDF
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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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Joint Circuits and
Systems/Solid-State Circuits (CAS/SSC)
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The joint Circuits & Systems/Solid State Circuits
Societies normally meet on the 2nd Tuesday of every month.
This meeting is open to the public and interested parties.
Additional details will be posted at the website. IIf you
have any questions about this meeting or this group,
please contact zhuoli@ieee.org.
Components, Packaging and
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Computer Society (C)
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Annual Student Night |
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IEEE Computer Society (San Antonio) Annual
Student Night.
All San Antonio Engineering Students are invited
to show their projects in a "Science Fair"- like
setting.
There will be informal judging, and a prize (A
Raspberry PI 2 Model B starter kit) will be
awarded for the exhibit judged to be "Best of
Show".
The Raspberry Pi 2 Model B starter kit includes
the Raspberry Pi 2 computer, AC adapter, custom
plastic case, HDMI cable, preloaded Micro SD card
and adapter, WiFi adapter, and two heat
sinks. For more information, see https://www.raspberrypi.org.
It is not necessary for an exhibitor to be a
member of IEEE or IEEE Computer Society.
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| Date/Time |
28-April-2015
07:00PM to 08:30PM
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St. Mary's University
University Center
Conference Room B
San Antonio, Texas
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https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/33881
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Central Texas Consultants
Network Affinity Group
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High Resolution Audio
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Sergio Liberman of Freescale, Inc.
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Sergio Liberman has more than 29 years of
experience in the semiconductor industry in design
and architecture of over 22 chips including DSP
processors, digital-to-analog converters, Class-D
audio amplifiers and SoC application processors.
These devices have been used in digital audio
systems for consumer, professional, and automotive
applications. Sergio holds two patents in
high-performance audio digital-to-analog converter
design, and has authored over 15 technical
publications. Sergio holds a B.Sc. EE from
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The goal of High Resolution Audio is to allow
the listener to hear exactly what the artist has
been hearing in the studio while creating music.
The wide availability of low cost mass storage and
high Internet bandwidth allows consumers to access
music recordings using High Resolution Audio
technology. This presentation will discuss how
High Resolution Audio recordings differ from
available CD and MP3 recordings, what equipment is
required for proper playback of High Resolution
Audio recordings, and how the quality requirements
affect the design of players, D/A converters,
amplifiers, headphones and speakers.
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| Date/Time |
22-April-2015
6:00 to 6:30pm -- Networking
6:30 to 8:30pm -- Business and Program
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PoK-e-Jo's Smokehouse 2121 West Parmer Lane at
2121 West Parmer Lane at Lamplight Village Ave.
Austin, Texas
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https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/33889
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Joint meeting with Austin Life Members and
Central Texas Consultants Network.
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Do a friend a favor. Bring your colleagues to grow the
Consultants Network.
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Electromagnetic Compatibility
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Electron Devices Society (ED)
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Engineering in Medicine and Biology
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Young Professionals
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Instrumentation and Measurement
Society (IM)
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Automated Test Markup Language: Standardized
Description in Automated Test Systems Using XML
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Anand Jain, Principal Software Engineer,
National Instruments
Anand Jain is a Principal Software Engineer at
National Instruments. He has been an active member
in ATML working groups since July 2004 and the
Co-Chair of the Test and ATS Description (TAD)
subcommittee. Anand holds a Masters of Science
degree from The Ohio State University.
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Automatic test markup language (ATML) is a
collection of IEEE standards and associated
eXtensible Markup Language (XML) schemas that
allows Automatic Test System (ATS) and test
information to be exchanged in a common
format adhering to the XML standard.
ATML is intended to be a standardized way of
documenting Test Requirements, Test Procedures,
Test Equipment and Test Results, potentially with
the ability to automatically generate Test Code.
Some leading vendors have already been
implementing ATML capabilities into their
products; noticeable examples are the ATML Toolkit
for NI TestStand as well as the ATML DataPlugin
for NI DIAdem.
This session will serve as a high-level overview
of ATML and go through some examples of how it can
be used to make Automated Test more efficient.
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April 27, 2015, 5:30-7:00pm
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Where: National Instruments, Building C 1S15,
11500 N Mopac Expwy, Austin, TX 78759
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https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/33923
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Photonics Society (PHO)
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Life Members (LM) Affinity Group
Life members must be at least 65 years of age and
have been a member of IEEE or one of its predecessor
societies for such a period that the sum of his/her age
and his/her years of membership equals or exceeds 100
years. When an individual achieves Life member (LM)
status, their basic membership dues and Region
assessments are waived on 1 January of the year
following attainment of LM status.
More information on LM
Austin
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High Resolution Audio
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Sergio Liberman of Freescale, Inc.
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| Speaker Bio |
Sergio Liberman has more than 29 years of
experience in the semiconductor industry in design
and architecture of over 22 chips including DSP
processors, digital-to-analog converters, Class-D
audio amplifiers and SoC application processors.
These devices have been used in digital audio
systems for consumer, professional, and automotive
applications. Sergio holds two patents in
high-performance audio digital-to-analog converter
design, and has authored over 15 technical
publications. Sergio holds a B.Sc. EE from
Tel-Aviv University. |
| Abstract |
The goal of High Resolution Audio is to allow
the listener to hear exactly what the artist has
been hearing in the studio while creating music.
The wide availability of low cost mass storage and
high Internet bandwidth allows consumers to access
music recordings using High Resolution Audio
technology. This presentation will discuss how
High Resolution Audio recordings differ from
available CD and MP3 recordings, what equipment is
required for proper playback of High Resolution
Audio recordings, and how the quality requirements
affect the design of players, D/A converters,
amplifiers, headphones and speakers.
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| Date/Time |
22-April-2015
6:00 to 6:30pm -- Networking
6:30 to 8:30pm -- Business and Program
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| Location |
PoK-e-Jo's Smokehouse 2121 West Parmer Lane at
2121 West Parmer Lane at Lamplight Village Ave.
Austin, Texas
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https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/33889
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Joint meeting with Austin Life Members and
Central Texas Consultants Network.
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San Antonio
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Tour of McNay Museum |
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The McNay Museum in San Antonio, the first
Museum of Modern Art in Texas, is celebrating its
60th year. On Thursday, April 16th, Life
Members are invited to attend a tour of the Museum
highlights and the special exhibition
commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of
World War II. The exhibition, called “World
War II in Photographs: Looking Back”, is a special
collection of classic war images by some of the
great photojournalists of the era, as well as
images of the Monuments Men rescuing art in Europe
and of the war effort at the home front in San
Antonio.
The tour will be at the McNay Art Museum at 6000
North New Braunfels and will begin at 11:00
am. Parking is free and the admission charge
is $5 per person. Following the 1 hour tour,
a luncheon for the members will be held at the
Paloma Blanca Restaurant at 5800 Broadway.
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Apr 16 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
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McNay Art Museum
6000 North New Braunfels
San Antonio, Texas
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alozano2915@sbcglobal.net
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Power and Energy Society - Austin
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Power and Energy Society - San
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Product Safety Engineering Society
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The "Internet of Things" (aka "How your pork
roast in the refrigerator will remind you it's
there...) |
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Representative from Intertek
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April 21, 2015
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Dell South Parmer Lane campus, building PS4, in
the Victoria conference room (just inside the
door).
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Joint Signal
Processing/Communications Society (COM/SP)
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A method to Test Audio/Video Delay in Adaptive
Bitrate Networks
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Mr. Pierre Costa, Lead Member of Technical
Staff, AT&T
Pierre Costa is Lead Member of Technical Staff at
AT&T Laboratories in Austin, TX where he is a
research engineer in the area of video
technologies. He has been an active member of
several Standards bodies and has co-chaired the
ATIS Network Performance and QoS subcommittee, the
VSF HBRAV and QoE technical groups. He is a member
of IEEE and SMPTE, and a contributor and board
member of the Video Services Forum. Mr. Costa
developed early ATM technology at Washington
University, MO. and has been active in video
quality measurement standards as well as QoS
standards for close to twenty years. He received
his BSEE and MSEE from the University of Texas at
Austin. He owns two patents in IP-ATM protocol
conversion and 27 patents in video technologies.
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The way in which video programming is delivered
to users has changed dramatically in the last
several years. Live Broadcast and Sports, which
were traditionally linear video transmissions to
TV’s in homes, is being replaced with Adaptive
Bitrate streaming which can reach not only TV’s
but wireless devices such as tablets and smart
phones. This new method of delivering video to
users presents new challenges in the development
and testing of these systems.
This presentation focuses on testing lipsync, a
very critical parameter in the delivery of video.
It is well known that large variations in lipsync
(whether audio leading or lagging video) creates a
very negative quality of experience by the user. A
method to tackle testing lipsync in real-time,
using objective techniques is described. The key
is to accurately measure lipsync of a program
which has been processed to generate many
different profiles (bitrate, frame rate, etc.).
The method uses simple electronic signal
processing along with the aid of a digital
acquisition system.
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April 23, 2015
Time: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
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AT&T Labs, Room Number: #220, 9505
Arboretum, Austin, Texas
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FREE
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https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/33941
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Systems, Man & Cybernetics
Society (SMC)
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For further information, contact David Akopian david.akopian@utsa.edu
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Technology Management Council
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Contact Leslie Martinich (lmartinich@ieee.org)
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Women in Engineering Affinity Group
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Contact Leslie Martinich (lmartinich@ieee.org)
for more information about WIE.
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