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Central Texas Section in Social Media
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group - this group is limited to IEEE
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From the Central Texas Section Chair
August will be a busy
month starting with the NIWeek Conference 3-6 Aug. IEEE
has a booth in the exhibition hall. As last year, CTS
will be manning the IEEE booth for the three days of the
conference. If you are attending please stop by. Several
chapters will be having very interesting talks
throughout August, click HERE
to see the next 180 days of planned activity.
On September 23 the IEEE Computer Society Rock Stars of
Wearables at the Brazos Hall in downtown Austin. Find
out what technologies are needed for werables and which
markets are emerging. The Rock Star speakers will show
you how to stake your claim in the fast-growing future
of wearables. For more information go to Rock-Stars
of Wearables.
Chapter leaders should be seeing to it that the chapter
officer election process is running on schedule. I
outlined the entire process in the May Analog. By
this time, a nominating committee should have identified
candidates for the chapter positions. Chapters Officers
serve a one year term from 1 January through 31
December. Chapter officer may serve for 2 consecutive
terms in the same office. The Chapter Officers shall be
an IEEE member of Graduate Student Member, Member,
Senior Member or Fellow grade and a member of the parent
Society. Elections should take place during the chapter
November meeting. If the chapter does not have a meeting
scheduled for November then the election should take
place during the meeting prior to November.
Kenny Rice
Chairman, Central Texas Section
krice@ieee.org
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Membership
Development
IEEE Participation in
this Year’s National Instruments NI WEEK
The IEEE Central Texas Section will be
participating in this year’s NI Week as exhibitors
August 3rd though the 5th. We will be promoting
the value of being an IEEE member both nationally and
local to the Central Texas Section.
If you’re at NI Week, be sure and stop by the IEEE
booth, say hello and help talk to other NIWeek
attendees about what it is to be an IEEE member!
Did you know about IEEE – IEEE Membership
Tool-kit
Did You Know –
The IEEE-USA has put together a website to support
membership career development. Whether you're a
student trying to select a focus, if you're just
starting your career, or if you're getting close to
retirement, IEEE has a wealth of resources to help you
at every stage of your professional life.
Resource highlights:
- Ebooks
- Salary Comparison
- Employment Navigation
- Others
And it’s FREE ……check it out at:
https://www.ieeeusa.org/careers/
Joe Redfield
CTS Membership Development Chair
J.Redfield@ieee.org
210-744-2968
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News of Interest to the
Section
Texas Board of Professional Engineers
Ethics Webinars
The next ethics webinar is on 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.
What Programming Language Should you Learn?
Well, that really depends, but this article
can give you some ideas. For the second year in a row,
IEEE Spectrum has teamed up with computational
journalist Nick Diakopoulos to give you a popularity
ranking that you can adjust to meet your own needs. Read
more . . .
Celebrate the launch of IEEE Courses in IEEE Xplore
with special limited-time pricing for the following
continuing education:
Five of our classic courses are free for all
learners:
Five of our key courses are half-price for all
learners:
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Call for Volunteers
IEEE REGION 5 ANNOUNCES CANDIDATES FOR 2016-17
DIRECTOR ELECT.
The Region 5 Committee has selected two of their 2015
Executive Officers as their candidates for their 2016-17
Director Elect position. The IEEE Elections
will open on August 17th, 2015 and will close on October
1st, 2015. It’s important that all voting
members become informed about the two candidates who will
automatically be elevated to Region Director in 2018. They
are:
T. Scott Atkinson, IEEE Life Senior Member (48
years in the IEEE), Past Member and Vice Chair of the IEEE
MGA Board, 5 years on the IEEE MGA Geographic Unit
Operations Support Committee (two as Chair), and Executive
Chair of two IEEE Communications Society Flagship
Conferences (2001 & 2014). He had a very successful
career working for the U.S. Air Force, a major energy
company and a financial services company. He is now
retired and a full time IEEE volunteer. He currently
is the South Area Chair of Region 5. He resides in
San Antonio and is an active member of the Central Texas
Section. Reference: https://www.tscottatkinson.com.
Robert C. Shapiro, P.E., IEEE Senior Member, (34
years in the IEEE), Region 5 volunteer leader for 9 years
including Membership Development and South Area Chairs and
currently Secretary. Previously served as General Chair of
2 IEEE Vehicular Technology Society VTC Flagship
conferences (2005 and 2007) and has held numerous
leadership positions in the IEEE Dallas Section and
Communications and Vehicular Technology Chapters and as an
elected Board of Governors and Vice Presidents of
Societies, Councils and Committees. Robert currently
resides in Dallas, Texas and is a Wireless Consulting
Engineer specializing in Public Safety Communications and
Positive Train Control. Reference: https://rcshapiro.com
Young Professionals’ Voice:
Just Start Something…
In October 2014, IEEE invited me to be on a
panel of entrepreneurs at the Technical Entrepreneurship
Mini-Conference in Toronto, Ontario. Filled with
excitement and anxiety, I was the youngest entrepreneur
to be on this panel. All the other participants were
seasoned entrepreneurs.
I remember looking over some answers that I had prepared
for possible questions the moderator might ask. I also
remember not wanting to be the one to go first, but of
course I was. The moderator began his introduction, and
then passed the mic for each of us to introduce
ourselves. Speaking first only added to my pressure.
Since each of the other speakers were veterans with
their spiel, my introduction, by comparison, was
relatively brief.
After introductions, the moderator asked the first
question: A lot of people want to take the plunge into
entrepreneurship. In your opinion or experience, what
are the biggest challenges faced by many young or new
entrepreneurs?
Reflecting back on this experience and this question,
leads me into my next thoughts…
When I was in a sophomore in college, pursuing my
engineering degree, I met a classmate who had a drive
similar to mine. We bonded very well, and naively
decided we wanted to start a business together--after
knowing each other for only two days. OK, now what? We
had no clue what type of business to start. We were
searching like eagles scouring the sky.
We came up with many different ideas for business
ventures--from starting our own iPhone repair shop--to
creating a website. After some soul searching we finally
discovered our calling: mobile applications. Now what?
We had no clue how to start a company, or even an app.
Faced with this challenge, we did what eagles do when
scouting for prey from high above--we dove right
in--head first.
The first step was learn how to develop mobile
applications. Easier said than done! We had no time and
no resources, as mere college students. Kiboshed! I’d be
lying if I said we weren’t “thrown a monkey wrench”
several times. In fact, we still get obstructed today,
but on much higher level. The bottom line: we struggled.
But we had been all too familiar with hardships from our
past, so struggling was not a deal breaker. My business
partner had come all the way from Columbia with his
family, with just a little bit of savings. I moved out
of my home when I was 16. So, we persevered through the
obstacles set before us, and founded the software
company, Lion Mobile LLC, in August of 2013,
How did we do it? We just started something, and we
leveraged time. Whenever we weren’t studying for exams,
we would study mobile development. We sacrificed several
weekends studying mobile applications. This commitment
even continued upon graduation. We studied after work,
and met on weekends to discuss what we learned during
the week.
After some years, we eventually tackled our first app
endeavor! It was a small and modest app, but it opened
up doors for us, enabling us to tackle even larger
challenges. We would even successfully develop apps for
other companies, and grow from a team of two--to a team
of ten lions!
And to think, we started by simply becoming obsessed
with the idea to start a business.
So when, I was asked by the moderator: What are the
biggest challenges faced by many young or new
entrepreneurs?
At the Technical Entrepreneurial Mini-Conference in
Toronto, Ontario (October 2014)
I replied, “One of the biggest challenges is just
getting started.”
The irony in that response was that I was the first
person to answer the first question. It’s true though.
Just getting started is a challenge and that impedes
most people--whether it is entrepreneurship, or simply
just getting out of their comfort zone. People fear
uncertainty. The idea that they might fail, and waste
valuable time, stops them dead in their tracks before
they even get started. The fact of the matter is, you
will ultimately waste valuable time by not starting in
the first place. Read my previous column, It’s About
Time, to drive the point home even further.
I challenge you to stop wondering and to just start
something. Start taking that class on that topic that
you were always curious about. Do you want to be an
author? Start writing something – everyday. Do you
want your own business? Start writing a business plan.
By not starting now, you eventually could be your future
self, reading an article that a young entrepreneur
wrote, and reflect back to your past, thinking: Why
didn’t I just try that one thing when I was younger? Or,
why didn’t I just keep going? Where could I be today?
Don’t be this person…
Life’s journey has already begun, and is not waiting for
anyone. So, get going. Just start something…
- See more at: https://insight.ieeeusa.org/insight/content/ieeeusa/129164#sthash.tIofUgjX.dpuf
Continuing Education
IEEE Provided
Spectrum Tech
Insider Webinars
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
- August 19, 2015: IEEE Virtual Career &
Talent Expo
Sign up for the August 19th live recruiting and
networking day at the IEEE Career and Talent Expo!
Get online and meet with companies, recruiters, IEEE
Societies and many new resources. The Expo is
growing and we thank you for your support!
Participants
click here
Companies
click here
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
Tips, Tools and Gadgets
I had added in the July
Analog a notice in "News of Interest to the
Section" a short announcement about the Texas Museum of Science and
Technology (TxMOST) that opened recently in Cedar
Park. I visited TxMOST along with two of my
granddaughters a few weeks ago.
The first thing I would say is that there is not much to
see currently other than the visiting Body works
exhibit. If you are into human physiology or human
anatomy, then you will enjoy the exhibit. Unfortunately
they do not have any static exhibits that will appeal to
us physicists and engineers yet, though with the space
they have available I am sure more exhibits will follow.
Second, for elementary age kids the current exhibit does
not offer a lot that will be of interest to most. They
are supposed to get a permanent planetarium in operation
this fall, so that will broaden the appeal.
That said, I am glad that I visited and helped to
support TxMOST, as I want to see Austin finally get a
science museum. I encourage you, and your companies to
support them. as well.
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@ieeeut.org
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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Useful IEEE Links
Other Region 5 Section Newsletters
Conferences,
Meetings and Events
Local IEEE Conferences, Events
or Workshops
- August 19, 2015: IEEE Virtual Career & Talent
Expo
Sign up for the August 19th live recruiting and
networking day at the IEEE Career and Talent Expo! Get
online and meet with companies, recruiters, IEEE
Societies and many new resources. The Expo is growing
and we thank you for your support!
Participants
click here
Companies
click here
- August 29, 2015: IEEE Central Texas Section 2015
Fall Section Meeting
You are invited to attend the Central Texas
Section Meeting on Sat August 29.
Breakfast at 7:30 AM, meeting starts at 7:50 AM
Meeting Location (same location as the last years
meeting): RF Mitte Building lecture room 5242 (fifth
floor), Texas State University 749 N. Comanche, San
Marcos, TX 78666
- September 21-23, 2015: 2015
ACM/IEEE International Conference on Formal
Methods and Models for Codesign (MEMOCODE)
Peter O'Donnell Building (POB)
The University of Texas at Austin
201 E. 24TH St.
Austin, TX, USA
MEMOCODE's objective is to bring together researchers
and industry practitioners interested in all aspects
of computer system development, to exchange ideas,
research results and lessons learned. MEMOCODE seeks
research contributions on all aspects of methods and
models for system, hardware, and software design and
development: formal foundations, engineering methods,
tools, and experimental case studies.
Final submission deadline: 07 Aug 2015
Notification of acceptance date: 17 Jul 2015
See the web
site for further information
- September 22, 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.
See https://www.computer.org/web/rock-stars
for further information
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!)
- September 27-30, 2015: 2015
Formal Methods in Computer-Aided Design (FMCAD)
University of Texas at Austin
FMCAD 2015 is the fifteenth in a series of conferences
on the theory and applications of formal methods in
hardware and system verification. FMCAD provides a
leading forum to researchers in academia and industry
for presenting and discussing groundbreaking methods,
technologies, theoretical results, and tools for
reasoning formally about computing systems. FMCAD
covers formal aspects of computer-aided system design
including verification, specification, synthesis, and
testing.
See https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/hunt/FMCAD/FMCAD15/index.shtml
for more details
- November 2-6, 2015: International Conference on
Computer Aided Design (ICCAD)
ICCAD is the premier forum to explore emerging
challenges, present cutting-edge R&D solutions,
record theoretical and empirical advances, and
identify future roadmaps for design automation. More
information about the International Conference on
Computer-Aided Design can be found at https://iccad.com/
- November 15-20, 2015: 2015
SC - International Conference for High Performance
Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis
Austin Convention Center
SC has been at the forefront in gathering the best and
brightest minds in supercomputing together, with our
unparalleled technical papers, tutorials, posters and
speakers. SC12 will take a major step forward not only
in supercomputing, but in super -conferencing, with
everything designed to make the 2012 conference the
most you friendly conference in the world. We re
streamlining conference information and moving to a
virtually real -time method of determining technical
program thrusts. No more pre -determined technical
themes picked far in advance. Through social media,
data mining, and active polling, we ll see which
technical interests and issues emerge throughout the
year, and focus on the ones that interest you most.
- December 1-4, 2015: 2015
IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS)
San Antonio, TX, USA
The IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS) is the
premier conference in the area of real-time systems,
presenting innovations in the field with respect to
theory and practice. RTSS provides a forum for the
presentation of high-quality, original research
covering all aspects of real-time systems design,
analysis, implementation, evaluation, and experiences.
RTSS’15 continues the trend of making RTSS an
expansive and inclusive symposium, looking to embrace
new and emerging areas of realtime systems research.
RTSS’15 welcomes submissions in all areas of real-time
systems, including but not limited to operating
systems, networks, middleware, compilers, tools,
modeling, scheduling, QoS support, resource
management, testing and debugging, design and
verification, hardware/software co-design, fault
tolerance, security, power and thermal management,
embedded platforms, and system experimentation and
deployment experiences.
See https://2015.rtss.org/
for more details
- January 24-27, 2016: 2016
IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS)
JW Marriott Austin
110 2nd Street
Austin, TX, USA
This is a set of five conferences with a focus on
wireless components, applications, and systems that
effect both now and our future life style. These
conferences main niche is to bring together
technologists, circuit designers, system designers,
and entrepreneurs at a single event. It was and is the
place where these worlds meet, where new processes and
systems can be bench-marked against the needs of
circuit designers at the bleeding edge of RF systems,
where today’s design compromises can trigger
tomorrow’s advanced technologies. Where dreams can
become a reality.
Abstract submission deadline: 24 Jul 2015
Final submission deadline: 06 Nov 2015
Notification of acceptance date: 16 Sep 2015
- May 14-22, 2016: 2016
IEEE/ACM 38th IEEE International Conference on
Software Engineering (ICSE)
Renaissance Austin Hotel
9721 Arboretum Blvd
ICSE 2016 is the premiere worldwide forum for
professionals interested in all aspects of software
engineering research. Over 1000 academic, industrial,
and governmental researchers from dozens of
countries—including over a hundred students—attend
ICSE. The three-day main conference has multiple
tracks reporting on innovative research results as
well as on software engineering education and
practice. Tutorials, workshops and other collocated
events are held before and after the main conference
to allow in-depth presentations and discussions of
specific topics in software engineering.
Abstract submission deadline: 28 Aug 2015
Full Paper Submission deadline: 28 Aug 2015
Final submission deadline: 13 Feb 2016
Notification of acceptance date: 15 Dec 2015
See https://2016.icse.cs.txstate.edu/
for more details
- June 2-10, 2016: 2016
53nd ACM/EDAC/IEEE Design Automation Conference
(DAC)
Hilton Austin
500 East Fourth Street
Austin, TX, USA
The world's premier EDA and semiconductor design
conference and exhibition. DAC features over 60
sessions on design methodologies and EDA tool
developments, keynotes, panels, plus the NEW User
Track presentations. A diverse worldwide community
representing more than 1,000 organizations attends
each year, from system designers and architects, logic
and circuit designers, validation engineers, CAD
managers, senior managers and executives to
researchers and academicians from leading
universities.
See https://www.dac.com/
for further details
- 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.
August 3-6. 2015: NI Week
The 21st annual NIWeek conference is set to
bring together the brightest minds in engineering and
science at the Austin Convention Center in Austin,
Texas, beginning August 3. This is especially
great news for Texas customers because you will
receive 30% off the full conference price! Check
out the "NIWeek for Texans" option when you register.
August 21 & 22, 2015: Texas Linux Fest 2015
It's that time... TxLF 2015 is here!
TLF 160x600
Are you as excited as we are for the 6th annual Texas
Linux Fest?!
We are going to be at the San Marcos Convention Center
August 21st and 22nd!
This year we are planning to do two full days of expo
floor! We are already accepting registration
for this year's event!
We are now accepting registration for this year's
event. Sign up now!
Call for papers is officially open!
If you would like to submit a talk, please check
here for more info.
If you are staying at the embassy suites, we have a
special group rate for Texas Linux Festival attendees
and it can be redeemed using the following booking
code online or by calling and using over the phone: TXLinux2015
or click
here for more information
Want to be a vendor? Have an awesome idea? Maybe you
want to volunteer to help out?
For any other questions, feel free to shoot an email
over to info@texaslinuxfest.org
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Science, Technology, Engineering,
and Mathematics (STEM) Events and Information
Women in
Science and Mathematics (WiSM)
While the express goal of this website is to
recruit and retain women students in sciences and
mathematics at Eastern Illinois University, there is
plenty of good information on the site for the rest of
us. Readers may like to start with Further Reading,
where they can link to media coverage of women in
science from around the web. From there, they may select
Biographies of Women in Science, where they can access
dozens of biographies of women who have made
contributions to fields as diverse as chemistry,
primatology, biophysics, and astronomy. In addition, the
site features links to half a dozen other websites on
the topic, from the Smithsonian's photo portraits of
women scientists to the San Diego Supercomputer Center's
coverage of women scientists from around the world.
STEMblog
STEMconnector is both a resource and a service
that is designed “to link those advocating science,
technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education
across disciplines and distances.” It seeks to connect
diverse educators, professionals, and government
officials together based on a love of applied science.
The STEMblog, a project of STEMconnector, is updated
regularly and focuses its energies on the relationship
between business and STEM subjects. Recent articles, for
example, have alerted readers to corporate-sponsored
prizes for high school science teachers, a recognition
of National Engineers Week, and the math behind a new
Android app. For readers who are looking to make
connections between STEM subjects and industry partners,
the STEMblog is an informative site to check back on
regularly.
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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Local Chapter Activities
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.
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Antennas &
Propagation/Microwave Theory and Techniques (AP/MTT)
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Council on Electronic Design
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Join
CTS CEDA on LinkedIn
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
for detailed instructions.
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
Manufacturing Technology (CPMT)
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Computer Society (C)
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Cybersecurity programs at UTSA
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Dr. Greg White of UTSA will talk about the
Cybersecurity programs at the University.
White is a longtime advocate for cyber security
education, research and training in San Antonio
and across the nation. From 1980 to 2010, he
served in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Air Force
Reserve in multiple capacities, eventually earning
the rank of colonel. In 2001, he joined UTSA
information systems faculty and helped establish
the CIAS, UTSA’s first cyber security research
center. The center will celebrate its tenth
anniversary later this month.
Under White’s leadership, the CIAS founded and
conducts the National
Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition, the
nation's largest cyber-security contest for
college students. The center also offers
cyber-security preparedness exercises and training
to state and local governments and organizations
across the United States.
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UTSA offers academic programs for students
interested in pursuing careers in cyber security,
whether their focus is computer programming and
networking or applying technology to an
organization’s needs.The Department
of Information Systems & Cyber Security
offers a Ph.D. concentration in information
technology, an infrastructure assurance
concentration as part of the M.S. in information
technology, an MBA concentration in infrastructure
assurance and a B.B.A. in infrastructure
assurance.The Department
of Computer Science offers B.S. and M.S.
degrees in computer science with concentrations in
computer and information security.Additional
related coursework is offered through the Department of
Electrical & Computer Engineering.
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18-August-2015
Time: 07:00PM to 08:30PM |
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St. Mary's University
1 Camino Santa Maria
San Antonio, Texas
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https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/34544
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Central Texas Consultants
Network Affinity Group
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Cognitive Computing and the Customer Experience:
The good, the bad and the future possibilities
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Ryan Lund of Cerebri, Inc
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Ryan Lund is the CEO of Cerebri, focusing on
machine learning products and service to enhance
consumer experience, while increasing revenue and
decreasing costs of the businesses they serve.
Previously an Implementation Director at one of
the premier EMR Software companies in the United
States, Ryan oversaw software development and
implementations across the United States.
Ryan graduated from the University of Minnesota
with a B. S. in Economics, and with minors in
Mathematics, Statistics and Management.
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Major players such as IBM Watson are marketing
the technology of the future. This talk will
investigate and describe the good, bad and ugly of
incorporating machine learning into businesses’
customer experience. Using my own experience with
a start-up company focused on exploiting machine
learning to enhance customer service, and drawing
on other leading thoughts in the industry, I will
discuss what can really be expected at this point
in time and what can we look forward to in the
future.
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26-August-2015
Time: 06:00PM to 08:30PM
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2121 West Parmer Lane at Lamplight Village Ave.
Austin, Texas
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$5.00 minimum cost for the restaurant. Supper is
at optional extra cost. Reservations are not
required. All interested parties are invited to
attend.
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https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/35398
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Do a friend a favor. Bring your colleagues to grow the
Consultants Network.
More
information
on Consultants Networks
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EducationSociety (E)
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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
(YP/GOLD) Affinity Group
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Devon Ryan prepared this 'highlight'
video of Young Professional activities at SXSW 2015.
Follow the Young Professionals on Facebook
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Instrumentation and Measurement
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Photonics Society (PHO)
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For more information, contact Mikhail Belkin
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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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San Antonio
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Tour of Transguide Operations Center
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Our host for the tour will be John Gianotti. He
will provide a more technical tour and discussion
of the communications and networking systems than
the normal public tours of the facility.
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The TransGuide Intelligent Transportation System
(ITS) in San Antonio became operational in July
1995. Operating agency partners in the TransGuide
ITS project included the Texas Department of
Transportation (TxDOT), the City of San Antonio
(CoSA), and VIA Metropolitan Transit (VIA).
TransGuide is a state-of-the-art system and is
effective in managing traffic on San Antonio’s
freeway and arterial transportation network. Over
the years, TransGuide has provided information to
motorists about traffic conditions – including
crashes, congestion and construction – through the
use of surveillance cameras, dynamic message signs
(DMS), media information sharing, an active web
site and an ever-evolving digital communications
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20-August-2015
Time: 10:30AM to 12:00PM (1.50 hours)
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Transguide Operations Center
3500 NW Loop 410
San Antonio, Texas
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https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/35403
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After the tour, everyone who wishes can join the
group at Ernesto’s Mexican and Seafood Restaurant
for lunch.
Lunch: 12:15 pm to 1:15 pm
Ernesto’s Mexican & Seafood
2559 Jackson-Keller
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Power and Energy Society - Austin
(PE/PEL/IA/IE)
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Power and Energy Society - San
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Product Safety Engineering Society
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Joint Signal
Processing/Communications Society (COM/SP)
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Systems, Man & Cybernetics
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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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Women in Engineering Affinity Group
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