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Wednesday October 14 at the Embassy Suites in San Marcos, TX. Seven PDH classes on the power industry will be offered FREE OF CHARGE. If you are interested, send your full name, title, company, phone number and email address to andreanelson@eaton.com
Engadget Live is taking over the Austin Music Hall to bring gadget lovers and awesome tech companies together. Entry is free, but they're also offering you the chance to beat the crowds and get in an hour early for $15. Get your free ticket or purchase an early-access pass here.
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The 13th annual Texas Wireless Summit (TWS) provides a forum on emerging technology and business models for industry leaders and academics. Hosted by the University of Texas at Austin’s Wireless Networking and Communications Group (WNCG), the Summit offers direct access to cutting-edge research and innovations from industry leaders, investors, academics and startups.November 5, 2015: 2015 Workshop on Hardware and Algorithms for Learning On-a-chip (HALO)
Through keynote and panel-driven discussions, leading business and technology executives and top academics share entrepreneurially-oriented research. This year’s theme focuses on The View to 5G: From Applications to the Air Interface.
The faculty organizers for this event include WNCG Profs. Jeffrey Andrews, Constantine Caramanis and Robert Heath.
The 2015 Texas Wireless Summit will be hosted on The University of Texas at Austin campus in the Blanton Art Museum.
Find out more at https://texaswirelesssummit.com
Call-For-Poster: 2015 Workshop on Hardware and Algorithms for Learning On-a-chip (HALO)November 6-8, 2015: Barnes & Noble to Host 650 Mini Maker Faires
Collocated with IEEE/ACM ICCAD, November 5th, 2015, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
https://nimo.asu.edu/halo
Background
Machine learning algorithms have made significant progresses, achieving the accuracy close to, or even better than human-level perception in various tasks. Yet hardware implementation of the massively parallel and/or deep learning algorithms is still too expensive in both computation and power consumption. There is a timely need to map the latest learning algorithms to application-specific hardware (e.g., FPGA, ASIC, etc.), in order to achieve orders of magnitude improvement in performance, energy efficiency and compactness. Recent progress in computational neurosciences and nanoelectronic technology, such as resistive memory devices, will further help shed light on future hardware-software platforms for learning on-a-chip.
The workshop organizers strongly encourage the submission of early results in the related topics. The submissions will be evaluated by the Technical Program Committee. The author(s) of the accepted submissions are expected to present the results in the format of posters at the workshop. Travel support will be provided to students or post-doctoral researchers, at the level of $500 for each domestic team and $1000 for each international team.
Key Topics
- Synaptic plasticity and neuron motifs of learning dynamics
- Computation models of cortical activities
- Sparse learning, feature extraction and personalization
- Deep learning with high speed and high power efficiency
- Hardware acceleration for machine learning and computer vision
- Hardware emulation of brain
- Nanoelectronic devices and architectures for neuro-computing
- Applications of learning on a smart mobile platform
Abstract Format
One page maximum in US Letter or A4 format. Once accepted, the authors are required to give a short oral introduction as well as poster presentation.
Travel Support
Travel support for a total of $15,000 is provided to accepted abstracts. The amount for each team will be at $500 (US) or $1000 (international).
Timeline
Submission
- Submission Deadline: September 30th, 2015
- Notification of Acceptance: October 3rd, 2015
- Workshop Date: November 5th, 2015
Please send the abstract in PDF format to yu.cao@asu.edu, with subject “HALO 2015 poster submission”
Contact
Professor Yu Cao, School of ECEE, Arizona State University, yu.cao@asu.edu
Calling all Makers: Here’s your chance to “think globally, act locally” and support Maker Faire — and your local bookstore, too.
Make: has partnered with our friends at Barnes & Noble to bring Making to 650 domestic stores for the weekend of November 6 to 8, as part of the Barnes & Noble Mini Maker Faire program.
Read more . . .
AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center. Register here
This will be the biggest Data Day ever.
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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.
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.
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IBM Watson Robotics |
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Ali Unwala Ali Unwala attended the University of Texas at Austin for both his Bachelor and Master of Science in Electrical Engineering. During his graduate work, he focused on robotics and AI systems. Ali's major contribution during his Master's work was creating a fully robotic system that was able to navigate autonomously multiple floors in a building to deliver coffee to individuals. Within IBM, Ali works at the Watson Innovation Labs and leads the robotics team there. His goal is to find innovative uses for Watson services in the space of robotics. |
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The talk will consist of three main themes.
First how Ali built his own first robot during his
graduate studies and finding a career path into
robotics as a specialization. Second how IBM is
leveraging the value of robotics in their business
endeavors. And third how you can build your own
robot at home. Robotics is now becoming a cutting
edge technology with the power many new AI
algorithms. With the ability to reason and
interact with the world we hope they may help
change the world. |
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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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Seminar: MICROPOWER INCREMENTAL A/D CONVERTERS |
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Gabor Temes of Oregon State University Gabor C. Temes is a Life Fellow of IEEE. He published over 600 research papers, and wrote or coauthored five books on circuit design, translated into Chinese, Japanese, Russian and other languages. He holds 15 patents on novel circuits and devices. He served as Editor of IEEE TCAS-I. He received the CAS Darlington Award, and the CAS Education as well as Technical Achievement Awards. He won the 1998 IEEE Graduate Teaching Award, the 2006 IEEE Gustav Robert Kirchhoff Award, and the 2009 CAS Mac Van Valkenburg Award. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering. |
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Integrated sensor interfaces need
high-resolution and power-efficient data
converters. In some applications, a single A/D
converter has to be multiplexed between many
sensors. Often, the optimum choice for the ADC
architecture is the incremental data converter
(IDC). An IDC is a memory-less (Nyquist-rate)
ADC, which uses an embedded delta-sigma (ΔΣ) ADC
and a digital postfilter to achieve very high
accuracy (say, 22 ENOB) through noise shaping.
As in a ΔΣ ADC, the accuracy can be enhanced by
cascading several ADC stages to achieve noise
cancellation. The resulting extended counting
ADC (EDC) may share the hardware between several
stages. In this seminar, a tutorial introduction will
be given which explains the peculiar features of
IDCs and EDCs, as well as the relative merits
and limitations of IDCs vs. conventional
Nyquist-rate ADCs and ΔΣ ADCs. After that, our
recent research results on the design of
micro-power IDCs and EDCs will be discussed, and
illustrated with implemented data converters. |
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19-October-2015 6:00 to 6:30 pm -- Networking and refreshments (pizza and water) 6:30 to 8:00 pm – Seminar |
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3D Vertical NAND Flash |
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Dr. Betty Prince of Memory Strategies
International Dr. Prince is CEO of Memory Strategies International. She previously worked with Texas Instruments, NV Philips, Motorola, RCA Semiconductor and Fairchild Semiconductor.. She is author of the recent book 3D Vertical Memory Technologies (2014 - Wiley) as well as Semiconductor Memories (1982), Semiconductor Memories 2nd Edition (1992), High Performance Memories, (1999), (Wiley)and Emerging Memories - Technologies and Trends, (2002) (Springer). She is a Senior Life Member of the IEEE and has served as an IEEE SSCS Distinguished Lecturer, on the Program Committee of the IEEE CICC and the ITC and on the Technical Advisory Board of IEEE Spectrum magazine. She was founder of the JEDEC JC-16 interface standards committee, Co-Chair of the JC42.2 SRAM standards committee and U.S. representative to the IEC SC47A WG3 memory committee. She has served on the Technical Advisory Board of several memory companies and on the Board of Directors of Mosaid Technologies.. She holds patents in the memory, processor and interface areas. She has a B.S. and M.S. in physics and math, an M.B.A.in International Marketing, and Ph.D.(U. of Texas) with doctoral dissertation in fractal modeling. |
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This presentation will cover various advanced
NAND Flash devices in development and now entering
production including recently announced scaled
planar NAND Flash technology and the different
configurations of 3D vertical NAND Flash.
The revolutionary and evolutionary aspects
of the various vertical NAND flash
technologies currently in development and
production will be covered including vertical
charge trapping vs. vertical floating gate NAND
technology, and horizontal stacked as well as
vertical channel 3D NAND technologies. The
BiCS, TCAT, VNAND and other vertical NAND
flash device technologies will be described.
Polysilicon and monocrystal silicon vertical
channels will be discussed along with
gate-all-around (GAA) and double gate cells.
Junction-less vertical channel issues will be
covered as well as barrier engineered SONOS. |
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27-October-2015 6:00 to 6:30 pm -- Networking and refreshments (pizza and water) 6:30 to 8:00 pm – Seminar. |
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| Topic/Title | A Graph-Theoretic Markovian Algorithm in Web Analytics |
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| Speaker | Dr. Ram Kosuru, HP and Dr. Choudur K.
Lakshminarayan, HP Dr. Ram Kosuru holds a Ph.D. in Engineering (Computer Science Major) from University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. He has been working in HP for the last 17 years; and briefly worked in Hitachi Computers (North America). IDr. Kosuru has 18 patents/patent applications in database systems, data analysis with US patent office and one patent application with India patent office. His areas of interests include Database architectures (systems and design), machine learning algorithms, data mining, algorithm design. Choudur K. Lakshminarayan is a Principal research Scientist in HP. He works in the areas of mathematical statistics, applied mathematics, and machine learning with applications in data mining, data compression, and data analysis of structured and unstructured data in real-time settings. He holds a Ph.D. in Mathematical Sciences and lives in Austin, Texas. |
| Abstract | Much effort in Big Data Analytics is dedicated
to discerning human intent in order to improve
revenue, profit, satisfaction and other key
performance indices (KPI). One example is modeling
clickstreams to predict behaviors of web browsers.
More particularly, we model browser intent (buy/no
buy) as a function of sequence of clicks at the
session-level. We use the labeled data for the two
classes. Often the training set for the class
“buy” is much smaller than that of the class “no
buy.” In this exposition we present techniques to
augment the training set of the class buy to
improve the classification of unknown data (new
sequences). We apply Markov chains of various
orders (complexity) to distinguish buyers from
non-buyers. The techniques are also used in
multi-class classification and are thus
extensible. |
| Date/Time | October 21, 2015 Time: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm |
| Location | THE ADVISORY BOARD - BUILDING 7 12357-C Riata Trace Parkway Bldg 7, Suite 100 Austin, Texas |
| Cost | Free |
| Registration | https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/36356 |
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| Topic/Title | Diffusion Tensor Imaging of the Central Nervous System Following Spinal Cord Injury and Stem Cell Transplant |
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| Speaker | Dr. Michael Jirjis Dr. Michael Jirjis is a research biomedical engineer for the Air Force Research Laboratory, 711 Human Performance Wing, Bioeffects Division, RF Research Branch in Fort Sam Houston, TX. He obtained his Bachelor of Science (2009) and Doctoral degrees (2013) from Marquette University. Dr. Jirjis has worked in the biotechnology industry at Cargill Inc., building up and analyzing biological cultures. He also has experience in the medical device industry working for both Medtronic and Boston Scientific on medical defibrillators, pacemakers, and cardiac stents. During his graduate research, Dr. Jirjis managed and conducted human and animal experiments in spinal cord injury, stem cell development, and medical imaging fields across three institutions. Before joining AFRL, Dr. Jirjis worked as a defense contractor for General Dynamics acting as a subject matter expert for human effects of NLW technology development and performing biological effect based experimental studies with radio frequency technology. Dr. Jirjis was influential in establishing the human effects modeling and analysis program roadmap for the Department of Defense's Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate. He has also conducted and coordinated human effectiveness and risk characterization for various NLW technology development programs. Dr. Jirjis has published 7 peer-reviewed manuscripts and 14 technical reports, and has presented his work at scientific conferences. |
| Abstract | The purpose of this research was to characterize
use of magnetic resonance diffusion tensor imaging
(DTI) as a diagnostic and prognostic tool in
understanding changes that occur throughout the
spinal cord and brain following a spinal cord
injury (SCI) and following stem cell transplant.
Diffusion of water inside the nervous system is
dramatically altered around a traumatic SCI lesion
site. However, little is known about diffusion
characteristics away from an injury and even less
is understood about DTI's sensitivity to
structural changes that occur following
regenerative transplant therapies. The
non-invasive nature of DTI could allow for remote
diagnostic and prognostic indicators of an SCI and
could provide physicians a method for tracking and
monitoring effectiveness of injected stem cells. To evaluate the sensitivity of DTI to structural changes in the central nervous system (CNS) following a traumatic SCI, diffusion metrics in the rat brain and cervical spinal cord were compared for four different injury severities in a thoracic contusion model of SCI. Structural changes in the cervical region of the spinal cord after transplantation of C17.2 neuronal stem cells were also examined with the use of DTI. The findings from this research suggest that diffusion tensor imaging is sensitive to changes in tissue structure in regions remote from injury and to cellular environments that increased sprouting of astrocytes as a result of stem cell transplant. Mean water diffusion in distal locations of the spinal cord and in the brain decreased following SCI. Neuronal stem cells that are known to elicit astrocytic proliferation produced mean increases in water diffusion. These results further clarify the potential for DTI to provide physicians a non-invasive method to monitor CNS changes following SCI. |
| Date/Time | 22-October-2015 07:00PM to 08:35PM |
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| Reservations | https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/36181 |
| Location | UTHSCSA Research Imaging Institute Seminar Room 8403 Floyd Curl Drive San Antonio, Texas |
| Notes | Joint meeting between Engineering in Medicine
and Biology Society and San Antonio Computer
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| Topic/Title | Cornerstone: Mindfulness for Life |
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| Speaker | Jenn Fairbank is the co-CEO and co-Founder of
Cornerstone: Mindfulness for Life. She is a
nationally trained mindfulness expert with a
masters degree in social work and shares the
ancient and scientific practice of mindfulness in
her trainings and private practice in Austin,
Texas. She studied in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and
Bristol, Vermont. She is the co-author of
Companion for Life. Erika Marcoux is the co-CEO and co-Founder of Cornerstone: Mindfulness for Life. She is a nationally trained mindfulness expert with a masters degree in psychology and shares the ancient and scientific practice of mindfulness in her trainings and private practice in Austin, Texas. She studied in the San Francisco Bay Area in California and Washington, D.C. She is the co-author of Companion for Life. |
| Abstract | High stress, project deadlines, and never-ending
demands are a way of life in our industry. Come
learn how to practice mindfulness to increase
productivity, reach success, and build
relationships from two of Austin’s nationally
trained mindfulness experts! Meditation creates
neuroplasticity, which is your brain’s ability to
change both structurally and functionally. Your
brain can literally grow and improve cognition.
The neural pathways and synapses increase and
improve body awareness, emotional intelligence,
behavioral awareness, and your mental capacity. |
| Date/Time | 28-October-2015 6:00 to 6:30pm -- Networking 6:30 to 8:30pm -- Business and Program |
| Location | Pok-e-Jo's Smokehouse 2121 West Parmer Lane at Lamplight Village Ave. Austin, Texas |
| Cost | $5.00 minimum cost for the restaurant.
Supper is optional at extra cost.
Reservations are not required. All
interested parties are invited to attend. |
| Reservations | https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/36179 |
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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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| Topic/Title | Diffusion Tensor Imaging of the Central Nervous System Following Spinal Cord Injury and Stem Cell Transplant |
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| Speaker | Dr. Michael Jirjis Dr. Michael Jirjis is a research biomedical engineer for the Air Force Research Laboratory, 711 Human Performance Wing, Bioeffects Division, RF Research Branch in Fort Sam Houston, TX. He obtained his Bachelor of Science (2009) and Doctoral degrees (2013) from Marquette University. Dr. Jirjis has worked in the biotechnology industry at Cargill Inc., building up and analyzing biological cultures. He also has experience in the medical device industry working for both Medtronic and Boston Scientific on medical defibrillators, pacemakers, and cardiac stents. During his graduate research, Dr. Jirjis managed and conducted human and animal experiments in spinal cord injury, stem cell development, and medical imaging fields across three institutions. Before joining AFRL, Dr. Jirjis worked as a defense contractor for General Dynamics acting as a subject matter expert for human effects of NLW technology development and performing biological effect based experimental studies with radio frequency technology. Dr. Jirjis was influential in establishing the human effects modeling and analysis program roadmap for the Department of Defense's Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate. He has also conducted and coordinated human effectiveness and risk characterization for various NLW technology development programs. Dr. Jirjis has published 7 peer-reviewed manuscripts and 14 technical reports, and has presented his work at scientific conferences. |
| Abstract | The purpose of this research was to characterize
use of magnetic resonance diffusion tensor imaging
(DTI) as a diagnostic and prognostic tool in
understanding changes that occur throughout the
spinal cord and brain following a spinal cord
injury (SCI) and following stem cell transplant.
Diffusion of water inside the nervous system is
dramatically altered around a traumatic SCI lesion
site. However, little is known about diffusion
characteristics away from an injury and even less
is understood about DTI's sensitivity to
structural changes that occur following
regenerative transplant therapies. The
non-invasive nature of DTI could allow for remote
diagnostic and prognostic indicators of an SCI and
could provide physicians a method for tracking and
monitoring effectiveness of injected stem cells. To evaluate the sensitivity of DTI to structural changes in the central nervous system (CNS) following a traumatic SCI, diffusion metrics in the rat brain and cervical spinal cord were compared for four different injury severities in a thoracic contusion model of SCI. Structural changes in the cervical region of the spinal cord after transplantation of C17.2 neuronal stem cells were also examined with the use of DTI. The findings from this research suggest that diffusion tensor imaging is sensitive to changes in tissue structure in regions remote from injury and to cellular environments that increased sprouting of astrocytes as a result of stem cell transplant. Mean water diffusion in distal locations of the spinal cord and in the brain decreased following SCI. Neuronal stem cells that are known to elicit astrocytic proliferation produced mean increases in water diffusion. These results further clarify the potential for DTI to provide physicians a non-invasive method to monitor CNS changes following SCI. |
| Date/Time | 22-October-2015 07:00PM to 08:35PM |
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| Reservations | https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/35823 |
| Location | UTHSCSA Research Imaging Institute Seminar Room 8403 Floyd Curl Drive San Antonio, Texas |
| Notes | Joint meeting between Engineering in Medicine
and Biology Society and San Antonio Computer
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| Topic/Title | IEEE Young Professionals Happy Hour @ Scholz Garten |
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| Abstract | Come join us for a Young Professionals Happy
Hour @ Scholz Garten to celebrate IEEE day! - Craft Beer and appetizers will be provided! - Great Networking - 6pm-8pm IEEE is the largest non-profit dedicated to advancing technology for humanity. |
| Date/Time | 06-October-2015 6pm-8pm |
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| Reservations | https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/36144 |
| Location | Scholz Garten The North Dining Room 1607 San Jacinto Blvd Austin, Texas |
| Notes | Joint with CTS IEEE Day celebration |
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| Topic/Title | MEDIUM VOLTAGE MOTOR WORKSHOP |
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| Abstract | Medium voltage motors operate at voltages from
2.3 kv through 7 kv. This one-day workshop will
provide instruction on the principles of the
design, manufacture, maintenance, and
trouble-shooting of medium voltage motors. The
workshop will conclude with a tour of the
TECO-Westinghouse manufacturing facility. The workshop fee includes breakfast tacos, breakfast beverages, break refreshments, lunch and workshop notebook. Upon completion of the workshop, participants will receive a certificate for eight PDHs. Registration and payment for this workshop must be completed by 10/14/2015 |
| Date/Time | 16-October-2015 07:00 – 08:00 Registration and Breakfast 08:00 – 08:15 Opening and Speaker Introduction 08:15 – 11:45 Morning Presentations 11:45 – 12:30 Lunch, sponsored by Shermco Industries 12:30 – 03:30 Afternoon Presentations 03:30 – 06:00 TECO-Westinghouse Tour 06:00 Dismisal |
| Location | TECO-Westinghouse 5100 Interstate 35 Frontage
Road Round Rock, Texa |
| Cost | If you have any questions or need any additional
information about the workshop, please contact
James Mercier at jmercier@ieee.org. James Mercier, IEEE 518 Academy Drive Austin, TX 78704 All cancellation and refund requests must be submitted in writing and received by James Mercier at the address above prior to October 2. There will be a 20% processing fee charged for all refunds. |
| Reservations | https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/35857 |
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| Topic/Title | Austin Energy’s Arc
Flash Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy |
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| Speaker | Clayton Stice of Austin
Energy Clayton Stice (BSChe 1984 from UT Austin, MSEE 2006 from UT Austin) works in the Smart Grid and System Operations group at Austin Energy where his responsibilities include improving the reliability and quality of the electrical distribution system as well as conducting company-wide efforts such as Arc Flash safety. Before joining Austin Energy 4 years ago, Mr. Stice spent 5 years with Stanley Consultants. Prior to that, he worked in private industry at AMD for almost 20 years. He is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and participated in the working group for IEEE-1547a-2014 as well as the current SCC21 effort for a full revision of IEEE1547 currently scheduled for release in 2016. |
| Abstract | Mr. Stice will present a
brief overview of Arc Flash basics and a short
history of code requirements that affect Austin
Energy’s employees, primarily the National
Electrical Safety Code (NESC) as well as the
NFPA-70E. He will then review how the
engineering study of its electrical system, and
then how AE implemented Arc Flash mitigation
plans. |
| Date/Time | 27-October-2015 Time: 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 United States 78704 |
| 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 | If you plan to attend, please RSVP via e-mail to
"ieee.pi2.austin@zxtech.net".
Cash required for food and beverage purchase. https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/35653 |
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| Topic/Title | Factory Tour |
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| Speaker | Bradley Feuge |
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| Date/Time | 22-October-2015 Time: 06:00PM to 08:00PM |
| Location | KACO 4036 Binz-engleman Rd Suite 208 San Antonio, Texas |
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| Topic/Title | Product Safety Labeling |
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| Speaker | P.J. Mullaly, Global Account Director for
WorldMark |
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| Date/Time | Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 7pm |
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| Location | Dell Parmer South Campus (East of IH 35 on
Parmer Lane) |
| Notes | If you would like to attend and need a map to
the meeting location, please contact Dale Ritzen (daler@austinmfg.com) |
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| Topic/Title | Machine Learning and Signal processing Methods
in Live Business Intelligence Operations |
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| Speaker | Dr. Choudur K. Lakshminarayan, Principal
research Scientist in HP Choudur K. Lakshminarayan is a Principal research Scientist in HP. He works in the areas of mathematical statistics, applied mathematics, and machine learning with applications in data mining, data compression, and data analysis of structured and unstructured data in real-time settings. He holds a Ph.D. in Mathematical Sciences and lives in Austin, Texas. |
| Abstract | As the ability to collect data from
sensors in industrial applications is increasing
at a fast rate, there is a need for algorithms to
process data in near real-time to generate
actionable insights at the speed of business. To
detect patterns in the massive amount of data
requires fast, on-line algorithms. Live BI
monitors the state of the system, detects a
diversity of anomalous events and warns about
impending failures. In this talk, I present
algorithms using signal processing, non-linear
dynamical systems, and time series in a framework
known as the mixture of experts to quickly detect
changes in patterns in the streaming data. We
demonstrate the usefulness of our approach through
a problem from the Energy Industry. Our algorithms
constructed to detect changes in flow patterns in
oil from a production bore-well in real time
however are not restricted to oil flows and can
easily be applied to other areas such as event
tracking in data centers, IT operations, and other
applications where large volumes of streaming data
is the norm. |
| Date/Time | October 15, 2015 6:00 p.m. Networking and Gathering 6:20 p.m. Call to Order, Announcement 6:30 p.m. Presentation, with Q/A 8:00 p.m. Meeting Survey Feedback, Adjour |
| Location | AT&T Labs, Room Number: #220, 9505
Arboretum, Austin, Texas |
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| Topic/Title | Discussion of trends in Technology and Engineering Management. |
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| Abstract | 6:00 Networking 6:30 Discussion 7:00 Election of new leadership for chapter 8:00 adjourn |
| Date/Time | October 6, 2015 6:00 - 8:00 pm |
| Location | Scholz Beer Garten 1607 San Jacinto Blvd Austin, Texas |
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| Registration | https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/36121 |
| Notes | Joint with CTS IEEE Day celebration |
Contact Leslie Martinich (lmartinich@ieee.org) for more information about the Austin TMC.
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Contact Leslie Martinich (lmartinich@ieee.org) for more information about WIE.
