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AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center. Register hereFebruary 19-21, 2016: Bodyhacking Con 2016
This will be the biggest Data Day ever.
https://datadaytexas.com
The 2+ days of BDYHAX include conference sessions and discussions focused on everything from information security in wearable tech to the sense of touch being integrated into prosthetics. You’ll have the opportunity to meet biohackers augmenting the human sensory experience in their DIY labs, hear debates on ethics in human augmentation, and build your own tDCS device for at-home brain hacking. Check out the cutting edge of cosmetic surgery, the latest buzz in tattooing, and far more amazing things than we could ever hope to possibly write about in a single paragraph.
BodyHacking Con’s official 2016 home is Exhibit Hall 5 in the Northeast corner of the Austin Convention Center. Conferences will be held in the North side of 4th floor in Ballrooms F&G, and Meeting Rooms 12A and 12B.
Read more here
Celebrate how engineers make a world of difference. Pledge now!February 29, 2016: SPE DSATS/IADC ART Symposium Human Integration with Automation and Machine Intelligence
Global Day of the Engineer brings together the international community to:
Celebrate the accomplishments of engineers
Give students around the world a chance to experience engineering
Share the amazing innovations engineers create every day
Be part of the movement that celebrates this amazing group of people and helps grow our next generation innovations.
Read more . . .
Omni Fort Worth Hotel
1300 Houston St, Fort Worth, Texas 76102
Monday, 29 February 2016
1300–1700
Networking Reception
1700–1900
DSATS (SPE’s Drilling Systems Automation Technical Section) and ART (IADC’s Advanced Rig Technology Committee) will hold a half-day symposium featuring 3 keynote presentations on human integration with automation and machine intelligence. The symposium will open with an update from SPE DSATS and IADC ART describing progress of various working groups and the outlook for future activities. The annual DSATS officer and board selection will take place.
Three industry leading speakers will address the integration of humans with automation from their own experiences in non-oil and gas drilling environments with the opportunity for audience Q&A after each speech.
Read more . . .
Booked at the Palmer Events Center.
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2016 Youth in STEAM Conference
This is the 4th year for this conference. It will be held 8:30 AM unti 3:00 PM February 7 at Round Rock High School. Registration for the event begins at 8:00 AM. Attendees will be the 7th thru 12th grade students from RRISD. Area partners (companies and STEM organizations) will be available with a booth and hands on demonstrations. See this link for more information.
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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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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Dr. Chin-Liang Chang, President of Nicesoft
Corporation Dr. Chin-Liang Chang earned his PhD from University of California, Berkeley, CA in 1968. He was with National Institutes of Health, IBM, and Lockheed. After his retirement, he founded Nicesoft Corporation. He has written four books and more than 50 papers. His fields are Artificial Intelligence, Relational Database, and Software Engineering. |
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As technology advances, we need to build
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neural networks is that they are procedural and
cannot be computed in parallel. The computational model that I propose is based on nearest neighbor classifiers for a large number of samples; for example, a driverless car may encounter a problem with over a million samples (situations). A massively parallel array processor can tremendously speed up the computation of a large nearest neighbor classifier. We need to consider different technologies to implement a massively parallel array processor. For example, a silicon-based technology with 20 billion transistors on a chip will be a nice technology to have. |
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| Topic/Title | Cyber Liability Insurance |
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| Speaker | Shannon DeLaune Mr. Shannon DeLaune is co-CEO of SWBC Insurance Services in San Antonio. |
| Abstract | What if your company has responsibility for
personal or sensitive information for thousands or
millions of customers? Do you have all the
security bases covered? Could your company
suffer major financial losses if that information
is lost or compromised? A reasonable thing
to do is consider buying Cyber Liability Insurance
to provide a measure of financial protection. Your company’s management – and you – need to be aware of the possible risks and available mitigations. Our speakers will describe their company’s approach to risk assessment and underwriting for cyber liability insurance. |
| Date/Time | January 19, 2016 6:15 – Optional meal at your own expense in the University Center Cafeteria 7:00 – Meeting and program 8:30 – Adjourn |
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| Location | Conference Room B (2nd Floor) Bldg: University Center St. Mary’s University 1 Camino Santa Maria San Antonio, Texas |
| Notes | Joint meeting with San Antonio Computer and
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Fun with Chemistry presents a short lecture on
the fundamental differences of chemical and
physical changes through several unique
demonstrations, including the explosions,
thunderclouds, and other fun experiments. Dr. B
will make chemistry come alive and foster interest
in learning and discovery for students of all ages
by participation in hands-on activities. Fun with
Chemistry is a science outreach program provided
by the Department of Chemistry at The University
of Texas at Austin that was created with the hope
of inspiring students to focus on science and
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27-January-2016 6:00 to 6:30pm -- Networking 6:30 to 8:30pm -- Business and Program |
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$5.00 minimum cost for the restaurant.
Supper is optional at extra cost.
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PoK-e-Jo's Smokehouse 2121 West Parmer Lane at Lamplight Village Ave. Austin, Texas |
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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 | Image-guided procedures for the Brain and Heart– Quantitative MRI and Augmented Ultrasound |
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| Speaker | Dr. Terry Peters Dr. Terry Peters is a Scientist in the Imaging Research Laboratories at the Robarts Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada, as well as Professor in the Departments of Medical Imaging and Medical Biophysics at Western University London, as well as a member of the Graduate Programs in Neurosciences and Biomedical Engineering. He is also an adjunct Professor at McGill University in Montreal. He received his graduate training at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand in Electrical Engineering. His Ph.D. work dealt with fundamental issues in Computed Tomography (CT) image reconstruction, and resulted in a seminal paper on the topic in 1971. For the past 30 years, his research has focused on the application of computational hardware and software advances to medical imaging modalities in surgery and therapy. Starting in 1978 at the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI), Dr. Peters’ lab pioneered many of the image-guidance techniques and applications for neurosurgery. In 1997, at the Robarts Imaging Research Laboratories Dr. Peters established a focus on image-guidance for surgery and therapy that has expanded over the past seventeen years to encompass procedures for the heart, brain, and abdomen. He has authored over 250 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters, a similar number of abstracts, and has delivered over 200 invited presentations. He has mentored over 85 Masters, Doctoral, and Postdoctoral trainees. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, the Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine; the Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists; the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, the Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine; the MICCAI Society, and the Institute of Physics. In addition, he received the Dean’s Award for Research Excellence at Western University in 2011, the Hellmuth Prize for Achievement in Research from Western University in 2012, and the Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI) Society’s Enduring Impact Award in 2014. |
| Abstract | This presentation discusses two diverse areas of
research, each related to image-guided
intervention. The first part deals with
efforts to develop greater specificity and
sensitivity of localization of potential
epileptogenic anomalies in the brain through the
use of quantitative MRI (Relaxometry and
Diffusion) and correlation with registered
histology images of the resected tissue.
Using these techniques, we are able to identify
abnormal cellular characteristics of the
underlying gray matter, which can be relayed to
the surgeon during the resection procedures. The
second part of the presentation will briefly
describe work to develop minimally invasive
intra-cardiac procedures, using augmented reality
techniques to complement ultrasound imaging. |
| Date/Time | 21-January-2016 Time: 06:30PM to 08:30PM |
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| Location | UTHSCSA Research Imaging Institute Seminar Room 8403 Floyd Curl San Antonio, Texas United States 78229 |
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| Topic/Title | Energy, Water and the Environment |
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| Speaker | Rebecca Motal of Motal and Associates Rebecca Motal is the President of Motal and Eby LLC. Motal and Eby provides energy, water and environmental consulting services. Rebecca is also the President and Chairman of the Association of Women in Energy. AWE provides opportunities for women to meet other energy industry professionals and to enhance their knowledge of energy issues. Rebecca retired from the Lower Colorado River Authority as General Manager, after 27 years at the organization. She was General Manager during a challenging period for LCRA. She led the organization through a severe drought and devastating wildfires. She streamlined the organization, reduced costs by eliminating more than 20% of the work force (over 500 positions) to better position LCRA for the competitive electric market. She led the development of more than 100,000 acre-feet of new supplies of water for the lower Colorado River basin. She also held positions that included the General Manager of LCRA, Chief Executive Officer of the LCRA Transmission Services Corporation and the GenTex Power Corporation. Previous professional experience at LCRA included executive responsibilities in finance, regulatory and external affairs. Prior to LCRA, she held positions as a water and environmental attorney. She holds three degrees from the University of Texas at Austin: Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics; Doctor of Jurisprudence and a Masters of Business Administration from the University's Executive MBA program. Mark Emanuel of TechShop Austin Mark Emanuel is the General Manager for the Austin/Round Rock shop. He joined the TechShop team this summer after leading a variety of operations for Dell Inc. since 1998. Mark is a veteran of the US Navy Submarine force and a graduate of the University of Texas Cockrell School of Engineering (BSME, MSE). |
| Abstract | Ms. Motal will be discussing the changing energy
industry given the deregulated market,
environmental regulations and historically low
natural gas prices. Mr. Emaneul will discuss TechShop. TechShop is a membership based workshop and fabrication studio and the ideal place to build almost anything you can imagine. Our workshop provides access to an extensive installation of high quality machines, tools and design software—plus all the training you need to use the equipment and build new skills. TechShop was founded in 2006 by Jim Newton, listed in Forbes Magazine as one of “eight people inventing the future”, and has been described as "An Inventor's Paradise" by Bloomberg Business. The Austin/Round Rock location recently celebrated their 3 year anniversary as the only TechShop in Texas. |
| Date/Time | 26-January-2016 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 | Dinner: Choose from a select menu of soups,
salads and dinner plates. 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 | RSVP: If you plan on attending, please RSVP by
sending an e-mail to ieee.pi2.austin@zxtech.net. https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/35654 |
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Dr. Chin-Liang Chang, President of Nicesoft
Corporation Dr. Chin-Liang Chang earned his PhD from University of California, Berkeley, CA in 1968. He was with National Institutes of Health, IBM, and Lockheed. After his retirement, he founded Nicesoft Corporation. He has written four books and more than 50 papers. His fields are Artificial Intelligence, Relational Database, and Software Engineering. |
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As technology advances, we need to build
“Massively Parallel Array Processors” to tackle
hard Artificial Intelligence problems such as
Visual Recognition, Natural Language Processing
(NLS), and Robotics. In this presentation, I will
point out that the limitation of deep learning and
neural networks is that they are procedural and
cannot be computed in parallel. The computational model that I propose is based on nearest neighbor classifiers for a large number of samples; for example, a driverless car may encounter a problem with over a million samples (situations). A massively parallel array processor can tremendously speed up the computation of a large nearest neighbor classifier. We need to consider different technologies to implement a massively parallel array processor. For example, a silicon-based technology with 20 billion transistors on a chip will be a nice technology to have. |
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21-January-2016 Time: 06:00PM to 08:00PM |
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| Topic/Title | Cyber Liability Insurance |
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| Speaker | Shannon DeLaune Mr. Shannon DeLaune is co-CEO of SWBC Insurance Services in San Antonio. |
| Abstract | What if your company has responsibility for
personal or sensitive information for thousands or
millions of customers? Do you have all the
security bases covered? Could your company
suffer major financial losses if that information
is lost or compromised? A reasonable thing
to do is consider buying Cyber Liability Insurance
to provide a measure of financial protection. Your company’s management – and you – need to be aware of the possible risks and available mitigations. Our speakers will describe their company’s approach to risk assessment and underwriting for cyber liability insurance. |
| Date/Time | January 19, 2016 6:15 – Optional meal at your own expense in the University Center Cafeteria 7:00 – Meeting and program 8:30 – Adjourn |
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| Location | Conference Room B (2nd Floor) Bldg: University Center St. Mary’s University 1 Camino Santa Maria San Antonio, Texas |
| Notes | Joint meeting with San Antonio Computer and
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Navigation Sensors and Systems in GNSS Degraded and Denied Environments |
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Dr. George Schmidt of IEEE George T. Schmidt is a Distinguished Lecturer and Vice President, Member Services for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society. In 2013, he retired after 17 years as Editor-in-Chief of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics. For many years he was a Lecturer in Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT, retiring in 2011. In 2007, he retired after 46 years at the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory and the Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, Massachusetts. His final position was as the Draper Director of Education. Prior to that position he was the Leader of the Guidance and Navigation Division and Director of the Draper Guidance Technology Center. He has received several awards including the AIAA International Cooperation Award in 2001 and the NATO Science and Technology Organization’s highest technical award, the von Kármán Medal in 2005. He is an AIAA Fellow and a Life Fellow of the IEEE. He is author or contributing author of numerous technical papers, reports, encyclopedia articles, and books. He received his SB and SM degrees in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT and his ScD in Instrumentation from MIT. |
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Position, velocity, and timing (PVT) signals
from various Global Navigation Systems (GNSS) are
used throughout the world but the availability and
reliability of these signals in all environments
has become a subject of concern for both military
and civilian applications. Most of the 16 critical
infrastructure sectors to the US economy,
security, and health are dependent on GPS signals.
International news reports about a successful GPS
spoofing attack (conducted by the University of
Texas, sponsored by the Dept. of Homeland
Security) on a civilian UAV in USA have increased
concerns over the planned use of UAVs in the
national airspace and safety of flight in general.
Other examples of the effects of GPS interference
and jamming are illustrated in this presentation.
This is a particularly difficult problem that
requires new and innovative ideas to fill the PVT
gap when the data are degraded or
unavailable. One solution is to use inertial
and/or other sensors to bridge the gap in
navigation information. This presentation
summarizes the past and recent advances in
navigation sensor technology, including GPS,
inertial, and other navigation aids. Projections
for the future are given. This presentation also
describes recent advances in sensor integration
technology and the synergistic benefits are
explored. Expected technology improvements to
system robustness are also described. Applications
being made possible by this advanced performance
include personal navigation systems, robotic
navigation, and autonomous systems with
unprecedented low-cost and accuracy. |
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22-January-2016 Time: 02:00PM to 03:00PM |
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UTSA Faculty Center Room 4th Floor, John Peace
Library One UTSA Circle San Antonio, Texas |
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The January 2016 meeting of the CTS Joint
SMC/AES Chapter features one of IEEE's
Distinguished Lecturers. |
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