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From the Central Texas Section Chair
Welcome to summer!
We have some great events coming up. The Design
Automation Conference (DAC) begins Sunday, June 5,
at the Austin Convention Center. It will be an
outstanding event and a great opportunity to network
with a diverse worldwide community of more than 1,000
organizations that attend each year, represented by
system designers and architects, logic and circuit
designers, validation engineers, CAD managers, senior
managers and executives, and researchers and
academicians from leading universities.
November 3rd, Brazos Hall, Rock Stars of Big Data
Big data is changing – and you need to catch up. At this
event you have access to C-suite level experts unlike
any other symposium. You get to interact,
question, and collaborate. Plus, lunch and
cocktails are included, so you have time to network.
Register Now for the Must-Attend Big Data Event of 2016
-- Regular price: $399; $329 for members. Special
IEEE section and Computer Society chapter price:
$165. Use the code: chapter to get the $165
price. . click
HERE now!
Meet your experts –
- Bill Franks, Chief Analytics Officer, Teradata –
“Driving Action With Big Data Analytics”
- James Kobielus, Big Data Evangelist; IBM Big Data
& Analytics Hub, IBM – “Fogs, Logs, & Cogs:
The Newer, Bigger Shape of Big Data in the Internet
of Things”
- Satyam Priyadarshy, Chief Data Scientist,
Halliburton – “Innovation in the Oil & Gas
Industry Through Big Data, Dark Data and Smart Data”
- Kirk Borne, Principal Data Scientist, Booz Allen
Hamilton – “The Self-Driving Organization: Big Value
from Big Data in the Internet of Things”
- Stephen Coggeshall, Chief Analytics and Science
Officer, ID Analytics – “Using Big Data Analytics to
Find Identity Fraud”
- Ben Coverston, DSE Architect, DataStax –
“Eventually Consistent Solutions for an Eventually
Consistent World”
- Joshua Greenbaum, Principal, Enterprise
Applications Consulting leads an interactive panel
discussion – “Going from Hype to Maturity –
Surviving and Thriving in the Big Data Journey”
(panel)
Sign up and save your space – click
HERE now!
Let me know if you have any questions.
Leslie Martinich
Chairman, Central Texas Section
lmartinich@ieee.org
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IEEE has member benefit, the IEEE ResumeLab. The
ResumeLab is an online service that allows IEEE members
to develop a resume or curriculum vitae using a wide
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interviewing skills. Log on and check it out at https://www.ieee.org/resumelab
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Region 5 Membership Development Chair
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News of Interest to the Section
DAC Registration still Available
Thanks for all your help with promoting DAC
around Austin. We have about 3500 folks registered
locally, but that’s still short of my goal for
5000. It’s not too late! Could definitely
use your help to get everyone to come out next week.
It’s truly an amazing program. Here is
some info you can send to your colleagues.
Please, please spread the word inside your
companies! It’s such a fantastic program and
show, I want as many as people as possible to enjoy
it!
Free Parking: See https://dac.com/content/dac-parking
Bring a Buddy: The code DACILDBB gives
anyone a free I Love DAC registration which includes 3
free days of Exhibits, Keynotes, SKY Talks and
Designer Track Poster Session. This pass also
includes:
- Access to the DAC Pavilion sessions each day
- DAC’s first ever Silicon / Technology Art Show
- The World of IoT Pavilion (including Makers
Market)
- The NXP Race Cup Challenge – US Finals.
- Keynotes and SKY talks:
https://dac.com/content/53rd-dac-keynotes-sky-talks
- Networking receptions every evening: Sunday
through Thursday (that means beer, wine and food).
The mayor will join us on Sunday.
- Access to daily Austin Angle Talks, Big Three
CEOs, and teardowns at the DAC Pavilion
Sign up with the bring a buddy code and get a free
“Keep Austin Nerdy T-shirt”. Just pick it up
when you pick up your DAC badge.
Thursday is Training Day. I have a
terrific promotion for Training Day. We are offering
Doulos training on topics such as embedded security,
system Verilog and UVM. You can also brush up on
C++ training taught by local experts. Finally,
the UT McCombs school of business is offering
executive training classes on improving creativity and
mental agility, featuring Art Markman, as heard on
NPR’s Two
Guys on Your Head. Access to all training day
offerings is just $65. Lunch is also included. Click
this link
for details. Use promo code DACTD65.
Monday Tutorials: DAC is offering five
short (1.5 hours) and five long (3 hour)
tutorials on Monday on topics such as 3D design,
verification, IOT protocols, silicon debugging, . .
. See Monday
Tutorials for details. A tutorial pass is
$75 using promo code DACCDTT
Designer/IP Track. This is a full
conference in and of itself, offering three full days
with three parallel tracks of terrific content, for
just $99. No promo code needed. Click Designer
Special Sessions for the full list of sessions
and times.
To register:
- Use the following link: https://reg.mpassociates.com/reglive/PromoCode.aspx?confid=200
- Enter your name, email address and your “Promo
Code” and then select ‘register.’ Enter a
different code on each line for a discount
- Complete your personal information and proceed
to the ‘Select your Products’ page.
- Depending on the event you are registering for
select the corresponding button in the left
navigation.
- Select the session you’d like to attend. The
discounted rate will be displayed upon checkout.
Select Checkout to complete your registration.
2017-2018 IEEE-USA Government Fellowships: Work with
and Advise Government Policy-Makers
IEEE-USA
Government Fellowships provide opportunities for
U.S. IEEE members to provide expertise to the U.S
government and learn firsthand about the public policy
process through personal involvement. Each year,
IEEE-USA sponsors four qualified IEEE members to serve
as government fellows: one Engineering & Diplomacy
Fellow; one Engineering & International
Development Fellow; and two Congressional fellows. The
Fellows spend a year in Washington -- from September
to August each year -- serving as advisers to key U.S.
Department of State or U.S. Agency for International
Development decision-makers, or the U.S. Congress. The
application deadline for all 2017-2018 Fellowships is
23 December 2016.
Free eBook from IEEE USA to IEEE Members
IEEE-USA E-BOOKS is offering
“Shaping an Engineering Career -- Book 2: Dual Career
Ladders.”
The dual career ladder represents the choice of career
paths many engineers face: technical, management or
both. In some cases, depending on the needs of the
corporation, the engineer can move from one side to
the other. The choice, however, is not always simple.
Authors Raymond E. Floyd and Richard H. Spencer
caution that many organizations are careful about
using the words “engineer” and “manager.” The
rationale is that such a title may give the impression
that someone has all the responsibilities of a manager
when they really don’t.
From today through 15 July, you can get your free
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Log in with your IEEE Web account, add the book to
your cart and use promo code JUNEFREE16 at checkout.
For more on the dual career ladder, see this article
from IEEE-USA InSight: https://insight.ieeeusa.org/insight/content/careers/60215.
JULY FREE E-BOOK
In July, IEEE-USA E-BOOKS will offer “A Living Resume
-- Volume 1: Documenting Your Accomplishments.”
The Living Resume Series, by Harry T. Roman, helps you
to document your growth as a professional. It is
designed to make you think carefully about what you
have accomplished and explore how you can record it in
a logical manner. Roman writes that one day you might
need a compendium of your career to help you keep your
job or perhaps land a new one.
Volume 1 discusses how to document your career
accomplishments.
SEEKING AUTHORS
Do you have an idea for an e-book you think will
benefit your fellow members? If so, IEEE-USA E-BOOKS
would like to hear from you. We are seeking authors to
write an individual e-book, or a series, on career
guidance and development topics.
Please email your proposal to IEEE-USA Publishing
Manager Georgia C. Stelluto at g.stelluto@ieee.org.
IEEE-USA serves the public good and promotes the
careers and public policy interests of nearly 200,000
engineering, computing and technology professionals
who are U.S. members of IEEE.
Call for participation: 2016 Volunteer Leadership
Training Program (VOLT): deadline 10 June
The MGA Training Committee is pleased to
announce the launch of the Volunteer Leadership
Training Program (VOLT) for this year. As it enters
its third successful year, over 80 graduates have
completed the program, representing all IEEE
geographic Regions.
VOLT is targeted to volunteers who have a true desire
to learn about the broader IEEE and are considering
taking leadership positions within their local units
and IEEE committees.
For 2016, the program will run under the same
structure as last year:
Track 1 - All IEEE volunteers are invited to
participate in Track 1, which covers key
organizational units of IEEE and focuses on the
foundational knowledge of the organization. These
pre-requisite courses will be available to all IEEE
volunteers through the IEEE Center for Leadership
Excellence (CLE) website from 29 April through 10 June
2016. Participants will be asked to complete a short
quiz at the end of each session.
Track 2 - Volunteers who complete Track 1 by 10 June
can apply for consideration for Track 2 of the
program, which is planned to start in September. Track
2 will last three months and focus mainly on
leadership related topics. Participation in Track 2
will be determined by the MGA Training Committee based
on predefined criteria.
Access Track
1 courses
(Log in with your IEEE account and choose the
“Volunteer Leadership Training Pre-Requisite” category
to begin)
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Professional Engineering Ethics Webinars hosted by
TBPE
June 8, 2016, 10 a.m. or 2 p.m.
The Board is offering these free ethics webinars to
assist license holders with meeting their ethics
requirement. Each ethics presentation provides
an up-to-date overview of agency activities, case
studies, and a review of professional ethics topics.
There is a maximum of 1,000 attendees for each webinar
and they fill up quickly. Don't wait too long or you
may miss out on getting your ethics credit prior to
your renewal deadline.
Webinar Registration Page: https://engineers.texas.gov/webinars.html
After registering, please be sure to save the
confirmation email as you will need the unique link on
the day of the webinar in order to attend.
Congratulations to new Senior Members!
The following Central Texas Section members
were elevated to Senior Member status at the IEEE
A&A Committee meeting held in Atlanta, GA during
April: Vinay Kumar Abburi, William Hurley, Nan Sun and
Mikhail Tushentsov.
Free Code Camp
https://freecodecamp.com
This website offers a unique and generous gift to its
visitors: the opportunity to learn viable coding
skills at no cost. Free Code Camp offers exercises to
help develop JavaScript and database coding skills,
four possible certifications to earn, as well as the
opportunity to join a community of fellow coding
hopefuls. Most notably, Free Code Camp's simple,
organized design is approachable and pleasant,
welcoming the wary.
Completing Free Code Camp is no easy task. In fact,
students log over 1,600 coding hours by the time they
complete all the classes, tasks, and projects that the
site employs. The upswing, however, can be
significant, as the site promises that committed users
will: learn full stack JavaScript; build a portfolio
of real apps that real people are using; and,
hopefully, get a coding job. Users begin by taking 200
hours of online lessons. Next, they log 200 hours of
JavaScript Algorithm practice, then work on 200 hours
of front end web development, followed by 200 hours of
full stack web development practice. Camp is then
rounded out by 800 hours of real-world web development
work for participating non-profits. Along the way,
users connect with other "campers," and learn
applicable skills. An email address or social media
account (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, etc.) is needed to
create an account, but the site is well-organized,
user-friendly, and, best of all, free.
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Call for Volunteers
None this month
The Keys to an effective resume
Resume is our marketing tool and it is our
call to get it noticed. Here are my thoughts about
writing an effective resume as a great marketing tool
and get it noticed by HR/Hiring managers.
Reading the Job Description
The most important key in writing a resume is
emphasizing the part of your key qualifications that the
employers are in need for. Applying with the same resume
every time is taking us nowhere.
If the job demands academic background, high spot that
part at the beginning and if the job required a solid
experience, get the attention and highlight your strong
experience at the start. In real life, HR/Hiring
managers are dealing with thousands of applications and
all what they have is few seconds to look at your
resume. If you do not high light the golden key they are
looking for, they will not waste a second looking at
your resume. This is the most important key in writing
and updating your resume.
The detailed resume in important key for writing a
noticeable resume
No one have the time to search in your resume for
details of what can you do for them. Your resume should
explain how you can fit. Saying general terms like IT
specialist or site project manager will not help you. Be
specific and tell them what you can do exactly. Most of
us highlight what we have accomplished during our many
years of experiences and do not project this on what we
can do for our new employers. They want to know why they
should hire you. Show them how the experience you have
will benefit their companies. Highlight how much time
and money you saved and revenues increased.
Stick to one format for your resume; Chronological or
functional
If you pick chronological layout, make sure it lists
your work history to date and should include current
job, business's name and position, dates of engagement,
and achievements. If you pick functional format
resume, list appropriate involvements with less emphasis
on consecutive order or details. This format should
comprise capability, skills and achievement applicable
to the opportunity applied for. For this format to be
efficient, you need to know exactly what is the future
job is looking for.
In general, emphasizing on the most recent job helps to
demonstrate you better, write related knowledges to the
job you are applying for, highlight talents, strengths
and accomplishments. Finally, Work experience example is
what the new employer loves to read.
For young professional without experience, I always
recommend showing the skills they have learned in school
or during internship experience are transferable skills
to the new job they are applying for. Great examples are
preparing detailed reports; research capabilities,
communication skills and time management are something
to talk about in student resumes. Remember keep it Short
150-200 words.
Tips, Tools and Gadgets
If you are looking for a quick way
to continue your education, you might want to look
at Highbrow.
This is a site where various topics are broken into
short 5 minute segments and emailed to you each day.
Each 'course' only lasts for 10 days, so it is easy
to go through several. These are not in depth
technical courses but do cover a wide range of
topics.
The current featured courses include: The Psychology
of Persuasion; A Brief History of Cinema; The
Secrets of Body Language; HTML and CSS Basics; How
to Validate an Idea; and Ideas That Changed the
World. These might be something to try to exand your
knowledge without making too large a time commitment
to your daily schedule.
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.
John Purvis III IEEE LSM, P.E.
john.purvis@ieee.org
https://johnpurvis.wordpress.com
Past Section Chair, Analog Editor
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Professional Development
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Career
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
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your career:
* Career Management
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* Consulting and Entrepreneurship
* Professional Development Webinars
* Employment Assistance and Job Search
* IEEE Online Distance Learning
* E-Book Library
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Conferences,
Meetings and Events
Local IEEE Conferences, Events
or Workshops
- June 2-10, 2016: 2016
53nd ACM/EDAC/IEEE Design Automation Conference
(DAC)
Austin convention Center
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.
The "I LOVE DAC" registration level is
FREE! It includes:
- Exhibit Floor (180+ exhibitors)
- Keynotes and SKY Talks
- DAC Pavilion
- DAC Art Show
- Designer Poster Sessions
- Three "Teardowns" by iFixit
- Receptions (nightly)
Designer / IP Special Registration $99 includes:
- I LOVE DAC
- 27 technical sessions (3 days)
- 18 omvoted sessopms
- Embedded tutorials / panels
Conference Registration $575 includes:
- I LOVE DAC
- Designer / IP Special
- 51 technical sessions (4 days)
- 150+ Reserch papers
- 7 panels, 11 invited sessions
NOTE: Registration rates vary depending on membership.
Check the web site for appropriate registration fees
Thursday "Training Day" sessions as well as Monday
tutorials will be available at additional cost (see
the web site for
details)
Austin area Food Trucks will be on site daily to
provide variety to the attendees.
Parking in the Convention Center parking garage
will be covered by vouchers available int the "World
of IoT" area of the exhibit.
June 10-11, 2016: 2016 25th International Workshop
on Logic and Synthesis (IWLS)
Thompson Conference Center
Austin, TX, USA
Notification of acceptance date: 15 Apr 2016
See https://www.iwls.org/iwls2016/
for more information
June 19-23, 2016: 2016 IEEE Pulp, Paper & Forest
Industries Conference (PPFIC)
The Westin Austin at the Domain
11301 Domain Drive
Austin, TX, USA
See https://pulppaper.org/default.aspx
for more information
July 25-28, 2016: 2016 IEEE 16th International
Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT)
See https://www.ask4research.info/icalt/2016/
for more information
September 17, 2016: 2016 IEEE N3XT Austin
Galvanize
118 Nueces St
Austin, TX, USA
October 2-5, 2016: 2016 IEEE Professional
Communication Society (ProComm)
AT&T Education and Conference Center
1900 University Avenue
Austin, TX, USA
Final submission deadline: 06 Jun 2016
Notification of acceptance date: 02 May 2016
See https://sites.ieee.org/pcs/procomm2016/
for more information
October 23-27, 2016: 2016 IEEE International
Telecommunications Energy Conference (INTELEC)
The Marriott Renaissance Hotel
9721 Arboretum Blvd
Austin, TX, USA
Abstract submission deadline: 05 Apr 2016
Final submission deadline: 10 Jul 2016
Notification of acceptance date: 01 Jun 2016
See https://intelec2016.org
for more information
October 23-26, 2016: 2016 IEEE Compound
Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Symposium (CSICS)
Doubletree by Hilton Austin
6505 N IH 35
Austin, TX, USA
Abstract submission deadline: 01 May 2016
Final submission deadline: 15 Jul 2016
Notification of acceptance date: 30 May 2016
See https://csics.org
for more information
NEW DATE
November 3, 2016: Rock Stars of Big Data
November 3, 2016 | Brazos Hall | Austin, TX
Lunch and Cocktails Included
Register Now for the One Must-Attend Big Data Event of
2016 – Early Special Pricing Saves 25%. Click
HERE for Full Details.
What You’ll Learn –
- Ways to leverage the big data, dark data and
smart data to maximize return on innovation
- How the need for high-performance, in-memory
layers on top of data silos will continue to
accelerate, extending the life of these older,
siloed systems
- What technological, organizational, and cultural
considerations must be addressed to make big data
actionable
- A universal dynamic data-driven applications
model based on data science: inference and
prediction from data
- How to use big data analytics to combat identity
fraud
From These Big Data Experts –
- Kirk Borne, Principal Data Scientist, Booz Allen
Hamilton, The Self-Driving Organization: Big Value
from Big Data in the Internet of Things
- James Kobielus, Big Data Evangelist; Team Lead, IBM
Big Data & Analytics Hub, IBM. Fogs, Logs &
Cogs: The Newer, Bigger Shape of Big Data in the
Internet of Things
- Satyam Priyadarshy, Chief Data Scientist,
Halliburton, Innovation in the Oil & Gas Industry
Through Big Data, Dark Data and Smart Data
- Stephen Coggeshall, Chief Analytics and Science
Officer, ID Analytics, Using Big Data Analytics to
Find Identity Fraud
- Ben Coverston, DSE Architect, DataStax, Eventually
Consistent Solutions for an Eventually Consistent
World
- Bill Franks, Chief Analytics Officer, Teradata,
Driving Action With Big Data Analytic
Register today for Rock Stars of Big Data to
get the special early pricing and save 25% - click
HERE.
- November 7-10, 2016: IEEE/ACM International
Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD)
Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Austin
6505 N. Interstate 35
Austin, TX, USA
See https://iccad.com
for more information
December 6-9, 2016: 2016 88th ARFTG Microwave
Measurement Conference (ARFTG)
Hilton Austin
500 East 4TH Street
Austin, TX, USA
Abstract submission deadline: 07 Oct 2016
Full Paper Submission deadline: 11 Nov 2016
Final submission deadline: 11 Nov 2016
Notification of acceptance date: 24 Oct 2016
See https://www.arftg.org
for more details
February 20-24, 2017: 2017 IEEE/ACM International
Symposium on Code Generation and Optimization (CGO)
Austin, TX
Abstract submission deadline: 02 Sep 2016
Full Paper Submission deadline: 09 Sep 2016
Final submission deadline: 04 Jan 2016
Notification of acceptance date: 02 Nov 2016
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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.
June 7-8, 2016: Ebmedded TechCon
Austin Convention Center | Austin, TX
Embedded TechCon, designed to educate today’s design
engineers in the most critical embedded product and
technologies, will be held at the Austin Convention
Center in Austin, Texas, on June 7th-8th, 2016. The live
event extends OpenSystems Media's current on-line
educational program, known as Embedded University. The
classes, which will be taught by leading industry
experts, will cover key embedded topics like IoT,
automotive, and security, while drawing from the
industry's roots with topics like firmware development,
debugging, and open-source hardware and software.
https://embeddedtechcon.com/
June 8, 2016: Austin Data Meetup OpenPOWER Edition
Wednesday, June 8, 2016 from 6:00 PM to 9:00
PM (CDT)
TechSpace - Austin - 98 San Jacinto Boulevard, Austin,
TX 78701
Join the Austin Data Meetup on Wednesday June 8th 6-9PM
for an evening of learning, networking, swag, and
free-flowing beer, cocktails, and burgers at the new
TechSpace in downtown Austin! Folks from the OpenPOWER
Foundation will be there to talk about how businesses
large and small are using open, accelerated
architectures to propel Big Data & High Performance
Analytics applications to new levels of speed,
throughput and innovation. Learn about how IBM Watson is
using GPUs, how to accelerate any workload with POWER8
and it’s Coherently Attached Processor Interface (CAPI),
and more. Agenda upcoming – RSVP now as space will be
limited!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/austin-data-meetup-openpower-edition-tickets-25674111960
June 29, 2016: Capital Factory 2016 Summer Job
Fair
Wednesday, June 29, 2016 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
(CDT)
Capital Factory, 16th Floor - 701 Brazos St, Austin, TX
78701
Join us for a 2-hour evening startup mixer focused on
connecting Capital Factory companies to individuals
seeking employment within the Austin tech and startup
community. Come meet our budding startups, learn about
what opportunities are available, drop off a resume, and
grab yourself a drink.
This event is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/capital-factory-2016-summer-job-fair-tickets-20074536479
July 1-3, 2016: RTX
Austin's Rooster Teeth Productions LLC
multimedia studio will host it's RTX convention in
Austin. RTX, which Rooster Teeth executives hope
attracts 60,000 attendees in its sixth year, is
scheduled for July 1-3 at three sites in downtown
Austin: the JW Marriott, Hilton Austin and Austin
Convention Center. Tickets are available online.
July 8-9, 2016: Texas Linux Fest
We are excited to officially announce the
return of Texas Linux Fest in 2016. This year's event
is scheduled for July 8 and 9 at the Austin Convention
Center in Austin, Texas. This year will mark seven
years of Texas Linux Fest, the annual Linux and open
source software event for Texas and the surrounding
region. The program will be comprised of hall day
tutorials on Friday July 8th, and a general session
program and an exhibit hall on Saturday July 9th.
Call For Papers
In that spirit, we invite you to share your interests
and you work with the rest of the community by
submitting your session via this year's call
for papers. We are accepting proposals through
May 5, 2016.
Sponsorship
Interested in supporting Texas Linux Fest. Contact us
via email at info@texaslinuxfest.org
to learn about the available sponsorship and exhibitor
opportunities. Non-profit exhibitor packages are
available as well.
We look forward to seeing you in Texas this summer.
▪ The Texas Linux Fest Team
June 13-15, 2016: Smart Cities Innovation Summit
The 2016 Smart Cities Innovation Summit
brings together over 200 Cities and their respective
leadership to prospect and partner with innovative
technology and service providers; linking progressive
cities with state-of-the-art solutions and best
practices.
The Smart Cities Innovation Summit is co-located with
the Global City Teams Challenge (GCTC) and the US
Ignite Application Summit creating the most
comprehensive showcase and accelerator of smart city
innovation world-wide. While these events are
co-located, the GCTC Expo is a separate and distinct
event. All registrants for the Smart Cities Innovation
Summit or US Ignite Application Summit will have full
access to all three events, including the GCTC Expo.
Read more at https://smartcitiesinnovation.com
January 14, 2017: Data Day Texas
Data Day Texas is based entirely on feedback
from the Austin
data community. What do you want to see this
year? Take a moment and share your thoughts with us at
suggestions@datadaytexas.com.
Since 2013, Data Day Texas has been held at Austin's
premier event facility -- and one of the most warm and
welcoming conference venues in the country -- the
AT&T Conference Center at the University of Texas.
As usual, we'll be taking all three floors of the
facility -- every spare inch of the building -- room
enough for 10 tracks, workshops, birds of a feather,
meetups, office hours, demos, happy hours, lounge, and
a job fair.
Read more
January 15, 2017: Data Day MD
Sunday, January 15, 2017 from 8:00 AM to
8:00 PM (CST)
AT&T Executive Education and Conference
Center | 1900 University Avenue | Austin, TX
78705
Based on feedback from the community, the inaugural
Data Day MD will be held on January 15, 2017. Data Day
MD is an extension of the successful Data Day Texas
conference which in its 5th year drew 750
attendees. Data Day MD is all about the
intersection of Data, Medicine, and Healthcare --
learning to take advantage of new tools and
technologies, like big data, natural language
processing, machine learning, analytics, and the
internet of things.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/data-day-md-tickets-22257139704
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Science, Technology, Engineering,
and Mathematics (STEM) Events and Information
Greater Austin STEM Networking Forum
Tuesday, June 28, 2016 from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM (CDT)
Eastside Memorial High School - 1012 Arthur Stiles Road,
Austin, TX 78721
Network with STEM-engaged organizations from across the
area and learn about the resources available to assist
you in your efforts. Learn about the Greater Austin STEM
Ecosystem, launched at the White House in November 2015
as one of 27 Ecosystems in the country, and the only one
in Texas. Learn about statewide STEM out of school time
system building led by TXPOST. Explore resources
of the Texas Girls Collaborative Project including role
model workshops, a new Texas skills-based STEM volunteer
matching system, hands-on STEM curriculum and more.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/greater-austin-stem-networking-forum-tickets-25496500720
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.
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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 Section has several Society and
Special Interest Group Chapters with their own local
activities as listed below. Note that some Joint Chapters
represent more than one Society.
You can subscribe to an RSS feed of all Central Texas
Section meetings that have been scheduled through vTools here
Click Meetings to see the next 180 days of
planned CTS activity.
ALL of the Chapter
Technical meetings are open to the public!!!
The
Central Texas Section Chapters
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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Austin Computer Society (C)
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San Antonio Computer Society (C)
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Central Texas Consultants
Network Affinity Group
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Object-based Audio for Home Theater Systems and
Video Games
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Sergio Liberman has more than 29 years of
experience in the semiconductor industry in design
and architecture of over 22 chips, including DSP
processors, digital-to-analog converters, Class-D
audio amplifiers and SoC application
processors. Sergio currently develops
multi-processor, multi-board systems for
high-performance, large channel count digital
audio processing. Sergio holds three patents
and has authored over 15 technical
publications. Sergio received a B.Sc. EE
from Tel-Aviv University, Israel, and is a Senior
Member of the IEEE.
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Home theater systems have seen great advances in
video quality with 4K resolution, 3D and high
dynamic range with the recently introduced Ultra
HD and Dolby Vision. The correspondent
advances for the soundtrack uses object-based
audio technology to offer 3D-like sound
fields. This presentation will discuss Dolby
ATMOS and DTS:X object-based audio, and the
applications for home theater, video games and
mobile.
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June 22, 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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Reservations are not required. All
interested parties are invited to attend.
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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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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
(EMB)
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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
Society (IM)
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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 Life Members
Affinity Group
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Discussion of the Engineer in Residence program
and an overview of the IEEE MOVE Truck
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The EiR program was begun at the University of
Colorado. Engineers are recruited to volunteer one
day a month on campus to to provide feedback and
to provide real world engineering solutions to
students.
The IEEE MOVE (MObile VEhicle) Truck is a
collaboration between IEEE and the Red Cross to
provide disaster relief. The truck is being
equipped with portable phone chargers, a battery
recharging station, and access to the Internet via
satellite. (https://theinstitute.ieee.org/career-and-education/preuniversity-education/ieee-partners-with-red-cross-to-help-during-natural-disasters)
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21-June-2016
2:00 PM Networking and lunch
2;15 PM Presentation
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Pok-e-Jo's
2121 West Parmer Lane at Lamplight Village Ave.
Austin, Texas
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The Austin Life Members Group meets monthly. Except when
meeting jointly with other groups, the Life Members meet
on the third Tuesday each month. Meetings usually begin
with informal networking from 2:00 to 2:15 p.m., followed
by presentations from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. by experts in
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San Antonio Life Member
Affinity Group
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FPGA chips: Intro, History and Applications
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Jim Brakefield, Life Senior Member, IEEE
He holds a BS-Applied Math from University of
Wisconsin and Masters of Science (Computer Science
and EE) also from UW. His professional
career includes work in the Avionics,
Semiconductor , Life Sciences and Communications
industries as well as Image Processing and video.
He has experience in assembly language programming
on over a dozen processors usually in the context
of hard real-time embedded systems. He has
done FPGA projects: small, medium and not that
large. He does circuit board design and
systems architecture including microprocessors,
FPGAs, power supply, analog and data conversion.
He is currently examining computer architecture in
the context of FPGA soft core processors.
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Field Programmable Gate Arrays have been around
for over 30 years are and are now into their 3rd
generation. A convenient way to study them
and their applications is to follow the timeline
and their expanding capabilities. The talk
uses Steve Trimberger’s retrospective on FPGA
technology with introductory material and greater
focus on applications.
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June 16th, 2016; 11:30 am to 1:00 pm
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Lion & Rose English Pub
842 NW Loop 410 (Park North)
San Antonio, Texas 78216
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No entry fee but members must pay for their
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https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_registration/register/40047
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The Life Members of San Antonio usually meets on
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Austin Power and Energy Society
(PE/PEL/IA/IE)
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Reaching Equipment Reliability Objectives and
Eliminating in Service Failures
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Thomas Sandri
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June 28, 2016
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
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El Gallo Mexican Restaurant, 512-444-2205 2910 S
Congress, Austin, Texas
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• 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
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If you plan on attending, please RSVP by sending
an e-mail to ieee.pi2.austin@zxtech.net
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San Antonio Power and
Energy Society (PE)
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Product Safety Engineering Society
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Risk Assessment and User Compliance with Safety
Information", Plus "Hover Board Safety |
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Daniece Carpenter & Gary Schrempp
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Topic was first presented at the Product Safety
Symposium held earlier this year. This will be a
follow up to that presentation. Plus, we have a
late update on what's going on in Hover Board
safety concerns. Are they dangerous, or are they
not?
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June 21, 2016
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There is no cost, but please RSVP to Dale Ritzen
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Austin Joint Signal Processing/Communications Society
(COM/SP)
Recognized as the 2015 ComSoc Chapter of the
Year and a 2015 Chapter Achievement Award
Winner
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San Antonio Joint Signal
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Joint Systems, Man & Cybernetics
Society (SMC) & Aerospace and Electronic Systems
Society (AESS)
AESS Chapter of the Year Award
2016 for US-based chapters
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If you missed the excellent February meeting on
"Supersized Robots" you can watch the video here.
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Austin Technology and Engineering Management Society
(TEM)
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San Antonio Technology and
Engineering Management Society
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Women in Engineering Affinity Group
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Contact Leslie Martinich (lmartinich@ieee.org)
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