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September 17, 2016: IEEE N3XT™ -- IEEE's 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Summit hosted by Central Texas Section!IEEE Conference Search
Galvanize
118 Nueces St
Austin, TX, USA
See more details here: https://bit.ly/2016Austin
The name IEEE N3XT™ embodies the spirit of future technological development by using the root of the word "next," and the numeral "3" to represent the three event pillars of ideas, innovation, and inspiration.
This event is valuable to you if you are:
- an aspiring, early-stage, or successful technical entrepreneur
- transforming your education ideas into inventions or applications
- interested in learning from conversations with founder peers and the larger technical startup community.
- inspired by visionaries sharing their stories
- service provider or vendor to the startup or small business community
- venture capitalist, accelerator, incubator, angel investor or others involved in supporting new startup activity.
By bringing together the technical entrepreneur community, this event will foster collaboration and innovation, as well as provide encouragement and skills building to the entrepreneurs looking to make their mark.
Click here to visit the IEEE N3XT™ Austin event website to view information regarding sessions, speakers and more!
Registration is now open
September 21, 2016: IEEE Virtual Career & Talent Expo
See What’s Happening at the IEEE Virtual Career & Talent Expo
September 21, 2016, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm PDT. IEEE members and US veterans attend FREE.
Register today at https://www.IEEEexpo.org for instant access to jobs, webinars and career resources. Meet and talk to recruiters from hiring companies like: Doble Engineering, SEL, Hill Air Force Base and a host of others.
If you’re tired of non-responsive job boards and don’t have time for endless searching, then the Expo is the perfect solution to finding your next job. Groundbreaking job matching technology places an innovative spin on the old concept of fitting the right individual to the best employment opportunities. One may begin immediately as our Expo team is actively seeking placement candidates.
Members may start today by registering, posting their résumé, and filling out a talent profile to be matched to their next job. If for some reason attendance to the live Expo is not possible, one will still be considered for employment by simply registering. It is important to understand all job searches remain confidential, and résumés are not posted for public viewing. Simply put, there is no reason not to register and see what opportunities await you! Register today: https://www.IEEEexpo.org
September 27, 2016: IEEE Central Texas EMC and MTT/AP Chapters Joint Antenna Workshop
DATE: Tuesday, September 27, 2016
TIME: 1:00 – 1:45 pm Lunch and Networking
1:45 – 4:00 pm Presentations with a short break between speakers
4:00 – 4:30 pm Questions and Answers with the Speakers
LOCATION: National Instruments Corporation, 11500 North MoPac Expressway, Austin, Texas
78759-3504 Phone: (512) 794-0100. Parking information and a map are available on the registration site noted below.
REGISTER TO ATTEND: Click here to register online.
There is NO COST to attend this workshop, but you must register in advance to ensure adequate seating and catering. Please register to attend by Thursday, September 22 – thank you!
For meeting information contact Ross Carlton at ross.carlton@ieee.org or 512-683-6392
TECHNICAL PROGRAM
Cloaking and Invisibility Using Metamaterials and Metasurfaces
By Professor Andrea Alù, University of Texas at Austin In this lecture, Professor Alu will discuss his recent progress and research activity in using metamaterial covers to suitably tailoring the scattering of passive objects, drastically suppressing their overall detectability. He will focus on two approaches his department has pioneered in the past years, the plasmonic cloaking and the mantle cloaking techniques, respectively, based on bulk plasmonic metamaterials and ultrathin metasurfaces. He will show the theoretical concepts at the basis of these approaches and the experimental results at radio-waves, which represent the first experimental verification of cloaking for 3D free-standing objects. Professor Alu will also discuss advanced concepts, such as the ultimate bounds on realizing ‘invisible sensors’, the general bounds and potentials of cloaking and invisibility on bandwidth and overall scattering reduction, and ways to overcome these limitations using active, non-Foster cloaks.
Introduction to Anechoic Chambers
By Mr. Zhong Chen, ETS-Lindgren
This presentation provides an overview of the RF/microwave absorbers and their use in the optimized designs of anechoic chambers. A brief theoretical background and measurement methods are introduced on the absorbers and chamber designs. Measurement techniques on the absorbers and chambers are discussed, including the free-space VSWR method. The free-space VSWR is the most widely used method for measuring the performance of an anechoic chamber. Its test procedure and theory are introduced. Further discussions are provided on various chamber design considerations and the use of absorbers to enhance the performances of an anechoic chamber.
Collaborative Beamforming from Swarming UAS
By Professor Gregory Huff, Texas A&M University
Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), otherwise known as drones or UAVs, have become indispensable tools in security, entertainment, and research but we are just beginning to understand their collective capabilities in unstructured swarms and clusters. This presentation will focus on the development of MEDUSA, which is a computer vision-assisted phased array controller that was engineered to study the behavior of unstructured volumetric arrays in morphing clusters. A review will be provided of the pioneering research into the development of experimental test-beds, analysis tools, and reconfigurable antenna technologies developed to study the behavior of these unique systems-of-systems.
NOTE: These speakers will participate in the 38th Annual Symposium of the Antenna Measurement Techniques Association (AMTA) in Austin, Texas over October 30 – November 4, 2016 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Austin. For more information, see https://www.amta2016.org.
IEEE members are welcome to visit the exhibits only on Wednesday, November 2 at NO CHARGE.
https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/40943
October 2-5, 2016: 2016 IEEE Professional Communication Society (ProComm)
AT&T Education and Conference Center
1900 University Avenue
Austin, TX, USA
ProComm 2016 will attract technical communicators, engineers, educators, researchers, students, administrators, consultants, and other members of business and academic communities to meet and explore ideas at the intersection of technical communication and entrepreneurship. Technical and professional communicators have long been innovators in their fields. ProComm 2016 invites explorations into the new spaces and the new communication practices created by entrepreneurs.
Keynote Speaker:
We are pleased to announce that in addition to receiving an exciting number of diverse submissions, the keynote address will be delivered by co-inventor of Ethernet, founder of 3Com, and now Professor of Innovation at the University of Texas at Austin, Dr. Robert Metcalfe.
More information:
Contact conference chair Hillary Hart at hart@mail.utexas.edu or 512-471-4635. We look forward to seeing you there!
See https://sites.ieee.org/pcs/procomm2016/ for more information
October 21, 2016: IEEE Photovoltaic Standards Workshop
Friday, October 21, 2016 7:00AM to 6:00PM
Austin Energy, 2526 Kramer Lane, Austin, TX 78758
Kramer Lane Assembly Room
Workshop:
This one-day workshop will provide instruction on the recent changes to the applicable standards of photovoltaic module level electronics design and installation, such as UL 1741 SA, CPUC Rule 21, IEEE1547 and NEC. Presentations will also cover specs and operation, monitor communications, and functionality of AC module systems that use built in microinverters. In addition, there will be exhibits by industry experts regarding the design and installation of solar powered systems and equipment. Upon completion of the workshop, participants will receive a PDH certificate for eight hours.
Instructors:
Patrick Chapman - Senior Director of Development at SunPower Corporation
Overview and trend of module level electronics
Brian Kuhn - Director of Engineering at SunPower CorporationDesign challenges (environment, communication, standards)
Paul Parker -Director of Design for Reliability (DfR) at SunPower Corporation
Power electronics reliability design
Kelly Mekechuck - Systems Engineer at SunPower Corporation
California Rule 21 Phase 1, 2 and 3 Lunch Sponsor - Concurrent Design, Inc.
Thomas Ortman, President & CEO, to speak during lunch
Jon Ehlmann - Power Electronics Engineer at SunPower Corporation
UL1741SA test procedure summary and status
Greg Kern - Principal Power Electronics Engineer at SunPower Corporation
Status of Pending IEEE 1547 Changes
Steven Wurmlinger - Senior Regulatory Engineer at SunPower Corporation
Product safety and 2017 NEC requirements; Hawaii utility requirements
Professional Letter Registration and payment for this workshop must be completed by 10/12/2016 at
https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/40853
Professional Letter If you have any questions or need any additional information about the workshop, please contact James Mercier at jmercier@ieee.org.
Professional Letter
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
October 30 - November 4, 2016: 38th Annual
Meeting and Symposium of the Antenna Measurement Techniques Association
(AMTA)
The IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society is a technical co-sponsor of this symposium. Many well-known APS members are either speaking at or involved in this symposium, including Prof. Andrea Alu from UT Austin, Prof. Gregory Huff from Texas A&M University, and Dr. Brian Kent from ARA (former APS Distinguished Lecturer).
Join us for two short courses (Antenna Boot Camp and RF Materials Measurements), four days of peer reviewed papers presented on a continuous basis (no parallel sessions), one technical tour and several social events!
The annual AMTA Student Day on Tuesday, November 1, provides an opportunity for local college students to get a taste of antenna engineering and related disciplines by interacting with practicing engineers in a variety of venues. Students will be able to tour vendor exhibits, sit in on papers, and enjoy a free lunch AND dinner while listening to a presentation targeting issues relevant to those about to enter the engineering profession. In addition, AMTA will host a hands-on Student Day Design Contest. This will give students an opportunity to show off their engineering skills to recruiters (they should bring their resumes) and have fun at the same time.
On Wednesday, November 2, IEEE members are welcome to attend the exhibition only at no charge. Exhibit hall passes are $45, but November 2 is IEEE FREE DAY (you must present your IEEE membership card upon arrival).
Join us at AMTA 2016! For more information, see https://www.amta2016.org or contact Janet O’Neil at j.n.oneil@ieee.org.
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 –
From These Big Data Experts –
- 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
Register today for Rock Stars of Big Data to get the special early pricing and save 25% - click HERE.
- 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
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
April 24-25, 2017: 2017 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC)
Austin, TX, USA
September 24-29, 2017: 2017 ACM/IEEE 20th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MODELS)
Austin, TX, USA
September 26-28, 2016: 2017 IEEE Accelerated Stress Testing & Reliability Conference (ASTR)
Austin, TX, USA
Location: Norris Conference Center
2525 West Anderson Lane
Austin, TX
Plan now to join us for free technical sessions, free lunch and the chance to network with leading suppliers to our industry
Free Technical Program & Schedule:
Exhibit Hours:
Tuesday, October 11th, 2016
10:00AM–4:00PM
Register Now
On October 18, 2016, Texas Wireless Summit (TWS) will explore how automated vehicles will re-shape wireless over the next 10 years with their demands for coordinated sensing and decision-making. Reshaping Wireless through Automated Vehicles will look at the benefits and requirements of connectivity, the key challenges of vehicle sensing and shared data analytics, including lightly-processed radar, lidar and camera data.
Register online NOW and save $50 off the normal ticket price! Visit: https://texaswirelesssummit.org/ for more details and to register.
The 14th annual Texas Wireless Summit provides a forum on emerging technology and business models for industry leaders and academics. Hosted by WNCG at the University of Texas at Austin, the Summit offers direct access to cutting-edge research and innovations from industry leaders, investors, academics and startups. Through keynote and panel-driven discussions, leading business and technology executives share entrepreneurially-oriented research.
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.January 15, 2017: Data Day MD
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
Sunday, January 15, 2017 from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM (CST)January 28-29, 2017: BodyHackingcon 2017
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
Austin Convention Center
https://www.bodyhackingcon.com/
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Greater
Austin STEM Networking Forum
September 21, 4:30 - 6:30pm - Austin, TXWomen in Science and Mathematics (WiSM)
Network with STEM-engaged organizations from across the area and learn about the resources available to assist you in your efforts. Hear updates from 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. And 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. Connect with programs across the area and hear about upcoming STEM events. And share what you and/or your organization are doing to excited kids about STEM.
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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New FAA Drone regulations effective August 29th,
2016 and Integration of Drones Into Multiple
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Robert Youens, Owner of Camera Wings Owner: Camera Wings Aerial Photography Studying Engineering at Texas A&M, College Station and Business at The University of Texas, Austin has given Mr. Youens a solid base to drive technology in the immerging field of small Unmanned Aircraft Systems / Drones. The past 8 years have been focused on unmanned aircraft development, advancing flight control, integration of modern photogrammetry (digital aerial mapping), architectural analysis and motion picture cinematography techniques. His team of developers include a leading Defense Department imaging expert, flight systems designers, computing specialists, video editors and cinematographers that are pushing the bleeding edge of UAS usage. While others are involved in UAS development, with Mr. Youens every second of every day is 100% committed to Drone imaging advancement. Check out CameraWings.com. An examples of his work in the U.S. and internationally include:
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You will have the opportunity to visit with
representatives from an industry leading drone
imaging firm. Examples of work done for a
number of industries will be shared
including, architectural engineering & design,
oil research & production, motion picture
& television, commercial real estate
marketing, and industrial assessments. You
will leave with an understanding of Federal, State
and Local regulations and how they may impact your
ability to utilize drone imaging. You will
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Machine Type Communications for Internet of
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Prof. Jäntti Riku, Head of the department of
Communications and Networking at Aalto University
School of Electrical Engineering, Finland Riku Jäntti (M’02 - SM’07) is an Associate Professor (tenured) in Communications Engineering and the head of the department of Communications and Networking at Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering, Finland. He received his M.Sc (with distinction) in Electrical Engineering in 1997 and D.Sc (with distinction) in Automation and Systems Technology in 2001, both from Helsinki University of Technology (TKK). Prior to joining Aalto (formerly known as TKK) in August 2006, he was professor pro tem at the Department of Computer Science, University of Vaasa. Prof. Jäntti is a senior member of IEEE and associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. He is also a distinguished lecturer of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society. The research interests of Prof. Jäntti include radio resource control and optimization for machine type communications, Cloud based Radio Access Networks, spectrum and co-existence management and RF Inference. |
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The Internet of Things (IoT) is the network of
physical objects ‘things’. The connectivity
requirements of the things depend heavily on the
application. In this talk, we focus on the use
cases that require low power consumption, long
battery life, and are characterized by low duty
cycle and massive number of low cost devices. This
talk is divided into two parts. In the first part,
we focus on Narrowband IoT system for low power
cellular connectivity, and in the second part, we
discuss ambient re-scatter communications that
allow extreme low power short range connectivity. Narrowband IoT (NB-IOT) is a recent 3GPPP standard that specifies narrow band low power long range connectivity for machine type communications (MTC). NB-IOT is non-backwards compliant version of LTE that has been optimized for MTC applications. It supports three modes of operation: standalone mode utilizing a GSM carrier, guard band mode utilizing resource blocks within a LTE carrier’s guradband and in-band mode utilizing resource blocks within a normal LTE carrier. Operators can start using NB-IOT on their own frequency bands simply by updating the base station software making NB-IOT deployment easy. Besides the standard cellular MTC use cases, NB-IOT could potentially be used for other types of IoT connectivity applications as well. In this talk we will present a software defined radio based implementation of NB-IOT and discuss the system performance. We will also discuss the possible use cases of such an extreme light weight low cost base station implementation. Even though NB-IOT is very low power radio, its power consumption still may exceed the capabilities of ultra-low power senor systems relaying on energy harvesting. The radio transceiver is one of the most energy hangry components of the IoT devices. In RFID systems, the reader transmits an unmodulated carrier signal that gets reflected and modulated from the RFID tag. The RFID tag itself does not need transceiver. It modulated the carrier by changing its reflection coefficient (impedance) which only requires a simple switching action. In ambient re/backscatter systems, the tag or sensor devices, modulated and re-scatters a modulated signal that is utilized by some other (primary) system for communications. The receiver of the primary communication link could try to demodulate both the original (primary) signal and the signal superimposed by the re-scatter devices. We show that such a bistatic re-scatter system can increase overall channel capacity and the excess capacity can be divided between the original communication link and the re-scatter system. That is, sensor information can be read from the devices with almost zero energy cost without interfering with the ongoing data transmission. |
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Riku Jäntti (M’02 - SM’07) is an Associate
Professor (tenured) in Communications Engineering
and the head of the department of Communications
and Networking at Aalto University School of
Electrical Engineering, Finland. He received his
M.Sc (with distinction) in Electrical Engineering
in 1997 and D.Sc (with distinction) in Automation
and Systems Technology in 2001, both from Helsinki
University of Technology (TKK). Prior to joining
Aalto (formerly known as TKK) in August 2006, he
was professor pro tem at the Department of
Computer Science, University of Vaasa. Prof.
Jäntti is a senior member of IEEE and associate
editor of IEEE Transactions on Vehicular
Technology. He is also a distinguished lecturer of
the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society. The
research interests of Prof. Jäntti include radio
resource control and optimization for
machine type communications, Cloud based Radio
Access Networks, spectrum and co-existence
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| Topic/Title | Challenges of Cloud Computing and What is Next? |
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| Speaker | Ayad Barsoum, PhD of St. Mary's University Ayad Barsoum is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at St.Mary's University, San Antonio, Texas. He is also the graduate program director of the MS in Cybersecurity at St.Mary's University. Dr. Barsoum received his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo (UW), Ontario, Canada in 2013. He is a member of the Centre for Applied Cryptographic Research at UW. Dr. Barsoum has received the Amazon Web Services in Education Faculty Grant for funding his research and teaching activities. At the University of Waterloo, he has received the Graduate Research Studentship, the International Doctoral Award, and the University of Waterloo Graduate Scholarship. Dr. Barsoum received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Computer Science from Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, in 2000 and 2004, respectively. He was awarded the Ain Shams University Scholarship of Excellence four times. His main research interests include: data integrity in cloud computing systems, information and network security, access control and cryptographic protocols, knowledge discovery and data mining |
| Abstract | Cloud computing (CC) is a distributed
computational model over a large pool of
shared-virtualized computing resources (e.g.,
storage, processing power, memory, applications,
services, and network bandwidth), where customers
are provisioned and de-provisioned recourses as
they need. This computing paradigm represents a
vision of providing computing services as public
utilities like water and electricity. The
architecture of cloud computing can be split in
two: front-end and back-end. The front-end
represents cloud customers, organizations, or
applications (e.g., web browsers) that use the
cloud services. The back-end is a huge network of
data centers with many different applications,
system programs, and data storage systems. Recently, CC has received considerable attention due to a number of key advantages: cost effectiveness, low management overhead, immediate access to a wide range of applications, flexibility to scale up and down information technology (IT) capacity, and mobility where customers can access information wherever they are, rather than having to remain at their desks. Although CC has received much attention from research communities in academia as well as industry, there are many challenges facing cloud computing to be widely deployed and used. The main challenge is security, which is related to infrastructure and data. In this talk, we investigate major challenges that may hinder the broad use of cloud computing, namely, data confidentiality, data integrity, availability, computational integrity, authentication, and auditing. In addition, we provide some perspectives and methodologies that can be used to mitigate the risks associated with cloud services. Furthermore, we highlight some open research issues that need to be investigated and tackled to achieve the wide acceptance and usage of outsourcing data storage. |
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Women and Engineering: the ethics gap |
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Karen Ulferts of Association of Unmanned Vehicle
Systems International (AUVSI) Karen Ulferts has been working with unmanned systems since 2005. Her technical career began with the QF-4 Full-Scale Aerial Target Drone performing systems testing and auto pilot software development. She joined with the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) as the Lone Star Chapter Secretary in 2007, later holding the office of Vice President and is now the Chapter President. Her education includes a bachelor and master of science degree in Industrial Engineering (IE) from the University of Tennessee. Karen has published various papers for ensuring proper documentation and reporting within the engineering decision making process including the moral dilemma of artificial intelligence in autonomous systems. |
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Karen will explore the gender differences which
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28 September 2016 6:00 to 6:30pm -- Networking 6:30 to 8:30pm -- Business and Program |
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Pok-e-Jo's 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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The EMC and MTT/AP Society Chapters are Jointly
sponsoring an Antenna Workshop on September 27. See IEEE Events for details.
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For more information, contact Mikhail Belkin
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| Topic/Title | Tour of the Texas Advanced Computing Facility |
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| Speaker | Dan Stanzione, PhD Executive Director Texas Advanced Computing Center The University of Texas at Austin |
| Abstract | Talk on and tour of the Texas Advanced Computing
Facility |
| Date/Time | Wednesday September 28 12:00 Lunch, Commons Cafeteria 1:30 Talk and tour, TACC Building |
| Location | Texas Advanced Computing Center J.J. Pickle Research Campus Building 205 10100 Burnet Road Austin, Texas |
| Cost | Buy your own lunch (optional) |
| Reservations | https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/41046 Please register in advance of the meeting |
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The meeting for September will be at a different
date/time and location than usual. This month we
will first meet at the Commons Learning Center
10100 Burnet Road, Bldg 137 Austin, TX on the JJ
Pickle Research Campus off of Burnet Rd. When you
arrive, go by the TACC lobby in the new
Advanced Computing Building to pick up
complimentary parking passes. Parking on the Pickle Research Campus TACC will provide you with a parking pass once you arrive, so it is not necessary to purchase one. After entering the gated campus, continue past the guard booth, and past the chain link gate to Exploration Way, then make a right. The ACB is the second to last building on the right with the overhanging patios. When you arrive at ACB, you may park in the covered parking lot. Please enter the lobby through the glass doors. The TACC receptionist can provide you complimentary parking passes. Then you can walk over to the Commons for lunch. The Life Members and their guests will assemble in the Commons Cafeteria starting around noon, where we can each select and pay for our lunches. Just prior to 1:30 we will go back to the TACC for the talk and tour. |
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| Topic/Title | An advanced laser-based mobile-robotic coating removal system |
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| Speaker | Dr. Michael Rigney of SwRI Dr. Rigney has been at SwRI since 1997 and has extensive experience in machine vision for perception, inspection, quality assurance, sensor integration, multispectral imaging, 3D imaging and related technologies. |
| Abstract | Southwest Research Institute’s Robotics and
Automation Section has designed, installed, and
maintained large-scale robotic systems providing
media-blast paint removal for F-16 and similar
aircraft for over 25 years. The group is now
designing an advanced laser-based mobile-robotic
coating removal system that can process the
largest commercial aircraft. The mobile
robot is 15 m tall, has a 13 m reach, and deftly
wields a 20 kW CO2 laser. |
| Date/Time | 15 September 2016 Plan to arrive at the Institute Cafeteria between 11:00 and 11:30 Lunch and presentation from 11:30 am to 12:30 Laboratory tour from 12:30 till 1:00 |
| Location | Southwest Research Institute |
| Cost | Lunch will be at the Institute Cafeteria. This
will not be a served lunch - each person will go
through the cafeteria line and take their tray
into a private dining room. Each person will
pay for their own lunch in this arrangement - but
the SwRI cafeteria is fairly reasonable. |
| Reservations | https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/40881 We will need to have RSVP's so that name badges can be prepared for visitors. Any non-US citizens are requested to contact Ernest Franke (210-317-5757 or e.franke@ieee.org) to confirm arrangements. |
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The tour and demonstrations will be in the Heavy
Article Test Facility, Building 283.
It will be necessary to drive from the cafeteria
to Bldg. 283 and directions will be provided at
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| Topic/Title | Wind variability and impact on markets |
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| Speaker | Dr. Ross Baldick of UT Austin Ross Baldick is Professor and Leland Barclay Fellow in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. He received his B.Sc. and B.E. degrees from the University of Sydney, Australia and his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. From 1991-1992 he was a post-doctoral fellow at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. In 1992 and 1993 he was an assistant professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Dr. Baldick has published over fifty refereed journal articles and has research interests in a number of areas in electric power. His current research involves optimization and economic theory applied to electric power system operations, the public policy and technical issues associated with electric transmission under electricity market restructuring, the robustness of the electricity system to terrorist interdiction, electrification of the transportation industry, and the economic implications of integration of renewables. His book, Applied Optimization, is based on a graduate class, “Optimization of Engineering Systems” that he teaches in the electrical and computer engineering department at The University of Texas. He also teaches a three-day short-course “Introduction to Electric Power for Legal, Accounting, and Regulatory Professionals” and a one-day short-course “Locational Marginal Pricing” for non-technical professionals in the electricity industry. He is a former editor of IEEE Transactions on Power Systems and former chairman of the System Economics Sub-Committee of the IEEE Power Engineering Society Power Systems Analysis, Computation, and Economics Committee. Dr. Baldick is a Fellow of the IEEE and Director of the NSF I/UCRC on Electric Vehicles: Transportation and Electricity Convergence. |
| Abstract | We discuss the growth of wind in Texas and the
challenges to electricity system operation under
high levels of wind. We observe that Texas has, by
far, the highest wind penetration of the three
interconnections in the United States and the
highest penetration of any balancing area, so that
Texas is a microcosm of high wind challenges. To
understand some of the challenges, we describe
statistical modeling of wind power production. We
utilize a so-called generalized dynamic factor
model and investigate the characteristic
Kolmogorov spectrum of wind power. This modeling
allows understanding of the manner in which wind
power and wind power variability will scale with
increased capacity. We observe that aggregation of
large amounts of wind capacity across large areas
of the United States will mitigate short-term
variability, but generally will not completely
ameliorate intermittency over longer time scales.
We then describe implications for the electricity
system and for organized wholesale markets,
including commitment of thermal resources to meet
net load, and zero and negative wholesale prices. |
| Date/Time | 27 September 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, 512-444-2205 2910 S
Congress Austin, Texas |
| 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 on attending, please RSVP by sending
an e-mail to ieee.pi2.austin@zxtech.net. https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/40672 |
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New FAA Drone regulations effective August 29th,
2016 and Integration of Drones Into Multiple
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Robert Youens, Owner of Camera Wings Owner: Camera Wings Aerial Photography Studying Engineering at Texas A&M, College Station and Business at The University of Texas, Austin has given Mr. Youens a solid base to drive technology in the immerging field of small Unmanned Aircraft Systems / Drones. The past 8 years have been focused on unmanned aircraft development, advancing flight control, integration of modern photogrammetry (digital aerial mapping), architectural analysis and motion picture cinematography techniques. His team of developers include a leading Defense Department imaging expert, flight systems designers, computing specialists, video editors and cinematographers that are pushing the bleeding edge of UAS usage. While others are involved in UAS development, with Mr. Youens every second of every day is 100% committed to Drone imaging advancement. Check out CameraWings.com. An examples of his work in the U.S. and internationally include:
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You will have the opportunity to visit with
representatives from an industry leading drone
imaging firm. Examples of work done for a
number of industries will be shared
including, architectural engineering & design,
oil research & production, motion picture
& television, commercial real estate
marketing, and industrial assessments. You
will leave with an understanding of Federal, State
and Local regulations and how they may impact your
ability to utilize drone imaging. You will
not want to miss this opportunity! |
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22 September 2016 06:00PM to 07:30PM |
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AT&T Labs, 9505 Arboretum, Austin, TX |
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Joint Austin ComSoc and Computer Societies
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Machine Type Communications for Internet of
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Prof. Jäntti Riku, Head of the department of
Communications and Networking at Aalto University
School of Electrical Engineering, Finland Riku Jäntti (M’02 - SM’07) is an Associate Professor (tenured) in Communications Engineering and the head of the department of Communications and Networking at Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering, Finland. He received his M.Sc (with distinction) in Electrical Engineering in 1997 and D.Sc (with distinction) in Automation and Systems Technology in 2001, both from Helsinki University of Technology (TKK). Prior to joining Aalto (formerly known as TKK) in August 2006, he was professor pro tem at the Department of Computer Science, University of Vaasa. Prof. Jäntti is a senior member of IEEE and associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. He is also a distinguished lecturer of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society. The research interests of Prof. Jäntti include radio resource control and optimization for machine type communications, Cloud based Radio Access Networks, spectrum and co-existence management and RF Inference. |
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The Internet of Things (IoT) is the network of
physical objects ‘things’. The connectivity
requirements of the things depend heavily on the
application. In this talk, we focus on the use
cases that require low power consumption, long
battery life, and are characterized by low duty
cycle and massive number of low cost devices. This
talk is divided into two parts. In the first part,
we focus on Narrowband IoT system for low power
cellular connectivity, and in the second part, we
discuss ambient re-scatter communications that
allow extreme low power short range connectivity. Narrowband IoT (NB-IOT) is a recent 3GPPP standard that specifies narrow band low power long range connectivity for machine type communications (MTC). NB-IOT is non-backwards compliant version of LTE that has been optimized for MTC applications. It supports three modes of operation: standalone mode utilizing a GSM carrier, guard band mode utilizing resource blocks within a LTE carrier’s guradband and in-band mode utilizing resource blocks within a normal LTE carrier. Operators can start using NB-IOT on their own frequency bands simply by updating the base station software making NB-IOT deployment easy. Besides the standard cellular MTC use cases, NB-IOT could potentially be used for other types of IoT connectivity applications as well. In this talk we will present a software defined radio based implementation of NB-IOT and discuss the system performance. We will also discuss the possible use cases of such an extreme light weight low cost base station implementation. Even though NB-IOT is very low power radio, its power consumption still may exceed the capabilities of ultra-low power senor systems relaying on energy harvesting. The radio transceiver is one of the most energy hangry components of the IoT devices. In RFID systems, the reader transmits an unmodulated carrier signal that gets reflected and modulated from the RFID tag. The RFID tag itself does not need transceiver. It modulated the carrier by changing its reflection coefficient (impedance) which only requires a simple switching action. In ambient re/backscatter systems, the tag or sensor devices, modulated and re-scatters a modulated signal that is utilized by some other (primary) system for communications. The receiver of the primary communication link could try to demodulate both the original (primary) signal and the signal superimposed by the re-scatter devices. We show that such a bistatic re-scatter system can increase overall channel capacity and the excess capacity can be divided between the original communication link and the re-scatter system. That is, sensor information can be read from the devices with almost zero energy cost without interfering with the ongoing data transmission. |
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4 October 2016 06:00PM to 08:00PM |
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AT&T Labs, 9505 Arboretum, Austin, TX |
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Riku Jäntti (M’02 - SM’07) is an Associate
Professor (tenured) in Communications Engineering
and the head of the department of Communications
and Networking at Aalto University School of
Electrical Engineering, Finland. He received his
M.Sc (with distinction) in Electrical Engineering
in 1997 and D.Sc (with distinction) in Automation
and Systems Technology in 2001, both from Helsinki
University of Technology (TKK). Prior to joining
Aalto (formerly known as TKK) in August 2006, he
was professor pro tem at the Department of
Computer Science, University of Vaasa. Prof.
Jäntti is a senior member of IEEE and associate
editor of IEEE Transactions on Vehicular
Technology. He is also a distinguished lecturer of
the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society. The
research interests of Prof. Jäntti include radio
resource control and optimization for
machine type communications, Cloud based Radio
Access Networks, spectrum and co-existence
management and RF Inference. |
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Membership in the Sensor Council is free if you are already a member of one of the sponsoring IEEE Societies. Those Societies are: AES, AP, BT, CAS, COM, CPMT, C, DEI, ED, EMB, EMC, IE, IA, IM, MAG, MTT, OE, PE, PHO, RA, SP, SSC, UFFC, and VT.
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AESS Chapter of the Year Award
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Lighter-Than-Air Systems |
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Michael Fortenberry of Southwest Research
Institute Mr. Fortenberry is an aerospace and systems engineer, who has designed high altitude LTA platforms and systems including autonomous control systems, payloads and flight hardware for NASA and DoD. Additionally, Mr. Fortenberry manages several stratospheric LTA projects and was the deputy program manager for the HiSentinel high-altitude airship program for the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command. Prior to joining Southwest Research Institute, Mr. Fortenberry worked at the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility providing operational support for heavy-lift scientific balloon flights. |
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Michael L. Fortenberry, Principal Engineer in
the Department of Space Engineering at Southwest
Research Institute, will provide a technical
presentation on Lighter-Than-Air (LTA)
Systems. The presentation will cover several
LTA programs and technologies including the
HiSentinel stratospheric airship, the Autonomous
Tactical Aerial Surveillance and Communications
(ATASC) platform, the Tactical Aerobotic Launch
System (TALS), and Adaptable Lighter-Than-Air
(ALTA) vehicle technology. The presentation will be webcast. Contact Tony Bowie (tony.bowie@swri.org) for instructions to participate in the webcast. Following the technical presentation, Mr. Fortenberry will guide meeting attendees on a tour of Southwest Research Institute's LTA Systems Laboratory. |
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19 September 2016 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM |
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Southwest Research Institute 1223 Martin Goland Ave. San Antonio, Texas |
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| Topic/Title | Book / Article Discussion: "The Power of Talk: Who Gets Heard and Why, "by Deborah Tannen. |
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| Abstract | Join us for a light dinner, a glass of wine,
good company and the start of a fantastic book
club, focused on SURVIVING AND THRIVING IN THE
TECH INDUSTRY. Get a free copy of this seminal article at https://hbr.org/1995/09/the-power-of-talk-who-gets-heard-and-why And here's a slide show summary of the article: https://slideplayer.com/slide/6848912/ |
| Date/Time | 27 September 2016 6:30 Dinner and networking 7:00 Discussion 8:00 Adjourn |
| Location | Cirrus Logic 800 W. 6th St. Austin, Texas |
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| Registration | https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/40868 |
| Notes | Free parking will be
provided. No charge for the event. Bring a
friend! And make new ones! |
Contact Leslie Martinich (lmartinich@ieee.org) for more information about WIE.