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From the Central Texas Section Chair

Leslie Martinich
Chairman, Central Texas Section
lmartinich@ieee.org

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Membership Development

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Did you know about IEEE - IEEE ResumeLab

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 array of resume templates.  The site is great for new engineers just entering the job market or for those seasoned engineers who want to update their resume and interviewing skills.  Log on and check it out at https://www.ieee.org/resumelab

Joe Redfield
CTS Membership Development Chair
Region 5 Membership Development Chair
J.Redfield@ieee.org
210-744-2968

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News of Interest to the Section

Free eBook from IEEE USA to IEEE Members

What do Microsoft Corporation, Pacific Northwest National Laboratories, and the IEEE/IEEE-USA New Faces of Engineering have in common?  Simple answer – Maria Vlachopoulou -- author of "Women in Engineering--Book 2:  Passion, Perseverance and Making a Difference."

Book 2, in this award-winning IEEE-USA WIE e-book series, is the thought-provoking and inspiring story of Maria Vlachopoulou, a data analyst/program manager with Microsoft Corporation in Redmond, Washington.  Vlachopoulou overcame great obstacles and challenges to pursue a technological career: limited pre-university opportunities to learn about technology in her hometown of Thessaloniki, Greece; learning to use a personal computer for the first time as a university freshman; undergraduate studies in her second language, English; and changing both career and engineering directions, while in graduate school.
 
Vlachopoulou was the 2013 IEEE/IEEE-USA New Face of Engineering for her contributions to Smart Grid research, while employed by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), in Richland, Washington.  She has two M.S. degrees: in Electrical and Computer Engineering, and in Industrial Engineering, from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.; and a Bachelor of Electronic and Electrical Engineering from the University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
 
In addition to her technical achievements, Vlachopoulou volunteers to promote the profession. She is a member of the IEEE Power & Energy Society, IEEE Signal Processing Society and Society of Women Engineers. She is founding chair of the Richland Section Women in Engineering affinity group, a previous vice-chair of the section’s Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD) affinity group, and a prior assistant coordinator of the FIRST LEGO League annual tournament in the Tri-Cities, Wash. area.

In June, IEEE-USA E-BOOKS is offering this award winning e-book free to IEEE members.

Now through 15 July, IEEE members can get a free download of this e-book by going to https://shop.ieeeusa.org/usashop/product/careers/76670. Log in with your IEEE Web account, add the book to your cart, and use promo code JUNFREE17 at checkout.

CALL FOR AUTHORS

IEEE-USA E-BOOKS seeks authors to write an individual e-book or a series on career guidance and development topics. If you have an idea you think will benefit members in a particular area of expertise, 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 190,000 engineering, computing and technology professionals who are U.S. members of IEEE.

IEEE Maker Project

Attention Makers: This is your opportunity to show the world the work that has been keeping you up at night. So, if you are tirelessly tinkering with a tech project that solves complex problems and has applications to benefit society, and want to win great prizes, we want to hear from you.

How to enter: Showing off your work is easy. Fill out the entry form for your chance to win. Top submissions in each category will be sent to our expert panel of judges who will select one finalist from each category. The grand prize winner will be selected by a panel of judges.
Contest Categories:

• Accessibility
• Education
• Entertainment
• Health & Safety
• Sustainability
• Transportation
• Other

Register at https://transmitter.ieee.org/makerproject/

Lepide Sets Austin As New HQ, Plans To Hire 50

Lepide, a developer of IT security and compliance software, announced in early May that it has selected Austin to act as its new global headquarters, hiring 50 people in the city over the next 18 months. Lepide--which currently has offices in London and New Delhi--currently employs 236 staff. The company said it moved to Austin due to the IT security market's size and current growth trajectory in the U.S. Lepide is led by CEO Aidan Simister. The company specifically cited the "ton of top IT talent" as well as the continuous flow of IT graduates from such schools at UT Austin.

IEEE Humanitarian Activities Committee (HAC) Projects

IEEE Humanitarian Activities Committee (HAC) announces the second call for
humanitarian projects proposals between US$20k-$60k. Deadline is JUNE 26!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B48rW0pDHKZwOUpYbGh3TnVlVUU/view

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Volunteer Opportunities

Texas STEM Connections

Texas STEM Connections is a web-based tool that makes it easy for STEM professionals to connect with K-20 educators, classrooms, out of school time programs, and other volunteer opportunities. Professionals can share their skills and expertise to bring real-world, authentic learning opportunities to all our students helping to create the next generation of innovators. Through in-person matches and virtual sessions, professionals can help educators and program providers connect their students to the world of STEM. Together we can make a difference.

Webmaster/Social Media

Immediate opportunity is now available for Webmaster/Social media for the  upcoming two events in September 2017 (2017 ComTech Innovation Summit in Health and Wellness) and April 2018 (2018 IEEE GreenTech International Conference of Smart City) in Austin.

If interested, please contact Fawzi Behmann at f.behmann@ieee.org.

Other volunteer opportunities are also available.

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Central Texas in Europe - News:

Fawzi Behmann has organized a panel session 5 industry and academic experts for ICC2017 under the title of
“ComTech Innovation and Trends towards Smart Connected Car Environment”
that was held Thursday 23 May.
The session focused on answering the following questions:

• What are some of the issues and concerns regarding development & operations of smart car in smart environment?
• How IPv6 enable Smart Car environment?
• What are the key difference and benefits between small cells in 5G and 4G/3G 5G Small Cells as the enabling ComTech solution?
• What solutions are required to address the needs for smart transportation and critical infrastructure in a Public Protection and Disaster Response?
• What are some of the lessons learned from pilot launch of Electric autonomous shuttle buses?

In addition, as a distinguished Lecturer, Fawzi presended three different sessions in Croatia in May to businesses and Academia:

1. TVZ Technicko Veleuciliste U Zagrebu
   Topic: "Developing IoT Solutions for Smart Homes/Buildings, Smart Car and Smart Energy",
2.  Ericsson Nikola Tesla
   Topic: "Developing IoT Solutions for Health & Fitness and Public Infrastructure and Smart Communities/Cities",
3. University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical, Engineering and Computing
   Topic: "Is there a common vision for IoT, 5G and Virtualization by 2020?"

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Future cars are smarter but more expensive

I can assure you that the keyless entry and start, touch sensors and the augmented reality head sets in today’s cars are features I did not have in my first car in 1981.

If you’re old enough, you’ll remember the cars before power windows and CD players. I remember my first car well. It was a 1980 Honda Civic, and it had no features, no leather, no cupholder, and of course no cassette players. It wasn't also fast!

Time have changed and so have the cars. Indeed, the innovations in cars is changing the simple features of the classic cars and increasing the cost of manufacturing them. In a recent study for PwC, the price amplifications of acquiring different digital equipments in cars and the need to expensive electronic parts and recruiting software engineers and  technical talents is at least 20% greater than the old generations of cars costs.

The rate at which technology is reshaping personal and commercial cars and trucks  accelerates every year, which will make the  future high tech cars real and not fictions. Many of these technologies are either coming soon or already have and in few years, we'll have cars capable in emergencies of applying the brakes even if the driver has not.

Most of the new technology advancement in cars are in interior, safety or entertainment. The autonomous car will  change the concept of cars’s interiors. The front seat can face the back seat, so travelers can talk as they usually do at home while the car is driving. Soon we can see active front glass capable of displaying images, navigation system that will show the next street as we come close to it.  Augmented reality displays  will  provide alerts, safety aids, and warn us using a screen embedded in the windshield. Most cars will be capable of  pairing with our health wearable devices and in emergencies or if the driver is having heart attack, the cars can pull over and call 911.

The story is not different in commercial trucks. Self driving trucks or autonomous trucks, are almost in service and commercial transport companies  begin the process of redesigning their trucking system to have a GPS system that can learn to drive from human truckers . Arizona’s startup company embedded IBM’s Watson Internet of Things for Automotive into a driverless shuttle Olli , a bus manufactured by 3D printing that actually been tested on the streets of a shopping district just outside Washington, DC.

What could happen next? Are we going to have a truck and SUV in one vehicle?

Can we choose our cars technologies before buying them? Soon we will know

Contributed by Qusi Alqarqaz, IEEE Senior Member
https://qusialqarqaz.wordpress.com
qusi.alqarqaz.us@ieee.org

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Call for Nominations

It's time for the nominating process to begin for section and chapter officers for next year.  If you are interested in nominating someone for a section officer position or one of the section committee chairs, contact the Nominations and Appointments Committee Chair, Kenny Rice.  His address is krice@ieee.org.  Self-nominations will be considered by the Nominations and Appointments Committee.

Nominations for chapters and affinity groups should go to the chairman of the group.

In the past, Central Texas Section officers have been elected for a two year term, and chapter officers in the section have been elected for a one year term   The MGA Operations Manual states that the section may have terms of office of either one or two years, and the Central Texas Section has documented the choice of two year terms for its officers.  

Recently, the MGA Operations Manual declared that sections must make a separate choice of terms of office for all of their chapter officers.    In the absence of a Local Operating Procedure on this topic, the Section Committee has decided that chapter officers must be elected every year, Chapter officers are limited to consecutive service of four years.  

The schedule for our elections is as follows.  This message constitutes the Call for Nominations.  The nominations committee will accept nominations from section members during the month of April, and will communicate a slate of nominees to the CTS Executive Committee by August 15th, for ratification at the Executive Committee meeting at the end of August.  The ratified slate will be published in the September Analog newsletter, and petition candidates will be accepted until October 15th. The modified slate will be announced to section members in the October Mid Month Reminder.   The election will be announced in the November Analog.  The elections will begin on November 1.  We intend to use the IEEE vTools election process for the election.

Chapter nominations and elections should follow a similar schedule and process at the chapter level, although the election itself may be held at the November chapter meeting instead of on line. 

Below is the section Elections process specified in the MGA Operations Manual (it can be found at https://www.ieee.org/societies_communities/geo_activities/operations_manual/index.html ).  The chapter process is substantially the same,  


G.    SECTION ELECTION PROCESS

Six months prior to the date of election, the Section Nominating Committee Chair shall issue a call for nominations for all positions elected at-large to all voting members of the Section through an appropriate medium. 


Section members shall submit nominations within one month of the call for nominations. 

The Section Nominating Committee shall verify the candidates’ eligibility and willingness to serve. A candidate must be a member of the Section to hold office in that Section. The Section Nominating Committee shall also gather position statements and biographies of the potential candidates, as appropriate. 


4    The Section Nominating Committee will select from all such submissions at least two but not more than three candidates for each position elected at-large, and submit the slate of candidates to the Section ExCom for ratification. In the case where the slate that is submitted for ratification consists of a single candidate, the Section ExCom may recommend to the Region Director the approval of proceeding with the election process with a single candidate slate.

• The slate of candidates for elected office shall be communicated to the voting members of the Section not less than six weeks prior to the election date. In addition, provision shall be made in the communication for petition candidates for these offices. 

• In addition to the candidates nominated by the Section Nominating Committee, individual voting members eligible to vote in such election may nominate candidates by petition. 
In accordance with IEEE Bylaw I-307.17, the number of signatures required on a petition shall be determined as follows. For all positions where the electorate is less than 30,000 voting members, signatures shall be required from 2% of the eligible voters. 
For all positions where the electorate is more than 30,000 voting members, 600 signatures of eligible voters plus 1% of the difference between the number of eligible voters and 30,000 shall be required.” 
The petition shall be completed at least 28 days before the date of the election. 

• The entire slate of candidates for office shall be communicated to the voting members of the Section not less than two weeks prior to the election date. 

• The election process shall be by secret ballot. 

• The Section Chair shall submit the names of up to three members of the Section to serve as a Tellers Committee, to the Section for approval. After the tally of votes, the Tellers Committee shall report the results of the election to the Section Chair. The Section Chair shall inform each candidate for office of the results of the election prior to announcing the results to the Section membership. 


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Tips, Tools and Gadgets

If you listen to podcasts, you might want to try the Internet History Podcast. These are published about once per week and range from 20 minutes to 2 hours in length. I've listened to a couple of these and found them to be very interesting.

If are close to my age, you may remember the CDC 6500 Supercomputer. There is a short (11:24) video showing one that has been refurbished. This is an interesting look back at the early days of computing.

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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Continuing Education

IEEE Provided

Spectrum Tech Insider Webinars

Learn from industry experts about latest technology advances via our free Tech Insider Webinars. This page lists upcoming and available 'on demand' Tech Insider webinars. All the live webinars are archived and are available on demand for 12 months. IEEE members can also earn PDH certificates for each webinar.

More Than 400 Courses Now Available on IEEE Xplore

It’s easier to find IEEE’s more than 400 online courses now that they’ve been added to the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Known as the eLearning Library, these interactive online classes can be found in the library’s Courses section. Based on tutorials and workshops presented at IEEE conferences, the courses were developed and peer-reviewed by experts in their fields. Read more . . .

Computer Society Webinars

Register now for our latest free live technical webinars. Or check out our past webinars at your convenience.  See this site  more information.

Computer Society 2014 Professional Development Courses

Expand your knowledge base by taking a professional development course in your area of technical interest. Half-day webcast formats (3.5 hours) enable you to quickly get up to speed in a specific technology area without leaving your desk. And each are at a low cost of $49. For a limited time, sign up for three courses and receive the fourth one for free.  See the list of training courses.

ComSoc Training

See this calendar  for a list of upcoming courses.

Other learning opportunities

IEEE e-Learning Library
IEEE Online Education Portal
IEEE-USA Webinars (attendees can earn professional development hours -- PDHs)

Other Sources

CodeAcademy

Learn to code interactively for free

Corsea.org

A web site that provides an aggregate of university course offerings. Their tag line is "Take the World's Best Courses, Online, For Free." They have 16 course categories, most in technology areas from 16 major universities. 

MIT Open Courseware

MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity. More can be learned here.

Saylor.org: Free Education

The tag line of the Saylor website is "Harnessing Technology to Make Education Free." Although Saylor.org does not grant degrees, students can download a certificate of completion for successfully passing the exam at the end of each course. There are thirteen areas of study that visitors can choose to explore, including Computer Science, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Mechanical Engineering.

University of Texas Professional Development

UT Center for Lifelong Education provides several courses (these are NOT free). The list can be found here.

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Career

CTS Job listing

The Central Texas Section receives job postings from time to time. These are posted on the Section Web site. If you have a job to post to the site, send the information to cts-webmaster@ieee.org

IEEE ResumeLab

IEEE members have a new tool to help gain a competitive edge in the employment process. IEEE ResumeLab is a new online service that allows IEEE members to develop a resume or curriculum vitae using specialized tools tailored for each step of the job seeking process. This new product is added to the list of offerings that assist members as they find jobs and develop their careers.

The IEEE Job Site

The IEEE Job Site has undergone a makeover with new features and easier navigation to better serve IEEE members. Its still easy for IEEE members or IEEE member job seekers to conduct job searches or create and upload a resume, but with the use of HTML5 technology, the site boasts a cleaner layout and crisp contemporary design making the IEEE Job Site more user-friendly.

The IEEE-USA Career Manager is organized into eight categories designed to help you manage and advance in your career:

* Career Management Interactive Workshop
* Salary Service
* Consulting and Entrepreneurship
* Professional Development Webinars
* Employment Assistance and Job Search
* IEEE Online Distance Learning
* E-Book Library
* IEEE.tv

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Student Branches and Activities

St Mary's University - San Antonio (https://engineering.stmarytx.edu/ieee/)

Faculty Adviser: Wenbin Luo, email: wluo@stmarytx.edu
Branch Chair: Jorge Padilla, email: jpadilla4@mail.stmarytx.edu


Texas State University - San Marcos

Faculty Adviser: Larry Larson, email: Larry.Larson@txstate.edu

Branch Chair: Alison Chan, email: c_c457@txstate.edu

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TXST.IEEE



Trinity University - San Antonio 

Faculty Adviser: Farzan Aminian, email: faminian@trinity.edu

Branch Chair: Sang Choi, email: schoi1@trinity.edu

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TrinityIEEE



University of Texas at Austin (https://ieee.ece.utexas.edu/)

Faculty Adviser: Sriram Vishwanath, email: sriram@ece.utexas.edu

Branch Chair: Haley Alexander, email: chair@ieeeut.org

Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/ieeeut



University of Texas at San Antonio (https://ieeeutsa.com/)

Faculty Adviser: Paul Morton, email: PaulMorton@utsa.edu

Branch Chair: Mark Pena, email: Mark.W.Pena@gmail.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ieeeutsa


UTSA Students Recognized by AES/SMC Chapter

The IEEE Central Texas Section Joint AES/SMC Chapter once again presented a special recognition award at the 2017 Spring Semester UTSA College of Engineering Tech Symposium to a team of electrical engineering students for their senior design project which best represented the technical fields-of-interest of our societies.  The award was presented by Chris Camargo, Director of Avionics and Support Systems at Southwest Research Institute and a member of the local AES chapter.  The winning team was "Air Violin":

Engineering Students: Jorge Campos, Daniel Fernandez, Yat Ching Shiu, Jorge Zapata
 
The Air Violin is intended to be a low-cost, easily transported alternative to an actual violin. It consists of a pair of embedded gloves that can closely simulate the feeling of playing an actual violin. The first glove is the "Bow Hand" which acts as the hand that holds the bow while playing the instrument. The second glove will act as the "Play Hand" and its functionally is to determine which note the user wants to play. A compatible android application will also be included to provide record and playback functions.

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Useful IEEE Links

IEEE IEEE-USA IEEE Region 5 IEEE Central Texas Section What's New at IEEE SocietyNews from IEEE IEEE Regional News

Call Papers IEEE Standards Association IEEEXplore - full text access to IEEE Publications The Spectrum Online - The Magazine for Technology Insiders IEEE: The Bridge - IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu (IEEE-HKN)'s signature publication, an interactive digital magazine published three times a year. IEEE Member Newsletter https://theinstitute.ieee.org

Other Region 5 Section Newsletters

• Houston Section - Pocket Scope
• St. Louis Section - ION
  

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Local Conferences, Meetings and Events

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2017
		June
			8
				IEEE ComSoc 5G Summit, Renaissance Hotel, Dallas Theme: Making 5G a reality — Issues & Challenges 5G will usher in new types of applications requiring unprecedented bandwidth, ultra-low latency, and massive sensing. The IEEE 5G Summit Dallas, in collaboration with the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), will focus on these applications as well as the systems, standards, and policies needed to bring the next generation to market. Perspectives, challenges, and solutions from equipment manufacturers, chip makers, operators, test and measurement companies, policymakers, and academics will be shared in a series of talks, and in an interactive exchange where the audience will be challenged to work with panelists to identify key hurdles and how to overcome them. Target Audience: 5G technology vendors, operators, startups, policymakers, academics Registration: https://www.tiaconnectivityjam.org/ieee-5g-summit/
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				Professional Engineering Ethics Webinars hosted by TBPE 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.
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				2017 ACM/IEEE International Workshop on System Level Interconnect Prediction (SLIP) High speed chip-to-chip interconnect design • Design and analysis of chip package interfaces • Power consumption of interconnects • 3D interconnect design and prediction • Emerging interconnect technologies • Applications of interconnects to social, genetic, and biological systems • Co-optimization of interconnect technology and chip design Austin Conventional Center 500 E. Cesar Chavez Street Austin, TX, USA https://sliponline.org/
			17-18
				The 26th International Workshop on Logic & Synthesis sponsored by ACM/SIGDA and by the IEEE Thompson Conference Center, Austin, TX The International Workshop on Logic and Synthesis is the premier forum for research in synthesis, optimization, and verification of integrated circuits and systems. Research on logic synthesis for emerging technologies and for novel computing platforms, such as nanoscale systems and biological systems, is also strongly encouraged. The workshop encourages early dissemination of ideas and results. The workshop accepts complete papers highlighting important new problems in the early stages of development, without providing complete solutions. The emphasis is on novelty and intellectual rigor. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: hardware synthesis and optimization; software synthesis; hardware/software co-synthesis; power and timing analysis; testing, validation and verification; synthesis for reconfigurable architectures; hardware compilation for domain-specific languages; design experiences. Submissions on modeling, analysis and synthesis for emerging technologies and platforms are particularly encouraged. The workshop format includes paper presentations, posters, invited talks, social lunch and dinner gatherings, and recreational activities. Accepted papers are distributed exclusively to IWLS participants. Paper abstract submission:  March 5, 2017 Full paper submission:          March 12, 2017 - 11.59pm Anywhere on earth Notification of acceptance:   April 16, 2017 Final version due:                 May 14, 2017 https://www.iwls.org/iwls2017/
			18-22
				Design Automation Conference (DAC) Advance registration for the premier conference for the Design & Automation of Electronic Systems is now open.  DAC consists of a Research Track, Designer Track, and IP Track on the following themes: Electronic Design Automation (EDA), Electronic Systems & Software (ESS), Design, Intellectual Property (IP), Internet of Things (IoT), Automotive, and Security.  DAC offers outstanding training, education, exhibits and superb networking opportunities for designers, researchers, tool developers and vendors. Register today Http://www.dac.com - DAC June 18 – 22, 2017, Austin Convention Center I LOVE DAC Free Registration (deadline is May 25) includes: Keynote sessions from: Monday: Joe Costello, CEO, Enlighted, Inc. Tuesday: Chuck Grindstaff, Executive Chairman, Siemens PLM Software Inc. Wednesday: Tyson Tuttle, CEO, Silicon Laboratories, Inc. Thursday: Rosalind Picard, Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Access to the Exhibition Floor with over 180 exhibitors Access to the DAC Pavilion sessions each day SKYTalks Fireside Chats from industry CEO’s Industry Panels 3 Tear-downs World of IoT Designer Track Poster Session IP Track Poster Session Networking receptions Sunday Night Welcome Reception on the 4th Floor of the Austin Convention Center, 5:30pm - 7:00pm Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday Networking Receptions in the Trinity Street Foyer, 6:00pm - 7:00pm Tuesday Designer/IP Track Poster Session Reception on the exhibit floor, 5:00pm to 6:00pm Tuesday & Wednesday Work-in-Progress Poster Sessions & Reception in the Trinity Street Foyer, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
			25-28
				Smart Cities Connect Austin Convention Center 500 East Cesar Chavez Street, Austin, Texas Austin has been declared one of the top 10 Smart Cites to watch, turning to technology to better connect our communities, improving citizen services, and perhaps most of all, finding more intelligent ways to manage resources. As an incubator for innovation, we are proud to host the Smart Cities Connect Conference & Expo at the Austin Convention Center this June 26-28, 2017! The 2017 Smart Cities Connect Conference & Expo 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. Register here
		July
			25
				SysAdmin Day https://sysadminday.com
		September
			6
				Texas Board of Professional Engineers Ethics Webinar Registration links will be posted 30 days prior to the event at: https://engineers.texas.gov/webinars.html.
				2017 ComTech Innovation Summit in Health and Wellness The ComTech Innovation  one day Summit provides vision,  breakthrough in innovation, technology impact & regulatory challenges related to health with smart connected medical devices and wearables, remote monitoring & management, data analytics and AI and assess impact and influence towards precision and personalization. Suggested Topics: Global healthcare challenges, vision, roadmap to smart connected healthcare system for personalized services. Monitoring, diagnostics, surgical, emergency care Preventive and Precision Medicine mHealth Innovations Healthcare innovations: Wireless devices, systems, services Use of technology such as sensors, Wireless, LTE-5G,  IoT,  virtualization, cloud-based big data/analytics and security in delivering ecosystem solutions Medical and Healthcare Data Communication, Security, Privacy Regulatory challenges We welcome your participation and support. If you wish to present or help, please send a quick message to f.behmann@ieee.org.
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				Central Texas Section Semi-Annual ExCom Meeting
			17-21
				2017 19th International Conference on Intelligent System Application to Power Systems (ISAP) ISAP is a unique forum where two scientific communities meet: power systems and intelligent systems, and also where scientists and engineers and economists working in the industry align their vision on the needs and demands of the power industry. The Conference welcomes papers on Intelligent Systems Application to Electric Power and Energy Systems (Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Markets, Operations, and Planning) Westin Riverwalk 420 W. Market Street San Antonio, TX, USA https://2017isap.tamu.edu/
			17-22
				2017 ACM/IEEE 20th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MODELS) The annual Models conference brings together an international audience of researchers and practitioners to discuss all aspects of modelling in software engineering, including modelling for requirements, process modelling, design modelling, quality modelling, user interface modelling, test modelling and product-line modelling. It covers modelling languages, meta-models, standards, code generation, modes of process and all related topics. It also covers modelling education. Anything related to modelling is welcome including pragmatics of modelling, industrial use of modelling, uses of models in any software context, transformation of models or to models, reverse engineering to models, standardization involving models, blending models and programs, etc. case studies, empirical studies and all other forms of papers are welcome. Sheraton Austin Hotel at the Capitol 701 East 11th StreetAustin, TX, USA Full Paper Submission deadline: 10 Mar 2017 Final submission deadline: 09 Jun 2017 Notification of acceptance date: 09 Jun 2017 https://www.modelsconference.org/
			26-28
				2017 IEEE Accelerated Stress Testing & Reliability Conference (ASTR) Austin, TX Full Paper Submission deadline: 10 Mar 2017 Final submission deadline: 09 Jun 2017 Notification of acceptance date: 09 Jun 2017
			27-29
				2017 Accelerated Stress Testing and Reliability (ASTR) Conference The event is co-sponsored by IEEE and ASQ The 2017 Accelerated Stress Testing and Reliability (ASTR) Conference is focused on highlighting cutting-edge methods to deliver maximum cost-benefits from reliability testing. ASTR 2017 is relevant to manufacturers in the aerospace, automotive, consumer electronics, defense, medical, telecommunications and other industries where reliability is a key driver of operational and business success. If your company needs to improve product testing with a goal to improve reliability, reduce warranty costs, improve profits, gain market share, and be more competitive, then the 2017 ASTR Conference is for you. September Conference – 09/27-29/17 Accelerated Stress Testing and Reliability (ASTR) Conference ASTR Logo Sept. 27-29 in Austin Texas <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ASTR is co-sponsored by ASQ-Reliability Division and IEEE Reliability Society. ASQ Logo 2 IEEE Logo Exceeding Customer Expectations through Accelerated Reliability Testing The 2017 Accelerated Stress Testing and Reliability (ASTR) Conference is focused on highlighting cutting-edge methods to deliver maximum cost-benefits from reliability testing. ASTR 2017 is relevant to manufacturers in the aerospace, automotive, consumer electronics, defense, medical, telecommunications and other industries where reliability is a key driver of operational and business success. If your company needs to improve product testing with a goal to improve reliability, reduce warranty costs, improve profits, gain market share, and be more competitive, then the 2017 ASTR Conference is for you. You’ll Use What You Learn at the 2017 ASTR Conference Accelerated stress testing is a key tool within a well-structured development program—enabling timely opportunities for product improvement and delivering assured product performance. ASTR 2017 will be comprised of short sessions, tutorials and will feature exhibits. Topics will include Accelerated testing, degradation methods, effective test, HALT, and field reliability. Who should attend? Anyone who determines how to test for reliability, experts and novice A Reliability Development Managers A Sensor Manufacturers A Test Equipment Manufacturers A Senior Reliability Engineers A Test Engineers A Test Lab Managers A Quality Engineers A Reliability Engineers A Systems & Development Engineers Engineering students & faculties interested in Accelerated testing or Reliability Reliability Topics: Product and Process Reliability in the Medical arena Availability, Maintainability & Reliability synergies Design of Experiments and Reliability–case studies Risk & Reliability connections Explaining Risk to Management Location: Austin Downtown Hilton Garden Inn 500 N Interstate 35 Frontage Rd Austin, TX 78701 https://www.ieee-astr.org
		October
			5
				Austin Tech-Security Conference The Austin Tech-Security Conference features 40-60 vendor exhibits and 8-12 educational speaker sessions discussing current tech-security issues such as cloud security, email and social media security, VoIP, LAN security, wireless security, USB drives security & more. Numerous door prizes such as iPads, Kindles, $25, $50 and $100 gift cards and lots more!  You'll come away with advice and knowledge so you can start proactively protecting your environment from the latest security breaches.  Your registration will include your breakfast, lunch, conference materials and entrance into the conference sessions and exhibit area. THIS CONFERENCE QUALIFIES FOR CPE CREDITS.  Scroll down to view the full conference agenda. https://www.dataconnectors.com/event/austin-10-5-17/
			10
				Austin (CTEA) Expo & Tech Forum Tuesday, October 10, 2017 Location: Norris Conference Center 2525 West Anderson Lane #365 Austin, TX Plan now to join us for free technical sessions, free lunch and the chance to network with leading suppliers to our industry! Norris Conference Center Location Free Technical Program & Schedule: Exhibit Hours: Tuesday, October 10th, 2017 10:00AM - 3:00PM https://www.smta.org/expos/#austin
			26-27
				LASCON 2017 (8th Annual Lonestar Application Security Conference) LASCON 2017 will be held again at the Norris Conference Center, with the conference dates to be Thursday and Friday, October 26-27, 2017. Training will also be offered, The Lonestar Application Security Conference (LASCON) is an OWASP conference held annually in Austin, TX. It is a gathering of 400+ web app developers, security engineers, mobile developers and information security professionals. LASCON is held in Texas where more Fortune 500 companies call home than any other state and it is held in Austin which is a hub for startups in the state of Texas. At LASCON, leaders at these companies along with security architects and developers gather to share cutting-edge ideas, initiatives, and technology advancements. https://lascon.org
		December
			6
				Texas Board of Professional Engineers Ethics Webinar Registration links will be posted 30 days prior to the event at: https://engineers.texas.gov/webinars.html.
			11
				Workshop on Fuzzy Similarity IEEE CTS ComSoc/SP/CS/EMBS is collaborating with Texas State University,  School of Engineering on Senior Design Activity event  at San Marcus and offer a workshop on Fuzzy Similarity. For the recent decades, we have seen rapid progress on hardware and intelligent applications. These bundled systems are widely dependent on traditional Artificial Intelligence techniques such as neural nets and deep learning. However, with a chip that can contain a billion of transistors, it is time to build a "massively parallel array processor" on such a chip. The massively parallel array processor can be used to implement the nearest neighbor (most fuzzy similar) classifiers for the recognition and classification problem, and the function computation model. That is, fuzzy similarity measurements can be used to find the nearest neighbor. The modern CPU's "functional programming model" is limited by the need to build functions that are denoted by expressions. The fuzzy-similarity-based function computation model is different. Given x, it searches the most fuzzy similar neighbor m of x and takes the function value f(m) of m as the function value f(x) of x.  This computation model is fundamentally a table-look-up approach. Previously, we did not try this model because a computer CPU is limited. Now, a chip can contain a billion of transistors. Also, we have seen the tremendous growth in silicon photonic circuits.  Therefore, it is time to try this function computation model. Topics in the 2017 International Workshop on Fuzzy Similarity include but are not limited to the following: ·      Feature Extractions and Fuzzy Similarity Measurements. ·      Applications of   Fuzzy Similarity in image recognition, moving object detection, image description, time data classification, function computation model, self-driving car, natural language processing,  health care, genome, virtualization, and big data analysis. ·      Hardware and Platforms: Massively Parallel Array Processor, FPGA, IC Chips with a massive number of transistors, and OpenCL for heterogeneous computing platforms. ·      MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical System) or Silicon Photonic circuits for massively parallel processors. We welcome your participation and contribution. If you wish to present, please send a quick message to Dr. CL Chang nicesoft2009@gmail.com  or  f.behmann@ieee.org
2018
		March
			4-8
				2018 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC) APEC focuses on the practical and applied aspects of the power electronics business. The conference addresses issues of immediate and long term importance to practicing power electronics engineer. henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center San Antonio, TX, USA https://www.apec-conf.org/
		April
			4-6
				2018 IEEE GreenTech International Conference of Smart City" The GreenTech of Smart City conference provides a forum with government, industry and researchers and startups to collaborate and innovate on future frameworks, plans and technological solutions in moving towards smart green cities. For example, moving to a smarter grid will reduce emissions by allowing greater integration of renewables and more efficient use of the energy they produce, integration of smart vehicles which can act as storage devices to reduce transmission losses and promote cleaner transport and the introduction of demand response mechanisms to reduce demand. By improving people’s experiences on the road, in the air, at stores and at work, technologies are moving us all toward a better life and a better world. Suggested Topics: Smart cities impacted by Green Technology empowered by IoT, wireless, virtualization and  Analytics/AI technologies City’s environmental challenges (emissions, waste water management, recycling) Smart Energy Consumer-Grid: Appliances, smart homes, building, transportation, industrial, distribution, transmission monitoring, Reliability, Efficiency, creative billing, and sustainability Regulatory considerations, Policies, Economics and Sustainability Climate change adaptation & resiliency / Climate risk and adaptation strategy Micro-grids: ac/dc systems, control and optimization, energy management, storage Energy Efficiency and Consumption: business models, incentives, markets, policies and frameworks, and smart customers, loads and meters Electric Transportation and Smart Grids: electric vehicle charging/discharging strategies, grid interface and impacts, resilience, sustainability Power Transmission & Distribution (e.g. Remote communication and control of T&D assets, Distribution System Reliability) Next Generation Control Centers: generation, T&D control centers and system operators and applications (big data analytics, visualizations, situational awareness) Case Study: Pecan Street Project Case Study: Autonomous Vehicles End Users: Industrial, Transportation, Building Technologies We welcome your participation and support. If you wish to present or help, please send a quick message to  f.behmann@ieee.org
			7-8
				IEEE R5 Annual Meeting Austin, TX Sponsor: IEEE USA, R5 and CTS
		May
			13-18
				2018 IEEE International Workshop Technical Committee on Communications Quality and Reliability (CQR 2018) Reliability & Quality of Communication Networks AT&T Conference Ctr 1900 University Ave Austin, TX, USA https://www.ieee-cqr.org/
		June
			10-13
				2018 IEEE Electrical Insulation Conference (EIC) This conference papers are dealing with application, development, analysis, testing, and service experience with electrical insulation in electrical and electronic equipment around but not limited to the following themes: rotating machines, transformers, cables, variable speed drives, testing, outdoor insulation, nanodielectrics, switchgear, new materials, etc. San Antonio, TX, USA https://ieeedeis.org/eic
		July
			27-29
				IEEE Future Leader Forum
2019
		July
			8-12
				2019 IEEE Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference (NSREC) Conference offers a one day "Short Course" and 3.5 days of Tehchnical sessions consisting of 8-10 session of contributed papers. The material presented is completely related to the radiation environment and its impact on electrical components and materials San Antonio Rivercenter Marriott 101 Bowie St San Antonio, TX, USA https://www.nsrec.com/
		October
			27-30
				2019 IEEE Sensors Conference Austin, TX Sponsor: IEEE CTS and Sensors Society Conference Bid  deadline: 30 Aug 2016 Notification of Venue selection: October, 2016

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