IEEE Central Texas
Consultant's Network and Life Member Affinity
Group Joint Meeting, Tuesday,
October 19th.
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The
Consultants Network will elect 2022 officers
in the business portion of the October
meeting.
Position
Incumbent
Chair
Luis
Basto
Vice
Chair
Jody
Everett
Treasurer
Jody
Everett
Secretary
Bill
Martino
Program
Chair
Open
Webmaster
Open
Member
at Large
Kai Wong
Member
at Large
Sergio
Lieberman
Nominate
yourself, or someone else, for anyposition
by sending an email to Luis Basto, lbasto@ieee.org.
Election date
and time: Tuesday, October 19th,
6:00pm
The wireless industry is
currently undergoing the biggest
evolution in the last 10 years with
the development and deployment of
5G. But 5G is not the only new
technology emerging. New
standards like ORAN and WiFi6 are also
disrupting the entire ecosystem.
Add the infrastructure pressures
brought on by the global pandemic and
a shift to work from home, and it's
easy to say that this is one of the
most exciting times in history to be a
wireless engineer. This
presentation will give an overview of
where the industry is in the 5G roll
out, what is coming next for 5G, what
ORAN is and how it's changing our
networks, where WiFi6 fits into the
picture, and what areas lead
researchers are starting to explore
for 6G.
Speaker:
Sarah LaSelva,
Services
Marketing
Manager of Keysight
Technologies
Sarah
is a services marketing manager
focused on services for wireless
infrastructure products and
solutions at Keysight
Technologies. Sarah has spent the
last 11 years working in the test
and measurement industry
concentrating on advanced wireless
communications, both studying and
promoting the latest wireless
technologies.
Prior to
joining Keysight, Sarah worked at
NI (National Instruments) as a
product marketing manager for the
software defined radio team where
she gained a deep knowledge of SDR
hardware, software, and wireless
communications.
Sarah’s
background is in microwave and
millimeter wave technology. She
has a BS in electrical engineering
from Texas Tech University.
Date & Time:
Tuesday, October 19,
2021, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
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In the coming years, new
technologies will begin deploying in
US cities nationwide, nearly all of
them relying on data and data
infrastructure to operate and be
managed well. This talk
describes some conversations Austin
City staff are having with our
universities, residents, school and
private sector to collaborate on being
intentional rather than reactive in
the face of this coming technology.
Dr.
Ted Lehr is a Data Architect with the
City of Austin, Texas facilitating
several university-industry-city
research, work force and pilot
collaborations. He is part of Austin
Innovation Office, reporting into the
city manager's chief of staff,
advising on technology, business
partnerships and open
data. Ted Dr. Lehr also
lectures in Computer Science at
Texas
State University he has
been recognized as an Outstanding
Part-Time Faculty or designated a
"Favorite Professor" several times.
Ted received his Ph. D in
Electrical and Computer Engineering
from Carnegie Mellon-University.
Date & Time:
Wednesday, September
22 2021, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
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Very large collections of
low Earth orbit (LEO) communications and
other satellites are currently being
launched and likely growing to number in
the 10s of thousands. Space X's Star
Link, One Web and Amazon's Project
Kuiper are examples of these
constellation developers. This fact is
likely to bring benefits to many people
who need access to internet
communications across the globe for
affordable prices. But there are
profound negative side effects on other
activities including aesthetic and
observational ground-based astronomy and
others who appreciate and value the
starry sky. These issues have led to
active efforts both from the
professional astronomical and satellite
operator communities to cooperatively
address the problems associated with
these systems.
This talk will review some
of the main issues confronting astronomy
and other groups and work that has been
done so far in characterizing and
mitigating the adverse effects of these
constellations. In particular some of
the results of two workshops held by the
National Science Foundation (NSF) and
American Astronomical Society (AAS) in
2020/21 - SATCON1 and SATCON2 will be
reviewed.
is
a retired software, electrical and
systems engineer and educator who
spent the majority of his career in
aerospace in the defense and space
industries. This included positions at
Texas Instruments, Lockheed Missiles
and Space, Northrup Grumman and
TEXTRON. In addition to full-time
industry work he also taught
transferable college credit courses in
Solar System and Stellar astronomy and
Introduction to Engineering and
Circuits courses as an Adjunct
Professor of Astronomy and Engineering
at Austin Community College. Clyde is
a life member of the IEEE
and serves as secretary to the life
members group in Austin.
Date & Time:
Tuesday, August 17
2021, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
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Magnetoresistive Random
Access Memory (MRAM) technology was
introduced into the market last decade
in the form of Toggle MRAM. Spin
Transfer Torque (STT) MRAM, the next
generation of Magnetic Tunnel Junction
(MTJ) based memory, has now become
available offering higher density and
bandwidth. This talk will cover the
device and design fundamentals,
associated challenges, and the outlook
of this evolving MTJ based memory.
is currently the Sr.
Director of Design engineering at
Everspin Technologies leading the
design functional areas for embedded
and standalone STT-MRAM. He has worked
on various aspects of design including
bitcell, array circuits, architecture,
and new product introduction
supporting test and DDR high-speed
characterization for STT-MRAM. Dr. Alam received his
BS degree in Electrical Engineering
from UT Austin in 1999, MS and PhD
degrees in Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science from MIT in 2001 and
2004, respectively. He has
mentored/co-advised 5 PhD students for
research on 3D integration and
logic-in-memory architecture. Dr. Alam has over 90
issued US patents, and multiple
journal/conference publications.
Date & Time:
Tuesday, July 20
2021, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
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LinkedIn
and Standing Out (IEEE-USA Free Live Stream
Webinar)
The
marketplace is crowded. How will you
standout?
You have to be seen for what you bring to
table. You can do this by populating your
LinkedIn profile to achieve your desired
results. Yes, it involves some planning, work
and structure.
Let’s talk about it in this
webinar!
This
event is being brought to you in
partnership with the IEEE Region 5 Houston
Section
IEEE Central Texas
Consultant's Network and Life Member Affinity
Group Joint Meeting, Tuesday, June 15th.
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Engineers like to get
their hands dirty and tinker with things
during weekends after a busy week in
order to relax. For retired
engineer Terry Lawell, it is natural for
him to spend more time on his hobby of
fixing and restoring his own sports car.
In this talk, he will tell his story of
accidentally jumping into a new business
of restoring and selling classic sports
car and his system engineering approach
to each unique project. Terry received
the joy of completing each project and a
little profit.
joined Sperry/Univac as
a Field Engineer in Houston after he
completed his US Air Force duty in
1966. He ventured into the main frame
computer field in Univac and Datapoint
till 1978. He joined Motorola
Semiconductor Austin in 1978 as
Product Proposal Engineer in the
Microprocessor Division. He later
joined the design team as System
Engineer and involved in developing
the 68XX family and later the RISC
Architecture 88K family Microprocessor
as well as R&D in Neural Network
and Vector computing. Terry moved to
AMD for a few years and then joined
Cadence in 2000 as consultant for
computer modeling and verification. He
then joined Verilab, another design
tools company in 2005. Terry retired
in 2010 from the chip related
industry. He was awarded 10 patents in
communications and microprocessor
architecture from his work at Motorola
(7) and AMD (3). His hobby after
retirement is to restore his old
sports car.
Date & Time:
Tuesday, June 15
2021, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
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IEEE Central Texas
Consultant's Network and Life Member Affinity
Group Joint Meeting, Tuesday, Apr 20th.
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Battery
Energy Storage Technology -- The
NEXUS of ALL Energy
Energy is fundamental
to all human endeavor. Indeed, human
quality of life is directly correlated
to availability of energy. But, this
metric is changing, again, in dramatic
fashion. Previously unrelated energy
sectors (oil and electricity for
example) are becoming irreversibly
intertwined. “New energy” (e-frack
natural gas, solar and wind) are
already replacing “old energy”(coal,
and now oil). As clean technologies
work to displace the carbon intensive
incumbents, one technology stands at
the center of it all, allowing the
transition to proceed at scale, and
ushering in a new world of
possibilities: Battery Energy
Storage Technology – The Nexus of
ALL Energy.
Thomas Ortman is the CTO for Voltabox of
Texas, Inc., a subsidiary of
Germany-based Voltabox AG, a publicly
traded corporation, manufacturing
electro-mobility solutions with highly
engineered battery energy storage
systems (BESS). These systems are
applied in a broad cross-section of
industrial sectors from municipal buses,
mining, forklifts and agriculture to
locomotives and e-bikes, as well as to
stationary applications. Mr. Ortman
served as CEO of Voltabox of Texas, Inc.
from July 2018-July 2019.
Mr. Ortman was Founder,
President and CEO of Concurrent
Design, Inc., which was acquired by
Voltabox in March 2018. Founded in
1994, Concurrent Design was an
engineering consulting firm with core
skills in industrial product
development, manufacturing automation
and test equipment. With a focus on
the electronics, semiconductor and
clean technology market
segments. Mr. Ortman is a
mechanical engineer and an expert in
product design and development.
Thomas Ortman is active
in the Austin Tech community; Clean
Tech Leaders Roundtable, Clean Energy
Business Network, Founding Member and
Advisory Board Member, CleanTX;
Member, Austin Regional Manufacturers
Association (ARMA); Mentor, University
of Texas IC2, Austin Technology
Incubator, Texas Venture Mentor
Service (mentoring battery start-ups;
Member, Citizens Climate Lobby (CCL).
Prior roles include; Chairman,
Semiconductor Equipment and Materials
International (SEMI) Texas Chapter;
Founder, Solar Energy Entrepreneur
Network (SEEN), Advisor – Physical
Sciences for Central Texas Regional
Center of Innovation and
Commercialization (RCIC) of the Texas
Emerging Technology Fund (TETF);
Member, Greater Austin Chamber of
Commerce Clean Energy Council (GACC
CEC).
Date & Time:
Tuesday, May 18
2021, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
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What Do
The Best Consultants
Do To Get Clients? (IEEE-USA Free
Livestream Webinar)
Consulting is a relationship business built on
trust. Consultants
build trust by focusing on displaying
credibility and providing value to clients even
before they become a client. But how does a consultant
connect with a potential client? How does a consultant
display credibility and build trust leading to a
potential client wanting the consultant's
help?
This session provides an overview of five
organic steps aimed at helping consultants
and contractors get clients. Walk away not only
with an overview of the steps but ideas to help
you with lead generation and on-going client
nurturing.
Software
Defined Radio (SDR) for
Amateur Radio (HAM)
Communication
4/20/2021
Topic:
Abstract:
Amateur Radio or “HAM”
transceivers have typically been
large rectangular boxes with a
myriad switches, knobs and
meters. With the advent of
digital signal processing and other
technology available today, the
functions of yesteryear’s Ham radios
can be handled digitally including
the display and controls.
Software Defined Radios eliminate
the bulk and weight of traditional
transceivers. Some SDR’s are
connected to the internet and
perform the receive function
available to all including those
without a license due to the
“receive only” functionality.
Some SDR transceivers are also
available over the internet and
allow the licensed operator to
remotely control the functions of
the radio from anywhere they have an
internet connection.This presentation describes
the concept of the Software Defined
Radio and the application in HAM
radio. He will show what they look
like in comparison to traditional
equipment and will demonstrate the
functions of both a receiver as well
as a transceiver. There is
even a phone app that acts as an SDR
for licensed users!
Phil
Bautista is a Senior IEEE Member
whose Superpower is leading teams of
people with disparate backgrounds to
accomplish common goals. He
likens it to making “Stone Soup” where
you have none of the ingredients but
organize often antithetic resources to
align and achieve desired outcomes.
While he has been an individual
contributor building hardware to
interface flight controls for the
Apache helicopter to multi-ship
simulators, written code for a
bi-directional interface between the
F-16 triaxial data bus to a PC, some
of his most gratifying work has been
leading teams to bring ideas to life
such as the world’s first microprocessor
controlled SCUBA diving
computer. His work with NASA has
provided the opportunity to learn how
to pilot the Space Shuttle, develop
applications that manage exemptions to
work during missions, and even solve
complex issues without the ability to
touch a keyboard.
Date & Time:
Tuesday, Apr 20
2021, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
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IEEE Central Texas
Consultant's Network and Life Member Affinity
Group Joint Meeting, Tuesday, Mar 16th.
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Over the past
twenty years, the demand for
Lithium-ion batteries has grown from
virtually zero to more than $55
billion. In the past fifteen years,
the high-power high-capacity segment
of the Lithium-ion battery
market has been growing
from zero to more than $45 billion.
Until now, Lithium-ion batteries
were based on the decades-old
cylindrical, pouch and prismatic
cell designs. These work well for
low-power low-capacity applications.
But they do not scale up well to
meet demands for increasing power
and capacity. Rolled-Ribbon®
is novel new technology that was
specifically developed to address
the scalability issues and to become
a new standard for high-power
high-capacity Lithium-ion batteries.
This presentation will introduce the
attendee to the new Rolled-Ribbon®
technology.
Joel Sandahl
is the president and chief
executive officer of the Rolled-Ribbon
Battery Company LLC, a high-power
high-capacity Lithium-ion battery
manufacturer based in Austin, Texas.
He is the former vice president of
engineering for Valence Technology, a
Lithium-ion battery manufacturer. He
has served as a consultant to leading
worldwide Lithium-ion battery
manufacturers. For forty years, he has
been providing business and technology
leadership to companies, large and
small, in the development of
leading-edge products and technology,
including four successful start-up
companies that introduced industry
changing technologies. His innovative
work has resulted in eight patents
with additional patents still pending.
Date & Time:
Tuesday, March 16
2021, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
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IEEE Central Texas
Consultant's Network and Life Member Affinity
Group Joint Meeting, Tuesday, Feb 23rd.
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This meeting was postponed
from Feb 16th due to Texas ice storm/power
shutdowns.
2020 was
a very unusual year. The Pandemic
affected public health, the world
economy, our personal lives,
almost every business, and the
investment market. In these
early weeks of 2021, with approved
COVID-19 vaccines, we look forward
to improving public
health. The November
Presidential Election resulted a
switch of the ruling party,
bringing an expectation of change
in government policy in the next
four years. 2021 begins with
hope, and as of this writing the
market is up for the
year. Jeff
Krumpelman will review
economic, market and fiscal trends
for 2021. He will
provide information on key metrics
and news headlines that support
the outlook for
2021. Jeff will also
share thoughts around individual
market sectors and provide insight
on their valuations.
Jeff
Krumpelman is the chief investment
strategist of the Mariner Wealth
Advisors. He contributes to
decisions impacting strategies and
tactical allocation of portfolios at the
asset class level and also has the
responsibility of driving research,
portfolioconstruction and
security selection for largeand midcap equity
strategies focused on U.S. Stocks. Jeff has a
Bachelor of Arts degree in economics
from DePauw University
and a master’s degree in
management from the Kellogg Graduate
School of Management at Northwestern
University.
Date & Time:
Tuesday, February 23
2021, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
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The Consultants Network promotes the development
of members' careers through professional and
social networking, including publicizing members'
skills and sharing potential professional
opportunities, and supports the IEEE Central Texas
Section.
Meetings - General Information
The Consultants Network meets monthly. Except
when meeting jointly with other groups, the
Consultants Network meets on the fourth Wednesday
of each month. Meetings usually begin with
informal networking from 6:00 to 6:30 p.m.,
followed by presentations from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
by experts in technology, marketing, sales,
advertising, financial or legal needs of small
businesses and special needs of consultants.
IEEE Central Texas
Consultant's Network and Life Member Affinity
Group Joint Meeting, Tuesday, Jan 19th.
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Officers for 2021
term
Position
Name
Chairman
Luis Basto
Vice-Chair/Treasurer
Jody Everett
Secretary
Bill Martino
Member at
large
Kai Wong
Member at
large
Sergio
Liberman
Webmaster
Open
Program Chair
Open
Note:
What is
the Deep Reality
beneath Quantum
Computing?
1/19/2021
Topic:
Abstract:
Quantum computing and
Quantum Physics contains important
concepts about how the world is built.
The fundamentals of the classical
world is bits with its mutually
exclusive 1/0 values. Quantum
computing is based on qubits that are
the superposition (or mixture) of two
classical bits, and this property
means that bits and probabilities are
fundamental to physics. Typically
these unique properties of
superposition and entanglement are
studied with complex mathematics, but
they can be learned conceptually,
which will be the basis of this gentle
introduction. His 2002 Ph.D. used
Geometric Algebra to represent quantum
computing, which produced interesting
predictions. Once these concepts are
understood that the universe is
fundamentally probabilistic and
informational then they will help
understand quantum weirdness. He will
also talk about the role of
observation and quantum measurement,
related to his new book
www.DeepRealityBook.com. The take away
from this talk is a better
appreciation of the spectacular nature
of how the universe is organized as
hyper-dimensional collections of bits,
qubits and ebits.
Dr. Matzke is a prolific scientist,
researcher, and presenter in his areas
of expertise about limits of
computation, hyper-dimensional
mathematics, neuro-computing, quantum
computing, real intelligence, and
protophysics. During his 45-year career,
he was chairman of two PhysComp ’92/’94
workshops, contributed to fifteen
disclosed patents with eight granted,
has published more than fifty papers and
presentations, and earned a PhD in
Quantum Computing. Doug has adopted the
moniker of “Quantum Doug” because he
combines these deep-reality subjects as
the source science beneath his quantum
model of real intelligence. is the
Founder & COO of Triple Crown
Consulting. He has 24+ years of
experience in the Technical Staffing
sector with a specific focus on
Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science verticals. He started Triple
Crown Consulting with Sabatino Guerriero
and two other investors in 2004 with a
Candidate Centered focus on finding
consulting opportunities. Most Triple
Crown competitors are client centric. Of
course, clients are important, but
Triple Crown has always and will
continue to always focus on the
candidate first. Since inception in 2004
in Austin, TX, Triple Crown has grown to
over 100 staffing professionals and
added locations in Scottsdale, AZ, San
Jose, CA, Costa Mesa, CA, Portsmouth,
NH, and Durham, NC. Triple Crown employs
nearly 400 technical consultants and
occasionally will help a customer solve
a direct hire problem. Prior to Triple
Crown, Sab & Dave held various roles
in various locations with Oxford Global
Resources, now a division of ON
Assignment. It was there they both
experienced 9/11 and it’s aftermath as
Division Managers on the West Coast.
Dave has a BA in History from Williams
College where he played football and
started his life as a parent sooner than
he should have. .
Date & Time:
Tuesday, January19,
2021, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
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IEEE Central Texas
Consultant's Network and Life Member Affinity
Group Joint Meeting, Tuesday, Nov 17th.
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Tech
Jobs in
the COVID Shutdown
Era
11/17/2020
Topic:
Abstract:
The COVID Pandemic's Impact on Tech
Jobs- Consulting & Full Time
Where do you go when it's March, 2020,
unemployment is at record lows (3.9%),
particularly in tech (1.9%), and the
Demand constantly outstrips supply?
Those were questions we were asking
ourselves early this year until COVID
punched all of us in the mouth. Having
experienced two significant external
impacts on the labor sector, we found
ourselves asking if this one would
look more like the aftermath of 9/11,
the financial crisis, or some new
monster. Nearly 8 months into the
Pandemic, it's our belief that we are
closer to the finish line than the
starting point. What did the initial
reaction do to our business? How has
the tech market rebounded? What
positives have resulted from this
particular punch in the face? Are
consultants faring better than their
direct colleagues? What does the data
tell us about skills are most
recession resistant from our
perspective? How will this pandemic
permanently alter hiring going
forward? What can we get excited about
as we look to 2021? We'll discuss
these topics and answer any questions
you might have.
David
Smith is a is
the Founder & COO of Triple Crown
Consulting. He has 24+ years of
experience in the Technical Staffing
sector with a specific focus on
Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science verticals. He started Triple
Crown Consulting with Sabatino
Guerriero and two other investors in
2004 with a Candidate Centered focus
on finding consulting opportunities.
Most Triple Crown competitors are
client centric. Of course, clients are
important, but Triple Crown has always
and will continue to always focus on
the candidate first. Since inception
in 2004 in Austin, TX, Triple Crown
has grown to over 100 staffing
professionals and added locations in
Scottsdale, AZ, San Jose, CA, Costa
Mesa, CA, Portsmouth, NH, and Durham,
NC. Triple Crown employs nearly 400
technical consultants and occasionally
will help a customer solve a direct
hire problem. Prior to Triple Crown,
Sab & Dave held various roles in
various locations with Oxford Global
Resources, now a division of ON
Assignment. It was there they both
experienced 9/11 and its aftermath
as Division Managers on the West
Coast. Dave has a BA in History from
Williams College where he played
football and started his life as a
parent sooner than he should have. .
Date & Time:
Tuesday, November17,
2020, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
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IEEE Central Texas
Consultant's Network and Life Member Affinity
Group Joint Meeting, Tuesday, Oct. 20th.
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The
Saga of
Semiconductor
Memories - 50
Years
10/20/2020
Topic:
Abstract:
The
Saga of Semiconductor Memories
over the last 50 years can be
broken into 8 Segments: (1)The
initial ramp of DRAMS to volume
production and the integration
of the SRAM memory onto the
chip; (2) the Memory Wall - a
struggle to make DRAMs faster
and more system compatible with
the logic MPU, culminating
in Synchronous RAMs; (3)
the birth of the non-volatile
memory and evolution of the
Cache Hierarchy; (4) embedded
memory and the age of the single
chip MCU; (5) Emerging Memories-
MRAM, FeRAM, PCRAM and the end
of Moore’s Law scaling; (6) the
advent of Vertical Scaling. the
new Moore’s law and the new
technologies to enable it;(7)
Intelligent Memories and the
intelligent Internet of Things;
(8) Artificial Intelligence on a
chip.
Dr.
Prince is
CEO of Memory Strategies
International. She has worked with
Texas Instruments, NV Philips and
Motorola in memory technology and
marketing management, at RCA in the
development of an early microprocessor
and at Fairchild in semiconductor
process technology. She is author of
six books in the Semiconductor Memory
area. She served as an IEEE SSCS
Distinguished Lecturer from 2005 -
2011, on the Program Committees of the
IEEE CICC and ITC and was on the
Technical Advisory Board of IEEE
Spectrum magazine. She was active in
the JEDEC Standards Organization and
was U.S. rep. to the IEC SC47A WG3
memory committee. She has served on
the Technical Advisory Board of
several memory companies and on the
Board of Directors of Mosaid
Technologies. She holds patents in the
memory, processor and interface areas.
She has a B.S. cum laude and M.S. in
physics and math from the University
of New Mexico and the University of
California, and an M.B.A. and a Ph.D.
from the University of Texas with
doctoral dissertation on fractal
modeling.
Date & Time:
Tuesday, October20,
2020, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
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VIRTUAL
DISTINGUISHED LECTURE - "NEXT GENERATION
MOBILE NETWORKS WITH 5G"
The presentation
will be given by Dr. Ashutosh Dutta;
who is currently a Senior Wireless
Communication Systems Research Scientist at
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Labs
(JHU/APL). Most recently he served as
Principal Member of Technical Staff at
AT&T Labs in Middletown, New Jersey.
THE EMERGING
IMPLICATIONS OF WIRELESS COEXISTENCE ON
TODAY’S MODERN VEHICLES
An Overview of
Wireless Coexistence Measurements and
Challenges: Why Can’t We All Get Along?
by Jason Coder, Shared Spectrum
Metrology Group Leader, National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST), Boulder,
Colorado
• Wireless
Coexistence Implications on Automotive Test
and Measurement Applications, by Garth
D’Abreu Director, Automotive
Solutions at ETS-Lindgren, Cedar Park, Texas
IEEE PI2
AUSTIN, OCTOBER 2020, TECH MEETING,
"TRANSFORMING THE GRID WITH SOLID-STATE
TRANSFORMERS"
Engineers at the
FREEDM Systems Center at North Carolina State
University are developing solid-state
transformers that promise to make the
electrical grid more reliable and facilitate
renewable energy such as wind and solar. If
you drive down a typical road and look up when
you come to a utility pole, you’ll likely see
a transformer or two at the top of it. If you
pass an electrical substation, you might see
transformers there too, only mounted on the
ground. These ubiquitous metal boxes are
seemingly everywhere, as they play an integral
role in the nation’s electrical grid.
Technology
Advisors Group. The Digital
Transformation Demands Dope Data
Digital
transformation requires data storage that has
extreme security, is easy to
install/integrate/manage, and is more
portable/scalable. Dave Sikora,
CEO of ALTR, will tell us how their technology
provides such super storage
at TAG's October 30th virtual,
free meeting from 8 to 9 AM.
Go to tagaustin.org for
more information and to register.
Future
of Travel
09/15/2020
Topic:
Abstract:
The
COVID-19 Pandemic had stopped us
from long distance traveling and
some of us decided to stay in place
in the past six months. Airlines
had provided more safety features now.
Cruise lines have begun to
roll out enhanced safety measures to
ensure a safe return to sea for all
guests and crew, in compliance with
guidelines set by medical experts,
global health authoritiesand
local port regulations.The beauty of
this world is waiting for us to
explore when it is safe for us to
travel.
For this talk, Gina
Murgatroydwill introduce
the group with a brief background of
her company Expedia Cruises Travel
Agency and the relationship with the
Expedia
Cruises, Air Land and Sea. Gina
will give a short overview of travel
today and what we may expect for the
rest of 2020 and 2021, the Future of
Travel. She
will introduce the rest of the
travel specialists panel: Mary
Jo Salas with AM Resorts, Kyle
Bodden with Celebrity Cruises as
well as a representative with Kensington
Land Tours to offer
their insights and improved
services. The panel will
answer any travel related question
from you during
the Q and A session.
Speaker:
Gina Murgatroyd
Email:
Speaker's
Bio:
Gina Murgatroyd, with a lifelong
passion for travel and a desire to
work in the travel industry throughout
her adult life, made her
dream come true and became the owner
of the Austin Expedia Cruise in May 2018. Her
company is a
full-service travel agency, and
continue to book all types of
worldwide travel. Gina’s brick
and mortar agency is located in Great
Hills Station, at the corner of
Research Blvd and Great Hills Trail,
in NW Austin. Gina or one of her
travel professionals will be happy to
help with a quick inquiry or get
personal touch and local service to
help plan your next spectacular
vacation.
Date & Time:
Tuesday, September15,
2020, 6:15 to 7:30 p.m.
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IEEE Central Texas
Consultant's Network and Life Member Affinity
Group Joint WebEx Meeting, August 18th,
Tuesday. Note: One day earlier than usual and
the new time is 5:45 to
7:30 p.m.
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instructions for these meetings.
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A New Pathway to a
Premier Engineering
Degree - ACC and
TAMU
08/18/2020
Topic:
Abstract:
The
Texas A&M-Chevron
Engineering Academy at Austin
Community College gives
students a path to success at
a quality engineering school
while starting close to home.
The Engineering Academy
program is the first
engineering transition program
of its kind in the United
States. Engineering academies
students are co-enrolled with
Texas A&M and partner
community colleges across the
state. After one to two years,
students transition to Texas
A&M to complete their
bachelor's degree in any of
the 22 majors offered in the
College of
Engineering.
The Texas Workforce Commission
projects the need for
engineers in the central Texas
region to grow by 25% in the
next decade. The rising
costs of education and
limited family resources cause
a need for many
students to start at a
community college before
moving to a university.
However, access to a premier
university and getting
accepted into an engineering
school is a daunting
task.
The Engineering Academy model
addresses these affordability,
access, and inclusion problems
head-on and provides qualified
students with an organized and
affordable pathway to success
as an engineering student.
This talk will give an
overview of the program and
the success that has been
achieved in the first few
years of this new and
innovative program.
Shana Shaw is one
of the most social and artistic
engineers you may ever meet. She has
a Bachelor’s of Science in
Mechanical Engineering from Texas
A&M University and a Master’s of
Science in Interdisciplinary
Engineering from Purdue
University. Work experience
in education, automotive, petroleum,
and satellite communications rounds
out her diverse industry experience of
over twenty years. She has held
technical engineering positions in
manufacturing and product design, as
well as engineering and program
management positions in her various
industry assignments. In the
education arena, Shana has
taught in kindergarten through
master’s level classes over the
years. She has served as an
academic and life coach, helping
students with skills such as time
management, note taking, goal setting,
study skills, and learning
styles. Shana currently teaches
at Texas A&M University and Austin
Community College. Her goal is
to inspire her students and children
to look at the world in a different
way while emphasizing the practical
application of learning. Her
hobbies include acting, music, and
sports.
Date & Time:
Tuesday, August18,
2020, 5:45 to 7:30 p.m.
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5G-Digital
services are the essential heart of the modern
Internet-driven economy. In simplest terms, 5G high-speed
causeways enable ubiquitous access to internet-connected
services, sensors, drones, robots, and data while we are on
the move. Within the research community, 5G also represents
transformative internet technology at the intersection of
high-performance computing, high-speed networking, and high
bandwidth wireless communications. This
¿5G-mobile-internet¿ allows the computing devices that
we carry around to analyze vast quantities of information
for real-time services in highly mobile
applications. This presentation describes
the 5G Internet, associated technology, and the 5G
applications that will transform society.
Speaker:
Dr.
BrianKelley,
The
University of Texas at San Antonio
Email:
Speaker's Bio:
Dr.
Kelley received
his BSEE from Cornell University's College of Electrical
Engineering in Ithaca NY where he graduated Tau Beta Pi and
Eta Kappa Nu. He received his MSEE and PhDEE from Georgia
Tech in 1992 where he was an Office of Naval Research
Fellow and a Georgia Tech Presidential Fellow with a
research focus on communications, Signal Processing, and
high-performance computing architectures. He spent 10+
years in industry with both Motorola and Motorola¿s
spinoff, Freescale. While there, he rose to Distinguished
Member of the Technical Staff, developing Wi-Fi, HSPA, LTE
platforms, radio link simulators, and traveled around the
world as a representative to the 3GPP RAN4 (4G-LTE)
standards body. Since 2007, Dr. Kelley has been an
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). At UTSA,
Dr. Kelley is Director of the Wireless Information and Next
Generation Systems Laboratory (WINGS) with an emphasis on
5G Communications, Software Defined Radio (SDR), Cloud
Radio Access Network (CRAN). Dr. Kelley has received over
$2.6M in research funding from ONR, AFRL TECHLAV, DoE and
consults extensively with cellular communications
companies. He has numerous IEEE publications and holds 11
US patents. Dr. Kelley has been an IEEE 4G Technical
Workshop Organizer, has served on the Technical Program
Committee for IEEE Globecom, currently Chairs the IEEE
Chapter of Communications and Signal Processing of San
Antonio, is a member of the National Spectrum Consortium,
and has been Associate Editor of the IEEE System Journal.
From 2015-2016, Dr. Kelley was Sabbatical Employee of the
Department of Defense in Washington D.C.; and in 2015 and
2017, he was a Summer Faculty Fellow at Oak Ridge National
Laboratory (ORNL) in the Quantum Information System Group.
Dr. Kelley is a technical leader in the 5G Steering Group
at JBSA and selected as Assistant Associate Dean¿s Fellow
in 2019. At UTSA, Dr. Kelley instructs courses on 5G-New
Radio Communications, Internet of Things (IoT), Software
Defined Radio (SDR), Error Correction Codes, Statistics and
Random Signals and Noise.
Date & Time:
Tuesday,
July21,
2020, 6:30
to 8:00 p.m.
Location:
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Meeting
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It
doesn’t matter whether you intend to
do the work yourself or hire a
contractor to do it, there are
certain things you will need to know
in order to get what you want out of
the job. I will not try to
make you electricians, but I will
discuss certain National Electrical
Code (NEC) requirements, different
wiring methods and the relative
benefits of each one, receptacle
placement, and other items such as
GFCI receptacles and breakers, AFCI
breakers, and my recommendation on
how to use GFCI receptacles
effectively, and how to trouble
shoot GFCI problems as well as other
common problems.
This is intended to be
fun and informative, not a hard
lecture (no exam afterwards).
James has an eclectic
history. After serving 4-years
in the Air Force, he completed a
four-year Apprenticeship with the
International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers in 1979, making
him a qualified construction
electrician. The training
specialized in industrial and
commercial wiring. On his own,
he did residential wiring. In
1986, he graduated from the
University of Cincinnati with a BS
in Civil Engineering and then worked
as an Environmental Engineer in the
private sector. In 1994, James
was hired into the Texas Department
of Transportation (TxDOT) to work in
Roadway Illumination and in Traffic
Signals; in 2001, he transferred to
TxDOT Hydraulics. While at
TxDOT, he specialized in reviewing
electrical plans, specifying
grounding practices, jobsite
inspections for code compliance,
lightning protection, and open
channel hydraulics. He
designed a collapse detection and
motorist warning system for the
Queen Isabella Causeway Bridge in
south Texas. James also was a
Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM)
and an instructor for the Texas
Floodplain Management Association.
James retired from TxDOT
and the IBEW in 2015 so that he can
enjoy life.
James Mercier is
licensed as a Professional Engineer
in Texas and five other states, and
a Texas licensed Master Electrician.
He is an American Society of
Civil Engineers (ASCE) Life Member
and an IEEE Life Senior Member.
In the IEEE Central Texas
Section, his current duties include
Membership Development Chair, Sr.
Member Upgrade Coordinator, and
SAMIEEE Recipient. He also is
a Past-Chair of the IEEE joint
chapter (PI)² (PES/PELS/IES/IAS),
and current Treasurer. His
nickname is “Honeybadger”
Date & Time:
Tuesday, June 12, 2020, 6:30
to 8:00 p.m.
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Meeting 2:
Energize Your Mindset: 8 Tips for
Moving on From the COVID-19
Alligator Pit
June 24 2020
Topic:
Abstract:
As
the unknowns around the
reopening involving
COVID-19 drag on,
the times feel
overwhelming for many
people. Or in
Carrie Vanston's
nomenclature, many of us
feel we're stuck in the
proverbial alligator
pit.
How do
we keep our sanity and stay out of
the
swamp during
this period of uncertainty? Though
many of us are facing
life-changing circumstances, a
good starting point is to
consciously shift from a fixed
mindset of fear and negativity to
one of empowerment, opportunity,
and unexpected outcomes. With an
energized growth mindset, you can
say “bye-bye” to those gators when
they come a-snapping.
Carrie Vanston
works with organizations and people to
escape the alligator pit of stress and
negativity and move on to energized
growth mindsets overflowing with
opportunities.
Carrie co-authored
the award-winning book "MiniTrends:
How Innovators & Entrepreneurs
Discover & Profit From Business
& Technology Trends," with Dr.
John Vanston. Her article "7 Tips for
Getting Out of the COVID-19 Alligator
Pit” recently appeared in the
prestigious Texas CEO Magazine.
Date & Time:
Wednesday, June 24, 2020, 6:30
to 8:00 p.m.
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Meeting 1:
Edison vs. Tesla: When IP Ruled ...
Still Does
May 19 2020
Topic:
Abstract:
The talk will cover
the following
topics. Tales of dueling
great engineering minds, from Edison
vs. Tesla to Apple vs.
Qualcomm. Why inventor
technical breakthroughs fail to
become successful businesses.
In a world where innovation is not
confined by geographic boundaries
intellectual property (IP) has
become a game changer. All
patents are not created equal: good
patents vs. bad patents. Progression
from engineer to subject matter
expert.
is a
seasoned inventor with more than 30
patents issued. Dr. De Angel is
the founder of Invention Matters, a
company focused on IP licensing, patent
infringement analysis, patent valuation,
prior art research and claim chart
development. He has worked for
several Fortune 500 technology
firms, law firms and
startups. Dr. De Angel has more
than 20 years of experience working for
semiconductor and technology firms
including Honeywell, Intel, Cirrus
Logic, RFMicron, Freescale and
Qualcomm. During this time
he led teams as a Design Manager and VP
of Engineering, creating, developing and
licensing intellectual property. Between
2005-2009 Dr. De Angel served as a
program evaluator for the Accreditation
Board of Engineering and Technology
(ABET).
Dr. De
Angel has a Ph.D. in Electrical
Engineering from the University of Texas
at Austin and a Master of Science in
Electrical Engineering from Stanford
University. He is a professional
engineer (PE), licensed in the state of
Texas, and a certified licensing
professional (CLP). Dr. De Angel
is a board member of Quantum interface
and co-chair of the Licensing Executive
Society Austin/Hill Country Chapter.
Date & Time:
Tuesday, May 19, 2020, 6:30
to 8:00 p.m.
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Meeting 2: New
Startup Idea and Company to Improve
Thermal Ablation of Tumors
May 27 2020
Topic:
Abstract:
Thermal ablation of
tumors through the skin and into
liver or kidney is in widespread use
daily. A medical start-up created a
novel gel that is injected next to
the tumor that changes the
dielectric properties such that
microwaves or RF are more
effectively absorbed and the
ablation volume is markedly
increased. This should lead to more
effective treatment since often all
of the tumor is not ablated with the
treatment which could lead to
regrowth of the cancer. The
technology could also be used for
cardiac ablation and other sites.
The talk will give
a short tutorial on tumors,
thermal ablation, and access to
the tumor, including an animation.
Following this introduction, then
it will proceed to go over the
market potential, and development
and commercialization plans of the
start-up. The audience will be the
hypothetical Angel investors and
will discuss afterward whether
they would fund or not and their
reasons for doing so. Angel
investors invest their own money,
so they scrutinize (in great
detail) all the start-ups that
pitch to them.
Thomas Ryan has over 35
years’ experience in the medical
device field, starting with 12 years
in academics at Stanford Univ. and
Dartmouth College. His career then
entered the second phase with Medical
Device development and
commercialization, with large
companies (Covidien, J&J, Smith
and Nephew), as well as 5 start-ups.
His focus was energy-based tissue
treatment using microwaves,
ultrasound, and RF for tumor ablation
as well as energy-based devices (e.g.
LigaSure, now $1B product) for surgery
and clinical treatment. More recently
he was CEO at a Boston-based start-up
where he pitched to Venture
Capitalists and Angel Groups for
funding, met with the FDA, and laid
the groundwork for commercialization
including business plan, and market
forecast, segueing into acquisition by
a major player in the market.
He is an IEEE Fellow, has 48 US
patents, and more than 110 book
chapters and publications.
Date & Time:
Wednesday, May 27, 2020, 6:30
to 8:00 p.m.
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At the recent IEEE
Rising Stars Conference (https://ieee-risingstars.org/)
in Las Vegas, Nevada I took over 100
undergraduate and graduate level
Engineering students through a
“Zombie Apocalypse” workshop. In it
they were introduced to the
International Telecommunications
Union (ITU) alphabet used in
Emergency Communications (EMCOMM),
radio operation, serial voice
communications nets, and made their
very first VHF/UHF radio contacts.
Following the workshop an FCC
licensing exam session was held and
twice the expected number of people
passed with their newly minted FCC
Amateur Radio licenses. Walk with me
through the workshop highlights and
see the amazing results, what
worked, what the bottlenecks were
and what failed.
In addition, learn what happens on
a weekly basis behind the scenes in
Austin, Travis County, across the
State of Texas and at our Nation’s
Capital to prepare for loss of
communication and handle a surge in
transporting and managing patients
across hospitals in emergencies to
keep our Nation, State, County and
City from being unable to
communicate in the event of a failed
infrastructure.
is a Senior Member of the
IEEE, an Extra Class Amateur Radio
Operator and officer with the Travis
County Amateur Radio Emergency Services
(ARES) organization. His focus is on
enabling communication WHEN (not IF)
Infrastructure crippling emergencies
occur. With training and certification
in Cyber Security, he also helps to
advise and protect our Nation’s critical
infrastructure in cooperation with the
Department of Homeland Security as a
member of Infragard (https://www.infragard.org/)
in Central Texas.
Phil earned a BSEE from DeVry Institute
of Technology in 1982. He is a Senior
ITSM Consultant, and is ITIL V3
Certified.
Date & Time:
Wednesday, April 22,
2020, 6:30
to 7:30 p.m.
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5G technology has the
ability to radically change how we
interact with the world. Not only
will the new technology allow for
higher speeds and throughput, the
additional capability will unlock
multitudes of different
applications. This includes
everything from remote surgeries to
live VR sporting events to
autonomous vehicles. But the big
question is how this
will be done. This presentation will
cover an overview of 5G, including
how this new technology will work.
The presentation will cover topics
such as carrier aggregation, frame
and protocol structure, beamforming,
and network architecture.
Muru Thirugnana is a Wireless Specialist and
Application Engineer with Keysight
Technologies, based in Dallas, Texas.
Muru has a master's degree in electrical
engineering from Indian Institute of
Technology (BHU). He has worked in the
development of modem/protocol stack, RF
firmware, physical layer, and 3GPP
wireless systems. His experience
includes handset development, chipset
integration, and test solutions
development. Currently, Muru's focus is
on LTE-A, NB-IoT, and 5G solutions.
Date & Time:
Wednesday, March 25, 2020, 6:30
to 7:30 p.m.
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Licensing Executive
Society Austin/Hill Country
Chapter
Exploring the Roles of
IP in Monetizing AI
The
Austin and Hill Country Chapter of the
Licensing Executive Society invites you to
a Networking and Panel Discussion Events at
the Capital Factory.
Join us
for a panel discussion looking through
multiple perspectives on the practical
roles of IP in monetizing AI
applications. We will focus on
aspects of the practical effect of legal
choices including benefits, risks and
limitations as they impact business
applications for inventors, adopting
industries, licensors and executives. A
brief introduction to our panel is set out
below, but please refer to the bios at the
end of our
announcement.
Peter
Walker, Ph.D., Sr. Director Visa AI
Platform—perspectives
of programmer, serial entrepreneur and
research management
Peter
leads the development of Visa’s
next-generation Artificial Intelligence
Platform (VAIP). He also has extensive
experience in commercializing social media
and cloud video gaming applications and
has worked in key positions both leading
start-ups and serving established industry
leaders.
Mike
Taylor, CEO of KtMINE—Industry
Trends,
business management
Mike leads ktMINE and was
a principle coder in developing its global IP data
research platform--providing
actionable insights to business
professionals on
royalties, licensing and using IP strategy
to grow value.
Paola
is a CFA® charterholderand supports
deal sourcing and execution alongside all
other day-to-day activities related to Ironspring--giving
him critical insight to how VCs look at
technology start-ups.
Steve Pollinger,
Principal at Mckool Smith—from
the view of IP enforcement
Based
in Austin, Steve is
a trial lawyer and registered patent
attorney with a
masters’s in
electrical engineering. His nationwide
practice focuses on
patent and other IP matters
through which he has
tried several cases to verdicts of
over $100M.
Mark A.
Smith,
Principal and Managing Member—Moderator
Mark serves as
co-chair for our local LES chapter.
His legal practice concentrates on IP
matters building on his prior experience,
both as a Partner in an IP boutique and in-house as
Attorney and Senior IP Counsel in leading
R&D, software and energy companies and, more
recently, in the entrepreneurial
ecosphere.
Steve Pollinger has been
working in IP for
nearly 30 years. He is
a Principal at McKool Smith here
in Austin, an office
he helped found in
2000. He is a trial
lawyer and registered
patent attorney
focused on patent and
other IP cases
nationwide. He has
tried several cases to
verdict, three of
which have resulted in
verdicts of over $100M
each. He has a
master’s degree in
electrical engineering
and served as a
Judicial Clerk to
Judge Plager at the
Federal Circuit Court
of Appeals in
Washington, D.C.
Paola Retes, Associate
atIronSpring Ventures
Paola Retes serves as
Associate and supports
deal sourcing and
execution alongside
all other day-to-day
activities related to
Ironspring. Paola is a
CFA® charterholder and brings
significant financial
expertise to Ironspring's network of
operators and
portfolio companies.
Mark A.
Smith, Principal at
Mark Andrew Smith,
PLLC
Mark’s
legal practice
concentrates on
Intellectual Property
and builds on his
prior experience, both
as a Partner in
an IP boutique
and
in-house as Attorney
and Senior IP Counsel
in leading R&D,
software and energy
companies.
He
has served as an
adjunct law professor
and serves
entrepreneurs and
graduate students in
commercializing new
technologies mentoring
teams and judging
business plans in
related professional,
academic and
accelerator
programs. Active
in the Licensing
Executive Society,
Mark has served in
leadership positions
in the local chapter
and nationally with
the LES Foundation.
Mark
has engineering and
law degrees from SMU,
an LL.M from UH and an
MSTC (technology
commercialization)
from the UT/McCombs;
is admitted to the
Texas Bar and the
USPTO; and is
credentialed as CLP
Emeritus (Certified
Licensing
Professional, CLP
Inc.) and a RTTP
(Association of
Technology Transfer
Professionals).
Mike Taylor,
CEO KtMINE
As CEO, Mike
sits at the helm of ktMINE, a global
intellectual property
data research
platform. With
20-years of experience
in systems
architecture and
design, Mike
custom-built the
infrastructure that
powers ktMINE’s suite of
applications. A master
of several programming
languages, he is
experienced in
everything from
back-office
integration to
enterprise-scale
software engineering.Mike’s passion for
data, connections, and
the business insights
found within
drives him to find
innovative ways to
provide actionable
insights to business
professionals. Since
its inception, ktMINE has added
millions of data
points beyond
royalties and
licensing information.
The new resulting
platform is utilized
across different
industries and
well-known
organizations to drive
corporate IP strategy
and growth by
utilizing the value
within their IP
portfolios.
Peter
Walker, Ph.D., Sr.
Director Visa AI
Platform
Peter is a
senior director in
Visa Data Product
Division. He leads the
development of Visa’s
next-generation
Artificial
Intelligence Platform
(VAIP). VAIP is built
on modern AI
capabilities and
deployed at scale,
empowering the
delivery of better
consumer experience
and new services to
Visa clients.
He has
extensive experience
in developing large
scale, low-latency
multimedia
applications and
systems, cloud
computing, networking,
and systems management
products and
technologies. Before
joining Visa, he was
the CTO and Cofounder
of JamKazam, a social
media and interactive
platform that enables
musicians to discover,
connect, and play live
and in-sync across the
internet.
Peter is a
pioneer of the field
of Cloud Video Gaming
now being offered by
Google, Microsoft, and
Sony. He cofounded SpawnLabs, which led to
the development of the
technology for
real-time video game
streaming as a
service. In 2008 SpawnLabs was awarded
the Austin Tech
Innovation award in
Gaming. He also served
as CTO of GameStop
Cloud Gaming Division,
after GameStop
acquired SpawnLabs. Additionally,
he worked at IBM
Research modeling
networks for use in
supercomputers. He
earned his Masters and Ph.D. in
Computer Science and
Engineering from Brown
University in
Providence, Rhode
Island.
The Antikythera
Mechanism
February 2020
Topic:
The Antikythera
Mechanism
Abstract:
The
Antikythera Mechanism -The
Designing and Building of a
LEGO Version including
designing and 3D printing the
needed custom LEGO compatible gears.
The
Antikythera Mechanism is an
ancient Greek Mechanical
Computer,
often called the first
Computer. Designed and build
around 205 to 60BC.
It was found in 1901.
Kurt Baty is a
Life Member of the IEEE, has 44
years' experience in the
electronics industry and has been,
since 1988, an independent design
consultant.
His client list includes many
large companies: NCR, HP, Nortel,
Synopsys,
Lucent and NEC. He has also worked
with a number of startup companies
these include Stratus Computer,
LANcity, Aware, 0-in, Argon
Networks,
Cimaron Communications, Neteffect
and Everspin Technologies.
He has worked on: 54 ASICs, list
of patents, the first Cable Modem
chips,
the first 100Mbit ethernet chip,
the first core internet router
chip,
and the first hardware
transendental function IP(s).
Kurt lives with his wife of 42
years on their acreage on Lake
Travis outside
of Austin, Texas.
Date & Time:
Wednesday, February 26,
2020, Networking
at 6:00 p.m., business and program
from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Location:
PoK-e-Jo's,
2121 W. Parmer Lane at Lamplight Village,
Austin, TX 78727
Seeing the
Unseeable - What technologies can
be used to see Black Holes that
emit no light because they are so
dense that their escape velocities
exceed the maximum speed of events
like particle propagation or
gravitational effects in the
universe often called the 'speed
of light'. This has been
accomplished by some truly amazing
developments in millimeter wave EM
detection, Interferometry and
computational processing of
massive quantities of data.
Clyde
Springenis a retired software, systems and electrical engineer, an Adjunct Professor of Astronomy & Engineering. He was privileged to have a 47 year career as an engineer and teacher. Engineering alumnus of Texas Instruments, Lockheed Missiles and Space, Northrop Grumman and
Textron. Primary technology areas in Engineering were in Artificial Intelligence –
robotics, machine vision, and expert planning systems, tracking and data fusion, and
in Astronomy - photometry analysis and galactic simulation. Worked on applications
including surface systems for missiles and rockets, conveyor belt robot and vision
systems, automated test systems and corps level army battle planning systems. Some
highlights include creating a rule-based countdown sequencer for NASA, developing
an innovative state-machine based application programming language for robots resulting in two
patents and developing a fault-isolation sub-system to diagnose failure in digital circuit cards. As a
teacher at Austin Community College taught Introduction to Engineering, Solar System and Stellar
Astronomy courses. Also obtained a NASA grant to incorporate satellite telemetry into engineering
curriculum.
Date & Time:
Wednesday, January 22, 2020,
Networking at
6:00 p.m., business and program
from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Location:
PoK-e-Jo's,
2121 W. Parmer Lane at Lamplight Village,
Austin, TX 78727
Notice:
See Below- This month's meeting is earlier
due to Thanksgiving holidays.
Also note the
Christmas holiday party on Dec. 5.
How ElecTrip is
Electrifying City to City
Travel in Texas
November 2019
Topic:
How ElecTrip is
Electrifying City to City Travel in
Texas
Abstract:
ElecTrip is solving
for the 1000s of labor hours lost by
frequent business travelers when
traveling between cities located less
than 4 hours apart by car. We offer
door to door transportation in a
private Tesla with Wi-Fi and laptop
charging. Due to the lower operational
expense of EVs, we can offer a no
compromise service at a cost
competitive price. Since our launch in
March of 2018, we've serviced over
1000 clients-including Apple, Shell,
and Deloitte. ElecTrip recently signed
a contract with Shell, offering
employees discounted rides in order to
offset carbon emissions during city to
city commutes, while also providing a
safer option than the ones currently
on the market.
Speaker:
Elliott
Lee
Speaker's
Bio:
Eliott Lee is a senior at The University of Texas at Austin studying Mechanical Engineering. He is involved with the Longhorn Entrepreneurship Agency on campus and has experience interning at Shell GameChanger, an early stage startup fund/program within Shell. Born and raised in Houston, with a passion for energy, tech, and startups. He serves as the COO for ElecTrip and works alongside Mandeep and the rest of the ElecTrip team.
Date & Time:
Tuesday, November 19, 2019,
Networking at 6:00 p.m., business and
program from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Location:
PoK-e-Jo's, 2121 W. Parmer
Lane at Lamplight Village, Austin, TX 78727
Reservations: Please
register here
so that we know approximately
how many are
coming.
Space is limited. Reservations
are required.
(First Come - First In). Last minute
walk-ins and guests welcome.
Thurs.,
Dec 5, 2019, 5-7:30pm Location:
The Park
at the Domain
11601 Domain Dr., #200
Austin, TX, 78758
Innovation
for Sustainable Planet
October 2019
Topic:
Innovation for Sustainable Planet
Abstract:
There wouldn’t be a day go by without the news on
global warming, plastic pollution and other
environmental disturbing activities. We as a community
at this juncture has a responsibility of to fix it to
safeguard planet and our future generations. After a
short presentation, let’s identify a few issues from
our city and come up with innovative ideas to fix
them. Let’s brainstorm and find out whether we can
solve the problems as entrepreneurs does. Typical
issues could be transportation, plastic pollution,
textile pollution, water recycling and energy saving.
Prasad
Jaladiis a social entrepreneurs and Chief
Facilitator at Suraksha. He was President of Intelligent
Enterprise Solutions, operated in social
entrepreneurship model. He has international experience
in multiple industries. With Masters in Organic
Chemistry, he ventured into multiple disciplines. He
built local and international partnerships to foster
innovation and entrepreneurship. He worked with
corporations, universities, government, private research
institutions and hospitals offering software, consulting
and training services. Prasad introduced SaaS for
intelligence analytics on 35 technologies, end to end
automation of intellectual property management and data
mining in gene expression analysis. He supports
application of AI, VR/AR, Blockchain, Chatbots and IoT.
Prasad established and managed IT consulting business in
Silicon Valley. He has experience in pharmaceutical
industry as Managing Director, managed R&D, QA, QC,
pilot and commercial manufacturing. He lead team to
obtain US FDA approval. He works with international
scientists, organizations for technology
commercialization of products from natural and renewable
resources.
Date & Time:
Wednesday,
October 23, 2019, Networking at 6:00 p.m., business
and program from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Location:
PoK-e-Jo's, 2121 W. Parmer
Lane at Lamplight Village, Austin, TX 78727
