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IAS Technical Video Library

The Chapters & Membership Department maintains a video library of IEEE technical videos for IAS chapter use. These videos are loaned from the Department for chapter meetings or tutorials. The videos should be returned to the Department after their use to make them available for other chapters. Contact the Department Chair if you would like to check out any of the following titles or would like to see any particular videos added to the library:

INTRODUCTION TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND EXPERT SYSTEMS
Presented by Mark S. Fox, Center for Integrated Manufacturing Decision systems, Carnegie Mellon University

The purpose of this video is to provide engineers and managers with an overview of the concepts that underlie artificial intelligence and expert systems. The video will review: the components of an intelligent system, the basics of knowledge representation, search-base problem solving methods and expert system technologies.

CHAOS, FRACTALS AND NONLINEAR DYNAMICS
Presented by Robert L. Devaney, Boston University

Chaotic synamical systems and fractal geometry are revolutionary new mathematical concepts that are having wide impact in all areas of science and engineering. These concepts provide major new tools for understand and modeling natural phenomena. Many of these ideas are quite new - having been developed only in the last decade. Now that chaotic information can be harnessed and understood, engineers and scientists in all disciplines need to understand how to use chaos and fractals. The goal of this video is to introduce these new ideas in a manner that will allow scientists and engineers to use them in their own applications. The mathematical ideas will be described using a combination of computer experiments and video displays. Topics to be covered in the video-conference include iteration, the transition to chaos, Feigenbaum’s universality, fractals, and the mandelbrot and Julia sets.

FUZZY LOGIC AS A CALCULUS OF SIMILARITIES AND PREFERENCES
Presented by Enrique Ruspini, Artificial Intelligence Center, SRI International

This video presents an application of fuzzy logic techniques to design and reactive controller for an autonomous robot. The video includes a discussion of the formal theoretical foundations upon which the controller is based and video clips showing actual runs of the robot in an indoor environment. These video clips illustrate controller behavior, robot motion, the dynamic state of the robot’s sensory information, and the dynamic state of the controller showing the factors leading to the choice of particular control actions. From this course you will learn.....1. How to apply concepts from utility-theory in connection with fuzzy logic to design a reactive controller that guides a complex system through a dynamic, uncertain environment. 2. About the basic ideas and principles that enable the successful construction of fuzzy controllers.

FUZZY LOGIC AND NEURAL NETWORKS FOR CONTROL SYSTEMS
Presented by Hamid R. Berenji, NASA Ames Research Center

This course discusses the recent techniques developed in the fields of fuzzy logic and artificial neural networks as applied to control of physical systems. The audience can expect to learn the basic methodologies for design of fuzzy logic controllers and how neutral networks can assist in the process of developing fuzzy logic controllers. The viewers will also develop an understanding of different successful applications of this methodology.

FUZZY LOGIC AND NEURAL NETWORKS FOR PATTERN RECOGNITION
Presented by James C. Bedzek, University of West Florida

This tutorial defines and characterizes the numerical pattern recognition problems of feature analysis, clustering and classifier design .The viewer can expect to learn basic data structures for fuzzy pattern recognition, how fuzzy logic is used and impacts the solution of problems in numerical pattern recognition, how fuzziness can be incorporated into computational neural-like architectures used in pattern recognition, and how computational neutral networks can be used in fuzzy models for pattern recognition.

LEARNING RECOGNITION, AND PREDICTION BY SELF-ORGANIZING NEURAL NETWORKS
Presented by Stephen Grossberg, Wang Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems and Professor of Mathematics, Psychology and Biomedical Engineering at Boston University

This tutorial you will learn: How to design self-organizing algorithms for learning, pattern recognition, and nonstationary prediction. How an autonomous controller can conjointly minimize predictive error and maximize memory resources during on-line supervised learning. How cognative and neurobiological data support the mechanisms used in the architectures. How to computationally instantiate brain concepts including categorization, attention, expectation, memory search, hypothesis testing, vigilance control prototypes, and fast associative learning.

ADAPTIVE VECTOR QUANTIZATION AND NEURAL NETWORKS
Presented by Teuvo Kohonen, Professor of Computer and Information Science, Helsinki University of Technology

From this tutorial you will learn: How to use the essentials of classical vector quantization, the self-organizing maps and learning vector quantization in your applications. To understand the topological relationships of data, and the clustering method, Sammons mapping. How to use these algorithms in a speech recognition system as demonstrated by a phonetic typewriter.

APPLICATION OF POWER CIRCUIT BREAKERS
1994/Approx. 5 Hours/4 Video Tapes/PAL format
Presented by J.H. Brunke, R.D. Garzon, H.L. Hess, S.R. Lambert, A.K. McCabe, A.J. Molnar, D.L. Swindler, C.L. Wagner; and R.A. York

A must for electrical engineers and electrical contractors working in the power field. This important video tutorial will show you how to upgrade circuit breakers manufactured in accordance with older standards. It includes applications of the most common types of circuit breakers in use today and offers help in selecting high power circuit breakers. A review of the evolution of power circuit breakers with emphasis on the problems faced when specifying new, replacement circuit breakers is featured. The intent of this program is to give the tools you need to facilitate the selection of power circuit breakers.

From this video you will learn...

ARC FLASH HAZARDS IN ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
1997/33 Minutes/1 Video Tape (VHS format)/1 CD-ROM
Presented by the Petroleum and Chemical Industry Committee

VHS video and CD-ROM based materials for developing an awareness and understanding of electric arc hazards in electrical equipment. The CD-ROM contains over 90 Microsoft Powerpoint slides. A small group of people came together to form an ad hoc committee intended to learn more about how people are or may be exposed to hazards associated with electrical arc flash. Recognizing that in most instances, the primary exposure to such hazards is when an electrical circuit or piece of equipment is undergoing integrity testing or trouble-shooting, the ad hoc group defined and executed a series of test with a mannequin located where a person is likely to be. The tests were executed on equipment normally found in industrial facilities. In fact, some of the tests were with late model equipment recently removed from production facilities. The tests were designed to be independent of either unique manufacturer models or circuit protection schemes. Instead, the tests focused on gathering information related to the mannequins in the vicinity.

The ad hoc group had three main goals in mind: to develop new knowledge or validate existing knowledge about electrical flash hazards; to produce three training programs for electricians, engineers and general public around electrical hazards; to assimilate and catalog knowledge around all aspects of electrical hazards. This video package will present results of the series of staged tests intended to better quantify circumstances that can lead to personal injury and/or significant equipment damage as a result of an arcing flash. The viewer will achieve a better understanding of the causes and implication of electrical hazards and how to reduce personnel exposure.

POWER ELECTRONIC DEVICES & CIRCUITS FOR AC DRIVES
1997/2 hours 54 Minutes/2 Video Tapes/PAL format
Presented by Dr. Elias Strangas, Michigan State University, and Dr. David Torrey, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Dr. Richard G. Hoft, University of Missouri-Columbia, served as technical editor

Sponsored by the IEEE Power Electronics Society, IEEE Power Engineering Society, IEEE Industry Applications Society, and IEEE Educational Activities

This video is also comprised of excerpts from the Power Electronics and Motor Drives video series. While most of the information in this tutorial is broad in nature and can be used for other applications, the speakers maintain their focus on ac drives since these are the most common. The tutorial concentrates specifically on the power electronics of switching power converters. Dr. Elias Strangas of Michigan State University talks about the power electronic devices commonly used in drives as well as the performance characteristics and limitations of these devices. Dr. David Torrey of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute introduces power electronic circuits such as inverters and rectifiers and demonstrates how they operate. Also discussed are the fundamentals of voltage and current control.

References and hard copies of the visuals are included with this video course. The viewer may earn 0.25 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) and a certificate of achievement upon successful completion of the final exam.

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THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS SEMINAR
1997/Approx. 6 Hours/6 Video Tapes/VHS & PAL format
Sponsored by the IEEE Foundation

This series consists of six videotapes and a supporting information booklet which have been prepared to convey the concepts, risks, and advantages of entrepreneurial endeavors. An important message emphasized throughout the seminar is the value-added to engineers and scientists by improving and maintaining the extra or softer skills, such as: communications, report writing, marketing, understanding business finance, etc.

It should be understood that the tapes do not try to teach the entrepreneurial or extra skills to the engineer and scientist, but attempt to show the benefits of being competent in these skills. The tapes can be used individually, or in combination with one another, to generate a short meeting, or workshop. In contrast, the entire series can be used to form a full day seminar. Presentation titles and speakers are listed on the rear cover of this package. It is recommended that a conference moderator provide an introduction to the viewing audience. The moderator should have enthusiasm towards - as well as a good understanding of the subjects - of entrepreneurial endeavors - as well as the need for improving and maintaining the softer skills.

The included information booklet provides a seminar introduction, plus presentation abstracts, English transcripts of each of the tapes, and copies of the graphics used in each presentation. An appendix to this booklet provides suggested books and videos that teach the softer skills.