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Monterey - 6/1 | Recommendations on Ebay - choices, preferences, value, quality ... [more]
SCV-TMC - 6/2 | Applying Social Technology to Product Innovation - social tools, getting started, collaboration, best ideas, concerns ... [more]
SCV-Life - 6/7 | Global Warming and Air Pollution: A Worldwide Plan to Solve Both with Wind, Water, and Sun ... [more]
OEB-CS+ComSoc+NPSS - 6/7 | National Ignition Facility (NIF) Control System - scalable software, 1,600 processes, firing ... [more]
SCV-CPMT+Phot+EMB - 6/8 | Design and Fabrication of MEMS for Applications in Adaptive Optics - reference beacons, samples ... [more]
SCV-ComSoc - 6/8 | Planning, Design, Maintenance and Evolution of a State of the Art University Campus Network - VoIP, video ... [more]
IEEE-USA - 6/9 | Engineering - The View from Here - Webinar: getting started, mentor, guidance, vantage points ... [more]
SCV-EDS - 6/14 | Statistical Variability and Reliability in Advanced Nanoscale CMOS - Asen Asenov: TCAD, circuit simulation ... [more]
SCV-CS+PES - 6/14 | Smart Meter Analytics: What Can We Learn from the Data? - 2TB per year, analyzing, benefit to retailers ... [more]
SCV-Mag - 6/14 | Growth-control & Microstructure Characterization of Magnetic Thin Films: High-Density Magnetic Media ... [more]
SCV-CNSV - 6/14 | Technology, Medicine and the Global Economy: The Perfect Storm - MEMS, electronics, checkpoints ... [more]
SCV-PELS - 6/15 | The Role of Power Electronics in the Future Smart Electric Grid - capacity, reliability, security, thermal ... [more]
SCV-EMB - 6/15 | Endocardial Visualization and Therapy - high-res, direct visualization, steering ... [more]
SCV-CPMT - 6/16 | Tour: HALT-HASS Testing and Chamber Demonstration - reliability testing, methods, presentations ... [more]
OEB-IAS - 6/16 | Load-Shedding System Applications - 2 talks: pre-defined loads, limitations, capacity, stresses ... [more]
OEB-IAS - 6/16 | Load-Shedding System Applications - 2 talks: pre-defined loads, limitations, capacity, stresses ... [more]
CV - 6/27 | IEEE Members: Senior Member Upgrade - prestige, recognition, a few short tasks ... [more]
SCV-CS - 7/12 | Future Vehicle Computer System in a Five-Screen World - entertainment, communication,driving assistance ... [more]
SCV-CSS - 7/13 | Networked Control Systems II: Innovative Topologies for Distributed Motion Control - ethernet, real-time, multiaxis, network-based ... [more]
SCV-CS - 7/16 | Emerging Automotive Computing: Engineering in Overdrive - NFIC 1-day: autonomous vehicles, controls ... [more]
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Have you ever wanted to continue your education in engineering while you continued working? Santa Clara University’s School of Engineering offers graduate degree and non-degree programs to both full-time students and working professionals. Simplified registration for the Summer Open University. Graduate-level instruction. Up to 12 units may be transferred to a graduate-degree program. Early-morning classes: - Linear Algebra - Speech Coding - Applied Math - Intro to Systems Engineering (and more) Evening classes: - Web Architecture & Protocols - Logic Design Using HDL - IC Fab Processes - Nanoelectronics (and more) Saturday classes: - Wireless Mobile Networks - Design of SOCs - Law, Technology, IP (and more)
Hilton Hotel, San Jose June 27-30 2011
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Sponsored by the Santa Clara Valley Section of IEEE
IEEE Senior Member Grade Elevation Night Date: Monday, June 27, 2011
Time: 6:15 – 8:00 PM (drop in at any time between 6:15 PM and 7:30 PM)
Location: Cogswell Polytechnical College, Room 172 1175 Bordeaux Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089
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The IEEE Santa Clara Valley Section, in conjunction with PACE, is sponsoring a Senior Member Grade Elevation night for all IEEE members who meet the requirements for grade elevation to Senior Member. The requirements are posted at:
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* be an engineer, scientist, educator, or technical executive in IEEE-designated fields; * have been in professional practice for:
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* show professional maturity and "significant performance" over a period of at least five of those years in professional practice.
IEEE members who meet these requirements are encouraged to attend. Potential Senior Members will have an opportunity to meet with Senior/Fellow Members and possibly obtain the references that are required for the application, as well as to get a formal Nomination from the Section. Please download the Application Form (www.ieee.org/web/membership/senior-members/application.html), enter your background/ answers and bring 4 copies, but do NOT begin the application process on the IEEE website (this is done AFTER our meeting). Also, members are asked to write a few sentences on Page 2 of the Application, or else in a file on the flash memory device, explaining how they have significantly performed their professional duties for at least five years. To help our volunteer Senior/Fellow members evaluate your application, particularly the sections on Professional Experience and Significant Performance, please prepare a Curriculum Vitae (CV) / resume that contains details that don’t “fit” into the application; the CV also contains details that explain possible questions that arise in the minds of the reviewers. Bring 4 copies of this resume. Please remember that this collaborative exploratory process does not guarantee that you will receive all of the requisite references. For any questions, please send email to John Berg [email protected]
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Long Beach Convention Center
We have planned a diverse range of technical sessions, meetings, experiments, demonstrations, professional development, society awards, and some Special Sessions on EMC in Space – with a wide range of Workshops and Tutorials offering a wealth of information on basic EMC, measurements and testing, reverberation chambers, modeling, electronic vehicles and transportation, standards, and more.
Mr. Henry Ott chairs the Tutorial Session on the Fundamentals of EMC, and Dr. Howard Johnson chairs a Special Session on Signal Integrity. Henry Ott is considered by many to be the nation’s leading EMC educator, and has over 40 years experience in the field of EMC. Howard Johnson is a foremost authority on signal integrity, and has over 30 years of experience.
Invited Sessions • Solving Large EM Problems • Signal Integrity for High Speed Connectors • Full Channel Characterization • EMC in Space (17 papers)
Other events Computer Modeling & Simulation Demonstrations
Fundamental EMC numerical and computational electromagnetic (CEM) modeling approaches and simulation methods are illustrated through various interactive computer demonstrations.
Hardware Experiments & Demonstrations Focus on innovative concepts and methods of interest to practicing EMC engineer.
Plus several dozen specialized collateral meetings, receptions.
WORKSHOPS Some of the titles: • Fundamentals of EMC • Fundamentals of Signal Integrity • Intro to EMI Modeling Techniques • Application of Reverberation Chambers • Low Frequency EMC (Power Quality, Energy Efficiency, Electric Vehicles Smart Grid) • ESD & Lightning Requirements/Testing • EMC Leadership Training • Fundamentals of EMC • EMC Aspects of Smart Grid • Breaking Down Complex Systems Into Realistic, Solvable Accurate Models • Transportation System EMC • Advanced Antenna & Probe Topics • EMC & Wireless Devices • EMC Consultant’s Toolkit • Relationships between Transfer Impedance & Shielding Effectiveness • Predicting Cosite Interference (and more) Hotel at/near the Convention Center: The Hyatt Regency is located steps from the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center. Please reserve by July 15th. Earlybird Rates through July 7th. Special reduced fees for retired/unemployed and for students. For more information on the Symposium, a complete listing of exhibitors, and registration forms, please visit:
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EMC 2011 Long Beach, CA
August 14-19, 2011
Be part of “Exploring EMC Frontiers” as we step into the future of Electromagnetic Compatibility
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Getting Things Done Across Organizational Borders
– Date/Time: Tues, June 7, 9:00AM – 5:00PM – Location: – Integrated Device Technology, San Jose
Fee: $400 for IEEE Members; $500 non-members
Project Management: Team-Based Accountability
– Date/Time: Th - Fri, June 9-10, 9:00AM – 1:00PM – Location: – TIBCO Software, Palo Alto
Fee: $625 for IEEE Members; $700 non-members
5 Habits of Intentional Leadership – Date/Time: Th - Fri, June 16-17, 9:00AM – 5:00PM – Location: – Synopsys, Sunnyvale
Fee: $625 for IEEE Members; $700 non-members
Upgrade your skill set – prepare for future challenges
21 sessions 8 Workshops 20 Tutorials
IJCNN features invited plenary talks by world-renowned speakers in the areas of neural network theory and applications, computational neuroscience, robotics, and distributed intelligence. In addition to regular technical sessions with oral and poster presentations, the conference program includes special sessions, competitions, tutorials and workshops on topics of current interest.
There is a special all-day symposium on Tuesday, Aug. 2, titled "From Brains to Machines", featuring invited talks and a panel discussion by leading researchers in neuroscience, cognitive science, cognitive computing and embodied systems.
Sponsored by the International Neural Network Society (INNS) and
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SCV Chapters, Technology Management & Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Societies
Managing Time & Multiple Priorities – Date/Time: Tuesday, July 19, 9:00AM-1:0PM – With Peter Turla – Location: Synopsys, Sunnyvale – Fee: $300 for IEEE Members; $350 non-members
Presentation Skills for Engineers – Date/Time: Friday, July 22, 9 AM – 5 PM – Location: – Integrated Device Technology, San Jose
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Plenary Speakers: Michael Arbib, USC, “Brains, Machines and Buildings” Leon Glass, McGill U, “Challenges for Computational
Vision: From Random Dots to Wagon Wheel Illusion” Dharmendra Modha, IBM, “Cognitive Computing:
Neuroscience, Supercomputing, Nanotechnology” Andrew Ng, Stanford, “Unsupervised Feature Learning
and Deep Learning” Stefan Schaal, USC, “Learning Motor Skills in Humans
and Humanoids”
Post-Conference Workshops (Aug. 4, 5) Future Perspectives of Neuromorphic Memristor Science & Technology - Problems and Challenges Mapping Spiking Neurons to Cognition and Behavior - Concept Drift and Learning in Nonstationary Environments - Cognition and the Fringe: Intuition, Feelings of Knowing, and Coherence - Integral Biomathics - Results & Methods of the Neural Network Grand Forecasting Challenge on Time Series Prediction - Neuromorphic Hardware: VLSI Spiking Neural Networks (SNN) and Bio-Sensors Save, through June 30th
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Recommendations on Ebay
Speaker: Dr. Neel Sundaresan, EBAY Research Time: 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Cost: none (bring maney for parking fee) Place: University of California at Santa Cruz,
Simularium Room (Room 180, Engineering Bldg 2), Santa Cruz
RSVP: not required; see website for paper PDF, and for map
Web: www.ee.com/ieee
A networked marketplace like eBay is defined by the network of buyers and sellers who define the activity and diversity of the market. Unlike an online retail site the marketplace provides choices for the participants of the market. The marketplace aids sellers distinguish themselves from others and assists buyers participate according to their preference for value or quality. The reputation system (aka feedback rating) lets the market thrive and keep it from deteriorating into a lemon market. All aspects of the user experience – search, navigation, recommender systems are driven by this reputation system. In this talk we will discuss challenges and opportunities for research and technology in such a marketplace.
WEDNESDAY June 1, 2011SCV Moneterey Bay Subsection
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Applying Social Technology to Product Innovation
Speakers: Prof. Tammy Madsen, Santa Clara
University, and Jeanne Bradford, technology executive
Time: Networking at 6:00 PM; Forum at 6:30 PM; Dinner at 7:15 PM; Presentation at 7:45 PM
Cost: $10 for IEEE members; $13 for others ($3 more, at door)
Place: Ramada Silicon Valley, 1217 Wildwood Ave, Sunnyvale
RSVP: by May 31, from the website Web: www.ieee-scv-tmc.org
Tammy L. Madsen (Ph.D., UCLA) is Associate Professor of Strategy and Roelandt’s Fellow in the Management Department at the Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University. Tammy’s research interests are at the intersection of strategy, innovation, competitive dynamics and organizational evolution. Her most recent work explores how innovation contributes to sustaining a profit advantage over that of rivals. Her work has received various awards from the Business Policy & Strategy (BPS) Division of the Academy of Management and appears in a variety of journals including Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Industrial and Corporate Change, Journal of Knowledge Management and International Marketing Review. She serves on the editorial review boards of the Strategic Management Journal, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Academy of Management Review, and Organization Science, and is Chair of the BPS Division of the Academy of Management. Tammy teaches strategy in the MBA and Executive MBA programs at SCU. She also holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (U. of California, Santa Barbara) and a M.S. in Systems Management (U. of Southern California). She began her professional career as a test and evaluation engineer for the weapon control systems on the F14 aircraft. She subsequently worked as a design engineer and program manager at Delco Electronics, General Motors.
Social media has taken businesses by storm, and the
next frontier is in its applications to product innovation. 2010 research indicates that only 14% of companies were applying social technologies in the area of product development, however, almost 90% were expecting to increase their use of social tools.
While it may be clear that social product innovation will become the new "normal" for product innovation, many companies are unclear how to get started in engaging customers in a way that will produce the best ideas.
This session shares the best practices uncovered in a recent benchmark study that explored the application of social technologies to the product innovation process. With pragmatic, yet innovative practices, companies of all sizes can begin implementing social technology into their product development processes. Attendees will learn lessons from those companies that are setting the curve with social technology, how they made their efforts successful, and lessons learned along the way, including:
Best practices for applying social technology to the product innovation process How do you get started - Big Bang or Pilot? Tools & techniques managing both internal and
external collaboration Resource investment: how much should you invest
and how to get the biggest bang for your buck How to deal with intellectual property concerns and
get around objections from the C-Suite
Jeanne Bradford is a business and technology executive with a unique blend of product delivery and organizational transformation skills that help companies innovate, execute and build lasting capability into their organizations. She has led global organizations to deliver compelling products and technologies for some of the industry’s most successful companies, including Apple, Cisco and AOL. During her tenure at Apple she led the re-architecture of the Apple new-product development process, resulting in a faster and more scalable process to meet the increasing market demand for the Macintosh product lines, and later the iPhone & iPad.
As a results-driven leader, Jeanne has a proven track record in building lean, global teams that deliver high value. She is also a frequent invited speaker in the area of product development best practices and the emerging use of social technologies for product innovation.
She earned an MBA from Santa Clara University and a BA in mathematics from the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO.
THURSDAY June 2, 2011
SCV Technology Management
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National Ignition Facility (NIF) Control System
Speaker: John M Fisher, Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory's National Ignition Facility.
Time: Networking at 6:00 PM;Presentation at 6:30 PM
Cost: none Place: Chevron, Bishop Ranch BR1-X, 6101
Bollinger Canyon, San Ramon RSVP: by email, to [email protected] Web: www.e-grid.net/docs/1106-oeb-cs.pdf
John M. Fisher is a computer scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility. He received his B.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of California, Davis, in 1992, and his M.S. in Computer Engineering from Santa Clara University in 1994. At NIF, he was team lead for graphical user interfaces for the Integrated Computer Control System (ICCS) for eight years. Mr. Fisher is currently section lead for ICCS Frameworks, and lead architect for NIF Controls and Information S ystems. In 2009, he was a co-recipient of the LLNL Science and Technology Award, for development of the ICCS Experiment Automation System.
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is home to the National Ignition Facility (NIF), a large-scale experimental facility for studying inertial confinement fusion. The NIF’s 192-beam ultraviolet laser system and 10-meter diameter target chamber is controlled by 60,000 device control points. The Integrated Computer Control System (ICCS) enables efficient operation of the NIF. Based on a scalable software framework, ICCS is distributed over 1,600 processes on 1,000 computers throughout the NIF. Through these processes, operators at 14 operator stations can align and fire the laser in as little as four hours.
TUESDAY June 7, 2011
OEB Computer, with Communications and Nuclear & Plasma Sciences
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Global Warming and Air Pollution: A Worldwide Plan to Solve Both
with Wind, Water, and Sun Speaker: Prof. Mark Z. Jacobson, Civil and
Environmental Engineering, Stanford University
Time: Buffet dinner at 7:00 PM; Discussions and presentation at 7:30 PM
Cost: $10 donation (at the door - additional donations accepted, to cover $15 actual price of buffet dinner)
Place: Santa Clara County Office of Education, San Jose Room, 1290 Ridder Park Drive, San Jose
RSVP: by June 6, to Lee Colby, [email protected] Web: www.e-grid.net/docs/1106-scv-life.pdf
Dr. Mark Jacobson is the Director of the Atmosphere/Energy Program and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University. He currently sits on the United States Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Federal Advisory Committee (ERAC) to the U.S. Secretary of Energy. His work relates to the development and application of numerical models to understand better the effects of energy systems and vehicles on climate and air pollution and the analysis of renewable energy resources. He has published two textbooks and 110 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles. His 2000 finding that black carbon, the main component of soot particles, may be the second-leading cause of global warming after carbon dioxide provided the original scientific basis for five recent U.S. proposed laws on black carbon. He received the 2005 American Meteorological Society Henry G. Houghton Award for "significant contributions to modeling aerosol chemistry and to understanding the role of soot and other carbon particles on climate." In 2005, his group developed the first wind map of the world from data alone at the height of modern turbines. He recently co-authored a cover article in Scientific American with Dr. Mark DeLucchi of U.C. Davis and two more detailed analyses in Energy Policy on how to power the world with renewable energy.
Global warming, air pollution, mortality, and energy
insecurity are three of the most significant problems facing the world today. About 2.5-3 million people die prematurely each year, worldwide, from air pollution. This talk discusses these trends as well as a plan solve the problems by powering 100% of the world's energy for all purposes with wind, water, and sunlight (WWS) within the next 20-40 years. It reviews and ranks major proposed energy solutions to global warming, air pollution mortality, and energy insecurity while considering other impacts of the proposed solutions, such as on water supply, land use, resource availability, reliability, wildlife, and catastrophic risk. It then evaluates a scenario for powering the world on the energy options determined to be the best while also considering materials, transmission infrastructure, costs, and politics. The study concludes that powering the world with wind, water, and solar technologies, which are found to be the best when all factors are considered, is technically feasible but politically challenging.
This is the first meeting of the Santa Clara Valley Life Affinity Group we will discuss social and professional goals and guidelines with the attendees and follow with a talk on an area of current interest. Suggested sample activities include: Assist middle-school teachers to make math and
science more interesting/meaningful to students (California ranks 49th in the U.S. in the 4th to 8th grades)
Examine alternate sources to solve the energy problems
Discuss global warming, obesity, aging, and other relevant issues
Create opportunities to meet and socialize with former colleagues and to make new friends With over 1,000 members in the South Bay, we
have a wealth of knowledge and experience to cover these topics. We also plan to invite speakers to inform and to generate lively discussions. My fellow officers and I sincerely hope you will participate in our activities. We plan 3-4 meetings annually, including a joint session with the East Bay and San Francisco Sections’ Life Member Affinity Groups.
We have a beautiful meeting room with convenient parking for the June 7 meeting; snacks and refreshments provided. After 30-40 minutes to socialize, we will have a very interesting presentation on a current hot subject. After a Q&A session, we will conclude by 8:30 PM.
TUESDAY June 7, 2011
SCV Life Members Affinity Group
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MEMS Adaptive Optics for Biological Imaging
Speaker: Professor Joel Kubby, University of California at Santa Cruz
Time: Buffet dinner at 6:00 PM; Presentation (no cost) at 6:45 PM
Cost: $20 ($10 for full-time students, unemployed). $5 more at door
Place: Biltmore Hotel, 2151 Laurelwood Rd (Fwy 101 at Montague Expressway), Santa Clara
RSVP: from website Web: www.cpmt.org/scv
Joel Kubby is a Professor of Electrical Engineering in the Baskin School of Engineering at the University of California at Santa Cruz. His research is in the area of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) with applications in Optics, Fluidics and Bio-MEMS. Prior to joining the University of California at Santa Cruz in 2005, he was an Area Manager with the Wilson Center for Research and Technology and a Member of Technical Staff in the Webster Research Center in Rochester New York (1987-2005). While with Xerox he received a Xerox Excellence in Science and Technology Award. Prior to Xerox he was at the Bell Telephone Laboratories in Murray Hill New Jersey working in the area of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM). While at Bell Labs he received an Exceptional Contribution Award. He has led a six-company industrial research consortium under the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Advanced Technology Program (ATP) to develop a new process for optical MEMS and has over 80 patents and over 40 journal publications. He is the co-chair of the SPIE Silicon Photonics conference and the MEMS Adaptive Optics conference. He likes to sneak around at night on full moons and construct pictures that are large enough to be seen on Google Earth.
This talk will review the development of wide-field
and confocal microscopes with direct wavefront sensing and adaptive optics for correcting aberrations when imaging through thick tissues (Drosophila embryos and mouse brain tissue). Similar to the wavefront measurement using “artificial guide stars" in astronomical imaging, where atomic sodium in a layer in the Earth's mesosphere at an altitude of 95 km is excited at resonance by a high-power sodium laser, we have developed an approach for making wavefront measurements using implanted fluorescent reference beacons for use as artificial guide stars. Using this approach we show that the Strehl ratio can be improved by an order of magnitude when imaging through thick tissue samples.
This "MEMS Application" talk expands on our April talk on Developments in MEMS Packaging (www.cpmt.org/scv/meetings/cpmt1105.html). You may download those slides.
WEDNESDAY June 8, 2011
SCV Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, with Photonics and Engineering in Medicince and Biology
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Planning, Design, Maintenance and Evolution of a State of the Art
University Campus Network
Speakers: Carl Fussell, Director of Information
Technology; Todd Schmitzer, Manager of Network, Telecom & Security; and Eddie Butler, Lead/Senior Network Engineer, Santa Clara University
Time: Networking with food and drinks at 6:00 PM; Presentations and panel discussion at 6:30 PM
Cost: $2 to $5 donation is requested for the refreshments
Place: National Semiconductor Auditorium (Bldg E), 2900 Semiconductor Dr., Santa Clara
RSVP: by email, to [email protected] Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/comsoc
Carl Fussell is SCUs IT Director. That job includes overall responsibility for Administrative Systems, Networking, Telecommunications and Electronic Security, Operations (Data Centers), Desktop Computing support, and the Service Center and technology Help Desks at SCU. IT currently employs a staff of approximately 55 professionals. Carl has been employed by the University,in several different IT positions for just over 31 years. He is a former SCU grad EECS Teaching Assistant of ComSocSCV Chair Alan J Weissberger.
Todd Schmitzer is responsible for network
planning ,architecture, security and operations at SCU where he's been employed since since 1998. Todd has previously held various technology positions within SCU Information Technology Network Engineering, Data Center architecture, SAN Storage, Systems Administration, Electronic Security and Telecommunications.
Eddie Butler is the Lead/Senior Network Engineer
for Information Technology at SCU. He has been a Network Engineer at SCU since 2004 and has been involved in Network Engineering for about 10 years. Currently, he is responsible for overseeing a team of two network engineers and the design and operation of the universities network.
Ever wondered how a contemporary university
campus network was planned, designed, built and maintained? How it has evolved to support diverse traffic types (including VoIP, Internet, storage retrieval, OTTP video, IPTV, games, etc), more users and higher bandwidth applications? What a huge impact mobiility has on the network? How the data center works and is accessed by students, staff and faculty? June 9th is your chance to find out about these and all other aspects of Santa Clara University's (SCU) state of the art campus network.
Three expert speakers from SCUs IT Department will address how the network evolved, the architecture, design and development challenges, traffic types supported, maintenance issues, security protection (e.g. from DoS attacks), and how to grow the network to meet new user demands and applications. We'll also look at Data Center issues, including how servers are interconnected, how the data center is remotely accessed, impact of hosted virtual desktops and tradeoffs in supporting high resolution imaging apps. Finally, we'll take a hard look at the motivations and critical issues in migrating the data center to a private, hybrid or public cloud computing envirnoment. Get your questions ready!
Following the presentations: Panel Discussion on
Network Challenges, Issues, Growth, and Cloud Computing Considerations
WEDNESDAY June 8, 2011
SCV Communications
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Engineering - The View from Here
Speaker: Reece Lumsden, Project Engineer, a large
Aerospace company in Everett, WA Time: 11:00 AM Cost: none Place: on the Web RSVP: from the website Web: www.ieeeusa.org/careers/webinars
Reece Lumsden has more than 10 years professional experience, and is currently a Project Engineer for a large Aerospace company in Everett, Washington. Reece holds a Bachelors of Electrical and Electronic Engineering from The University of Western Australia, a Masters of Space Studies from the International Space University in France, a Masters of Business Administration with a focus on Technology Management from The Chifley Business School, La Trobe University, a Masters of Science in Systems Engineering with a major in Network Centric Systems from the Missouri University of Science and Technology and is currently a graduate student at The University of Washington, Seattle where he intends to undertake a PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering. In addition, he holds Master certificates in Applied Project Management and Six Sigma from Villanova University, a Master Certificate in Supply Chain Management from the University of San Francisco (USF), and a post-graduate certificate in System Dynamics from the Universite Politechnica de Catalunya, Spain. He also holds a Project Management Professional certification with the Project Management Institute (PMI).
Reece was awarded the Korean Association of Science and Technology in Australia (KASTA) award in 1994, during which time he interned with Samsung Data Systems in Seoul, the Young Professional Engineer of the Year award in 2004 from the Australian Capital Territory Division of Engineers Australia, and in 2008, was one of 92 young engineers under the age of 40, selected from across the U.S. by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) to attend the U.S. Frontiers of Engineering symposium. Reece's focus in Project Management and Systems Engineering has been developed through numerous career episodes; as an officer in the Royal Australian Air Force involved in unmanned aerial vehicles trials, future space concepts policy development and enterprise architectures for capability development, as an independent consultant and Senior consultant with a private Defense services firm to the Australian Defense Force.
You're studying engineering at college or a newly
graduated engineer ready to give it your all but you have way more questions than answers. You're not interested in war stories or another speech about 'back in the day' but you are looking to a respected colleague for advice presented in such a way that you can take action. You're looking for a mentor who is close enough in age to be connected to you but who's senior enough to have demonstrated success in the past by practicing what they preach. You're looking for guidance that speaks to the challenges you face; in entering the workforce, in making sense of engineering and understanding what it takes to get ahead.
In this one-hour webinar, Young Engineer of the Year Reece Lumsden offers frank guidance on navigating the early years of your engineering career through a combination of personal accounts and meticulously researched facts. Written in an open and conversational style that is action oriented and easy to understand, Reece approaches engineering holistically and from a variety of vantage points rather than through a single, technically focused myopia.
He is a lifetime member of AIAA, a Senior Member of the IEEE and is a member of Engineers Australia, the Association of Professional Engineers Scientists and Managers Australia (APESMA) and the Project Management Institute (PMI).
Reece has contributed articles on engineering, the space
industry and career guidance for over a decade to such publications as IEEE Spectrum, Aerospace America, Engineers Australia magazine, Space Times, APESMA Professional Network magazine and Today's Engineer. The View From Here is Reece's second book, and first as a sole author. His first book was as a contributing author to The Athena Global Earth Observation Guide 2005, ISBN 0-9737106-0-8.
Outside of work, Reece is an avid runner, having completed seven marathons, most recently running in the 2011 Boston Marathon. He also holds a 2nd Dan Black Belt in WTF style Taekwondo.
THURSDAY June 9, 2011
IEEE USA
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Growth-control and Microstructure Characterization of Magnetic Thin Films: High-Density
Perpendicular Magnetic Media
Speaker: Prof. Masaaki Futamoto, Chuo University Time: Networking and Pizza at 7:00 PM;
Presentation at 7:30 PM Cost: none Place: Western Digital, 1710 Automation Parkway,
San Jose RSVP: not required Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/mag
Prof. Masaaki Futamoto received the B.E., M.E., and Dr degrees in material science from Osaka University in 1971, 1973, and 1982, respectively. He joined Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi Ltd., in 1973 and worked on electron emissive materials. From 1982 to 1983, he was a visiting scientist at the University of Sussex, U.K. From 1983 to 2003, he has engaged in the research and development of high density magnetic recording, in particular the development of perpendicular magnetic recording media. From 1996 to 2001, he served as the leader of a research group in a Japanese National Project that was established to develop future-oriented magnetic recording technologies. In 2004, he was appointed as a professor of the Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University.
His research interests include high-density magnetic recording, magnetic recording media, thin film heads, epitaxial growth of thin films, structure and composition characterization of magnetic thin films, and magnetic imaging. He has authored more than 250 scientific papers in the fields of surface science, crystal growth, magnetic recording, and thin film technologies. He is also an inventor of 350 issued patents and patent applications. Professor Futamoto has given invited talks at major international conferences: Intermag, MMM, TMRC, PMRC, MRS.
Prof. Futamoto is a Fellow of the IEEE since 2002. He has served as the chairman of the Technical Committee of Magnetic Recording of IEICE (2000-2002), a member of Committee 144 (Magnetic Recording) of the Japan Society of Promotion of Science (1989-present), and the editorial director for the Magnetics Society of Japan (2003-2007).
Various magnetic thin films are used for recording media and heads of hard disk drives. The magnetic properties have been greatly improved to cope with a continuous areal density increase of more than 104 times over the past quarter century. The improvement has been realized by tailoring the composition and the microstructure of magnetic thin films.
This lecture covers the technology and the physics for controlling the microstructure of magnetic thin films, focusing mainly on perpendicular recording media and related magnetic materials. Initially, technological developments will be briefly reviewed and then the following topics will be discussed: (1) nucleation and growth of magnetic thin films through heteroepitaxy on nonmagnetic underlayers, (2) nanostructure and nano-composition characterization, (3) application to perpendicular magnetic recording media, (4) magnetization structure analysis, (5) epitaxial growth of single-crystal magnetic thin films with metastable and ordered crystal structures, and (6) patterned-type perpendicular recording media for higher densities. The relationships between film microstructure and magnetic properties will also be discussed.
TUESDAY June 14, 2011
SCV Magnetics
Channel Partner
Multiphysics, Multidisciplinary Engng CFD, Stress, Heat Transfer, Fracture Fatigue, Creep, Electromagnetics Linear/Nonlinear Finite Element Analyses Multi-objective Design Optimization BGA Reliability
Ozen Engineering (408) 732-4665
[email protected] www.ozeninc.com
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Simulation of Nano-Scale Statistical Variability and Reliability: From TCAD to
Statistical Circuit Simulation Speaker: Prof. Asen Asenov, FIEEE, FRSE; Leader
of the Device Modeling Group, University of Glasgow; CEO of Gold Standard Simulations Ltd.
Time: Pizza and networking at 6:00 PM; Presentation at 6:15 PM
Cost: none Place: National Semiconductor, Building E1
Conference Center, 2900 Semiconductor Drive, Santa Clara
RSVP: not required Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/eds
Asen Asenov (FIEEE, FRSE) received his MSc degree in solid state physics from Sofia University, Bulgaria in 1979 and the PhD degree in physics from The Bulgarian Academy of Science in 1989. He has ten years of industrial experience as a head of the Process and Device Modeling Group in Institute of Microelectronics, Sofia, developing one of the first integrated process and device CMOS simulators IMPEDANCE. In 1989–1991 he was a Visiting Professor at the Physics Department of Technical University of Munich, Germany. He joined the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering at the University of Glasgow in 1991, and served as a Head of Department in 1999-2003.
As a James Watt Professor in Electrical Engineering and a Leader of the Glasgow Device Modeling Group, Asenov directs the development of 2D and 3D quantum mechanical, Monte Carlo and classical device simulators and their application in the design of advanced and novel CMOS devices. He has pioneered the simulations of statistical variability in nano-CMOS devices including random dopants, interface roughness and line edge roughness. He has over 570 publications and more than 160 invited talks in the above areas.
Professor Asenov is also a co-founder, CEO and a director of Gold Standard Simulations (GSS) Ltd.
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Simulation of statistical variability and reliability is
of great importance for the semiconductor industry. In the technology development cycle it can help the design of transistors with reduced variability by tailoring the device structure and doping distribution. It can facilitate the screening of new device architectures in terms of their variability reduction potential. TCAD of statistical variability and reliability in the early technology development cycle can help to develop accurate and realistic compact models at the PDK stage improving the quality of the design process. Finally the forecast of the statistical variability few technology generations ahead is of great importance for the development of new variability resistant design strategies and corresponding EDA tools. In this talk Professor Asenov will present advanced TCAD simulation methods and tools that allow the predictive simulation of statistical variability and statistical reliability in present and future nanoscale CMOS transistors. The capabilities of the tools will be illustrated with simulation results of statistical variability in conventional and novel MOSFET architectures scaled according to the prescriptions of the ITRS. Professor Asenov will present also advanced strategies and tools for statistical compact model extraction and generation and statistical circuit simulation.
Yield improvement with supply voltage scaling Professor Asenov is a fellow of the Royal Academy
of Scotland, an IEEE Fellow and a member of the IEEE Electron Device Society Technology Computer-Aided Design Committee and of the BP Fellowship Committee. He is a co-author of European Nanoelectronics Advisory Council (ENIAC) Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) and acted on behave of EC as and reviewer for more than 15 EC projects and as an evaluator of several FP5, FP6 and FP7 calls. He has been a general chair, co-chair and TPC chair for many international conferences.
TUESDAY June 14, 2011
SCV Electron Devices
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Smart Meter Analytics: What Can We Learn from the Data?
Speaker: Harald Weppner, Fellow – Corporate
Strategy Group, SAP Labs Time: Networking and light dinner at 6:30 PM;
Presentation at 7:00 PM Cost: $2 donation accepted for food & drinks Place: Cadence Bldg 10, 2655 Seely Ave, San
Jose RSVP: from the website Web: csjune14.eventbrite.com
Harald Weppner holds a Masters Degree in Computer Science and joined SAP Labs, Palo Alto in 1998 as an application developer in the High Tech business unit - one of the first development teams outside of SAP's headquarters in Walldorf, Germany. Later, as the chief industry solution architect his focus shifted towards driving more focused innovation into SAP development by actively guiding the early phases from an initial idea to defining a product ready for development. One of the key initiatives involved a new distributed manufacturing solution - marketed as SAP's Supplier Network Collaboration Platform. From 2006 on Harald has been a member of SAP Research and the Office of the Chief Scientist team in Palo Alto working on enabling the "Internet of Things". He is currently a member of SAP's Global Business Incubator developing the 1st generation of SAP applications leveraging in-memory database technologies.
Beyond operational efficiency gains through the automated meter readings, smart meters are seen as a key technology enabler for reducing the output of greenhouse gases, improving energy efficiency and increasing the percentage of renewable energy. The European Union has set a 20-20-20 goal of reducing/improving each goal by 20% by the year 2020. For an average-sized Utility company (Energy retailer) the amount of data collected via smart meters increases from ~ 1GB to over 2TB per year when compared to classic meters. In this talk we will explore the information effects that result from analyzing this data and how it can benefit Energy retailers and consumers alike using SAP's In-Memory Computing Engine.
TUESDAY June 14, 2011SCV Computer, with Power & Energy
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Technology, Medicine and the Global Economy:
The Perfect Storm
Speaker: Karla Callahan, Vizyontech Imaging, Inc. Time: Networking at 6:15PM; Dinner at 7:00 PM,
Presentation at 7:45 PM Cost: see website Place: Del Monte Restaurant, 100 South Murphy
Ave., Sunnyvale RSVP: from website Web: www.CaliforniaConsultants.org
Dr. Karla Callahan is the founder and CEO of Vizyontech Imaging, a medical device start-up. Her background includes consulting, international operations and M&A activity. Karla's international business experience encompasses 22 countries, including directing manufacturing operations in five countries. She is also a consultant with the US Market Access Center.
Dr. Callahan's previous experience includes engineering and executive postions at Texas Instruments, Cypress Semiconductor and two prior start-up companies. Her previous start-up, an ASIC chip design company, was acquired by a European corporation. Her current start-up has an international corporate partner.
Dr. Callahan specializes in new, convergence products and uses creative problem solving to achieve fast growth and product profitability. She received her Ph.D. in Technology Mergers & Acquisitions.
MEMS and electronics have an accelerating role in
the medical industry, both domestically and globally. The rapidly changing landscape brings a myriad of opportunities for consultants.
In this dinner meeting talk, Dr. Karla Callahan will describe five important checkpoints for work in this complicated environment. Karla uses these checkpoints at her medical device start-up company as well as in her international consulting business.
TUESDAY June 14, 2011
SCV Consultants' Network of Silicon Valley
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The Role of Power Electronics in the Future Smart Electric Grid
Speaker: Dr. Ram Adapa, Technical Leader, EPRI Time: Networking & Pizza at 6:00 PM;
Presentation at 6:30 PM Cost: none Place: National Semiconductor Building E
Auditorium 2900 Semiconductor Drive, Santa Clara
RSVP: not required Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/pels
Dr. Ram Adapa is a Technical Leader in the Transmission and Substations area of the Power Delivery and Utilization Sector. His research activities focus on Fault Current Limiters, High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) transmission, Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS), dynamic circuit ratings to increase transmission capacity, and transmission system reliability performance metrics.
Dr. Adapa joined EPRI in 1989 as a Project Manager in the Power System Planning and Operations program. Later he became Product Line Leader for Transmission, Substations, and Grid Operations where he developed the research portfolio and business execution plans for the Grid Operations and Planning areas, a portfolio that focused on the needs of a deregulated utility environment. Some of the tools in this portfolio included market restructuring, transmission pricing, ancillary services, and security tools to maintain the reliability of the grid. Before joining EPRI, Dr. Adapa worked at McGraw-Edison Power Systems (presently known as Cooper Power Systems) as a Staff Engineer in the Systems Engineering Department.
Dr. Adapa received a BS degree in electrical engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India, an MS degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India and a PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Dr. Adapa has been honored several times by the IEEE for his outstanding contributions to the profession. He has authored or coauthored more than 125 technical papers and is an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer. He is an individual member of CIGRE and a Registered Professional Engineer.
Future Smart Electric Grid needs not only smart
meters but also smart transmission and distribution technologies. Power Electronics will play an important role in the future smart transmission by enhancing the transmission capacity, reliability, and security. Currently transmission systems are becoming increasingly stressed because of growing demand and because of restrictions on building new lines. However, most high voltage transmission systems are operating below their thermal ratings due to such constraints as stability limits.
EPRI has been pioneering power electronic controllers (also known as FACTS - Flexible AC Transmission System technology) over the last two decades to make it possible to load lines at least for some contingencies up to their thermal limits without compromising system reliability. In order to understand what is required of the FACTS controllers, EPRI has been in the forefront by initiating more than fifteen system studies with different utilities to evaluate possible application of FACTS controllers. EPRI also took leadership role in demonstrating the FACTS technologies at various utilities - TCSC (Thyristor Controlled Series Capacitor) at BPA, STATCOM (Static Synchronous Compensator) at TVA, Unified Power Flow Controller at AEP, and CSC (Convertible Static Compensator) at NYPA.
FACTS technologies are offering competitive solutions to future smart transmission systems in terms of increased power transfers, improved system damping, and better system control. The application of FACTS devices are very much system dependent. It is important to consider both technical and economic considerations while evaluating FACTS options.
WEDNESDAY June 15, 2011
SCV Power Electronics
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Endocardial Visualization and Therapy
Speaker: Vahid Saadat, President & Chief Executive
Officer, Voyage Medical, Inc. Time: Optional dinner at Stanford Hospital
Cafeteria, 6:15 PM; Presentation at 7:30 PM
Cost: none Place: Optional dinner at Stanford Hospital
Cafeteria; Talk in Room M-114, Stanford University Medical School, Stanford
RSVP: not required Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/embs
Vahid Saadat founded Voyage Medical in 2006 and has over 20 years of experience in the medical device industry. Mr. Saadat is also a co-founder and board member of Baxano, Inc., an orthopedic and spine company backed by Prospect Venture Partners and Three Arch Partners. Previously, Mr. Saadat co-founded and was President of USGI Medical Inc., a gastrointestinal device company backed by Alta Partners and Interwest Partners. Before USGI, Mr. Saadat served as President and CEO of AngioTrax, founded in 1997. AngioTrax developed myocardial revascularization technologies for the treatment of ischemic heart disease. Before AngioTrax, Mr. Saadat was at Gynecare, Inc. as VP of R&D which was subsequently acquired by Johnson & Johnson. Mr. Saadat also helped found Cardiac Science, which developed an automatic defibrillator device. Mr. Saadat holds a B.A. and M.S. in Electrical and Biomedical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. He has many scientific publications to his credit and is inventor on over 200 issued and pending patents.
Voyage Medical, Inc. is a venture-backed medical
device company developing a high-resolution, direct visualization technology that will transform therapy in intracardiac procedures. The IRIS™ Catheter System integrates direct visualization with advanced steering to allow clinicians to visualize and treat targeted cardiac anatomy during percutaneous procedures as if it were open surgery. Voyage Medical’s initial focus is on developing products to treat Atrial Fibrillation (AF) and other cardiac arrhythmias.
WEDNESDAY June 15, 2011
SCV Engineering in Medicine and Biology
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Tour: HALT-HASS Testing and Chamber Demonstration
Speakers: Ops A La Carte staff Time: Registration at 11:30 AM; Buffet lunch from
11:30 AM - 12:45 PM (optional); Presentations and tours from 12:45 PM
Cost: none Place: Ops A La Carte LLC, 990 Richard Avenue
#101, Santa Clara RSVP: from website, by June 1 Web: www.cpmt.org/scv
Ops A La Carte and Chart Industries have
installed a HALT chamber at Ops A La Carte's Santa Clara test facility HALT and HASS Labs. Ops A La Carte and Chart Industries invite you to our Open House where you will learn about advanced methods for reliability testing and learn about state-of-the-art reliability test chambers. We will provide a BBQ lunch followed by technical presentations and live demonstrations highlighting the features and benefits of the HALT chambers and testing.
Schedule: 11:00-11:30AM: Registration, tours, meet and
greet 11:30-12:30PM: Lunch 12:30-12:45PM Technical presentation 1: “Ten
Mistakes Made When Performing HALT” by Mike Silverman
12:45-1:00PM Tour (first one) 1:00:1:15PM Technical presentation 2: “How to
Integrate HALT into an Existing Reliability Program” by Mike Silverman
1:15-1:30PM Tour (second one) 1:30-3:00PM Visit Poster Sessions
Poster Topics: "LN2 Provisioning, including VJ Pipe, Bulk, MicroBulk"; "Secrets for Cost-effective HALT/HASS Installations"; "Pitfalls to Avoid When Evaluating HALT Chambers"; "Most Effective Reliability Techniques".
THURSDAY June 16, 2011
SCV Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology
MET Laboratories
EMC – Product Safety
US & Canada
• Electromagnetic Compatibility • Product Safety Cert. • Environmental Simulation • Full TCB Services • Design Consultations • MIL-STD testing • NEBS (Verizon ITL & FOC) • Telecom • Wireless, RFID (DASH7 & EPCglobal Test Lab)
Facilities in Union City and Santa Clara
www.metlabs.com [email protected] 510-489-6300
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Load-Shedding System Applications:
Case Study on Shortcomings of a Load Shedding System; and
Anatomy of a Blackout: Back to Basic Physics
Speakers: Michael Nakamura, East Bay Municipal Utility District; Scott Manson, Engineering Services Division, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
Time: Networking and social at 5:30 PM; Presentation at 6:15 PM; Dinner at 7:15 PM; Presentation continues at 8:00 PM
Cost: $20 for IEEE members; $25 for non-members
Place: Marie Callender's Restaurant - The Garden Room, 2090 Diamond Blvd, Concord
RSVP: by email by June 14, to Gregg Boltz, [email protected] , telephone (925) 210-2571
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/oeb/ias.html
Michael Nakamura is a Senior Electrical Engineer at the East Bay Municipal Utility District. He has 17 years of experience in the design, construction, testing, startup, commissioning, and troubleshooting of power distribution, control, and automation systems at water and wastewater facilities. Mr. Nakamura received the B.S.E.E. degree from California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and is active in the local chapter of the Industry Applications Society serving as Treasurer. Mr. Nakamura holds a Certificate in Project Management from UC Berkeley Extension, and is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of California.
Scott Manson is a Supervising Engineer for the Engineering Services Division of Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL). He received a Masters in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and his Bachelors in Electrical Engineering from Washington State University. Scott worked at 3M Corporation as a control system engineer for six years prior to joining SEL in 2002. Scott has experience in designing and implementing control systems for electrical utility customers, industrial power management systems, high-speed web lines, multiaxis motion control systems, and precision machine tools. Scott is a registered professional engineer in Washington, Alaska, North Dakota, Idaho, and Louisiana.
Many large industrial facilities utilize load shedding
systems to avoid widespread power outages by automatically shedding pre-defined loads according to the power available from the sources. This meeting will feature two presentations.
In the first presentation, Michael Nakamura will present “Case Study: Shortcomings of a Load Shedding System.” The presentation will discuss the limitations of an existing load shedding system installed at a large wastewater treatment plant. Mr. Nakamura will describe the key considerations for evaluating a load shedding system and the steps to perform this evaluation.
In the second presentation, Scott Manson will present "Anatomy of a Blackout: Back to Basic Physics." The concepts of this presentation apply to all AC power systems, large and small. The dynamics of governors, load composition (characterization), short term unit capacity (a.k.a. 'incremental reserve margin'), and system H (inertia) shall be correlated to short and long term system frequency response characteristics of a power system under stress. Modern methods of preventing cascading blackouts shall be shared, with case study data from recent projects.
THURSDAY June 16, 2011
OEB Industry Applications
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Future Vehicle Computer System in a Five-Screen World
Speaker: Roger D. Melen, Senior Advisor, Toyota
InfoTechnology Center U.S.A., Inc. Time: Networking and light dinner at 6:30 PM;
Presentation at 7:00 PM Cost: $2 donation accepted for food & drinks Place: Cadence Bldg 10, 2655 Seely Ave, San
Jose RSVP: from the website Web: sites.ieee.org/scv-cs
Roger D. Melen has been a Senior Advisor at Toyota InfoTechnology Center U.S.A., Inc. for past eleven years, providing advice related to the deployment of advanced computer and networking technologies in future vehicle designs. He has worked as Vice President R&D of Canon Research Center America for eleven years on the deployment of networked computers in CMOS office and photographic imaging systems. Prior that that he was a founder of Cromemco Inc. an early and dynamic microcomputer company. In his early work he pioneered CCD image sensors in his PhD research at Stanford University in 1973 and while in industry has applied for 60 patents. He authored the widely respected IEEE book: CCD Technology and Applications. He also founded and taught the Electrical Engineering class on entrepreneurship for the past 35 years at Stanford University.
Byron Shaw, PhD, is Managing Director of GM’s Advanced Technology Office in Silicon Valley. He has dual roles reporting to GM Global R&D and GM Ventures. He began his career in the automotive industry as a GM Scholar with GM’s Harrison Division (Delphi), before a stint as a visiting scientist with Daimler Benz research labs in Stuttgart, Germany. Byron was instrumental in developing the charter of BMW’s Technology Office in Palo Alto, where he was the Manager of Advanced Technology and technical director of a 30-person engineering and marketing team and a $4 million budget where he oversaw the discovery and implementation of new and advanced technologies into BMW’s vehicle development process. After leaving BMW, Byron was the co-founder and CTO of a Photovoltaic Solar startup where he led the development team in releasing its first product launch and participated in venture fundraising. (continued …)
Future automobiles will widely incorporate new dashboard display screens which will soon join laptops, cellphones, televisions, and tablets as part of the common fabric of the modern networked world. They will incorporate images and data to provide information, entertainment, communication, and driving assistance in the vehicle cabin as well exchange data with electrical and hybrid powered drivetrains and their battery power systems. Smartphones are being integrated with vehicle electronics to provide a seamless computing fabric for both drivers and passengers. In contrast with other computers, vehicle considerations for safety dominate over decisions for the other important design factors such as performance, value, fun and security. The abilities and psychology of the driver behavior are important in achieving overall system improvement.
Byron has consulted for several high-tech Silicon Valley companies in the electronics and software industries and is a founding board member of SmallTech LLC. Byron holds BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering and a BS in German Language and Literature from MIT. His PhD was completed at the University of California at Berkeley in the Vehicle Dynamics and Control Laboratory, focusing on engine emissions modeling and control, embedded electronics and digital signal processing.
TUESDAY July 12, 2011
SCV Computer
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Networked Control Systems II: Innovative Topologies for Distributed Motion Control
Speaker: Jason Goerges, ACS Motion Control, Inc. Time: Pizza and networking at 6:30 PM;
Presentation at 7:00 PM Cost: none Place: Cogswell Polytechnical College, Sunnyvale RSVP: not required Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/css
Jason Goerges is a native of Minnesota, and received his Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering and Minor in Business Management from the University of Minnesota. He went on to receive a Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University with a focus on digital signal processing and control systems. After working as an engineer at Honeywell Flight Control Systems, Jason joined ACS Motion Control in 2007 and currently resides near Minneapolis with his wife. He enjoys spending time with family and friends, and being active in his local community.
With a modern industrial ethernet network like EtherCAT, it is now possible to provide fully coordinated real time multiaxis motion control with a distributed architecture. Traditionally, achieving this level of performance was best handled with a centralized architecture because of the required bandwidth and deterministic communication. If the features of a modern real-time industrial ethernet network like EtherCAT is used, the performance of a centralized controller can be extended to a network based approach, which has many benefits (scalability, low cost, easy connectivity).
WEDNESDAY July 13, 2011
SCV Control Systems
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One-day Seminar: Emerging Automotive Computing: Engineering in Overdrive
Keynote: Dr. Steve Shladover, PATH (Partners for
Advanced Transportation TecHnology), UC Berkeley Inst of Transportation Studies
Time: Registration at 8:30 AM; program from 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Cost: See website after June 5th (approx $50 fee)
Place: Braun Auditorium, Stanford University, Stanford
RSVP: from website Web: sites.google.com/a/nfic-us.org/nfic-2011
For details about speakers, registration, please see
the Chapter’s website.
SATURDAY July 16, 2011
SCV Computer
