You are cordially invited to attend a free live webinar session, which will provide authors with best practices in preparing a manuscript, navigating the journal submission process, and important tips about how to get published. It will also review the opportunities authors and academic institutions have to enhance the visibility and impact of their research by publishing in the many open access options available from IEEE. This event is organized by the IEEE Xplore Team and is included here to publicize to the Northern Virginia Section Members. This webinar will include the perspective of Sergio Benedetto, Emeritus Professor of Politecnico di Torino, Italy and current IEEE Vice President of Publication Services and Products. Over the course of his career, Professor Benedetto has authored or co-authored 5 books and over 250 papers which have received more than 20,000 citations. Given his vast editorial, authoring, and IEEE leadership experience, Professor Benedetto will provide critical insights on IEEE’s peer review and submission processes and tips on what editors look for in submissions. Other presenters from IEEE will also cover topics such as open access programs for institutions, research strategies using the IEEE Xplore Digital Library, author tools, and other important resources for authors. Additional Topics Include: - How to increase the visibility and impact of your research - Tips and best practices to improve your chances of getting published - What editors and reviewers look for in submissions - Common reasons why papers are rejected - Selecting the right publication for your research submission - Warning signs to look for to avoid predatory journals - Reasons to consider open access journals for your submissions - Open access options available from IEEE for authors and institutions - Research strategies using the IEEE Xplore Digital Library - Authorship tools available for promoting open science - Live Q&A: Our experts answer your questions live! Speaker(s): Sergion Benedetto, Eszter Lukács, Judy Brady, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/371453

The (https://htb.ieee.org/) Ad Hoc Committee on SIGHT Best Practices is cooperating with a number of IEEE OUs including IEEE SSIT IST-Africa SIGHT, IEEE Philadelphia Section SIGHT, IEEE Bahrain Section SIGHT, IEEE Karachi SIGHT and (https://www.ieee-ukandireland.org/chapters/society-on-social-implications-of-technology/) to organise this Lecture as part of a Series of Best Practice Lectures. IEEE Members, SIGHT Members, SSIT Members as well as non-IEEE Members are invited to (https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/368020) and participate. IEEE Members should include their IEEE Membership Number when registering. This Webinar will take place online at 10am Eastern Time / 3pm GMT+1 on Wednesday 20 September. Click (https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Bringing+Quality+Education+to+Underserved+Communities+in+Latin+America+and+Pakistan&iso=20230920T10&p1=179&ah=1). Registered participants will be provided with the link prior to the event. FOCUS Many children and teachers in under-served communities lack access to educational resources limiting the quality of education that they receive. Prof Pritpal Singh (Villanova University, USA) will present results from projects in Guatemala and Ecuador that are providing access to educational resources. Prof Parkash Lohana (Usman Institute of Technology, Pakistan) will present an ongoing project that is creating an inclusive learning environment using assistive technologies in the Umerkot district of Sindh province of Pakistan. Speaker(s): Prof. Pritpal Singh, Prof. Parkash Lohana Agenda: 10am - 10:40am ET / 3pm - 3:30pm GMT+1 Introduction and Presentation 10:40 - 11am ET / 3:30pm - 4pm GMT+1 Discussion, Q&A Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/368020

What are the cyber threats affecting your employees, executives, and organization and how to best mitigate this risk and exposure. Join Kate Kortsch who has spent the past twenty years in the financial and insurance industry focusing on identity theft solutions, cyber wellness, privacy, and information security. This presentation is designed to enlighten you on the basics of cybersecurity. Speaker(s): Kate Kortsch, Agenda: IEEE-USA's free webinars/events are designed to help you find your next job, maintain your career, negotiate an appropriate salary, understand ethical considerations in the workplace and learn about other career-building strategies and public policy developments that affect your profession. For information regarding upcoming webinars or to visit our vast webinar archive, please visit: https://ieeeusa.org/careers/webinars/ This program is offered exclusively to active IEEE members. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/371045

What are the cyber threats affecting your employees, executives, and organization and how to best mitigate this risk and exposure. Join Kate Kortsch who has spent the past twenty years in the financial and insurance industry focusing on identity theft solutions, cyber wellness, privacy, and information security. This presentation is designed to enlighten you on the basics of cybersecurity. Speaker(s): Kate Kortsch, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/372157

Technical Presentation: Resilience refers to the ability of a system to cope with fatal threats and bounce back (fully or partially) from high-impact disruptions. From economic systems and organizations to various engineering systems, many sectors of modern society consider resilience as an essential requirement and/or a major design objective. Networks have been widely used as a model of numerous complex systems such as power grids, financial transaction networks, communication networks such as the Internet, command and control systems, etc. Therefore, a better understanding of the resilience of networks will be fundamental to the improved designs and/or smoother operations of a wide range of real-world systems from critical infrastructure to humanitarian aid. Dr. Al Aqqad will present a general modeling and simulation framework that he developed to quantitatively evaluate the resilience of networked systems under two types of failures: connectivity- and load-based. Co-sponsored by: STB03231 - West Virginia Inst Of Tech Speaker(s): , Dr. Waseem Al Aqqad Bldg: WVU Tech Library,, 512 South Kanawha Street , Beckley, West Virginia, United States, 25801

Dr. Michael Fritze will give his independent perspectives on what the CHIPS ((Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors) Program means for the US particularly for the microelectronics community. He will cover the motivations behind this historic semiconductor investment and articulate the planned support level for each particular area. This includes the Department of Commerce Incentives and R&D efforts and the Department of Defense Microelectronics Commons. Particular attention will be paid to the R&D parts of this legislation. He will review the goals of this legislation in strengthening the US domestic microelectronics supply chain and R&D infrastructure. Dr. Fritze will also discuss some of the key challenges of this major USG investment. Speaker(s): Dr. Michael Fritze, Room: Meeting Room, Bldg: Patrick Henry Library, 101 Maple Ave E, Vienna, Virginia, United States, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/371348