Program: This presentation provides an overview of following: - Inverter topologies, operating principles and control for various forms of inverter-based resources including grid-forming and grid following inverters - Power system dynamic modelling and analysis - Grid connection processes and lessons learned Speaker(s): Babak Badrzadeh, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/391642

This lecture will cover the emerging threats and advances on technology ethics and will also refer to two IEEE initiatives in this context namely IEEE 7000 suite of standards and the Ethics Certification Programme for Autonomous and Intelligent Systems (ECPAIS). A number of IEEE standards and publications have been produced lately to promote awareness, recognition of the threats to values and rights and provide guidance to public and private sectors on factoring ethics in their technological solutions, products, services and systems. The main focus is on Autonomous Decision Making (ADM) and Algorithmic Learning Systems (ALS), the emerging regulatory landscape and approaches to the risk reduction in societal harms and ethical assurance of these technologies. Also: IEEE Computer Society Chapters Region 1 and Region 2 and IEEE Region 1 Professional Activities Webinars Speaker(s): Ali Hessami, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/403256

(https://www.ieee-ukandireland.org/chapters/society-on-social-implications-of-technology/), SSIT IST-Africa SIGHT, (https://www.ieee-ukandireland.org/chapters/aerospace-and-electronic-systems/) (https://www.ieee-ukandireland.org/chapters/computer-society/), (https://www.ieee-ukandireland.org/chapters/systems-man-cybernetics-ireland/), (https://www.ieee-ukandireland.org/chapters/oceanic-engineering-chapter/), (https://www.ieee-ukandireland.org/chapters/circuits-and-systems/), (https://www.ieee-ukandireland.org/affinity-groups/women-in-engineering/) Northern Virginia/Washington/Baltimore SSIT Chapter and New Jersey Coast Section SIGHT are cooperating to organise this SSIT Lecture as a joint Webinar on 15 February '24. Prof Ali Hessami (Chair & Technical Editor, IEEE 7000 Standard and Vice Chair and Process Architect, IEEE Ethics Certification Program for Autonomous and Intelligent Systems) will present "Ethical & Societal Implications of Artificial Intelligence" This meeting will take place online at 6pm (UTC) on 15 February '24. Click (https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=IEEE+SSIT+Lecture%3A+Ethical+%26+Societal+Implications+of+AI&iso=20240215T18&p1=78&ah=1) Registration IEEE and SSIT Members as well as non-IEEE Members are invited to (https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/402788) and participate. IEEE Members should include their IEEE Membership Number when registering. Access to online Meeting (https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/402788) will be provided with the link prior to the event. FOCUS This lecture will cover the emerging threats and advances on technology ethics and will also refer to two IEEE initiatives in this context namely IEEE 7000 suite of standards and the Ethics Certification Programme for Autonomous and Intelligent Systems (ECPAIS). A number of IEEE standards and publications have been produced lately to promote awareness, recognition of the threats to values and rights and provide guidance to public and private sectors on factoring ethics in their technological solutions, products, services and systems. The main focus is on Autonomous Decision Making (ADM) and Algorithmic Learning Systems (ALS), the emerging regulatory landscape and approaches to the risk reduction in societal harms and ethical assurance of these technologies. Speaker(s): Prof. Ali Hessami, Agenda: 18:00 (UTC) Welcome and Introduction to Guest Speaker 18:05 Lecture 18:45 Questions and Discussions Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/402788

This lecture will cover the emerging threats and advances on technology ethics and will also refer to two IEEE initiatives in this context namely IEEE 7000 suite of standards and the Ethics Certification Programme for Autonomous and Intelligent Systems (ECPAIS). A number of IEEE standards and publications have been produced lately to promote awareness, recognition of the threats to values and rights and provide guidance to public and private sectors on factoring ethics in their technological solutions, products, services and systems. The main focus is on Autonomous Decision Making (ADM) and Algorithmic Learning Systems (ALS), the emerging regulatory landscape and approaches to the risk reduction in societal harms and ethical assurance of these technologies. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/406610

You may use the following link to write a summary of any monthly updates from your committee, chapter or affinity group. Information received by 8 AM on WEDNESDAY the week of the event will be incorporated into the meeting agenda. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WuMSVvDBNxbBo_qSlu-3BPqjF9M_-9t4XAzPkxt-fjM/edit?usp=sharing IEEE members can access prior meeting minutes hosted on the Pittsburgh Section's (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_UTt5t_dxNP1M5dO87OOeR25t8P7qQHp?usp=sharing). Access to the shared drive is restricted to the (https://www.ieee.org/membership/products/google-apps.html). Location for this event is virtual. Meeting link and call-in information will be emailed one hour before the event. --------------------------------------------------------------- New to IEEE Pittsburgh? For those new to the Pittsburgh Section Executive and Administrative Meeting, we welcome all IEEE members in the area to attend! This is a standing meeting held on the 3rd Thursday of every month. We review our upcoming activities relevant to engineers in our section. Feel free to use the report link above to ask any questions you may have, join us on Slack, or read through our welcome guide for more information about how you can get involved with IEEE Pittsburgh. (https://ieeepittsburgh.slack.com/) (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lyWneXlANAQAiJN2p6Bi9kAatooxIQ-YzlGpWRmRGBw/edit?usp=sharing) (https://webinabox.vtools.ieee.org/wibp_calendar/index/R20037) Agenda: First 30 minutes of the event are reserved for socializing. The meeting portion starts at 7 pm (eastern time zone). The meeting agenda will be emailed on Monday the week of the event for early registrants. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/404528

Executive Committee planning meeting for upcoming events. All ExCom's are Virtual. These are open to all members including students. At this time the meeting will be remote. Connection information will be sent out at 3:00pm on the day of the meeting to those who have registered. Please register for the meeting by noon of the day of, even if you are an Officer. We meet on the 3rd Thursday of each month We do not meet July, August, and December. With that in mind the 2024 dates are: Jan 18, Feb 15, Mar 21, Apr 18, May 16, Jun 20, Sep 19, Oct 17, Nov 21 Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/393850