IEEE Dayton Section: Annual Awards Banquet On Saturday, April 12th, 2025 the IEEE Dayton Section will host its annual awards banquet to honor outstanding achievements of its members. The reception, dinner, and award presentations will be at the Charity Earley Auditorium of the Ponitz Center of Sinclair Community College. During the event, members will also have opportunity to recognize and encourage local middle and high school students for their science fair projects, and Dayton-area graduate students. The keynote address will be given by Mr. Jim Charters, Dayton History, on Inventors from Dayton - how the inventors from Dayton are responsible for a wide range of ideas that have changed the world! Parking for the event is in the garage to the Ponitz Center, Sinclair Community College, and guests will receive a parking voucher at the event. The garage entrance is located at the corner of Perry St (N-S) and W. Fourth St (E-W), and the entrance to the Charity Earley Auditorium is at the north side of the garage. The awards to be presented are: - IEEE Dayton Section Harrell V. Noble Award: given to an outstanding candidate who has made significant contributions to the research, development, and/or application of electronic devices or in education, or management in the area of electronic devices. - IEEE Dayton Section Ravi Pallerla Memorial Award for Young Professionals: given to an outstanding young professional in the Dayton Section who has made a significant technology-related contribution in one of the following fields: engineering, business, management, marketing, or law. - IEEE Dayton Section Industrial Energy and Power (PEAL) Award: given to an outstanding IEEE member in the Dayton Section to recognize exceptional contributions in the field of Industry Applications, Power and Energy, or Power Electronics. - IEEE Dayton Section Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AES) Award: given to an outstanding IEEE member in the Dayton Section to recognize exceptional contributions in the field of Aerospace and Electronic Systems. - IEEE Dayton Section Photonics Society (PHO) Award: given to an outstanding IEEE member in the Dayton Section to recognize exceptional contributions in the field of Photonics. - IEEE Dayton Section Computer Society (CS) Award: given to an outstanding IEEE member in the Dayton Section to recognize exceptional contributions in the field of Computing. For additional information, contact the event hosts Dr. Amy Doll and Dr. Mike Saville at the link below (Contact Event Host). Speaker(s): Jim Charters Agenda: 5:30 – 6:00 Registration, Science Fair Projects (middle & high school) & cash bar 6:00 – 6:45 Dinner 6:45 – 7:30 Keynote Speaker 7:30 – 8:30 Award Presentations 8:30 – 9:00 Door Prizes Guests are welcome to remain afterwards until the Center closes at 10:00 pm. Bldg: Ponitz Center , 444 W Third St, Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio, United States, 45402

Monthly meeting of the IEEE Baltimore Section's executive committee. The meeting is open to all Section members. This meeting will be by videoconference only. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/456284

Abstract: Global Navigation Satellite System Reflectometry (GNSS-R) is a relatively new bistatic radar remote sensing technique which uses GNSS navigation satellites like GPS and Galileo as its transmitter and provides its own receiver to measure the navigation signal after it is scattered from the Earth surface back into space. Modifications to the signal caused by the scattering process contain information about the surface properties that can be estimated by analysis of the receiver’s measurements. The detectable properties include surface roughness, near-surface wind speed over water, soil moisture, inland water boundaries, and surface height. A GNSS-R type of radar is particularly attractive because a radar receiver alone is generally much smaller, lighter, lower power and cheaper than a conventional radar that also includes a transmitter. As a result, GNSS-R systems can fly on smaller satellites and constellations of them can be flown to provide more frequent global coverage. This seminar will provide an overview of the science and applications possible with a spaceborne GNSS-R system, using the NASA CYGNSS constellation of eight small satellites as an example. Numerous follow-on GNSS-R missions have either been launched or are currently in development, and these will also be discussed. Bio: Chris Ruf is the Fredrick Bartman Collegiate Professor of Climate and Space Science at the University of Michigan. He received the B.A. degree in Physics from Reed College and the Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, and has previously worked at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Penn State University. Prof. Ruf’s research interests involve microwave remote sensing of the Earth environment, with a focus on ocean and atmosphere applications and sensor technology development. He is Principal Investigator of the NASA Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System mission. Prof. Ruf has served on the U.S. National Academy of Sciences Committee on Earth Science and Applications from Space and on their 2006 and 2016 Earth Science Decadal Survey Panels. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and the American Meteorological Society and a former Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. Co-sponsored by: ElectroScience laboratory Speaker(s): Chris, Room: 132, Bldg: ElectroScience Laboratory, 132 MRC-New Bldg. Conference Room, 1330 Kinnear Rd, Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43212, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/479558

Join IEEE@Penn in our Fireside Chat with Professor Deep Jariwala, the Undergraduate Chair of the ESE Department, as we ask him about his story as a prominent researcher in the field of electrical devices! Learn more about his background, how he became interested in research, and his advice for aspiring researchers. Feel free to come with your own questions or just listen about Professor Jariwala's experiences. Free food from Hummus Grill will be provided. There is no cost of attendance, but please make sure to register either on the IEEE Events website or the Google form linked (https://forms.gle/6GhZ9RyJQRoZX6CR7) so that we will have an accurate headcount. Room: 101, Bldg: Levine Hall, 3330 Walnut St, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104

ExCom meeting for officers, chapter leaders, and all interested members of the section Agenda: 6 PM Meeting start Room: Room 1, Tysons Pimmit Library, 7584 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, Virginia, United States, 22043-2003, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/475274

TIERA – Development of a Mobile Robot for Assembly and Repair in Hazardous Environments TIERA is a versatile, mobile robot that can conduct repair and assembly operations in hazardous areas. The functionality and composition of the robot are defined by the tasks we expect it to perform and the harsh environments we expect it to work in. We considered many environmental factors in our design including radiation, corrosion, toxicity, explosion, biohazard, high voltage, and extreme temperatures. High mobility was another key design feature for enabling the traversal of hazardous environments. This contrasts with most industrial robots, which are usually stationary and consist of a jointed arm attached to a fixed surface. We had to carefully consider how to make it possible for an expert operator to remotely control the robot from a safe location, and subsequently designed the sensory, communication (WiFi and 4G), virtual reality, and haptic feedback systems required for intuitive teleoperation. Additional key features of TIERA include: • Fanless embedded computer controlling most of the robot’s hardware • Robotic manipulators and tools perform various repair tasks • Vision system allowing operator to receive video feedback from robot’s cameras • Sensors for getting information about the surrounding environment. The main feature of TIERA’s central control system is integration of NI Linux Real-Time and CompactRIO with the flexibility and features of ROS, which generated many novel features for our robot. Speaker(s): Dr. Daniel Roozbahani Agenda: WEBINAR: 7:00 - 8:00 P.M. The Zoom Webinar link and password will be forwarded to all registered participants after Noon on the day of the meeting. Check your spam folder if you don't see the email. Webinar is open to all. PDH certificates are available and an evaluation form will be emailed to you after the meeting. PDH certificate are sent by IEEE USA 3-4 weeks after the meeting. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/471365

Join us for the third 2025 meeting of IEEE Region 1 and 2 Young Professionals. This meeting is open to all members and is targeted at YP members, especially Section Young Professionals Affinity Group (AG) Chairs. Feel free to forward this invitation to your members. We will be discussing potential location and topics of future YP face-to-face meetings. Open discussion of suggestions/requests. We are looking forward to everything we will do together in 2025! Discord: https://discord.gg/zTeA7hbT?event=1354584522028744985 Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/477977

Special Presentation by Dr. Samson Lasaulce (Khalifa U., UAE) Hosted by the Future Networks Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AIML) Working Group Date/Time: Thursday, 17 April 2025 @ 12:00 UTC Topic: Large Language Models (LLMs), Optimization, and Game Theory Abstract: In this talk, we will explore the interplay between large language models (LLMs) and optimization. After introducing a use case (consumption power scheduling) for which studying this interplay is fully relevant, we will survey the main approaches in this area, which include pure LLM-based approaches (e.g., to deal with math word problems) and combined approaches. Both limitations and promising solutions will be discussed. Application to radio resource management and to telecommunications more generally will also be addressed. In the last part of the talk, connections between LLMs and game theory will be discussed. Speaker: [] Samson Lasaulce is a Chief Research Scientist with Khalifa University. He is the holder of the TII 6G Chair on Native AI. He is also a CNRS Director of Research with CRAN at Nancy. He has been the holder of the RTE Chair on the "Digital Transformation of Electricity Networks". He has also been a part-time Professor with the Department of Physics at École Polytechnique (France). Before joining CNRS he has been working for five years in private R&D companies (Motorola Labs and Orange Labs). His current research interests lie in distributed networks with a focus on optimization, game theory, and machine learning. The main application areas of his research are wireless networks, energy networks, social networks, and now climate change. Dr Lasaulce has been serving as an editor for several international journals such as the IEEE Transactions. He is the co-author of more than 200 publications, including a dozen of patents and several books such as "Game Theory and Learning for Wireless Networks: Fundamentals and Applications". Dr Lasaulce is also the recipient of several awards such as the Blondel Medal award from the SEE French society.. Co-sponsored by: Future Networks Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AIML) Working Group Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/474729

The FES Center is thrilled to host Guest Speaker Alex London PhD, K&L Gates Professor of Ethics and Computation Technologies at Carnegie Mellon University; a Committee Member on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine; and Chief Ethicist at Block Center for Technology and Society. Dr. London will present on Safe and Effective AI in Medicine: Structural Challenges to Unlocking its Potential. As always, the seminar is also an excellent opportunity for discussion and networking. Wolstein Research Building, Room 1413 2103 Cornell Rd Cleveland, OH 44106 Livestream: https://case.edu/livestream/fes Use this link to save the date to your preferred calendar and access event details: https://www.addevent.com/event/xB24799614 And, feel free to share and post the attached flyer. Co-sponsored by: FES Center Room: 1413, Bldg: Wolstein Research building, 2103 Cornell Rd., Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/479084

You may use the following link to write a summary of any monthly updates from your committee, chapter or affinity group. Information received by 12 PM on day of the meeting will be incorporated into the meeting agenda. (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hOhp4zHk1dwNvgactwHpiwy_KqcxpfVPHvHELQFnLBc/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 hybrid. In-person attendance is at Mt Lebanon Public Library. Meeting link and call-in information will be emailed one hour before the event. Agenda: First 30 minutes of the event are reserved for socializing. The meeting portion starts at 7 pm (eastern time zone). (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hOhp4zHk1dwNvgactwHpiwy_KqcxpfVPHvHELQFnLBc/edit?usp=sharing) 16 Castle Shannon Blvd, Mt Lebanon Public Library, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15228, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/479419