Week of Events
Digital Platforms and Societal Harms
The rapid growth of innovative computer technologies that underlie today's digital platforms, including social media, gaming, and the metaverse, is causing significant beneficial and detrimental impacts on our daily lives and on broader society. The challenges and risks that arise on these digital platforms are among the defining issues of our time. We invite you to join technology leaders, policymakers, researchers, and concerned computing professionals in collaboratively exploring the current and emerging challenges, as well as potential responses to these significant issues. Agenda: Program available at https://tech-forum.computer.org/societal-harms-2023/program/ Room: Constitution Hall, Bldg: American University , 3501 Nebraska Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Lehigh Valley WIE Planning Meeting 10/2/23
This is a planning meeting for the Lehigh Valley WIE Affinity Group. Interested Lehigh Valley Section WIE members or prospective members are welcome to attend. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/374193
Oct. 3, 2023 Susquehanna Section Capstone Winner Presentations
You are invited to attend the Susquehanna Section event which features the student presentations of the Section's Capstone project award winners. This year all 6 eligible Univerities/Colleges have submitted their own winning Capstone projects for the Susquehanna Section to judge the best Capstone project within our geograhic area. This year the Section declared York College and PSU Harrisburg projects to be co-winners for 2023. The 2 winning projects are York College's Optical Wireless Communication and PSU Harrisburg's Radio Telecope Control System. Messiah University is the host member for this year's event. Dinner will be served at 6:30pm and presentations will start at 7:30pm. There is a dinner fee however the presentations are free. IEEE members and the general public visitors dinner fee is $20. IEEE Life members and students dinner fee is $10. Presentations are free. All attendees must register for this event. Attendees can pay the dinner fee online or in person on the night of the event. Please use this map to locate Jordan Lounge on campus. Menu Buffet options: Bruchetta chicken breast grilled with fresh tomatos. basil and garlic or Beef brisket with caramelized onions. Accompanments: rice & vegetable pilaf and roasted seasonl vegetables. Cookies: chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin and cranberry orange. Beverage options: bottled water, canned sod and Kreider's assorted hot coffee. Messiah University directions: Directions by car Southbound on U.S. Route 15 Travel approximately 3.5 miles beyond the PA Turnpike interchange and take the Lisburn Road exit. At the light at the bottom of the ramp, turn left onto Lisburn Road. Follow Lisburn Road through the next traffic light and up to the stop sign at the top of the hill. Continue straight on Lisburn Road and take the first exit of the roundabout onto Grantham Road at the bottom of the hill. Follow Grantham Road straight ahead to the stop sign at the main entrance to the University. Northbound on U.S. Route 15 Travel approximately 4 miles beyond the PA 74 North intersection near Dillsburg to the Lisburn Road exit. At the bottom of the ramp, turn right onto Lisburn Road. Follow Lisburn Road to the stop sign at the top of the hill. Continue straight on Lisburn Road and take the first exit of the roundabout onto Grantham Road at the bottom of the hill. Follow Grantham Road straight ahead to the stop sign at the main entrance to the University. Presentations Optical Wireless Communication Abstract Our project investigates a mobile optical wireless networking system enabling reliable transfer of data among multiple nodes with no prior knowledge of node locations. Each node is equipped with a multi-transceiver optical wireless communication (OWC) module with electronic beam steering capability. The multi-transceiver design facilitates in establishing multiple simultaneous OWC links with different neighbor nodes. The proposed system ensures error-free data transfer through fast line-of-sight (LOS) discovery, robust maintenance of OWC links, and utilizing reliable communication protocols. A preliminary prototype of our multi- transceiver multi-node OWC system was implemented by using serial line internet protocol (SLIP), transport control protocol (TCP), and Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP). SLIP is the basis for all communication in the system, and it allows for the other protocols to be used. For the discovery process, the system makes use of the TCP handshake to establish connections between the nodes. To maintain the connections, a customized application of ICMP was used. The effectiveness of this system was analyzed with results obtained from testbed experiments using the developed prototype. The results from these experiments showed that the proposed system can effectively enable reliable communication among multiple nodes. Radio Telescope Control System Abstract: Many people are familiar with the experience of looking up during a clear night and gazing at the stars. Whether through a telescope, binoculars, or with the naked eye, the night skies provide a provoking image of beauty and wonder as we observe the heavens. The night sky has long fascinated humankind, and observing celestial patterns has brought a wealth of information to mathematicians, physicists, and travelers. A low-cost, small-scale radio telescope can provide university undergraduate students with the ability to learn the basics of radio astronomy, the universe, electromagnetic waves, and electronics by plotting measurements at a common radiative frequency of 1.42 GHz referred to as the “hydrogen line”. This paper presents the design, test, and creation of a control system that contributes to the Penn State Harrisburg IEEE branch’s small-scale radio telescope project. This system employs an embedded subsystem that uses DC motor drivers in a closed-loop feedback configuration to control accurate pointing of a 3-meter dish antenna and communicate with a main system computer over a wired link. The primary objective of the subsystem design is to create a layer of abstraction for the main computer through a set of commands—an application programming interface (API)—that direct the dish antenna in an azimuth-elevation coordinate system. The subsystem integrates several functions onto one custom printed circuit board. For motor control, H-Bridge motor drive and rotary encoder feedback are available. Power is supplied through a low-cost commercial off the shelf (COTS) module. A simple LCD display interface is employed to monitor and control the unit without the intervention of the main computer. A custom command API is deployed over a USB-UART bridge to the main computer, which enables flexible and universal control. Room: Jordan Lounge, one university ave., mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, United States, 17055
Back to the Basics
The U.S. electric power system is transitioning from fossil fuel-based electricity generation to renewable resources such as wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) generation, electric vehicles and building electrification, and the increasing usage of energy storage. How the energy transition will impact the secure and reliable operation of the electric grid has always been a critical question yet to be answered by utilities and power industries. Dr. Yi Yang would like to share some of her experiences in related areas and her thoughts on how young professionals should adapt themselves to this evolving field of electric power and energy. Speaker(s): , Yi Yang Agenda: 1. Introduction 2. Presentation by Speaker 3. Q&A 4. Networking Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/375442
Senior Member Recruitment Dinner Event
Dinner meeting primarily for prospective new senior members and existing senior members to serve as references. However, any member of IEEE Cleveland Section may participate. Bring your laptop computers as we will be preparing and making senior member applications. Information: https://www.ieee.org/membership/senior/deadlines.html Requirements: https://www.ieee.org/membership/senior/senior-requirements.html Agenda: Dine and be social. Prepare senior member applications. Room: Quarry Lane runs up the hill from Rockside Road, Bldg: Hilton DoubleTree Hotel, Sanctuary Restaurant, 6200 Quarry Lane , I-77 and Rockside Road Vicinity , Independence, Ohio, United States, 44131
INTERCONNECT MEETS ARCHITECTURE: ON-CHIP COMMUNICATION IN THE AGE OF HETEROGENEITY
Neural Networks, graph analytics, and other big-data applications have become vastly important for many domains. This has led to a search for proper computing systems that can efficiently utilize the tremendous amount of data parallelism that is associated with these applications. Generally, we depend on data centers and high-performance computing (HPC) clusters to run various big-data applications. However, the design of data centers is dominated by power, thermal, and physical constraints. On the contrary, emerging heterogeneous manycore processing platforms that consist of CPU and GPU cores along with memory controllers (MCs) and accelerators have small footprints. Moreover, they offer power and area-efficient tradeoffs for running big-data applications. Consequently, heterogeneous manycore computing platforms represent a powerful alternative to the data center-oriented type of computing. However, typical Network-On-Chip (NoC) infrastructures employed on conventional manycore platforms are highly sub-optimal to handle specific needs CPUs, GPUs, and accelerators. To address this challenge, we need to come up with a holistic approach to design an optimal network-on-chip (NoC) as the interconnection backbone for the heterogeneous manycore platforms that can handle CPU, GPU, and application-specific accelerator communication requirements efficiently. We will discuss design of a hybrid NoC architecture suitable for heterogeneous manycore platforms. We will also highlight effectiveness of machine learning-inspired multi-objective optimization (MOO) algorithms to quickly find a NoC that satisfies both CPU and GPU communication requirements. Widely used MOO techniques (e.g., NSGA-II or simulated annealing based AMOSA) can require significant amounts of time due to their exploratory nature. Therefore, more efficient, and scalable ML-based optimization techniques are required. We are going to discuss various features of a generalized application-agnostic heterogeneous NoC design that achieves similar levels of performance (latency, throughput, energy, and temperature) as application-specific designs. Speaker(s): PARTHA, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/370281
Dayton WIE (Women in Engineering) and YP (Young Professionals) Night at Scene 75
Come out and spend the evening at Scene 75 sponsored by IEEE! There are 15 spots available and will include 3 hours of unlimited attractions, $10 game card, 2 slices of pizza, and a drink for each person. Event starts at 6pm. Your WIE/YP Chair Tara Carroll will be on site at 5:45 to hand out items. She can be reached at 937-418-4459 if you have additional questions. This is a family friendly event! WIE/YP Members $10 IEEE Members $12 Non-Members and Guests $15 For more information about scene 75, please visit https://www.scene75.com/dayton/ 6196 Poe Avenue, Dayton, Ohio, United States, 45414
IEEE-USA Special IEEE Day Livestream Webinars
IEEE-USA Special IEEE Day Livestream Webinars
Join us for a double treat! Dive into the world of technology and leadership with our special IEEE Day webinars featuring Dr. Ravikiran Annaswamy, President of IEEE TEMS, and Dr. Mukesh Khare, General Manager of IBM Semiconductors. Don't miss out on this exclusive opportunity to gain insights from these tech luminaries. Save the date and register now! Presentation 1: Emerging Markets: Unique Opportunities In Transition Towards Clean Transportation (Dr. Ravikiran Annaswamy - IEEE TEMS President & CEO/Co-Founder of Numocity Technologies) Presentation 2: Securing The Future of Semiconductors In The U.S. (Dr. Mukesh Khare - General Manager, IBM Semiconductors and Vice President of Hybrid Cloud Research) Speaker(s): Dr. Ravikiran Annaswamy, Dr. Mukesh Khare 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/375463
Publishing within IEEE: Soup to Nuts
Publishing within IEEE: Soup to Nuts
As part of IEEE Day, we will present a combined talk to the IEEE Graduate Student Body (GSB) community, discussing publishing within IEEE from beginning to end, starting with Prof. Paul R. Berger, who launched two new IEEE journals and is Editor-in-Chief, and Ruth Wolfish, who works for IEEE Xplore, the forum where all IEEE papers are published and warehoused. Speaker(s): Ruth Wolfish, Paul Berger Room: 260, Bldg: Dreese, 205 Dreese Laboratory, 2015 Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43210
IEEE EDS “Meet Your Heroes”
IEEE EDS “Meet Your Heroes”
Abstract: Our IEEE EDS “Meet your Heroes” event is meant to create an open, inclusive conversation on career development and career aspirations, by revealing the obstacles and challenges overcome by some of our EDS role models. Our hope is to motivate the next workforce wave by illustrating how their tribulations may not be very dissimilar to your own personal hardships. Although backgrounds center upon semiconductors, all visitors welcome! Co-sponsored by: IEEE Electron Device Society Speaker(s): Tsu-Jae King Liu, Carolyn Duran, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/373573
IEEE-USA Livestream Webinar: Data-Driven Innovation: Harnessing the Power of Focused Data
IEEE-USA Livestream Webinar: Data-Driven Innovation: Harnessing the Power of Focused Data
Innovation is exhilarating, yet without direction, it can lead to spiraling costs and misplaced efforts. How often do fresh ideas lead to overwhelming brainstorming sessions, escalating expenses, and inflated hopes? Many leading corporations have implemented robust systems to streamline innovation endeavors, ensuring maximum ROI and minimized risks. Central to these systems is the strategic use of precise data. In this enlightening talk, we will delve into: - The significance of patent data in uncovering innovation prospects. - The spectrum of data essential for locating innovation opportunities. - Strategies to leverage this data for both immediate and future requirements. Join us to discover how data-driven insights can transform your innovation journey. Speaker(s): Steve Pearson, 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/373732
3QCY23 IEEE Dayton Section Membership Event
3QCY23 IEEE Dayton Section Membership Event
Please consider joining the Dayton Section for an evening social and meeting at T J Chumps in Fairborn on Thursday, October 5th from 5:00-7:30 PM and share your experiences from Tuesday's IEEE Day! The Section will provide some appetizers and two drinks of your choice, and the kitchen will be available if you are interested in ordering dinner. The Summer was quite busy with Sections Congress and NAECON '23 and the Fall promises to be equally exciting with Professional Development opportunities. There's a full agenda and I'm certain there could be some surprises! Looking forward to seeing you in October. Dr. Charles Cerny Chair, Dayton Section Agenda: Welcome & Sign-in - 5:00 PM Chairman's Opening Comments - 5:30 PM Treasurer's Report - 5:45 PM Section Update (Include Chapters/Societies/Affiliates) - 6:00 PM Region 1/Region 2 Updates - 6:30 PM IEEE News Items - 6:45 PM Dayton Section Elections in November - 7:00 PM Review of Calendar Events/Other News - 7:15 PM Adjourn Meeting - 7:30 PM T J Chumps, 1100 E. Dayton-Yellow Springs Rd. , Fairborn, Ohio, United States, 45324
Learn to Code with Large Language Model Chatbots
Learn to Code with Large Language Model Chatbots
Large Language Models (LLM) such as ChatGPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) possess data not only about human languages but also computer languages. It is now possible to introduce programming basics through ChatGPT. We plan to lead a hands-on activity workshop session in which the participants are invited to join an interactive adventure into the world of LLMs and learn how to code with ChatGPT or Google Bard as a co-pilot. In this interactive, hands-on session, the participants will take a guided tour to see live actions of these generative AI tools in code generation and problem solving. If participants bring a laptop computer, they can follow along and learn coding in their own OpenAI or Google accounts. Otherwise, they can watch the live interactive session and contribute their own ideas about how to guide the AI to help with coding. Python and other programming languages will be used, although no prior programming experience is required. *** Three Professional Development Hours (PDHs) will be awarded for attending this workshop. This is equivalent to 0.3 Continuing Education Events (CEUs) **** Speaker(s): Chang Liu, Agenda: 8:30 AM - Breakfast and networking 9:00 AM - Session start 10:30 AM - Coffee break 10:45 AM - Restart 12:00 Noon - Session ends; Lunch will be provided with time for follow up questions etc Room: Meeting Room 2, Bldg: Oakton Library, 10304 Lynnhaven Pl, Oakton, Virginia, United States
Baltimore Section Annual Picnic
Baltimore Section Annual Picnic
Come out and enjoy lunch with your IEEE Baltimore Section at our annual picnic. We will meet at the Hammond Park pavilion starting at 11:00 and food will be served starting around 11:30 am. We will end around 3 pm, but the park is open until 8 pm. We look forward to seeing you at the picnic. We have room for 60 attendees. Please register yourself and guests so that we have enough food. Agenda: 1100: Start arriving 1130: Start serving food 1430: Clean up 1500: Event ends but guests are welcome to enjoy the park until 2000 Bldg: Pavilion, 10700 Glen Hannah Drive, Laurel, Maryland, United States, 20723