IEEE S.F. Bay Area Council e-GRID's
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WEDNESDAY September 8, 2010
SF Bay Area Council, with Region 6 and Oregon Section
Speakers: Saifur Rahman, Virginia Tech; Dmitry Kosterev and Joe Andres, BPA; Rob Pratt, Steve Widergren and Dave McKinnon, PNNL; Jeff Hammarlund and Linda Rankin, Portland State University
Time: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Cost: $99 for IEEE members; $150 for non-members, $25 for full-time students
Place: on the Internet
RSVP: From the flyer
Web: www.e-grid.net/docs/1009-smartgrid.pdf

WEDNESDAY September 8, 2010
SCV Communications Chapter
Speakers: Sanjay Kasturia and Jose Tellado, Teranetics; George Ginis, ASSIA, Inc
Time: Networking with refreshments at 6:00 PM; Presentations at 6:30 PM, followed by panel
Cost: none
Place: National Semiconductor, Building E, Conference Room, 2900 Semiconductor Dr, Santa Clara
RSVP: From the website
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/comsoc

This session will address the challenges of high speed twisted pair-based communications in data centers/enterprises (LAN) and wireline access (DSL).  There will be two talks followed by (more…)

TUESDAY September 7, 2010
SCV Photonics Chapter
Speaker: Dr. Jonathan Oakley, Pixeleron
Time: Networking/Light Dinner at 6:00 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: National Semiconductor Building E Auditorium, 2900 Semiconductor Drive, Santa Clara
RSVP: not required
Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/leos

This talk will cover medical imaging processing methods, what is currently the state of the art, and how these are being used to support clinicians and radiologists.  Particular emphasis will be given to ophthalmic applications.

TUESDAY September 28, 2010
SCV Solid State Circuits, with Electron Devices and Computer Chapters
Speakers: David C. Brock, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Contemporary History and Policy, Chemical Heritage Foundation; Christophe Lecuyer, Principal Economic Analyst, Office of the President, University of California
Time: Presentations at 6:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: National Semiconductor Building E Auditorium, 2900 Semiconductor Dr., Santa Clara
RSVP: EventBrite, from website
Web: ewh.ieee.org/mu/scv-sscs
In the first three and a half years of its existence, Fairchild Semiconductor developed, produced, and marketed the device that would become the fundamental building block of the digital world: the microchip.  Founded in 1957 by (more…)

FRIDAY September 17, 2010
SCV Consultants’ Network of Silicon Valley
Speaker: Peter Salmon, individual inventor
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Cost: IEEE members $35; non-members $45; also available as a webcast
Place: Cogswell Polytechnical College, Board Room, 1175 Bordeaux Drive, Sunnyvale
RSVP: through website
Web: www.eventbee.com/view/ieeecnsv091710/track/sfbac1b

This seminar, our second in the “Patents” series, will address inventing and patenting from the perspective of an individual inventor, Peter Salmon.  If you have invented a completely new product or, something that just (more…)

TUESDAY November 16, 2010
SCV Consultants’ Network of Silicon Valley
Speaker: Dr. Kendall Waters, IP and Technology Development, Silicon Valley Medical Instruments, Inc.
Time: Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: KeyPoint Credit Union, 2805 Bowers Ave., Santa Clara
RSVP: not required
Web: www.CaliforniaConsultants.org

Successfully taking a medical device product from concept to regulatory approval requires a broad range of expertise. Effective strategy execution requires having the right talents available at (more…)

IEEE Oregon Section Webinar, with the SF Bay Area Council
The Smart Grid: From Appliance to Generator and Back
- September 8, 2010   - 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- $99 for IEEE members; $150 for non-members, $25 for full-time students
A systems view of how the Smart Grid provides interactions between the end uses of electricity (”appliances” or industrial processes) and utilities, viewed from the perspective of the technologies, standards, and policies that will enable those interactions and foster innovation and interoperability. For engineers, policy makers, and entrepreneurs who want to understand the Smart Grid in order to make better professional, technical and business decisions.
Talks:   - The Challenge of Synchrophasors and Wide Area Control   - Smart Grid Communications   - Managing Supply and Demand   - Smart Grid Cyber Security   (and more)
For full information: www.e-grid.net/docs/1009-smartgrid.pdf

THURSDAY September 2, 2010
SCV Technology Management Chapter
Speaker: Kevin Surace, Chairman & CEO, Serious Materials
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
Place: RAMADA Silicon Valley, 1217 Wildwood Ave, Sunnyvale
RSVP: not required
Web: www.ieee-scv-tmc.org/

“Thinking Outside the Glass Box” - How an engineer built what Inc Magazine calls a “great company” by doing things differently, and recognizing the power of green.

WEDNESDAY September 1, 2010
SCV Circuits and Systems Chapter
Speaker: Massimo Alioto, Ph.D, Visiting Professor at BWRC — UC-Berkeley
Time: Networking/light dinner at 6:30 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: $2 donation accepted for food
Place: QualComm Santa Clara, Building B, 3165 Kifer Road, Santa Clara
RSVP: not required
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/cas

In the last years, subthreshold CMOS logic circuits have become very popular in ultra low power applications, which typically constrain the power budget to a few tens of uWs and the supply voltage to (more…)

TUESDAY August 31, 2010
SCV Consumer Electronics
Subject:
Speaker: Chandlee Harrell, Silicon Image
Time: Networking/refreshments at 6:30 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: $10 for non-members, $5 foe IEEE members, free for IEEE CES members & Student IEEE members
Place: Hewlett Packard, Building 20, 3000 Hanover St., Palo Alto
RSVP: from the website
Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/ce

HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is that now-familiar interface that you use to connect video and audio to your HDTV set.  It has gone through a number of improvements since it first (more…)