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SATURDAY or SUNDAY February 16 or 17, 2013
SCV Section
Tours: let by CHM staff
Time: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM on either day
Cost: none for IEEE members; regular CHM admission fees for non-members
Place: Computer History Museum, 1401 N Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View
RSVP: not required; bring copy of flyer
Web: www.e-grid.net/docs/1302-chm.pdf

The Computer History Museum invites IEEE members and their families to be our special guests and enjoy a fun-filled day at the Museum.? You’ll see the Museum’s large-scale 25,000 sf state of the art exhibition, “Revolution: (more…)

WEDNESDAY February 13, 2013
SCV Photovoltaics Chapter
Speaker: Brad Mattson, CEO, Solexant
Time: Networking and refreshments at 6:30 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: Palo Alto Research Center (G.E. Pake Auditorium), 3333 Coyote Hill Road, Palo Alto
RSVP: not required
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/pv

Solar is at a tipping point and poised for massive growth.? We are about to witness the true economically-driven birth of a global solar industry.? Unfortunately the negativity surrounding the industry has masked this epic change (more…)

THURSDAY January 31, 2013
SCV Magnetics Chapter
Speaker: Prof. Stephane Mangin, Center for Magnetic Recording Research, UC-SD
Time: Networking and Pizza at 7:00 PM; Presentation at 7:30 PM
Cost: none
Place: Western Digital, 1710 Automation Parkway, San Jose
RSVP: not required
Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/mag

Magnetization reversal using circularly polarized light provides a way to control magnetization without any external magnetic field and has the potential to revolutionize magnetic data storage.? However, in order to reach ultra-high (more…)

THURSDAY January 24, 2013
SF Power & Energy Chapter
Speaker: Philip D Dregger, President, Technical Roof Services
Time: Dinner and Presentation at 6:00 PM
Cost: IEEE Members $20; non-members $25; students $10
Place: Sinbad’s Pier 2 Restaurant, Embarcadero, San Francisco
RSVP: from website
Web: ieeepresentation.eventbrite.com

TUESDAY January 22, 2013
SCV Consumer Electronics
Subject: Annual CES Download
Panelists: Gary Sasaki, President, DIGDIA; Tom Coughlin, President, Coughlin Associates; Mike Demler, Editor-in-Chief, EE DailyNews
Time: Pizza + Drinks, Networking at 6:30 PM; Presentations and questions at 7:00 PM
Cost: IEEE members – $5; non-members – $10
Place: NVIDIA, Building E, 2800 Scott Blvd., Santa Clara
RSVP: from website
Web: www.ieee.org/scvce

This is one of our more popular meeting topics – a look at some of the latest and greatest, and sometimes weirdest new products shown at the Consumer Electronics Show.? Both Gary and Tom have attended CES for (more…)

MONDAY January 21, 2013
SCV PACE (Professional Activities Committee for Engineers)
Speaker: Orin E. Laney, former chair, IEEE-USA Intellectual Property Committee
Time: Networking and light dinner at 6:00 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: $5 for members; $10 for non-members
Place: Ramada Inn, 1217 Wildwood Ave, Sunnyvale
RSVP: from website
Web: sites.ieee.org/scv-pace/upcoming-events

The Future of Optical Communication is Here
Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC/NFOEC)
- March 17-21, 2013 ? – Anaheim Convention Center
- Sessions, Short Courses, Workshops ? – Service Provider Summit
- 550+ Companies Exhibiting ? – Complimentary Exhibits Registration
OFC and NFOEC is the premier international event for both the science and business of optical communications, with a comprehensive technical program and the largest all-optical business exhibition.
Over 100 sessions, 750+ papers, plus Plenary Session, Market Watch.
58 Short Courses on ? – High-Speed Semiconductor Lasers and Modulators ? – Datacenter Networking ? – Biomedical Optical Diagnostics and Sensing ? – Next-Gen Transport Networks ? – Silicon Microphotonics ? – Fiber Optic Measurements and Component Testing ? – 40G/100G Ethernet Technologies ? – Coherent Optical Systems ? – Cloud Computing and Dynamic Networks ? (and more)
Registration discount through Feb 19: www.ofcnfoec.org

THURSDAY January 31, 2013
SCV Magnetics Chapter
Speaker: Prof. Stephane Mangin, Center for Magnetic Recording Research, UC-SD
Time: Networking and Pizza at 7:00 PM; Presentation at 7:30 PM
Cost: none
Place: Western Digital, 1710 Automation Parkway, San Jose
RSVP: not required
Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/mag

Magnetization reversal using circularly polarized light provides a way to control magnetization without any external magnetic field and has the potential to revolutionize magnetic data storage.? However, in order to reach ultra-high density data storage, high anisotropy (more…)

THURSDAY January 17, 2013
SCV Photonics, with Solid State Circuits Chapter
Speaker: Dr. Chris McKay, NASA AMES
Time: Networking/Light Dinner at 6:00 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: $10 for adults; no charge for K-12 kids
Place: Texas Instruments, Building E Auditorium, 2900 Semiconductor Drive Santa Clara
RSVP: from website
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/leos

Our annual “family holiday lecture – one month late” – NASA has sent its most capable Mars rover ever, a veritable chemistry/geology laboratory on wheels to help answer our many questions about our neighbor planet’s soil, rocks and atmosphere. (more…)

THURSDAY Febuary 7, 2013
SCV Reliability Chapter
Speakers: Attendees’ highlights, reactions, news
Time: Networking/Refreshments at 6:30 PM; Presentations at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: Agilent Technologies, 5301 Stevens Creek Blvd, Santa Clara
RSVP: not required
Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/rl\

The Reliability and Maintainability Symposium has a wide scope of presentations.? ? Each year, the Valley’s RAMS attendees are asked to present a summary of the two or three best talks.? If you can’t attend the conference in Florida, come (more…)