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IEEE Int’l Conference on Digital Ecosystems and Technologies
- July 24-26, 2013   – Menlo Park / Stanford
Covering open, loosely coupled, demand-driven, domain clustered, agent-based self-organized collaborative environments where agents form a coalition for specific goals.   Keynotes:   – Intel Mobile Device Perception and Security   – The Meaning of Big Data   – Human Space Computing and CPS   – Massive Data Analytics for Smart Planet   – Social Media for Sustained Digital Ecosystems   – SAP Co-Innovation, Envision the Future, Crossroots   – Technology Innovation for Networked Life     – Track: Building a Digital Ecosystem for Societal Empowerment   … plus Stanford Campus Tour, and tour of TESLA Motors, the American Zero emissions electric car and sports cars.
For full details, see dest2013.digital-ecology.org

Held this year at Stanford University!
IEEE Student Congress: Corporate Sponsors Wanted!
- August 9-11, 2013     – Platinum, Gold, Silver levels
- Engineering Student Leaders from the Western States
Your company can get great mind-share with the top engineering students across the Western USA! Please forward our Request Letter to your grants person, suggesting a contribution and outlining how we can help your company make contact with these students through corporate displays and on-site staff. Your company (and you) can take an active part in the Student Congress in a number of ways.
Download our Letter: www.e-grid.net/docs/1308-student_congress.pdf

Complex Aerospace Systems Exchange
- August 12-14, 2013     – Hyatt Regency, Los Angeles
- Includes admission to AIAA Aviation Conference sessions, Exposition
This dynamic, engaging event tackles some of the most important system development issues facing chief engineers, program managers, and systems engineers today, such as minimizing cost overruns and delays and mitigating late test failures.
Three Tracks:   – Complex Systems Development   – Integration, Test and Verification of Complex Systems   – Program Management to Achieve Robust and Resilient Systems   Workshops:   – Protecting Intellectual Property   – Systems Engineering Verification and Validation   – Guidance of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles   … plus panels.
Save through July 15th. Visit the website: www.aiaa.org/case

ASME InterPACK 2013
Conference and Exhibition on Packaging and Integration of Electronic and Photonic MicroSystems
- July 16-18, 2013     – Hyatt Regency, San Francisco Airport
Focus of InterPACK:   • Advanced Packaging   • Electro-Thermal-Mechanical Issues in Packaging (Multi-Physics)   • Materials and Processes   • MEMS and MEMS Packaging   • Manufacturing and Test   • Modeling and Simulation   • Nanotechnology and NEMS   • Photonics and Optics   • Reliability   • Thermal Management   • Emerging Technologies
For full information, visit the website: www.asmeconferences.org/InterPACK13

MONDAY July 15, 2013
SCV PACE (Professional Activities Committee for Engineers)
Instructor: Professor Jan Rabaey, Scientific Co-director, Berkeley Wireless Research Center (BWRC)
Time: 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Cost: $50 regular admission; $40 for IEEE members; $25 for students
Place: Maxim Integrated HQ, 160 Rio Robles, San Jose
RSVP: from website
Web: pace-course2013.eventbrite.com

This course presents an overview of the basics as well as the more advanced techniques in low-power design.  The first part of the lecture will focus on the fundamentals of low-power design and a number of well-established techniques will be reviewed.  The (more…)

SUNDAY July 14, 2013
SCV GOLD (Grads of the Last Decade)
Time: Gathering by 2:00 PM; hike/event until 5:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: Villa Montalvo Arts Center, 15400 Montalvo Rd, Saratoga
RSVP: from website
Web: scv-gold-hike.eventbrite.com

Come join IEEE SCV GOLD at Villa Montalvo Arts Center for a hike in the picturesque mountains above Villa Montalvo.  The lookout point at the top of the trail has a breathtaking view allowing you to see the entire South Bay area from South San Jose, to Mountain (more…)

WEDNESDAY July 10, 2013
SCV Communications Chapter
Speakes: Suke Jawanda, Chief Marketing Office, Bluetooth SIG; Kellan O’Connor, Co-Founder at Tetherboard; Raja Banerjea, Sr. Director, Head of Global Standards, Cambridge Silicon Radio
Time: Networking and refreshments at 6:30 PM; Presentations at 7:00 PM
Cost: $5 donation for food
Place: Texas Instruments Building E, 2900 Semiconductor Dr., Santa Clara
RSVP: from website
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/comsoc

Bluetooth is seeing a new boom with the rapid adoption of Bluetooth Smart.  With close to 2 billion Bluetooth-enabled devices shipped in 2012 and a cumulative shipment forecast in excess of 20 billion by 2016, Bluetooth is well geared for the new era of smart connected (more…)

TUESDAY June 18, 2013
SCV GOLD (Grads of the Last Decade)
Speaker: Pirooz Parvarandeh, CTO, Maxim Integrated
Time: Networking/food at 5:30 PM; Presentation at 6:00 PM
Cost: IEEE Members $10; Non-IEEE Members $13
Place: Maxim Integrated HQ, 160 Rio Robles, San Jose
RSVP: from website
Web: scv-gold-leadership.eventbrite.com

Join the IEEE SCV GOLD and our speaker Pirooz Parvarandeh, Maxim Integrated CTO on June 18th as he tells us about his career path and gives us tips and tricks to help build your leadership skills. Whether you are an Executive, Manager or even an Individual Contributor, (more…)

WEDNESDAY June 12, 2013
SCV Communications Chapter
Speakers: Jacob Saperstein, Director of Strategic Innovation Alliances; Shiyama Clunie, Area Manager, External Affairs; Michael Caniglia, AT&T Mobility — all at AT&T
Time: Networking and Refreshments at 6:30 PM; Presentations at 6:45 PM
Cost: $5 donation for food
Place: Texas Instruments Building E, 2900 Semiconductor Dr., Santa Clara
RSVP: from website
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/comsoc

Jacob Saperstein and Shiyama Clunie will describe the mission and purpose of AT&T’s Palo Alto Foundry and its role in the Silicon Valley ecosystem.  A progress report and use cases will also be presented.  AT&T’s Innovation Platform will be defined and related to (more…)

MONDAY June 10, 2013
SCV Circuits and Systems Chapter
Speaker: Prof. Brian Otis, University of Washington
Time: Networking and light dinner at 6:30 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none; $2 accepted for food
Place: QualComm, Building B, 3165 Kifer Road, Santa Clara
RSVP: from website
Web: sites.ieee.org/scv-cas

Advances in chip and system design will help define the next generation of wireless sensors.  I’ll discuss examples of our work that have enabled new collaborative science.  We will then cover chip design techniques for body-worn/implantable systems and wireless sensors.  Finally, (more…)