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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 (more…)

TUESDAY June 11, 2013
SCV Computer Chapter
Speaker: Oliver Baltuch, President, Futuremark
Time: Networking/refreshments at 6:30 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: Cadence, Bldg 10, 2655 Seely Ave, San Jose
RSVP: from website
Web: sites.ieee.org/scv-cs

Futuremark develops industry standard benchmarking software (such as 3DMark) that measures hardware performance of PCs, tablets, and smartphones.  Running benchmarks during the product development process can highlight setup (more…)

WEDNESDAY June 19, 2013
SCV Engineering in Medicine and Biology Chapter
Speaker: Frank Macnamara, VP, Hansen Medical Inc.
Time: Optional dinner at Stanford Hospital Cafeteria, 6:15 PM (no host, no reservations); Presentation at 7:30 PM
Cost: none
Place: Room M-114, Stanford University Medical School, Stanford
RSVP: not required
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/embs

This talk will focus on the design and performance of the Magellan Robotic System, an intravascular catheter system that received FDA clearance in June 2012.  The Magellan System is the successor to the company’s Sensei X Robotic System, which has been used on more (more…)

THURSDAY May 23, 2013
SCV Education Chapter
Speaker: Dr. Bernard Widrow, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
Time: Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: Stanford University, Packard Bldg, Stanford
RSVP: not required
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/es

Regarding the workings of the human mind, memory and pattern recognition seem to be intertwined.  You generally do not have one without the other.  Taking inspiration from life experience, a new form of computer memory has been devised. Certain conjectures (more…)

WEDNESDAY May 22, 2013
OEB Signal Processing Chapter
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Charles A. Bouman, Purdue University, “Model-Based Imaging”, plus others
Time: Workshop from 9:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: Livermore Valley Open Campus (LVOC) – HPC Innovation Ctr, Greenville Road, Livermore
RSVP: from website
Web: casis.llnl.gov

The Workshop covers signal processing, image & video processing, NDE & inverse problems; radar & wireless communications, radiation detection & isotope ID, machine learning & pattern analysis, control systems, real-time/embeddded systems. and applications (e.g., (more…)

TUESDAY May 21, 2013
SCV Consultants’ Network of Silicon Valley
Speakers: Sean Murphy, founder, SKMurphy, Inc.; Chris Apple, founder, Apple Enterprises; Clyde “Kip” M. Brown, PE; Dr. Arthur M. Keller, Managing Partner, Minerva Consulting
Time: Presentations/Panel at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: Agilent Technologies, Inc. – Aristotle Room, 5301 Stevens Creek Blvd., Santa Clara
RSVP: not required
Web: www.CaliforniaConsultants.org

Startups often need a consultant’s expertise, but their limited resources can make for riskier and more complex fee arrangements as compared with larger companies. A panel of three consultants – two of whom are also serial entrepreneurs who have founded technology (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

Pirooz Parvarandeh, Maxim Integrated CTO, 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, leadership is important no (more…)

SATURDAY May 11, 2013
SCV Computer Chapter
Panelists: Ian Hersey, Attensity; Laura Jacob, IEEE-SSIT; Zahan Malkani, Facebook; John Rehling, reputation.com; Shivakumar Vaithyanathan, IBM Almaden; Michael Wu, Lithium; Rong Yan, Facebook.
Time: Registration/snacks at 8:30 AM; lunch; Ends at 5:00 PM
Cost: $25 IEEE Members, $50 Non-IEEE Members, $20 students (though April 11)
Place: Braun Auditorium, Stanford
RSVP: from website
Web: www.nfic-us.org

WEDNESDAY May 8, 2013
SCV Communications Chapter
Speakers: Andrea Goldsmith, Stanford University & Accelera; Amit Jain, Spidercloud Wireless; Rajat Prakash, Qualcomm
Time: Networking and food 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

Exponential growth in wireless data driven by the rapid increase in smartphones is driving carriers to increase the number of base stations in their radio access networks.  As the number of base stations increases, it becomes increasingly (more…)

THURSDAY May 16, 2013
SPECTRUM Magazine
Speaker: Mario Simoes, Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation, University of Southern Florida
Time: 11:00 AM – Noon (PDT)
Cost: none
Place: on the Internet
RSVP: from the website
Web: spectrum.ieee.org/webinar/2263257

Additive Manufacturing is at the core of surgical device development, cutting-edge simulation and research innovation that is helping the University of Southern Florida Health program advance state-of-the-art education into real world healthcare (more…)