IEEE S.F. Bay Area Council e-GRID's
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TUESDAY October 16
SCV Consultants’ Network of Silicon Valley
Speakers: T. Kim Parnell, Brian A. Berg
Time: 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: KeyPoint Credit Union, 2805 Bowers Ave., Santa Clara
RSVP: not required
Web: www.CaliforniaConsultants.org

This meeting will address the art of networking, and will offer tips and techniques for consultants. Consultants often find face-to-face networking to be difficult, particularly (more…)

THURSDAY November 1
Monterey Bay Subsection
Speaker: Nicholas Willis
Time: 3:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: Spanagel Hall Room 321, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey
RSVP: required, for access to the NPS campus; US citizens only; by email to D. Jenn, jenn@nps.edu
Web: http://www.e-grid.net/docs/0711-monterey.pdf

As usually happens during the ongoing development of a major invention, old information is released (or declassified) and new information surfaces.  Such is the case with radar, in particular (more…)

TUESDAY November 13
SCV Electron Devices Chapter
Speaker: Dan Hutcheson, VLSI Research Inc.
Time: Social at 6:00 PM, Presentation: 6:15 PM
Cost: none
Place: National Semiconductor Corp. Building E-1 - Auditorium CMA, 2900 Semiconductor Drive, Santa Clara
RSVP: not required
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/eds

Tensions are high as the industry confronts the issue of 450mm. Some believe it is absolutely necessary. It was scheduled in the ITRS roadmap to be ready by 2012 (more…)

Sponsor: SCV IEEE Communications Society Chapter, with Santa Clara U.
Date: Monday October 8, 2007
Place: Santa Clara University, Santa Clara
Cost: $125 if pre-registered ($112 for IEEE members); free to SCU students/faculty
Plenty of free parking; lunch/reception provided.
Website and to register: iccd.engr.scu.edu

Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) implementation and Cross-layer Optimization have become topics of intense research interest in companies and universities around the world. Come to the OFDM Workshop at (more…)

FRIDAY October 19
SCV Professional Activites Committee for Engineers (PACE)
Speakers: Ed Perkins, Paul Kostek, Jean Eason, Russ Harrison
Time: Registration at 8:00 AM; sessions/networking/practice throughout day
Cost: Students/Unemployed $20; IEEE Members $30; Public $45 (includes lunch, breaks; $5 more at the door)
Place: Fairmont Hotel, San Jose
RSVP: by email to Jonathan David, j.david@ieee.org
Web: www.e-grid.net/docs/0710-scv-pace.pdf and ieee-jbdavid.blogspot.com/2007/09/2007-career-workshop.html
Register online: icm3.ieee.org/eventmanager/onlineregistration.asp?eventcode=B6H

In today’s increasingly outsourced world, engineers must take responsibility for managing their own careers. The alternative is being surprised and unprepared when economic pressures force a change in their employment situation. We are lucky to have the opportunity, in conjunction with the IEEE-USA (more…)

TUESDAY October 16
SF Communications Chapter
Speaker: Esme Vos, esq., Founder, MuniWireless.com
Time: complimentary buffet dinner at 6:30 PM, presentation following
Cost: none
Place: San Francisco State University, 835 Market Street, San Francisco
RSVP: Please sign up at www.ieee.org/sfcomsoc/ , for our dinner count.
Web: www.ieee.org/sfcomsoc

This presentation will discuss the latest developments in municipal wireless broadband deployments:
·  The search for viable business models after EarthLink’s decision (more…)

THURSDAY October 4
SCV Lasers and Electro-Optics Chapter
Speaker: Prof. Jorge Rocca, Colorado State University, and IEEE LEOS Distinguished Lecturer
Time: Networking and Food: 7:00 PM, Presentation: 8:00 PM
Cost: donation for refreshments
Place: SPECIAL LOCATION: with IEMT Symposium at the Holiday Inn San Jose, 1740 North First St, San Jose
RSVP: by email to ieeescvleos-rsvp2007@yahoo.com
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/leos

This talk will review recent advances in high repetition rate soft x-ray lasers that allow the generation of very high brightness soft x-ray beams using table-top set ups.  The peak spectral brightness of some of these new lasers can surpass that of third generation synchrotrons (more…)

THURSDAY September 27
SF & OEB Power Engineering & OEB Computer Chapters
Speaker: John D. McDonald, P.E., Vice President for Power System Automation, KEMA, Inc.
Time: 6:00 PM
Cost: $20 for IEEE members, $30 for non-Members, $20 for accompanying spouse/guest
Place: Scotts Seafood, Jack London Square
RSVP: For information and reservations please email Carole Pharr at carole.pharr@salasobrien.com or call (408) 282-1500 x213.
Web: www.e-grid.net/docs/0709-oeb-pes.pdf

The purpose of this talk is to familiarize participants with all aspects of substation automation. The term Intelligent Electronic Device (IED) is defined.  The different levels of substation integration and automation are discussed. The reasons a utility would need substation automation (more…)

WEDNESDAY September 26
SCV Reliability Chapter
Speaker: Mike Silverman and Arthur Zingher, Ops A La Carte
Time: Refreshments at 6:30 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: HP-Cupertino Oak Room, Bldg 48, Pruneridge Ave. and Wolfe Rd., Cupertino
RSVP: not required
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/rl/events.htm

TUESDAY September 25
SCV Consumer Electronics Chapter
Speaker: Distinguished Lecturer: Professor Albrecht Rothermel, Deputy Director of Institute, University of ULM Institute of Microelectronics, Germany
Time: Refreshments at 6:30 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: $5 for IEEE members, and $10 for non-members
Place: Hewlett Packard Oak Room, 19447 Pruneridge Avenue (Building 48), Cupertino
RSVP: not required
Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/ce

The newest cameras now have face recognition, but they don’t yet help you find all the pictures of your best friend amongst the thousands of files you have. Meantime, automated surveillance is used to spot everyone from card cheats at casinos to (more…)