Technology & Networking in Silicon Valley & the SF Bay Area: Upcoming Meetings, Courses and Conferences
THURSDAY April 10
SF GOLD - Grads of the Last Decade
Speaker: Kathie Chappell, Ameriprise Financial
Time: Presentation and discussion at 6:30 PM
Cost: none
Place: Learning Center 10 Building 4, 2100 Logic Dr., San Jose
RSVP: not required
Information: Alex Goldhammer, ahammer@ieee.org
Do you have a clear picture of your financial goals? Saving and investing to achieve those goals can be confusing when you are just starting out. We’ll help you explore your options (more…)
WEDNESDAY May 7
SCV Robotics and Automation Chapter
Speakers: Ben Pitzer, Annie Lien, for Team AnnieWAY
Time: Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: Carnegie-Mellon West, Mountain View
RSVP: by email to IEEE_RAS_SCV_Chapter_Committee@yahoogroups.com
Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/ras with photos
This talk reports on AnnieWAY, an autonomous vehicle that is capable of driving through urban scenarios and that successfully entered the finals of the DARPA Urban Challenge 2007 competition. We describe the main challenges imposed (more…)
TUESDAY April 8
SCV Electron Devices Chapter
Speaker: Dr. Michael Riordan, Stanford University and UC Santa Cruz
Time: Social 6:00 PM, Presentation 6:15 PM
Cost: none
Place: National Semiconductor Corp. Building E1, Conference Center, 2900 Semiconductor Drive, Santa Clara
RSVP: not required
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/eds
In 1947 the transistor was invented at Bell Telephone Laboratories; for this breakthrough, John Bardeen, Walter Brattain and William Shockley were awarded the 1956 Nobel prize in physics. In fact, there were actually three distinctly different versions (more…)
TUESDAY March 25
SCV Consumer Electronics Chapter
Speakers: Ted Witham, GarrettCom; and Joe Weiss, Applied Control Solutions
Time: Pizza and drinks at 6:30 PM, Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: $5 for IEEE members, $10 for non-members
Place: HP - Oak Room, 19447 Pruneridge Avenue (Building 48), Cupertino
RSVP: not required
Web: www.ieee.org/scvce
Control system cyber security is receiving more attention now that the NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) standards have been issued. However, there are other issues (more…)
TUESDAY April 15
SF Communications Chapter
Speaker: John Bicket, Chief Technical Officer and Co-Founder, Meraki
Time: 6:30 PM
Cost: none
Place: California Public Utilities Commission, 505 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco
RSVP: by email to Michael Butler, mjbsf@verizon.net, 415-827-3680
Web: www.ieee.org/sfcomsoc
Meraki will be providing a brief company history and technical overview on its unique approach to wireless networking. It will also summarize their activities (more…)
Professional Skills Courses in the SF Bay Area
Choose from an array of skills-development classes, from Effective Training Associates and the IEEE’s Engineering Management and CPMT Chapters.
Check the Calendar: www.effectivetraining.com/calendar.php?loc=local
Classes this spring:
Transitioning from Individual Contributor to Manager - April 10 at LSI Corporation, Milpitas
Breakthrough Project Management - April 17-18 at TIBCO Software, Palo Alto
Presentation Skills - April 29 at LSI Corporation, Milpitas
… plus more.
33rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
Location: Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel, San Diego
Dates: May 11–16, 2008
Earlybird discount through April 11th
Tutorials — Exhibits — Sessions
Web: www.33pvsc.org
The Photovoltaic Specialists Conference presents groundbreaking research papers on all aspects of PV-relevant materials, devices, systems and applications. We once again have a very strong Technical Program that will encompass seven programmatic areas (more…)
Embedded Systems Conference - Silicon Valley
“Learn Today, Design Tomorrow”
McEnery Convention Center, San Jose
Conference: April 14-18, 2008
Expo: April 15–17, 2008
Earlybird rates through April 9. Save up to $200
Web: www.embedded.com/esc/sv
- Sessions - Full-Day Tutorials - Keynote & Industry Addresses - Build Your Own Embedded System - Comprehensive Technology Exhibition (more…)
Intellectual Property Symposium
DESIGN PROTECT MANAGE LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY IP
Dates: April 15-16, 2008
Location: The San Jose Fairmont Hotel
Register by April 4th for the best Symposium rates
Web: www.eetimes.semiconductor.com
The Intellectual Property Symposium brings together a unique combination of thought leaders in electronic systems, software, and semiconductors across the engineering, business and (more…)
UPCOMING CLASSES for Working Engineers
UC Santa Cruz Extension in Silicon Valley
- Classes at our Sunnyvale and Cupertino Campuses
Register early for a 10% discount. Browse the full course listing and other information: www.ucsc-extension.edu/EngTech
Partial list of courses:
Video Compression, Digital Apr 7 to June 16, Mon 6:30-9:30PM
Chip Design Flow (more…)
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