Technology & Networking in Silicon Valley & the SF Bay Area: Upcoming Meetings, Courses and Conferences
THURSDAY October 2, 2008
SCV Technology Management Council
Speaker: Barbara Miller, founder, Artemis Management
Time: Guided Networking at 6:30 PM; Dinner at 7:15 PM; (Presentation at 7:45 PM
Cost: $25 (IEEE member), $30 (non member), cash or check at the door; +$5 without reservation
Place: Ramada Inn, 1217 Wildwood Ave, Sunnyvale
RSVP: through the Website
Web: www.ieee-scv-ems.org
For the first time in history, there are four generations in the workplace: Seniors, Boomers, Gen X, and Millennials. Managers and teams are finding it challenging working across generations. Each (more…)
THURSDAY October 2, 2008
SCV Electron Devices Chapter
Speakers: distinguished experts in the photovoltaic technology field
Time: Registration at 9:00 AM; program 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM; reception following
Cost: none (includes lunch and breaks)
Place: Computer History Museum, 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View
RSVP: At web link
Web: www.seeuthere.com/rsvp/invitation/invitation.asp?id=/m1312d18-1OIDXG8GO7JT2
THURSDAY October 2, 2008
IEEE SPECTRUM Webinar
Speakers: Dr. Laurent Bernardin, Chief Scientist & VP of Research and Development, Maplesoft; Dr. Chad Schmitke, Chief Developer, MotionPro
Time: 11 AM - Noon
Cost: none
Place: On the web
RSVP: Register on website
Web: www.spectrum.ieee.org/webcast
WEDNESDAY October 1, 2008
SCV Robotics and Automation Chapter
Speaker: J. Zico Kolter, Stanford University
Time: Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place:Carnegie-Mellon University, Silicon Valley campus, Moffet Field
RSVP: Not required
Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/ras
Legged robots offer the potential to navigate a much wider range of terrain than their wheeled counterparts, allowing for robotic applications in places where they are currently (more…)
WEDNESDAY October 1, 2008
Monterey Bay Subsection & SCV Computer Chapter
Speaker: Dr. John Nickolls and Dr. Massimiliano Fatica, Nvidia Corp.
Time: Refreshments and food at 6:00 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: Simularium Room at the University of California in Santa Cruz, Room 180, Engineering Bldg 2, Santa Cruz
RSVP: by email to Marcelo Siero at siero@ee.com
Web: www.ee.com/gpu
The CUDA parallel programming model provides a straightforward means of describing inherently parallel computations. It lets programmers write scalable parallel programs (more…)
SUNDAY September 28, 2008
National Engineers Week Future City Competition
Purpose: promotes engineering in a fun and exciting way to seventh and eighth grade students
Time: 1:00 PM
Cost: $210 individual, $800 per foursome
Place: Eagle Ridge Golf Club in Gilroy
RSVP: Reservations requested by Sept. 16th
Web: www.e-grid.net/docs/0809-golf.pdf
October 22, 2008 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 PM
FREE admission for up to 500 IEEE and ASME members and their guest
Full information: www.e-grid.net/docs/0810-leonardo.pdf
The exhibition represents the largest, most comprehensive exhibit ever of the innovative art, science and engineering works of Leonardo da Vinci and his contemporaries. (more…)
WEDNESDAY October 22, 2008
IT History Society
Speakers: Genevieve Haldeman, Symantec Corp.; Karen Lewis, Agilent Technologies; Paul Lasewicz, IBM Corp.; David S. Bloch, Winston & Strawn LLP; Edward Davis, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP; David Kirsch, U. of Maryland
Time: Open at Noon; 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: Applied Materials, Building 1, AGU/Lobby 2, 3050 Bowers Ave., Santa Clara
RSVP: on the website
Web: www.ithistory.org/events/conference2008.php
TUESDAY October 21, 2008
SF Engineering in Medicine and Biology Chapter
Speaker: Dr. Valerie Cardenas, Research Scientist, Northern California Institute for Research and Education and Assistant Adjunct Professor at UCSF
Time: No-host bar at 6:00 PM; Dinner at 7:00 PM; Presentation at 7:30 PM
Cost: $10 students, $15 members, $25 non-members
Place: Sinbad’s Restaurant, Pier 2 Embarcadero St., San Francisco
RSVP: by Oct 20 to Bob Giebeler, b.giebeler@ieee.org
Web: www.e-grid.net/docs/0810-sf-emb.pdf
Computational shape analysis of structural MRI data that identifies anatomical changes in the brain has the potential to identify patterns of atrophy due to normal aging or disease, and (more…)
THURSDAY November 20, 2008
SCV Power Electronics Chapter
Speaker: Mike Engelhardt, Linear Technology Corp.
Time: Social/food at 6:00 PM, Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: Donations for food accepted
Place: Semi Global Headquarters, 3081 Zanker Rd., San Jose
RSVP: at ieeescvpelsnovember2008.eventbrite.com
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/pels
The presentation will highlight the use of Ltspice, Linear’s free SPICE modeling tool for designing SMPS’s. Demonstrations and an overview of the theory that was used (more…)
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