Technology & Networking in Silicon Valley & the SF Bay Area: Upcoming Meetings, Courses and Conferences
THURSDAY June 4, 2009
IEEE Monterey Bay Subsection, with Circuits and Systems
Speaker: Dr. Steven M. Rubin, Sun Labs
Time: Networking and food at 6:00 PM, Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none ($2 for parking)
Place: UC Santa Cruz, Room 180, Engineering Bldg 2, Santa Cruz
RSVP:by email to Marcelo Siero, siero@ee.com
Web: www.ee.com/electric
The Electric VLSI Design System is an open-source circuit-design system that has been used for decades to make integrated circuit (IC) chips. Written in 1982, it predates most commercial circuit (more…)
THURSDAY June 18, 2009
SCV Solid State Circuits Chapter
Speaker: Cristian Marcu, Berkeley Wireless Research Center
Time: Presentation at 6:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: National Semiconductor Building E Auditorium 2900 Semiconductor Dr., Santa Clara
RSVP: not required
Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/ssc
With mobile devices becoming more powerful and including more storage than ever before, new applications are emerging that require fast wireless data transfers while (more…)
TUESDAY May 26, 2009
SCV Consumer Electronics Chapter
Speaker: Bill Orner, VP Engineering, OptoElectronix
Time: Pizza + networking at 6:30 PM, Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: IEEE members - $5: non-members - $10: IEEE Student members - free
Place: Madrone Room, Hewlett Packard, 19447 Pruneridge Avenue (Building 48), Cupertino
RSVP: not required
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/ce
WEDNESDAY May 20, 2009
SCV Power & Energy, and Industry Applications Chapters
Speaker: Steve Horn, CTO & Cofounder, SolFocus
Time: Dinner at 6:00 PM, Presentation at 7:00PM
Cost: $25.00 IEEE members, $30.00 nonmembers, $10.00 students (no cost for presentation)
Place: Coco’s Restaurant, 1206 Oakmead Pkwy, Sunnyvale
RSVP: by email to : James Alvers, james.alvers@us.schneider-electric.com, (925) 463-7115
Web: www.e-grid.net/docs/0905-scv-pes.pdf
By concentrating sunlight onto a small area of high-efficiency solar cell material, concentrator systems dramatically reduce the amount of expensive and often supply-constrained solar material used (more…)
THURSDAY April 30, 2009
SCV Product Safety Engineering Chapter
Speaker: Bill Holz, TUV Rheinland of North America
Time: Dinner (optional) at 5:30 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: no-host dinner; none, for talk
Place: Dinner at El Torito Mexican Restaurant, 2950 Lakeside Drive, Santa Clara; meeting at Applied Materials, Bowers Café, 3090 Bowers Ave, Santa Clara
RSVP: not required
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/pses
In this economy you cannot afford to leave any markets untapped! In this presentation you will discover what you need to be able to ship your products to Mexico and (more…)
THURSDAY April 30, 2009
SCV Education Chapter
Speaker: David Craven, Product Knowledge business unit, Lam Research Corp
Time: Presentation at 6:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: Silicon Valley Technical Institute, 1762 Technology Drive, Suite 227, San Jose
RSVP: by email to Erin Thomas, info@svtii.com
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/es
With the economic crunch in full swing, many companies are looking for ways of carrying on business and still reducing costs. Cutting back on travel expenses is (more…)
THURSDAY April 30, 2009
OEB Computer Chapter
Speaker: Dr. Mark Seager, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Time: Presentation at 6:30 PM
Cost: none
Place: Chevron (Bldg Bishop Ranch 1-X, Conference room #1220-1240 auditorium), 6101 Bollinger Canyon Road, San Ramon
RSVP: by 4/27 by email to Bill DeHope, dehope1@llnl.gov,
Web: www.e-grid.net/docs/0904-oeb-cs.pdf
Building, integrating and using petascale systems have many challenges including system power and cooling, system stability, scalablity, simulation environment and (more…)
TUESDAY April 28, 2009
SCV Consumer Electronics Chapter
Speakers: Dan Keller, VP Engineering) and Byron Connell,Chief Marketing Officer, Livescribe
Time: Pizza, Drinks, Networking at 6:30 PM; Presentations at 7:00 PM
Cost: IEEE members $5, non-menbers $10, students free
Place: HP Cupertino (Madrone Room), 19447 Pruneridge Avenue (Building 48), Cupertino
RSVP: not required
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/ce
Learn about how a pen can help you never miss a word when writing notes during a meeting.
TUESDAY April 28, 2009
SF Industry Applications Chapter
Speaker: Gregory B. Rauch, P.E., Matzinger-Keegan, Inc.
Time: Social at 5:30 PM, Presentation at 6:00 PM, Dinner at 7:00 PM
Cost: $25
Place: Sinbad’s Restaurant, Pier 2 The Embarcadero, San Francisco (near Embarcadero BART)
RSVP: by email to Frank Sylvester, SFDPW, frank.sylvester@sfdpw.org, 415.558.4591
Web: www.e-grid.net/docs/0904-sf-ias.pdf
Microprocessor-based digital protective relays revolutionized power system protection with their introduction in the early 1980’s. The primary advantages of (more…)
TUESDAY April 28, 2009
SCV Consultants’ Network of Silicon Valley
Speaker: Jacky Hood, Foothill College, engineer and author
Time: 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: KeyPoint Credit Union, 2805 Bowers Ave., Santa Clara
RSVP: not required
Web: www.CaliforniaConsultants.org
In the United States, 86% of employment is now in the services sector, with 10% in manufacturing and 4% in agriculture. This Services Revolution has had as much impact (more…)
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