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THURSDAY May 23, 2013
SCV Antennas and Propagation Chapter
Speaker: Steve Bachmann, Intellectual Property, Lewis Roca LLP
Time: Networking and food at 6:30 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: Cogswell College, 1175 Bordeaux Drive, Sunnyvale
RSVP: not required
Web: sites.ieee.org/scv-aps

A look at the top issues to consider when attempting to obtain patent protection for antennas and other wireless technologies.  Points covered will include the do’s and don’ts for antenna patents and antenna patenting strategies.  Tips for protecting everything from (more…)

THURSDAY May 23, 2013
OEB Industry Applications Chapter
Speaker: Marcelo E. Valdez, GE Energy Industrial Solutions
Time: Networking at 5:30 PM; Presentation at 6:15 PM; Dinner at 7:15 PM; Presentation continues at 8:00 PM
Cost: $25 for IEEE members; $30 for non-members; $15 for student and retired members
Place: Zio Fraedos, 611 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill
RSVP: by May 20 to Michael Nakamura, michael@mkireps.com (925) 330-6595
Web: www.e-grid.net/docs/1305-oeb-ias.pdf

FMEA is a common analytical tool used in product development, manufacturing and operations management to understand potential failure modes inclusive of the severity and likelihood of those failures.  FMEA helps a practitioner identify potential failure (more…)

THURSDAY May 23, 2013
SCV Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Chapter
Speaker: Terry Kang, Sr. Packaging Development Manager, Nvidia
Time: Networking and lunch at 11:30 AM; Presentation at 12:15 PM
Cost: $15 for lunch ($5 for students, unemployed); no cost for presentation
Place: Biltmore Hotel, 2151 Laurelwood Rd, Santa Clara
RSVP: from website
Web: www.cpmt.org/scv/meetings/cpmt1305l.html

The 2.5D through-silicon-via interposer is the key enabling technology for integrating multi-functional dies to achieve higher electrical performance and smaller package form factors.  One of the key challenges for high-volume production is high cost.  This presentation (more…)

THURSDAY May 23, 2013
Computer Society
Speaker: Dr. Michael Wolfe, compiler engineer, The Portland Group
Time: Webinar at 11:00 AM (PDT)
Cost: none
Place: on the Internet
RSVP: from website
Web: news.computer.org/ef1/preview_campaign.php?lf1=393430761f200716059669a7848176

WEDNESDAY May 22, 2013
SF Power & Energy Chapter
Speaker: Merwin Brown, PhD, Co-Director, Electric Grid Research, California Institute for Energy and Environment, University of California
Time: Networking and dinner at 6:00 PM; Presentation following
Cost: IEEE members $25; Non-members $35; Students $15 ($5 more after May 8)
Place: Sinbad’s Pier 2 Restaurant, Embarcadero, San Francisco
RSVP: by May 15 to Charles Mee, charles.mee@cpuc.ca.gov Phone: 415-703-1147
Web: www.e-grid.net/docs/1305-sf-pes.pdf

Attempts to sell the smart grid to electricity consumers and taxpayers have understandably leaned toward promoting the “carrot” of customer-side applications and their benefits, the “stick” being a mandate.  Unfortunately, these promised benefits, while valuable, are (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 Power & Energy and Industry Applications Chapters
Speaker: Anantha Chandrakasan, EE/CS, MIT
Time: Dinner & Networking at 6:00 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: $35 for IEEE members, $45 for non-members
Place: PARC, 3333 Coyote Hill Road, Palo Alto
RSVP: from website
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/pes_ias

Prof. Anantha Chandrakasan, head of the EECS Department at MIT, is a leading researcher in low-power electronics design and will share his insights into the world of energy-efficient circuits:   – portable multimedia devices   – wireless sensors   – energy (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 May 21, 2013
SCV Magnetics Chapter
Speaker: Dr. Rudolf Schaefer, IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research
Time: Networking and pizza at 6:45 PM; Presentation at 7:30 PM
Cost: none
Place: Western Digital, 1710 Automation Parkway, San Jose
RSVP: not required
Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/mag

The rich world of magnetic microstructure or magnetic domains, extending from visible dimensions down to the nano-scale, forms the mesoscopic link between the fundamental physical properties of a magnetic material and its macroscopic properties and technical (more…)

THURSDAY June 6, 2013
SCV Technology Management Chapter
Speaker: Dr. Leonard Wesley, Associate Professor, San Jose State University
Time: Networking at 6:00 PM; Mgmt Forum at 6:30 PM; Dinner at 7:15 PM; Presentation at 7:45 PM
Cost: IEEE member $11; Non-member $14 (through June 4th)
Place: Ramada Silicon Valley, 1217 Wildwood Ave., Sunnyvale
RSVP: from website
Web: www.ieee-scv-tmc.org

Current literature reports that developing one successful drug compound takes ten to fifteen years and approximately one billion dollars.  Fewer than five percent of all candidate drug compounds make it to market.  Improving the drug success rate, even marginally, (more…)