Presentation:

Overhaul of ANSI C63.9 Standard for Laboratory Immunity Test of Multimedia Equipment Exposed to RF Sources

Officer Elections

Abstract:
While CMOS transistors came to dominate integrated circuits, some other transistor types such as the bipolar junction transistor (BJT); its variant, the super-beta BJT; the junction gate field-effect transistor (JFET) and laterally diffused metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (LDMOS) continue to thrive in specific applications. The talk will re-visit the discovery of these transistor types, their operating principles and key characteristics and look at circuit examples that benefit from these characteristics. We will look how these transistors have eluded extinction despite their larger feature sizes and process complexities and how they have evolved in modern technologies.

Join us for an inspiring morning of professional growth and networking at our "Connect & Caffeinate: IEEE Young Professionals Networking Hour." Whether you're an early-career engineer, a student, or an industry enthusiast, this event provides an ideal platform to connect with like-minded professionals, exchange insights, and stay informed about upcoming IEEE events. Over freshly brewed coffee, we'll discuss exciting opportunities, share ideas, and build valuable networks.

As an added bonus, at the end of the hour, our Young Professionals officers will be hosting their meeting. All attendees are welcome to listen in, learn more about our initiatives, and even get involved in shaping the future of our community.

We look forward to seeing you there as we caffeinate, connect, and collaborate to boost your professional journey!

Please join our unforgettable IEEE Seattle Soiree !!  

We are honored to have two outstanding keynote speakers: 

IEEE President 2024, Thomas Coughlin, Title: "The Future and the IEEE" - Remarkable wisdom and vision.

Vice President and Director of Microsoft, Steve Bathiche, Title: "The outside agent"  - Earth-shattering innovation.  

Update :  Those senior members , fellows etc, life members  with plus 1 had difficulty, please reister again. 

Cost level   1) IEEE member all grade ,

                    2) IEEE member all grade +1 family member 

                    3) Student member only   

                    4) Each non-IEEE member guest,

     Seats are limited , we are over half full now. Please register ASAP. 

Free Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-hotstate-machinea-runtime-loadable-microcoded-algorithmic-statemachine-tickets-729786028657?aff=oddtdtcreator

Synopsis:

This talk will be about the heart of a NoISA processor, the Hotstate machine. The Hotstate machine is an advanced runtime loadable microcoded algorithmic finite state machine. Unlike other FSMs the Hotstate machine includes many CPU-like features. It supports subroutines and single cycle interrupts. The Hotstate machine is programmed in a subset of C that supports all C control statements and can be debugged using any C debugger. The Hotstate machine is heavily parametrized and is written in SystemVerilog. The compiler will generate parameters from the program and size the machine to fit the program.

AI (artificial intelligence) tools such as ChatGPT started to be widely used only a year ago and are already causing a major rethinking of how we do various aspects of higher education. They have caused alarm with respect to their potential to enable "cheating" but many faculty and institutions believe they can also provide many benefits to our students. So, where are we in this regard? AI as friend or foe? This round table is meant to start a conversation on this topic and could be expanded into more focused talks later on. 

All are invited to participate in this discussion but please let the organizer (Branimir Pejcinovic, pejcinb@pdx.edu) know that you will participate. 

Office of Academic Innovation (OAI @ PSU) will provide a brief background on what is going on at PSU. The rest of the agenda is open at this time, but I would suggest that all participants prepare a couple of slides addressing, for example: 

Dr. Yanika Schneider is a Polymer Scientist and Project Manager at Eurofins EAG and a Adjunct Professor at the Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering at San Jose State University - Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering; Department of Aviation and Technology

IEEE SSCS Oregon Chapter December Meeting and Seminar

Join us for a talk from SSCS Distinguished Lecturer Dr. Fatih Hamzaoglu from Intel, on Thursday, December 7th. The seminar will be held from 1:00pm to 2:00pm (PST) via a Hybrid format. Please register for the meeting link and information.

Topic:

Journey through the Memory Tunnel: SRAM, (e)DRAM, MRAM and RRAM Array Designs and Applications

Abstract:

Besides the classic PC and Server applications, the ever growing new AI and HPC applications are driving even more data processing, hence leads memory growth. SRAM and DRAM has been and will continue to be the main supplier of data processing memory. But there’re opportunities to invent new memories to close the performance-density gap in the memory hierarchies. This talk will go through the memory hierarchy and touch upon different memory types and their applications. It’ll also analyze emerging memories such as MRAM, RRAM and FeRAM and how it’d replace eFlash for embedded non-volatile memories.

Speaker Biography:

Fatih Hamzaoglu (SM’11) received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, in 2002, in Electrical Engineering. After finishing the Ph.D., he joined Technology Development group at Intel Corporation, and since then, he has been working on memory technology developments such as SRAM, eDRAM, MRAM and RRAM. Currently, he’s an Intel Fellow and Director of New In-Package Memory Technologies, IP Design and Product Integration.

He is the author or coauthor of more than 40 papers and inventor/co-inventor of more than 30 patents. Dr. Hamzaoglu served in both VLSI Symposium Circuits Committee and ISSCC Memory Subcommittee between 2013 and 2019.

Joint holiday party with the local technical societies (ISA, AICHE, ASME, ANS, SWE, and IEEE) at the REACH catered by the Dive Restaurant and Bar.

Register at the link below. Select desired meal options and fill out the registration total accordingly (sum of dinner, beverage(s), and salads).

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Dear CLAS ExCom,

Our next monthly meeting is Thursday December 7th from 7pm to 8:30pm. This meeting is online at https://lmula.zoom.us/my/gustavo.vejarano

Best regards,

Gustavo Vejarano, Ph.D., IEEE SM

Chair

IEEE Coastal Los Angeles Section

Email: gvejaran@ieee.org

Prof. Richard Wolff will be presenting on the following topics in this session. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session.

1. Injustice of student-funded higher education and critique of meritocracy: the case for making democratic decisions about what to teach, how and to whom.
2. How a class system reproduces its class divisions by organizing education and jobs in particular ways.

Please join us for our annual fall potluck (dessert / tea time).

This is a great time to network and meet with other engineers / scientists

You may bring:

- a snack, sweets or cake to share

- a drink to share

- friends and family

We may go for a walk after the potluck.

EXCOM Meeting

Happy Holidays! Are you interested in meeting more PHX based IEEE folks?  Are you curious about volunteer opportunities in 2024? Are you up for some Holiday Cheer to ring in our New Year? Did someone give you an ugly mug that you’d like to regift – well you are in luck!

Join the IEEE PHX Section's December 12, 2023 Event of Ugly Mug Exchange & ExCom Meeting. If you want to participate in the Ugly Mug Exchange, bring a wrapped, new, ugly mug to exchange with other members to celebrate some holiday fun!  

We’ll have food & snacks to share. We’ll do a quick ExCom update to go over any urgent business, and we’ll have ample time to network and exchange ideas for our section activities in 2024. 

We’ll meet in person at Grand Canyon University Engineering Building 1-121. We have the room from 5-8pm.

PLEASE register so that we have an accurate food headcount.

Agenda:

6:00pm - 7:00pm Networking & Dinner

7:00pm - 7:10pm Welcome words from Jim Brisimitzis on behalf of 5G Open Inoovation Lab

7:10pm - 8:10pm Technical presentation by Prof. Lin Cai - University of Victoria

8:10pm - 9:00pm Networking & More

The fusion of digital and real worlds in all dimensions will be the driving force for future sixth-generation (6G) wireless systems. Ubiquitous in-time and on-time communication services between humans, machines, robots, and their virtual counterparts are essential, and they expand from the ground to air, space, underground, and deep sea. 6G systems are not only data pipelines but also large-scale distributed computing systems with integrated sensing, processing, storage, communication and computing capabilities. It is challenging to build ubiquitous and intelligent 6G systems, handling stringent quality-of-service (QoS) requirements, providing a rich set of communication modes, including unicast, multicast, broadcast, in-cast, and group-cast, and supporting user-centric mobile applications. In this talk, we introduce a new protocol architecture, Self-Evolving and Transformative (SET) architecture that can provide a wide range of control functions, and be intelligently configured for different types of 6G applications and networking environments. Its design principles, potentials, and open issues are discussed. We also introduce a use case applying the architecture to develop a mobility-aware multi-path QUIC protocol for seamless handover in satellite networks.

This event will be available live at SEMI, as well as over Zoom. Get to SEMI by 6:30pm to network – and enjoy great pizza and refreshments! All attendees MUST register using the Eventbrite form (see link).

Since the UK-based Raspberry Pi Foundation first promoted teaching basic computer science in schools in 2012 using a simple single-board computer, this platform has become a worldwide phenomenon. By driving the cost of general-purpose computing to below , its devices have enabled implementation of a multitude of low-cost applications including interactive museum exhibits, postal sorting machines, government call centers, home security systems, and webservers. They have also helped teach basic hardware and software computer skills in schools for the past 11 years. Unbeknownst to the vast majority of the world, Raspberry Pi hardware powers products used by billions of people worldwide on a daily basis.

In this talk, Chris Boross will provide a technical discussion of the latest generation Raspberry Pi 5 hardware, including details about the new RP1 I/O controller and the RP2040, Raspberry Pi’s first microcontroller. Both were designed by the company’s in-house ASIC team. Also discussed will be other industrial-focused products such as the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 product. A brief overview video about the Raspberry Pi 5 is here.

Power system planners have considered the impacts of weather and climate from the design of the first electricity networks. However, this task is growing more complex as power systems become increasingly weather dependent with growing electrification and renewable generation. As a result, power system planners must rise to meet the challenge of re-imagining the future electricity network. This presentation will discuss the importance of embedding consideration of weather and climate throughout the entire planning process. A particular emphasis will be placed on climactic hazards such as wildfires and storms and the implications for power system planning.

Join us for a session on Smart Cities Dalian China. What makes Dalian one of the top Smart Cities in the World? Dalian is one of the top Technology Centers of the world. Some of the traits of Smart Cities are Smart Health/Medicine, Smart Mobility/Transportation, Smart Education, Smart Connectivity, and Smart Governance.  China's Smart Cities are leading the way in adopting advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things (IoT), big data and cloud computing in various areas, such as transport, public security, the environment, and manufacturing. Dalian is famous for its aquatic products, and its output of abalone accounts for 60 percent of China's total.

SusTech is hosting talks on Sustainability topics leading up to the 2024 conference in April.

“Basic Sustainability Assessment Tool (BSAT)”

with Maike Luiken, Chair IEEE Planet Positive 2030 and IEEE P7800 Standards Working Group

Date: Thursday 14-December-23
Time: 06:00 PM to 07:00 PM (PDT) (online)

Membership meeting, Technical presentation:

Arizona Railway Museum: Turning a Static Display into an Audio Video Exhibit

Abstract: 

In addition to its collection of locomotives, passenger cars, freight cars and cabooses, the Arizona Railway Museum has an indoor display area. A central fixture is the console of a Centralized Traffic Control system which controlled Southern Pacific’s single track main line between Tucson, Arizona and Anapra, New Mexico, just outside of El Paso, Texas. Built in the late 1950s and used into the late 1980s the system was a tour de force of electromechanical engineering, but in the museum, it sat dark and quiet. This talk will describe the process of bringing to life its 1153, 14 V incandescent bulbs using modern electronics and some of the best features of the “maker” community to give museum visitors an audio-visual glimpse of how it functioned in its prime.