Join us for the University of South Dakota’s 7th Annual (https://www.ai-research-lab.org/events/ai-symposium/2025)—formerly known as the Data Harnessing Symposium (2018–2019)—sponsored by IEEE and held in conjunction with the inaugural (https://sd-bcc.org/). This premier event brings together thought leaders from academia, industry, and government to explore the forefront of artificial intelligence, data engineering, quantum computing, cyber threats, risk management, sustainable agriculture, healthcare, and biomedical computing. Venue: USD Sioux Falls Avera Hall 4801 N. Career Ave. Sioux Falls, SD 57107 Main Page: (https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ai-research-lab.org%2Fevents%2Fai-symposium%2F2025&data=05%7C02%7Crodrigue.rizk%40usd.edu%7Ce9cc0f3f9a924744f6f908dda830f61f%7C9c36a7d0bf7b49919b78be91a52f0226%7C0%7C0%7C638851650620526235%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=KeWlRT1ZwzH0%2FQWWB7xtzNhewViLwRSN08xPIRjQn5s%3D&reserved=0) Registration: No registration fee. Participants will receive their certificate of participation. This event is co-sponsored by the IEEE (Region 4). Speakers: George Awad, Computer Scientist/Project Leader, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Gopi Challagolla, Software Engineer, Microsoft Douglas Lauffenburger, Full Professor and Founding Chair of Dept of Biological Engineering at MIT Kaifu Chen, Associate Professor at Harvard Med School/Boston Children's Hospital Yinglong Miao, Associate Professor at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Kinchel C. Doerner, Director, SD EPSCoR Pete Doucette, Director, EROS Center Joni Ekstrum, Executive Director, South Dakota Biotech Dan Buresh, Director of Data Management, Direct Companies Carson Merkwan, Director of Business Development, Direct Companies Joseph J Schueder, Senior Technical Fellow, Collins Aerospace Joseph Engler, Chief AI Scientist, Collins Aerospace Chris Reuter, Sr. Principal AI Engineer, Collins Aerospace Mike Vetter, Sr. Co-Founder, Wildfire Labs … more coming soon. Organizing Committee: KC Santosh, Chair & Professor, University of South Dakota (Founding Chair, AI Symposium& Co-Chair, SDBCC) William CW Chen, Assist. Professor, University of South Dakota (Chair, SDBCC) Jeffrey McGough, Head & Professor, South Dakota School of Mines (Co-Chair, SDBCC) Rodrigue Rizk, Assist. Professor/Grad Coord, University of South Dakota (Co-Chair, AI Symposium) Robert Burke, Conference Committee Chair, IEEE Region 4 Bldg: Avera Hall , USD Sioux Falls, 4801 N Career Ave, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States, 57107, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/487885

This regional IEEE AP-S event, a premier event bringing together the brightest minds across academia and industry, will feature technical presentations and interactive panels focused on the latest advancements in antennas and wireless technologies, computational electromagnetics, and interdisciplinary innovations on electromagnetics. With a strong focus on practical applications and emerging trends, the Chicago Antennas and Propagation Mini-Symposium provides a forum for engineers, researchers and IEEE young professionals. Co-sponsored by: IEEE AP-S Speaker(s): Christophe Fumeaux, C. J. Reddy, Brian Walker, Zhen Peng, Luis Gomez, Danilo Erricolo, Branislav Notaros, Thomas Roth Agenda: WELCOME SPEECH 1:08 pm Message from Chair of IEEE Chicago APS/MTTS Joint Chapter by Prof. Pai-Yen Chen 1:10 pm - 1:20 pm Introduction of IEEE AP-S by President Prof. Christophe Fumeaux 1:20 pm - 1:35 pm Opening speech by AP-S President-Elect Dr. CJ Reddy 1:35 pm - 1:45 pm: Overview of AP-S and Advances in Electromagnetics Frontiers by past AP-S President Prof. Branislav Notaros 1:45 pm - 1:55 pm: Introduction of IEEE Chicago Section by Dr. Sasidhar Tadanki 1:55 pm - 2:10 pm Coffee Break TECHNICAL TALKS 2:10 pm - 2:30 pm : Heather Enayat/Brian Walker at Copper Mountain Tech 2:30 pm - 2:50 pm : Prof. Christophe Fumeaux, The University of Queensland 2:50 pm - 3:10 pm : Prof. Zeng Peng, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign 3:10 pm - 3:30 pm : Prof, Branislav Notaros, Colorado State University 3:30 pm - 3:50 pm : Prof. Danilo Erricolo, University of Illinois Chicago 3:50 pm - 4:10 pm : Prof. Luis Gomez, Purdue University 4:10 pm - 4:30 pm : Prof. Thomas Roth, Purdue University 4:30 pm - 4:50 pm : Dr. C. J. Reddy, Altair 4:50 pm - 5:15 pm Coffee Break STUDENT PRESENTATIONS 5:15 pm - 5:30 pm: Securing Intelligent Reflecting Surface via Physical Unclonable Functions, A. D. Pham*, UIC; P. Y. Chen, UIC 5:30 pm - 5:45 pm: Near-Field and Far-Field Beamforming Design for RIS-enabled Millimeter Wave Systems, Z. Chen*, IIT; L. Cai, IIT, and X. Hao, IIT 5:45 pm - 6:00 pm: A Technique to Increase Self-Interference Cancellation in Circularly Polarized Antenna Arrays, Mohammadreza Pav*, UIC; D. Erricolo, UIC 6:00 pm - 6:30 pm: Interactive Panel Discussions & Networking * A valid form of identification is required for entry into the venue. Room: 2032, Bldg: Discovery Partners Institute, 200 S Wacker Dr, CHICAGO, Illinois, United States, 60606

Soil moisture and biomass are two important quantities that can affect the climate, weather, and agriculture. There is interest in measuring them from space because of the global, frequent, and repeated observations that could be achieved. Synthetic aperture radar is an attractive imaging sensor for this because microwaves can readily penetrate foliage, and SAR can take high resolution images in all weather conditions. Translating radar backscatter to biomass or soil moisture is challenging, though, because it does not solely depend on these variables. This study explores novel methods for translating radar backscatter to soil moisture and biomass for corn fields. This is done by making forward and inverse models, which predict measurements from relevant variables and vice versa. This paradigm is first applied to a novel device for making in-line measurements of a liquid’s permittivity. It is then applied to corn fields with a novel forward model that uses full-wave analyses to predict the backscatter. The forward model is then inverted by combining regularized inversion with an artificial neural network. The forward and inverse models are also evaluated with measured data. Key findings include the feasibility of using full-wave models and better inversion accuracy for biomass than soil moisture when polarimetric SAR systems are used at L-band (1.25 GHz). Speaker(s): Kaleo Roberts Room: 1005, Bldg: EECS, 1301 Beal Ave, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109-2122

Join the Cedar Rapids IEEE for a 2Pi Day or Tau Day pizza social event. We'll be holding it two days before Tau day, on Thursday, June 26th at 5:30 pm. Join us at Tomaso's on Blairs Ferry Rd for free pizza! Everyone is invited! 1950 Blairs Ferry Rd, Unit 108, Hiawatha, Iowa, United States, 52233

IEEE RRVS Annual Picnic 2025 Agenda: 6:00 PM - Arrival / Social 6:30 PM - Dinner 7:20 PM - Election Announcements 7:45 PM - Adjourn / Clean up 8:15 PM - Close Up Shelter Bldg: North Pavillion, 2288 Newburg Rd, Belvidere, Illinois, United States, 61008

IEEE RRVS Annual Picnic 2025 Agenda: 6:00 PM - Arrival / Social 6:30 PM - Dinner 7:20 PM - Election Announcements 7:45 PM - Adjourn / Clean up 8:15 PM - Close Up Shelter Bldg: North Pavillion, 2288 Newburg Rd, Belvidere, Illinois, United States, 61008