Happy Engineers Week All! Join us for a panel discussion about Engineering Culture and how Engineers think about themselves. We will start with a brief presentation and discussion to set the scene. Then we will invite you to break out into smaller discussion groups to address specific questions. The breakout groups will join together again to present their findings. That will be followed by a summary discussion and an open question and answer session. This session is the first of a series of discussions that we plan to hold on this topic. The panelists for this session are: - Rob Sleezer - Kendal Diveley - Jahnavi Dirisina - Ahmed Naumaan Attached you will find a document with a set of links to articles about Engineering culture. You may find it interesting to scan a few. If you have questions that you would like to have addressed at the discussion, please email them to (mailto:[email protected]) Thanks. Ahmed Naumaan TC Section, Chair I asked a couple of AI engines to create representations of engineers and engineering culture. They came up with the images below. Do you think these representations are credible? What do you think engineers and engineering culture look like. Generate some images yourself and bring them to the panel discussion to share or email me a copy and I can show them for you when we meet. Left image from Microsoft Copilot Right image from Google Gemini 2.0 Agenda: Agenda: - Introductory presentation and discussion by panel - Breakout sessions for attendees - Presentation of findings from breakout groups - Summary discussion by panel - Open discussion and Q/A with attendees Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/468566

***Registration is now FREE for both in-person and online attendees*** We are excited to announce the kick-off of our IEEE Twin Cities Section Sensors Council Chapter! Join us as we launch a new chapter of collaboration, innovation, and growth in our community. 1. Opening Remarks: Ahmed Naumaan, Twin Cities Section Chair (15 minutes) 2. Keynote addresses by two IEEE Sensor Council Distinguished Lecturers - Keynote Speaker: Prof. Hyejin Moon, Associate Professor (60 minutes) Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington Topic: Digital Microfluidics as Chemical and Biological Sensing Platform - Keynote Speaker: Prof. Thomas Thundat, Distinguished Professor (60 minutes) Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo NY Topic: Molecular antenna for real-time chemical sensing with selectivity 3. Next Steps for IEEE Twin Cities Section Sensors Council: Prof. Patricia Khashayar (15 minutes) IEEE TC Section Sensors Council Chapter Chair 4. IEEE WIE and the new TC affinity group: Christina Schober IEEE Director, Division V and IEEE TC WIE Treasurer 5. Reception (with appetizers and drinks) We can’t wait to celebrate with you and kick off an amazing new journey together. Registration This event features both in-person and online attendance. In-Person Attendance There will be a reception for in-person attendees. *Update* There is no charge for in-person attendance. Online Attendance There is no charge for online attendance. Co-sponsored by: Twin Cities Section Agenda: Schedule: 1. Opening Remarks: Ahmed Naumaan, Twin Cities Section Chair (15 minutes) 2. Keynote addresses by two IEEE Sensor Council Distinguished Lecturers - Keynote Speaker: Prof. Hyejin Moon, Associate Professor (60 minutes) Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington Topic: Digital Microfluidics as Chemical and Biological Sensing Platform - Keynote Speaker: Prof. Thomas Thundat, Distinguished Professor (60 minutes) Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo NY Topic: Molecular antenna for real-time chemical sensing with selectivity 3. Next Steps for IEEE Twin Cities Section Sensors Council: Prof. Patricia Khashayar (15 minutes) IEEE TC Section Sensors Council Chapter Chair 4. IEEE WIE and the new TC affinity group: Christina Schober IEEE Director, Division V and IEEE TC WIE Treasurer 5. Reception (with appetizers and drinks) Room: 402, Bldg: Walter Library, 117 Pleasant St. SE, 402 Walter Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55455, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/464303

Engineers from a range of industries and specialties will be at the University of Houston Clear Lake to show K-12 students the types of work they do and the careers available. No registration needed for students. Engineers who wish to participate must notify organizers by February 14th at 6pm. For more information: www.EngineersIRL.org Room: Atrium, Bldg: Bayou Building, 2700 Bay Area Blvd, University of Houston - Clear Lake, Houston, Texas, United States, 77059

Join the Fox Valley Subsection for a meeting with the College of Dupage Computer club. The event will have 2 speakers from the Computer Society, and will end with a tour of the COD VR lab. Agenda: - 10am: welcome and introductions - Intro to the IEEE Computer Society - Intro to the COD Computer Program - 10:15am: First Topic - 11:00am: Break - 11:15am: Second topic - 12N: Lunch/networking. Box lunches provided - 1pm: Tour of COD Motion Capture Labs and facilities First Topic: World-Wide Camera Networks (Machine Vision) More than 80% consumer Internet traffic is for videos and most of them are recorded videos. Meanwhile, many organizations (such as national parks, vacation resorts, departments of transportation) provide real-time visual data (images or videos). These videos allow Internet users to observe events remotely. This speech explains how to discover real-time visual data on the Internet. The discovery process uses a crawler to reach many web pages. The information on these web pages are analyzed to identify candidates of real-time data. The data is downloaded multiple times over an extended time period; changes are detected to determine whether it is likely to provide real-time data. The data can be used during an emergency. For example, viewers may check whether a street is flooded and cannot pass. It is also possible using the data to observe long-term trends, such as how people react to movement restrictions during the COVID pandemic. In addition to network cameras, this speech will also include Dr. Lu’s recent work on technology for musicians: how to use computer vision to detect unhealthy postures and how to use machine learning to detect musicians’ mistakes. Biography: Yung-Hsiang Lu is a professor at the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Purdue University. He is a University Faculty Scholar of Purdue University. He is a fellow of the IEEE (2021), ACM Distinguished Scientist (2013), and ACM Distinguished Speaker (2013). In 2020-2022, he was the director of the John Martinson Engineering Entrepreneurial Center at Purdue University. His research topics include artificial intelligence, efficient computer vision for embedded systems, cloud and mobile computing, music technology. He is the lead organizer of the IEEE Low-Power Computer Vision Challenge since 2015. He has published two books: Intermediate C Programming (ISBN 9781032189819) and Low-Power Computer Vision: Improve the Efficiency of Artificial Intelligence (editor, ISBN 9780367744700). Second Topic: Embracing AI Technology in Musical Performance Artificial intelligence has demonstrated impressive progress in music. Generative AI can compose new music when preferred styles and genres are entered. As a string music performer, Yun has been exploring possibilities for taking advantage of the emerging AI technology in music performance. In this lecture, Yun will introduce three of her current projects which examine AI’s ability to create a more immersive sensory experience, transform how music performers practice and illustrate the advancement of robot technology through the incorporation of musicians’ performance movements. Biography: Kristen Yeon-Ji Yun, clinical associate professor of music in the College of Liberal Arts, is active as a soloist, chamber musician, musical scholar and clinician. Her CD “Summerland — Music for Cello and Piano by Composers of African Descent” received positive reviews from New Classics UK and American Record Guide. It was broadcast nationwide by radio stations such as WQXR, WCNY, WBAA and NPR’s Sonatas and Soundscapes. Her dynamic career includes receiving a grant from the National Science Foundation for the project “Artificial Intelligence Technology for Future Music Performers.” After the meeting we will be taking a tour of the new Motion Capture studio at COD. Agenda: Agenda: - 10am: welcome and introductions - Intro to the IEEE Computer Society - Intro to the COD Computer Program - 10:15am: First Topic - 11:00am: Break - 11:15am: Second topic - 12N: Lunch/networking. Box lunches provided - 1pm: Tour of COD VR Labs and facilities Room: 1437, Bldg: Rodney K Berg Instructional Center (BIC), 425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, United States, 60137

Title: “Origins of Artificial Intelligence: Ray Solomonoff and the Dartmouth Conference of 1956” Bio: Nathan Huber, PhD is a medical imaging scientist passionate about using artificial intelligence to advance healthcare. His doctoral studies at Mayo Clinic Graduate School were focused on developing deep learning frameworks for CT image enhancement. He then worked in industry as a systems scientist for GE and currently is a clinical scientist for Philips. This talk will review the contributions of Ray Solomonoff, one of the founding researcher of artificial intelligence. Agenda: 6:30 - 7:00 Social half hour to grab food and drink 7:00 - 8:00 Technical talk Room: Mann Hall, Bldg: Medical Sciences Building, 300 3rd Ave SW, Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55902, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/463139

IEEE Region 4 invites you to a talk with Jason Brozen, a master electrician and Safety Trainer. He is a survivor of an arc flash incident and speaks to audiences about this experience, and what you can do to prevent it. One PDH will be offered for this event. Registration is not required, but appreciated so we can get a headcount. “DON’T BE ME”, HOW COMPLACENCY NEARLY KILLED ME – One-hour testimonial / case study This one-hour presentation covers the critical details that led up to the accident that nearly killed Jason. He focuses on the actual case study and root cause resulting in the complacency that ultimately caused this accident. This course is designed for linemen, electricians, maintenance personnel, and engineers that may be exposed to electrocution, arc flash hazards, or electric shock from tools, machines, or appliances. This testimonial is a great refresher for safety professionals as well as field technicians. Biography: Jason Brozen Professional safety instructor, expert witness, consultant, and arc-flash survivor Jason has made it his mission to share his experience, as an arc flash survivor, to help others stay safe on the job. He is currently the Lead Corporate Safety and Technical Trainer for Tyndale Enterprises, Inc. and an NFPA Certified Electrical Safety Compliance Professional (CESCP). Jason has been an NFPA 70E instructor for several years and has been a certified Master Electrician for over 28 years. His nationally recognized presentations include his own personal arc flash survival and recovery story. BACKGROUND  Arc flash survivor (ICU for 2-weeks & 7-months off work for recovery)  Block & Associates certified Master Electrician for nearly 30-years  NFPA Certified Electrical Safety Compliance Professional (CESCP)  Professional NFPA 70, 70B, and 70E electrical safety instructor  Keynote presenter for 100’s of national safety and technical training events  OSHA 10 and 30 certified  VDC / BIM / CAD specialist for several multi-million-dollar projects  Production Manager / Project Manager / Trainer in a highly successful service company  Over 35-years of experience with residential, commercial, and industrial construction wiring methods, as well as the design of electrical and low-voltage communication systems within them  Member of a local college’s board of advisors for their electrical program accreditation  Instructor for Johnson County, Kansas’ continuing education program, The Electric League, Kansas City Power & Light (Evergy), and property management groups  Expert witness / subject matter expert / consultant Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/467713

[] What if I told you that UltraHD could be broadcast over ATSC 1.0? Sounds implausible, right? After all, we're talking about cramming HEVC-encoded 4K video into a 19.3 Mbps channel originally designed for MPEG-2 over thirty years ago. What if we exploit every trick in the book—specialized rate control, transport stream shaping, GOP tuning, and deep multiplexer hacks—to make it happen? In this talk, we’ll explore the brutal constraints laid out in ATSC 1.0, why off-the-shelf solutions don’t quite cut it, and how open-source tools and custom integrations can push the limits of legacy broadcast infrastructure. If you think modern codecs, real-time and non-real-time encoding, and practical broadcast engineering don't mix, this session might just change your mind. Speaker(s): Tony Kapela, Agenda: 5:30 PM -- Pizza and soda for the in-person meeting. 5:50 PM -- Introductory Remarks 6:00 PM -- Technical Talk 6:50 PM -- Questions from on-line and in-person 7:15 PM -- Adjourn NOTE: The Virtual Presentation will be via Zoom with the link sent to all registered attendees. PLEASE ENTER a CORRECT Email Address to receive the Link. Room: 2nd Floor Conference Room, Madison public Library Central Branch, 201 W Mifflin St, Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53703, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/468680

The University of Iowa has a long history of space exploration, beginning with the first satellite observations with Van Allen’s Explorer 1 instrument and extending to nearly all the planets and beyond. This talk by Dr. William S. Kurth (Dept. of Physics & Astronomy) will focus on Voyager and some of the science that twin spacecraft mission is acquiring in the interstellar medium and the extraordinary lengths being taken by the flight team at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to keep the Voyagers operating (47 years). He’ll also briefly discuss a much younger mission, Juno, exploring Jupiter. Despite Jupiter’s intense radiation environment, Juno is nearing completion of a four-year mission extension. Live In-Person event at the Cedar Rapids Public Library with live-stream via Zoom Note: Cedar Rapids on-street parking is free after 5:00 PM. The ramps are not free. Speaker(s): William, Agenda: Introductory Remarks Presentation by Dr. William S. Kurth, University of Iowa Research Scientist (Dept. of Physics & Asstronomy) Question & Answer Room: Beams Auditorium (B), Bldg: Cedar Rapids Public Library, 450 5th Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States, 52401, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/467219

IEEE PES Central Indiana Chapter is welcoming our members and guests to tour the new AES Indiana Power Delivery Operations Center and the new combined Control Center space for Transmission Operations, Grid Operations, and Outage Dispatch. We can only allow at maximum 15 attendees for this tour due to the escort policy and limitation. Hurry up to register for this tour. Please pay attention to the following logistics for this tour: - Pizzas and beverages will be provided to the attendees. - One PDH will be provided to the needed attendees. - Park in the visitor parking lot at 1230 W Morris St, Indianapolis, IN 46221. - Access to the front desk and register for the entrance. Bring your government-issued ID for the registration. - Please try to arrive between 11:30 and 11:45 am to allow enough time to register at the front desk. [] Agenda: 11:30 - 11:45 am: Sign in, pick up refreshments 11:45 - 12:15 pm: Presentation 12:15 - 12:45 pm: Guided tours Bldg: AES Indiana Operation Center, 1230 W Morris St, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46221