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Computer SocietyAustin Chapter
IEEE Central Texas Section
Spring Planning MeetingJan 25, 2014
San Marcos, TX
IEEE Central Texas Section
Chapter Leadership Team
Camron Malik Chair camron@austin-cs.org
Vinay Abburi Vice Chair vinay@austin-cs.org
Choudur Lakshminarayan
Secretarychoudur.lakshminarayan@
hp.com
Taoufik Ben Abdellatif
Treasurer taoufik.abdellatif@hp.com
Steve Teleki Chair Emeritus Steve@teleki.net
IEEE Central Texas Section
Chapter Updates• 2013 – Year built upon ‘12 foundation
• 10 Chapter meetings (Tech)• Regular Board meetings (Admin)• On Social Media
•Twitter: @AustinIEEECS (Tweet #AustinIEEECS)
• Received short-term support• MDI Group ($1000)• CA ($1000)
• Maintaining momentum• Consistent attendance
• 2014 Officers elected, installed
IEEE Central Texas Section
2013 Chapter Meetings (1)
Month Technical/Admin
Topic Speaker L31
Jan TechInternet of Things (IOT), m2M – Smart Converged Gateway for Smart Grid, Smart Cities
Kwok Wu, PhD Yes
Feb TechSensor and Sensing for Continuous Monitoring in Healthcare
Choudur Lakshminarayan, Ph.D
Yes
Mar TechIBM Watson and the Beginning of a New Era of Cognitive Computing
Rob HighYes
Apr Tech Wading into OpenGL ES Alex Kluge Yes
May TechMingle, Twist and Go – An integrated ALM environment
Justin Craycraft
Yes
Jun SUMMER BREAK
IEEE Central Texas Section
2013 Chapter Meetings (2)
Month Technical/Admin
Topic Speaker L31
Jul TechAffordable 3D Printing at the Human Scale - large-format 3D printing under $6k
Tim SandfortYes
Aug TechStart-up 2013 – It’s a Brave New World Out There
Dave PanosYes
Sep TechMotion Video Compression! Video Quality! Exploring the three-dimensional Discrete Cosine Transform
Raymond Westwater, Ph.D
Yes
Oct TechDistinguished Speaker Series: "Advances in Neural Engineering Research and Education"
Metin Akay, Ph.D Yes
Nov TechFrontiers in Big Data Analytics: Opportunities and Challenge
Choudur Lakshminarayan, Ph.D
Yes
Dec WINTER BREAK
IEEE Central Texas Section
SWOT Analysis Strengths
Good board, strong working relationships, engaged, new member (secretary, Comm chair)
Weaknesses Funding – inability to roll over budget to next year.
Can’t raise and “save” for future Opportunities
Partner with local companies/start-ups Use Meetup and Social media
Threats Lack of funds/sponsors (lost sponsors)
IEEE Central Texas Section
Chapter Plans / Issues
Finalize budget Find sponsor(s) Expand via social media (Meetups, etc) Build self sustaining momentum
IEEE Central Texas Section
QUESTIONS???
Thanks