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SCV-CNSV+WiE - 1/7 | HTML5: Programming the Compute Continuum - high-level primer, cross-platform, OS-like, platform [more]

SCV-CPMT - 1/8 | High-Performance Datacenter Platform: Using InP for Silicon Photonics - photonic ICs, design, packaging ... [more]

SCV-ComSoc - 1/8 | "Open" Networking - architectures, software to control, programmable equipment, SDNs ... [more]

SCV-PV - 1/8 | Beyond Monitoring: Getting the Most out of Solar PV Plants - data, actionable insights, optimization ... [more]

SCV-EMC - 1/14 | The Impact of Cables and Connectors on Radio Frequency and Microwave Measurement Uncertainties ... [more]

SCV-PES/IAS - 1/15 | From Energy to Information: Real-Time Data in the Data Center - energy costs, data types, data bases, value ... [more]

SCV-EMB - 1/15 | Using Technology to Successfully Solve the Problems of the Aging - monitoring, safety, resources ... [more]

OEB-IAS - 1/16 | An Overview of Significant Changes to the 2013 California Electrical Code (2011 National Electrical Code) … [more]

SCV-Life - 1/20 | Preserving Media and Content at the Library of Congress - challenge, preservation, playback, repository ... [more]

SCV-Mag - 1/21 | FePt HAMR Recording Media Progress and Key Requirements - heat-assisted, recording speed, areal density ... [more]

SCV-YP-GOLD - 1/27 | An Engineer's Guide to Data Science: A Live Interactive Tutorial - machine learning, patterns, predictions ... [more]

SCV-Nano - 1/28 | Searching for Profits at the Intersection of Nanotech and Electronics - enabling technology, distinctions ... [more]

SCV-CE - 1/28 | Annual CES Download - perspectives from attendees Gary Sasaki, Tom Coughlin, Lidia Paulinska-Thompson ... [more]

SCV-CNSV - 2/4 | Your Professional Network: The Secrets to a Successful Consultancy - capabilities, features, personal brand ... [more]

SCV-TMC - 2/6 | Value Innovation: The Mindset of an Agile Engineer - value drivers, less is best, practical tools ... [more]

SCV-WiE - 2/6 | How to Grow Stronger through Rapid Changes in Technology - leadership, connections, performance, Coaching ... [more]

SCV-ComSoc - 2/12 | Broadband Access Over Copper at Speeds Greater than 100 Mbps - chipsets, VDSL, algorithms ... [more]

SCV-CPMT - 2/27 | Probing Interfacial Contact via MEMS-based Microinstrumentation - interrogation, mesoscopic scale ... [more]

OEB-IAS - 3/20 | Applications and Advantages of Continuously Welded Corrugated Cable - locations, advantages, code ... [more]

SCV-Life - 3/24 | The History of Robots - non-technical review, assembly, medical, entertainment, science fiction ... [more]

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January 28 - 31, 2014

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DesignCon brings together leading engineers and organizations presenting EDA tools, test and measurement equipment, PCBs and related technologies, semiconductor components and IP, interconnect technologies, and more. Papers discuss cutting-edge case studies, technology innovations, practical techniques, design tips and application overviews.

DesignCon Tracks: 1. Optimize Chip-Level Designs for Signal and Power Integrity 2. Overcome Analog and Mixed-Signal Design and Verification Challenges 3. Wireless and Photonic Design & Integration 4. Optimize System Co-Design: Chip/Package/Board 5. Characterize PCB Materials and Processing Characterization 6. Apply PCB Design Tools and Methodologies 7. Design Parallel and Memory Interfaces 8. Optimize High-Speed Serial Design 9. Detect and Mitigate Jitter, Crosstalk, and Noise 10. Leverage High-Speed Signal Processing for Equalization and Coding 11. Ensure Power Integrity in Power Distribution Networks 12. Achieve Electromagnetic Compatibility and Mitigate Interference 13. Apply Test and Measurement Methodology 14. Ensure Signal Integrity With RF/Microwave/EM Analysis Techniques

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Have you ever wanted to continue your education in engineering while you continued working? Santa Clara University’s School of Engineering offers graduate degree and non-degree programs to both full-time students and working professionals. Simplified registration for the Winter Open University. Graduate-level instruction. Up to 16 units may be transferred to a graduate-degree program.

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IWCE’s five days of workshops, sessions and

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College of Technology: 25 courses: - Practical Wireless Communications Engineering - New Technology Review for the RF Professional - Project 25 Foundations and System Technology - Cybersecurity for Critical Networks & Systems - Power Options for Networks and Devices - Next-Generation Wireless Networks: 4G, LTE and Broadband - In-Building Wireless and DAS Fundamentals - Software Applications for Communications Systems - Layering LTE Technology on Existing Systems - Intro to Microcells, Picocells and Small Cells - Cloud-Based Managed Services 101 ... and more!

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Submit a Paper to CLEO:2014

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CLEO: Science & Innovations is the "classic" CLEO which for over 36 years has reported applied research results on all types of lasers, optical materials, and photonic devices. Topics include laser processing of materials, terahertz technologies, high-field and ultrafast optics, optical communications, biophotonics, optical sensing and metrology, micro- and nano-photonics and nonlinear optics.

CLEO: Applications & Technology presents the transition of fundamental and applied research innovations towards products, including development and demonstration of new components, systems and applications of lasers and electro-optics technology. Emphasis is on pre-commercial or non-commercial technology validations in relevant environments, including demonstrations of component or breadboard systems in the laboratory, prototype demonstrations in operational environments, field test results, and engineering and manufacturing advances (for example, space qualification of lasers and components).

CLEO: QELS-Fundamental Science is a descendent of the Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), which has been traditionally collocated with CLEO. QELS has long been a leading venue for presenting the newest research results in physics-related areas of optics, modern spectroscopy, atomic and molecular manipulation and control, quantum optics, optical materials, interactions of electromagnetic radiation with matter, ultrafast phenomena, and nonlinear optics. More recent additions include fields such as quantum information science, nanophotonics, and metamaterials.

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Science and Innovations ● Light-matter Interactions and Materials Processing ● Advanced Technology for Laser Systems and Facilities ● Semiconductor Lasers ● Nonlinear Optical Technologies ● Terahertz Technologies and Applications ● Optical Materials, Fabrication and Characterization ● Micro- and Nano-Photonic Devices ● Ultrafast Optics, Optoelectronics and Applications ● Components, Interconnects and Signal Processing ● Biophotonics and Optofluidics ● Fibers, Propagation and Nonlinear Effects ● Lasers, Devices and Materials ● Lightwave Communications and Optical Networks ● Active Optical Sensing ● Optical Metrology ● LEDS, PV and Energy-Efficient ("Green") Photonics Applications & Technology ● Biomedical ● Environment/Energy ● Science, Security & Standards Applications ● Industrial Fundamental Science ● Quantum Optics of Atoms, Molecules and Solids ● Quantum Science, Engineering and Technology ● Metamaterials and Complex Media ● Optical Excitations and Ultrafast Phenomena in

Condensed Matter ● Nonlinear Optics and Novel Phenomena ● Nano-Optics and Plasmonics ● High-Field Physics and Attosciences

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Technical Conference: June 8-13, 2014 Exposition: June 10-12, 2014

San Jose Convention Center

Laser Science to Photonic Applications

CALL FOR PAPERS

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MEMS 2014

SAN FRANCISCO The flagship annual event of the MEMS

community, with research and development results on every aspect of MEMS and Microsystems Technology. Over 200 top-quality papers, selected from over 800 submissions, in non-overlapping oral and poster sessions, covering Design, simulation and analysis tools with experimental verification; Fabrication technologies and processes; Silicon and non-silicon materials; Electro-mechanical integration techniques; Assembly and packaging approaches; Metrology and operational evaluation techniques; System architecture; Industrial research & development.

Ride BART to MEMS2014 -- exit at "Embarcadero". The Hyatt Regency is located directly outside the station.

Science Fair season is coming up. Traditionally, the IEEE has provided both prizes and judges for local fairs and we need your help once again.

These fairs provide an opportunity for students

from middle schools and high schools to show their projects and hear comments from professionals like you. Projects range from the simple to the sophisticated, but behind every project is a student who is anxious to find out what you think about it. As a judge you will interact with students and help them understand what they did right and how they could do better next time.

This year we will be supporting three science

fairs: San Mateo (Tuesday, February 25th), Santa Clara (Wednesday, March 12th) and Santa Cruz (Saturday, March 8th).

The 27th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems

January 26-30, 2014 Hyatt Regency San Francisco

Plenary Speakers: "Microfabricated Implantable Wireless Sensors," Mark Allen, U-Penn; "Commercialization of PiezoMEMS Resonators for High Performance Timing Applications," Harmeet Bhugra, IDT; "Cavity Quantum Optomechanics: Coupling Light and Micromechanical Oscillators," Tobias Kippenberg, EPFL; "Bionic Skins Using Flexible Organic Devices," Takao Someya, U-Tokyo.

Sessions: ● Biomedical Microdevices ● Gyros & Accelerometers ● Materials and Process Characterization ● Fabrication ● Optical & Magnetic Microdevices ● Fluidic Microdevices ● Resonant Microdevices & Sensors ● Nanodevices ● Energy Harvesting & Power ● Microdevices for Cell Manipulation ● Bio-Inspired Microactuators ● RF MEMS ● Chemical Sensors & Systems ● Medical Microsystems ● Packaging Technologies ● plus exhibits and more

www.mems2014.org Generally, the judging starts about 10:00 AM and

lasts until about 4:00 PM (however, the San Mateo Fair is judged in the evening). Even if you can only stay a few hours, your help will still be greatly appreciated by the students. No previous experience is necessary -- only patience and common sense.

If you are interested in helping out at one of these fairs, or can sponsor a prize, please call

Charlie Neuhauser at (408) 245-0085 (W)

or E-mail him at cneuhauser@earthlink.net.

You can find out more about the fairs at the following sites:

Santa Clara - www.science-fair.org

Santa Cruz - www.science.santacruz.k12.ca.us

San Mateo - www.smcoe.k12.ca.us/InstructionalServicesDivisionISD/CurriculumServices/Science/Pages/2010-San-Mateo-County-Science-Math-and-Technology-Fair.aspx

Volunteers Needed for Middle, High School Science Fair Judges

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55 Training Courses include: - High-Speed Semiconductor Lasers - WDM in Long-Haul Transmission Systems - Modulation Formats and Receiver Concepts - Passive Optical Networks (PONs) Technologies - Microwave Photonics - Metro Network: The Transition to Ethernet - 100 Gb/s and Beyond Transmission Systems, Design and Trade-offs - Optical Network Design and Planning - Short-Reach Optical Interconnects - Data Center Cabling: Transitioning from Copper to Fiber - Cloud Computing and Dynamic Networks - Fundamentals of Super Computing - Wireless Backhaul - Intro to Forward Error Correction - Software Defined Networking and OpenFlow - Space Division Multiplexing ... (and many more)

Technical Conference March 9-13

Exposition March 11-13

Moscone Convention Center

San Francisco

 

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Or Register for the Full Technical Conference featuring the latest advances in the research and development of new technologies in optical communications

High-quality technical program covers recent progress in research and technology Covers the latest near-term and long-term research Two Special Symposia: Advance Electro-optic Packaging Technologies and Enabling the Cloud Over 100 invited presentations by experts in the field 750+ peer-reviewed technical presentations presented in a variety of formats

1 hour in-depth tutorials Interactive workshops Panel discussions Half-day short courses (separate fee required) In-depth symposia on hot topics

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Security in a Connected World

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

TECHNICAL SESSIONSISQED Technical sessions start on Tuesday March 4, and continue until the afternoon of Wednesday, March 5. Beside the above plenary sessions, and workshops, the program consists of 22 technical sessions featuring over 100 papers on various challenging topics. A partial list of topics is shown below. Detail program would be available on the web at www.isqed.org.

REGISTRATIONPlease refer to ISQED web site at www.isqed.org for information regarding the tutorials, conference, and hotel registration. Direct all conference inquiries to info@isqed.org. Early registration is recommended to take advantage of the discounted registration fee.

Jacqueline Woods - Global Vice President of Growth Solutions, STG IBM CorporationSridhar Iyengar - Director of security research, Intel LabsScot Morrison - General Manager of Embedded Runtime SolutionsMentor Graphics Subhasish Mitra - Professor and Director of Robust Systems GroupStanford UniversityStacy Cannady - Chief Security Scientist, Trusted Computing GroupAmit Sinha - EVP Engineering and Operations, CTO, Zscaler

Past, Present and Future of High Performance Logic TransistorsProf. Suman Datta - Pennsylvania State UniversityIntegrated Techniques for Variation-Tolerant, Energy-Efficient CircuitsDr. Carlos Tokunaga - Intel CorporationNew Rules: Managing Processor Physics to Sustain Performance ScalingProf. Sudhakar Yalamanchili - Georgia Institute of TechnologySystem and architectures for low-power signal processingDr. Manish Goel - Texas Instruments Emerging Materials for Energy Efficient DevicesProf. Sayeef Salahuddin - University of California at Berkeley

TUTORIALS/WORKSHOPS

VENDOR EXHIBITIONISQED2014 Exhibition floor will be open on Tuesday March 4 from 12 noon, and includes technical poster presentations in afternoon. Exhibition floor attendance is free but needs advance on-line registration (see registration information on the web)

ISQED 2014, 15th International Symposium & Exhibits on

QUALITY ELECTRONIC DESIGN

www.isqed.org

March 3-5, 2014Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA, USA

ISQED2014 corporate sponsors are IBM, Synopsys, InnovoTek and Silicon Valley Polytechnic Institute

ISQED AwardsISQED Award ceremony will be held during Tuesday March 4 luncheon. Best papers will be also announced during the same session.

Symposium 2014

4th Interdisciplinary Engineering Design Education Conference - IEDEC2014

March 3, 2014. Santa Clara, CA, USAEducation Society

The Interdisciplinary Engineering Design Education Conference is a premier event committed to further the education in engineering design with the ultimate goal of improving the quality of engineering designers worldwide. The conference is intended for educators, mentors, engineers, managers, researchers, students, as well as industry companies and consortiums that desire excellence in interdisciplinary engineering education and have created or need to create interdisciplinary programs and products. IEDEC strives to promote the engineering design profession and to highlight the important role of engineering in all aspects of human life. The conference provides a forum for sharing ideas; learning about developments in engineering design education; and interacting with professionals, experts, and colleagues in the field.

Conference Registration & InformationVisit conference website at www.IEDEC.org for information about the program, registration, and hotel reservation. IEDEC2014 is held in technical spon-sorship of IEEE Education Society.

March 6, 2014Convention Center

Santa Clara, CA, USASensorsCon

2014

www.SensorsCon.orgMarch 6, 2014

Santa Clara Convention Center

www.IEDEC.org

The conference on Sensors - Technology, Design, Applications and Business (SensorsCon) is a forum to present, highlight and discuss the latest research, development, application, and business opportunities in sensors technology and applications in various fields.The market for sensors and related technolo-gies is expanding at a phenomenal rate. The conference brings together researchers, developers, and practitioners from diverse fields including scientists and engineers, research institutes, and industry. List of participating companies include Texas Instruments, ST Microelectronics, Broadcom, Farchild Semiconductors, and more. Seating is limited so ensure your place by registering today.

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HTML5: Programming the Compute Continuum

Speaker: Heidi Pan, Software and Services Group,

Intel Time: 7:00 PM Cost: none Place: Agilent Technologies, 5301 Stevens Creek

Blvd., Santa Clara RSVP: not required Web: www.CaliforniaConsultants.org/events.cfm/item/206

Heidi Pan is a Staff Engineer in the Technology Pathfinding and Innovation team in Intel’s Software and Services Group. She has been investigating and prototyping mobile and web developer technologies since September 2010.

Heidi currently leads an HTML5 runtime performance pathfinding project. She received her PhD in Computer Science from MIT for her research on parallel programming models.

HTML5 is emerging as a compelling programming

platform by providing rich OS-like features, high developer productivity and cross-platform reach. We are at an inflection point today, where the performance and feature advances in HTML5 technologies, combined with increasing device and OS fragmentation, are fueling the adoption of the web as a platform of choice across the compute continuum.

This talk will provide a high-level technical primer of client-side web technologies that serve as the foundation for HTML5.

TUESDAY January 7, 2014

SCV Consultants' Network of Silicon Valley

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High-Performance Datacenter Platform: Using InP

for Silicon Photonics

Speaker: Dr. Michael Lebby, President and CEO, OneChip Photonics; Professor of Optoelectronics, Glyndwr University, Wales, UK

Time: Optional dinner at 6:00 PM; Presentation at 6:45 PM

Cost: $20; $10 for full-time students and unemployed ($5 more at door)

Place: Biltmore Hotel, 2151 Laurelwood Rd, Santa Clara

RSVP: from website Web: www.cpmt.org/scv/meetings/cpmt1401.html

Michael Libby's career has spanned all aspects of the optoelectronics business ranging from research and development, operations, manufacturing, and finance, to sales, marketing, and investing. With more than 180 USPTO utility patents issued in the field of optoelectronics, he has been cited by the USPTO to be in the most prolific 75 inventors in the country from 1988-1997.

In 2013, Lebby joined One Chip Photonics, a privately held company headquartered in Ottawa, Canada as CEO. One Chip Photonics is a leading provider of low-cost, small-footprint, high-performance Indium Phosphide (InP)-based Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) and PIC-based modules for the Data Center Interconnect (DCI) and Passive Optical Network (PON) markets.

Prior to this he was with Translucent and headed up the company's R&D efforts to commercialize rare earth oxides for epitaxial based materials that have been developed over the past decade. Crystalline based semiconductor rare-earth oxides exhibit a number of attractive properties for advanced substrate and device solutions that include GaN-on-Si for solid state lighting and power electronics, Ge-on-Si for CPV solar, and GaAs based photonics and electronics.

He is a Fellow of the IEEE and OSA, and has testified on behalf of the optoelectronics industry while working for OIDA on Capitol Hill. He also has given numerous talks, speeches, panel discussions, and interviews on the subject of optoelectronics internationally over the past two decades. Lebby has 2 doctorates and a MBA from the University of Bradford in the UK.

Is a high-performance datacenter platform using InP a silicon photonics play? This issue will be addressed. Designing and packaging InP-based PICs (Photonic Integrated Circuits) & OEICs (Optoelectronic Integrated Circuits) will be discussed. A review of packaging technologies for datacom products will be made. Particular attention will be a focus on a highly reliable and robust platform with Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) that have included lasers, modulators, detectors, waveguides, Mux/Demux, and large spot converters by OneChip Photonics. Current products are focused on both client-side and line-side applications in data and tele-communications networks. Initial performance levels indicate suitability for 100Gb/s datacenter and 50Gb/s metro opportunities using OneChip's InP-based OEIC platform.

WEDNESDAY January 8, 2014 SCV Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology

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"Open" Networking: Three Talks

Speakers: Guido Appenzeller, Big Switch; Kenneth

Duda, Arista Networks; Mat Mathews, Plexxi Inc.

Time: Networking and refreshments at 6:30 PM; Presentations at 7:00 PM

Cost: none Place: Texas Instruments Building E Conference

Center, 2900 Semiconductor Dr. Santa Clara

RSVP: not required Web: comsocscv.org/showevent.php?id=1386572933

Kenneth Duda is a pioneer of advanced networking software and is the lead architect of Arista Networks EOS, a stateful modular operating system for all Arista Networks products. He is also co-author of VMware's VXLAN specification. From 2005 to 2008, Ken was also the Acting President of Arista Networks.

Prior to joining Arista Networks, Ken was the CTO at There.com, where he played a lead role in designing a real-time 3-D distributed system that scaled to thousands of simultaneous users. Ken was also the first employee of Granite Systems and led the software development effort for the Catalyst 4000 product line after the acquisition by Cisco.

Ken holds three engineering degrees from MIT and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University.

Mat Mathews is Co-Founder & VP, Product

Management, Plexxi Inc. Mat has more than 19 years of experience creating and executing product strategies for networking and network security companies and is currently leading Plexxi's product management and strategy efforts consisting of high-end data center switches, SDN-based control software, and open source hardware and software initiatives. Before Plexxi, Mat was VP of Product Management and Product Marketing at Arbor Networks, where he led all product portfolio management, strategic planning, and product line P&L for a $100m product portfolio and helped lead the company into data center security solutions. Danaher Corp acquired Arbor in August 2011. Prior to joining Arbor Networks, Mat was Vice President of Product Management at Crossbeam Systems where

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"Open Networking" is a very popular industry initiative that aims to make networking equipment programmable and efficient while also lowering costs, especially OPEX. In this new paradagm, network operators may chose the software to control their networks -- independent of their choice of networking hardware. There have been several architectures proposed to realize "Open Networking," including: Software Defined Networking (SDN) -- with strict separation of data and control planes, Overlay models, Network Virtualization (& ETSI NFV), Linux based Network OS's -with embedded control plane software- running on bare metal switches, etc.

Representatives from three Open Networking vendors will address the topic from different perspectives.

The Changing face of SDN Big Switch will present an overview of recent

developments in SDN, describe architectures and use cases and give examples of recent production SDN deployment models. Software Defined Networking (SDN) has emerged as the term to describe the biggest architectural change in networking systems over the past decade. At the core of this revolution is the idea that that network operators can chose what software they run to power their networks, and that this is independent of their choice of networking hardware. Originally, the term SDN described the separation of control and data planes, but since then its use has broadened to include overlay networks and bare metal switch software. In this talk, we try to give an overview of recent developments in SDN, describe architectures and use cases and give examples of recent production SDN deployments. The Heart and Soul of a Linux-based Network Operating System

Arista Networks will higlight the benefits of a Linux-based network OS, including "closed Linux", "Bare linux", and "Open Linux." The impact of Linux on the modern scale data center cannot be exaggerated. Linux provides the foundation of not only servers and storage, but networking as well. In this talk, I will compare three competing Linux-based network operating system architectures, focusing on their implications for reliability, extensibility, and SDN.

Plexxi will describe an open policy control and state implementation facilitating true open networking (more than just "programming" network equipment)

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SCV Communications

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he was responsible for defining and launching all the company's products and helped drive Crossbeam into a market share leadership position for high-end security gateways. Before Crossbeam, Mat held several senior level Product Management positions at Convergent Networks, Xylan Communications and Bay Networks/Wellfleet Communications. Mat also co-founded and led the marketing efforts for a strategy consulting firm that helped legacy media and telecommunications companies build strategies to reinvent their businesses. Mat began his career as a software engineer for Wellfleet Communications, building high speed Frame Relay Switches for the carrier market. Mat holds a Bachelors of Science in Computer Systems Engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

(Plexxi): Is policy, control and state Representation the basis for the Open Network? The industry has been obsessed with topics such as OpenFlow, overlay networking, and more recently debating what is Linuxxy enough for a network OS; yet Open Networking is pointless without access to data from the surrounding systems, and policy is meaningless without referencing those systems as well. In this talk we'll look at the spectrum of the application:network relationship from traditional heterogeneous environments to the modern homogeneous environments like Borg and Mesos and discuss how an open policy, control, and state representation layer actually opens the network to a multitude of workload types while employing a loosely coupled application:network relationship. This results in a vendor-transparent network that can implement the desired ephemeral and configured state, regardless of implementation rather than just an "open" network whose sole purpose is to be programmed.

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Beyond Monitoring: Getting the Most out of Solar PV Plants

Speaker: Saurabh Samdani, PE, Cupertino Electric Time: Networking and refreshments at 6:30 PM;

Presentation at 7:00 PM Cost: none Place: Palo Alto Research Center (G.E. Pake

Auditorium), 3333 Coyote Hill Road, Palo Alto

RSVP: not required Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/pv

Saurabh Samdani, PE is responsible for system performance analysis of Cupertino Electric, Inc.’s solar power installations. He also oversees new product evaluation, design optimization, commissioning and startup of solar plants. He has spent many years working for solar companies to drive innovative processes for deployment of solar power plants. He received his MS from Stanford University in 2008 and B.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology in 2006. He is registered as a Professional Engineer (Electrical Power) in California.

The true promise of PV monitoring isn’t tons of data, but the actionable insights gained from a thorough understanding of solar plant performance. The process of installing a data acquisition system can be so complicated that it is easy to forget that raw data is not the end goal. Complex monitoring software can be more of a burden than a blessing. During this session, Saurabh Samdani will share tips and techniques that EPC contractor Cupertino Electric uses to transform massive amounts of data into actionable information to optimize solar plant performance.

WEDNESDAY January 8, 2014 SCV Photovoltaics

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The Impact of Cables and Connectors on Radio

Frequency and Microwave Measurement Uncertainties

Speaker: Dennis Lewis, Boeing Time: Networking and light dinner (small fee) at

5:30 PM; Presentation at 6:30 PM Cost: none, for talk Place: Agilent Technologies, Bldg. 5L, 5301

Stevens Creek Blvd, Santa Clara RSVP: not required Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/emc

Dennis Lewis received his BS EE degree with honors from Henry Cogswell College and his MS degree in Physics from the University of Washington. He has worked at Boeing for 25 years and is recognized as an Associate Technical Fellow. He currently has leadership and technical responsibility for the primary RF, Microwave and Antenna Metrology labs. Dennis holds six patents and is the recipient of the 2013 Boeing Special Invention Award. He is a member of the IEEE and several of its technical societies including the Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S), the Antennas and Propagation Society and the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Society. He actively contributes to these societies as a member of the IEEE MTT-S subcommittee 11 on microwave measurements and as a Distinguished Lecturer for the EMC Society. He is a Senior Member of the Antenna Measurements Techniques Association (AMTA) and chaired its annual symposium in 2012. Dennis is an active member and past chairman of the Technical Advisory Committee for North Seattle Community College where he mentors engineering students. His current technical interests include aerospace applications of reverberation chamber test techniques as well as microwave measurement systems and uncertainties.

Microwave test and measurement equipment is

used for many applications, including component measurements, electromagnetic compatibility testing, metrology and wireless environment assessments. Much of this equipment requires special care and consideration in order to eliminate damage and maintain a high level of accuracy. When developing these high frequency measurement systems and evaluating system performance, it is common to consider the warranted equipment specifications. Very often, however, the error contribution of cables and connectors to the system uncertainty is overlooked. Impedance mismatch is typically the largest source of measurement error and is largely influenced by the cables and connectors used within the system. Something as insignificant as a $30 connector can adversely affect the performance of a system costing several hundred thousand dollars. This presentation provides an overview of commonly used cables and connectors and discusses some of the errors associated with them. The impact of these errors on overall measurement system uncertainties is discussed. The presentation finishes with some practical examples and real world applications to help guide participants in the selection and use of cables and connectors and more accurately assess system performance.

TUESDAY January 14, 2013

SCV Electromagnetic Compatibility

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From Energy to Information: Real-Time Data in the

Data Center Speaker: Don Smith, OSIsoft Time: Dinner and Networking at 6:00 PM;

Presentation at 7:00 PM Cost: $30 IEEE members, $40 non members ($5

more at door) Place: Biltmore Hotel, 2151 Laurelwood Rd, Santa

Clara RSVP: from website Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/pes_ias

Don Smith is Chief Customer Strategist and Executive Sponsor for Microsoft at OSIsoft

From Facebook to Twitter, IM’s, searches, emails,

video, mobile devices etc. we are awash with data. We’re also becoming familiar with Big Data and Analytics. All this data has become crucial to how we live our lives. Real-time data is also becoming more critical. Whether from a manufacturing line, data center, pharmaceutical process, gas, electric or water utility this data significantly affects us. A deluge of connected devices, from simple sensors to IP enabled devices, have dramatically expanded the amount and usefulness of real-time data. OSIsoft’s Pi data base helps enterprises collect, manage, store and visualize real-time data. This presentation will look at solutions to these challenges. OSI’s Pi is the engine behind ebay’s new “Digital Service Efficiency” dashboard which links revenue transactions directly to IT and energy costs. This allows infrastructure and business KPI’s to be dramatically coupled to drive a more efficient enterprise. OSIsoft will discuss the variety and volume of real-time data as well as the differences in data types, data bases, and historians. A sample IT architecture will show how this data gets from a diverse variety of sources to client applications and enterprise networks. Ways it can be analyzed, displayed and made valuable to the enterprise will be discussed. Pi integrates facility, IT, financial and BMS data allowing eBay to move beyond PUE as a metric and drive business efficiency for the entire enterprise.

WEDNESDAY January 15, 2014

SCV Power & Energy and Industry Applications

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Using Technology to Successfully Solve the Problems of the Aging

Speaker: Walt Maclay, President and Chief Engineer,

Voler Systems Time: Optional dinner at 6:15 PM at the hospital

cafeteria; Presentation at 7:30 PM Cost: none, for talk Place: Room M-114, Stanford University Medical

School, Stanford RSVP: n ot required Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/embs

Walt Maclay, President and Chief Engineer of Voler Systems, is committed to delivering quality electronic products on time and on budget. Voler Systems provides the integrated design, development and risk assessment of new devices for medical, industrial, aerospace and instrumentation applications.

Mr. Maclay is recognized as a domain expert in Silicon Valley technical consulting associations. He is an instructor for the Product Realization NPI Program. He has also been past President of the Professional and Technical Consultants Association (PATCA). He has applied his outstanding leadership to many multidisciplinary teams that have delivered quality electronic devices. Mr. Maclay holds a BSEE degree in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University.

Technology is now making a huge push into home

health care. New markets are emerging as the traditional "aging in place" market continues to grow. New assistive technologies are being developed that will have an impact as well: communication devices, health and wellness monitoring, home safety and security. Product design must take in to account user capability, medical device regulations, and technology adoption issues. This talk with address the major issues for new devices in the home health and aging in place market. It will include resources, driving forces and latest trends for new technology development.

WEDNESDAY January 15, 2014

SCV Engineering in Medicine and Biology

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An Overview of Significant Changes to the

2013 California Electrical Code (2011 National Electrical Code)

Speaker: Mike Stone, NEMA Time: Networking/social 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 March 17 by contacting Michael Nakamura, michael@mkireps.com or telephone (925) 330-6595

Web: www.e-grid.net/docs/1401-oeb-ias.pdf

Mike Stone is the NEMA West Coast Field Representative since August 2012. Prior to working for NEMA, Mike worked for over 25 years in building inspection for the County of Monterey and the Cities of Monterey, Salinas and, most recently, as Building Official for Watsonville. Prior to his building inspection career, he was an electrician and is a Certified General Electrician in the State of California. He is the alternate member representing NEMA on Code Making Panel 1 for the 2017 NEC.

Mike Stone will present an overview of the significant changes to the 2011 National Electrical Code (NEC), which is the basis for the 2013 California Electrical Code (CEC). Changes include service definitions, labeling requirements for available fault currents, fine stranded conductor terminations, grounding electrode requirements, reorganization of Article 310, health care facilities, and three new Articles. This presentation will be very helpful for the design engineer involved in complying with NEC and or CEC requirements.

THURSDAY January 16, 2014OEB Industry Applications

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Preserving Media and Content at the Library of Congress

Speaker: James Snyder, Library of Congress Time: Networking/social at 6:00 PM; Dinner at

6:30 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM Cost: IEEE Member $25; Non-Member $27 Place: Michael's at Shoreline, Mountain View RSVP: by January 17th from website Web: lmagjan2014.eventbrite.com

James Snyder is a digital media engineering, production & project management specialist. His extensive experience includes television, film, radio, internet technologies and covers the gamut from traditional analog to cutting edge digital data, audio and video technologies. His career in both commercial and non-commercial sectors spans over 33 years. Mr. Snyder currently serves as the Senior Systems Administrator for the Library of Congress' National Audio-Visual Conservation Center (NAVCC) located on the Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation in Culpeper, Virginia.

Mr. Snyder is a member of the Audio Engineering Society (AES), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Association of Motion Imaging Archivists (AMIA) and the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS).

Outline of the talk: Overview of the media preservation challenge. The Library of Congress’s response. Challenges of playing back and preserving

media from 130+ years of recording Challenge of designing, building and

maintaining the digital infrastructure to preserve the program content digitized.

Designing and building a digital repository for storage for 100+ years.

The challenges ahead.

MONDAY January 20, 2014

SCV Life Members

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FePt HAMR Recording Media Progress and Key Requirements

Speaker: Dr. Dieter Weller, Manager Future Recording Media, HGST a Western Digital Company

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: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/mag

Dieter Weller received a Ph.D. in physics in Germany in 1985 and worked for Siemens, IBM Almaden Research, Seagate R&D and is now at HGST a Western Digital company. His efforts include fabrication, characterization, electronic, magnetic and magneto-optical properties of thin films and multilayers relevant for magnetic recording. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), has published 270 scientific papers and holds more than 60 U.S. patents. His current focus is on heat-assisted magnetic recording.

Highly chemically ordered and textured L10FePtX-Y

(001) granular media with sufficient perpendicular magnetic anisotropy are key approaches for future high areal density heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR). X=Cu, Ag etc. reduces the Curie temperature and Y=Carbon, SiO2 etc. decouples the grains. Texture and heat sink layers optimize the recording speed and achievable areal density beyond 1Tb/in2.

This talk will summarize the ongoing HGST HAMR media efforts including experiments and modeling. Included are challenges and required research and development efforts based on joint discussions between HGST, Seagate and Western Digital at ongoing Advanced Storage Technology Consortium (ASTC) meetings.

TUESDAY January 21, 2014SCV Magnetics

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An Engineer's Guide to Data Science: A Live Interactive

Tutorial Speaker: Shashi Sathyanarayana, PhD, Numeric

Insight, Inc. Time: Networking and pizza at 6:30 PM;

Presentation at 7:30 PM Cost: $7 for IEEE members, $10 non-members Place: LinkedIn, 2025 Stierlin Ct, Mountain View RSVP: from website Web: ieee-scv-yp-datascience.eventbrite.com

Shashi Sathyanarayana Ph.D, is the founder of Numeric Insight, Inc. Shashi is known for his engaging style of communicating complex ideas. He helps the audience make connections between what they already know and what they have set out to learn. He recognizes that learners look for practical applications of study they invest in. Shashi shares his insights in numerical matters by teaching topics such as machine learning, statistics, signal and image processing to a wide variety of audiences.

Why Get Involved on the Committee? Being a committee member is a great way for you

to have your opinions heard and to shape the future of the IEEE and specifically the Young Professionals affinity group. You can plan events to help fellow Engineers build their career, and in doing so build your own career as well. Your involvement in IEEE looks great on a resume, and is also a great way to network with other respected engineers in your field who can help you fulfull your career goals. Young Professionals is a well sought after affinity group which tries to work with other societies and affinity groups which even allows you to make connections with more senior Engineers in industry. Furthermore, leadership positions available on the Young Professionals committee can give you great leadership experience which will provide you with transferrable leadership and management skills.

Big Data and analytics are at the center of a powerful movement. Businesses are using machine learning to parse, reduce, simplify and categorize data. However, it is daunting for the newcomer to get on board and become a part of the movement. Most reference texts on machine learning are aimed at researchers or those who can invest a significant amount of study time, which is difficult to do in today’s busy world.

In this tutorial, participants will easily absorb the ABCs of machine learning concepts, terms and methodology while enjoying an intuitive introduction to the mathematics. They will understand how computers can be taught to detect patterns and make predictions. We will start with simple examples and cover concepts such as Bayesian classifiers, clustering, decision trees and more. Machine learning concepts will be illustrated using live algorithms.

The tutorial will introduce machine learning concepts starting with a question such as "How does a bank implement a marketing strategy using their vast stores of data?" Classifiers will be introduced using simple and intuitive methods. Those with little or no prior exposure to machine learning or statistical pattern recognition have often heard the hand-waving phrase " .. take all this data and analyze it to arrive at ..." The mystery around the word "analyze" will be effectively cleared.

What is Young Professionals? IEEE SCV Young Professionals is an affinity group

of the IEEE that primarily focuses on helping recent graduates be productive in their careers and to achieve success through networking (social), technical and professional development events. We welcome attendees of all ages to our events and discussions as we feel our events are beneficial to everyone, and having more experienced engineers at our events also provides a chance for our younger individuals to learn from those experienced in the field. Why Young Professionals? Young Professionals is a great opportunity and place for you to get involved and meet like-minded people in silicon valley while building your career at the same time. We are a great way to expand your professional network, or if you are new to the area you can meet new people. Not all of our events are technical in nature, we also run quite a few social events which make for a good way to relax after a hard day's work and also meet your fellow engineers.

MONDAY January 27, 2014

SCV Young Professionals (GOLD)

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Searching for Profits at the Intersection of

Nanotech and Electronics Speaker: Ross Kozarsky, Senior Analyst, Lux

Research Inc. Time: Networking and pizza at 11:30 AM;

Presentation at 12:00 PM Noon Cost: IEEE Members $5; Non-members $10 Place: TI Auditorium E-1, 2900 Semiconductor

Drive, Santa Clara RSVP: from website Web: sites.ieee.org/sfbanano

Ross Kozarsky is a Senior Analyst who leads Lux Research’s Advanced Materials team. Ross’ primary responsibilities include providing strategic advice and on-going intelligence for emerging coating, composite, metal, and platform materials that serve as enabling technologies for new markets and applications in industries ranging from oil and gas to electronics. He has advised a wide array of entities from large multinational corporations to investment firms to government agencies on strategic innovation decisions in domains such as transportation lightweighting, energy security, and nanotechnology. Beyond his research engagements, Ross has presented at conferences in Asia, Europe, and North America on topics ranging from carbon fiber composites to 3D printing.

Prior to joining Lux Research, Ross worked as a chemical engineer at the Silicon Valley solar startup Solexant, developing flexible thin film photovoltaic cells using printable nanomaterial technologies.

Ross holds a Master’s degree in Advanced Chemical Engineering from the University of Cambridge and a B.S.E in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University, with certificates in Materials Science and Finance. He has research experience on a wide range of topics including photovoltaic device fabrication and characterization, thin film deposition and processing, sol-gel nanomaterial synthesis, piezoelectric sensors, microfluidic devices, and the electrochemical detection of hydrogen. Ross’ ongoing education includes extension courses at University of California (Berkeley) in Financial Accounting and Princeton University alumni courses on healthcare reform and America’s post-recession economy.

Despite massive media attention and investments,

nanotechnology has yet to live up to the hype, and many are still confused as to the best context for examining “nano” for the purpose of business-minded analyses. Rather than regarding nano as its own industry, it is best considered an enabling technology that fits into and enhances the value chains of already existing industries. The nanotechnology value chain -- namely, the distinction between nanomaterials, nanointermediates, and nano-enabled products -- is a very useful tool for conducting such an analysis. After a discussion of this value chain, this presentation will review some of Lux’s key tools for assessing both a company’s technical value and business execution. It will then explore key electronics application spaces of nanotechnology -- including transparent conductive films, conductive composites, imaging, and in vitro diagnostics -- which will serve as case studies for solidifying common themes of what it takes to be successful as a nanotech developer.

TUESDAY January 28, 2014

SCV Nanotechnology

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Annual CES Download Speaker: Gary Sasaki, Tom Coughlin, Bill Orner,

Lidia Paulinska-Thompson Time: Networking and pizza at 6:30 PM;

Presentation at 7:00 PM Cost: IEEE Members $5; Non-members $10 Place: NVIDIA, Building E, 2800 Scott Blvd.,

Santa Clara RSVP: from website (fills up fast) Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/ce

Gary Sasaki si President of DIGDIA, a market analysis and consulting firm focused on markets enabled by digital media. Focus areas have included 3D, Digital Cinema, Consumer Electronics, Digital Cable, Digital Signage and an recently an area that is undergoing a dramatic change - Network-based Gaming (i.e. Slot Machines). Gary was also a past Chairman of the IEEE CES Santa Clara Valley chapter, and is currently on the chapter's executive team.

Tom Coughlin is President of Coughlin Associates, a market analysis and consulting company focused on storage technology used in a variety of areas, including consumer electronics. Tom also runs the Storage Visions conference, held each year just before CES in Las Vegas, and also the Creative Storage conference. Tom is also a past Chairman of the IEEE CES Santa Clara Valley chapter, and is currently on the chapter's executive team.

Bill Orner runs the platform engineering group for the MIPS division of Imagination Technologies. He is the former chair of the Santa Clara chapter of the IEEE CE Society and serves on the board of govenors of the international IEEE CE Society. Mr. Orner has a bachelors degree in engineering from Northeastern University and Master's degree in technology management from Pepperdine University.

This is one of our more popular meeting topics - a look at some of the latest and greatest, and sometimes weirdest new products shown at the Consumer Electronics Show. Additionally, there are a number of related events that are held just before and after CES that will be talked about, including Showstoppers, Digital Experience, Storage Visions, and ICCE (International Conference on Consumer Electronics). Both Gary and Tom have attended CES for well over a decade each, and both are in Las Vegas for ten days covering a wide variety of topics. Their experience and insight always adds depth and color to the commentary. This year we also have Bill Orner and Lidia Paulinski-Thompson to add fresh perspectives and insights.

Lidia Paulinski-Thompson has worked across

Poland and the USA. She is an independent journalist, photographer and consultant for Eastern Europe in addition to being an editor for M&E Tech. She also holds roles as a US correspondent at Infomarket & Property Journal in Poland, both international trade publications, covering various technology areas from hi-tech industry & infrastructure and consumer/social trends sector, as well as consulting and advisory roles with domestic and international business development programs. Lidia’s main focus at M&E Tech is on current and future technologies for Media and Entertainment. Lidia has a Master degree from Warsaw School of Economics and MBA from Centre for Management Training in Warsaw, Poland, and is the founder ot the Silicon Valley Trade Council.

TUESDAY January 28, 2014

SCV Consumer Electronics

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Your Professional Network: The Secrets to a Successful

Consultancy

Speaker: Tim Worboys, LinkedIn Time: 7:00 PM Cost: none Place: Agilent Technologies, 5301 Stevens Creek

Blvd., Santa Clara RSVP: not required Web: www.CaliforniaConsultants.org

Tim Worboys started working at LinkedIn immediately after receiving his Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Computer Engineering in 2007. He is now a Senior Software Engineer in the Distributed Graph team where he works on building the next generation in-memory distributed query processing system.

Tim is active in the IEEE as the Chair of the local Young Professionals (formerly GOLD) Affinity Group, and he also volunteers with the global Young Professionals. Tim enjoys mentoring and teaching others, and helping them enhance their career. He satisfies this passion by giving talks throughout Canada and the US, and acting as a mentor for numerous students. In his spare time he enjoys kayaking, snorkeling and hiking in the mountains.

LinkedIn can keep track of your consulting

network, create your personal brand, and sell your services to potential customers. While you may be a regular user of this popular website, you may not be taking full advantage of its wealth of capabilities.

This live interactive tutorial will cover how best to use LinkedIn's features to build your personal brand and sell your consulting services. Come with plenty of questions and learn how to find new consulting leads and better your consulting career.

TUESDAY February 4, 2014SCV Consultants' Network of Silicon Valley

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Value Innovation: The Mindset of an Agile Engineer

Speaker: Pat Reed, Agile Consultant and Adjunct

Professor, iHoriz and UC Berkeley Time: 6:00 PM Cost: IEEE Member $11; non-Member $14 Place: Ramada, 1217 Wildwood Ave, Sunnyvale RSVP: from website Web: www.ieee-scv-tmc.org

Pat Reed has been solving technology problems, designing and delivering cutting edge solutions, developing leaders and driving transformational change for over 35 years. Throughout her career leading Business Technology Solutions, Pat has leveraged Lean Agile Project Management and Software Development principles and practices in the Mental Health, Criminal Justice, Criminal Intelligence, Entertainment & Retail Industries. For the past 8 years, before co-founding iHoriz, she led IT Strategic Planning, Global PMO, Portfolio Management, Risk and Vendor Management and IT Finance at Gap and her accomplishments include developing an Agile Portfolio Management capability, an Agile Accounting model and world class value management and adaptive career management frameworks.

Pat serves as a Director on the Agile Alliance Board and co-chaired the 2011 Agile Executive Forum with Jim Highsmith. She serves on the Executive Council on the Agile Leadership Network and is a frequent keynote speaker. She has earned an MBA & BS in Psychology (from the University of Illinois) and is active in PMI and the Bay Area Project Leaders Network, teaching at UC Berkeley Extension and consulting as principal agile management consultant with iHoriz.

As the pace of organizational change and

complexity accelerates, it’s critical that we find a way to move out of the “Do More with Less” mindset and build our competitive edge at truly doing less to create more time and space for innovation and sustainable value creation. It’s equally important to understand our unique value proposition and the critical mindset changes that are vital to mastery as an Agile Engineer. This session will introduce a framework to shatter several paradigms:

From: “more is better” To: “less is best” “do more with less” “do less and achieve more”.

”increased output” “decreased output and increased outcomes”

This 2-hour highly interactive workshop will introduce some practical tools to create a culture of Value. We introduce concepts of value drivers which is a technique to clarifying enterprise priorities and provide a clear-line-of-sight to enable everyone in the organization to understand how they create value. . Next we will interactively facilitate a deeper understanding of how to apply these concepts to your organization, develop an Enterprise Value Model and drill down to one or two of the value drivers and develop value stories and a Value Strategy Map.

This workshop will provide foundational concepts and practical tools to apply immediately in your enterprise to measure and manage an optimum flow of value and make value informed portfolio, program and project level decisions. We’ll wrap the session by exploring how to understand and leverage your unique value proposition.

What can you expect to learn? Understand how moving from a fixed to an agile

mindset amplifies the value that Engineers create for an organization

Understand the business case and benefits of creating a culture that’s razor focused on optimizing customer value

Learn key building blocks and management practices that are critical to aligning the organization around a shared focus on value

Practical techniques for alignment and clear line of sight on how everyone in the organization and deliver optimal value

Understand and explore ways to introduce value modeling, value engineering and value management in your organization

TUESDAY February 6, 2014

SCV Technology Management

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How to Grow Stronger through Rapid Changes in Technology

Speakers: Roxsana Hadjizadeh, Co-founder of IEEE-

WIE-SCV, and New Product Program Manager, Cisco Systems; and Ingrid Gavshon, Executive Leadership Coach

Time: 6:00 PM Cost: none Place: Stanford Univ (room TBD) RSVP: from website, or by email to Susan

Delafuente, sdelafuente@ieee.org Web: www.ieee-wie-scv.org

Roxsana Hadjizadeh is an IEEE Sr. Member, IEEE SCV WIE co-founder, 2006-2012 SCV WIE Chair, and the 2013/2014 SCV WIE Sr. Advisor. In 2009, she served as IEEE SCV Section Chair and previously as Secretary, Treasurer and Vice Chair. She is an IEEE Spectrum Media Group advisor and has included Tesla Motors and Cisco Systems in a number of events from 2007 thru 2011. Roxsana holds a BSEE/MSEE and is currently a ITBU New Product Program Manager focusing on new Hardware and Software security products at Cisco Systems. Her past professional experience includes: Senior Staff Engineer, Manager and Director at various Silicon Valley companies including GENUS Inc., PRIAM, Network Computing Devices, WinCom Systems, Quantum 3D and Tesla Motors. Roxsana is a member of Cisco’s iWise (Inspiring Women through Information Sharing and Experiences), WISE (Women in Science and Engineering), and Connected Women, and Women in Technology. Roxsana loves giving back to society and is an active member in many charity events such as 2nd Harvest Food Bank, Habitat for Humanity, RAFT (Resource Area for Teaching), March of Dimes for babies and also Leading the team of university students for SVIJ (Silicon Valley Innovation Jam) events at Cisco.

In order for women to become authentic leaders

in the rapidly changing world of technology today, they need the ability to communicate effectively, to make meaningful connections and to identify a course of action to maximize their performance. This is where working with an Executive Coach can help empower women to achieve their fullest potential.

You are invited to attend the IEEE Women in Engineering Executive Fireside Chat to (1) Broaden awareness of IEEE Women in Engineering and encourage membership, leadership and active participation; and (2) Learn how to improve your soft skills through WIE and a leadership coach.

This is an opportunity to meet and ask questions of our Executive Sponsor and our special guest(s):

Ingrid Gavshon works with

clients in the United States, the Middle East, Mongolia, Russia and South Africa and believes coaching allows clients to create a shared thinking environment to effectively achieve their personal and professional goals, by identifying their strengths, recognizing obstacles to success, and as a team helps the coachee fulfil their potential. Ingrid is an Executive Coach and a member of the Berkeley Executive Coaching Institute Leadership and Communications team. Ingrid is an award-winning documentary filmmaker who has made a number of documentary films including 13 films about Nelson Mandela. Ingrid is a co-facilitator of the Peterson Caterpillar Brand Ambassador Program and is a guest faculty member at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley EWMBA and UCLA, UCB CEE. Ingrid’s clients include: Adobe USA, Cisco Systems, Cypress Semiconductors, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Qualcomm, Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC) Abu Dhabi, Peterson Caterpillar, the RL Consulting Group in the USA and KC Alternative Health Services in the United Kingdom.

TUESDAY February 6, 2014SCV Women in Engineering

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Broadband Access Over Copper at Speeds Greater than 100 Mbps

Speakers: Kevin Fisher, VP of Advanced DSL

Technology, Ikanos; and Mehdi Mohseni, Director of Systems Engineering, ASSIA

Time: Networking and refreshments at 6:30 PM; Presentations at 7:00 PM

Cost: none Place: Texas Instruments Building E Conference

Center, 2900 Semiconductor Dr. Santa Clara

RSVP: not required Web: www.comsocscv.org

Kevin Fisher, VP of Advanced DSL Technology, Ikanos, has more than 27 years experience in developing and managing the development of firmware, software and complex silicon devices. At Ikanos, Fisher is responsible for accelerating the development and introduction of new DSL technologies. Prior to joining Ikanos, Fisher was CEO of Vector Silicon, Inc. Before VSI, he held several senior level engineering positions, including Vice President of IC and DSP engineering at 2Wire and department manager of advanced recording channels at Quantum Corp. He earned Ph.D. E.E. and M.S.E.E degrees from Stanford University after obtaining a B.S. degree in Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois.

Mehdi Mohseni is Director of Systems Engineering at ASSIA, Inc, where he is responsible for research and development of management algorithms for broadband access systems. He has previously held engineering management and architect positions at ASSIA. Mohseni was a lead contributor to the development of the ITU-T G.vector recommendation. He earned M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University, and a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran.

Silicon solutions for next-generation

broadband access over copper. The first talk will refer to advances in chipset design that enable broadband speeds of over 100 Mbps. It will be shown that Vectoring technology enables removal of crosstalk induced among twisted pairs, and achieves transmission speeds that were previously considered impossible. New emerging technologies will be described that promise speeds of almost 1 Gbps over copper twisted pairs.

Delivering copper-based broadband access services at 100 Mbps. The second talk will describe practical aspects of delivering broadband access services using vectored VDSL technologies. The importance of dynamic management systems for continuous optimization and automated fault identification/intervention will be explained. Management algorithm fundamentals will be presented, and results will be shown from real networks. The concept of Software-Defined Access Networking will be presenting as a means to promote service provider competition.

WEDNESDAY February 12, 2014

SCV Communications

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Probing Interfacial Contact via MEMS-based

Microinstrumentation Speaker: Roya Maboudian, Department of Chemical

& Biomolecular Engineering, UC-Berkeley Time: Networking and lunch at 11:30 AM;

Presentation at 12:00 PM Noon Cost: $15; $5 for full-time students and

unemployed ($5 more at door) Place: Biltmore Hotel, 2151 Laurelwood Rd, Santa

Clara RSVP: from website Web: www.cpmt.org/scv/meetings/cpmt1402l.html

Roya Maboudian is professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, associate director of the Center of Integrated Nanomechanical Systems (COINS), and faculty affiliate of the Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center (BSAC) at the University of California, Berkeley. She received her B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Applied Physics from the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. Prof. Maboudian's research interest is in the surface and materials science and engineering of micro/nanosystems. The main research activities in her group currently include investigation of the tribological issues in micro/nanoelectromechanical systems (M/NEMS) and surface interactions in microfluidic environments; silicon carbide-based sensors for harsh environment applications; nanowire- and graphene-based sensors and energy technologies; development of electrochemical processes for low-cost thin-film photovoltaics; and biologically inspired materials design. Prof. Maboudian is the recipient of several awards, including the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from the White House, NSF Young Investigator award, and the Beckman Young Investigator award. She is currently serving as editor to the IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems (JMEMS), as associate editor to IEEE/SPIE Journal on Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS and MOEMS (JM3), and as advisory board member to ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces (AMI).

Understanding the mechanisms underlying the interactions that occur when two surfaces are brought together, separated, or rubbed against each other is fundamentally important to many basic and applied problems. In this presentation, I will discuss the impact of these interactions in the burgeoning field of micro- and nano-electromechanical systems. I will also present the unique opportunities provided by the MEMS processing techniques to interrogate surfaces on a length scale not easily accessible by other techniques, namely in the mesoscopic length scale. With this view, I will introduce a number of MEMS-based microinstruments that we have developed to study these interactions, and some of the insights we have gained using them about the nature of surface interactions involved in M/NEMS.

THURSDAY February 27, 2014

SCV Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology

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Applications and Advantages of Continuously Welded

Corrugated Cable

Speaker: George R. Matto, The Okonite Company Time: Networking/social 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 March 17 by contacting Michael Nakamura, michael@mkireps.com or telephone (925) 330-6595

Web: www.e-grid.net/docs/1403-oeb-ias.pdf

George R. Matto, (M1974-SM2005-LSM2009) was born in Oakland. He started his college career in San Francisco while working part time and attended San Francisco City College, graduating in Electrical Engineering Technology and then San Francisco State University, BA Industrial Arts, and Marketing 1967. His career in industrial sales and application engineering began during college working for Norton Co. High Vacuum Systems. George was responsible for or was part of the system sales team selling high vacuum process systems and equipment to Silicon Valley start-ups: Intel, Fairchild, AMD and others. These same names turned up again when, in the employment of The Okonite Company, George’s sales and application skills were productive in providing these same companies with primary and process wire and cable. For 39 years with The Okonite Co. primarily in Portland, Oregon, George expanded the company’s presence in the Northwest. On his arrival, Okonite Portland consisted of a 2-person office; today, the Okonite Portland footprint consists of staff of eight and a 50,000 sq. ft. distribution center. George authored “The History of the Okonite Company” that appeared in the Industry Applications Magazine as have papers he co-authored on wire and cable topics. In addition to consulting for the Okonite Company, George is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Engineering at Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA, and repairs and restores spring wound and weight driven antique clocks.

Continuously Welded and Corrugated Armored

Cable classified by UL as metal-clad MC hazardous locations (HL) are being specified and used in all types of industrial, commercial and utility installations. MC cable is used to supply plant electrical power and distribute power to motors, pumps, fans and other equipment. A large percentage of these cables are extensively used in petrochemical industry, and there are many applications in the water/wastewater industry. Their use has become so widespread that the National Electrical Code has permitted their use in a variety of code articles. In this paper we will review the various advantages and uses, the code articles, and the proper installation methods for CWC armored cables.

THURSDAY March 20, 2014OEB Industry Applications

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The History of Robots Speaker: Dave Grossman, IEEE Fellow, IBM (retired) Time: Networking/social at 6:00 PM; Dinner at

6:30 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM Cost: IEEE Member $25; Non-Member $27 Place: Michael's at Shoreline, Mountain View RSVP: from website Web: lmagmar2014.eventbrite.com

Dave Grossman is an IEEE Fellow for his work in robotics. After a PhD in Physics from Harvard, he taught at Princeton for a few years. He spent 25 years at IBM in Yorktown Heights NY, in research and management in AI and robotics. A co-inventor of using software to calibrate robots, he pioneered robotic assembly of electronic cards, 2-arm robots with collision avoidance and 3D solid modeling. He also worked on RoboDoc hip surgery and laparoscopic robotics. After IBM, he worked at USC and then co-founded an internet company in Silicon Balley. Subsequently he worked on Stanford projects in the mechanical engineering department and in the medical school. He was also a tour guide at SLAC for a few years. He is currently semi-retired … which means working harder than ever but not getting paid.

Two highly unusual accomplishments: he patented a corrugated cardboard snowplow, and he built a huge cosmic ray exhibit in his garage that will eventually be installed in a science museum

An irreverent non-technical review of the history of

surprisingly animate machines from ancient Egypt to current times. Areas include teleoperators for hazardous environments, assembly systems, medical applications, entertainment and science fiction. The talk has over 100 slides covering such varied topics as Memnon son of Dawn, Droz’s automata, Vaucanson’s duck, cathedral clocks, Von Kempelen’s chess player, household robots, Asimov’s laws, Disneyland, dinosaurs, movie droids and cyborgs.

MONDAY March 24, 2014

SCV Life Members