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CHAPTER MEETINGS

SPECTRUM - 3/29 | Best Practices for Delivering Value through Quality Management - software ROI, strategies, reducing risk ... [more]

SPECTRUM - 3/31 | Kinetis ARM Cortex-M4 MCUs - The Inside Story - flash-based, write/erase endurance, data saving ... [more]

U-Md - 3/31 | Counterfeit Electronic Component Detection and Avoidance - evidence, damage, assessment, reporting ... [more]

SCV-GOLD - 3/31 | Cloud Computing: A Multi-Disciplinary View from Technology, Business, Law - security, WAN optimization . [more]

OEB-CS - 4/5 | Cyber Security for Industrial Controls - STUXNET worm, impacts, security measures ... [more]

SCV-TMC - 4/7 | Scrappy Project Management - customer focus, goals, roles, risks, expectations ... [more]

SF-GOLD - 4/11 | Evolution of the Utility-Scale Solar Industry - rapid growth, challenges, outlook ... [more]

SCV-CS - 4/12 | Cloud Computing: Compelling Architectural Considerations - computing fabrics, PaaS, SaaS, applications ... [more]

SCV-EMC - 4/12 | EMI in Electric Power Substations - failures, damage, false trips, new standards ... [more]

SCV-CPMT - 4/13 | Developments in MEMS Packaging - structures, processing, innovations, challenges, directions ... [more]

SCV-CSS - 4/13 | Study of Human and Robotic Motion: What It Can Teach Us About Our Brains and Bodies - lessons learned ... [more]

IEEE-USA - 4/14 | Stuff You Don't Learn in Engineering School - webinar: people, procedures, pressures, skills, examples ... [more]

SCV-RAS - 4/14 | Small Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) Design and Applications - surveillance, performance, VTOL, examples ... [more]

SCV-CAS - 4/18 | Clean Technology: Recent Trends & Developments - renewable energy, storage, smart grid, transportation, jobs ... [more]

SCV-Nano - 4/19 | Building Brains with Memristive Memory - intelligent machines, foundations, neural algorithms ... [more]

SCV-CNSV - 4/19 | Getting Paid - contract language, law, factual circumstances, mediation ... [more]

SCV-ComSoc+CS - 4/19 | Demystifying Cybersecurity - Myths vs Realities - illusions, vulnerabilities, implementations ... [more]

SCV-EMBS - 4/20 | Robotic Rehabilitation with the Bionic Leg - actuator, electronics, sensors, firmware, viable business ... [more]

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Conference Calendar

March 31: GSA Memory Conference - Marriott Hotel, San Jose [more]

April 7-8: Electronic Design Process Symposium (EDPS) - Monterey Beach Hotel, Monterey [more]

April 10-14: IEEE Int'l Reliability Physics Symposium (IRPS) - Hyatt Regency Monterey [more]

April 15: Northern California Electronic Materials Symposium - Techmart, Santa Clara [more]

May 2-5: Embedded Systems Conference - Silicon Valley (ESC) - San Jose Convention Center [more]

May 11-13: Conference on Space Optical Systems and Applications (ICSOS) - Santa Monica [more]

May 17: Software Experts Summit 2011: Managing the Pace of Innovation - CHM, Mt. View [more]

May 23-26: Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs (ISPSD) - San Diego [more]

Call for Papers: Nov 6-9: Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers - extended summaries due May 1 [more]

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OEB-IAS - 4/21 | Super Synchronous Motors in High Speed Applications - to 22,500 RPM, variable-freq, inverters ... [more]

SF-IAS - 4/29 | Electrical Design and Applications Seminar - distribution, BIM, codes, forensics, expert witness ... [more]

SCV-TMC - 5/5 | Culture Eats Strategy - organizational culture, undermining, adapting ... [more]

SCV-MTT - 5/5 | Theory, Principles, and Techniques for Designing Low-Noise Oscillators - resonators, to 10GHz ... [more]

OEB-Life - 5/10 | How do we Know that Human Activities have Affected the Global Climate? -, models, uncertainties ... [more]

OEB-Mag - 5/11 | Magnetic Surface Nanostructures - self-assembled, ordered, impurity atoms, chains ... [more]

SCV-CAS - 5/16 | Physical Verification Challenges and Solutions for 45nm and Beyond - verify, modify, optimize ... [more]

SCV-CNSV - 5/17 | What Every Inventor and Entrepreneur Needs to Know about Patents - representation, timeline ... [more]


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Regulatory Compliance for Medical Devices (19029) starting March 30 [more]

Medical Device Design and Development (19977) starting April 4 [more]

Design Control for Product Development (21973) starting April 7 [more]

Friday, April 15, 2011 -- 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Techmart Network Meeting Center, Santa Clara

The Electronic Materials Symposium is an inter-disciplinary conference that presents a broad spectrum of expert views on problems at the intersection of electronic materials and devices. It informs participants about challenges that excite today's materials scientists through a series of invited talks by experts in their respective fields. The program features presentations on advanced electronic materials processing techniques and devices, and analytical techniques by outstanding speakers who have made significant contributions to their respective fields.

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Short courses on cutting-edge technology topics, taught by leading industry experts:

Energy Storage - Essential Partners for Renewable Energy - Tuesday, April 5, Noon - 5 PM, with Dr. Peter Borden -- Santa Clara University Regular admission: $95. Unemployed: $45

Sustainability in Information Technology - Wednesday, April 21, 9 AM - 4 PM, with Cullen Bash, Chandrakant Patel, Dr. Amip Shah, HP Sustainable IT Ecosystem Lab

Energy-Efficient Computing - Friday, May 13, 9 AM - 4 PM, with Dr. Silvia Figuiera, Dr. Amer Ahmed -- Santa Clara University Email Rosie Chow with inquiries: [email protected]

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CALL FOR PAPERS 45th Annual Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers

Asilomar Hotel and Conference Grounds Pacific Grove, California

November 6-9, 2011 www.asilomarssc.org

Authors are invited to submit papers before May 1st, 2011, in the following areas: Submissions should include a 50 to 100 word abstract and an extended summary (500 to 1000 words, plus figures). Submissions must include the title of the paper, each author's name and affiliation, and the technical area(s) in which the paper falls with number(s) from the above list. Check the conference website (www.asilomarssc.org) for specific information on the electronic submission process. Submissions will be accepted starting February 1, 2011. No more than FOUR submissions are allowed per contributor, as author or co-author. All submissions must be received by May 1st, 2011. Notifications of acceptance will be mailed by mid July 2011, and author information will be available on the conference website by late July 2011. Full papers will be due shortly after the conference and published in early 2012. All technical questions should be directed to the Technical Program Chair, Dr. Robert W. Heath Jr., e-mail [email protected] or the General Chair, Dr. Jim Schroeder, e-mail [email protected].

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

General Chair: Jim Schroeder, Harris Corporation Technical Program Chair: Robert W. Heath Jr., The University of Texas at Austin Conference Coordinator: Monique P. Fargues, Naval Postgraduate School Publication Chair: Michael Matthews, ATK Space Systems Publicity Chair: Linda DeBrunner, Florida State University Finance Chair: Frank Kragh, Naval Postgraduate School

The site for the 2011 Conference is at the Asilomar Conference Grounds, in Pacific Grove, CA. The grounds border the Pacific Ocean and are close to Monterey, Carmel, and the scenic Seventeen Mile Drive in Pebble Beach.

The Conference is organized in cooperation with the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, and ATK Space Systems, Monterey, CA. The IEEE Signal Processing Society is a technical co-sponsor of the conference.

4. Robust Methods, 5. Computational Aspects, 6. Applications (Sonar, Radar, Microphone arrays, etc.) F. Biomedical Signal and Image Processing: 1. Medical Image Analysis, 2. Imaging Modalities, 3. Advances in Medical Imaging, 4. Biomedical Signal Processing, 5. Biomedical Applications, 6. Bioinformatics, 7. Image Registration and Multi-modal Imaging, 8. Image Reconstruction, 9. Computer Aided Diagnosis, 10. Functional Imaging, 11. Visualization G. Architecture and Implementation: 1. Energy efficient design, 2. High-speed computer arithmetic, 3. Reconfigurable signal processing, 4. Multicore, manycore and distributed systems, 5. Algorithm and architecture co-optimization, 6. System-level representation and synthesis, 7. Cyber-physical system prototypes/testbeds H. Speech, Image and Video Processing: 1. Speech Processing, 2. Speech Coding, 3. Speech Recognition, 4. Narrowband / Wideband Speech and Audio Coding, 5. Document Processing, 6. Models for Signal and Image Processing, 7. Image and Video Coding, 8. Image and Video Segmentation, 9. Image and Video Analysis, 10. Image / Video Security, Retrieval and Watermarking, 11. Image and Video Enhancement / Filtering, 12. Biometrics and Security, 13. Wavelets

A. Communications Systems: 1. Modulation and Detection, 2. Error Control Coding, 3. OFDM / Multicarrier, 4. Cognitive Radio, 5. Adaptive Waveforms, 6. Wireless Security/Privacy, 7. Power line communication, 8. DSL and Wireline Technologies, 9. 60GHz, 10. Optical Communications, 11. 4G Applications B. MIMO Communications and Signal Processing: 1. Space-Time Coding and Decoding, 2. Channel Estimation and Equalization, 3. Multi-user MIMO, 4. Base Station Cooperation, 5. Limited Feedback Techniques, 6. Interference Management C. Networks: 1. Transmission Techniques for Ad Hoc Networks, 2. Wireless Sensor Networks, 3. Network Information Theory, 4. Cooperative Diversity, 5. Relays, 6. Heterogeneous Networks, 7. Cognitive/Adaptive Sensor Networks D. Signal Processing and Adaptive Systems: 1. Compressive Sensing, 2. Machine Learning Based Statistical Signal Processing, 3.Information Theoretic Signal Processing, 4. Cognitive Information Processing, 5. Adaptive Filtering, 6. Fast Algorithms E. Array Signal Processing: 1. Source Localization, 2. Source Separation, 3. Adaptive Beamforming

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May 17, 2011 Computer History Museum, Mt. View

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April 7-8, 2011 Monterey Beach Hotel, Monterey

Only $280 for IEEE Members $100 for unemployed IEEE members

EDPS provides an exchange of ideas among the top thinkers, movers, and shakers who focus on how chips and systems are designed in the electronics industry. State-of-the-art improvements to electronics design processes and CAD methodologies.

Technical Themes: ● Parallel EDA ● High-Level Design ● Cloud Computing (including SaaS) ● Low-Power Design ● 3D ICs

Panel: “3D-IC's - Real or Imaginary: And what would speed adoption?”

Internationally renowned speakers include well-known IEEE Software authors and Software Industry leaders: Gary McGraw, Cigital, CTO Jan Bosch, Intuit VP Grady Booch (via Second Life), IBM Chief

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Cost: $8 for IEEE Members; $12 for non-members Place: Bannan Engineering Laboratories

(Multipurpose Room), Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara

RSVP: Through the website; engineers of all ages welcome

Web: www.e-grid.net/docs/1103-scv-gold.pdf

Cloud computing requires the engagement of many disciplines across technology, business and law. Contention between these disciplines is common, yet the success of cloud computing requires a new level of understanding amongst them. Each disclipine can learn to work closer with each other. The adage, “togather we can be greater than the sum of our parts”, has never been truer. Four panelists covering two technical aspects (security and performance), business benefits, and legal implications, will join together for a lively discussion. Each attendee, no matter their specialty, is sure to learn something new and derive immediate benefit.

During the networking hour, enjoy wine with delicious food, and mingle with like-minded professionals. Tap the speakers for conversation, and connect with the event sponsors (Riverbed and IEEE).

THURSDAY March 31, 2011

SCV Grads of the Last Decade (GOLD)

• Patent application preparation, prosecution, IP Strategy • Enforcing, Licensing and Monetizing Patents • Broad Experience in many Electrical and Software arts • Our Experts: IEEE Fellow, SPIE Fellow, Technical and Legal Experts

Ph: 408-288-7588 www.StevensLawGroup.com

Email: [email protected]

1754 Technology Dr, #226 San Jose


Cyber Security for Industrial Controls

Facilitator: Ron Kane, Lawrence Livermore National

Laboratory Time: Networking and Optional Food/Beverage

ordering at 6:00 PM; Forum Discussion at 6:30 PM

Cost: none (except for ordered food) Place: Emil Villa's, 3064 Pacific Ave, Livermore RSVP: not required Web: www.e-grid.net/docs/1104-oeb-cs.pdf

Our discussion will initially focus on the recent

reported activities of the STUXNET software worm which reportedly targeted centrifuges in Iran. A compilation of what has appeared in the open public press about what it is, how it may have been introduced, and what it did, will be presented. As time and group interests allows, the discussion will touch on other similar occurrences where operations were impacted by lack of cyber security measures.

We encourage open participation and debate so we can all benefit. Your knowledge of programmable logic controllers, process controls, and industrial computer networks, can help us all appreciate these attacks and better protect our systems.

Join us for an open discussion facilitated by Ron Kane of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and IEEE OEB member (an interested and equally uninformed party who finds this fascinating).

TUESDAY April 5, 2011

OEB Computer


Scrappy Project Management

Speaker: Kimberly Wiefling, Wiefling Consulting Time: Networking at 6:00 PM; Forum at 6:30 PM;

Dinner at 7:15 PM; Presentation at 7:45 PM Cost: $10 for IEEE members; $13 for others Place: RAMADA Silicon Valley, 1217 Wildwood

Ave, Sunnyvale RSVP: not required Web: www.ieee-scv-tmc.org

Kimberly Wiefling, Executive Editor of the Scrappy About Series, is a proven expert in enabling people to achieve what seems impossible, but is merely difficult. She is the author of one of the top project management books in the US, “Scrappy Project Management – The 12 Predictable and Avoidable Pitfalls Every Project Faces”, a book growing in popularity around the world, and recently published in Japanese by Nikkei Business Press. She is the founder of Wiefling Consulting, LLC, a global leadership and business management consulting firm. She currently spends about half of her time working with high-potential leaders in Japanese companies, facilitating leadership, innovation and execution excellence workshops to enable Japanese companies to solve global problems profitably.

A physicist by education, and a successful business leadership and project management consultant for the past 9 years, she began her professional career working for 10 years at HP in product development project management and engineering leadership. She spent 5 years in the wild and wacky world of Silicon Valley startups, including a Xerox Parc spinoff where she was the VP of Program Management. In 2001 she rose from the ashes of the dot-com bust, launched her consulting practice, and never looked back.

In typical Silicon Valley style, Kimberly has helped to start, run and grow a dozen small businesses. Several of the startups that she co-founded are still in business and profitable.

Kimberly’s clients include companies like Cisco Systems, Symantec, Intuit, HP, Agilent Technologies, Mazda, Daiichi Sankyo, Dow Corning Toray, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, the University of California, the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Siemens, Hitachi, Alcoa, Xerox PARC, NECsoft, NTT DoCoMo, and many more.

In spite of oodles of research and years of

experience, many projects continue to fail for entirely predictable, avoidable – and quite frankly boring – reasons. Enough is enough! Stop managing, and start leading your project teams to the success they deserve. With unmatched enthusiasm, Kimberly will by your guide as you explore the 12 core principles in her popular book: Be completely & unrepentantly obsessed with the

“Customer”. Provide shared, measurable, challenging, &

achievable Goals as clear as sunlight. Engage in effective, vociferous & unrelenting

Communication with all stakeholders. Assure that Roles & Responsibilities are

unmistakably understood and agreed by all. Create viable Plans & Schedules that enjoy the

team’s hearty commitment. Mitigate big, hairy, abominable Risks & implement

innovative Accelerators. Prioritize ruthlessly, choosing between heart,

lungs & kidneys if necessary. Anticipate and accommodate necessary and

inevitable Change. Challenge Assumptions & Beliefs, especially

insidious self-imposed limitations. Manage the Expectations of all stakeholders:

under-promise & over-deliver. Learn from experience. Make new and more

exciting mistakes each time! Attitude of Gratitude: Celebrate success, . . . and

some failures, too.

Over 5000 people have viewed the hysterical video documenting the final phase of completing her book. Kimberly is contributing to making the world a better place in a number of ways. She’s the co-founder of the Open Kilowatt Institute (OKI) and the co-chair of the

SDForum Engineering Leadership Special Interest Group (EL SIG). She’s supporting micro-finance for entrepreneurs throughout the world via Kiva, and she supports the economic independence of women in various ways around the world because she believes that this is the most effective way raise the quality of life for all people.

THURSDAY April 7, 2011

SCV Technology Management


Evolution of the Utility-Scale Solar Industry

Speaker: Mark McLanahan, Fotowatio Renewable

Ventures Time: Noon - 1:00 PM Cost: none (Lunch not provided – please bring

your own lunch) Place: Pacific Gas & Electric, Conference Room

A, 245 Market St. San Francisco RSVP: Required, by email to [email protected] Web: www.linkedin.com/groups?

about=&gid=3809517&trk=anet_ug_grppro

Mark McLanahan, Senior Vice President of Acquisitions, is currently responsible for sourcing, negotiating, and closing external solar project opportunities for Fotowatio Renewable Ventures to complement internal development activities. As a founding member of the company, he has worked on a variety of projects from the large “behind-the-meter” projects already in the company’s operating portfolio to the utility-scale projects currently in the development pipeline. Prior to FRV, Mr. McLanahan was with Gap Inc. for seven years, most recently as Director of Company Planning with responsibility for business planning and financial risk management. Prior to that, he was on the EMEA financial planning team for Compaq Computer in Munich, Germany. Mr. McLanahan has a Master’s Degree from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and an undergraduate degree in International Business from the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Climate change, coupled with volatile oil prices and increasing government support and incentives has created a competitive market for the development of renewable energy projects, including utility-scale photovoltaic systems. The U.S. solar market has witnessed rapid growth in the past few years, but the industry is just taking off. While the opportunities are large, fierce competition, complex development regulations, and a challenging financing environment have made completing utility-scale projects a difficult task. Come and learn about this fascinating realm of utility-scale development and both the challenges and outlook for this industry as renewable technologies comprise a larger portion of electric generation in the United States.

MONDAY April 11, 2011SF Grads of the Last Decade (GOLD)

Patent Agent Jay Chesavage, PE

MSEE Stanford 3833 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto 94303

[email protected]

www.File-EE-Patents.com

TEL: 650-619-5270 FAX: 650-494-3835


EMI in Electric Power Substations

Speaker: John T. Tengdin, Senior Partner & Cofounder, OPUS Consulting Group; IEEE Life Fellow

Time: Networking/light dinner at 5:30 PM; Presentation at 6:30 PM

Cost: none Place: Applied Materials Bowers Cafeteria, 3090

Bowers Ave., Santa Clara RSVP: not required Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/emc

John T. Tengdin, P.E (IEEE LF' 2007) received US Navy training as a radio technician, then served about the USS Kern (AOG-2) at the end of WWII. He worked summers as a "grunt" in Espanola, NM for Inland Utilities Company during his Purdue years. He graduated from Purdue University in 1949 with a BSEE degree (Power Major - Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu). His post-college employment experience began with Dayton Power and Light Company in their Cadet Engineering Program. That was interrupted by a recall to active duty in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War as an Electronic Technician. At NAS San Diego, he developed a jeep-mounted radio relay unit that automatically linked communications between HF and VHF voice channels - for use during front line close air support - and improved the design during field tests in North Korea. Upon return to civilian life, he joined General Electric Company as a field service engineer, later as an application engineer serving electric utilities and their consulting engineering firms. He worked for GE's Computer Department for three years until it was sold to Honeywell Information Systems in Wellesley, MA where he worked for two years. He returned to GE in 1972 as Manager of Product Planning for GE's protective relay business located in Philadelphia, PA. Under his direction, GE's PROBE Project installed a minicomputer (Varian V72) in a Commonwealth Edison substation to explore the limits to pure digital solutions. In 1980, he was one of the founders of GE's Digital Systems Operation in King of Prussia, PA. He began work as an independent consultant in 1986, and formed OPUS Publishing ...

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EMI: How found? What events triggered the research? What failures occurred? Component damage?

False trips? What IEEE PES protective relay standards

evolved as a result? What's in IEEE 1613?

This talk will cover how the IEEE PES Substations Committee WG C2 built on that history to create IEEE 1613-2003 in eleven months - from a blank page to a balloted "IEEE 1613 - Standard Environmental and Testing Requirements for Communication Networking Devices in Electric Power Substations".

What was new then? Required serial and Ethernet communication (via copper and/or fiber - depending on the ports provided in the device) per prescribed communication profiles, and the added pass/fail criteria for loss of communication.

What's new now - A PAR to extend the scope to "In Electric Power Facilities" - AND Add a communication profile for communications via RF to be underway during each of the four transient tests, and - if necessary - tweeks to the pass/fail criteria.

as a two man partnership specializing in substation automation and cyber security in 1999. It was the predecessor to OPUS Consulting Group, formed in 2007, where he is a Senior Partner and Co-Founder. He was one of the US members of IEC TC57 WG 10-11-12 that developed IEC 61850. He has received numerous awards from the PES Substations Committee and the PES Power System Relaying Committee for his work on technical papers and standards, and from the IEEE SA for rapid standard development. He chaired the IEEE PES Substations Committee Working Group C2 that developed IEEE 1613-2003 in eleven months. His 2007 Fellow citation was "for leadership in Ethernet local area network based protective relaying and control in electric power substations".


SCV Electromagnetic Compatibility


Cloud Computing: Compelling Architectural Considerations

Speaker: Alan Hakimi, Senior Enterprise Architect for

Microsoft Services – Enterprise Strategy and Architecture

Time: Networking with food and beverage at 6:30 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM

Cost: none Place: Cadence Design Systems - Building 10,

Montague Expy & Trimble Road, San Jose RSVP: Use web link Web: csapril12.eventbrite.com

Alan Hakimi is Senior Enterprise Architect for Microsoft Services – Enterprise Strategy and Architecture. A professional in the IT industry for over 20 years, Alan joined Microsoft in 1996 as parts of the consulting services organization. During his time consulting for Microsoft, he has worked with senior IT executives within Fortune 50 companies; delivering innovative, high-performance IT solutions around infrastructure, collaboration, portals, web applications, and systems management. Alan has architect certifications from Microsoft (MCA) and the International Association of Software Architects (CITA-P) and is currently the leading a Microsoft worldwide community in the discipline of Enterprise Architecture. Alan is currently within Microsoft Services providing executive consulting around business strategy and enterprise architecture. He has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California at Davis in Computer Engineering. His career began at the Fair Isaac Company (now FICO) as a software development engineer and IT systems analyst around credit decision systems prior to joining Microsoft. Alan is a member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) and International Association of Software Architects (IASA). He and his wife and two children currently reside in the San Francisco Bay Area. In his spare time he enjoys cycling, hiking, making music, cooking, and studying philosophy.

This presentation elaborates on the evolution of

cloud computing by nature of consumer oriented systems and computing fabrics. We will walk through the common cloud offerings of IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS and some architectural considerations for designing solutions given this new computing paradigm. Systems Thinking, Graph Theory, Complex Adaptive Systems, and Philosophy all come together in describing the system architecture nature of the cloud, and how software professionals from developers to enterprise architects have to change their own mindsets to developing the modern dynamic business applications for the future.


SCV Computer


Developments in MEMS Packaging

Speaker: Alissa Fitzgerald, Founder, AMFitzgerald

and Associates Time: Buffet dinner at 6:00 PM; Presentation (no

cost) at 6:45 PM Cost: $20; $10 for fulltime students and currently

unemployed engineers Place: Biltmore Hotel, 2151 Laurelwood Rd (Fwy

101 at Montague Expressway), Santa Clara RSVP: from the website Web: www.cpmt.org/scv

Dr. Alicia Fitzgerald has over 15 years of hands-on engineering experience in MEMS design, fabrication and product development. She has developed over a dozen distinct MEMS devices, such as piezoresistive cantilevers, ultrasound transducers, and infrared imagers. She advises clients on the entire technology development cycle, from business and IP strategy, to initial design and prototyping, all the way through to foundry transfer. She is a recognized expert on reliability of brittle materials and is active in the development of a proprietary MEMS fracture prediction tool.

She has previously been employed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Orbital Sciences Corporation, Sigpro, and Sensant Corporation (acquired by Siemens). Dr. Fitzgerald received her bachelor and master degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and her doctorate from Stanford University, all in the discipline of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Dr. Fitzgerald has numerous journal publications, holds two patents, and is a frequent lecturer at UC Berkeley, Stanford University and local professional group meetings. Dr. Fitzgerald serves on the Governing Council of the MEMS Industry Group.

The MEMS industry was born nearly 40 years ago

when mechanical engineers decided to use the tools in a semiconductor fab to make structures, not transistors, on silicon wafers. Since then, MEMS has evolved into an industry of its own, and along the way, has developed new process and packaging capabilities. Some of these capabilities, such as deep silicon etch, sacrificial material deposition/release and wafer-level bonding are finding their way back into the semiconductor world in applications such as through-silicon via (TSV), chip stacking and trench isolation.

In this talk, I will review some of the more interesting process and packaging technologies that have emerged from the field of MEMS. Many of these innovations came about as a result of engineers trying to cope with the challenges of packaging MEMS devices -- which are far more fragile than IC chips -- and as sensors, must interact with their surrounding environment.

WEDNESDAY April 13, 2011

SCV Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology


Study of Human and Robotic Motion: What It Can Teach Us About Our Brains and Bodies

Speaker: Vytas Sunspiral, NASA Ames Time: Networking/Refreshments at 6:30 PM;

Presentation at 7:00 PM Cost: none Place: Cogswell Polytechnical College, 1175

Bordeaux Drive, Sunnyvale RSVP: from website Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/css

Vytas Sunspiral is a Senior Robotics Researcher

in the Intelligent Robotics Group within the Intelligent Systems Division at NASA Ames Research Center. He is currently leading efforts within the group to develop new biologically inspired approaches to robotic systems which interact safely with humans and the environment. Recently, Vytas lead development and field-testing of the Footfall Planning Software, which enables operators to plan walking sequences over complex terrain for the ATHLETE family of six-legged lunar robots. Prior to that Vytas was the Manager of the ArmLab, where he investigated non-dexterous robotic manipulation of the environment. Vytas has been developing new robotic technologies and leading start-ups since he graduated from Stanford University in 1998. Most recently he took at 1.5-year break from NASA to be the CTO of Apisphere Inc, a Berkeley based startup that built a cloud-based system for delivering location triggered services to mobile devices. His first start-up in 1998 was Mobot Inc., which built fully autonomous robotic tour guides for museums – some of the first publicly, deployed social robots to autonomously interact with the public. In parallel with his career in Robotics Research, Vytas has been a life-long student of human motion in many forms, including yoga, dance, martial arts, and (consequently) many forms of physical therapy.

There is a fundamental connection between understanding our daily human experience and researching robotics. This connection is Motion. Because our brains exist to coordinate motion, if we wish to understand how we think, feel, and relate to others, we should start by understanding how we move. Robotics is also fundamentally a science of Motion, spanning the range from motor controllers to advanced algorithms for world modeling and deciding where to move to. This talk will integrate lessons learned from many robotics systems (both NASA built robots and others), and emerging theories of human physiology and neuroscience to paint an integrated picture of how our brains and bodies work together to create coordinated actions in a messy dynamic world. In the process we will see that unlike computers, our brains are organized around timing, rhythm, and synchronization, and that human qualities like self-awareness may be the side effect of the computational requirements of intentional motion.

WEDNESDAY April 13, 2011

SCV Control Systems


Small Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) Design and Applications

Speaker: Dr. Stephen Morris, President, MLB Co. Time: Networking/Refreshments at 6:30 PM;

Presentation at 7:00 PM Cost: none Place: Carnegie Mellon University Silicon Valley,

Room 118, Moffett Field, Sunnyvale RSVP: Not required Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/ras

Steve Morris is a well-known authority in the design and operation of small UAVs. He is the president the MLB Company of Mountain View. MLB produces miniature unmanned aircraft for commercial and government use. Dr. Morris has developed surveillance aircraft ranging in size from 6 inches to 6 feet, many of which operate autonomously. He has been the lead engineer for the design, development, and testing of airframe, flight control, and flight software for more than 20 UAV prototype aircraft and has over 1000 hours logged as a UAV operator. He has also served as a consultant for companies designing and building unmanned aircraft. In addition to his experience at MLB, Dr. Morris’ has previous engineering experience at the Lockheed-Martin Advanced Technology Center, Aurora Flight Sciences, and Boeing Aerospace. Education: Ph.D. Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford

University, 1990 MS Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford

University, 1984 BS Mechanical Engineering, Bucknell University,

1983 He is a member of AUVSI, the Association for

Unmanned Vehicle Systems International.

The Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) market is in a rapid growth phase with the greatest demand for smaller UAV systems that give military users a low cost, persistent surveillance capability. MLB has been producing small UAV systems for more than 10 years for commercial and military users and this talk will discuss mission performance and operational issues peculiar to small (<100 lb) unmanned aircraft and how this affects the overall system design. Our latest research and development effort focuses on a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) configuration which eliminates the need for cumbersome launch and recovery infrastructure. We will present examples of commercial and military applications of small UAVs as well as video from flight operations.


SCV Robotics and Automation

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Clean Technology: Recent Trends and Developments

Speaker: Dr. William Kao, UC Santa Cruz Silicon

Valley Extension Time: Networking/Light Dinner at 6:30 PM;

Presentation at 7:00 PM Cost: $2 donation for food Place: QualComm, Building B, 3165 Kifer Road,

Santa Clara RSVP: not required Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/cas

Dr. William Kao received his BSEE, MSEE and PhD from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He has worked in the Semiconductor and Electronic Design Automation industries for 30 years, holding senior and executive engineering management positions at Texas Instruments, Xerox Corporation, and Cadence Design Systems.

Dr. Kao has authored more than 40 technical papers and holds many software and IC patents. He was an Adjunct Professor at UCLA Electrical Engineering Department where he taught courses in computer aided circuit design. Dr. Kao is a Senior Member of IEEE, and was one of the founding members of IEEE-Circuits and Systems - Silicon Valley Chapter, where he was Chapter Chair in 2005 and 2006.

Dr. Kao currently teaches Renewable Energy, Clean Technology and Business Sustainability courses at UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Extension, and at the Silicon Valley Technical Institute in San Jose. He is also a technical advisor and consultant for several local Clean Tech companies.

Dr. Kao was the founder and President of CARES (Chinese American Renewable Energy Society), now The Clean Technology Group of the Chinese Institute of Engineers (CIE) USA-SF, where he is currently a Board Member. Most recently, Dr. Kao was a Clean Technology consultant for mainland China Government where he taught courses on “Low Carbon Economy” to Chinese government officials; for the Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology where he was invited to give seminars on Clean Technology, Renewable Energy, and Energy Efficiency at major universities (academia), and government research institutions; and for the Malaysian Government on ‘Emerging Technologies’ for a new Knowledge Based Economy.

In this talk Dr. Kao will cover most recent trends in renewable energy (solar, wind), energy storage, smart grid technologies, green transportation (HSR, EV), and Clean/Green Technology jobs.

MONDAY April 18, 2011SCV Circuits and Systems


Building Brains with Memristive Memory

Speaker: Greg Snider, HP Labs Time: Registration & light lunch 11:30 AM;

Presentation at 12:00 PM Noon Cost: IEEE Members and Students $5; Non-

Members $10 Place: National Semiconductor Bldg E-1 CMA

Room, 2900 Semiconductor Drive, Santa Clara

RSVP: from the website Web: www.ieee.org/nano

Greg Snider is a senior researcher at HP Labs exploring neuro-morophic computing. His background includes analog and digital circuit design, communications, medical imaging, hardware and software architectures, compilers, operating systems, logic and software synthesis, and nano-electronics.

What are the technological, economic, and

conceptual barriers to building intelligent machines that adaptively interact with a changing and uncertain world? This talk will cover some key mathematical foundations (nonlinear dynamics, tensor analysis, bias/variance dilemma), hardware issues (analog vs digital, power, cost, memory), neural algorithms (algebra vs. analysis, domain transformations) and architecture.


SCV Nanotechnology


Demystifying Cybersecurity – Myths vs Realities

Speakers: Ed Talbot and Tom Kroeger, Ph.D., Sandia

National Laboratories; Time: Networking, food, drinks at 6:00 PM;

Presentations at 6:30 PM Cost: $5 donation is requested for refreshments Place: National Semiconductor Auditorium (Bldg

E), 2900 Semiconductor Drive, Santa Clara RSVP: by email to [email protected] Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/comsoc

Ed Talbot currently manages the Information Assurance Department, which is responsible for Sandia’s network security operations (wired and wireless); the network security architecture; and information security research. He has an MS in Computer Science and has been with Sandia National Laboratories since 1976. He has had a wide variety of systems engineering assignments since that time.

Tom Kroeger, Ph.D., currently does systems and

security research for Sandia. His interests are in network security protocols and OS system patterns. He holds an appointment as a Research Associate at UC Santa Cruz.

Current cyber security approaches are

fundamentally broken. Vulnerabilities in current implementations are virtually limitless, and threats are exploiting these vulnerabilities faster than we can detect and counter them. This talk presents a qualitative survey of the current state of affairs in cyber security. We show how current cyber security implementations compound the problem by creating the illusion of security. The result is a primitive cyber society in which trust and confidence are absent or, worse yet, deceptive. This examination of cyber security is intended as a reality check with the hope of provoking the thoughtful discussion about solutions that address the core problems. We will examine this situation and present several approaches that attempt to develop a basis from which we can foster transformation in digital security.


SCV Communications, with Computer


Getting Paid Speaker: Jonathan J. Sweet, Law Offices of

Jonathan J. Sweet Time: Presentation at 7:00 PM Cost: none Place: KeyPoint Credit Union, 2805 Bowers Ave.,

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

CNSV member Jonathan J. Sweet has been an attorney since 1986. He lectures regularly on legal topics through Lorman Education Services. He teaches law school classes at Lincoln Law School of San Jose, and is available to act as a mediator or arbitrator for dispute resolution.

Jonathan J. Sweet, a Los Gatos attorney, reviews

contract language and clauses for your consulting agreements and those you are asked to sign. He will discuss applicable California law and factual circumstances of which you should be aware to help ensure that you get paid when you work as a consultant.

No one likes working and not getting paid. If you carefully draft your consulting agreements, as well as carefully review any contracts you are asked to sign and understand what you are signing, you will dramatically increase the likelihood of getting paid.

Avoiding litigation is crucial to preserving business relationships and to ensuring that you have the time to perform your work and enjoy your leisure time. This is obviously preferable to paying attorneys' fees and spending personal time on a lawsuit.

If a lawsuit is unavoidable, resolution by mediation or arbitration may reduce the cost of the dispute and increase the likelihood of preserving relationships.

Attendees are invited to actively participate in what should be a helpful and enjoyable meeting. Your questions and thoughts are most welcome.


SCV Consultants' Network of Silicon Valley


Robotic Rehabilitation with the Bionic Leg

Speaker: Robert Horst, PhD, Chief Technology

Officer, Tibion Corporation Time: Optional dinner: Stanford Hospital

Cafeteria, 6:15 PM (no host, no reservations); presentation at 7:30 PM

Cost: none Place: Room M-114, Stanford University Medical

School, Stanford RSVP: not required Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/embs

Robert Horst is a Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Tibion Corporation where he has over nine years of experience designing products for robotic therapy and mobility enhancement. He has extensive experience in electronics, systems architecture and fault-tolerant computing from his tenure at Hewlett Packard, Tandem Computers, Compaq, 3ware, and Network Appliance. As a consultant, he has worked with several startup companies and served as an expert witness in patent litigation. Dr. Horst is an IEEE Fellow and currently holds 73 U.S. patents. He received a BSEE from Bradley University, an MSEE from the University of Illinois and a Ph.D in Computer Science from the University of Illinois.

Tibion is an emerging medical device company pioneering the use of novel bionic technology for stroke rehabilitation. This talk will discuss the engineering, clinical and market challenges in taking a medical device from initial idea to viable business. Tibion has developed the Bionic Leg, a wearable powered assistive leg brace that includes a high-torque actuator, electronics, sensors, and embedded firmware. The device amplifies the residual intention of stroke patients and provides assistance for sit-to-stand, walking, and stair climbing as well as controlled resistance for stand-to-sit and stair descent. The device is now in use in over a dozen clinics and has been shown to be an effective tool for use by therapists in gait retraining of patients with neuromuscular deficiencies.

WEDNESDAY April 20, 2011SCV Engineering in Medicine and Biology


Super Synchronous Motors in High Speed Applications

Speakers: David Robison, FMC Technologies Direct

Drive Systems; Charles Tremaine, Electrical Equipment Sales

Time: Social at 5:30 PM; Presentation at 6:15 PM; dinner at 7:15 PM; Presentation continues at 8:00 PM

Cost: $20 for IEEE members; $25 for non-members

Place: Marie Callender's Restaurant - The Garden Room; 2090 Diamond Blvd, Concord

RSVP: by April 19, to Gregg Boltz, [email protected] or (925) 210-2571

Web: www.e-grid.net/docs/1104-oeb-ias.pdf

David Robison is Western Area Sales Manager, FMC Technologies Direct Drive Systems. David earned a BSME from University of Tulsa, and holds a MBA from University of Colorado. Dave has 10 years manufacturing his own reciprocating compressor designs and over 20 years of experience at Sundstrand Corp, Sundyne Pumps and Compressors and General Electric, GE Oil & Gas, Gas/Steam Turbines, Electric Motors, Generators, Pumps and Compressors.

Charles Tremaine is a Sales Engineer at

Electrical Equipment Sales. Charles served in the USN Submarine Service, was Western Regional Manager for Computer Controls Corporation, and District Manager for Analogic Corporation.

David Robison will present on the latest

developments in super synchronous motors (up to 22,500 RPM). He will compare applications using high speed motors to applications using gear boxes.

Charles Tremaine will present on how to specify Medium Voltage Variable Frequency Drives. This will cover critical issues with the converter and inverter as well as reliability, motor compatibility and servicing.


OEB Industry Applications

MET Laboratories

EMC – Product Safety

US & Canada

• Electromagnetic Compatibility • Product Safety Cert. • Environmental Simulation • Full TCB Services • Design Consultations • MIL-STD testing • NEBS (Verizon ITL & FOC) • Telecom • Wireless, RFID (DASH7 & EPCglobal Test Lab)

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Electrical Design and Applications Seminar

Time: Registration at 8:00 AM; Presentations from 8:30 AM - 4:45 PM

Cost: $235 (includes breakfast, lunch, Handbook) – Multi-attendee discount plan

Place: Hilton Pleasanton, 7050 Johnson Dr., Pleasanton

RSVP: From registration link Web: sfias2011seminar.eventbrite.com 8:00 AM: Registration 8:30AM – 4:40 PM: Presentations

Electrical Distribution Equipment Design Secrets (Back to Basics – And Beyond…)

In keeping with the age old saying, “You Learn Something New Every Day.” The speakers will dissect a typical commercial / industrial One-Line diagram, uncovering product and application secrets designed to make your engineering day more productive. We will review Medium Voltage Switchgear, M.V. and L.V. Transformers, Low Voltage Switchgear, Switchboards, and Panelboards. The speakers will discuss the why’s and when’s associated with each type of distribution equipment covered, and will reveal handy details (that not everybody knows) about each type of equipment discussed. The Speakers will also present a “Mythbusters” segment. At the end of the session, you’ll understand when to use UL 1558 Switchgear, and when / why to use a UL 891 Switchboard. We’ll review SPD applications, Transformer options, Panelboard features, and NEC Code considerations with respect to the equipment we discuss. We will talk about Arc Flash risks with respect to each type of gear. Hold on – There’s a “Ton” of information and only the morning session to communicate it all. The three speakers offer over 75 years of Electrical Distribution Equipment application experience, and know all the tricks and secrets. Bring your application questions, whys, when’s, and how come questions.

Speakers: - Chris Lovin, Eaton; - Gary Fox, General Electric; - Finn Schenck, Schneider Electric

Forensic Engineering – Electrical Codes and the Expert Witness

California’s electrical codes such as GO-95, GO-165, GO-128, and Title 24 Part 3 (The California Electrical Code) govern utility distribution equipment and building electrical installations. NFPA 70E also provides guidance for safe work practices around energized electrical equipment. The common purpose for electrical codes is to provide minimum equipment and installation standards that are intended result in safe use of electrical power. Despite all of these electrical code requirements and safe work practices, electrical injuries, accidental electrocutions and property damage caused by electrical equipment failures and/or unsafe work practices still occur with some frequency and often result in a claim for monetary payment. Mr. Loud is often called upon to determine the root cause and contributing factors of such incidents and then to communicate his findings both in deposition and a court of law as an engineering expert. California’s electrical codes are often of great relevance in determining the cause of such incidents. These codes are constantly being revised making it important to determine which code revision to consider related to each incident. Mr. Loud’s presentation will address an Electrical Engineer’s involvement as an expert witness and outline challenges and pitfalls inherent in the legal process for an expert. He will convey these lessons primarily through the use of interesting case studies which involved electrical code issues and his expert testimony.

Speaker: John Loud, MSEE, P.E. CFEI, Exponent (Failure Analysis Associates)

Building Information Modeling - what does it mean for the electrical engineer?

In this presentation our panel will answer the questions many electrical engineers are asking: what exactly is BIM, how does it work, what can it do, will it make life easier or harder, is it only for mechanical engineers, and is it worth the investment? Our panel will provide a sobering look at how BIM has been implemented on several projects and how it has affected the delivery process. The discussion will provide an overview of current BIM software capabilities and where the technology is headed as well as detail the potential advantages, opportunities, and inevitable challenges of using BIM on your next project.

Speakers: four engineers/associates from Arup

FRIDAY April 29, 2011SF Industry Applications


Culture Eats Strategy

Speaker: Jim Arena, Senior Director, Juniper

Networks Time: Networking at 6:00 PM; Forum at 6:30 PM;

Dinner at 7:15 PM; Presentation at 7:45 PM Cost: $10 for IEEE members; $13 for others Place: RAMADA Silicon Valley, 1217 Wildwood

Ave, Sunnyvale RSVP: not required Web: www.ieee-scv-tmc.org

This talk will concern the importance in projects

and management of understanding participants’ organizational culture. Not recognizing and adapting to participants’ styles can undermine even the best strategy.

THURSDAY May 5, 2011

SCV Technology Management


Theory, Principles, and Techniques for Designing

Low-Noise Oscillators

Speaker: Professor Jeremy Everard, University of York, UK

Time: Networking and food at 6:30 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM

Cost: none Place: National Semiconductor Conference

Center, Building E, 2900 Semiconductdor Drive, Sunnyvale

RSVP: not required Web: www.50MHzandUp.org

Dr. Jeremy Everard is the BAE Systems and Royal Academy of Engineering Research Professor at the Department of Electronics, University of York, UK.

Professor Jeremy Everard will present the theory,

underlying principles, and latest techniques for the design of state-of-the-art low-noise oscillators. Detailed design discussions will cover oscillators with exceptional performance operating from 10MHz to 10GHz using using a variety of different resonators: LC, crystal, SAW, helical, printed-helical, coplanar, ceramic transmission line (CRO), and dielectric (DRO). New material includes simplified accurate phase noise theory for negative resistance oscillators and a description of measurement systems and a cross correlation system with a noise floor below -200dBc.

Organized by the 50 MHz and Up Group

THURSDAY May 5, 2011

SCV Microwave Theory and Techniques


How do we Know that Human Activities have Affected the

Global Climate?

Speaker: Benjamin D. Santer, Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Time: Networking and dinner at 6:00 PM Cost: $15.00 per person, includes buffet dinner Place: Willow Tree Restaurant, 6513 Regional St,

Dublin RSVP: No later than Sunday, May 8, from the

website Web: www.ieee4life.org

Dr. Benjamin D. Santer is an atmospheric scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). His research focuses on such topics as climate model evaluation, the use of statistical methods in climate science, and identification of natural and anthropogenic “fingerprints” in observed climate records. Dr. Santer’s early research on the climatic effects of combined changes in greenhouse gases (GHGs) and sulfate aerosols contributed to the historic “discernible human influence” conclusion of the 1995 Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). He spent much of the last decade addressing the contentious issue of whether model-simulated changes in tropospheric temperature are in accord with satellite-based temperature measurements. His recent work has attempted to identify anthropogenic fingerprints in a number of different climate variables, such as tropopause height, atmospheric water vapor, the temperature of the stratosphere and troposphere, and ocean surface temperatures in hurricane formation regions.

Dr. Santer holds a Ph.D. in Climatology from the University of East Anglia, England, where he studied under Professor Tom Wigley. After completion of his Ph.D. in 1987, he spent five years at the Max-Planck Institute for Meteorology in Germany, and worked with Professor Klaus Hasselmann on the development and application of climate fingerprinting methods. In 1992, Dr. Santer joined Professor Larry Gates at LLNL’s Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison.

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Human-caused climate change is not a

hypothetical future event. It is real, and we are experiencing it in our lifetimes. Despite compelling evidence of human effects on global climate, there is a continuing need for scientists to explain "how we know it's us". The first part of my talk will briefly summarize the scientific underpinning for "discernible human influence" conclusions of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. I will show that the climate system is telling us an internally- and physically-consistent story. The message in this story is that observed changes in many different (and independently-measured) aspects of the climate system cannot be explained by natural causes alone.

Studies of the causes of climate change frequently rely on computer models of the climate system. Such models are the only tools we have for attempting to understand the size (and geographical and seasonal distribution) of the climate changes we are likely to experience over the 21st century. But not all computer models show equal skill in capturing key features of present-day climate. Should models with higher skill in reproducing today's climate be regarded as more trustworthy predictors of 21st century climate change? Is it easy to identify the "top 10" climate models in the world? How should decision-makers - and scientists interested in studying the impacts of climate change - use and interpret information on the strengths and weaknesses of different climate models? Can we find clever ways of reducing uncertainties in projections of future climate change? These are a few of the questions that will be addressed in the second part of the talk.

Dr. Santer served as convening lead author of the climate-change detection and attribution chapter of the 1995 IPCC report. More recently, he was the convening lead author of a key chapter of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program’s report on “Temperature Trends in the Lower Atmosphere”. His awards include the Norbert Gerbier–MUMM International Award (1998), a MacArthur Fellowship (1998), the U.S. Department of Energy's E.O. Lawrence Award (2002), and a Distinguished Scientist Fellowship from the U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Biological and Environmental Research (2005).

TUESDAY May 10, 2011

OEB Life Members


Magnetic Surface Nanostructures

Speaker: Dr. Axel Enders, Assistant Professor,

University of Nebraska – Lincoln Time: 3:00 PM Cost: none Place: Lawrence Berkeley National Labs, Berkeley RSVP: required, by email to Catherine Jenkins Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/oeb/mag

In this talk, I will discuss synthesis strategies for

and magnetism of surfacesupported self-assembled Fe and Co nanostructures. Simple tricks of surface science are used to fabricate a variety of nanostructures, from simple impurity atoms to atomic chains, stripes, dots and surface alloys to more complex, ordered structures such as cluster arrays or metal-molecule networks. Such structures are fascinating research objects as they give us an unprecedented view on the evolution of fundamental magnetic properties, such as the magnetic anisotropy. I will highlight Co nanodot arrays formed by self-assembly on reconstructed W(110) substrates. It is demonstrated that clusters containing 3 – 12 atoms in varied geometries on W(110) surface exhibit antiferromagnetic coupling, which is in a drastic contrast to the strong ferromagnetic coupling in bulk phases of Co, ultrathin films and nanoclusters of Co on various fcc and bcc substrates. I will present STM studies and measurements of the cluster magnetization with XMCD that exclude ferromagnetic spin alignment and explain our findings with first principles calculations, which consider the hybridization of W and Co states. I will show how the particular strength of this study, which is the combination of local STM probing with areaintegrating magnetic dichroism and photoelectron spectroscopy measurements, can be deployed also for the study of metal-organic surface structures and multiferroic nanostructures.

WEDNESDAY May 11, 2011

OEB Magnetics


Physical Verification Challenges and Solutions

for 45nm and Beyond

Speaker: Haifang Liao, Celesda Design Solutions Inc. Time: Networking/Light Dinner at 6:30 PM;

Presentation at 7:00 PM Cost: $2 donation for food Place: QualComm, Building B, 3165 Kifer Road,

Santa Clara RSVP: not required Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/cas

Haifang Liao received his B.S. and M.S degrees in electrical engineering from Zhejiang University in 1983 and Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1986, respectively, and his Ph.D. degree in computer engineering from the University of California at Santa Cruz in 1995.

Dr. Liao is the CEO of Celesda Design Solutions, Inc. which he founded in 2008. Prior to that, he was the founder and CEO of eTop Design Technology, Inc. which was acquired by Cadence in 2004. Then in Cadence, he served as the senior architect and later the product manager of the physical verification. Before that, Dr. Liao was co-founder and VP engineering of Ultima Interconnect Technology, Inc., one of two predecessor companies to Celestry. Celestry was acquired by Cadence in 2003.

From 1986 to 1991, Dr. Liao was a lecturer in Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Within this period, from 1988 to 1990, he served as a manager to develop physical verification tool set for China national ICCAD project --- Panda system.

Advanced semiconductor technology provides the capability to integrate billions of transistors for SOC designs, the tape-out data for manufacture reaches terabyte magnitude, and the complexity of design rules in the deep sub-wavelength processes increases explosively. This talk will review challenges of physical verification for complicated SOC designs on 45nm process and beyond. We analyze properties of various applications in different aspects, complexity of design rules and layout structures, and introduce a fast platform for physical verification as well as design-for-manufacture (DFM) to analyze, verify, modify and optimize designs. The new solution is fully compatible with the existing design flow and offers multiple times speed up with signoff quality.


SCV Circuits and Systems


Software Experts Summit 2011: Managing the Pace of Innovation

Speakers: luminaries including Gary McGraw, Cigital;

Grady Booch, IBM; Jan Bosch, Intuit; Linda Rising, Consultant; Grigori Melnik, Microsoft; Rebecca Wirfs-Brock, WB Associates; Forrest Shull, Fraunhofer

Time: 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM Cost: $90 through April 15 (includes breakfast,

lunch) Place: Computer History Museum, 1401 N

Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View RSVP: from website Web: www.computer.org/ses11 Schedule: 9 AM: Welcome, Forrest Shull, Fraunhofer Center for

Experimental Software Engineering

9:15 AM: Keynote 1: Software Security and the ‘Building Security In’ Maturity Model, Gary McGraw, Cigital

10:45 AM: How Speed Drives Innovation, Jan Bosch, Intuit

11:15 AM: When Decisions Went Well or Not—and Why? A Park Bench Discussion, Moderator: Linda Rising, Independent Consultant

12 Noon: lunch, and Surprising New Techniques to Improve Your Decision-Making, Linda Rising, Independent Consultant

1:45 PM: Keynote 2: Everything You Know Is Wrong!, Grady Booch, IBM

2:45 PM: Want to Shape Future Markets? Don't Ask the Customer!, Pekka Abrahamsson, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

3:45 PM: Making Distributed Agile Work, Grigori Melnik, Microsoft

4:15 PM: Managing Project Risk and Incremental Design Innovation, Rebecca Wirfs-Brock, Wirfs-Brock Associates

4:45 PM: Closing Remarks, Forrest Shull, Fraunhofer Center for Experimental Software Engineering

Increasing globalization, new technologies, today’s

economic downturn, and fast-changing regulations constantly reshape the competitive landscape, even for industries that once seemed stable. To respond to this chaos, organizations place a premium on innovation.

The IEEE Computer Society and IEEE Software magazine are proud to present this high-level, one-day summit, in the heart of Silicon Valley. We invite you to network with an engaging team of software-engineering thought leaders, who will share their experiences and proven techniques for adapting to this relentless pace of business innovation. Enjoy stimulating keynotes by top experts, an interactive panel discussion, a Second Life experience, and networking opportunities at lunch and breaks. Get one-on-one guidance and input from experts. Get inspired and motivated by top professionals.

Lowest-cost registration through April 15th.


IEEE Computer Society & IEEE Software Magazine


What Every Inventor and Entrepreneur Needs to Know

about Patents Speaker: David Dreyfuss, Moore Patents Time: Presentation at 7:00 PM Cost: none Place: KeyPoint Credit Union, 2805 Bowers Ave.,

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

Dr. David Dreyfuss is a U.S. registered patent agent with Moore Patents where he focuses on drafting and prosecuting patents appli-cations for clients ranging from solo inventors to large companies in a wide range of technical disciplines.

David also has many years of experience as a senior entrepreneur and technologist with unusually broad-based multidisciplinary expertise in the physical sciences and engineering and experience in a broad range of settings and industries. Starting from degrees in Physics and Gas Dynamics from MIT, he went on to teach Mechanical Engineering at Rutgers, develop automated inspection systems at PA Technology and Dupont, and develop printers and printing systems at PA, AM Graphics, Lexmark and The Salmon Group.

David currently also serves as VP of Engineering and Board Member for Aerulean Plant Identification Systems, Inc. As an independent consultant he has worked on digital printing, inspection and machine vision problems as well as intellectual property, Google Answers and web site and e-commerce business development. He has numerous published articles, papers and patents.

Nearly everyone thinks they have some idea what

a patent is and what it's good for, but do you really know how to use patents effectively for your business? This talk will explore the patent world from the inventor's point of view: who, what, why, how, and when. A free-form presentation and discussion is

planned with time emphasis on topics of most interest to the audience. Some planned topics include:

Why patents? Patents vs. open source Patents as property: who owns them, and what

can you do with them The differences between a patent disclosure and

a technical paper The differences between patent examination and

peer review Are patents a rich man's (big company's) game? Self representation vs. hired help: patent agents,

patent attorneys, etc. U.S.-only vs. multi-jurisdictional filing The patent timeline and how to fit it into business

plans Timing issues: invention conception, reduction to

practice, conference or trade show presentation, talking to investors and customers, publications, provisional, non-provisional, and PCT filings, non-disclosure agreements, etc.; what has to come before what and why?

After examination: interferences, re-examination, infringement suits, damages, appeals, licenses, etc.

Consequences of new changes in patent law: patentable subject matter is redefined by Supreme Court, especially as applied to software and business methods; first-inventor-to-file is about to become law in the U.S. (U.S. currently has a first-to-invent priority system)


SCV Consultants' Network of Silicon Valley

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