Conference on current issues in Antenna Design. Mon, 02 Mar 2009 08:00:00 -0000 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/677 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/677 This event will be offered at UCLA Extension by one of our local IEEE members, Dr. Zhenyu Liu, a Google Software Engineer based in the Santa Monica office. Detailed course description / enrollment information can be found by visiting "http://www.uclaextension.edu/shortCourses":http://www.uclaextension.edu/shortCourses and clicking on the "Information Technology" link on the right hand side of the page. The following is a short introduction of the course: "This short course illustrates the basics of Web 2.0 technologies and, through lab sessions, provides participants with hands-on experience of quickly prototyping Web 2.0 features. The course is designed for webmasters and technical staff in charge of a corporation's website, software developers seeking to expand their knowledge of web development, contractors and other information technology personnel who target web projects, project managers responsible for managing web projects or Internet strategy, and business analysts responsible for documenting requirements for web applications." Mon, 06 Apr 2009 08:00:00 -0000 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/601 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/601 A world class conference on Radars- from Science to Systems, will be held in Pasadena on May 4-8. There will be tutorials on Monday and Friday, and three days of great technical sessions. Mon, 04 May 2009 18:30:00 -0000 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/603 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/603 Attending RadarCon09? Come join WIE and fellow members of the radar community in celebrating Cinco De Mayo! There will be a social following the day’s events in Room 207 at 6:30 PM. All IEEE members are welcome. RSVP to wie-la@ieee.org by April 21, 2009 so that we can have an accurate head count. Tue, 05 May 2009 18:30:00 -0000 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/605 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/605 Join us as we celebrate Passion + Engineering for IEEE's 125th Anniversary and UCLA's Student Branch 45th Anniversary. *Raffles Every Hour* Win a FREE iPod Nano, $100 Best Buy Gift Card, Flash Drives, PC Games by Pandemic Studios, & MORE. Gourmet food served throughout the afternoon. Hear speakers from the DreamJobs series articles in the IEEE Spectrum. UCLA Faculty and Students will be hosting workshops. Come see amazing company demonstrations plus enjoy contests and games. IEEE Headquarters will be sending 3 representatives. Our Keynote speaker is Dr. Asad Madni from BEI technologies. Park in Lot 9 for closest access. Free for Members, $5 for Nonmembers Go to "http://www.ieee.ucla.edu":http://www.ieee.ucla.edu for more information. Hosted by IEEE at UCLA Sat, 09 May 2009 13:00:00 -0000 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/697 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/697 The CLAS Communications, Signal Processing and Vehicular Technology Chapter will be hosting a Communications Society Distinguished Lecture Tour. RSVP by 11 May to Ms. Janice Penland, via email Janice.D.Penland@aero.org Please identify your citizenship, IEEE membership (non-members welcome), and affiliation when you RSVP. For a flyer click "here":http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/lac/csspsvts/meeting_notices/IEEE%20COM-SPS-VTS%20DLT%20mtg%2020090518.pdf Mon, 18 May 2009 18:00:00 -0000 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/607 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/607 PACE - CLAS IEEE and Computer Society jointly organize the following special seminar on President's Stimulus Package: Title: What is in President's Stimulus Package for Science and Engineering & How engineers can influence politicians and why Dinner will be served Tue, 19 May 2009 19:00:00 -0000 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/699 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/699 Do you have a promising technical idea? Would you like to develop it? Are you worried about financing? What if the U.S. government's economic stimulus was right there for you to pick off? PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The IEEE's Orange County Entrepreneurs' Network (OCEN) presents a panel of experts who will review, for a full 3 hours, the $789 Billion Government Stimulus Package intended to rebuild the U.S. economy and attain national self-sufficiency and leadership in renewable energy. Presentations will clarify funding available to scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs and provide practical tips to explore the websites relevant to budding entrepreneurs. Several interactive Q&A sessions will provide you with an opportunity to satisfy your specific needs. EXPERT PANEL: Paul Donahue: inventor, serial business grower, green entrepreneur Ron Oglevie: serial new hi-tech business grower and serial SBIR [U.S. government process to fund hi-tech start-ups] contract winner Perry Oldham: sharp patent attorney with Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear Dennis Wonica: serial entrepreneur, technical guru, Defense contracting expert Cost: $15 on the web, $25 at the door Sat, 30 May 2009 08:30:00 -0000 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/771 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/771 Our next CLAS ExComm meeting will be May 25, 7pm at NGC Cafe. If you would like to find out what's happening with the section, chapters, student branches, or affinity groups, please join us. Dinner is free, so please let us know in advance by contacting Greg Griffes at "ggg@ieee.org":mailto://ggg@ieee.org. Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:00:00 -0000 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/701 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/701 Originally invented in the early 1990’s, the “Continuous Transverse Stub (CTS)” array antenna has more recently enjoyed increased adoption in a broad range of Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Radar and Communication applications. These products embody both staring and scanning (phased-array) extensions of the original technology, improved and adapted for the challenging demands of various fixed, ground-mobile, and aeronautical users and platforms. Utilizing over-moded parallel-plate (TEm) transmission line as both its feed and radiator basis, this low-profile planar array technology exhibits a number of favorable properties in terms of antenna efficiency, operating bandwidth, sidelobe control, polarization diversity, active scan impedance, and overall tolerance insensitivity. This presentation will briefly describe and quantify the technical basis and design properties of the CTS array by way of specific examples including Commercial and Government low-profile antenna products for Radar, Point-to-Point (PTP) communication, Man-Portable SATCOM, and high data rate Satellite-on-the-Move (SOTM) applications. Direction: From the 405, exit onto Rosecrans-West. Turn LEFT onto Aviation (3rd stoplight). Turn LEFT on Marine (2nd stoplight). Turn RIGHT at the next stoplight. Parking lot and Building S are on the RIGHT at end of driveway. The meeting is in the basement. Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:15:00 -0000 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/807 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/807 COM-SPS-VTS Chapter Lunchtime Technical Meeting The CLAS Communications, Signal Processing and Vehicular Technology Joint Chapter will be hosting a Communications Tutorial lunch. Details and map click "here.":http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/lac/csspsvts/meeting_notices/IEEE%20COM-SPS-VTS%20DLT%20mtg%2020090630.pdf RSVP: By 23 June to "Janice.D.Penland":mailto://Janice.D.Penland@aero.org/ and identify your citizenship, IEEE membership (non-members welcome), and affiliation. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:30:00 -0000 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/809 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/809 Are you a student contemplating or seeking a degree in Engineering? Are you a practicing engineer? We like to hear from you! WIE will be hosting a discussion group with the PROWESS* of UC Dominguez Hills - Challenges to pursuing a degree in Engineering. This will be an open discussion to share experiences and explore ways to succeed in your career. You can also learn about tools available through IEEE and WIE to assist you throughout your career. Lunch will be provided to fuel our discussion. Port Royal Cafe serves traditional Caribbean cuisine. There is limited space for this event and you must RSVP by July 18th, 2009. There is a limit of 10 attendees. RSVP: "wie-la@ieee.org":mailto://wie-la@ieee.org *PROWESS: Partnership of Women Excelling as Scientists and Scholars, is designed to increase the participation of girls and women in mathematics and science. Through a robust network of inter-mural alliances, PROWESS provides academic support and motivational workshops to high school, community college and university women. Through seminars and a variety of hands-on research experiences, students are able to confront and overcome various forms of science phobia. PROWESS is supported by U.S. Department of Education MSEIP Award P120A070080 Sat, 25 Jul 2009 12:00:00 -0000 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/901 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/901 You are cordially invited to the Lunch Technical Presentation by the IEEE Joint Communications, Signal Processing and Vehicular Technology Chapters of the IEEE Coastal Los Angeles Section (CLAS). Please RSVP by July 21, 2009 to Janice Penland - via e-mail "Janice.D.Penland@aero.org ":mailto://Janice.D.Penland@aero.org Please identify your citizenship, IEEE membership (non-members welcome), and affiliation when you RSVP. Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:30:00 -0000 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/903 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/903 Today's world of engineering is a discipline of designing platforms and electronics at the macro and micro scales, until now, with the advent of nanotechnology, the engineering's new frontier. There is a need for engineers and management to participate in the growing advancements in the field of nanotechnology and a demand for the workforce to apply and use nanotechnology. Food will be provided. Please respond to "excom@rcicc.org":mailto://excom@rcicc.org Website: "rcicc.org":http://rcicc.org Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:30:00 -0000 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/905 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/905 IEEE Communications, Signal Processing and Vehicular Technology Chapter Meeting The discovery of turbo codes in 1993 led to a frenzy of research activity that resulted in a number of related codes, collectively referred to as turbo-like codes or modern codes. As rapidly as researchers have developed theoretical tools to explain the performance of these codes, so to have practitioners moved them into products. This talk will provide an overview of modern codes with some theory and some practice. Examples of design trades faced by engineers designing high-speed and low-complexity codecs will be given. More info: "www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/lac/csspsvts/IEEE.html ":http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/lac/csspsvts/IEEE.html RSVP by 25 September to Ms. Janice Penland, via email "Janice.D.Penland@aero.org":mailto://Janice.D.Penland@aero.org Please identify your citizenship, IEEE membership (non-members welcome), and affiliation when you RSVP No charge, non-members welcome Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:30:00 -0000 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/1097 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/1097 SAVE THE DATE On October 29, 2009 UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Internet. Forty years ago, a team led by UCLA’s Professor Leonard Kleinrock, sent the very first message on the ARPANET, which later became the Internet. IEEE Coastal Los Angeles Section nominated this historical event as an IEEE Milestone. During the anniversary event, IEEE President John Vig will unveil the Milestone award. The anniversary event will highlight the Internet's deep and broad impacts on the world. It will explore the Internet's effect on globalization, grassroots and social movements, culture, commerce, and innovative applications. Our speakers, Internet leaders, activists and analysts, will also offer insight into how the Internet will continue to dramatically affect our lives in the next 40 years. Keynote speaker: Nicholas Negroponte Founder, One Laptop Per Child Featured Speakers: Arianna Huffington, Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief, The Huffington Post Mark Bregman, Chief Technology Officer, Symantec Shiva Shivakumar, Vice President, Google, Inc. Thomas Gewecke, President, Warner Brothers Digital Distribution Michael Morhaime & Frank Pearce, Co-Founders, Blizzard Entertainment Additional speakers to be announced soon. Please check the website "www.engineer.ucla.edu/IA40/index.html":http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/IA40/index.html for detail information. Registration is available on the web. General admission is $70. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:30:00 -0000 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/971 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/971 Mark your calendar for Friday, October 30, 2009 from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM, for the 3rd annual CLASTECH Meeting. The format will be the same as the previous ones, with engaging talks, table top exhibits, and good food, for $20 onsite, or $10 preregistration. We will use the IEEE web based RSVP system for registration. (See below to sign up) For the flyer go to "home.earthlink.net/~clastech/clastech2009.pdf":http://home.earthlink.net/~clastech/clastech2009.pdf For the APS, Antenna Technology speakers, we have lined up Tom Milligan, Yahya Rahmat-Samii, M. Schauer, D. Sievenpiper, and Filippo Capolino. For the MTT, Microwave Technology talks, we have lined up Frank Chang, who will talk on RF CMOS; Mike Delisio on Power Combining; Jim Buckwalter on microwave Amplifiers; and Paul Tasker, Distinguished Microwave Lecturer, from Cardiff University, U.K on Engineering and Measuring RF Waveforms Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:30:00 -0000 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/955 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/955 You attended the Government sponsored Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) meetings and learned how to submit a proposal—what next? For the high tech entrepreneur, should you even consider the SBIR Program? If you looked at the Program before but had trouble commercializing, you might (re)consider the Program as a funding source for your new product development. Considering potential award increases and other changes and coupled with the present financial crisis, the SBIR Program may represent an opportunity. This workshop guides your decision making from a purely business viewpoint. The workshop is for the advanced technology Small Business Concern and considers transitioning technology to product development, marketing the Government, and finances. You receive an insider’s treatment of agency programs, how topics are selected, and how proposals are really evaluated and selected. While the focus is on the DoD and its version of the SBIR Program, the treatment applies to all agencies. Specifically, find: * An update + impact of proposed legislative changes * How to decide if Program is for you by planning to Phase 3 before Phase 1 * Essentials of cost estimating for Phase 2 and beyond * The real differences in Marketing the Government vs. Commercial Sector * Key financial factors to consider in using the SBIR Program It identifies and suggests ways to overcome the 6 main obstacles in transitioning from Phase 2 to Commercialization: your strategy, the maturity level of your technology, your product’s producibility, testing and evaluation by the customer, alliances, and finances beyond Phase 2. FEE: $50 (includes refreshments) PARKING: Free QUESTIONS & RSVP: Shantaram Vasikarla ("shantaram@computer.org":mailto://shantaram@computer.org) Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:30:00 -0000 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/1269 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/1269 This whirlwind talk endeavors to reinforce the important operations and concepts in digital communications. We deal with signal types, degradation types, fading channels, parameters such as time-bandwidth product, and how we use them. Did Nyquist teach us anything important about pulse shaping? You bet. What did Shannon teach us about capacity and ultimate performance? We show how to make design choices for meeting difficult system requirements. We additionally describe some of the creative developments such as Turbo, LDPC, and MIMO that have transformed this technology from the simple to the sublime. This intense hour-and-a-half talk is geared toward designers, managers, software developers, and whoever wants to partake in the passion that drives communication engineers. The event is open to both IEEE members and non-members at no cost. Details and map at "www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/lac/csspsvts/IEEE.html":http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/lac/csspsvts/IEEE.html. Please RSVP to "Janice.D.Penland@aero.org":mailto://Janice.D.Penland@aero.org and identify your citizenship, IEEE membership (non-members welcome), and affiliation. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:30:00 -0000 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/1187 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/1187 A very common component in digital circuitry for communications systems is the halfband filter. Halfband filters are often used in cooperation with up-samplers and down-samplers when a sampling-rate change is required. While techniques for designing these filters are well known, an entirely new design method has just been discovered wherein these filters can be made to possess a significant insensitivity to the filter’s tap coefficient values. Such insensitivity can be exploited to yield halfband filters with reduced hardware requirements, which leads to circuits having lower power consumption, higher operating speeds, and smaller IC area. This talk will give a brief introduction to the concept of halfband filters and the applications of halfband filters. It will then explain the rationale and the method for the desensitizing of the filters and, finally, will illustrate through design examples and further explanation how the insensitivity improves upon the conventional designs. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:15:00 -0000 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/1295 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/1295 Are you thinking about putting solar electric panels on your home? Every month hundreds of Californians are installing solar electric power systems on their homes and business to produce their own clean, quiet, inflation-free, renewable electricity. Generous rebates that cover over 50% of the system cost have made solar electric systems practical and affordable. Learn about the photovoltaic industry, how many solar panels you need to power your home, what it costs, and how get the incentives that reduce your up-front costs. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:30:00 -0000 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/1185 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/1185 Collaboration is a common activity in a society of people. Collaboration means to work together. It commonly mentions a joint intellectual work. We can infer that collaboration or group work is required when one single person cannot complete a whole task. Computer-based systems are tools to extend the abilities for people to work. They should not only provide virtual environments or platforms for people to work but also provide more technologies and mechanisms to improve people's work. Clear role specification and related mechanisms play an essential role in developing the intelligent collaborative systems. In this talk, we intend to clarify the concept of roles and role-based collaboration and answer the following questions: What do we mean by roles in collaboration? Why do we need them? How can we support them? What are their implications in software engineering? Enter the S-Cafe at the north side of building S. A map, showing the location of building S, located just east of the corner of Aviation and Marine, on the Space Park campus, is available at "www.rcicc.org/rcicc/space_park.pdf":http://www.rcicc.org/rcicc/space_park.pdf Food will be provided. Please respond to "excom@rcicc.org":mailto://excom@rcicc.org Website: "rcicc.org":http://rcicc.org Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:30:00 -0000 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/1297 http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/1297