Speaker: Elizabeth Quintanilla, of Marketing Gunslingers

Description: This is a conversation on recent AI development. Elizabeth will give a brief history of AI, the current major players and their products, and potential applications. She will do a short demo on one of the tools and open the meeting for interactive conversation.

Biography: Elizabeth Quintanilla is a marketing gunslinger who applies tactics & strategies to make revenue grow. She is experienced in several industries: tech, real estate, health, and more.  She is part of the EQ Consultants Group.

Date/Time: Thursday, July 20th, 2023, 6PM

Virtual Meeting via Zoom

Reservations: Please RSVP using the vTools link https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/366865.  Registered attendees will be emailed connection instructions in the 24-hour interval prior to the start of the meeting. Look for an email from IEEE eNotice and/or Kai Wong and/or Luis Basto.

Video recording of meeting: https://youtu.be/Rp1jP3vpYSw

Useful links used by Elizabeth’s Talk and Demo

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/how-to-use-chatgpt-plugins-for-work/489981/#close

https://github.com/snwfdhmp/awesome-gpt-prompt-engineering

https://www.synthesia.io/post/ai-tools

https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-explainers/what-is-generative-ai

https://www.customergrowthlab.com/prompt-engineering-for-customer-success

Video of meeting: https://youtu.be/bVFA5XKZY5Q

Date/Time: 25 May, 6PM to 8PM

Locations: In-person and virtual over Zoom

In-Person attendance at Asian American Resource Center (AARC), 8401 Cameron Road, Austin, TX, Room #1

Speaker: Clyde Springen

Abstract: Systems that operate in the atmosphere above the inversion layer and in near-earth orbit have been limited to government funded efforts led by academic institutions, civilian space organizations like NASA & ESA or defense departments. The question is – how can someone with technical interest but a limited budget participates in these kinds of activities? Advances in software defined radios and standardized, small, modular spacecraft have enabled amateurs and citizen scientists to build and operate these systems. High altitude balloons and cube-sats have made these activities affordable and interacting with these systems is easier than ever, especially for those with some computer and electronics background. This talk will explore possibilities for using these technologies for the technical hobbyist, education, scientific research and informing the public.

Speaker Bio: Clyde Springen is a retired software, electrical and systems engineer and educator who spent the majority of his career in aerospace in the defense and space industries. This included positions at Texas Instruments, Lockheed Missiles and Space, Northrup Grumman and TEXTRON. In addition to full time industry work he also taught transferable college credit courses in Solar System and Stellar astronomy, Introduction to Engineering and Circuits courses as an Adjunct Professor of Astronomy and Engineering at Austin Community College. Clyde is a life member of the IEEE and serves as secretary to the life members group in Austin.

Reservation: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/360451

Video of event: https://youtu.be/39hp6gfVqE4

Event:  IEEE CTS LMAG May 4,2023 Field Trip to Wildflower Center

Date: May 4, 2023   9:30 AM to 1:30m PM

Venue: Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
4801 La Crosse Ave.
Austin, TX 78739

Phone: 512.232.0100

meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/357792

Content: 

Austin Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center is the Botanic Garden of Texas. The Center promotes its mission to inspire the conservation of native plants through its internationally recognized sustainable gardens, education and outreach programs, and research projects. www.wildflower.org/about/overview for more information.

We are inviting all IEEE Central Texas Life Members and your spouse to enjoy a Spring day morning walk in the Lady Johnson Wildflower Center on May 4, 2023.  We have been doing hybrid meetings for few years and hope to meet in person to renew our companionship and share your latest story. 

Photos from tour group:

Date/Time: April 20,2023, 6-7:30 PM

Format: Zoom Meeting ID 604-353-3501

Title:  A Normative Model for Decision Making

Abstract:  Most decisions have two requirements: They should be “good”, and secondly when others are involved, they should be agreed to.  The normative decision model provides a decision tree with 8 critical factors that determine, not what a decision should be, but how the decision should be made.  This talk use a common, relevant scenario – whether or not to require a team to terminate remote work and return to the office – to walk through the model. The talk will end with a discussion on how the model generalizes and provides alternatives for anyone faced with the challenge of making a good decision.

Speaker:  Karl Arunski, Life Senior Member, IEEE TEMS VP of Education

Bio:  Karl Arunski is a retired systems engineer and director of engineering and mission assurance in the defense industry.  In parallel with his professional career, he developed and taught graduate-level systems engineering, management, and leadership courses at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.  He is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and holds a MS-EE degree from Washington University in St. Louis. He currently serves as the Vice President of Education for the IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society.

Registration: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/353808

Video of meeting: https://youtu.be/nT39_tS8g8g

Date/Time: Thursday, March 30th, 2023

5:30 pm to 6:00 pm — Arrival on site and networking

6:00 pm to 6:10 pm — Update and Introduction

6:10 pm to 7:15 pm — Talk and Q&A

7:25 pm to 7:40 pm — Recap and networking

7:45 pm — Adjourn

Location: Zoom and in person at The Asian American Resource Center, 8401 Cameron Road

Speaker: T. Scott Anderson

Abstract: NASA’s reliable space communications and navigation (SCaN) networks are the backbone of all of NASA’s space missions, providing the critical communications services for all earth, space science, and human space missions. This includes all the telemetry, tracking, and commanding required by each spacecraft to transfer key data to the ground systems to manage space operations.

Bio: T. Scott Atkinson, IEEE Life Senior Member, ComSoc Life Senior Member, Computer Society Life Senior Member and Technology Engineering and Management Society Life Senior Member, has been a member of the IEEE Communications Society since 1968. Over the years he has attended and participated in over 20 ComSoc Flagship conferences and was Executive Chair of the Globecom 2014 in Austin. In his career, he was initially in the U. S. Air force, serving as a Communications Officer. His next position was as a Communications Engineer working for Lockheed Electronics Company at the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center near Houston. He worked on the Apollo Command Module/Lunar Module Communications system testing with primary focus on the Data Storage Equipment (DSE) essentially the black Box of the Command and Lunar Modules.

Next, he served 14 years as a Communications Engineer and Project Manager for a Houston based company called Tenneco. Finally, before retirement, he worked for the San Antonio based United Services Automobile Association (USAA) as a senior Tech Support Engineer on their Worldwide Communications system. The main focus was on their telephone switching systems and voice/data integration.

In retirement, he became an independent Telecommunications Consultant working for USAA and several other major clients before retiring completely in 2009. At that time, he became a full-time volunteer at IEEE for the Communications Society, Region 5 and the Member Geographic Area Board. His held two significant positions: Chair of the IEEE Geographic Unit Operations Support Committee and chair of the Life Members Committee.

He occasionally provides presentations to IEEE units on Space Communications, major world telescopes and Home Automation. He is also on the ComSoc History Committee where he performs Oral Histories and supports their IEEE Milestone applications.

He and his wife Margaret have two adult daughters and currently lives in San Antonio.

Reservations: Please RSVP using the vTools link https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/352775.

You do not need to be an IEEE Member to register.

Speaker: Drew Barbier, of SiFive

Abstract: RISC-V is rapidly becoming one of the most widely deployed Instruction Set Architectures in the world. This talk will introduce RISC-V and explain why it has become so successful in the industry.  Drew will also introduce SiFive, a company that was founded by the inventors of RISC-V and who lead the RISC-V community.

Biography: Drew Barbier, has worked in the Semiconductor industry for over 15 years in a number of engineering and customer-facing roles.  Drew joined SiFive in early 2017 and currently is Senior Director of Product Management responsible for SiFive’s RISC-V Core IP portfolio. 

Date: Thursday, March 16th, 2023

Time: 6:00 pm

6:00 to 6:10 PM – Open for participants to enter and network

6:10 to 6:15 PM – LM and CTCN Business meeting.  Speaker introduction.

6:15 to 7:30 PM – Presentation and Q & A.  Please mute audio and turn off video. Use chat box to ask questions. 

Location: Zoom meeting

Reservations: Please RSVP using the vTools link https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/349670.  Registered attendees will be emailed connection instructions in the 24-hour interval prior to the start of the meeting.  Look for an email from IEEE eNotice and/or Kai Wong and/or Luis Basto.

Video Recording: https://youtu.be/oNvTKoDFDZI

PDF:

Time/Place: Virtual meeting via ZOOM, 06:00 PM to 07:30 PM

Speaker: Bill Greiner

Topic: 2023 Investment Outlook

Abstract: Inflation and high interest rates had been carried over from 2022. 2023 started with number of tech co. announced layoff.   Recession is being discussed and planned in most business board room.  How is the investment market for 2023?

Mr. Bill Greiner will be reviewing economic, market and fiscal trends for 2023.  He will be providing information on key metrics and news headlines that support their outlook for 2023.  Jeff will also share their thoughts around the individual market sectors and provide insight on their valuations.

Biography: William B. Greiner, CFA, is the chief economist of Mariner Wealth Advisors (MWA). Bill drives the economic and capital markets outlook for the firm and supports the investment team with tactical asset allocation decisions. His capital markets and investment experience span nearly 40 years.

Prior to joining MWA, he was chief investment officer and president of Scout Investments, where he was directly responsible for the Scout Investments Global Equity investment process. Bill started with Scout’s parent company, UMB, in 1999. During his time with UMB, he was the chief investment officer of UMB Bank and was responsible for all UMB portfolio managers. He also served as chairman of the UMB Asset Allocation and Large Cap Equity Strategy Committees. Before joining UMB, Bill worked for Northern Trust Company in Chicago.

Bill has a bachelor’s degree in economics and finance from Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas. He is a member of the CFA Institute and the Kansas City CFA Society.

*Mariner Wealth Advisors (“MWA”), is an SEC registered investment adviser with its principal place of business in the State of Kansas.  

Register: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/344581

Slides from presentation:

Program recording: https://youtu.be/Bidvj_MN5Kw

Date/Time: Jan 19,2023, 6-8 PM CST 

Location: Virtual Meeting, Zoom ID: 604 353 3501; Passcode will be sent to registrants later.

Title: The World of Exascale Computing and Open Research Questions

Speaker: Michael Ignatowski- Sr. Fellow, AMD Research

Speaker Bio: Michael Ignatowski is a Sr. Fellow, leading AMD’s Research division in advanced memory technology and architecture for future systems. Prior to joining AMD in 2010, he worked at IBM for 27 years in the mainframe product division and the T.J. Watson Research division in Yorktown.  Michael holds over 25 patents, has participated on panel sessions at major conferences, and has given multiple invited talks and keynote presentations. 

While at AMD, Michael Ignatowski served as a Principal Investigator for the DOE FastForward and FastForward-2 research programs. He was also instrumental in AMD’s successful Frontier exascale system bid. 

Abstract: Michael Ignatowski will discuss the recent developments in exascale HPC systems for the United States, China, and Europe.  Following that, Michael will give a broad overview of some of the key open research questions the computer industry is now facing, covering both technology and architecture. 

Registration: events.vtools.ieee.org/m/ 339386

Recorded Program: https://youtu.be/uRpov6X-QgY

Date/Time: 17 Nov 2022 06:00 PM to 08:00 PM

6:00 to 6:10 PM – Open for participants to enter and network

6:10 to 6:20 PM – LM and CTCN Business meeting.  Speaker introduction.

6:20 to 7:30 PM – Presentation and Q & A.  Please mute audio and turn off video. Use chat box to ask questions. 

Tittle: INDEPENDENT FOR LIFE — Homes and Neighborhoods for an Aging America

Location: Virtual via Zoom

Speaker: Wayne Caswell

Abstract: When you eventually retire, do you want to age independently in your own home and neighborhood? Staying home and aging in place is most people’s preference, but most American housing and communities are not adapted to the needs of older people. And with the fastest population growth among people over 65, finding solutions for successful aging is important, not just for individual families, but for our whole society. This talk covers a wide range of smart solutions, including adapting technology, remodeling current housing, building new homes for accessibility and safety, retrofitting existing neighborhoods to add needed services and amenities, and planning new communities that work well for people of all ages.

Speaker Bio: Wayne Caswell is a retired IBM technologist, futurist, market strategist, consumer advocate, and founder of Modern Health Talk (mhealthtalk.com). After 30 years at IBM, he established CAZITech Consulting, held leadership roles in industry groups developing Wireless and Home Gateway standards, served on the FCC Consumer Advisory Committee, successfully lobbied the Texas legislature to protect the rights of municipalities to install public Wi-Fi networks, and co-founded a nonprofit homeowner advocacy to enact new consumer protection laws and abolish an abusive state agency. After that is when he founded Modern Health Talk to add perspective to the issues of independent living and health care policy. 

Registration: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/328472

Video Recording of meeting: https://youtu.be/m5cV_zY6hlc