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[] Free Registration (with a Zoom account; you can get one for free if you don't already have it): https://sjsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcsc-CoqjwpG9aPDHfg6Axqvn90i4uQRmqr Synopsis: For a long time, the AI/ML community relied on traditional evaluation metrics such as the confusion matrix, accuracy, precision, and recall for assessing the performance of machine learning models. However, the rapidly evolving field has been raising several ethical concerns, which calls for a more comprehensive evaluation scheme. In easy-to-understand language, this talk will delve into the quantitative analysis of model performance, emphasizing the critical importance of explainability. As ML models become increasingly complex and pervasive, understanding their decision-making processes is paramount. We'll explore various performance metrics, their limitations, and the growing need for transparency. Topics covered include Cohen’s Kappa Statistic, Matthew's correlation coefficient (MCC), Confusion Matrix, Precision, Recall, G-measure, ROC Curve, Youden's J statistic, Type II Adversarial attack, R-squared, LIME, SHAP, and more. Speaker(s): Dr. Vishnu S. Pendyala Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/442073

See the 2025 Lone Star Section planning calendar and agenda attached to this announcement. Agenda: · Call to Order & Introductions Review 2025 Lone Star Section Planning Calendar Secretary’s Report November ExCom Minutes Treasurer’s Report South Area Chair Report Member Development Elections Conferences 2025 Carnahan (ICCST) 2026 MILCOM Government Relations IEEE-USA & CVD Local Recent Events Volunteer appreciation dinner December 5, 2024 LSS logo shirts for volunteer leaders LSS 5th anniversary coffee mugs Upcoming Events MGA reporting deadline Engineers Week (February 16-22, 2025) Communications Other New Business Action Items Help Wanted – Newsletter Editor, Awards Chair & others. Next Meeting: 5 February 2025 Room: CR 1.102, Bldg: 168, Southwest Research Institute, 6220 Culebra Road, San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78238, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/455800

“If we make them smaller, we can make them faster” has been the approach to building faster computers over the last 70-years starting with the first transistors and continuing as we built increasingly more complex integrated circuits. This was known as “Moore’s Law”. Recently, our technology is no longer achieving higher densities as we scale to smaller features sizes first with NAND Flash and now with SRAM and DRAM. New techniques known as Beyond Moore are required to continue to build faster and more complex computers. David Bondurant reviews the emergence of 3D memory and 3D packaging as today’s approach to building the fastest Supercomputers and AI Processors. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/455111

In the dynamic landscape of startups, leveraging technology effectively can be a game-changer. This session delves into essential lessons learned in Information Technology (IT) that are crucial for the success and sustainability of startups. Whether you're launching a tech-driven product or service, managing data, or optimizing operations, understanding these insights can steer your startup towards growth and resilience. Co-sponsored by: Baton Rouge User Groups (BRUG) Speaker(s): Michael Viron Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/456302

Join IEEE Region 5 for a technical presentation by Harshavardhan Nerella about the different strategies to keep cloud costs from going out of control. Speaker(s): , Harshavardhan Nerella Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/453746

Monthly meeting of EMB Chapter, followed by a technical talk There is a $15.00 charge for each registrant. Guests and non-members charge is $20.00 and Students are $5.00. Remainder of the tab will be picked up by the EMB. Agenda: 11:30am: Business meeting: Call to order, minutes of last meeting, treasurer's report, new business, 12:00pm: Lunch 12:30pm: Technical talk and discussion 1::00pm: adjourn San Antonio, Texas, United States

The NIST Boulder facility houses five major laboratories, each of which are are made up of multiple Divisions. This tour is for the Physical Measurement Laboratory (PLM). PLM has 11 divisions. The Divisions are further broken down into groups. We will have time to visit four groups. Two are in the the Time and Frequency Division. They are the - Time and Frequency Division: Neutral Atom Optical Clocks Group (which my include the atomic clock), and - Time and Frequency Division: Quantum & Nonlinear Nanophotonics Group The plan is to visit two additional groups, but NIST PLM has not yet settled on which those will be. NIST is a U.S. government agency and requires that all visitors are screened in advance. Due to the added complexity of screening foreign nationals, this tour will be limited to U. S. citizens. In addition, because some of the labs we plan to visit are not large, the size of our group will be limited to 25 members. I need to provide NIST with a list of attendees one week prior to the event for screening purposes. That is why registration ends on January 5th. Please note we need each guest’s first and last name as it appears on their I.D. NIST has provided the following logistical information: Directions starting on Hwy 36: Merge onto U.S. Hwy. 36 West to Boulder. Stay on US-36 into Boulder and take the Baseline Rd. exit. Stay left on the exit ramp and turn left (west) on Baseline Rd. Travel under the US-36 overpass, to the first stop light, at 27th Way. Get in the left turn lane and follow 27th Way up the hill to Broadway. Turn left at the stop light at Broadway for approximately 2 blocks to the next light. Turn right onto the Dept. of Commerce site. If the attendees are all driving their own vehicles I recommend arriving at 9:30; for 25 people it can take more time to get folks through security. If the group can carpool, that’s easier and shortens the time they will need to check in through security. At the Visitor Center at 325 Broadway, attendees will need to go through security and present photo I.D. I.D. requirements are available here: https://www.nist.gov/about-nist/visit/campus-access-and-security Bldg: Visitor Center, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado, United States, 80305

Dr Yuhong Liu, 2025 IEEE Chair of Computer Society Geographic Activities Committee, will lead the Spring Sessions of “Careers in Technology” with a discussion of her career preparation and a deep dive into her own keen interests and vast experience in research including trustworthy computing and cyber security of emerging applications, such as Internet-of-things, blockchain, and online social media. She has published over 90 papers in prestigious journals and peer-reviewed conferences. Her papers have been selected as the best paper at the IEEE International Conference on Social Computing 2010. Speaker(s): Yuhong Liu, PhD Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/456307

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Speaker(s): Prof. Liscidini, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/456029

IEEE SW MO YP Section will co-host with MSU IEEE Student Body at the main campus. Main goal will be to welcome new and returning 1st and 2nd year engineering students and attempt to get them involved with the MSU IEEE Student Body. IEEE SW MO YP Section will network with students, describe IEEE, and get students excited about joining their local chapters. Room: 317, Bldg: Plaster Student Union, 1110 E Madison St, Springfield, Missouri, United States, 65897

Meeting for general administration and operation of the Black Hills Subsection. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/452182

Dr. Baek-Young Choi is an internationally leading scholar in the Internet of Things, 5G and beyond, cloud computing, and cybersecurity. Dr. Choi's innovative research has led to numerous Best Paper, Best Poster, and Best Video awards, as well as recognition as conferences’ keynote speaker, Distinguished Lecturer, and Associate Editor-in-Chief of the flagship magazine of the IEEE Society. She has served in many international leadership roles in her technical society, including Chair of IEEE Women in Communications Engineering, Chair of Sister societies, and a technical oversight committee of flagship conferences in IEEE, general chair, and technical program committee chair for multiple international conferences and workshops. Speaker(s): Baek-Young Choi, PhD Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/456310

[] Synopsis: If not solved, AI models' power and water consumption threaten human society and ecology. AI is expected to consume 4% of the world's electricity by 2026. Water requirements are even more alarming as water is a shared, non-renewable resource. This talk will discuss some ways, such as data center redesign that industry and academia are working to tackle this issue and the research directions that may enable us to train and use energy-efficient models. Speaker(s): Dr. Vishnu S. Pendyala, Soumya Batra Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/455744

Please mark your calendars for Friday, January 31 - Sunday, February 2 for the Region 5 Winter Excom meeting. Voting member (excom) of Region 5 will be meeting in Corpus Christi, hosted by the TAMUCC student branch leadership and faculty advisor on the TAMUCC campus. Hotel details will be forwarded shortly. Please register so we can get a head count. Topics for this year's meeting include - Priorities for 2025 and alignment with the greater IEEE - Conference strategy - action from the fall conference meeting - Organizational strategy - continuing to work better together through effective communication and organization We will be staying at the Embassy Suites by Hilton in Corpus Christi; the hotel contract is routing for approval as we speak, and the website for registration will be open shortly. We will open the weekend with our usual Friday evening networking reception at the hotel with TAMUCC student branch and Corpus Christi section leadership invited. On Saturday our plan is hold our meeting on the TAMUCC campus, hosted by the TAMUCC Student Branch. Saturday evening will be dinner out, again with local guests. Sunday morning’s meeting will be at the hotel, with plans to break by noon. Travel to/from the airport will be by individual Uber/Lyft arrangements with ride sharing encouraged. Thanks! Matt Francis, Region 5 Director Jim Sipes, Region 5 Conference Chair Corpus Christi, Texas, United States

Mr Eamon J Wall, Esq began his career as an Engineer and enjoyed the field so much, he decided to make important contributions by becoming a Patent Attorney, helping many individuals and companies to create significant value with technology innovations. Mr Wall is dedicated to advancing technology for humanity, serving the community in many important projects and programs. Speaker(s): Eamon J Wall, Esq Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/456313

Monthly Lone Star Section Executive Committee Meeting Agenda: Room: CR 1.102, Bldg: 168, Southwest Research Institute, 6220 Culebra Road, San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78238, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/455825

Dr Rui Li of will take a deep dive into the Multimodal Interaction and Affective Computing Lab (MIAC Lab) at Montclair State with a focus on Multimodal Human-Machine Interaction. This exciting work involves multimodal information processing, immersive interaction, intelligent systems for vehicles and robots. Her passion is for the interdisciplinary study of human emotion, behavior, and cognition to bring about excellent human-machine interaction and intelligent machines. Speaker(s): Dr. Rui Li PhD Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/456316

Monthly meeting of EMB Chapter, followed by a technical talk There is a $15.00 charge for each registrant. Guests and non-members charge is $20.00 and Students are $5.00. Remainder of the tab will be picked up by the EMB. Agenda: 11:30am: Business meeting: Call to order, minutes of last meeting, treasurer's report, new business, 12:00pm: Lunch 12:30pm: Technical talk and discussion 1::00pm: adjourn San Antonio, Texas, United States

Dr Chin is currently a Research Scientist at Discovery Partners Institute, part of the University of Illinois System. He is working on research in mobile social networking, IoT, responsible AI, human-centered AI, and data science. His research interests are in data science, machine learning, IoT, big data, social networking, HCI, ubiquitous computing, web and AI. Speaker(s): Dr. Alvin Chin, PhD Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/456323

This will be the Annual Oklahoma Engineering Fair held at the Science Museum Oklahoma on Wednesday, February 19, 2025. This year's Engineering Fair is sponsored by the IEEE OKC Section Life Members and other local Societies via the Oklahoma Engineering Foundation. The Fair opens at 8:00 AM and ends about 3:00 PM. Parents and University Students who want to attend our Electrical Motor Contest Competition or any competitions are welcome. The Electric Motor Competition is normally held on the 2nd floor, check for location at the entrance. If your company would like to financially support our Electric Motor competition let us know and we can post your Logo on the IEEE OKC Section website and the Electric Motor competition site. IEEE Motor Contest supporters can volunteer by registering with Daniel Morehead <[email protected]> so he will know who will attend to possibly schedule 2-hour sessions per person. Three people are required to run the competition. Prizes and Distribution - The Oklahoma Engineering Fair is open to middle and high school students attending, public, private, parochial, or home-schooled children in Oklahoma. Contest winners will be announced at the Engineering Fair and the Engineering-Fair Band Web Site. Volunteers can support this competition or any of the following competitions. Again we encourage parents and IEEE members to come and view these competitions. Competitions: - Louisa Douglas McCune Animals and Engineering Essay - Software Engineering Extravaganza "coding Movie Magic" American Fidelity Corporation is providing support. - Eiffel Tower - - Electric Motor - - Rubber Band Powered Vehicle - - Wacky Wonder Works - - Bridge Building - - Drone Zone - - Ping Pong Launcher - OEF Engineering Fair organizational contact Phone Number is 405 528-1435. One can also join the "Band" website. At the OEF Registration Page, one can read all the exciting details: https://oef.org/oklahoma-engineering-fair/. Co-sponsored by: Dan Moorehead Agenda: Setup competition Area 7:30 AM Open Competition 8:00 AM Close Competition 2:00 PM Bldg: Science Museum Oklahoma, 2020 Remington Pl, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, 73111

Dr Kootsookos, IEEE Connecticut Section Chair. Dr Kootsookos will describe his career preparation. He will conduct a deep dive of his field as an expert in patent arbitration providing source code reviews. He is a teacher of telecommunications, signal & image processing, circuit analysis, digital hardware, and various software engineering courses at the University of New Haven, Fairfield University, Central Connecticut State University, and CT State Community College, Middlesex in the US and the Australian National University and University of Queensland in Australia. He is a Researcher: Signal processing research: more than 40 papers in conferences and international journals in signal, video, and image processing; Full life-cycle systems engineering: requirements, analysis, design, verification, validation, delivery; Quality processes worked with: IS09001-2000, CMMI, ACE (UTC’s Achieving Competitive Excellence). Speaker(s): Dr. Peter James Kootsookos, PhD Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/456326

Elizabeth Alves STEM Affiliate Leader at Learning Disabilities Association of America Elizabeth Alves will share her preparation for her mission and a deep dive of her endeavors, projects, programs, accomplishments and inspired goals as a passionate Humanitarian with over 20 years of experience in education, specializing in integrating STEM concepts for students of all abilities. Her expertise spans general and special education, with a focus on supporting neuro-diverse learners and the under resourced. Speaker(s): Elizabeth Alves Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/456329

Monthly Lone Star Section Executive Committee Meeting Agenda: Room: CR 1.102, Bldg: 168, Southwest Research Institute, 6220 Culebra Road, San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78238, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/455827

Monthly meeting of EMB Chapter, followed by a technical talk There is a $15.00 charge for each registrant. Guests and non-members charge is $20.00 and Students are $5.00. Remainder of the tab will be picked up by the EMB. Agenda: 11:30am: Business meeting: Call to order, minutes of last meeting, treasurer's report, new business, 12:00pm: Lunch 12:30pm: Technical talk and discussion 1::00pm: adjourn San Antonio, Texas, United States