IEEE Region 5

[email protected] is the MGA Admissions & Advancement Representative for Region 5. As such, the main task is to promote Senior Member elevation for the members. The Senior Member title is the highest title that an IEEE member can apply for personally. This presentation will cover why elevation is good for the Section and for the member, Best Practices in assenbling your application, and the subsequent A&A Panel Review process that determines whether the application is successful. Co-sponsored by: Region 5 WIE Speaker(s): Larry Larson, Agenda: 7:00 PM - Welcome & Introductions 7:10 PM - Presentation: Senior Member Elevation - - - Larry Larson 7:40 PM - Q & A 7:53 PM - End of formal session - - Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/487201

This session will explore the critical role of standardized terminology in engineering practice, project development, compliance, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Participants will learn how IEEE 100 establishes a universal technical language, reduces ambiguity in design and documentation, and supports system interoperability and safety across modern electrical and electronic engineering fields. Real-world examples will demonstrate how mastering IEEE 100 terminology ensures precision in technical communication and professional excellence. PDH certificates will be provided. Offered by the IEEE Oklahoma City Section as part of the Standard Electrical and Electronic Engineering (SEEE) Workshop Series. Speaker(s): Reza Kandezy Room: N0202, Bldg: Sarkeys Energy Center, 100 Boyd St, , OK 73019, Norman, Oklahoma, United States, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/483188

ExCom meeting to discuss next years officers. Co-sponsored by: Carl Greco Russellville, Arkansas, United States, 72801

Talk highlights Development of multifunctional thin films for non-volatile memories and energy storage RuO₂-based FeRAMs and CeRAMs with reduced polarization fatigue Integration of ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCD) with advanced dielectrics for MEMS/NEMS TiAl and nanolaminate films with giant dielectric constants (k ≈ 1000) for supercapacitors Fabrication of diamond MOSFETs using high-k dielectrics and surface-engineered diamond Co-sponsored by: Electronic Materials Committee - IEEE Electron Devices Society Speaker(s): Orlando Auciello , Agenda: 4:00 PM - - Introductions and Resume of Dr. Auciello 4:10 - - - Technical Talk: Thin Film Development 4:45 - - - Q & A 5:00 - - - Adjourn Room: INGR 3-102, Bldg: INGR, Ingram School of Engineering, 327 W Woods Street, San Marcos, Texas, United States, 78666, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/488552

In this talk, Dr. Ali Siahkoohi highlights the risks of the current industrial AI practices involving training large-scale generative models on vast amounts of data scraped from the internet. This process unwittingly leads to training newer models on increasing amounts of AI-synthesized data that is rapidly proliferating online, a phenomenon Dr. Siahkoohi refers to as ``model autophagy'' (self-consuming models). He shows that without a sufficient influx of fresh, real data at each stage of an autophagous loop, future generative models will inevitably suffer a decline in either quality (precision) or diversity (recall). To mitigate this issue and inspired by fixed-point optimization, a penalty to the loss function of generative models is introduced that minimizes discrepancies between the model's weights when trained on real versus synthetic data. Since computing this penalty would require training a new generative model at each iteration, a permutation-invariant hypernetwork is proposed to make evaluating the penalty tractable by dynamically mapping data batches to model weights. This ensures scalability and seamless integration of the penalty term into existing generative modeling paradigms, mitigating biases associated with model autophagy. Additionally, this penalty improves the representation of minority classes in imbalanced datasets, which is a key step toward enhancing fairness in generative models. Speaker(s): Ali Siahkoohi Agenda: - Invited talk from Dr. Ali Siahkoohi, Assistant Professor in University of Central Florida's Computer Science Department. - Q/A Session Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/486945

Updates and planning for the month of June Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/483779

Free Registration (with a Zoom account; you can get one for free if you don't already have it. This requirement is to avoid Zoom bombing. Please sign in using the email address tied to your Zoom account — not necessarily the one you used to register for the event.): https://sjsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/vo5r9OqaSFuqKsuFcww7Cg Synopsis: AR/VR devices promise a new era of immersive computing, where our everyday experience is augmented with helpful information (Augmented Reality), or where we are immersed in fully virtual worlds (Virtual Reality). These systems fuse the physical world and the virtual world through computing resources to provide these immersive experiences rendered on the user's headset. As a result, it allows new opportunities for attackers to compromise the security and privacy of users that are not well understood. Towards understanding the security and privacy challenges in these systems, this talk presents a number of recent attacks we developed on AR/VR systems. One threat model exploits the shared computing resources used by multiple applications on a headset to extract information through side channels; we show attacks that spy on user activity or compromise privacy. Another threat model exploits the shared state among multiple users in a multi-user application, allowing malicious users to inject compromised information or to recover information they are not allowed to access. Other threat models include those that interfere with applications and cause the virtual model to become out of sync with the physical world, causing user motion sickness or bypassing safety guardrails. I will conclude with a discussion of potential defenses and ways to build more secure AR/VR experiences. --------------------------------------------------------------- By registering for this event, you agree that IEEE and the organizers are not liable to you for any loss, damage, injury, or any incidental, indirect, special, consequential, or economic loss or damage (including loss of opportunity, exemplary or punitive damages). The event will be recorded and will be made available for public viewing. Co-sponsored by: Vishnu S. Pendyala, SJSU Speaker(s): Dr. Vishnu S. Pendyala, Prof. Nael Abu-Ghazaleh Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/485364

Event registration for IEEE Dallas Section ExCom meeting to be attended by : Robert Shapiro (Chair) Morgan Kiani (Vice Chair) Saurabh Yadav (Secretary) Dona Maria Jose (Treasurer) Date : June 10 2025 Time : 08:00 PM - 09:00 PM CT Location : Virtual (Google Meet) Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/488498

We are thrilled to announce the IEEE Lafayette Section Congress: Young Professionals Local Activity, a dynamic gathering designed to bring together early-career engineers, researchers, and technologists from across the section. This event serves as a platform for networking, knowledge sharing, and community building among IEEE Young Professionals. Join us for an engaging day filled with interactive sessions, expert talks, and collaborative discussions focused on innovation, career development, and the future of technology. Whether you're a recent graduate, a young researcher, or a professional looking to connect and grow within the IEEE ecosystem, this event is tailored for you. Highlights include: - Keynote addresses from industry leaders and academics - Hands-on breakout sessions - Opportunities to connect with mentors and peers - Showcase of local innovations - Social mixer to build lasting professional relationships Together, let's empower the next generation of technology leaders in Lafayette and beyond. Co-sponsored by: Opportunity Machine Agenda: 09:30AM - 10:00AM : Registrations 10:00AM - 12:00PM : Tech Talks and Networking sessions 12:00PM - 12:30PM : IEEE Lafayette Section and YP affinity group recognitions, activities. 12:30PM - 1:00PM : Closing Event Bldg: Opportunity Machine, 314 Jefferson St, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States, 70501

This workshop introduces the principles and practices of systematically capturing, structuring, and verifying engineering system requirements. Participants will explore how IEEE 1233 ensures that designs meet technical, safety, compliance, and operational goals from the very beginning of the engineering process. Real-world case studies will illustrate how rigorous requirements development prevents costly design flaws, strengthens project outcomes, and improves system reliability. PDH certificates will be provided. Offered by the IEEE Oklahoma City Section as part of the Standard Electrical and Electronic Engineering (SEEE) Workshop Series. Speaker(s): Reza Kandezy Room: N0202, Bldg: Sarkeys Energy Center, 100 Boyd St, Norman, Oklahoma, United States, 73019-1102, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/483192

See agenda below. Agenda: Agenda Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/463090

CANCELLED!!! Due to events beyond control of the speaker the event is cancelled and to be rescheduled in the near future. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. Tom Slack, Jr., Meeting Coordinator The meeting will start with signing in for engineering credits, dinner and a presentation on the design of homes for Wind Mitigation and Fortified Home Program. Designing homes to withstand most wind, Rain, Snow and Hail Damage. Co-sponsored by: Louisiana Society of Engineers (LES) Speaker(s): Remy, Agenda: 6:00pm-cst 1800hrs-cst Register for the meeting and engineering education credits as well as social 7:00pm-cst 1900hrs-cst Dinner 7:45pm-cst 1945hrs-cst "Strengthening Louisiana homes through Wind Mitigation and the Fortified Home Program" 9:00pm-cst 2100hrs-cst Adjourn the meeting Bldg: Pascal's Manale, Pascal's Manale, 1838 Nepoleon Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70115

Baton Rouge IEEE Section Technical meeting Presentation topic is “Using Current Limiting Devices to Mitigate Arc Flash" Co-sponsored by: IAS, ISA, WIE Speaker(s): Andrew Garcia, Agenda: 6:00 pm - 6:30 pm Social 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Presentation Bldg: LaContea Italiano Ristorante, 7970 Jefferson Hwy., Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, 70809

EMBS EXCOM Planning meeting for the activities for the rest of the year. 365 Kitchen, 8124 Agora Pkwy #200, , Selma, Texas, United States, 78154