IEEE Lone Star Section

A tour with Big Sun Solar offers engineering students a valuable opportunity to explore a solar array system in a realistic commercial environment, providing firsthand insight into renewable energy systems and sustainable engineering practices. Students will have the chance to observe and learn about the array design, installation, and maintenance, as well as learn about energy storage solutions, grid integration, and the financial aspects of large-scale solar projects. This experience will deepen student understanding of the growing role of solar power in the energy industry. [] 7400 W Loop 1604 N, San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78250, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/443120

Annual IEEE LSS LMAG Appreciation Dinner. LMAG Active Volunteer Members cost is FREE. 1 Guest per member, cost is $20 (cash to be paid at the event). Prefered dress for LM volunteers: RED SHIRTS.. Pictures will be taken. Bar-Open Full. There is a choice of entrees: Filet, Chicken or Fish (Salmon), plus some Hor d'oeuvres and deserts. Coffee, Tea and water provided. When registering, please indicate your choice of entrees for yourself and any guest. There will be volunteer recognition after the meal. Registtion is limited. Registration Notices will be sent by email. This event is to recognize the great efforts of ou Room: Fire Place Room, Bldg: The Barn Door, 8400 N. New Braunfels Ave., San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78209

Monthly Lone Star Section Executive Committee Meeting 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/395083

Planning for future meetings. Agenda: 11:30 Start Meeting 12:00 Lunch 1:30 end of meeting Room: Open Seating Area, Bldg: Ernesto's, San Antonio, Texas, United States

IEEE Lone Star Section EMBS Chapter and the Life Members Affinity Group will host a daylong workshop on AI and Healthcare. Event will be held in conjunction with the Computer Sciences Department's Research Day and Poster Presentations. The website for the event is as follows: https://r5.ieee.org/lss-embs/workshop/ The purpose of the workshop is to assemble engineers and scientists with an interest in Artificial Intelligence (AI) as applied to the field of healthcare. The workshop is expected to also expand interest in EMB activities across several technical chapters, affinity groups and Section members. Additionally, the event will focus on expanding interest in EMB for students and faculty at the many academic institutions within the Lone Star Section. In addition the event will include Texas State University in San Marcos (Central Texas Section), with emphasis on its very active IEEE faculty and student branch. The workshop will featuring a Keynote, Panel Discussion, and Poster session at the (https://www.txst.edu/starpark/conference-center.html) Conference facility in San Marcos, Texas on December 6, 2024. (Room 173 and 174) Students: Please submit a title and abstracts (less than 500 words) to https://forms.gle/NaLgLeW8aypNwFqz8 by 30 November 2024. The best 5 posters abstracts will be published in IEEE Pulse Magazine. Speaker(s): Dr. Stephen T.C. Wong Agenda: 8:30 AM: Registration and breakfast 9:00-10:00 AM: Introductions and Keynote 10:00-11:00 AM: Panel Discussion – Ethics in AI Panel Members - Dr. Jose Salinas, Research Scientist, U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research - Hakima Ibaroudene, Research and Development Manager, Southwest Research Institute - Brett Bowman, Research Physicist, Air Force Research Laboratory - Dr. Robert Teague, Chief Medical Officer, Green Room Technologies 11:00-11:30: Lone Star Section Presentation – Dr. Walt Downing, Section Chairman 11:30-12:30 PM: Lunch (BBQ) 12:30-2:00 PM: Poster presentations 2:00 PM: Wrap up and closing remarks 2:30 PM: Adjourn STAR One Conference Center, 3055 Hunter Road, San Marcos, Texas, United States, 78666

In the quest to break through the limitations of conventional computing paradigms, neuromorphic computing emerges as a revolutionary approach, inspired by the structure and functioning of the human brain. Neuromorphic computing seeks to mimic the neural architectures and operational principles of biological nervous systems to achieve promising levels of efficiency and adaptability. This talk delves into the fundamental concepts, potential applications, and areas for improvement in neuromorphic computing. Event will be held in The Archives Building (Building 51) and is restricted to US citizens. Light refreshments will be served. Speaker(s): Prativa Bldg: Building 51, 6220 Culebra, San Antonio, Texas, United States

What is IEEE-USA and am I a member? We'll provide an overview of the organization representing all US-based IEEE members. Not only that, there are many volunteer opportunities. Room: Private Dining Room #2, Bldg: Slick Cafe, Southwest Research Institute, 6220 Culebra Road, San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78238

[] 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

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