Silicon Valley Engineering Council

Title: Trend and Opportunities for High-Speed (GS/s) ADCs
2025-02-21 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Room: 116, Bldg: Bergin Hall, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California, United States, 95053
Title: Trend and Opportunies for High-Speed (GS/s) ADCs
Abstract: Analog to digital converter (ADC) is a critical building block for most electronic systems. Many
wideband electronic systems (such as wireless and wireline communications) favor digitization of analog
signal with increasing bandwidth (>GHz) and fidelity; at the same time, demand a low area/power
consumption. It leads to a great interest in high-speed ADCs in recent years. In this talk, I will describe
the recent trend of high-speed (>GS/s) ADC. Many existing works leverage massively interleaved SAR
ADCs. On the other hand, there are emerging opportunities to quantize the analog signal in time domain
with high speed. I will introduce a few ADC architectures and/or techniques that demonstrate promises
in achieving high conversion rate but at a low area and/or power consumption, including some silicon
examples developed in my research group.
Speaker(s): Mike Chen,
Agenda:
Networking: 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm (PT)
Presentation: 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm (PT)
Room: 116, Bldg: Bergin Hall, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California, United States, 95053

From Lab to Startup: Navigating the Journey from Academia to Entrepreneurship
2025-02-19 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Room: 4021, Bldg: Sobrato Campus for Discovery and Innovation, Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, California, United States, 95053
Transitioning from academia to entrepreneurship presents a unique set of challenges and opportunities. This presentation chronicles my journey from earning a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology to co-founding Falcomm, Inc., a venture-backed fabless semiconductor startup specializing in ultra-efficient power amplifiers for 5G and beyond. Drawing on experiences from academic research in zero-power RF/mm-wave signal processing and novel power amplifier designs, I discuss how the foundational skills and insights gained in academia shaped my approach to solving real-world problems.
The presentation highlights the pivotal moments in this transition, including identifying a market need, securing venture capital funding, navigating team dynamics, and establishing partnerships with industry leaders like GlobalFoundries. I also share lessons learned about bridging the gap between theoretical innovation and practical implementation, as well as the mindset shifts required to thrive as both a researcher and a CEO.
This talk aims to inspire academics and aspiring entrepreneurs to recognize the transferable skills inherent in their work, embrace calculated risks, and leverage their expertise to make a meaningful impact in industry. It also emphasizes the importance of persistence, adaptability,
and collaboration in the pursuit of building a startup from the ground up.
Speaker(s): Edgar,
Room: 4021, Bldg: Sobrato Campus for Discovery and Innovation, Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, California, United States, 95053

Eighth Annual Symposium on Heterogeneous Integration Roadmap and Annual Meeting
2025-02-19 08:00 - 2025-02-21 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Samsung Electronics Campus, 3655 N First Street, San Jose, California, United States, 95134
Future Vision for Heterogeneous Integration from Global Perspectives, 3 days, keynote talks, working groups …
Registration is $140 ($115 for IEEE members). PayPal is the credit card payments processor; please do not use your Paypal account during the payment process here.
When you get to the Visitor Parking area, staff will guide you to available section, and to the South Tower to check in and get your badge.
Speaker(s): , , ,
Agenda:
Check (https://eps.ieee.org/technology/heterogeneous-integration-roadmap/annual-hir-conference.html) FOR LATEST UPDATES and speaker bios.
Day 1 – Wednesday February 19, 2025
Forum on AI & Energy Efficiency and Advanced Packaging Metrology
9:00 am – 10:30 am Data Center AI & Energy Efficiency Forum Srilatha Manne (AMD), Arman Shehabi(LBL), Moderator: John Shalf
10:30 am – 10:40 am coffee & tea break
10:40 am – 12:10 pm Adv Packaging Metrology: NIST Metrology Team Paul Hale & Antara Nandi, Moderator: Bill Chen
12:10 pm – 1:10 pm Lunch
1:10 pm – 1:30 pm Welcome & Agenda Review
1:30 pm – 2:15 pm Ramune Nagisetty (NATCAST )
2:15 pm – 2:50 pm George Orji (NIST) Keynote
2:50 pm – 3:25 pm Henning Braunisch (SMART USA)
3:25 pm – 4:00 pm Christopher Bailey – ASU Initiatives 4:00 pm – 4:35 pm Raj Jammy (IMEC USA)
4:35 pm – 5:30 pm Wine Tasting Reception
Day 2 – Thursday February 20, 2025
9:00 am – 9:05 am Welcome
9:05 am – 9:30 am HIR Vision
9:30 am – 10:05 am Dae-Woo Kim (Samsung Electronics, South Korea)
10:05 am – 10:40 am Madhavan Swaminathan (PSU) 10:40 am – 10:50 am Coffee & Tea Break
10:50 am – 11:25 am Albert Heuberger (Fraunhofer Microelectronics Group)
11:25 am – 12:00 pm Jimmy Lu (ITRI ERSO Taiwan)
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm – 1:10 pm Contribution Recognition – Plaque Presentation
1:10 pm – 3:00 pm TWG Collaboration Meeting Team 1
3:00 pm – 3:05 pm Coffee & Tea Break
3:05 pm – 5:00 pm TWG Collaboration Meeting Team 2
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Wine Tasting Reception
Day 3 – Friday February 21, 2025
9:00 am – 9:10 am Welcome and Agenda Review, Hualiang Shi, EPS SCV Chapter Chair
9:10 am – 9:45 am Prith Banerjee (ANSYS)
9:45 am – 10:20 am TBD
10:20 am – 10:30 am Coffee Break
10:30 am – 11:05 am Srinivas Vempati (Institute of Microelectronics -IME, Singapore)
11:05 am – 11:40 am Subramanian Iyer (UCLA) – "AePeX America – Implementing Strategic Directions for the US Electronics Packaging Industry"
11:40 am – 12:40 am Lunch
12:40 pm – 2:30 pm TWG Collaboration Meeting Team 3
2:30 pm – 2:40 pm Coffee & Tea Break
2:40 pm – 4:30 pm TWG Collaboration Meeting Team4
4:30 pm – 4:45 pm Conference Wrap up
Samsung Electronics Campus, 3655 N First Street, San Jose, California, United States, 95134

Zoom of 2025 Engineers' Week Banquet and Hall of Fame Ceremony
2025-02-18 18:50 - 20:50 (Africa/Abidjan) | Online event
2025 SVEC Banquet to meet Hall of Fame Inductee Laurence W. Nagel, PhD w/Keynote by Mark Seeger, Founder of Glydways

Program Agenda
5:00PM – **Reception & Hall of Fame Exhibits** w/No-Host Bar
5:50PM – **Take seats in Dining Room**
6:00PM – **President’s Welcome** (and Dinner served)
6:10PM – **Dinner with Colleagues and Friends**
6:50PM – **HoF Committee Remarks**
Hall of Fame Purpose & Future Plans
7:05PM – **SVEC Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony – Laurence W. Nagel, PhD**
7:25PM – **Keynote Presentation**
**Mark Seeger,** Founder, Glydways
*Disaggregated Mass Transit – How Packetizing Mobility is the Best Way to Move People*
7:55PM – **Education Awards**
***Yanika Schneider, PhD*** – SVEC Board and Education Committee Chair
STEM Scholarship Awards and Keeper of Flame Award
8:10PM – **Program Close**
Join us for an exciting evening at the **Delta Hotels by Marriott** Santa Clara Silicon Valley in Santa Clara, CA, USA. The SVEC-CA Annual Banquet is a must-attend event for engineering enthusiasts, professionals, and students alike.
The Silicon Valley Engineering Council (SVEC) proudly presents the **35th Annual Engineers Week Banquet and Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony** on Tuesday, February 18, 2025. The SVEC honors outstanding individuals for their contributions by welcoming them into its Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame ceremony recognizes local engineers for their outstanding professional achievements, both in engineering and technology, and for significant contributions to the community. The banquet will also feature a distinguished keynote speaker, **education scholarship** **awards** to students for academic excellence and the **Keeper of the Flame Award**.
**Sponsorship Opportunities Available**This year is the 35th Anniversary of The Silicon Valley Engineering Banquet and Hall of Fame Ceremony. This is a great opportunity to expose your organization or company to Silicon Valley’s eminent engineers and technologists, sponsor scholarships and help SVEC’s mission. [Please see details here](https://svec.us21.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d94ae2aa113f9036ed9e11acd&id=d21aba0786&e=0deedaf58e).
Meet the Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame 2025 Inductee – Laurence W. Nagel, PhD

Laurence W. Nagel, PhD is a renowned developer of integrated circuit simulation software, having developed a program named “Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis,” commonly called SPICE, which launched a cottage industry of circuit simulation tools that have been used throughout the world since the early 1970s.
Larry’s career includes 20 years at Bell Laboratories working on the ADVICE circuit simulation program, process and device simulation tools, development of the Kull-Nagel bipolar model, sub-micron NMOS processes, patent licensing and the Celerity circuit simulation program.
In recent years, as the founder of Omega Enterprises Consulting, he has been advising clients in Analog circuit design, Computer-Aided Design (CAD), circuit simulation (SPICE), semiconductor device modeling and is often an expert witness in patent litigation and trade secret cases.
Larry earned his BS, MS, and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering at the University of California-Berkeley. He became an IEEE Fellow in 2005 “for contributions to the field of integrated circuit simulation,” and is now an IEEE Life Fellow. SPICE was recognized with an IEEE Milestone in 2011, and Dr. Nagel participated in its Computer History Museum dedication.
Keynote Speaker – Mark Seeger, Founder, Glydways
Mark Seeger founded Glydways to activate his vision: a form of public transit that can move more people than rail, using less than half of the space, which costs 90% less to build and operate while providing a private and on-demand ride every time. Most crucially, this solution can be delivered with commodity technology leveraging existing supply chains. Born in the Netherlands, Mark has spent equal parts of his life in Holland, Singapore, and the United States, giving him insight and experience into regional opportunities and challenges that exist to dramatically change how we as a society move.
Prior to founding Glydways, Mark had early careers at NASA and Apple; founded the biodegradable plastics company GreenIdea in Singapore (sold); the electric motorcycle company Mission Motorcycles and Mission Marine; as well built initiatives that focused on low-cost, high-efficiency air-conditioning for third-world countries with his company GeoCool (sold).
Mark holds an MBA and MS in Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and resides in Brisbane, CA.
SVEC Engineering Education Awards
SVEC recognizes teachers of STEM education and promotes their efforts and accomplishments and encourages STEM students who wish to pursue engineering degrees at higher education institutions.
SVEC High School Award – The Silicon Valley Engineering Council Engineering Education awards recognize young engineering and technology students for their dedication, focus, and commitment to engineering. Engineering and Technology students graduating from high school are eligible. The award is $500 and students may receive an SVEC Education award only once. Recognizes high school engineering and technology students for their dedication, focus, and commitment to engineering. [https://form.jotform.com/241876833791167](https://svec.us21.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d94ae2aa113f9036ed9e11acd&id=bcd082119a&e=0deedaf58e)
SVEC College Award
The Silicon Valley Engineering Council Engineering Education awards recognize undergraduate engineering and technology students for their dedication, focus, and commitment to engineering. Engineering and Technology. The one-time award is $1,000 and students may receive an SVEC Education award only once.[https://form.jotform.com/241876962062161](https://svec.us21.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d94ae2aa113f9036ed9e11acd&id=b07ae346d4&e=0deedaf58e)
SVEC Graduate Student Award
The Silicon Valley Engineering Council Engineering Education awards recognize graduate engineering and technology students for their dedication, focus, and commitment to engineering. Engineering and Technology. The one-time award is $1,000 and students may receive an SVEC Education award only once. [https://form.jotform.com/241876801296162](https://svec.us21.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d94ae2aa113f9036ed9e11acd&id=028ffe723f&e=0deedaf58e)
Keeper of the Flame Award
The purpose is to promote high standards of content and rigor in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education. The SVEC Keeper of the Flame award recognizes and honors those heroes of K-12 education who have distinguished themselves as Keepers of the Flame of knowledge by maintaining high standards of content in STEM instruction in the face of significant challenges. This award is not intended just to recognize outstanding teaching ability. The award will consist of a cash grant of $1000 given directly to the winning teacher. The award funds are to be used by the teacher for educational purposes. Up to two teachers will be recognized each year.[https://form.jotform.com/241876985745174](https://svec.us21.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d94ae2aa113f9036ed9e11acd&id=538656ae0a&e=0deedaf58e)
**Purchase Tickets**
**General Admission**: $110, **Members** $99
(tickets go up $15 after January 15)
**Full table tickets** (10 diners) $1100 (thru January 15), $1250 after
Meal choices include:
Seared Salmon with brown rice quinoa, glazed carrots, citrus herb bur blanc.
Roasted Chicken with red wine pan reduction, mashed potatoes, roasted mushrooms and spinach.
Vegetarian Spinach Ricotta Ravioli with pesto creme sauce, sautéed spinach, and cherry tomatoes.
Dietary restriction meal selections upon request.
Includes wine, coffee, tea, salad and dessert.
Tickets can be purchased by sending a check to Silicon Valley Engineering Council, PO Box 610385, San Jose CA 95161 (saves SVEC the processing fee) or via Zelle to [treasurer@svec-ca.org](mailto:treasurer@svec-ca.org) or through EventBrite by clicking [Buy Tickets (Early Bird Prices to 1/16)](https://svec.us21.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d94ae2aa113f9036ed9e11acd&id=cfd51dcdaa&e=0deedaf58e “Buy Tickets (Early Bird Prices to 1/16)”)

35th Annual Engineers Week Banquet and Hall of Fame Ceremony
2025-02-18 17:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Join us for an exciting evening at the Delta Hotels by Marriott Santa Clara Silicon Valley in Santa Clara, CA, USA. The SVEC-CA Annual Banquet is a must-attend event for engineering enthusiasts, professionals, and students alike.
The Silicon Valley Engineering Council (SVEC) proudly presents the 35th annual Engineers Week Banquet and Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, February 18, 2025.
This year, the Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame Selection Committee is honored to announce that Laurence W. Nagel, PhD has been selected as the 2025 Hall of Fame inductee.
This year’s banquet will feature a keynote by Mark Seeger, Founder of Glydways entitled:
Disaggregated Mass Transit – How Packetizing Mobility is the Best Way to Move People
SVEC Education Scholarship awards twill be awarded o students for academic excellence and to an area teacher for the Keeper of the Flame Award.
For more information and to purchase tickets, click here.
For Sponsorship Opportunities, click here.
General Admission tickets $110 (until January 15), $125 after Full table tickets (10 diners) $1100 (until January 15), $1250 after. Click here to purchase tickets.
Meal choices include chicken breast, pan seared salmon, or vegetarian spinach ravioi. Dietary restriction meal selections upon request.
Includes coffee, tea, wine, salad and dessert.
Tickets can also be purchased by sending a check to Silicon Valley Engineering Council, PO Box 610385, San Jose CA 95161 or by Zelle (account is treasurer@svec-ca.org).

Industry Night
2025-02-17 17:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Santa Clara, 6000 California City Blvd, California City, CA, United States
Join us for Industry Night, where you’ll have the opportunity to connect face-to-face with local company recruiters and industry professionals. This is your chance to network, ask questions, and submit your resume for potential opportunities. Don’t miss out on this valuable event to expand your professional connections!
Santa Clara, California, United States

Introduction to NVivo
2025-02-12 19:00 - 20:00 UTC

General Meeting
2025-02-12 17:30 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Room: 170, Bldg: SSB, 5200 Lake Rd, Merced, California, United States, 95343
General meetings have members divide into project groups. This meeting will finalize the February 14th Rose Tabling Schedule, work on the e-bike design, and discuss the Solar Car Race.
Room: 170, Bldg: SSB, 5200 Lake Rd, Merced, California, United States, 95343

Startups: Early Strategies for Success
2025-02-11 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 673 South Milpitas Blvd., Milpitas, California, United States, 95035, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/457738
This is a hybrid in-person and online event. Pre-registration is required for either.
For many startups, the focus is often on rapid development—building fast and launching products quickly. However, the harsh reality is that countless startups fail not because of poor technology but due to a lack of clear market positioning, audience targeting, and product differentiation.
This presentation will explore why developing a marketing and product strategy early is critical for a startup’s survival and growth. From narrowing down a market niche to defining a unique selling proposition, we’ll break down essential components that shape a startup’s long-term success.
Elena Gostrer will draw from her real-world startup experiences by highlighting common pitfalls such as misaligned product-market fit and wasted resources on solutions no one needs. Attendees will gain insights into how strategic planning saves time and money, accelerates scaling, and reduces the risk of costly pivots down the line.
Whether you’re a developer, product manager, or startup founder, this presentation will offer practical takeaways to rethink your approach to ensure your startup is guided by more than just code.
Speaker(s): Elena Gostrer,
673 South Milpitas Blvd., Milpitas, California, United States, 95035, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/457738

Data Centers and Electricity
2025-02-06 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Room: 225, Bldg: Heafey, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California, United States, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/462089
When it comes to energy, Microsoft is a customer, collaborator, and innovator. Joseff Kolman, a Program Manager of Energy Markets at Microsoft, will deliver a Data Center 101 presentation detailing the operational characteristics of Microsoft and other data center operators as customers and collaborators of electric utilities.
Speaker(s): Joseff Kolman,
Room: 225, Bldg: Heafey, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California, United States, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/462089

Realizing Artificial Intelligence: Edge-to-Cloud-to-Exascale
2025-02-06 17:00 - 17:02 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/462458
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Title: Realizing Artificial Intelligence: Edge-to-Cloud-to-Exascale
Abstract: Foundational models with trillions of parameters are being trained. Multi-modal GenAI and Inference Serving services are being deployed for a variety of use cases. To meet the computational demands of these AI workloads, we now have infrastructure with larger than ever GPUs and networks with ever increasing bandwidths. In this presentation, I will talk about challenges of running today’s AI workloads on extreme scale infrastructure. Hewlett Packard Labs is pursuing different research directions for building resilient, scalable and sustainable AI infrastructures. I will discuss how we are tackling the complexities of orchestrating AI/ML workloads by leveraging AI Workload simulations, GPU virtualization, performant communication collectives and novel accelerators.
Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/462458

Climber Coffee
2025-02-06 16:00 - 18:00 UTC | Arrillaga Outdoor Education & Recreation Center
Join us for our monthly climber coffee meet-up at the Outdoor Center! Meet fellow climbers, enjoy free coffee, and talk about current events in the climbing world. This event is open to all, regardless of experience, on the first Thursday of every month. Bring your own mug!

Next Gen Nanomaterial-based Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) Shields
2025-02-06 11:30 - 13:15 (America/Los_Angeles) | Bldg: ==> Use corner entrance: Kifer Road / San Lucar Court ==> Do not enter at main entrance on Kifer Road, EAG Labs, 810 Kifer Road, Sunnyvale, California, California, United States, 95051
Next Gen Nanomaterial-based Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) Shields
Abstract:
Electromagnetic interference is now a routine concern, as emitted radiation from a device can interfere with the function of nearby systems. The radiation can also be harmful to human health. Thus, shielding regulations exist in industrialized nations for all electronic products.
Most shields today are metal-based, and weight penalty of metals becomes an issue as devices and systems shrink in size. More importantly, metals do their shielding job primarily by reflection due to their excellent conductivity and the resulting large impedance mismatch between the shield and free space. This leads to undesirable secondary pollution.
This talk will focus on two ongoing aspects of EMI shield development.
First involves printing of shields which provides much thinner shields than what sheet metal fabrication can do. Shields based on alternatives to metals such as graphene and MXene are printed. Thinner shields translate to high absolute shielding effectiveness which is shielding effectiveness normalized to thickness and density. Printing also results in lower cost.
Second, the talk will focus on green shields that work by absorption rather than reflection, aiming at a green index much greater than one, where green index is the ratio of absorbance over reflectance.
Bio:
Meyya Meyyappan
Meyya Meyyappan recently retired from NASA Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley after serving as Chief Scientist for Exploration Technology and Director of the Center for Nanotechnology. He is currently an Honorary Professor at IIT-Guwahati, India. He has authored or co-authored over 440 articles in peer-reviewed journals and made over 300 Invited/Keynote/Plenary Talks in conferences across the world and over 300 seminars at universities. He is a Fellow of IEEE, AVS, ECS, MRS, ASME, AIChE, and National Academy of Inventors.
For his contributions and leadership in nanotechnology, he has received numerous awards including: a Presidential Meritorious Award; NASA's Outstanding Leadership Medal; IEEE Judith Resnick Award; IEEE-USA Harry Diamond Award; AIChE Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum Award; Distinguished Engineering Achievement Award by the Engineers' Council; Pioneer Award in Nanotechnology by the IEEE-NTC; Sir Monty Finniston Award by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (UK); IEEE-USA Professional Achievement Award; AVS Nanotechnology Recognition Award; IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society Merit Award; AVS Plasma Prize; MRS Impact Award; FLEXI Technology Champion Award for Printed and Flexible Electronics; ECS Thomas Callinan Award.
For his sustained contributions to nanotechnology, he was inducted into the Silicon Valley Engineering Council Hall of Fame in 2009. He has received Honorary Doctorate from the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. He served as President of both IEEE Nanotechnology Council (NTC) and IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS).
For his educational contributions, he has received: Outstanding Recognition Award from the NASA Office of Education; the Engineer of the Year Award (2004) by the San Francisco Section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; IEEE-EDS Education Award; IEEE-EAB (Educational Activities Board) Meritorious Achievement Award in Continuing Education.
AGENDA:
Thursday February 6, 2025
11:30 AM: Networking, Pizza & Drinks
Noon — 1 pm: Seminar
Please register on Eventbrite before 9:30 AM on Thursday February 6, 2025
$4 IEEE members $6 non IEEE members
(discounts for unemployed and students )
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Bldg: ==> Use corner entrance: Kifer Road / San Lucar Court ==> Do not enter at main entrance on Kifer Road, EAG Labs, 810 Kifer Road, Sunnyvale, California, California, United States, 95051

AI Day SF
Google Community Space, 188 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
**You can register on our Eventbrite page [here](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ai-day-sf-registration-1120928480259?aff=oddtdtcreator). (This is a paid event, RSVP on meetup is not enough to attend, you must register on Eventbrite).**
[AI Day SF](https://aidaysf.org) provides attendees both training and thought leadership around AI. This all day event includes a training track where you learn how to integrate AI into modern Cloud Native technology stacks. For the workshop details, please view
https://youtube.com/live/8W2yAxGVYyQ
The thought leadership track will provide a wide view of how AI is impacting business strategy and operations, regulatory environments, legal impact, and more. For speakers and topics, review
https://youtube.com/live/kyRxaYKWM-4
AI Day SF is your one stop to get a full 360 view of AI and its impact.
This event is brought to you by the local chapters of the Association for Computing Machinery and Internet Society.
Note 1 – https://aidaysf.org has been updated (12-Jan-2025)

Member Appreciation Day
2025-02-06 | Stanford Redwood City Recreation and Wellness Center
Join the Recreation and Wellness Center at SRWC for member appreciation day! Come scan in at the front desk and grab a snacks and refreshment! There will be a table set up with snacks and refreshments from 7am until supplies last.

Charting New Territories: Multimodal Information Processing in NLP through Deep Learning and Language Modeling
2025-02-05 18:45 - 20:30 (US/Pacific) | Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/461803
Synopsis:
Multimodal information processing involves utilizing data from diverse sources such as images, videos, and text to improve real-world applications. This presentation will explore how extracting insights from multiple modalities can enhance tasks like summarization, hate speech detection, complaint mining, and medical question summarization. Combining data from videos, images, and texts can create more comprehensive summaries. The speaker will discuss their recent works in multimodal summarization, focusing on areas like comment-aware multimodal summarization, multilingual approaches, and medical question summarization. The talk will also cover the datasets and methods developed to address these challenges in detail.
Speaker(s): Dr. Vishnu S. Pendyala, Dr. Sriparna Saha
Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/461803

To Cervantes with Love: Cervantine Blackness
2025-01-31 22:00 - 23:00 UTC
Nicholas R. Jones (Assistant Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Yale University)
This presentation delves into the depths of Miguel de Cervantes’s portrayal of black Africans and sub-Saharan Africa in Nicholas R. Jones’s latest scholarly work, Cervantine Blackness (Penn State UP, 2024). With Cervantine Blackness, Jones challenges entrenched paradigms and invites a reevaluation of the complexities surrounding racialized blackness and black social life in Cervantes’s literary corpus. By recalibrating the focus from conventional narratives of “agency” and “resistance” to a nuanced understanding of black subjects within Cervantes’s works, Jones offers a systematic deconstruction of long-standing prejudices that seeks to forge new paths in literary and cultural criticism. This lecture will challenge its audience to rethink the portrayal of blackness in early modern literature writ large and, more importantly, its implications for contemporary discourse.
Registration Here

Cross-Issue Creativity for Environmental Justice
2025-01-31 19:00 - 2025-02-01 00:00 UTC | O’Donohue Educational Farm
A half-day intensive workshop led by the California Allegory Project to share their design-research methodology advancing Environmental Justice through art.
Brought to you by the EJ Working Group, Earthtones, and the Beehive Design Collective.

Predictive Engineering and Artificial Intelligence
2025-01-31 09:00 - 10:00 (Pacific/Honolulu) | Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/445270
Humans make decisions and solve problems using heuristics (“thinking fast”) or abstract approaches such as modeling (“thinking slow”). Artificial intelligence approaches can similarly use either heuristics that are related to correlation and categorization, or use models that are related to causation. Predictive Engineering, which melds engineering modeling with probabilistic thinking, aligns closely with causation and an aspect of artificial intelligence called Causal Learning. Issues with some artificial intelligence approaches will be explored, with real (and sometimes controversial and provocative) examples, and promising approaches encompassing causation /predictive engineering will be discussed.
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Speaker(s): Eric Maass
Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/445270

Spring Phase 2 Deadline - Schedule Build for Priority Room Scheduling
2025-01-31
Deadline to submit schedule changes to be included in priority room scheduling for Spring Quarter

Networking Night
2025-01-30 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | 2510 Augustine Dr, Santa Clara, CA 95054, Santa Clara, California, United States, 95054
Join us for an in-person networking event for meet-and-greet with members of the IEEE SSCS SCV Section at Mountain Mike's Pizza
Food will be provided. Please register to allow for proper planning.
Parking structure located at 2585 Augustine Dr. 3-hour free parking
Look for the glass double doors to the party room.
2510 Augustine Dr, Santa Clara, CA 95054, Santa Clara, California, United States, 95054

2025 CES Download - Check out the latest tech innovations
2025-01-30 17:30 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Room: Silicon Valley Room, Bldg: Plug and Play Tech Center, 440 N.Wolfe Road, Suite 71, SUNNYVALE, California, United States, 94085
This is the annual IEEE SFBA Consumer Technology Society (CTSoc) event providing a summary of the latest and unique tech innovations from the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. This event has proven to be very popular as many people working in related industries do not get to attend CES. CES's focus has expanded to beyond consumer electronic devices to many (https://www.ces.tech/exhibits/product-categories.aspx) including wearables, smart homes, robotics, drones, medical and healthcare devices, etc.
2024 IEEE President, Tom Coughlin and Region 6 Director, Joseph Wei, both are past-chairs of SFBA CTSoc will share highlights of the unique tech solutions at CES that may not have been covered by the mainstream media. This will be an in-person event, and the room has limited capacity. Register early, do not miss this event to get a glance in the future of consumer technologies. Previous CES Download and other meetings slides and recordings are available for viewing at https://site.ieee.org/scv-ces/recent-events/.
This is a FREE event for IEEE members who provide their IEEE membership # when registering, and $10 for non-IEEE members (no refunds).
Speakers:
Tom Coughlin – President, Coughlin Associates
Joseph Wei – Managing Director, Technology Ventures Group, LLC
Speaker(s): Tom Coughlin, Joseph Wei
Agenda:
5:30 – 6:00 pm: Check-in, networking, food and drinks
6:00 – 6:10 pm SFBA CTSoc introduction
6:10 – 7:30 pm Presentations by Tom Coughlin and Joseph Wei
7:30 – 8:00 pm Q&A and Networking
Room: Silicon Valley Room, Bldg: Plug and Play Tech Center, 440 N.Wolfe Road, Suite 71, SUNNYVALE, California, United States, 94085
