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SUMMARY:Introduction to NVivo
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URL:https://svec.org/event/introduction-to-nvivo/
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SUMMARY:General Meeting
DESCRIPTION: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.\nRoom: 170\, Bldg: SSB\, 5200 Lake Rd\, Merced\, California\, United States\, 95343
URL:https://svec.org/event/general-meeting/
LOCATION:Room: 170\, Bldg: SSB\, 5200 Lake Rd\, Merced\, California\, United States\, 95343
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SUMMARY:Startups: Early Strategies for Success
DESCRIPTION:This is a hybrid in-person and online event. Pre-registration is required for either.\nFor 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.\nThis 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.\nElena 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.\nWhether 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.\nSpeaker(s): Elena Gostrer\,\n673 South Milpitas Blvd.\, Milpitas\, California\, United States\, 95035\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/457738
URL:https://svec.org/event/startups-early-strategies-for-success/
LOCATION:673 South Milpitas Blvd.\, Milpitas\, California\, United States\, 95035\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/457738
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SUMMARY:Startups: Early Strategies for Success
DESCRIPTION:This is a hybrid in-person and online event. Pre-registration is required for either.\nFor 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.\nThis 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.\nElena 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.\nWhether 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.\nSpeaker(s): Elena Gostrer\,\n673 South Milpitas Blvd.\, Milpitas\, California\, United States\, 95035\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/457738
URL:https://svec.org/event/startups-early-strategies-for-success-2/
LOCATION:673 South Milpitas Blvd.\, Milpitas\, California\, United States\, 95035\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/457738
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250206T183000
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CREATED:20250122T060916Z
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SUMMARY:Data Centers and Electricity
DESCRIPTION: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.\nSpeaker(s): Joseff Kolman\,\nRoom: 225\, Bldg: Heafey\, Santa Clara University\, Santa Clara\, California\, United States\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/462089
URL:https://svec.org/event/data-centers-and-electricity/
LOCATION:Room: 225\, Bldg: Heafey\, Santa Clara University\, Santa Clara\, California\, United States\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/462089
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250206T183000
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SUMMARY:Data Centers and Electricity
DESCRIPTION: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.\nSpeaker(s): Joseff Kolman\,\nRoom: 225\, Bldg: Heafey\, Santa Clara University\, Santa Clara\, California\, United States\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/462089
URL:https://svec.org/event/data-centers-and-electricity-2/
LOCATION:Room: 225\, Bldg: Heafey\, Santa Clara University\, Santa Clara\, California\, United States\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/462089
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CREATED:20250122T060916Z
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SUMMARY:Realizing Artificial Intelligence: Edge-to-Cloud-to-Exascale
DESCRIPTION:[]\nTitle: Realizing Artificial Intelligence: Edge-to-Cloud-to-Exascale\nAbstract: 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.\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/462458
URL:https://svec.org/event/realizing-artificial-intelligence-edge-to-cloud-to-exascale/
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/462458
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250206T170000
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CREATED:20250122T060916Z
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UID:64361-1738861200-1738861320@svec.org
SUMMARY:Realizing Artificial Intelligence: Edge-to-Cloud-to-Exascale
DESCRIPTION:[]\nTitle: Realizing Artificial Intelligence: Edge-to-Cloud-to-Exascale\nAbstract: 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.\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/462458
URL:https://svec.org/event/realizing-artificial-intelligence-edge-to-cloud-to-exascale/
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/462458
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SUMMARY:Climber Coffee
DESCRIPTION: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!
URL:https://svec.org/event/climber-coffee/
LOCATION:Arrillaga Outdoor Education & Recreation Center
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250206T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250206T131500
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CREATED:20250126T061844Z
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SUMMARY:Next Gen Nanomaterial-based Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) Shields
DESCRIPTION:Next Gen Nanomaterial-based Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) Shields\nAbstract:\nElectromagnetic 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.\nMost 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.\nThis talk will focus on two ongoing aspects of EMI shield development.\nFirst 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.\nSecond\, 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.\nBio:\nMeyya Meyyappan\nMeyya 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.\nFor 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.\nFor 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).\nFor 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.\nAGENDA:\nThursday February 6\, 2025\n11:30 AM: Networking\, Pizza & Drinks\nNoon — 1 pm: Seminar\nPlease register on Eventbrite before 9:30 AM on Thursday February 6\, 2025\n$4 IEEE members $6 non IEEE members\n(discounts for unemployed and students )\nSee examplesAdd\nBldg: ==> 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
URL:https://svec.org/event/next-gen-nanomaterial-based-electromagnetic-interference-emi-shields/
LOCATION: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
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SUMMARY:AI Day SF
DESCRIPTION:**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).** \n[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\nhttps://youtube.com/live/8W2yAxGVYyQ \nThe 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\nhttps://youtube.com/live/kyRxaYKWM-4 \nAI Day SF is your one stop to get a full 360 view of AI and its impact. \nThis event is brought to you by the local chapters of the Association for Computing Machinery and Internet Society. \nNote 1 – https://aidaysf.org has been updated (12-Jan-2025)
URL:https://svec.org/event/ai-day-sf/
LOCATION:Google Community Space\, 188 The Embarcadero\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94105\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250206
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250207
DTSTAMP:20260404T053423
CREATED:20250124T230406Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250124T230406Z
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SUMMARY:Member Appreciation Day
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://svec.org/event/member-appreciation-day/
LOCATION:Stanford Redwood City Recreation and Wellness Center
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DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20250205T184500
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20250205T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T053423
CREATED:20250122T060916Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250122T060916Z
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SUMMARY:Charting New Territories: Multimodal Information Processing in NLP through Deep Learning and Language Modeling
DESCRIPTION:Synopsis:\nMultimodal 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.\nSpeaker(s): Dr. Vishnu S. Pendyala\, Dr. Sriparna Saha\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/461803
URL:https://svec.org/event/charting-new-territories-multimodal-information-processing-in-nlp-through-deep-learning-and-language-modeling/
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/461803
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DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20250205T203000
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UID:64358-1738781100-1738787400@svec.org
SUMMARY:Charting New Territories: Multimodal Information Processing in NLP through Deep Learning and Language Modeling
DESCRIPTION:Synopsis:\nMultimodal 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.\nSpeaker(s): Dr. Vishnu S. Pendyala\, Dr. Sriparna Saha\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/461803
URL:https://svec.org/event/charting-new-territories-multimodal-information-processing-in-nlp-through-deep-learning-and-language-modeling-2/
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/461803
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250131T220000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250131T230000
DTSTAMP:20260404T053423
CREATED:20250124T230347Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250124T230347Z
UID:64669-1738360800-1738364400@svec.org
SUMMARY:To Cervantes with Love: Cervantine Blackness 
DESCRIPTION:Nicholas R. Jones (Assistant Professor\, Department of Spanish and Portuguese\, Yale University)\nThis 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.\nRegistration Here
URL:https://svec.org/event/to-cervantes-with-love-cervantine-blackness/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250131T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250201T000000
DTSTAMP:20260404T053423
CREATED:20250124T230349Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250124T230349Z
UID:64680-1738350000-1738368000@svec.org
SUMMARY:Cross-Issue Creativity for Environmental Justice
DESCRIPTION:A half-day intensive workshop led by the California Allegory Project to share their design-research methodology advancing Environmental Justice through art.\nBrought to you by the EJ Working Group\, Earthtones\, and the Beehive Design Collective.
URL:https://svec.org/event/cross-issue-creativity-for-environmental-justice/
LOCATION:O’Donohue Educational Farm
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250131T090000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250131T100000
DTSTAMP:20260404T053423
CREATED:20250122T060915Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250122T060915Z
UID:64354-1738314000-1738317600@svec.org
SUMMARY:Predictive Engineering and Artificial Intelligence
DESCRIPTION: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.\n[]\nSpeaker(s): Eric Maass\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/445270
URL:https://svec.org/event/predictive-engineering-and-artificial-intelligence/
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/445270
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250131T090000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250131T100000
DTSTAMP:20260404T053423
CREATED:20250122T060915Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250122T060915Z
UID:64355-1738314000-1738317600@svec.org
SUMMARY:Predictive Engineering and Artificial Intelligence
DESCRIPTION: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.\n[]\nSpeaker(s): Eric Maass\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/445270
URL:https://svec.org/event/predictive-engineering-and-artificial-intelligence-2/
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/445270
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250131
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250201
DTSTAMP:20260404T053423
CREATED:20250125T230712Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250125T230712Z
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SUMMARY:Spring Phase 2 Deadline - Schedule Build for Priority Room Scheduling
DESCRIPTION:Deadline to submit schedule changes to be included in priority room scheduling for Spring Quarter
URL:https://svec.org/event/spring-phase-2-deadline-schedule-build-for-priority-room-scheduling/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250130T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250130T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T053423
CREATED:20250122T060915Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250122T060915Z
UID:64351-1738261800-1738269000@svec.org
SUMMARY:Networking Night
DESCRIPTION: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\nFood will be provided. Please register to allow for proper planning.\nParking structure located at 2585 Augustine Dr. 3-hour free parking\nLook for the glass double doors to the party room.\n2510 Augustine Dr\, Santa Clara\, CA 95054\, Santa Clara\, California\, United States\, 95054
URL:https://svec.org/event/networking-night/
LOCATION:2510 Augustine Dr\, Santa Clara\, CA 95054\, Santa Clara\, California\, United States\, 95054
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250130T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250130T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T053423
CREATED:20250122T060915Z
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SUMMARY:Networking Night
DESCRIPTION: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\nFood will be provided. Please register to allow for proper planning.\nParking structure located at 2585 Augustine Dr. 3-hour free parking\nLook for the glass double doors to the party room.\n2510 Augustine Dr\, Santa Clara\, CA 95054\, Santa Clara\, California\, United States\, 95054
URL:https://svec.org/event/networking-night-2/
LOCATION:2510 Augustine Dr\, Santa Clara\, CA 95054\, Santa Clara\, California\, United States\, 95054
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250130T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250130T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T053423
CREATED:20250122T060915Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250122T060915Z
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SUMMARY:2025 CES Download - Check out the latest tech innovations
DESCRIPTION: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.\n2024 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/.\nThis is a FREE event for IEEE members who provide their IEEE membership # when registering\, and $10 for non-IEEE members (no refunds).\nSpeakers:\nTom Coughlin – President\, Coughlin Associates\nJoseph Wei – Managing Director\, Technology Ventures Group\, LLC\nSpeaker(s): Tom Coughlin\, Joseph Wei\nAgenda:\n5:30 – 6:00 pm: Check-in\, networking\, food and drinks\n6:00 – 6:10 pm SFBA CTSoc introduction\n6:10 – 7:30 pm Presentations by Tom Coughlin and Joseph Wei\n7:30 – 8:00 pm Q&A and Networking\nRoom: Silicon Valley Room\, Bldg: Plug and Play Tech Center\, 440 N.Wolfe Road\, Suite 71\, SUNNYVALE\, California\, United States\, 94085
URL:https://svec.org/event/2025-ces-download-check-out-the-latest-tech-innovations/
LOCATION:Room: Silicon Valley Room\, Bldg: Plug and Play Tech Center\, 440 N.Wolfe Road\, Suite 71\, SUNNYVALE\, California\, United States\, 94085
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250130T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250130T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T053423
CREATED:20250122T060915Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250122T060915Z
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SUMMARY:2025 CES Download - Check out the latest tech innovations
DESCRIPTION: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.\n2024 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/.\nThis is a FREE event for IEEE members who provide their IEEE membership # when registering\, and $10 for non-IEEE members (no refunds).\nSpeakers:\nTom Coughlin – President\, Coughlin Associates\nJoseph Wei – Managing Director\, Technology Ventures Group\, LLC\nSpeaker(s): Tom Coughlin\, Joseph Wei\nAgenda:\n5:30 – 6:00 pm: Check-in\, networking\, food and drinks\n6:00 – 6:10 pm SFBA CTSoc introduction\n6:10 – 7:30 pm Presentations by Tom Coughlin and Joseph Wei\n7:30 – 8:00 pm Q&A and Networking\nRoom: Silicon Valley Room\, Bldg: Plug and Play Tech Center\, 440 N.Wolfe Road\, Suite 71\, SUNNYVALE\, California\, United States\, 94085
URL:https://svec.org/event/2025-ces-download-check-out-the-latest-tech-innovations-2/
LOCATION:Room: Silicon Valley Room\, Bldg: Plug and Play Tech Center\, 440 N.Wolfe Road\, Suite 71\, SUNNYVALE\, California\, United States\, 94085
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250130T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250130T183000
DTSTAMP:20260404T053423
CREATED:20250129T063307Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250129T063307Z
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SUMMARY:Energy-Autonomous Circuits: Starting Cold and Keeping Alive
DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nPortable electronic devices are ubiquitously rising\, but are predominantly powered by batteries that require recharge/replacement to extend operation lifetime. Future devices\, especially for energy-constrained applications like continuous biosensing or remote environmental monitoring\, require energy-autonomy for seamless long-term operation. Ambient energy harvesting can be a sustainable way of powering these devices\, but integrated circuits (IC) or chips need to start and function intelligently with the small available energy.\nIn this talk I will present (a) ultra-low-voltage CMOS circuits for self-start and efficient power extraction from body-heat\, and (c) ultra-low-power circuit architecture for motion-adaptive heartbeat detection to demonstrate a truly battery-less wearable bioelectronic sensing system-on-chip (SoC). I will conclude the talk with research areas that my group\, BRICS at UC Santa Cruz will be working on soon.\nBiography:\nSoumya Bose received B.E. degree from IIEST Shibpur in 2009\, M.Tech degree from IIT Kharagpur in 2013\, and Ph.D. degree from Oregon State University in 2019.\nFrom 2013 to 2015 he worked at Rambus on high-speed integrated circuits.\nAs a research intern in 2018\, he worked at Kilby Labs\, Texas Instruments\, contributed to the development of nano-power LDO.\nAs a research scientist from 2019 to 2024 he worked at Intel Labs.\nIn 2025\, he joined University of California\, Santa Cruz\, as assistant professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering to start his research group BRICS. His research focuses on analog & mixed-signal integrated circuit (IC) design for sensor interfacing\, energy harvesting\, power management\, and data communication for energy constrained applications.\nDr. Bose's research work has been published in IEEE conferences and journals and has included several patents.\nHe received 2017 CDADIC best poster award\, 2014 IEEE TechSym best presentation award\, and 2024 Intel Labs DRA award.\nDr. Bose has served as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs from 2021-2023.\nHe is a technical reviewer for various IEEE journals and conferences.\nSpeaker(s): Soumya Bose\,\nAgenda:\n(5:30 pm – 6:30 pm) presentation\n(6:30 pm – 8:30 pm) meet new officers of chapter for 2025\nBldg: Mountain Mike's\, 2510 Augustine Drive\, Santa Clara\, California\, United States\, 95054
URL:https://svec.org/event/energy-autonomous-circuits-starting-cold-and-keeping-alive/
LOCATION:Bldg: Mountain Mike's\, 2510 Augustine Drive\, Santa Clara\, California\, United States\, 95054
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DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20250129T193000
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20250129T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T053423
CREATED:20250122T060915Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250122T060915Z
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SUMMARY:Sustainable AI
DESCRIPTION:Synopsis:\nIf 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.\nSpeaker(s): Dr. Vishnu S. Pendyala\, Soumya Batra\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/455744
URL:https://svec.org/event/sustainable-ai/
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/455744
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DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20250129T193000
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20250129T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T053423
CREATED:20250122T060915Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250122T060915Z
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SUMMARY:Sustainable AI
DESCRIPTION:Synopsis:\nIf 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.\nSpeaker(s): Dr. Vishnu S. Pendyala\, Soumya Batra\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/455744
URL:https://svec.org/event/sustainable-ai-2/
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/455744
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250129T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250129T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T053423
CREATED:20250124T230335Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250124T230335Z
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SUMMARY:Using Text as Data in Policy Analysis Workshop featuring Tianyi Wang discussing “McCarthyism\, Media\, and Political Repression: Evidence from Hollywood.
DESCRIPTION:Our 30th workshop features a conversation with Tianyi Wang on “McCarthyism\, Media\, and Political Repression: Evidence from Hollywood” on January 29\, 2025\, from 9:30AM – 11:00AM PT.\nThe Hoover Institution Workshop on Using Text as Data in Policy Analysis showcases applications of natural language processing\, structured human readings\, and machine learning methods to analyze text as data for examining policy issues in economics\, history\, national security\, political science\, and other fields.
URL:https://svec.org/event/using-text-as-data-in-policy-analysis-workshop-featuring-tianyi-wang-discussing-mccarthyism-media-and-political-repression-evidence-from-hollywood/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250128T233000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250129T003000
DTSTAMP:20260404T053423
CREATED:20250125T230706Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250125T230706Z
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SUMMARY:Applied Physics/Physics Colloquium: Renata Kallosh - "Attractors in Black Holes and Cosmology"
DESCRIPTION:The concept of attractors\, well-known in classical mechanics\, proved very productive in the theory of black holes and inflationary cosmology. I will start with attractors in supersymmetric black holes and discuss how the discovery of Kaluza-Klein black hole attractors helped recently to explain the mysterious cancellation of ultraviolet divergences in 82 Feynman diagrams in 4-loop superamplitude in N=5 supergravity.\nI will also describe inflationary alpha-attractors. This large class of inflationary models gives predictions that are stable with respect to even very significant modifications of inflationary potentials. These predictions match all presently available CMB-related cosmological data. Some of these models have a Kaluza-Klein origin and provide targets for the future satellite mission LiteBIRD\, which will attempt to detect primordial gravitational waves. I will show that potentials in some of the recent advanced versions of cosmological attractors have a beautiful fractal landscape structure.\nProfessor Kallosh works on the general structure of supergravity and string theory and their applications to cosmology. Her main interests are related to the models early universe inflation and dark energy in string theory. She develops string theory models explaining the origin of the universe and its current acceleration. With her collaborators\, she has recently constructed de Sitter supergravity\, which is most suitable for studies of inflation and dark energy and spontaneously broken supersymmetry.\nShe is analyzing possible consequences of the expected new data from current and future cosmological observations\, including LiteBIRD satellite CMB data. These results may affect the relationship between superstring theory and supergravity\, and the real world. Professor Kallosh works\, in particular\, on future tests of string theory by CMB data and effective supergravity models with flexible amplitude of gravitational waves produced during inflation.
URL:https://svec.org/event/applied-physics-physics-colloquium-renata-kallosh-attractors-in-black-holes-and-cosmology/
LOCATION:Hewlett Teaching Center\, 201
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Presentation/Talk
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