Join us for delicious pizza from Sgt Pepperoni's Pizza Store and meet other IEEE members in person at our monthly networking event in Irvine! There will be Senior IEEE members who can provide endorsement. Please register with your IEEE # and bring a jacket. There will be both meat and vegetarian options . If you have anything you want to share, such as robots, please bring them along!

Group photo - October 2025: https://r6.ieee.org/ocs/2025/10/october-2025-ieee-day-celebration/

We are live hosting an IEEE CTSoc (Consumer Technology Society) event at the Advanced Engineering Building at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Please register to attend the event on-line.

Abstract: This event is an interactive panel examining the impact and challenges of AI on consumer technology products, especially smart health devices and their ecosystems. The panel will feature corporate executives, as follows:

• Praveen Raja, VP Digital Health, Samsung
• Miguel Adao, CEO of Volersystems
• Adam Drobot, Chairman of the Board, OpenTechWorks, Inc.
• Paolo Bonato, Director, Motion Analysis Lab, Spaulding Rehabilitation
• Michael Condry, Former CTO, Intel Corporation (retired)
• Stuart Lipoff (Moderator), President, IP Action Partners

As vehicles become increasingly software-defined, advanced driver-assistance and autonomous systems must perform reliably across diverse environments and interact safely with a dynamic real world. Traditional validation methods, such as road testing and closed-course evaluations are often too slow, costly, and limited in coverage to keep pace with modern development demands. To validate today’s highly complex, machine learning–driven software architectures, simulation has evolved from a testing tool into a core development platform.

In this talk, the invited speaker Mr. Shuhan Yang will explore how simulation can be architected and applied to accelerate the design, validation, and deployment of advanced driver-assistance and autonomous technologies. Drawing from experience across multiple AV platforms, he’ll walk through key types of simulation—from perception sensor modeling to behavioral and decision-making validation—and offer practical guidance on integrating simulation into the product development lifecycle. He will also highlight current limitations and challenges that engineers should be aware of.

Finally, the talk will cover how simulation boosts confidence across development stages, improves system performance, and reduces both time and cost to deployment. As global competition in software-defined mobility intensifies, these capabilities underscore the growing importance of scalable and rigorous validation frameworks. Attendees will leave with a practical approach for selecting and applying simulation methods that align with their technical and organizational needs.

Monday, January 12, 2026
5:30pm – 7:30 pm

SD IEEE Consultants' Network: January 2026 Meeting ("Home Base") 

Why Smart Teams Struggle to Ship—
and How the Right-Sized Framework Unlocks Progress

Smart teams fail to deliver for two opposite reasons: some are buried under too much process, while others lack the structure needed to scale. In both cases, the result is the same—slow progress, misalignment, and frustration.
In this informative talk, David Lee Robie, Ph.D., author of The Right-Sized Framework (www.rightsizedframework.com), introduces the concept of right-sized systems: leadership, process, and execution calibrated to the real needs of the team. Drawing on experience across aerospace, defense, and advanced technology programs, Dave shows how leaders can recognize when to simplify—and when to add structure—to reduce drag, eliminate chaos, and create momentum. Attendees will leave with practical insight into how to find the right-sized balance that allows teams to execute with clarity, confidence, and accountability.
SPEAKER
David Lee Robie, Ph.D. is an entrepreneur, technology leader, and the author of The Right-Sized Framework. He has spent his career turning complex technology into real-world capability across government and industry. As CEO of Bolder Consulting Group, Dave helps organizations build strong partnerships, lead cross-functional teams, and bring innovative products to market—without unnecessary complexity.
Previously, he served as Chief Operating Officer at Innoflight and led a space and advanced programs division at General Atomics, where his teams delivered spacecraft and advanced systems for customers including NASA and the United States Space Force. Earlier in his career, he advised senior leaders at the Pentagon on emerging technologies and long-term innovation strategy.
Dr. Robie holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology. In his work and writing, he focuses on helping technical leaders scale ideas into products by aligning people, process, and execution.

LOCATION:

Leucadia Pizza UTC / La Jolla
7748 Regents Rd
San Diego, CA

Menu: https://lajolla.leucadiapizza.com/la-jolla-san-diego-leucadia-pizzeria-and-italian-restaurant-la-jolla-food-menu

Cost:  Free, but you are responsible for your own food/drinks/gratuity
          Order at the counter

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EXCOM Meeting for IEEE PES Seattle Officers 

Professor Bin Yu from Zhejiang University will be presenting a Distinguished Lecturer Seminar titled "Nanoelectronics: Towards End of Scaling and Beyond" on Wednesday January 14th at 6:30PM. RSVP on week in advance for a headcount on food.

Large Language Models (LLMs) are emerging as transformative tools for the next generation of power system engineering and operations. The Electrical AI Copilot concept envisions an intelligent assistant that leverages LLMs to support grid engineers and operators in real time—enhancing decision-making, situational awareness, and automation. By integrating domain-specific data, operational procedures, and simulation tools, an Electrical AI Copilot can interpret technical queries, generate code for grid analysis, summarize reports, and even suggest optimal control or contingency actions. It serves as a bridge between human expertise and complex system intelligence, providing natural language interaction for tasks such as outage diagnosis, renewable dispatch planning, and protection coordination. Ultimately, this LLM-driven assistant aims to improve reliability, efficiency, and safety of power systems while enabling a new era of human–AI collaboration in the electric grid ecosystem. Finally, an ETAP electrical copilot demonstration will be presented.  

About the Speakers:

Ahmed Saber received his Ph.D. from the University of the Ryukyus, Japan, in 2007. He is currently the Vice President of Optimization and AI at ETAP R&D, USA, where he contributions to AI-driven methods, products, and systems for power system prediction, optimization, efficiency, sustainability, and operator assistance through large language models (LLMs). His pioneering research led to a novel deep learning-based model that improved load forecasting accuracy, CO2 estimation, efficiency, and operator support for power system optimization and sustainability. Dr. Saber’s research has received national and international funding, including support from the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE). With over 100 technical publications and three patents on AI applications for power systems, his expertise spans AI/ML for power systems, smart grids, energy storage, renewables, power system forecasting and optimization, cybersecurity, real-time systems, and operations research.

TANUJ KHANDELWAL (Senior Member, IEEE) received the bachelor’s degree in electronics and telecommunications engineering from the University of Bombay, in 1999, and the master’s degree in electrical engineering from California State University Long Beach, in 2001. Before joining ETAP, he was an Associate Engineer with PricewaterhouseCoopers. He has been working as an Electrical Engineer with the Engineering Consulting Services Department, ETAP, since 2001. His duties involve algorithm design, testing, engineering and software support, training, and application engineering for ETAP family of products. He is a Group Member of the IEEE Std. 739 (Bronze Book) and IEEE Std. 551 (Brown Book) and a member of the IEEE Rail Transit Vehicle Interface Standards Committee.

Strategic Planning

• Discuss opening a YP Bank account
• Starting a YP Website and/or a Discord
• Plan 4-6 events and how to fund them

This annual luncheon event celebrates IEEE San Diego Section and the contributions of its 2025 leaders with transitions to the 2026 officers.  The program begins on with a reception, followed by luncheon and awards.  Join us for this annual celebration and officer recognition.

Registration is complementary for invited honorees (2025 officers, including San Diego student branch chairs, and all of the past San Diego Section chairs) who pre-register. Each honoree may bring 1 guest if they pre-register.

For all other IEEE members and guests, for members and for student/life members.

SETI, or the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence, attempts to answer one of humanity’s oldest questions: Are we alone in the universe?  While astronomers have devoted significant effort to finding exoplanets and trying to observe evidence of remote astro-biology, a parallel exploration involves observation of “technosignatures”, or radio signals that originate outside the solar system with characteristics suggesting an intelligent source.

In many ways radio SETI is a special class of communications problem in the realm of electrical engineering, with aspects of game theory in the mix.  Consider the challenges: the signal is unknown, and may be intentional (a beacon) or unintentional (involving navigation or communications).  The transmit frequency is unknown.  If a limited message is sent, the modulation will be unknown, and even if bits are produced, the message must be decoded.  Energy or geometry may limit persistence, so only a small fraction of observations in any pointing direction will have a chance at detection.  Without knowledge of the signal, matched filtering is not possible.  Link budgets may force limits on the signal bandwidth (narrowband tones) or time duration (pulse trains).

This talk will introduce the SETI problem and describe the scope of efforts underway in the radio SETI community.  Search strategies to maximize detection rate will be described, and narrowband SETI algorithms will be introduced.  In recent years, SETI search capabilities have vastly improved with the use of interferometric arrays covering GHz-class bandwidths, commensal observing, and the use of racks of GPU-enhanced servers, significantly raising the potential for new discoveries.

Hybrid Bonding has emerged as the technology of choice in the semiconductor industry for ultra-fine-pitch interconnection. With significant benefits for interconnect density and device performance, it will become widely adopted for a broad range of high-performance semiconductor devices in the years to come. The success of Hybrid Bonding technology for high-volume manufacturing depends critically on the process technology as well as materials and equipment. Design, performance characterization, thermal management and reliability are also important considerations to enable applications in various areas.

Join us to learn about this expanding field, and discover how it will affect heterogeneous integration and system design.  We expect registrations for our on-site program to be filled by the end of December; we apologize if you are not able to attend in person, but we encourage you to join us via WebEx. 

Dr. Alvin Loke from Intel Corporation will be presenting a Distinguished Lecturer Seminar titled "The Road to Gate-All-Around CMOS" on Friday January 23rd at 11:00 AM. This will be the first talk of a two talk series.

Online attendees may register through the following link: https://hawaii.zoom.us/meeting/register/V_Dt2HHoSimgCRRZRGWg1w

Please note that online attendance is ineligible for seminar credit.

Registration link to second talk "Impact of Advanced CMOS Technology on Analog Design": https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/518258

Dr. Alvin Loke from Intel Corporation will be presenting a Distinguished Lecturer Seminar titled "Impact of Advanced CMOS Technology on Analog Design" on Friday January 23rd at 4:30 PM. This will be the second talk of a two talk series.

Online attendees may register through the following link: https://hawaii.zoom.us/meeting/register/cBFZq9yzSVGuNuEhveuG0g

Please note that online attendance is ineligible for seminar credit.

Registration link to first talk "The Road to Gate-All-Around CMOS": https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/518256

Abstract: Implantable microsystems are revolutionizing healthcare by enabling continuous monitoring, targeted therapy, and closed-loop interventions inside the human body. At the core of this innovation, electronics packaging ensures safe, reliable, and effective access to life-saving therapies. Miniaturization remains a major challenge, driven by demands for longevity, power autonomy, and regulatory constraints on changing device form factors.

Guided by Medtronic’s mission to contribute to human welfare by applying biomedical engineering to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life, we continue to advance packaging technologies that enable devices such as cardiac monitoring devices, pacemakers and defibrillators, spinal cord and deep brain neurostimulators, and wearable sensors. This talk will highlight emerging trends shaping next-generation implantable systems and examine future challenges—from biocompatibility and reliability to regulatory hurdles—that must be overcome to fully realize their potential.

Biography: Neha Patel is a Distinguished Engineer at Medtronic, where she leads innovation in implantable microsystems and advanced electronics packaging for medical devices. After spending a decade at Intel developing semiconductor packaging expertise, Neha transitioned to healthcare to apply that expertise toward improving patient outcomes. Driven by a passion for engineering solutions that make a meaningful difference, she continues to push boundaries in miniaturization and high-reliability design for next-generation medical implants.

Location: Macro Technology Works Building Conference Room 3654 (Google Maps)

Agenda:
Refreshments: 5:30-6:00pm
Seminar Talk: 6:00-7:00pm
MTW Tour: 7:00-7:30pm

Mark your calendars!  The Regions 4 and 6 joint operating committee (Opcom) meeting is happening again!  We're busy working out the details. 

This year we're focussing on making it more interactive so that everyone can make the most of being in person.  To support this we moved some of the lecture-style presentations to online meetings leading up to the Opcom.  These sessions are not just for attendees, but also section, chapter, or affinity group volunteers or those interested in volunteering in IEEE.  We have two sessions for each topic to make the training more available to volunteers.

IEEE Basics is designed to get new volunteers up and running quickly, connecting you with tools and people to help you succeed.  Events is all about bringing people together successfully, be it for lecture, workshop, conferences, outreach, or family events.  The vitality sessions are there to help you look at your membership, how they can be served, and how to strengthen your organization's volunteers.