General Body Meeting 

The combined Santa Clara Valley, San Francisco, & Oakland/East Bay IEEE PELS is very pleased to invite you to our upcoming online webinar. We are excited and honored to have Prof. Qianwen Xu of the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden to speak on the topic of AI and Digitalization as Enablers of the Clean Energy Transition.

Here's more about the talk from the Speaker:

As we transition towards a climate-neutral society, future energy systems will increasingly feature high shares of renewable energy sources and power electronic converters. However, these advancements introduce significant challenges in maintaining power balance and system stability. This talk will explore how AI helps to address these challenges. Specifically, the talk focuses on transfer learning based modeling for converter interfaced assets, digital twin development of power systems, and safe deep reinforcement learning for grid optimization with numerous converter interfaced renewable energy sources. This talk targets those interested in tech-driven environmental sustainability, offering insights into how digital advances support the clean energy transition.

In the fast-paced digital age, integrating Digital Twins, Data Storage, and cutting-edge Data Centers is fundamentally reshaping the landscape of transportation and infrastructure management.

Digital Twins — virtual replicas of physical assets — hold immense potential to optimize operations, improve decision-making, and mitigate risks. However, the true power of these technologies is realized only when supported by robust data storage systems and advanced data centers capable of handling the vast amounts of data generated in real time.

This technical talk delves deep into how the convergence of Digital Twin technology and state-of-the-art data infrastructure drives transportation transformation. From the real-time monitoring of fleets to predictive maintenance of critical infrastructure, Digital Twins provides unprecedented insights into asset performance and health. These insights are made possible by the seamless integration of IoT devices, machine learning algorithms, and data storage systems, ensuring that massive volumes of data are securely stored, efficiently processed, and made accessible for immediate action.

The real backbone of this innovation lies in next-generation data storage solutions and high-performance data centers. These facilities store the vast quantities of data produced by IoT sensors and ensure real-time access to critical information, enabling swift decision-making and fostering operational efficiency. This talk will examine how advanced data management techniques, such as edge computing and cloud integration, enable the real-time synchronization of digital twins, transforming operations from reactive to proactive.

Through industry case studies and examples, we will explore the technical challenges and opportunities of adopting these technologies, shedding light on managing large-scale data and ensuring infrastructure reliability effectively. As the transportation industry increasingly relies on these cutting-edge technologies, understanding the pivotal role of data storage and data centers becomes essential to unlocking the full potential of Digital Twins.

Please register for the event using the link provided below. No CEUs or PDHs will be offered for this event.

The IEEE Foothill Section held its monthly hybrid meeting every second Tuesday of the month. 

This is a hybrid in-person and online event. Pre-registration is required for either.

Ransomware is wreaking havoc on our society, and costing billions of dollars. This presentation will describe a novel approach for fighting against a problem that is growing ever worse as the demand for reliable data storage grows. The technique captures statistics about incoming data, and feeds this data into an AI-trained model in real time. A key aspect of its success is that it operates as part of the firmware that manages the flash memory-based storage system itself.

This talk will describe how this approach to this sticky problem has been successfully deployed in large production systems. Included will be a discussion of how the results coming back are also able to improve the model over time, how this allows for detecting corruption very early, and so is able to significantly reduce the time to recover.

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

5:00pm – 7:00 pm

 IEEE Consultants’ Network of San Diego

Aquillius Wearables Symposium Networking

We will be visiting the Happy Hour at Aquillius' Wearables and Implantables Symposium.

The Wearables Symposium is a cutting-edge event dedicated to exploring the rapidly evolving world of wearable technology in healthcare. Bringing together healthcare professionals, researchers, tech innovators, and industry leaders, this symposium offers a deep dive into the latest advancements in wearable devices, from fitness trackers to medical-grade sensors. Attendees will engage in expert-led presentations, hands-on demonstrations, and dynamic discussions on the impact of wearables on patient monitoring, chronic disease management, and overall health and wellness.

The event also features a startup showcase, spotlighting emerging companies that are pioneering the future of wearable tech. Whether you're interested in innovation, clinical application, or future trends, the Wearables Symposium is the premier forum for transforming healthcare through wearable technology.

It is encouraged to also attend the earlier portions of the Wearables Symposium (beginning at 12:30pm).

LOCATION:

Aquillius

10918 Technology Place 
San Diego, CA 92127

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 IEEE and friends discount available:  please Email us for promo code.

Mark Goldstein, President of International Research Center will present an insightful and in-depth session on the future of the satellite industry, focusing on the key developments shaping the telecommunications, broadband, and Earth Observation (EO) segments. His presentation will explore the revolution in launch capabilities and capacities as well as cutting-edge technologies such as Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations, the rise of 5G satellite Direct to Device (D2D) integration, and innovations in remote sensing and analysis.

 We'll examine the impact of these trends on global connectivity, high-speed internet access, intelligence and environmental monitoring, and cybersecurity while also examining the challenges and opportunities facing industry stakeholders. Gain a strategic understanding of how these advancements are revolutionizing the satellite landscape, driving growth in critical sectors, and finding innovative new applications and use cases.

Recent progress in three-dimensional (3D) integration offers a unique opportunity to integrate low-dimensional semiconductors in a vertically stacked system for 3D integrated circuits. In this talk, we will discuss modeling, simulation, and design of two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors and semiconductor quantum dots to enable neuromorphic and quantum computing functionalities in an integrated system.  A multiscale simulation approach is employed to model the stochastic switching characteristics of 2D-semiconductor-based devices for Boltzmann machines, facilitating efficient solutions to optimization problems. Furthermore, technology computer-aided design (TCAD) offers valuable insights into operation principles, quantum noise limitations, and quantum gate performance for semiconductor spin-based quantum computing applications."

Bio:

Jing Guo is currently a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. His research work mainly focuses on modeling, simulation, and design of nanoscale electronic devices. His group has extensively explored device physics, assessed performance potentials, and developed new device concepts for nanoscale transistors based on carbon nanotubes, graphene, 2D materials and topological insulators, and memory cells based on ferroelectric materials. His group has developed efficient simulation methods for quantum-transport-based device simulations, and physics-based models for nanoscale transistors. He has also developed and contributed to some widely used simulation tools deployed on the nanoHUB, such as CNTbands. He served in the technical program committee of the International Device Research Meeting (IEDM) and Device Research Conference (DRC). He also serves as an associate editor of Nano-Micro Letters. He coauthored a book “Nanoscale Transistors: Device Physics, Modeling, and Simulation.” Published by Springer.

Join us for the end of the year celebration. Come out and meet up with your fellow IEEE Consultant Network colleagues, family and friends. We will present the IEEE CN awards to outstanding members. Don't miss out register today! 

Come and find out the outstanding Consultant for 2024! Don't miss the excitement. Register today! 

Come join us for our final Pau Hana of the year! Don't miss this opportunity to connect and have fun with your YP family! Dinner will be served and each attendee will receive one free drink ticket, attendance is limited to the first 30 registrants.

Over the past decade, with the introduction of microgrids, a distributed architecture comprising small localized grids, has emerged as a concept aimed at integrating Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) while maintaining or enhancing system resiliency and reliability, while leveraging inverter-based resources (IBRs), such as solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. Nevertheless, the adoption of new grid architectures poses challenges, as implementing novel engineering concepts must consider the fundamental principles governing the operation of the existing grid to avoid potential disruptions. The risk associated with testing unproven ideas emphasizes the importance of modeling, particularly for dynamic simulation and control, to understand the interaction between the existing grid structure and microgrids. 

In this context, Modelica, an open-access modeling language, offers unique features and tremendous potential for modeling and analyzing microgrids. This work utilizes Modelica to model microgrid components and systems. Beginning with the goal of leveraging DERs in microgrids, the work starts by developing renewable energy source models in the phasor domain capable of representing photovoltaic, wind, and battery energy storage systems. With these component models in place, whole microgrid models are constructed, including real-world university campus microgrids and a proof-of-concept microgrid model. Finally, these microgrid models are employed to test advanced control architectures, aiming to enhance resiliency and optimize microgrid operations to meet established performance requirements for microgrids. The results of this work provide description and validation of the aforementioned models, as well as a proof of concept of utilizing Model Predictive Control to increase microgrid resiliency and achieve optimal autonomous operation and re-synchronization with the main grid.

About the Speaker:

Luigi Vanfretti is currently a Full Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, since July 2022, where he was a tenured Associate Professor from 2017-6/2022-6. At RPI, he leads research projects in his laboratory and with his research team, ALSETLab, in the domains of electrical power systems and aircraft electrification.

In addition to his academic duties, through Vanfretti Consulting LLC, Dr. Vanfretti serves as a consultant for utilities and research institutions, including Dominion Energy in Virginia, USA, the New York Power Authority, New York, USA, the SuperGrid Institute in Lyon, France, and CENACE (the power system operator of Ecuador), Quito, Ecuador, to name a few.

Joining in Person at UCI-Applied Innovation Center:

For those people who will joining the event in-person from UCI Applied Innovation Center, please proceed to the conference room on level 2. Parking is free around the Innovation Center. 

Please join us for our annual end of year potluck !

Bring family friends and a dish to share.

This is a great time to network and meet with other engineers / scientists

You may bring:

- your favorite sweet or savory dish to share

- bring your drink

- friends and family

We may go for a walk after the potluck.

More info to come.

Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) implement Machine Learning (ML) algorithms that have the ability to address competitive resource allocation problems together with detection and mitigation of anomalous behavior. In this talk, we discuss their use in next-generation (NextG) communications within the context of cognitive networks to address i) spectrum sharing, ii) detecting anomalies, and iii) mitigating security attacks. GANs have the following advantages. First, they can learn and synthesize field data, which can be costly, time consuming, and non-repeatable. Second, they enable pre-training classifiers by using semi-supervised data. Third, they facilitate increased resolution. Fourth, they enable recovering corrupted bits in the spectrum. The talk will provide basics of GANs, a comparative discussion on different kinds of GANs, performance measures for GANs in computer vision and image processing as well as wireless applications, a number of datasets for wireless applications, performance measures for general classifiers, a survey of the literature on GANs for i)–iii) above, some simulation results, and future research directions. In the spectrum sharing problem, connections to cognitive wireless networks are established. Simulation results show that a particular GAN implementation is better than a convolutional auto encoder for an outlier detection problem in spectrum sensing.

Join us for a session on Grounding and Bonding for manufacturing equipment lines NFPA 79 Section 8.2. What codes and standards need to be followed? How to prevent $$ equipment loss, shock and death to personnel. What is inductive charge from nearby lightning strikes? How to tie system ground to lightning protection down conductors (per NFPA 780)? What are some of the common mistakes made during a grounding installation? Find out this and more at our session today! 

Fog learning is an emerging paradigm for optimizing the orchestration of artificial intelligence services over contemporary network systems. Different from existing distributed techniques such as federated learning, fog learning emphasizes intrinsically in its design the unique node, network, and data properties encountered in today’s fog networks that span computing elements from the edge to the cloud. An important thread of research in fog learning has been on understanding the role that local topologies formed on an ad-hoc basis among proximal groups of heterogeneous computing elements can play in elevating the achievable tradeoff between intelligence quality and resource efficiency. In this talk, I will discuss recent results on the analysis of fog learning processes which give insights into the impact that these topologies, along with other properties such as model characteristics and fog decision parameters, have on global training performance. Additionally, I will discuss the development of adaptive control methodologies that leverage such relationships for jointly optimizing relevant fog learning metrics.

Executive Committee meets to discuss San Diego IEEE activities at this monthly meeting. All IEEE members are welcome to attend. Please register. 

Join us for a session on Smart Cities New Orleans. Find out why this City is one of the tops in the nation. Smart Health, Smart Mobility, and Smart Communications. Hear it from local experts. Sign up today at REGISTER

Welcome to the 2024 Holiday Celebration for the IEEE Control Systems Society, San Diego Chapter!

Join us for an evening of connection, camaraderie, and celebration as we wrap up 2024. This casual gathering offers a chance to socialize with fellow professionals, share experiences from the year, and exchange ideas for the future.

Enjoy light refreshments, networking opportunities, and engaging discussions in a festive atmosphere. To add a touch of excitement, we’ll conclude the evening with a fun lottery!

Whether you’re a long-time member or new to our chapter, we look forward to celebrating with you!

We live in interesting times.  Now is an excellent time to take a step back from the frantic pace of developing new technologies and view the broad outlook for the future, in contrast with the past, looking at how we have historically thought about, observed and worked in the marine environment, compared to what lies ahead.  We are at the leading edge of some game-changing technological developments with AI, robotics, computation and other areas revolutionising the way we do business in the ocean.  We are also faced with some unprecedented challenges in the history of oceanography and anthropogenic impact on our planet.  This presentation offers a perspective and a vision, with some examples from exciting new developments such as distributed acoustic sensing, imagining how these will transform how we observe and operate in the marine environment.

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Do you dream of giving your child the tools to succeed in an ever-changing world? Are you looking for ways to spark their curiosity and open doors to exciting opportunities? We invite you and your family to join us for an inspiring STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) educational experience designed specifically for students from underrepresented communities.

Where: Glad Tidings Family Life Complex

When: Dec 30, 10am to 1:30pm.

Who: Students aged 8–17 (parents encouraged to attend)

• What’s Included: Hands-on STEM lessons and interactive activities.

STEM education is more than just learning about technology or engineering—it’s about developing critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving skills that are essential in today’s world. By exposing your child to STEM:

• Help them discover new interests and talents.
• Prepare them for high-paying and rewarding careers.
• Show them that they can be creators, innovators, and leaders.

1. Bridge Design Challenge
   Your child will explore structural engineering by designing and building their own bridge model. Guided by experts, they’ll learn how engineers solve real-world problems and even test the strength of their designs.

2. Electronics Assembly/ LED Light-Up Snowman
   Children will dive into the exciting world of electronics by assembly circuits. This activity introduces them to concepts like automation, and  mechanics, in a fun and engaging way. Celebrate the season with STEM! Your child will create their own LED light-up snowman, learning basic electronics, circuits, and creativity. They’ll wire a simple LED circuit to bring their snowman to life, sparking joy and innovation all at once.
   
   

Through our partnership with the IEEE Oakland-East Bay Section, TryEngineering, and Glad Tidings, we are dedicated to fostering a supportive and inclusive environment. Here’s why this program is unique:

Mentors Who Care: STEM professionals from your community will guide your child every step of the way.

• Hands-On Learning: Engaging activities like designing bridges, building robots, and creating LED circuits make learning exciting.

Equity in Education: Our goal is to provide access and opportunity to all children, particularly those in underrepresented communities.

We understand the vital role parents play in their child’s success. During the event, you’ll:

• See firsthand how STEM activities boost confidence and teamwork.
• Learn about free and affordable resources to continue your child’s STEM journey.
• Meet other parents who share the same goal of empowering their children.

This is a chance to show your child that their dreams matter and that they belong in STEM fields. Secure your spot today!

RSVP by DEC. 27th
To ensure we have the proper supplies and resources, please RSVP by end of day DEC 27, so we can better plan the workshop.

Together, let’s inspire a generation of problem solvers, innovators, and dreamers. We look forward to seeing you there!

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