The latest McKinsey Global Survey on AI in May of 2024 concludes that 2023 was the year the world discovered generative AI (GenAI) and 2024 is the year organizations truly began using—and deriving business value from—this new technology. An incredible 65 percent of respondents report that their organizations are regularly using GenAI, which is nearly double the percentage from the previous survey just ten months before. Respondents’ expectations for gen AI’s impact remain as high with three-quarters predicting that gen AI will lead to significant or disruptive change in their industries in the years ahead.

This session is an invaluable opportunity for business leaders like you to overcome your hesitation and uncertainty of AI. Mastering AI tools and techniques is not just about keeping pace with technology; it's about leveraging these advanced resources to fill in knowledge gaps, enhance decision-making, and drive productivity.

Learning to utilize AI not only streamlines operations but also significantly boosts your capacity to deliver increased business outcomes, making you more valuable and a strategic asset to your organization. You will leave equipped with practical, actionable strategies that you can implement immediately, turning your uncertainty into confidence and empowering you to leverage AI effectively in your daily tasks. 

Upcoming 2024 MOVE Operations Training Opportunities

MOVE Operations Class – 3-part Virtual Series 

IEEE USA MOVE is offering a dynamic 3-part Virtual Operations Class essential for anyone gearing up for MOVE truck deployment, or with a keen interest in the program. New MOVE members must attend, and it's highly recommended for those who want to refresh their knowledge. We cover everything from deployment expectations to truck equipment and essential safety procedures. This virtual course spans three sessions, each lasting two hours. With the introduction of a third truck, we'll delve into the distinctions between the three.

The Day 1 session will provide an overview of the MOVE truck operation for MOVE-1, MOVE-2 and MOVE-3 with a high-level understanding of truck operations, power systems, network systems and communications/radio systems.  The differences between the three trucks will be discussed.

The Day 2 session will provide a detailed orientation and discussion on truck operations, maintenance and power generations systems.  The differences between the three trucks will be discussed.  

The Day 3 session will provide a detailed orientation and discussion on the networking and communications systems.  An overview of the Cisco Meraki and radio systems operations and functionality will be provided.  The differences between the three trucks will be discussed. 

Please use the following links to register for all three training sessions.

 This is a 3-part virtual class.  Register to attend >> 

• Part 1: Tuesday, 30 Jul 2024 from 8:00 - 9:30 PM ET >> https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/423831
• Part 2: Wednesday, 31 Jul 2024 from 8:00 - 9:30 PM ET >> https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/423833
• Part 3: Thursday, 01 Aug 2024 from 8:00 - 9:30 PM ET >> https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/423835

There will be a test after the third session - material will be provided for the test.

The software that drives Autonomous Systems, such as Robots and Self-driving cars, runs on Platforms that can run the software fast and reliably. The platform may be broader than just the operating system or environment in which the software runs. It's the ecosystem where software is created, deployed, and maintained on diverse devices. Platform applications such as the Robot Operating System(ROS) and Docker serve numerous industries. Most Software Developers get a platform to add their software, with their new badge and notepad, to the first day they join a new employer, thanks to the SW Architect or Platform team. However, if you want to create a blue-sky application, you may find yourself unmoored without an existing platform or adopt one with more than you bargained for. 

This hands-on workshop series will help you build a minimal and general platform that may be specialized to your new application. Attendees are encouraged to bring their laptops and learn by doing. The style of this workshop is collaborative and conversational. This workshop is suitable for beginners and experts alike. The organizers intend to create a space to help beginners up the learning curve and allow practitioners to share their best practices.  

We will spend the last of the three sessions getting services in a mixed set of languages to interact with each other in the Robot Operating System (ROS).  The agenda is as follows. 

• Recap and level set on part 1 - Set up your Workspace
• Recap and level set on part 2 - Containerize Applications
• Launch Robot Operating System 2 (ROS2) in a Docker Container
• Create C++ and Python Nodes 
• Run multiple nodes interactively in ROS2

Title: SWAP: SPARSE ENTROPIC WASSERSTEIN REGRESSION FOR ROBUST NETWORK PRUNING

Abstract: This talk addresses the challenge of encountering inaccurate gradients during neural network pruning. We introduce our recently proposed method, SWAP, a formulation of Entropic Wasserstein regression (EWR) for pruning, capitalizing on the geometric properties of the optimal transport problem. The “swap” of the commonly used sparse linear regression with the EWR in optimization is analytically demonstrated to offer noise mitigation effects by incorporating neighborhood interpolation across data points with only marginal additional computational cost. The unique strength of SWAP is its intrinsic ability to balance noise reduction and covariance information preservation effectively. Extensive experiments performed on various networks and datasets show comparable performance of SWAP with state-of-the-art (SoTA) network pruning algorithms. Our proposed method outperforms the SoTA when the network size or the target sparsity is large, the gain is even larger with the existence of noisy gradients, possibly from noisy data, analog memory, or adversarial attacks. 

Aug. 1-2, 2024

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA

The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is hosting the IEEE Region 6 Women in Engineering International Leadership Summit (WIE ILS). Registration and poster submissions are already underway!

IEEE Women in Engineering International Leadership Summits (ILS) provide regional opportunities to foster networking, mentorship, and collaboration. With the leadership and creativity of IEEE WIE volunteers, WIE Summits have been extremely successful and have made an outstanding impact on communities around the globe!

The ILS serves as a valuable platform for individuals from diverse backgrounds, including women in STEM, to enhance their skills and forge meaningful connections with like-minded professionals. Building on the success of the 2019 events, which attracted nearly 400 attendees, we aspire to expand the reach to 600 attendees this year.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) was chosen to host this Summit once again, along with nine other global locations. The overarching theme “Charting Your Course,” seeks to empower today’s trailblazers to become tomorrow’s change makers. The event will offer a dynamic and immersive experience featuring inspiring talks, engaging panel discussions, interactive workshops, valuable networking opportunities, and more.

Join us for an inspiring day focused on inclusion, leadership, mentorship, and more! The IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) International Leadership Summit 2024 is hosted by the WIE affinity group of the Richland Section of the IEEE. The Summit is for anyone seeking:

• Greater empowerment
• Leadership development
• Networking and collaboration opportunities

This day-long Summit includes Keynote Speakers, Panel Discussions, Poster Sessions, and a number of Interactive Sessions by outstanding speakers. We anticipate participation from academia, industry and the national laboratories, representing a wide breadth of technical fields. The event will bring together engineers, scientists, students, researchers, problem solvers, and project managers from across the region, providing unique opportunities for cross-cutting partnerships.

• ATTEND this inspiring and empowering event. Registration is now underway – you won’t want to miss out!
• PRESENT a poster. If you are or know students, post-bachelors, post-masters, and/or post-doctorates who would be interested in participating in the poster session, abstract submissions are due June 10. Learn more here.

Registration note: This year’s conference will be at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). Due to the nature of the venue, registration and approvals are required to access the facility. The registration deadline for non-US citizens is June 14, 2024, and further information will be needed for approval. Your credit card will not be charged until full approval is acquired. US citizens may continue to register through July 19, 2024. To learn more about PNNL, click HERE.

Important deadlines:

1. Posters Abstract Submission – June 10, 2024 July 10, 2024
2. Registration for Foreign Nationals – June 14, 2024
3. Registration for US Citizens and PNNL employees – July 19, 2024

Registration Fees:

• Optional Welcome Reception on Aug 1, 2024 (Includes Conference T-shirt – .00)
• Event Registration:
• IEEE NON-MEMBER – 0
• IEEE MEMBER – 5
• Student –

Venue and hotel information: click here.

Join us for a talk on Interconnection, feasibility and impact studies.

TBD - CIT Summer Series Session 5

Smart Cities Honolulu. Find out why Honolulu is one of the top Smart Cities. Smart health, smart water, smart mobility, smart education, smart citizenry, and Smart Connectivity. 

Hybrid Meeting

On-line and In Person at Quadrant

Refreshments will be available at Quadrant prior to the start of the presentation.

Where: Quadrant, 1120 Ringwood ct. San Jose, 92131. and Online Click here to register.
When: Thursday, August 8th, 2024, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. PDT (GMT-8)
Who:  Prof. S. N. (Prem) Piramanayagam, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore IEEE Magnetic Society 2024 Distinguished Lecturer.

Details: https://scvmag.org/event/brain-inspired-computing-using-magnetic-domain-wall-devices/

Please join us for the 2023 IEEE Summer Social.

We will be meeting at Next Level Pinball Shop & Museum where we will have access to play 400+ pinball and other arcade games.

This a family event and lunch will be provided at 12:30. Entrance for the day is included with lunch. Please feel free to arrive early. Their hours are from 10:00 AM  - 11:00 PM.

TBD - CIT Summer Series Session 6

From its early years as a global information infrastructure, the Internet, originally designed by and for the US Department of Defense, has been efficiently and effectively misused by various hate groups who often consider the US government their worst enemy.  For example, it turned out that WWW played a critical role in the preparation of the 9/11 attacks both as a source of inspirational information and as a safe means of covert communication between the plotters.  Shortly after the tragic events of 2001, our binational team of US and Israeli researchers started to explore the online activities of various hate groups.  Initially, we developed a prototype of a monitoring system aimed at detecting the frequent visitors of terrorist websites, which may become influenced by terrorist propaganda and eventually develop into what we call today “the lone wolf attackers”.  Shortly after, we focused on another, closely related question: what makes terrorist-generated propaganda content in various languages different from unbiased news reports discussing similar topics?  Over the years, we developed prototypes of several additional text analysis tools such as text summarization algorithms, which can automatically summarize large amounts of untranslated content in any language, as well as AI tools for automated detection of metaphoric language. After presenting the motivational and ethical foundations of our research, I plan to describe some of our methods and finally, discuss past and future challenges in this important and fascinating domain.

EXCOM Meeting for IEEE PES Seattle Officers 

TBD - CIT Summer Series Session 7

Join us for "Semiconductor Technology Today: Global Initiatives and Their Influence on Emerging Trends," a comprehensive event that delves into the latest advancements in semiconductor technology. This event will provide a brief yet insightful overview of the current global initiatives driving innovation and their significant impacts on today's technology trends in semiconductors. Attendees will gain valuable insights into how these initiatives are shaping the future of semiconductor technology, from cutting-edge research and development to practical applications across various industries. Experts will share their perspectives on the challenges and opportunities within the semiconductor landscape, offering a holistic understanding of the factors influencing current trends. This event is an excellent opportunity for professionals, researchers, and enthusiasts to stay informed and engaged with the dynamic world of semiconductor technology.

The valley of the sun in August is HOT & BRIGHT but inside a bowling is COOL and DARK! Come and join your fellow IEEE'ers and BONUS! socialize with SWE Phoenix for an afternoon of family bowling. Thank you to SWE Phoenix and IEEE for planning and subsidizing part of the cost! SWE is kicking it old school by bringing back this signature event for the first time since 2019 and in 2024 IEEE is joining forces!

All are invited - bring your kids, your whole family, and friends! All lanes can request bumpers and/or ramps for the kids (or, for you too).

The event begins at 12:50pm to give you time to get your shoes and lane assignment. Bowling will start at 1:00pm.

Cost: per person for IEEE members & IEEE students or for non-members (including kids/non-IEEE member students)

Above includes 2 hours of bowling, shoe rental, 3 slices of pizza and unlimited soda.

RSVP: Deadline to register is 8/21.

If you have any questions or if you'd like to be assigned in the same lane as someone else, reach out to the host.