2015 Chapter Achievement Award 2015 ChapteroftheYear Award Austin

2015 Chapter Achievement Award 2015 Chapter-of-the-Year Award Austin COMSOC/SP Chapter Austin, TX 375 Members (50+ added in 2014) F. behmann@ieee. org IEEE Central Texas Section Spring Planning Meeting January 21, 2017 San Marcos, TX

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2015 Chapter Achievement Award 2015 Chapter-of-the-Year Award l l l l Austin Chapter 2017 Leadership Team Chapter Chair – Fawzi Behmann (Working on a potential candidate) Secretary & Program Logistics – Brad Wallace Treasurer - Fawzi Behmann Frances Freeman Webmaster & Social Media – Norma Antunano Mem. Dev. & Historian (Dennis O’Connor two potential candidates) Vice Chairs - Fawzi Behmann & Hanan Potash AT&T Liaison - Frances Freeman

2015 Chapter Achievement Award 2015 Chapter-of-the-Year Award R 5/C TS/A ustin Austin Chapter Vision l COMSOC/SP Austin is a community comprised of a diverse group of industry professionals with a common interest in advancing communications & Signal Processing technologies. Mission Statement l The IEEE chapter of Communications & Signal Processing Societies seeks to be the organization of choice for communications and signaling processing technologists in the Central Texas Area and to provide education and networking for those professionals. Theme/Objectives: l l l l Theme: Impact of Communications & Signal Processing and collaborative technologies in transforming ecosystem solutions for key markets (e. g. Health & Wellness, Infrastructure, smart community/city) Hold monthly high quality technical meeting. Support by Com. Soc/SP and CS chapters in creating the right environment for EMBS chapter growth. Distinguished Lecturer program COMSOC/SP Website http: //sites. ieee. org/ct-comsp/ Community/Industry/University Outreach – IEEE Collabratec Initiative Industry Outreach event sponsoring, focus groups and workshops. Chapter financial health

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2015 Chapter Achievement Award 2015 Chapter-of-the-Year Award Austin COMSOC/SP Chapter - 2016 Technical Sessions L 31 Jan 19 "Wireless Forever: Engineering the Radios that Never Plug-in”, Prof. Greg Durgin, Georgia Tech Com d te e l p Feb 19 “Mechanical Engineering at the National Level”, Prof. Delbert Tesar, Carol Cockrell Curran Chair in Engineering, Director, Robotics Research Group, The University of Texas at Austin April 23 “Discover Engineering: Encouraging School Students to Pursue Technical Careers”, Presenter: John Purvis of Discover Engineering and of The IEEE Central Texas Section May 25 “Cloud Computing: The Path to Freedom”, Presenter: Don Dalrymple, Management Consultant, The Dalrymple Group May 25 “V. I. S. I. O. N to the Bank Vault”, Meshell Baker the Founder/Owner of Meshell Baker Enterprises (MBE) June 23 “Virtualization – a key driver for 5 G and Io. T”, Presenter: Fawzi Behmann, Tel. Net Management Aug 17 "BODYHACKING: IMPROVING YOURSELF THROUGH SCIENCE, DATA, AND TECHNOLOGY”, Dustin D. Trammell, Chief Executive Officer, Trammell Ventures Sep 22 “New FAA Drone regulations effective August 29 th, 2016 and Integration of Drones Into Multiple Business Models ” , Presenter: Robert Youens, Owner of Camera Wings Oct 4 “MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATIONS FOR INTERNET OF THINGS, Presenter: Prof. Riku Jäntti, Head of the department of Communications and Networking at Aalto University, Finland Dec 1 “ 5 G and Future Wireless Internet: Challenges and Emerging Technologies” Presenter: Distinguished Lecturer Dr. H. Anthony Chan, Huawei Dec 15 “Trusted Automated Vehicles” Presenter: Distinguished Lecturer Prof. Todd Humphrey, UT Austin, Introduced by Mr. Roger Fuji, 2016 Computer Society President

Austin COMSOC/SP Chapter - 2016 Outreach Activities • DLT/DSP – Sponsor: • • • Oct 4 IEEE Day celebration with Distinguished Lecturer Prof. Riku Jäntti, Head of the department of Communications and Networking at Aalto University, Finland Dec 1 Distinguished Lecturer Dr. Anthony Chan, Huawei Dec 15 DL Prof. Todd Humphreys, UT • Community Events – Sponsorship: • • • IEEE/NI 5 G Summit IEEE N 3 XT Texas Wireless Summit IEEEE Big Data Texas State U. – Senior Design Day - Aug 3 - Sept 17 - October 18 - Nov 3 - Dec 9 Collaboration on diverse IEEE Activities • CTS – Sprint & Fall Section Meetings • COMSOC/SP Admin/Planning meetings • Closer collaboration with AT&T, IBM, UT, NII • Collaboration with other chapters for joint meetings (Consulting Network, Computer Society, . . ) • Student engagement in some events Speaker appreciation Social programs (e. g. Hi. Tech Happy Hour) IEEE Day celebration (Oct 4) with special guest Prof. Riku Jäntti, Head of the department of Communications and Networking at Aalto University, Finland

Founding EMBS in Austin Key Sequence: 1. 2013: Vision was conceived by scheduling around 8 talks around different aspects of applying technology to health. 2. Feb. 2016: BHI – Sponsored by EMBS & Com. Soc, Las Veags: Organized and moderated 1/2 workshop on “SDN, Big Data and impact on Health” funded by Com. Soc 3. Mar. 2016: Himms/IHP, Las Vegas - Organized session and made presentation at Himms/IHP funded by Com. Soc. 4. Nov 2016: Focus Groups – Organized two focus group sessions in oronto and Austin sponsored by Com. Soc 5. Filing for EMBS petition and receiving endorsement and support from CTS Chair (Leslie). 6. Holding focus groups Approval by IEEE MGA end of December for establishing CTS EMBS in Austin. 7. There are officers set for EMBS including Trevor Goodman, Dustin D. Trammell and Cliff Sze that I’m working with independently. 8. Held first successful EMBS meeting Jan 18 with Dr. Chris Moriates, MD Assistant Dean for Healthcare Value Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Dell Medical School, UT Austin 9. EMBS budget will finance building EMBS chapter from ground up engaging with Austin medical community. 10. Capitalize on support of Com. Soc/SP and Computer chapters for EMBS growth.

EMBS vision is to exemplify technologies of • wireless (like blue tooth, wifi) & cellular (like 4 G, LTE, 5 G) Communications, • Signal Processing such as cognitive recognition and • Computing such as cognitive computation, AI, Big Data/Analytics As a disruptive core technologies will lead to a great transformation in key markets such as health and wellness.

2017 SWOT Strengths • Great support from Com. Soc & SP (Funding). • Austin, TX Support from Som. Soc to EMBS. • Great venue at AT&T (over 5 years). • Healthy & respectable relationship with UT. Opportunity • • Diverse set of intriguing topics and domain expert speakers. Opportunity to collaborate with Computer Chapter & EMBS. Strong DL support. Media tools for virtual conferencing. Weakness • Funding typically arrive 2 nd half of he year leaving the first half exposed. • Commitment towards holding workshops.

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