Austin TX Austin Computer Society Chapter Fawzi Behmann
Austin, TX Austin Computer Society Chapter Fawzi Behmann Austin, TX f. behmann@ieee. org IEEE Central Texas Section Spring Planning Meeting January 16, 2016 San Marcos, TX
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Austin, TX l l l 2016 Austin CS Chapter Leadership Team Fawzi Behmann (Chapter Chairman) Vinay Abburi (Vice Chair) Hema Ramaswamy (Treasurer & Outreach) Choudur Lakshminarayan (Secretary & Communications) Norma Antunano (Webmaster & Social Media) Past Chairs/Members At Large: l l Camron Malik Steve Teleki
CS Austin Chapter Vision l Computer Society Chapter is a community comprised of a diverse group of industry professionals with a common interest in advancing computer science technologies. Mission Statement l The IEEE Computer Society Chapter seeks to be the organization of choice for computer science technologists in the Central Texas Area and to provide education and networking for those professionals. 2015 Chapter Objectives: l Theme: “Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning” l l l l Hold monthly high quality technical meeting Distinguished Lecturer/Speaker Community Outreach Project Member profile (survey) Computer Society Chapter Website & Listserv Social Media Chapter financial health
CS Austin Chapter – Technical Meetings Jan 19 'Meters to Models: Using Residential Smart Meter Data to Predict and Control Home Energy Usage" Krystian Perez, UT Feb 19 “Building Chips using 3 rd party IP - Plug & Play or Plug & Pray ” Rajesh Raina, Manager, EDA/IP Design Technology, Freescale Semionductor Mar 16 Wind Energy and Wind Turbines” Dr. Vaughn Nelson of West Texas A&M University Mar 18 Practical Examples of Security Analytics" Joshua Stevens of Hewlett-Packard Co m pl et ed Apr 23 “A method to Test Audio/Video Delay in Adaptive Bitrate Networks” Mr. Pierre Costa, Lead Member of Technical Staff, AT&T L 3 1 May 21 "Leadership Improv” Glenn Stephens is a software engineer, project manager , Leslie Martinich is a software engineer and executive in the software industry June 17 “Cornerstone: Mindfulness for Life” Jenn Fairbank of Cornerstone: Mindfulness for Life Erika Marcoux of Cornerstone: Mindfulness for Life Sep 10 “Multicore Processor Solutions for Smart Factories, Smart Cities and Smart Energy” Mr. Altaf Hussain, Business Development Manager, Freescale’s Digital Networking group Nov 4 “Trustworthy Hardware” Distinguished Prof. Ramesh Karri, Polytechnic, NYU Tech Dec 10, 2015 “Signal processing and analytics in managing perceptual and data quality in video applications” "Perception meets quantitative signal processing in next-generation television" Speaker: Sean T. Mc. Carthy, Ph. D. Fellow, ARRIS Group “Ensuring Quality of Experience for Video Applications in a Data Network” Speaker: Roland A. Saville, Technical Leader, Cisco Systems
2015 Opportunities/Challenges • Build Leadership team • Officer’s meeting (Jan 20, May 11) • Joint planning with COMSOC/SP • Standalone/Joint Sessions • CS/IM/COMSOC/SP • CS/COMSOC/SP • Outreach - Extend collaboration with students/community/society on some initiatives • Membership survey (developed) • IEEE CS Wearables Event Sept 23 • Network with CS leveraging their promotional material and programs (DL/DS/Events, …) • Challenge connecting with CS Admin
Brazos Hall, 204 E 4 th St • • • https: //www. computer. org/web/rock-stars/wearables Playing Outside the Technology Sandbox – Mike Bell, Vice President and General Manager, New Devices, Intel Wireless and Wearables, The Critical Marriage – Cary Bran, Vice President, Innovation and New Ventures, Plantronics The Business Promise of the New “Digital Sixth Sense” – Pankaj Kedia, Senior Director & Business Lead, Smart Wearables, Qualcomm Going Beyond Heart Rate: Get Serious About Wearables Design – Jennifer Darmour, Senior Creative Director, Chrono Therapeutics A Wearable Future – Sonny Vu, Founder, Misfit Wearables Becoming Human: Wearable Tech's Role in Reconnecting Us To One Another and Ourselves – Tom Emrich, Consultant, Mobile, Wearables, and Emerging Tech Avoid Catastrophic Failures in Wearables Design – Israel Gat, Fellow and Director, Agile Practice, Cutter Consortium Getting Over Future Shock and Plunging Into the Wearables Opportunity – Tim Moore, Director of Wearable Technologies, Rochester Optical Managing the Data Deluge from Billions of Always-On Wearables – Bernard Golden, Vice President, Strategy, Active. State Software
Survey Feedback YOUR FEEDBACK IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ENSURE CONTINUE HAVING QUALITY TOPICS & EVENTS THAT BRING GREATER VALUE TO THE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY Austin, TX
Challenges • Customized Appreciation Gift • DL • Outreach • Budget plan guidelines
Computer Society Austin Chapter Outreach Activities Proposal Hema Ramaswamy Outreach Chair Computer Society, Austin Chapter
Background Outreach Activities l l Mission is to create awareness in the non-STEM( Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) disciplines to spread the IEEE outreach in the region. 2015 Activities: First in that series was “Cornerstone: Mindfulness for Life”. Invited Jenn Fairbank and Erika Marcoux to conduct a workshop. This workshop received record audience and the survey indicated that the audience appreciated the much needed ‘out-of-the-box’ topic. Plan for 2016: Partner with Round Rock Independent School District’s Partners In Education (PIE) and reach out to students at an impressionable age (10 -16 ys) with Science-In-A-Box (SIAB) program Need IEEE Region support for such outreach activities.
Executive Summary Outreach Activities l l Mission: “Science-In-A-Box” was inspired by session on “Mindfulness for Life” as ‘Out-of-the-box’ topic appreciated by the audience. Initiated discussion with Round Rock Independent School Districts' Partners in Education (PIE) to reach out to students at an impressionable age (10 -16 ys) with Science-In-A-Box (SIAB) program. 2016 Pilot Project Plan l Kick-off March 2016 l Complete kit purchase – April 2016 l Catalogue the kits for check-out – June 2016 l Roll out Science-In-A-Box program – Aug-Dec 2016 l Target end date of Dec 2016 l Final Report on the program to CS Jan 2017 Pilot Project Cost $500 l $400 towards purchasing 10 kits. l $100 Administrative cost associated with launching the pilot program Recommendation: Approval of Project and Funding in January 2016
WHY l Why are we doing an outreach? l l Create awareness for IEEE regional activities Target middle school and high school l l They are Americas’ future workforce Create curiosity and promote critical thinking at this impressionable age Introduce real life applications of Science, Technology, Math early on Potential shadowing/interning opportunities for high-school students in the industry
WHAT l Science-In-Box. Science is all around us and not just in labs l l l Create one science box Box will have all the supplies, instructions and higher level questions needed to understand that concept Boxes will be cataloged by the library so that they can be checked out by the students Student checks kit out for a week and conducts the experiment at home Supplies are replenished to make it ready for check out again
WHERE l Pilot it at Round Rock ISD l l Partner with ‘Partner In Education’ STEAM – Science Technology Engineering Art Math
When l Project Plan l l l Kick-off March 2016 Complete kit purchase – April 2016 Catalogue the kits for check-out – June 2016 Roll out Science-In-A-Box program – Aug-Dec 2016 Target end date of Dec 2016 Final Report on the program to CS Jan 2017
Next Steps l Cost $500/ for 2016 activities l Estimate Breakdown l $400 towards purchasing 10 kits. l http: //www. mindware. com/physics-workshop-a 2 -28130. fltr? prod. Cat. Id=553558 = $50. 00 l http: //www. mindware. com/gyrobot-a 2 -62104. fltr? prod. Cat. Id=553558 = 45. 00 l l l http: //www. mindware. com/electricity-kit-a 2 -50034. fltr? prod. Cat. Id=553558 = 22. 00 times 2 = 44. 00 http: //www. mindware. com/magnets-in-motion-a 2 -13747457. fltr? prod. Cat. Id=553558 = 40. 00 times 2 = 80. 00 http: //www. mindware. com/magnet-science-a 2 -58037. fltr? prod. Cat. Id=553558 = 14 times 3 = 45. 00 http: //www. mindware. com/snap-circuits-a 2 -20158. fltr? prod. Cat. Id=553558 = 100. 00 $100 Administrative cost associated with launching the pilot program Recommendation: Approval of Project and Funding in January 2016
Austin, TX THANKS
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