Author: Deron Johnson
Girls Make STEM with Heart – Spring 2022
Saturday, March 26, 2022 Girls Make STEM with Heart IEEE Buenaventura STEM Event for Middle School Girls 10:00 AM to 2:30 PM Santa Paula Registration required. Register at www.ieee-bv.org/stem Girls in grades 5 to 8 will become scientists and engineers for a day. They will explore how science, technology, engineering and math can help sustain… Read more
Girls Make STEM with Heart 2021
On Saturday, October 9, 2021, 114 middle school age girls and 50 parents arrived for Girls Make STEM with Heart student workshops and parent program, an initiative sponsored by the IEEE Foundation and taking place in Thousand Oaks. The 35 volunteers, which included IEEE members and local educators, came together to create a unique experience… Read more
Volunteers Needed: FIRST Lego League Robotics Tournament
Once again IEEE Buenaventura Section is supporting middle school robotics by hosting/sponsoring the annual FIRST Lego League Robotics Tournament on Sunday, November 21. There will be 24 teams of young robot enthusiasts that will compete for a chance to go to the regional tournament. The IEEE has been generous in its support over many years… Read more
Development of Low Cost, Reconfigurable Robots for Neurorehabilitation
Date and Time: May 27, 2021; 4 PM PDT Speaker: Dr. Michelle Johnson Register Online Approximately 15 million people suffer a stroke each year and 70% of strokes occur in low and middle income countries where healthcare infrastructure and clinical resources are inadequate. Robotic devices can improve functional outcomes, increase access to and length of… Read more
Dr. Bernard Sklar Discusses the ABCs of OFDM
On 18 March and 25 March 2021, Dr. Bernard Sklar gave a two-part talk to the Communications Society Chapter on “The ABCs of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)”. The main benefit of OFDM is its ability to cope with severe multipath channel conditions without the need for complex equalization filters. How does it accomplish this?… Read more
Prof. Fred Harris Discusses Recent Interesting and Useful Enhancements of Polyphase Filter Banks
On Thursday, 25 February 2021, Prof. fred harris gave a talk to the Communications Society Chapter on “Recent Interesting and Useful Enhancements of Polyphase Filter Banks”. He presented a set of severe channelizer specifications and illustrate various channelizer modifications to reduce processing cost while meeting original design specifications. Some of the new variations offer quite… Read more
50% Discount on Student Membership
Attention Students: IEEE now offers a discounted dues option for all student and graduate student members. Simply enter promotion code FUTURE50 when you join or renew to receive 50% off your student membership! Students who recently renewed or joined at full price can reach out to the IEEE Contact Center and request a credit on… Read more
Oct 22, 2020: Artificial Intelligence Applications to Modernize Cancer Surveillance
Thursday, October 22 at 6:00 PM PDT Speaker: Dr. Georgia Tourassi Subscribe to our newsletter for login details Overview Pathology reports are a primary source of information for cancer registries which process high volumes of free-text reports annually. Information extraction and coding is a manual, labor-intensive process. In this talk I will discuss the latest… Read more
Sept 21, 2020: Model-based Signal Processing in Neurocritical Care
Monday, September 21 at 5:00 PM PDT Speaker: Dr. Thomas Heldt See the flyer for login details Overview Large volumes of heterogeneous data are now routinely collected and archived from patients in a variety of clinical environments, to support real-time decision-making, monitoring of disease progression, and titration of therapy. This rapid expansion of available physiological… Read more
Restoration of N95 Respirator Efficiency
The information below was first posted on LinkedIn on 11 April 2020. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-6654687029764464641-VEZG N95 respirators (aka masks) are more than just three layers of “plastic” media. The inner layer has been given an electrostatic charge during manufacture. This charge is largely responsible for the ability of N95 to filter out small particles; filtration efficiency (FE)… Read more