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April 2023 Newsletter

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Announcements

•  April 6: Evolving Cyber Systems in Avionics online
•  April 11: IEEE 802.11be/Extremely High Throughput (EHT) online
•  April 13: Introduction to MIMO Radar Waveformsonline
•  April 20: Wild Weasel - The Suicide Missionat Hub101 and online
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Reports on Past Events

•  Girls Make STEM with Heart - Santa Paula IEEE Buenaventura Section
•  Sparse Reconstruction in Co-Pulsing and Co-STAP FDA Radar IEEE Buenaventura Aerospace Chapter

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Announcements

April 6, 2023
Evolving Cyber Systems in Avionics
8:00 AM PDT
online

Speaker: Kathleen Kramer
Register at: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_c-lY0m0sSd2G20kv0j7JBw

Description

Avionics systems are part of a formerly slow-changing industry and that have emerged as cyber-physical systems, in an air and space transport system context, where practical implementation is complex, multi-agent, and safety critical. Autonomy advancements technically rely on separation assurance and collision avoidance for multi-agent systems. Vision based advancements in navigation address difficult problems, with major implementation challenges. Efforts to advance traffic management for emerging systems, face important challenges particularly to involve UAS and to approach low earth orbit systems. Artificial intelligence techniques promise new solutions, particularly where autonomy of functions are needed, but are particularly challenged by the priority on certification for safety.

About the Speaker

Kathleen A. Kramer is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of San Diego, San Diego, CA. She worked to develop new engineering programs as a founding member of the faculty and eventually became the chair of electrical engineering, and then serving as Director of Engineering (2004-2013), providing academic leadership for all of the university’s engineering programs. She has also been a Member of Technical Staff at several companies, including ViaSat, Hewlett Packard, and Bell Communications Research. She maintains an active research agenda and has recent publications in the areas of multisensor data fusion, evidence accrual, intelligent systems, and neural and fuzzy systems. Her teaching interests are in the areas of signal processing, mechatronics and robotics, and communication systems. She is a Fellow of ABET, and leader in the development of criteria for cyber security, mechatronics and robotics. She is served as AESS Cyber Security Technical Operations Panel Chair (2017-2022) and is a member of the AESS Avionics Technical Operations Panel. She served as the 2019-21 IEEE Secretary & Director, leading Governance across the IEEE. She received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering magna cum laude with a second major in physics from Loyola Marymount University, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the California Institute of Technology.

Presented by: IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society


April 11, 2023
IEEE 802.11be/Extremely High Throughput (EHT)

online

Speaker: Laurent Cariou
Register at: events.vtools.ieee.org/m/353460

Description

IEEE 802.11be, which is also known as Wi-Fi 7, is the next amendment to the IEEE 802.11 standard for wireless local area networks (WLAN). This amendment is anticipated to greatly enhance the performance of indoor and outdoor WLAN operations at both stationary and pedestrian speeds in the 2.4, 5, and 6 GHz frequency bands. Wi-Fi 7, also called Extremely High Throughput (EHT), is set to provide multi-gigabit Wi-Fi with faster speeds, less interference, and better performance for high-bandwidth online activities. The new standard is expected to achieve a theoretical maximum speed of 30 Gbit/s, which is a significant improvement from the previous standard, IEEE 802.11ax. In this talk, Laurent Cariou will deliver a high-level overview of the features that are defined in the upcoming standard. Additionally, he will briefly introduce the next activity in 802.11, known as Ultra High Reliability (UHR), which is expected to become Wi-Fi 8.

About the Speaker

Laurent Cariou earned his Ph.D. in electronics from the National Institute of Applied Sciences in Rennes, France in 2003 and 2006, respectively. He has spent over a decade working in IEEE 802.11 and currently serves as Intel's principal engineer and technical lead for mainstream Wi-Fi in 802.11. Cariou played a key role in establishing the High-Efficiency WLAN (HEW) group that eventually led to the development of 802.11ax and Wi-Fi 6. Recently, he also initiated the Extremely High Throughput (EHT) activity. Currently, Cariou holds the position of vice-chair for the 11be/EHT task group (Wi-Fi 7) and is also the chair for the Ultra-High Reliability (UHR – Wi-Fi 8) study group.

Presented by: IEEE Communications Society chapters


April 13, 2023
Introduction to MIMO Radar Waveforms

6:00 AM PDT
online

Speaker: Hongbo Sun
Register at: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Hf35TncRTEuyLYwq-xeqPg

Description

Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) radar offers a lot of advantages and potentials for improving the target detection and parameters estimation performances. Choosing a proper waveform is a critical task for the implementation of MIMO radars. In addition to the general requirements for radar waveforms such as good resolution, low sidelobe level, etc, MIMO radar waveforms also should possess good orthogonality. Unfortunately, we have to remember that the ideal orthogonal MIMO waveform doesn't exist. Realistic MIMO waveforms will always bring some performance degradations, and some trade-offs need to be made in practical MIMO radars. In this talk a brief overview of MIMO radar waveforms are introduced, and some typical realistic MIMO radar waveforms are evaluated and compared for a colocated MIMO radar configuration. The numerical simulation results depict the examples of actual performances (in terms of range/Doppler/angle resolution and sidelobe level) that can be achieved by the realistic MIMO waveforms in practical scenarios.

About the Speaker

Hongbo Sun received his B.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees from Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China, in 1997 and 2002, respectively. He joined the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, in 2002 as a Research Fellow. Between July 2004 and October 2019, he was with Temasek Laboratories at Nanyang Technological University as Research Scientist, Senior Research Scientist, and Programme Manager. Since October 2019, he has been with Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, as a Senior Scientist. He is currently the Deputy Division Head of Satellite, Aviation and Maritime Division of I2R and leading the research work on radar and communication in various applications. Dr. Sun has very wide range of research experience on radar systems, radar signal processing, phased array system and satellite communication. He has authored/co-authored one book chapter and more than 80 technical papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings. He has been the Associate Editor for Electronics Letters since 2015, and the Guest Associate Editor for IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letter between 2015 and 2017. He is the Senior Member of IEEE and the Chair of IEEE AES/GRS Joint Singapore Chapter. Previously he had ever served as the TPC Members / Session Chairs of numerous IEEE international conferences, including the TPC co-chair of the 5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (APSAR 2015). He was also the recipient of the Excellent Paper Award at the 2006 RADAR conference. Since 2020, he has been appointed as the IEEE AESS Distinguished Lecturer.

Presented by: IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society


April 20, 2023
Wild Weasel - The Suicide Mission

7:00 PM PDT
at Hub101 and online

Speaker: Jerry Knotts
Register at: www.ieee-bv.org/meet/2023-04-aes

Description

During the early stages of the Vietnam war the North Vietnam army, with the assistance of their allies, became quite sophisticated with anti-aircraft missiles.

The missile shootdown of US fighter aircraft demanded urgent action to address this threat. The military solution was the creation of the “Wild Weasel” program. The objective of the Wild Weasel program was to train a group of experienced Air Force officers to fly specially equipped fighter aircraft. The extremely dangerous mission was to locate and destroy the North Vietnam anti-aircraft defenses. The probability of survival of the crews was about 30%. Many aircraft were shot down, crews were captured and became POWs. The surviving crews faced constant threats of being shot down on their next mission. This presentation will discuss the creation of the Wild Weasel program, crew selection, the threat environment, equipment installed, and tactics used. New technology was created, applications developed, tested and employed.

About the Speaker

Jerry Knotts served 24 years in the USAF. During that period, he flew clandestine reconnaissance missions in covertly configured aircraft in and around Germany, the Baltic Sea, Black Sea and Mediterranean areas. Later he flew 112 missions in North Vietnam/Laos as an F-105F Wild Weasel / Ryan Raider “Surface to Air Missile (SAM) Killer”. Then he was a member of the USAF Big Safari Program team.

Since retirement from the USAF, he has been a serial entrepreneur, coach, angel investor and has worked with numerous entrepreneurs for over 30 years. Over this period of time, he started five companies and mentored over 300 start-ups.

His previous executive positions included Vice-President/General Manager, Government Electronics Division, California Microwave Inc. (CMI), Woodland Hills, CA and Vice-President, American Nucleonics Corporation (ANC), Westlake Village, CA.

Jerry holds a BSEE (Electrical Engineering) from The Pennsylvania State University; and an MBA from Auburn University. In addition, he is a graduate of the Defense Acquisition University, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Air Command and Staff College, and Air War College.

He is a Senior Life Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE); and Chairman, IEEE Buenaventura Life Member Affinity Group. Jerry is a pilot, licensed / registered Professional Engineer (PE) and life member of the Texas, California, and National Society of Professional Engineers. He is also a licensed Amateur Radio operator (K3ZZO).

Jerry has served as a Ventura County Airport Commissioner, and has served as a Lay Arbiter for the Ventura County Bar.

Location

Hub101 - Cal Lutheran Center for Entrepreneurship
31416 Agoura Road
Westlake Village, CA 91361
(map)

Presented by: IEEE Buenaventura Aerospace and Electronic Systems Chapter, and IEEE Buenaventura Life Members Affinity Group


Webinar Series from IEEE

•  IEEE AESS WebinarsIEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society
This program allows AESS to continue to serve members, and gives the aerospace and electronic systems community the opportunity to hear from respected Distinguished Lecturers.
  –  April 6: Evolving Cyber Systems in Avionics
  –  April 13: Introduction to MIMO Radar Waveforms
  –  April 20: Design of Efficient Electrical Power Systems for Small Spacecraft

•  IEEE CS WebinarsIEEE Computer Society
Listen and engage with top minds across many computing disciplines. Explore lectures, discussion panels, and many more aspects of computing.
  –  April 4: IEEE 802.11: Future of Wi-Fi Standards
  –  April 13: How to Stop Wasting Time in Meetings
  –  April 18: You Don’t Say! Standardizing Inclusive Language

•  IEEE-USA Career WebinarsIEEE-USA
IEEE-USA’s vision is to serve the U.S. IEEE member by being the technical professional's best resource for achieving lifelong career vitality and by providing an effective voice on policies that promote U.S. prosperity.
   –  April 5: Building a Retirement Income Plan
   –  April 19: How to Vet a Company and Take the Right Offer

Reports on Past Events

Girls Make STEM with Heart - Santa Paula

On March 4, Buenaventura Section conducted Girls Make STEM with Heart for 91 middle school girls, at Isbell Middle School. This event engages students in interactive activities, and weaves scientific and engineering teaching with fun. Six types of workshops were offered to the girls. Each was a 3-hour long activity with a break for lunch. The event concluded with a visit from the parents to discover the projects that their daughters explored during the day. (photos)

Sparse Reconstruction in Co-Pulsing and Co-STAP FDA Radar

On March 16, Kumar Vijay Mishra discussed “Sparse Reconstruction in Co-Pulsing and Co-STAP FDA Radar” with the IEEE Buenaventura Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society Chapter. Compared to the conventional FDA-STAP algorithm, the proposed DPSS-based method for Co-STAP exhibits the merits of better clutter suppression performance, lower computational complexity, and robustness to interference. (video)

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