Austin COMSOC/SP Chapter Fawzi Behmann IEEE Central Texas Section Fall Planning Meeting August 29, 2015 San Marcos, TX Austin, TX 375 Members (50+ added in 2014)

Austin Chapter Vision l Communication Society is a community comprised of a diverse group of industry professionals with a common interest in advancing communications technologies. Mission Statement l The IEEE Communications Society Chapter 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 Chapter Objectives: l Hold monthly high quality technical meeting l Theme: Architectural Evolution of Networks, Wearables and Services: Multicore processor solutions, intelligent sensing/wearables, cloud computing/analytics, mobile apps & social engineering l Distinguished Lecturer program (2): Spring and Fall l COMSOC/SP Website l Community/Industry/University Outreach – IEEE Collabratec Initiative l Outreach, Support IEEE Submit on Wearables (Sept. 23), Texas Wireless Summit (Oct. 16) l Chapter financial health R5/CTS/Austin

2015 Austin Chapter Leadership Team l Fawzi Behmann (Chapter Chairman) l Hanan Potash (Vice Chair) l Kwok Wu (Treasurer) l Syed Shah (Secretary) l Sam Mehra (Technical Program, Mem. Dev.) l Shabbir Bharmal (Webmaster, Social Media) l Frances Freeman (AT&T Liaison)

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Austin COMSOC/SP Chapter 2015 Technical Sessions (L31 = Yes) TechJan 19'Meters to Models: Using Residential Smart Meter Data to Predict and Control Home Energy Usage" Krystian Perez, UT TechFeb 19“Building Chips using 3rd party IP - Plug & Play or Plug & Pray” Rajesh Raina, Manager, EDA/IP Design Technology, Freescale Semionductor TechFeb 23“Carrier-Grade Networks toward the Future - NGN and Its Issues” DL: Koichi Asatani, IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Fellow, IEICE Fellow, Lecture Professor, Nankai University, Tianjin, China Professor Emeritus, Kogakuin University, Tokyo, Japan Tech Mar 19“An Insider View of the 1960’s Space Program” Mr. Dennis P. O’Connor, PE

Austin COMSOC/SP Chapter 2015 Technical Sessions (L31 = Yes) TechApr 23“A method to Test Audio/Video Delay in Adaptive Bitrate Networks” Mr. Pierre Costa, Lead Member of Technical Staff, AT&T Tech May 21"Leadership Improv” Glenn Stephens is a software engineer, project manager, Leslie Martinich is a software engineer and executive in the software industry Tech June 11"Applying Engineering Methods to Cancer Radiation Therapy” Dr. Sani Nassif, President of Radyalis TechSep 10“Multicore Processor Solutions for Smart Factories, Smart Cities and Smart Energy” Mr. Altaf Hussain, Business Development Manager, Freescale’s Digital Networking group

Austin COMSOC/SP Chapter 2015 Outreach DLT/DSP – Sponsor: DL February 23 Dr. Koichi Asatani Community Events – Support: IEEEE WearablesSeptember 23 Texas Wireless SummitOctober 16 Collaboration COMSOC/SP Admin/Planning (Jan 20, 24, Feb 19, Mar 8) COMSOC/CS Planning/Joint sessions Closer collaboration with AT&T, IBM, UT, Freescale IEEE CTS Collabratec CTS PAPR CTS PACE R5 Automation Program Ambassador IMFeb 16 R5April 17 GBSSept 3 Globecom2015Dec 6-7

Austin COMSOC/SP Chapter Feb 21 DL: Dr. Asatani

Rock Stars of Wearables Wednesday, September 23, :00 AM - 4:30 PM (Central Time) Brazos Hall 204 E 4th St Austin, Texas United States Wearables Will Impact Your Future – Will You Profit? Wearables are ready to explode far beyond fitness tools. The day is coming when wearables will be as much a part of your business process as computers. But what stands in the way of that in tegration? And what markets will emerge for wearable technology? Rock Stars of Wearables goes far beyond the play toys of today’s market to uncover the opportunities for you. Among the topics/speakers: Playing Outside the Technology Sandbox Mike Bell, VP and General Manager, New Devices Group, Intel Going Beyond Heart Rate: Get Serious About Wearables Design Jennifer Darmour, Senior Creative Director, Chrono Therapeutics Avoid Catastrophic Failures in Wearables Design Israel Gat, Fellow and Director, Agile Practice, Cutter Consortium The Business Promise of the New "Digital Sixth Sense" Pankaj Kedia, Senior Director and Business Lead, Smart Wearables, Qualcomm For details and registration, please check

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