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

Acknowledgement & Appreciation of Support from Great relationships over the past 6+ years, Great facilities, location and parking Notes:

Austin Chapter 2017 Leadership Team 2015 Chapter Achievement Award 2015 Chapter-of-the-Year Award 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 R5/CTS/Austin Austin Chapter Vision 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 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: 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 ComSoc/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 Notes:

Austin COMSOC/SP Chapter – Website/Social Media and Feedback form 2015 Chapter Achievement Award 2015 Chapter-of-the-Year Award Austin COMSOC/SP Chapter – Website/Social Media and Feedback form Critical tools to get the message out and get feedback Survey feedback form is a key to improvement for successful future planning Notes: http://sites.ieee.org/ct-comsp/

Austin COMSOC/SP Chapter - 2016 Technical Sessions 2015 Chapter Achievement Award 2015 Chapter-of-the-Year Award Austin COMSOC/SP Chapter - 2016 Technical Sessions Completed L31 Jan 19 "Wireless Forever: Engineering the Radios that Never Plug-in”, Prof. Greg Durgin, Georgia Tech 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 5G and IoT”, Presenter: Fawzi Behmann, TelNet 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 29th, 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 “5G 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 Notes:

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 5G Summit - Aug 3 IEEE N3XT - Sept 17 Texas Wireless Summit - October 18 IEEEE Big Data - Nov 3 Texas State U. – Senior Design Day - 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. HiTech 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 Notes:

Founding EMBS in Austin Key Sequence: 2013: Vision was conceived by scheduling around 8 talks around different aspects of applying technology to health. Feb. 2016: BHI – Sponsored by EMBS & ComSoc, Las Veags: Organized and moderated 1/2 workshop on “SDN, Big Data and impact on Health” funded by ComSoc Mar. 2016: Himms/IHP, Las Vegas - Organized session and made presentation at Himms/IHP funded by ComSoc. Nov 2016: Focus Groups – Organized two focus group sessions in oronto and Austin sponsored by ComSoc Filing for EMBS petition and receiving endorsement and support from CTS Chair (Leslie).  Holding focus groups Approval by IEEE MGA end of December for establishing CTS EMBS in Austin. There are officers set for EMBS including Trevor Goodman, Dustin D. Trammell and Cliff Sze that I’m working with independently. 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 EMBS budget will finance building EMBS chapter from ground up engaging with Austin medical community. Capitalize on support of ComSoc/SP and Computer chapters for EMBS growth. Notes:

EMBS vision is to exemplify technologies of wireless  (like blue tooth, wifi) & cellular (like 4G, LTE, 5G) 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. Notes:

Strengths Opportunity Weakness 2017 SWOT Austin, TX Great support from ComSoc & SP (Funding). Support from SomSoc 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 2nd half of he year leaving the first half exposed. Commitment towards holding workshops. Austin, TX

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