1. Austin COMSOC/SP Chapter F. behmann@ieee
Austin COMSOC/SP Chapter F. IEEE Central Texas Section Spring Meeting September 16, San Marcos, TX
Austin, TX
375 Members (50+ added in 2014)

2. Acknowledgement & Appreciation of Support from
Great relationships over the past 6+ years,
Great facilities, location and parking
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3. Austin Chapter 2017 Leadership Team
2015 Chapter Achievement Award
2015 Chapter-of-the-Year Award
Chapter Chair – Fawzi Behmann
Secretary & Program Logistics – Brad Wallace
Treasurer - Fawzi Behmann  Frances Freeman
Webmaster & Social Media – Norma Antunano
Vice Chairs - Hanan Potash
AT&T Liaison - Frances Freeman

4. Austin Chapter Vision Mission Statement Theme/Objectives:
2015 Chapter Achievement Award
2015 Chapter-of-the-Year Award
2017 Chapter Achievement Award
2017 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
Community/Industry/University Outreach – IEEE Collabratec Initiative
Industry Outreach event sponsoring, focus groups and workshops.
Chapter financial health
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5. Austin COMSOC/SP Chapter – Website/Social Media and Feedback form
2015 Chapter Achievement Award
2015 Chapter-of-the-Year Award
2017 Chapter Achievement Award
2017 Chapter-of-the-Year Award
Critical tools to get the message out and get feedback
Survey feedback form is a key to improvement for
successful future planning
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6. 2017 Technical Sessions
Completed L31
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7. Austin COMSOC/SP Chapter - 2017 Outreach Activities
Collaboration on diverse IEEE Activities
ComSoc NARB - RCCC Dec., 2016 for NA Chapters
Collaboration with other chapters for joint meetings (Computer Society, EMBS, CEDA)
Sponsor Texas Wireless Summit, October 16, 2017
Co-Sponsor 2107 IEEE Innovation Summit in Health and Technology
Joint financial support, promotional support, Media support
12 Distinguished Speakers (physicians, researchers, city leaders, technologists) with AM and PM MC’s.
Target audience – 112 in attendance
Collaboration with TACC to host the event
Sponsorship and support from many organizations: IEEE USA, IEEE CEDA, IEEE CTS, IEEE ComSoc, IEEE Standards Association, IEEE EMBS, IEEE Computer, IEEE Signal Processing, Austin Center of Musical Therapy, City of Austin, Austin Chamber of Commerce, UT, Texas State University, Austin City UP, Digi.City, Texans Economic Progress, Westwood HS Advisory Board.
Promotional material
1st of hold IEEE Event in Health
1st to engage special ambassadors from High School Advisory Board for participation
Event survey
Event Press Release
Austin ComSoc Chapter Recognition
2017 ComSoc Chapter Achievement Award for NA (across 93 chapters)
2017 ComSoc Chapter of The Year Award (across 212 Chapters)
ComSoc DLT Activities
Africa January, March, 2017
Panel session on smart connected cars in green environment, May ICC2017
Croatia, May, 2017
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8. Signal Processing such as cognitive recognition and
Collaborative sessions and activities between ComSoc & SP and Computer/EMBS joint chapters delivering:
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
Application into use case of Engineering, Biomedical for Health & Wellness
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9. Wired and Wireless communications: Ethernet, fiber, WiFi and 5G
Some of the key capabilities in building smart city
2015 Chapter Achievement Award
2015 Chapter-of-the-Year Award
2017 Chapter Achievement Award
2017 Chapter-of-the-Year Award
First use case for collaborative technologies (ENG & MED) , health care and wellness.
Austin
Wired and Wireless communications: Ethernet, fiber, WiFi and 5G
SoC, cloud computing, big data and analytics.
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Image processing and cognitive recognition leading to VR & AR
Austin

10. 2017 IEEE Innovation Summit in Health & Technology
Acknowledgement of The Summit Team
Advisory Board:
Dr. Dan Stanzione, Dr. William Tierney, Dr. Sani Nassif, Leslie Martinich, Fawzi Behmann
Overall Program:
Fawzi Behmann
Technical Program Content:
Dr. Sani Nassif, Matt Vaugh, E Shahhaidar (Sunny)
Website & Social Media:
Adolfo Rafael Martinez, Norma Antunano
Event Promotion:
IEEE local section & chapters, Austin Chamber of Commerce and others
Local Arrangement:
TACC: Valerie Wise
IEEE: Sani Nassif, Bill Martino, Joe Redfield
Student Volunteers - Coordination:
IEEE: Hema Ramaswamy
Westwood HS Health & Science Ambassadors: Lucy Sanchez, Michele Acker
Finance:
IEEE Kai Wong in collaboration with TACC, CEDA and Supporters

11. 2017 IEEE Innovation Summit in Health & Technology
Objectives
The IEEE Innovation Summit in Healthcare provides a forum for engineers, clinicians, healthcare providers, industry experts, regulators, municipalities, innovators, researchers and students defining clinical needs and collaboration on technology solutions for present and future healthcare challenges.
Takeaway Points:
Understanding of some of the breakthroughs in innovation for health Diagnostics & Treatment, Tele-health, Clinical Translation, Commercialization, and Implementation.
Understanding of rapid evolution of technology and emerging ecosystem cloud based big data/analytics and use cases in healthcare.
Considerations for smart, scalable solutions in the context of smart city.

12. Hosted by Sponsors & Supporters
2017 IEEE Innovation Summit in Health & Technology
Hosted by
Sponsors & Supporters
Central Texas
Austin

13. 2017 IEEE Innovation Summit in Health & Technology – Picture Tour

14. Program & Speaker Schedule
8:00 Registration, Coffee and Networking 
9:00 Opening Remarks from host and sponsors, and Program Outline
Opening: Fawzi Behmann, Summit Chair, IEEE ComSoc NA Vice-Chair (~10min)
President, TelNet Management Consulting, Inc.
TACC: Dr. Dan Stanzione, Executive Director, TACC – (can’t make it)
Dr. Matt Vaughn, Director of TACC Life Science Computing (~2min)
Dr. Kelly Gaither, Director Of Visualization, Interfaces & Applications, TACC (~10min)
CEDA: Dr. Dr. Sani Nassif, CEO, Radyalis LLC (~4min)
CTS: Leslie Martinich, IEEE Central Texas Section Chair (~4min)
Program: Fawzi Behmann, Vice Chair, IEEE NA Communications Society, (~4min)

15. Program & Speaker Schedule
9:35 Morning segment - Part 1 (9:35-10:05, 10:05-10:35, 10:35-10:45 for Q&A)
Dr. Guru Madhavan, Sr. Prog. Officer Health & Medicine, The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine
”Valuing Health Interventions and Outcomes”
Dr. John M Uecker, MD, FACS, Associate Professor and Program Director, Dell Medical – General Surgery (Robotics) Residency
“Impact of Robotic Surgery on General Surgery”
Q&A Moderator: Ms. Chelsea (McCullough) Collier, Founder of Digi.City
10:45 Morning segment - Part 2 (10:45-11:15, 11:15-11:45, 11:45-12:00 for Q&A)
Dr. Ted Lehr, Communications & Technology Management, City of Austin
“A Sample of the Smart City Challenges and Initiatives in the City of Austin”
Dr. Phil Huang, MD, City of Austin Chief Medical Officer
”Health Innovation from a City Public Health Perspective”
12:00 Catered lunch ( 60 Minutes)

16. Program & Speaker Schedule Cont’d
PM - MC Dr. Stan McClellan, Director and Prof.,
The Ingram School of Engineering at Texas State University
13:00 Afternoon Segment – Part 1 (13:00-13:30, 13:30-14:00)
Dr. Eduardo Perez, Assistant Professor, The Ingram School of Engineering at Texas State University
“Opportunities and Challenges in Patient Service Customization”
Dr. William Tierney, MD and Chair of Population Health & Professor, Dell Medical School, UT Austin
“Access to Data to Enhance Health & Wellness: It’s More About Sociology
than Technology”
14:00 Afternoon Segment – Part 2 (14:00-14:25, 14:25-14:50, 14:50-15:15)
David Smith, President, CEO, Strategic Pathways
“The New Convergence of Data; the Next Strategic Business Advantage
for Healthcare”
Ms. Hope Young, President, Center for Music Therapy, Inc.
“Movement Tracks: Moving towards greater user impact and potentials within local and global IOT ecosystem”
Dr. Keith Schubert, Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering, Baylor University
“Image Reconstruction to Bragg About: Using GPUs to Speed-up Proton and Ion CT ”
15:15 Coffee Break (20 Minutes)

17. Program & Speaker Schedule Cont’d
PM - MC Dr. Stan McClellan, Director and Prof.,
The Ingram School of Engineering at Texas State University
15:35 Afternoon Segment – Part 3 (15:35-16:00, 16:00-16:25, 16:25-16:50)
Dr. Jeanette Hill, Founder & CEO Spot On Sciences, Inc.
“Move the Sample for Improved Blood Testing”
Mr. Colin Tomkins, Director, Silicon Labs
“Next Generation Biometric Sensing for Wearable Healthcare”
Dr. Shabnam Vaezzadeh, MD, MPA, Vice President, Global Medical and Clinical Affairs, Organogenesis Inc.
“Perspective from the Biomedical Industry - Effective Commercialization”
16:50 Conclusion/Adjourn
Dr. Sani Nassif, CEO, Radyalis LLC
17:00 Networking Reception (90 minutes)

18. 2017 SWOT Strengths Austin, TX Opportunity Weakness
Great support from ComSoc & SP (Funding).
Promotional material support from SomSoc & Signal Processing.
Strong Relationship with AT&T (over 6 years).
Healthy & respectable relationship with UT (TWS)
Growing relationship with Austin Chamber of Commerce
Growing Relationship with City of Austin and AustinCity Up
Received ComSoc 2017 CAA (93 Chapters R1-7) & CoY (212 Chapters R1-10) Awards
Sponsor ”2017 IEEE Innovation Summit in Health and Technology”, September 7 and hosted by TACC.
Opportunity
Diverse set of intriguing topics and domain expert speakers.
Opportunity to collaborate and continue apply best of practices building Computer Chapter & EMBS.
Strong DL support.
Weakness
Adjust plan around funding arrival. Typically arrive 2nd half of he year leaving the first half exposed.
Commitment towards holding workshops.
Media tools for virtual conferencing
Austin, TX

19. THANK YOU Questions
Austin, TX