November
9, 2017
IEEE Buenaventura Dinner and Expert Panel Event
Engineering the “Fountain of Youth”
A Technical,
Scientific, and Entrepreneurial Perspective on Human Longevity
6:30 PM
Online Tickets: $10 for IEEE member and for one
accompanying guest, $10 for students, and $20 for general public.
$30 at the door.
Register at www.ieee-bv.org/meet/2017-11-section
The
concluding mixer of 2017 is our IEEE Fall Dinner and Panel Event with five
remarkable scientists who will engage in a friendly conversation about human longevity
and the possibilities for engineering the “Fountain of Youth.” Our guest
panelists are:
Bradford Gibson, Ph.D., Director
of the Attribute Discovery Sciences at Amgen - formerly Professor at the Buck
Institute for Research on Aging;
Peter Grandsard, Ph.D.,
Executive Director of Research at Amgen;
Steven Hawkins, Ph.D., Professor
of Exercise Science and researcher on human aging at the California Lutheran
University;
Larry Ring, Principal Engineer
at Amgen;
Dhruvajyoti Roy, Ph.D.,
molecular and diagnostic scientist and IEEE Senior Member.
Their
impressive biographies are provided in the event flyer.
Location
Hub101
Cal Lutheran Center for Entrepreneurship
31416 Agoura Road
Westlake Village, CA 91361
(map)
Presented by: IEEE Buenaventura Section
November
15, 2017
The Role of Product Development Process in the Future Value of Medicines
Dinner (optional): Available at 6:00 PM
for $12, payable at the door.
Presentation (free): 7:00 PM
Speaker: Michael Reilly
Free admission to presentation. Register at www.ieee-bv.org/meet/2017-11-emb
Abstract
Biomedical startups are very different than tech startups since they attempt
to develop a solution for unmet medical needs 10-15 years in the future.
Likewise, the cost of new drug development is now estimated at $2.6 billion
with a success rate of only 5% for drugs making it to the clinic. How can we
get improved therapies to market at a lower risk and cost?
This
presentation provides insight into how entrepreneurs, big companies, and
investors, improve the clinical and financial value of drugs in their
pipelines. By anticipating future changes in clinical practice and
competitive choices, developers of new products clinically test potential
features of a product that may provide meaningful differentiation for
patients and payers. These choices also provide ways to improve returns and
reduce risk during the long and expensive clinical development path. Whether
the product is a pharmaceutical, device, or diagnostic, thoughtful product
development can greatly improve the chance that useful new products make it
to the market.
About the Speaker
Michael Reilly is the CEO and
Co-Founder of Excelse Bio, a privately held company developing high
concentration biotechnology medicines. He continues to serve as VP of
Business Development at Integrity Bio, a biotechnology formulation services
firm affiliated with Excelse Bio.
Michael
has 30 years of international leadership experience in marketing, business
development, strategy, and finance at Amgen, Baxter, Sanofi, Sterling Drug,
and Eastman Kodak. Previous startups include Attentive Therapeutics where he
co-invented a new medication for ADHD which has recently completed a
successful controlled clinical trial. Previously, Michael was Head of
Strategy and member of the Senior Management Team at Baxter BioScience. He
was the commercial lead for Amgen's acquisition of Immunex and its drug
Enbrel, the largest in biotech history at $16B. As Global Commercial Leader
at Amgen, he led denosumab (PROLIA, XGEVA) and several other Product Strategy
Teams for Rheumatoid Arthritis, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's Disease and Cancer.
Michael
earned a Master's degree from the Ross School of Business at the University
of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and a Bachelor's degree in Molecular Biology from
the University of California, Berkeley.
Location
CLU – Gilbert Sports and Fitness Center, 2nd Floor, Room
253
California Lutheran University
130 Overton Court
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
(map)
Parking: Free parking is available in the
lot east of the Gilbert building. Additional free parking is available in the
lot on the southwest corner of Olsen and Mountclef. Do not park in the
faculty/staff/reserved lots.
Presented by: IEEE Buenaventura
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Chapter
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the EMBS chapter web site for other upcoming events
November
28, 2017
MIMO Radar: Fundamentals, Sparse Sensing and its Application in Autonomous
Driving (Part II)
Pizza and Refreshments: 6:30 PM
Presentation: 7:00 PM
Speaker: Shunqiao Sun
Free admission. Register at www.ieee-bv.org/meet/2017-11-edcas
Abstract
Radar not only has found widespread application in advanced driver assistance
systems (ADAS) but also is one of the key technologies to enable
environmental perception in autonomous driving. Compared with LiDAR and
camera, radar technology provides reliable measurements of range, velocity
and angle information of obstacles surrounding vehicle in all kinds of
weather conditions. Unlike the traditional phased-array radar system which
transmits via its antenna array a single waveform with different phase shift,
multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar can transmit multiple waveforms
that may be chosen freely. As compared to traditional radar system with the
same number of transmit and receive antennas, MIMO radar achieves
significantly improved spatial resolution by exploiting waveform diversity.
Due to its advantages, MIMO radar technology has been widely used in
designing millimeter-wave radar sensors for ADAS and self-driving cars.
The
Part I talk will focus on the fundamentals of MIMO radar as well as novel
MIMO radar approaches with the emerging sparse sensing techniques. This talk
will cover the radar basics, MIMO radar architecture and waveform design,
sparse sensing methods in MIMO radar including compressive sensing (CS) based
MIMO radar as well as novel MIMO radar approach using matrix completion (MC).
The
Part II talk will focus on the role of radar in autonomous driving and
various aspects of automotive radar signal processing techniques. This talk
will cover the radar system requirements and architecture for autonomous
driving, principles of frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) radar, high
resolution angle finding methods, “smart” radar sensors with machine
learning, as well as unique problems associated with automotive radars for
autonomous driving such as pedestrian detection.
About the Speaker
Dr. Shunqiao Sun received his
Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey in Jan. 2016. He is currently with the radar core
team of Delphi Electronics & Safety, Agoura Hills, CA, where he is
working on advanced radar signal processing and machine learning algorithms
for self-driving cars. In the past, he held internships at Cisco Systems and
Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs (MERL). His research interests lie at the
interface of statistical and sparse signal processing with mathematical
optimizations, MIMO radar, machine learning, and smart sensing in complex
environments. Dr. Sun is winner of the 2016 IEEE Aerospace and Electronic
Systems Society Robert T. Hill Best Dissertation Award for his thesis “MIMO
Radars with Sparse Sensing”.
Location
Skyworks Solutions
649 Lawrence Drive
Newbury Park, CA 91320
(Not the main building; please use link to arrow that
pinpoints building)
Presented by: IEEE Buenaventura ED/CAS,
ComSoc, and AESS Chapters
Flyer (PDF)
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