February
10, 2016
Cybersecurity and Applicable Rules and Regulations
Pizza and Networking: 6:30 PM
Presentation: 7:00 PM
Presenter: Salar Atrizadeh
Meeting is free and open to the
public. Please register at
www.ieee-bv.org/meet/2016-02-cs
Abstract
This program explores the ever-changing definition of “cybersecurity” and the
causes of data breaches. Mr. Atrizadeh will discuss a lawyer’s ethical
obligations, the biggest challenges, best practices to prevent data breaches,
and applicable rules and regulations.
During
this seminar you will learn more about the following:
• What is cybersecurity?
• What causes data breaches?
• What are a lawyer’s ethical
obligations?
• What are some important ethic’s
opinions?
• What are the biggest challenges?
• What are the best practices to
prevent data breaches?
• What are the applicable rules and
regulations?
About the Speaker
Salar Atrizadeh, Esq. is the
principal and founder of the Law Offices of Salar Atrizadeh. He is licensed
to practice law in the State of California, District of Columbia, and the
United States District and Bankruptcy Courts.
He has an extensive background in technology and holds a bachelor’s of
science degree in Computer Information Systems with a minor in Database
Management Systems.
Mr.
Atrizadeh has conducted seminars regarding online privacy, cloud computing,
cybersecurity, electronic discovery, crowdfunding, cryptocurrencies (e.g.,
Bitcoin, Litecoin, Worldcoin), cyberpiracy, internet sales tax laws, and
online banking fraud before legal and non-legal organizations, including, but
not limited to, the State Bar of California, State Bar of New Mexico,
University of Tulsa-Oklahoma, Rotary International, American Law Institute,
Thomson Reuters/Rutter Group, IEEE, Institute of Internal Auditors, and
various chambers of commerce. In
addition, he has conducted presentations before educational institutions on
the topics of cyberharassment, cyberstalking and cyberbullying. You may find more information on his law
firm’s website, atrizadeh.com, and
blog, internetlawyer-blog.com.
Location
CLU
Swenson Center, Room 101
California
Lutheran University
141 Faculty Street
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
Parking: Visitors may park on CLU
streets after 7 PM without a permit. Before 7 PM, we recommend that you
park in the G1
visitor lot on the southwest corner of Olsen and Mountclef, and walk to
the Swenson building. Do not park in
the faculty/staff lots, and do not park in the areas marked “Homeowner
Parking Only”.
Presented By: IEEE Computer Society
Chapter
February 17, 2016
Entrepreneurship Workshop: How Valarm
Bootstrapped to Profitability
6:30 to 8:30 PM
Presenter: Lorenzo Gonzalez
Register and
pay at www.ieee-bv.org/meet/2016-02-ent
Abstract
Do you want to learn how to transform your personal
experiences or casual inspirations into your next business venture? Would you
like an insider's guide to cultivating a profitable startup from concept to
release in little more than 9 months, despite the myriad of technical,
business and personal issues sure to emerge along the way?
If
you are curious about the many paths to a successful entrepreneurship, join
us for a workshop on "How has Valarm bootstrapped to Profitability"
where a local CEO and business owner, Lorenzo Gonzalez , will speak on
launching his own company -- Valarm, and what it's like to navigate the tech
startup world. Learn from this discussion, be inspired by it, and join in
with your own questions on how these challenges are faced by fresh entrepreneurs
every day.
Valarm
is a self-funded/bootstrapped technology startup established in 2012, which
services customers in 47 countries around the world today, across a multitude
of industries and applications. Lorenzo will discuss the ups-and-downs of
bootstrapping a startup to sustainable profitability: full-time jobs,
cofounders, friend/family issues, business partners, cashflow, product
strategy, customer focus, the ever looming "pivot", the derailing
distraction - and many other lessons learned along the way.
About the Speaker
Lorenzo Gonzalez is cofounder, CEO,
and Chief Software Architect of Valarm, a cloud-based Industrial Internet of
Things (IoT) SaaS. A self-taught software engineer, he started with C/C++ in
1994, and picked up Java in 1995 when the first public version was released.
Over the next 17 years Lorenzo built major software systems for manufacturers
in Kansas City, automotive companies in Detroit, and marketing agencies in
Los Angeles. Lorenzo founded Valarm in 2012 after his motorcycle was stolen.
Location
CLU
Swenson Center, Room 101
California
Lutheran University
141 Faculty Street
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
Parking: Visitors may park on CLU
streets after 7 PM without a permit. Before 7 PM, we recommend that you
park in the G1
visitor lot on the southwest corner of Olsen and Mountclef, and walk to
the Swenson building. Do not park in
the faculty/staff lots, and do not park in the areas marked “Homeowner
Parking Only”.
Presented By: IEEE Buenaventura Section
February
18, 2016
Intercept 1961 - The Birth of the Soviet Missile Defense
Pizza and Networking: 6:30 PM
Presentation: 7:00 PM
Presenter: Mike Gruntman
Meeting is free and open to the
public. Please register at
www.ieee-bv.org/meet/2016-02-aes
Abstract
On March 4, 1961, a Soviet guided missile performed the first nonnuclear
intercept of an intermediate range ballistic missile (SS-4, R-12) at the
Saryshagan test site in the Kazakhstan desert when it destroyed an
approaching warhead. This spectacular and most consequential achievement
followed earlier intercepts by the United States Army of several shorter
range missiles at White Sands.
The
new field led to the emergence of monitoring space objects in orbit,
ballistic missile early warning, and antisatellite weapons. The first
operational Soviet missile defense system A-35 was deployed in 1970s to
protect Moscow; its successor remaining active today.
Dr.
Mike Gruntman will introduce us to the events that led to the first
nonnuclear intercepts of long-range ballistic missile warheads in 1961 and
will describe the technical characteristics of early air and missile defense
systems. We will learn about how the Soviet Missile Defense program came to
exist and first attacks it intercepted.
Information
regarding missile defense systems is especially relevant today as the United
States and other countries continue facing the eternal
"protect-or-avenge" dilemma when balancing retaliatory offensive
capabilities against defensive protection. In an age of unstable governments,
spreading weapons of mass destruction, and radical ideologies and terrorism,
this historical background is critical for informed policy formulation,
threat evaluation, defense planning, and counteracting the proliferation of
weapons and sensitive technologies.
About the Speaker
Dr. Mike Gruntman is professor of
astronautics at the University of Southern California (USC). His life journey
took him from a child growing on the Tyuratam (Baikonur) missile and space
launch base during the late 1950s and early 1960s to an accomplished space
physicist to the founder of a major space engineering education program in
the heart of the U.S. space industry. Mike served the founding chairman of
this nationally recognized astronautical engineering department at USC. He
teaches courses in space systems and rocket propulsion at the university as
well as short courses (AIAA and ATI) for government and industry.
Research
interests of Dr. Gruntman include astronautics; space physics and space and
laboratory instrumentation and sensors; space mission and satellite design;
and rocketry and spacecraft propulsion. He is actively involved in R&D
programs in space science, technology, and applications. Mike received three
NASA group achievement awards. He served on the editorial board of the Review
of Scientific Instruments from 2001-2003.
Dr.
Gruntman has authored and co-authored nearly 300 publications, including more
than 90 journal articles and book chapters and more than 50 conference
proceedings papers. Mike has written four books. His “Blazing the Trail: The
Early History of Spacecraft and Rocketry” (AIAA, 2004) won the International
Academy of Astronautics’ award.
Location
Please see the registration page for more
information and updates.
Presented By: IEEE Aerospace &
Electronic Systems Society Chapter
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flyer (PDF)
February
24, 2016
Cloning, Medical Gene Therapy and the Law
Dinner (optional): Available at
6:00 PM for $10, payable at the door.
Presentation (free): 7:00 PM
Presenter: Panda Kroll
Free admission to presentation. No
registration required.
About the Speaker
Panda Kroll is a member of the bar of
Ventura County and the State Bar of California, an adjunct faculty member at
California State University Channel Islands, and a member of the Ventura
Biocenter. She is a frequent lecturer
on topics of bioethics, biotechnology, and the law. She received her J.D. from Boston
University School of Law in 2000), and a MFA from Northern Illinois
University in 1987. Ms. Kroll is the
Chair of the Ventura County Bar Association Biotech Law Section.
Location
CLU
Swenson Center, Room 101
California
Lutheran University
141 Faculty Street
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
Parking: Visitors may park on CLU
streets after 7 PM without a permit. Before 7 PM, we recommend that you
park in the G1
visitor lot on the southwest corner of Olsen and Mountclef, and walk to
the Swenson building. Do not park in
the faculty/staff lots, and do not park in the areas marked “Homeowner
Parking Only”.
Presented By: IEEE Engineering in
Medicine and Biology Chapter
Click here for more
information
February
29, 2016
RF Aspects of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Pizza and Networking: 6:30 PM
Presentation: 7:00 PM
Presenter: Robert H.
Caverly
Free admission to presentation. No
registration required.
Abstract
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanners are an important diagnostic tool
for the medical practitioner. MRI
provides a non-invasive means of obtaining high contrast images of soft
tissues and to obtain real-time images of the cardiovascular system and other
dynamic changes in the human body. MRI
scanners rely heavily on a number of topical areas of interest to Electrical
Engineers: image processing, high
speed computing and RF (radio frequency) systems and components. This presentation will focus on some of the
RF aspects of the MR process and MR scanners.
A primer on the physical phenomenon behind magnetic resonance will
start the presentation and include a discussion of the origin of the MR
signal. The need for the high static
magnetic field (B0), the use of gradient coils for MR signal location, simple
RF pulse sequences and how they are used in image construction will be
covered. This MR image construction
process and the control of the various steps that manipulate the atomic
nuclei to generate the final MR diagnostic image put demanding constraints on
RF equipment capabilities and these will be discussed, along with a
high-level overview of the various components making up conventional MRI
systems. This high-level overview will
include a look at various examples of transmit and receive RF systems and
examples of transmit and receive coils that make up MR scanners and system
diagrams for both the RF transmit and receive paths. The talk with then narrow in scope to look
at how these RF coils are modeled and controlled in both transmit and receive
states and how these components are used for transmit/receive switching and
patient and equipment protection.
About the Speaker
Dr. Robert H. Caverly received his
Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from The Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore, MD, in 1983. He has been a
faculty member at Villanova University in the Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering since 1997 and is a Full Professor. Previously, he was a Professor for more
than 14 years at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Dr. Caverly's research interests are
focused on the characterization of semiconductor devices such as PIN diodes
and FETs in the microwave and RF control environment. He has published more than 100 journal and
conference papers and is the author of the books Microwave and RF
Semiconductor Control Device Modeling and CMOS RFIC Design Principles
from Artech House. An IEEE Fellow, Dr.
Caverly is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Microwave Magazine and a member of
the HF-VHF-UHF Technology (TC-17) and Biomedical Applications (TC-10)
Technical Committees of the MTT Society.
His webpage is http://rcaverly.ece.villanova.edu/rcaverly/rcaverly.htm
Location
Please see our web site more
information and updates.
Presented By: IEEE Microwave Theory
and Techniques Society Chapter
Click here for informational
flyer (PDF)
March 19,
2016
Senior Member Elevation Clinic
9:00 AM
to noon
The
IEEE Senior Member grade is the highest level for which an IEEE member can
apply. If you have more than 10 years
of significant professional experience in engineering*,
you should consider to join this group of elite engineers. Our section can really facilitate and
accelerate the process with a Senior Membership elevation event that will
take place on March 19. In 2015, the
section helped 27 members become Senior Member. If you are interested, please
contact sr-membership@ieee-bv.org
.
* requirements can be lowered to 7 years of
significant professional contribution if you have a Bachelor degree in
engineering, 6 years with a Master in engineering, and 5 years with a PhD in
engineering.
Presented By: IEEE Buenaventura Section
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