Prof. Fred Harris Discusses Recent Interesting and Useful Enhancements of Polyphase Filter Banks

On Thursday, 25 February 2021, Prof. fred harris gave a talk to the Communications Society Chapter on “Recent Interesting and Useful Enhancements of Polyphase Filter Banks”. He presented a set of severe channelizer specifications and illustrate various channelizer modifications to reduce processing cost while meeting original design specifications. Some of the new variations offer quite… Read more

Oct 22, 2020: Artificial Intelligence Applications to Modernize Cancer Surveillance

Thursday, October 22 at 6:00 PM PDT Speaker: Dr. Georgia Tourassi Subscribe to our newsletter for login details Overview Pathology reports are a primary source of information for cancer registries which process high volumes of free-text reports annually. Information extraction and coding is a manual, labor-intensive process. In this talk I will discuss the latest… Read more

Sept 21, 2020: Model-based Signal Processing in Neurocritical Care

Monday, September 21 at 5:00 PM PDT Speaker: Dr. Thomas Heldt See the flyer for login details Overview Large volumes of heterogeneous data are now routinely collected and archived from patients in a variety of clinical environments, to support real-time decision-making, monitoring of disease progression, and titration of therapy. This rapid expansion of available physiological… Read more

Restoration of N95 Respirator Efficiency

The information below was first posted on LinkedIn on 11 April 2020. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-6654687029764464641-VEZG N95 respirators (aka masks) are more than just three layers of “plastic” media.  The inner layer has been given an electrostatic charge during manufacture.  This charge is largely responsible for the ability of N95 to filter out small particles; filtration efficiency (FE)… Read more

March In-Person Talks Canceled

As of March 18, all remaining in-person talks scheduled for March 2020 have been canceled due to restrictions to control the spread of COVID-19. We hope to schedule talks using web conferencing in the near future. Please visit our section calendar or subscribe to our announcements for updates.

Call For Nominations: IEEE Buenaventura Section Officers

The IEEE Buenaventura Section Nominations Committee asks for your help in identifying members who may be interested in serving on the Section Executive Committee for 2020, for the following positions: •  Section Chair •  Section Vice Chair •  Section Treasurer •  Section Secretary The elected officers are expected to serve a term of one calendar year (1 Jan 2020… Read more