Past Presentations
Fall Mixer 2023- Lunar Robotic Village
Fall_Mixer Report_A_2023 Second annual Fall Mixer was held at HUB101 of California Lutheran University’s extension campus, on Nov 9, 2023. The event was attended by 62 IEEE and community members. Dinner was served by Stonefire Grill courtesy of IEEE. BV Section Chair, Momin Quddus emceed the event. He presented a brief introduction to IEEE and… Read more
Antennas: From Ham Radio to Modern Communication Systems
On May 9, Dr. Hanseung Lee of HRL gave a seminar to the IEEE Buenaventura Communications Society Chapter. The seminar provided a comprehensive overview of basic antenna theory and the introduction of various antenna types, from ham radio to modern communication systems. He began with an introduction to basic antenna theory, including the principles of… Read more
Girls Make STEM with Heart 2021
On Saturday, October 9, 2021, 114 middle school age girls and 50 parents arrived for Girls Make STEM with Heart student workshops and parent program, an initiative sponsored by the IEEE Foundation and taking place in Thousand Oaks. The 35 volunteers, which included IEEE members and local educators, came together to create a unique experience… Read more
Decoding the Contents of Distant Galaxies
Event by W. M. Keck Observatory Recording: https://www.facebook.com/KeckObservatory/videos/327408498859038/ GUEST SPEAKER: Alice Shapley, Professor and Vice Chair for Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Los Angeles VIRTUAL ASTRONOMY TALK: Our Milky Way is one of countless galaxies in the universe. Understanding the formation and evolution of galaxies remains one of the great challenges of modern cosmology…. Read more
Bitcoin, Blockchain & Cryptocurrency: In simple terms
Slides : Bitcoin , Block chain & Crypto Currency – in simple terms RevC Recording : https://youtu.be/I-9cvFV2c3g Abstract Crypto currency and Bitcoin in particular have experienced significant interest among the public and the financial markets in last couple of years. When it comes to crypto currency there is a significant information divide amongst… Read more
Quantum Computing with Microwaves
Slide: Quantum Computing-JB-April-2021 Summary Quantum computing offers the potential for an exponential speed-up of certain classes of computational problems, and, as such, the development of a practical quantum computer has been a field of intense research over the past two decades. Yet, it is still early in the development of these systems, as we… Read more
Dr. Bernard Sklar Discusses the ABCs of OFDM
On 18 March and 25 March 2021, Dr. Bernard Sklar gave a two-part talk to the Communications Society Chapter on “The ABCs of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)”. The main benefit of OFDM is its ability to cope with severe multipath channel conditions without the need for complex equalization filters. How does it accomplish this?… Read more
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
Automotive Radar – A Signal Processing Perspective on Current Technology and Future Systems
Dr. Markus Gardill presented a very interesting lecture on Automotive Radars at the BV MTTS October meeting. There is a fair amount of interest in this field since there is a Automotive Radar developer/manufacturer (Delphi/Aptiv) located in this area. A few engineers from this company attended the event. The event… Read more
An Engineer’s Introduction To Lightweight Backpacking …And Great Places To Go
Slides: AN ENGINEERS INTRO TO LIGHTWEIGHT BACPACKING IEEE-BV 16-Sept-2020 Recording: https://ieeemeetings.webex.com/webappng/sites/ieeemeetings/recording/play/2e781048ad2a427ebdbff417b7371ee3 This summer has been unusual for most of us. So we took a break from our usual technical talks. Instead we held lectures on topics which are more relevant to our lives.Dennis Horowitz, an entrepreneur and an avid outdoorsman gave an interesting lecture on… Read more