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IEEE Buenaventura
January 2023 Newsletter

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Announcements

∙    January 25: AI for 5G-Advanced towards 6G online, by IEEE Communications Society chapters
∙    Volunteers Needed: IEEE Spring STEM Event for Girlsin Santa Paula, by IEEE Buenaventura Section
∙    IEEE Learning Network
∙    Webinar Series from IEEE

Reports on Past Events

∙    Perspective of Pluggables vs. CPO For New Optics in the Next 5-10 Years IEEE Buenaventura Communications Society Chapter

Job Opportunities and Sponsors

∙    Advanced Personnel ProfilesStaffing & Recruiting Since 1995
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Announcements

January 25, 2023
AI for 5G-Advanced towards 6G
5:00 PM PST
online

Speaker: Xingqin Lin
Register at: events.vtools.ieee.org/m/337394

Description

We have entered the era of AI, brought about by three converging forces, including the availability of big data, the invention of deep learning algorithms, and high-performance computing accelerated by GPU. Meanwhile, 5G mobile communication systems are becoming increasingly complex due to the adoption of advanced technology features and the need to support various services with stringent performance requirements. AI has emerged as a powerful technology that improves system performance and enables new functions in 5G-Advanced and 6G. As 3GPP is ramping up AI items for the 5G-Advanced evolution, we anticipate that AI adoption in mobile networks will accelerate beyond proprietary solutions in the coming years. This talk will provide a state-of-the-art overview of AI use in mobile networks by describing the basic concepts, reviewing the recent key advances, discussing details of the 3GPP standardization aspects, and sharing various design rationales influencing standardization.

About the Speaker

Xingqin Lin is a Senior Standards Engineer at NVIDIA, leading 3GPP standardization and conducting research at the intersection of 5G/6G and AI. Before joining NVIDIA, he was with Ericsson, leading 5G/6G research and standardization in focus areas. He was a member of the Ericsson NextGen Advisory Board, collaborating with Ericsson Executive Team on strategic projects. He is an expert in wireless communications and technology strategy and a key contributor to 5G NR, NB-IoT, and LTE standards. His pioneering work has led to strategic opportunities, products, and real-world deployments in the telecom industry, enabling major network transitions from 4G to 5G. He is co-author of the book “Wireless Communications and Networking for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles” and the lead editor for the book “5G and Beyond: Fundamentals and Standards.” He has published 80+ refereed papers and contributed to 200+ patent applications, including standards essential inventions. His publications have been cited over 7,000 times.

He has garnered several awards, including the IEEE Communications Society Fred W. Ellersick Prize (2021), IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Early Career Award (2021), IEEE WCNC Best Paper Award (2020), and IEEE Communications Society Best Young Professional Award in Industry (2020), among others. He was included in the list of AI 2000 Most Influential Scholars in the field of Internet of Things (2021 & 2022) and the list of the World’s Top 2% Scientists (2020 & 2021). He serves/served as an editor of the IEEE Communications Letters (2015-2018), IEEE Communications Magazine (2022-now), IEEE Network (2021-now), IEEE Internet of Things Magazine (2021-now), and a guest editor for the IEEE Communications Magazine Feature Topic on “Aerial Communications,” IEEE Wireless Communications Special Issue on “AI-Powered Telco Network Automation: 5G Evolution and 6G,” and IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications special issue on “3GPP technologies: 5G-Advanced and beyond.” He is an IET Fellow, an IEEE Senior Member, and an IET Fellow Assessor. He holds a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from The University of Texas at Austin, USA.

Presented by: IEEE Communications Society chapters


Volunteers Needed: IEEE Spring STEM Event for Girls

“Girls Make STEM with Heart”, the IEEE Buenaventura spring STEM event for middle-school girls, will be on Saturday, March 4 at Isbell Middle School in Santa Paula. If you were involved in previous events, you know what a wonderful experience it is for the students and volunteers. Here is some background:

∙    Students can choose from a variety of workshops covering topics such as chemistry, circuits, light, sound, solar energy, and numbers.
∙    We have at least three mentors per workshop. Each student was able to get plenty of attention.
∙    At the end of the day, students got to show what they learned to their parents.
∙    Isbell Middle School graciously lets us use their classrooms and food service. Each classroom is equipped with a computer projector, movable tables and chairs, and Wi-Fi connectivity.
∙    Lunch and materials are provided by IEEE.
∙    See the IEEE Foundation Newsletter for an excellent write-up of a past event, and our YouTube channel for a photo montage.

Planning for the event is already underway. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact us at stem2023@ieee-bv.org

Presented by: IEEE Buenaventura Section


IEEE Learning Network

Most Recent Course Programs

Successfully complete any of these course programs to earn continuing education credits that can be used towards maintaining your Professional Engineer license or displaying your commitment for professional growth to potential employers.

∙    IEEE Software and Systems Engineering Standards Used in Aerospace and Defense
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∙    Practical Applications of Virtual and Augmented Reality in Business and Society
∙    Smart City Technologies: Transformation of Cities

IEEE Academies

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Webinar Series from IEEE

∙    2022 IEEE AESS Virtual Distinguished Lecturer Series RecapIEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society
In 2022, the AESS Virtual Distinguished Lecturer webinar series hosted 13 online webinars with over 1,100 attendees joining us from almost 50 countries around the world. This virtual format provides members of the AESS community greater access to talks from industry experts.
  –  Electronic Attack and Antenna Based Countermeasures: Antonio De Maio
  –  Bayesian Quantum Mechanics: Fred Daum
  –  An Introduction to Non-linear State Estimation and Target Tracking Based on Tensor Decompositions: Felix Govaers
  –  Information Transfer Across Adjacent Cameras in a Network: Yaakov Bar-Shalom
  –  Distributed Detection and Data Fusion: Peter Willett
  –  Tracking Maneuvering Targets in a World of Netted Sensors: Dale Blair
  –  Special Talk: Engineering in the Real World: Dale Blair
  –  Dual-Function Radar Communication System With Communication and Radar Performance Tradeoff: Athina Petropulu
  –  Radar Tomographic Imaging – Achieving High Resolution With Spatial Diversity: Hongbo Sun
  –  Simulation of Radar Sea Clutter: Luke Rosenberg
  –  Gravity-Modeling Considerations in High-Integrity Inertial Systems: Michael Braasch
  –  Radars Technology and Sustainability: How to Conjugate Innovation and Social Duties: Alfonso Farina
  –  Cognitive Radars: Sabrina Greco

∙    IEEE CS WebinarsIEEE Computer Society
Listen and engage with top minds across many computing disciplines. Explore lectures, discussion panels, and many more aspects of computing.
  –  January 25: Automatic Image Clustering with Multilevel Quantum Systems
  –  January 26: 7 Skills to Stay Competitive & Relevant in 2023

∙    IEEE-USA Career WebinarsIEEE-USA
IEEE-USA’s vision is to serve the U.S. IEEE member by being the technical professional's best resource for achieving lifelong career vitality and by providing an effective voice on policies that promote U.S. prosperity.
  –  January 11: Investing Basics: Five Steps to Building a Disciplined Investment Strategy
  –  January 25: Some Not-So-Common Questions to Ask if You’re Thinking About Going Back to School
  –  February 8: Insurance Concepts and Products: How to Secure Your Assets and Income

Reports on Past Events

Perspective of Pluggables vs. CPO For New Optics in the Next 5-10 Years

In December 2022, Dr. Frank Chang, senior member of IEEE and OSA Fellow, presented a talk at the Hub101 (a Cal Lutheran University incubator) in Ventura County, Southern California on pluggable optics vs. co-packaged optics (CPO) for high-speed optical communications. Dr. Chang is Source Photonics’ Chief Engineer and CTO for advanced and next-generation transceiver design.

The optics Communication industry is at a crossroad once again driven by the post pandemic huge BW demand for lower cost/power Ethernet optics from hyperscale data centers for networking and AL/ML applications. While in the telecom space, the industry is pushing higher bandwidth requirements for high-performance fronthaul, midhaul and backhaul optics. Several optical transceiver products are now targeted specifically for this high-volume market driven by 5G/6G deployments.

One key question to address is what technologies can provide the optimum solutions to solve the problem of massive bandwidth scaling for cloud, AI/ML and HPC applications? Dr. Chang’s talk examined this new optics landscape for datacom and telecom space. He first described the fundamental architectural difference between pluggable optics and CPO. He then discussed how data center operators view the future path of photonics integration with switch electronics and their preferred technology choices and timelines.

Major data center operators are investing in CPO, which promises to transform today’s pluggable optics industry with regards to cost and performance. This talk highlights some of the technical challenges to be resolved before CPO technology can be fully embraced. It also discusses the synergies and differences between today’s mobile transport and future optical 6G networks.

This is the first hybrid technical talk hosted by IEEE BV COMSOC since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. COMSOC chapters from Seattle, Texas, Atlanta, Florida and Texas co-hosted the hybrid event. The advantage of the hybrid format is that members from the local COMSOC chapter can enjoy face-to-face networking while members from other COMSOC chapters are able to participate virtually to gain timely technical knowledge from experts around the world. Several students from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles joined the virtual session and appreciated how the concepts they are learning in their electronics class are directly applicable to the fast-growing datacom and telecom industry.

The debate on pluggable vs. co-packaged optics (CPO) will likely continue to be a hot topic in the next few years and Dr. Chang’s talk provided a good perspective on some of the issues behind the debate, eliciting many interesting discussions with the attendees. (video)

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∙    Mobile Test Engineer – software
∙    Clinical Research Engineer
∙    Mobile Software Developer


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