April
6, 2023
Evolving Cyber Systems in Avionics
8:00 AM PDT
online
Speaker: Kathleen Kramer
Register at: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_c-lY0m0sSd2G20kv0j7JBw
Description
Avionics
systems are part of a formerly slow-changing industry and that have emerged as
cyber-physical systems, in an air and space transport system context, where
practical implementation is complex, multi-agent, and safety critical.
Autonomy advancements technically rely on separation assurance and collision
avoidance for multi-agent systems. Vision based advancements in navigation
address difficult problems, with major implementation challenges. Efforts to
advance traffic management for emerging systems, face important challenges
particularly to involve UAS and to approach low earth orbit systems.
Artificial intelligence techniques promise new solutions, particularly where
autonomy of functions are needed, but are particularly challenged by the
priority on certification for safety.
About the
Speaker
Kathleen
A. Kramer is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of San
Diego, San Diego, CA. She worked to develop new engineering programs as a
founding member of the faculty and eventually became the chair of electrical
engineering, and then serving as Director of Engineering (2004-2013),
providing academic leadership for all of the university’s engineering
programs. She has also been a Member of Technical Staff at several companies,
including ViaSat, Hewlett Packard, and Bell Communications Research. She
maintains an active research agenda and has recent publications in the areas
of multisensor data fusion, evidence accrual, intelligent systems, and neural
and fuzzy systems. Her teaching interests are in the areas of signal
processing, mechatronics and robotics, and communication systems. She is a
Fellow of ABET, and leader in the development of criteria for cyber security,
mechatronics and robotics. She is served as AESS Cyber Security Technical
Operations Panel Chair (2017-2022) and is a member of the AESS Avionics
Technical Operations Panel. She served as the 2019-21 IEEE Secretary &
Director, leading Governance across the IEEE. She received the B.S. degree in
electrical engineering magna cum laude with a second major in physics from
Loyola Marymount University, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical
engineering from the California Institute of Technology.
Presented by: IEEE Aerospace and
Electronic Systems Society
April
11, 2023
IEEE 802.11be/Extremely High Throughput (EHT)
online
Speaker: Laurent Cariou
Register at: events.vtools.ieee.org/m/353460
Description
IEEE
802.11be, which is also known as Wi-Fi 7, is the next amendment to the IEEE
802.11 standard for wireless local area networks (WLAN). This amendment is
anticipated to greatly enhance the performance of indoor and outdoor WLAN
operations at both stationary and pedestrian speeds in the 2.4, 5, and 6 GHz
frequency bands. Wi-Fi 7, also called Extremely High Throughput (EHT), is set
to provide multi-gigabit Wi-Fi with faster speeds, less interference, and
better performance for high-bandwidth online activities. The new standard is
expected to achieve a theoretical maximum speed of 30 Gbit/s, which is a
significant improvement from the previous standard, IEEE 802.11ax. In this
talk, Laurent Cariou will deliver a high-level overview of the features that
are defined in the upcoming standard. Additionally, he will briefly introduce
the next activity in 802.11, known as Ultra High Reliability (UHR), which is
expected to become Wi-Fi 8.
About the
Speaker
Laurent
Cariou earned his Ph.D. in electronics from the National Institute of Applied
Sciences in Rennes, France in 2003 and 2006, respectively. He has spent over
a decade working in IEEE 802.11 and currently serves as Intel's principal
engineer and technical lead for mainstream Wi-Fi in 802.11. Cariou played a
key role in establishing the High-Efficiency WLAN (HEW) group that eventually
led to the development of 802.11ax and Wi-Fi 6. Recently, he also initiated
the Extremely High Throughput (EHT) activity. Currently, Cariou holds the
position of vice-chair for the 11be/EHT task group (Wi-Fi 7) and is also the
chair for the Ultra-High Reliability (UHR – Wi-Fi 8) study group.
Presented by: IEEE Communications Society
chapters
April
13, 2023
Introduction to MIMO Radar Waveforms
6:00 AM PDT
online
Speaker: Hongbo Sun
Register at: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Hf35TncRTEuyLYwq-xeqPg
Description
Multiple-Input
Multiple-Output (MIMO) radar offers a lot of advantages and potentials for
improving the target detection and parameters estimation performances.
Choosing a proper waveform is a critical task for the implementation of MIMO
radars. In addition to the general requirements for radar waveforms such as
good resolution, low sidelobe level, etc, MIMO radar waveforms also should
possess good orthogonality. Unfortunately, we have to remember that the ideal
orthogonal MIMO waveform doesn't exist. Realistic MIMO waveforms will always
bring some performance degradations, and some trade-offs need to be made in
practical MIMO radars. In this talk a brief overview of MIMO radar waveforms
are introduced, and some typical realistic MIMO radar waveforms are evaluated
and compared for a colocated MIMO radar configuration. The numerical
simulation results depict the examples of actual performances (in terms of
range/Doppler/angle resolution and sidelobe level) that can be achieved by
the realistic MIMO waveforms in practical scenarios.
About the
Speaker
Hongbo
Sun received his B.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees from Nanjing University of Science
and Technology, China, in 1997 and 2002, respectively. He joined the School
of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
(NTU), Singapore, in 2002 as a Research Fellow. Between July 2004 and October
2019, he was with Temasek Laboratories at Nanyang Technological University as
Research Scientist, Senior Research Scientist, and Programme Manager. Since
October 2019, he has been with Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R), Agency
for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, as a Senior
Scientist. He is currently the Deputy Division Head of Satellite, Aviation
and Maritime Division of I2R and leading the research work on radar and
communication in various applications. Dr. Sun has very wide range of
research experience on radar systems, radar signal processing, phased array
system and satellite communication. He has authored/co-authored one book
chapter and more than 80 technical papers in refereed journals and conference
proceedings. He has been the Associate Editor for Electronics Letters since
2015, and the Guest Associate Editor for IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Letter between 2015 and 2017. He is the Senior Member of IEEE and the Chair of
IEEE AES/GRS Joint Singapore Chapter. Previously he had ever served as the
TPC Members / Session Chairs of numerous IEEE international conferences,
including the TPC co-chair of the 5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Synthetic
Aperture Radar (APSAR 2015). He was also the recipient of the Excellent Paper
Award at the 2006 RADAR conference. Since 2020, he has been appointed as the
IEEE AESS Distinguished Lecturer.
Presented by: IEEE Aerospace and
Electronic Systems Society
April
20, 2023
Wild Weasel - The Suicide Mission
7:00 PM PDT
at Hub101 and online
Speaker: Jerry Knotts
Register at: www.ieee-bv.org/meet/2023-04-aes
Description
During
the early stages of the Vietnam war the North Vietnam army, with the
assistance of their allies, became quite sophisticated with anti-aircraft
missiles.
The
missile shootdown of US fighter aircraft demanded urgent action to address
this threat. The military solution was the creation of the “Wild Weasel”
program. The objective of the Wild Weasel program was to train a group of
experienced Air Force officers to fly specially equipped fighter aircraft.
The extremely dangerous mission was to locate and destroy the North Vietnam
anti-aircraft defenses. The probability of survival of the crews was about
30%. Many aircraft were shot down, crews were captured and became POWs. The
surviving crews faced constant threats of being shot down on their next
mission. This presentation will discuss the creation of the Wild Weasel
program, crew selection, the threat environment, equipment installed, and
tactics used. New technology was created, applications developed, tested and
employed.
About the
Speaker
Jerry
Knotts served 24 years in the USAF. During that period, he flew clandestine
reconnaissance missions in covertly configured aircraft in and around
Germany, the Baltic Sea, Black Sea and Mediterranean areas. Later he flew 112
missions in North Vietnam/Laos as an F-105F Wild Weasel / Ryan Raider
“Surface to Air Missile (SAM) Killer”. Then he was a member of the USAF Big
Safari Program team.
Since
retirement from the USAF, he has been a serial entrepreneur, coach, angel
investor and has worked with numerous entrepreneurs for over 30 years. Over
this period of time, he started five companies and mentored over 300
start-ups.
His
previous executive positions included Vice-President/General Manager, Government
Electronics Division, California Microwave Inc. (CMI), Woodland Hills, CA and
Vice-President, American Nucleonics Corporation (ANC), Westlake Village, CA.
Jerry
holds a BSEE (Electrical Engineering) from The Pennsylvania State University;
and an MBA from Auburn University. In addition, he is a graduate of the
Defense Acquisition University, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Air
Command and Staff College, and Air War College.
He
is a Senior Life Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers (IEEE); and Chairman, IEEE Buenaventura Life Member Affinity Group.
Jerry is a pilot, licensed / registered Professional Engineer (PE) and life
member of the Texas, California, and National Society of Professional
Engineers. He is also a licensed Amateur Radio operator (K3ZZO).
Jerry
has served as a Ventura County Airport Commissioner, and has served as a Lay
Arbiter for the Ventura County Bar.
Location
Hub101
- Cal Lutheran Center for Entrepreneurship
31416 Agoura Road
Westlake Village, CA 91361
(map)
Presented by: IEEE Buenaventura Aerospace
and Electronic Systems Chapter, and IEEE Buenaventura Life Members Affinity
Group
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Electronic Systems Society
This program allows AESS to continue to serve members, and gives the
aerospace and electronic systems community the opportunity to hear from
respected Distinguished Lecturers.
– April 6: Evolving Cyber Systems in Avionics
– April 13: Introduction to MIMO Radar Waveforms
– April 20: Design of Efficient Electrical Power Systems for Small
Spacecraft
• IEEE CS Webinars
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Listen and engage with top minds across many computing
disciplines. Explore lectures, discussion panels, and many more aspects of
computing.
– April 4: IEEE 802.11: Future of Wi-Fi Standards
– April 13: How to Stop Wasting Time in Meetings
– April 18: You Don’t Say! Standardizing Inclusive Language
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