September 28, 2026
Get-AI Series: 6 - Enabling Autonomous Operations
8:30 AM – 3:30 PM PDT
Register at: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/575018
Abstract:
Artificial Intelligence is rapidly progressing from systems that
generate responses to intelligent agents capable of reasoning,
planning, using tools, maintaining context, and executing multi-step
tasks. As organizations move toward agentic AI, the opportunity is no
longer limited to helping employees find information—it is
increasingly about enabling AI systems to participate in and automate
real business processes.
Following our August session on Connecting AI to Enterprise Data using
Model Context Protocol (MCP), the IEEE Orange County Computer Society
GET-AI Series continues in September with a practical, demo-driven
exploration of AI Agents and Autonomous Operations.
This double-feature session begins with the foundations of agentic
AI—what makes an AI system an agent, how agents reason and plan, how
they use tools, memory, and context, and how to build a simple agent
capable of completing a multi-step task. The second session builds on
those concepts to explore how autonomous and multi-agent systems can
orchestrate complex enterprise workflows while maintaining security,
governance, observability, human oversight, and operational
reliability.
By combining foundational concepts with architecture patterns and live
demonstrations, the September session will help attendees understand
how organizations can progress from AI assistance to intelligent,
governed autonomous operations.
Speakers:
Brij Mohan is an independent researcher specializing in agentic
AI, multi-agent system design, and cloud-native data architecture. He
brings more than 25 years of engineering and leadership experience
across fintech, healthcare, and government systems, including previous
experience as a founder and CEO.
His current research focuses on multi-agent architectures for fraud
detection, master data management, and entity resolution. Brij is an
IEEE Senior Member, ACM Professional Member, a member of the Forbes
Technology Council, and serves on the Products That Count Advisory
Council.
He also holds the AWS Solutions Architect Professional and AWS Machine
Learning Engineer Associate certifications, along with PMP, PMI-ACP,
and TOGAF 9 credentials.
Karthik Karunanithi is a Solution Delivery Leader for AI
Transformation at IBM, where he designs production-grade agentic AI
systems for enterprise and public-sector clients. His work includes
multi-agent architectures, Model Context Protocol integrations, and
the identity and reliability layers required to operate these systems
in regulated environments.
He is a named inventor on two granted U.S. patents in secure access
control for patient health information, a Senior Member of IEEE, and a
voting member of the IEEE P7999 working group on AI ethics oversight.
Karthik also writes about production agent systems at
karthikk.hashnode.dev.
Agenda:
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM — Registration, Check-In & Networking
5:00 PM – 5:15 PM — Welcome, Introductions & Opening Remarks
Google Meet opens at 5:00 PM. Virtual attendees may join at this time.
5:15 PM – 6:00 PM — Session 1: AI Agents 101 — Build Your First
Intelligent Agent
6:00 PM – 6:15 PM — Dinner & Networking
6:15 PM – 7:00 PM — Session 2: Autonomous Enterprise AI —
Orchestrating Agents, Tools & Business Workflows
Presented by: Orange County Section EM18 and C16 Chapters,
co-hosted by IEEE Buenaventura C16 Chapter.
October 30, 2026
CLASTECH 2026
8:30 AM – 3:30 PM PDT
Register at: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/event/register/568539
Registration closes October 26, 2026.
Location: Eravant, 501 Amapola Avenue, Torrance, CA 90501 (
www.eravant.com)
Abstract:
CLASTECH 2026 will be held at the Eravant facility in Torrance. The
event features four expert speakers presenting on microwave and
antenna topics, with a box lunch from Panera Bread provided. Space is
limited — no onsite registration.
Speakers:
1. Satish Kumar Sharma, Ph.D. — San Diego State University
Topic: Multifunctional Antennas and Arrays for Wireless
Communications
Dr. Sharma is a Full Professor and Director of the Antenna and
Microwave Laboratory at SDSU. He received his Ph.D. from IIT Banaras
Hindu University in 1997 and joined SDSU in 2006. He is the recipient
of the NSF CAREER Award (2009) and the IEEE AP-S Harold A. Wheeler
Prize Paper Award (2015). He has published over 320 journal and
conference papers, holds three US and Canadian patents, and
co-authored
Multifunctional Antennas and Arrays for Wireless
Communication Systems (IEEE-Press/Wiley, 2021). His research
spans beam steering antennas, phased arrays, reconfigurable antennas,
and metasurface antennas from VHF to 110 GHz.
2. Mahmoud Wagih, Ph.D. — University of Glasgow
Topic: Making Microwaves Green: From Life Cycle Assessments to
Chipless Sensing Solutions
Dr. Wagih leads the Green RF-Enabled Electronics Lab at the University
of Glasgow. He is an IEEE Distinguished Microwave Lecturer, Founder of
RX Watt Ltd., and has published 130+ papers across Nature Portfolio,
Advanced, and IEEE Transactions journals. He was named Forbes 30 Under
30 for Science & Healthcare (2024) and received the Royal Academy
of Engineering Sir George MacFarlane Medal as UK's Young Engineer of
the Year. His talk covers Life Cycle Assessment of microwave hardware,
sustainable recycling solutions for RF circuits, and chipless sensing
with novel materials.
3. Prof. Nicholas C. Miller — Michigan State University
Topic: Large-Signal Characterization and Modeling of GaN HEMTs to
100 GHz
Dr. Miller is an Assistant Professor in Electrical and Computer
Engineering at Michigan State University and formerly an electronics
engineer at the Air Force Research Laboratory (2017–2023). His
research focuses on linear and nonlinear mm-wave characterization of
on-wafer transistors, physics-based compact modeling of compound
semiconductors, and TCAD modeling of wide-bandgap semiconductor
transistors. He is a recipient of the AFRL Early Career Award (2023).
4. Dr. Hasan Sharifi — HRL Laboratories (Director)
Topic: To Be Announced
Agenda:
8:30 AM — Registration & Exhibits Open
9:00 AM — 1st Session
10:00–10:30 AM — Break
10:30 AM — 2nd Session
11:30 AM–1:00 PM — Lunch
1:00–2:00 PM — 3rd Session
2:00–2:30 PM — Break
2:30–3:30 PM — 4th Session & Exhibits Close
Presented by: Coastal Los Angeles MTT17 and AP03 Chapters,
co-hosted by IEEE Buenaventura MTT17 Chapter, IEEE Antennas and
Propagation Society (AP-S), and IEEE Microwave Theory and Technology
Society (MTT-S)