This page contains some posts and announcements from the time before we created a posts page i.e. ca. November 2023 and earlier. Please check the posts page and the recordings page for more recent history.
Venturing Forth – on November 16, Concluded
(This will be an online event.)
The webinar recording (with automatic transcript) is available here and the associated slide set can be accessed here. (2023 November 16)
The link to the form for requesting PDH credit is here. (2023 November 16)
Jack Pope will be the debut speaker for the IEEE Twin Cities Section webinar series.
Jack will provide an overview of some of the clever ways that Forth-like compilers and interpreters are implemented. Forth is a procedural, stack-oriented programming language and interactive environment. The Forth language can be used to write general programs, including compilers for various languages. He will delve into at least one such implementation.
Professionally, Jack spends a great deal of time programming for system and statistical applications, database development, and distributed computing on UNIX/Linux systems. He also keeps busy as Chairman of the Twin Cities Section of the IEEE Computer Society and with teaching Computer Science in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. Jack is the principal developer of epop, a Forth inspired programming environment.
There will be opportunity to ask questions and chat after Jack’s presentation.
The webinar is free but we would appreciate your registering for it here.
IEEE will be providing a PDH certificate for this webinar.
Eligible attendees may apply for 1 PDH (Professional Development Hour). For more information about IEEE certificates, please visit: https://www.ieee.org/education/credentialing/index.html
Visit our Events and Activities page for other listings.
IEEE MAGNetics Society Event Flyer, 2023 November 16
IEEE Signal Processing Society Distinguished Lecture, November 14
Register here
Lecture by Professor Gesualdo Scutari, Professor with the School of Industrial Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University, IEEE SPS Distinguished Lecturer on “Statistical Inference over Networks: Decentralized Optimization Meets High-dimensional Statistics”.
There is growing interest in solving large-scale statistical machine learning problems over decentralized networks, where data are distributed across the nodes of the network and no centralized coordination is present (we termed these systems as “mesh” networks). This talk will discuss some vignettes from high-dimensional statistical inference suggesting new analyses (and designs) aiming at bringing statistical thinking in distributed optimization.
Posted: 2023 October 16
TC Section Virtual Coffee-Hour!!
(This will be an online event.)
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Starting on Friday, November 10, we will hold a monthly online gathering. You can drop in, drop out, rejoin, as you like, between 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm. Our intent is to provide a zero-stress hang-out where people can drop in and out according to their convenience, and get to know others with similar or different interests.
You will be able to talk and chat with your fellow members. If attendance grows over time (we hope!) we can organize break-out rooms for birds-of-a-feather sessions.
This is a social gathering and there is no cost for attending. However, we ask that you please register for the event so that we can run it smoothly.
Posted: 2023 November 02
2023 Engineers Week Webinar
Last February we held a webinar to celebrate Engineers Week. Below you will find a condensed version of the talks and associated presentation slides.
Presentation Videos
Engineers Week Webinar Presentations
Presentation Slides
IEEE Society Publishes Body of Knowledge
IEEE , together with Wiley, have just published the IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society Body of Knowledge (TEMSBOK). You can look at the table of contents here. The book is available for pre-ordering. IEEE members receive a 35% discount on all Wiley and Wiley-IEEE Press books.
Posted: 2023 October 02
Senior Member Elevation Event – September
The Twin Cities Section held a Senior Member Elevation Event on 23 September, 2023, to elevate qualified members to the Senior Member grade. Twenty-nine applicants and interviews participate in this online event. There was much interesting conversation and the attendees made useful contacts.
Signal Processing and Communications Societies Twin Cities Chapter Event
An online video talk on “Multi-Model Brain MRI: Current Developments and Future Directions” was delivered by Dr. Xi Peng from the University of Iowa on September 21. Please visit the Events and Activities page for more information.
Picnic – July
In July we held a picnic that was cosponsored by the Twin Cities Chapter of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society and the Twin Cities IEEE Section. About 30 or so members attended and enjoyed food and conversation.
The Eden Prairie High School Robotics Team presented their First Robotics Competition entry. Some pictures taken by IEEE member Bruce Hanson are presented below and on the Events and Activities page.
Another Great Twin Cities Section Summer Picnic
The Twin Cities I&M Chapter along with the Twin Cities Section hosted another great picnic at the Emerson Automation Solutions pavilion. This picnic is held yearly and is a favorite event for many attendees. It features grilled food, a great robotics talk by Team 2502 from Eden Prairie, and a chance for IEEE members to network and have lively discussions. This year over 30 attendees came together to share a wonderful evening reconnect and share their common interests in the IEEE.
Some pictures taken by IEEE member Bruce Hanson are presented below.
