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Atlanta IEEE Events for April 2008

1. April 1: Enginering in Medicine and Biology Society

2. April 3-6: SouthEastCon 2008 - Hunstville, Alabama

3. April 14: Atlanta Section EXCOM

4. April 16: SSCS-CASS Meeting Announcement

5. April 21: Industrial Application Society

6. April 29-30: ATLANTA SECUREWORLD

1. April 1: Enginering in Medicine and Biology Society

Speaker: Dr. Julian Alexander Bragg, Neurology, Emory University

Title: From Engineering to Medicine: Threshold Tracking

When: Mon Apri 1, 2008

Time: Food at 6:30pm, speaker at 7:30pm

Where: Manuel's Tavern

All are welcome. Come at 7:30 for the talk, come earlier if you wish to join us for dinner. After the talk, we will discuss ongoing and future EMBS chapter activities.

Abstract: "From Engineering to Medicine: Threshold Tracking"

While the majority of medical school applicants still enter with a degree in life sciences, a small but significant number of them have an engineering background. This engineering training leads not only to a different initial fund of knowledge, but a fundamentally different way of approaching clinical problems. An engineering education, with its training in systems-level thinking and problem solving despite incomplete information, provides a solid intellectual base for both clinicians and clinician-scientists.

One recent example of applying engineering techniques to clinical problems is the development of threshold tracking techniques for studying the excitability of peripheral nerves. While conventional nerve conduction studies measure only the nerve's conduction velocity and maximum response amplitude, threshold tracking allows noninvasive determination of nerve excitability and how that excitability changes with exposure to various stimuli. These techniques are being investigated by multiple groups in hopes that they will serve as more sensitive indicators of nerve dysfunction for diagnostic purposes and also clarify the electrophysiologic abnormalities underlying various peripheral nerve disorders.

Bio

Julian Bragg received a B.S. in electrical engineering

from the George Washington University in Washington, DC in 1995; a

Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the Georgia Institute of

Technology in Atlanta, GA in 2002, and an M.D. from the Emory

University School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA in 2004. He is currently

a resident in the Department of Neurology at Emory University.

Dr. Bragg's current research interests include the use of threshold

tracking techniques to noninvasively measure peripheral nerve

excitability and the use of stimulus artifact elimination techniques

to improve the quality and versatility of neuromuscular

electrodiagnostics.

DIRECTIONS: Manuel's Tavern is located at 602 N. Highland Avenue, at

the corner of N. Highland and North Avenue. Website is http://

www.manuelstavern.com and their telephone # is 404-525-3447. The

meeting is to be held in the "Eagle's Nest" room. This is a small

cozy room off the dining area on the south side of the building

(towards the parking lot).

Easy directions from I-75/85 connector: Exit Freedom Parkway. When

the parkway forks near the Carter Center, bear right. After the

Carter Center, you first light will be N. Highland Avenue. Turn

left. Manuel's Tavern will be on the left shortly. Parking is free

and adjacent to the restaurant; overflow parking is across the street

on the right as well.

2. April 3-6: SouthEastCon 2008 - Hunstville, Alabama

3. April 14: Atlanta Section EXCOM

Location: Atkins Park Tavern, 2840 Atlanta Rd SE, Smyrna, GA

The next meeting of the Atlanta Section ExCom will be held on Monday, April 14,
2008, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Dinner will be available starting at 6:00
pm, and the meeting will officially start at 6:30 pm. The meeting will
be held at Atkins Park Tavern, located on 2840 Atlanta Road SE,
Smyrna, GA.


The main focus of the April meeting will be to plan for attending
Section's Congress 2008 in Quebec City, CA and discuss upcoming meetings
within the Atlanta Section.

If you have meeting announcements, please
attend the meeting or e-mail your requests to the Section Secretary, Jairo
Garcia, at:

secretary@ieee-atlanta.org

If you are interested in attending Section's Congress 2008, please attend the meeting or respond to
Jeff Kemp at

chair@ieee-atlanta.org.

4. April 16: SSCS-CASS Meeting Announcement

Firehouse Subs and Drinks will be served.

Date and Time: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 5:30 p.m.

Place:Klaus Advanced Computing Building, Classroom 1456
Georgia Institute of Technology

Parking and Directions:
Relevant map attached. Directions can be found at:
http://gtalumni.org/map/directions.php. Please contact Amisha Manek at
amisha.manek@ece.gatech.edu for more information.

Recorded Speaker:
Arya Behzad
Director of Engineering
Broadcom Corporation

Title of Talk:
Radio Design for MIMO Systems with an Emphasis on IEEE 802.11n
(ISSCC Recording)

Abstract:
Essential to the overall system design of a MIMO system, is the radio
design. This course will provide a brief introduction to the legacy
802.11 a/b/g systems, followed by a discussion of the history of multiple
antenna systems and the conventional analog-based techniques such as MRC. A
general introduction to the 802.11n will then follow, which includes
the channelization and modulation types, the definition and the description
of the concepts behind the multiple spatial streams (MxN? ), and additional
PHY and MAC techniques allowing for higher rates and/or longer reach. These
features include the use of short guard-interval (GI), implicit and
explicit beam-forming, space-time block codes (STBC), the use of
Greenfield mode, and aggregation techniques. The requirements of
802.11n standard such as sensitivity and EVM and their relation to analog
impairments such as phase noise, quadrature imbalances, linearity, and
cross-talk will also be discussed.

Speaker Biography:
Arya Behzad has worked in various senior circuit and system design
capacities at various companies. Since 1998 he has been with Broadcom
Corporation working on integrated tuners, gigabit Ethernet and wireless
LAN systems and ICs. He is currently a Director of Engineering working
on radios for current and future generation wireless products, and Product
Line Manager for all Wireless LAN Radio products. He has over 70
patents rssued and pending as well as many publications in the areas of
precision analog circuits, cellular transceivers, integrated tuners, gigabit
Ethernet, and wireless LANs. Mr. Behzad is on his fifth year serving as
a member of the ISSCC Wireless Technical Committee. He has served as a
Guest Editor of JSSC and is currently an Associate Editor of the Journal. Mr.
Behzad obtained his M.S. EE from UC Berkeley in 1994.

--
Prof. Gabriel A. Rincón-Mora, Ph.D.
Associate Editor, IEEE TCAS II
Chairman, IEEE Atlanta SSCS-CASS Chapter

Georgia Tech Analog, Power, & Energy IC Research
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology

rincon-mora@ece.gatech.edu
http://www.rincon-mora.com

5. April 21: Industrial Application Society

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You are invited to join us for lunch and learning at a meeting of the
ATLANTA CHAPTER - IEEE INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS SOCIETY
WHEN: Monday, April, 21 2008
Registration: 11:45
Lunch: 12:00 Noon
WHERE: Sheraton Buckhead Hotel

3405 Lenox Road NE
(Just north, across the street from Lenox Square Mall)
PROGRAM: "Arc Flash: Emergency Generators Vs. People Protection: NFPA
70 Vs.
70E"
Presented by Joe Crawford, Crawford Engineering
COST: IEEE Member: $20.00 for lunch, gratuity & meeting room
Non-Member: $25.00 for lunch, gratuity & meeting room
PARKING: Please note that parking is $2.00 per car.

IEEE Members: If this is your first meeting this year, please make sure
to
bring some form of membership identification. Suggested items include:
current membership card, dated printout of web account information
showing
your member number, or a recent IEEE magazine with mailing label
(including
member #).

RESERVATIONS: E-mail the names of all persons attending to:
Website Reservation:

http://ewh.ieee.org/r3/atlanta/ias/reservation_form.htm
E-mail RSVP:

michael.seal@ge.com

RSVP DEADLINE: Friday, April 18, 2008
VISITORS ARE WELCOME. BRING A FRIEND!
We have added a confirmation feature to the website reservation. If you
choose website reservation, IEEE email server will be replying with a
confirmation email. (Feel free to print your confirmation notice and
bring
it with you. If we are having problems, this will help identify where
they
are occurring.)

It is the opinion of this chapter that most state engineering
registration
boards will recognize attendance at this meeting as equal to one hour
of
continuing education. Keep this notice and your meeting receipt as
proof of
attendance.

For general information call Mark Sorrells at 770-688-2561
If you are unable to honor your reservation, please contact Michael
Seal
prior to the meeting at 770-662-4965

6. ATLANTA SECUREWORLD, April 29-30:

Where: Cobb Galleria.

IEEE Members are offered a $50 discount off the $195 two day conference pass which includes access to the Conference Sessions, Keynotes, Lunch, Exhibits, Open Sessions and 12 CPE Certificate of Attendance. Register on-line using code - ATLEEE8



To register, go to - http://www.secureworldexpo.com/



IEEE Members receive a special $200 discount off the $695 SecureWorld? + pass – register on-line and use code ATLEEE8. SecureWorld? + Topics Include:

- Rapid Rollout of Risk Assessment Requirements

- Information Risk Leadership Strategy: Putting All the Pieces Together

- Forensics as an Investigative Tool

- Auditing and Securing Data Access

- Creating Profit in Business Continuity Planning

- The Three P’s of Security Awareness: People, PC’s and Paychecks



IEEE Members also receive complimentary admission to Keynotes, Expert Panels, Vendors Sessions and the Exhibit Floor. Register on-line OR on-site using code - ATLEEE8

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