[]Blockchain is a distributed ledger technology that enables secure, transparent, and immutable recording of transactions across a network of computers. At its core, a blockchain consists of a chain of blocks, where each block contains a list of transactions. It requires network consensus to ensure validity. Once consensus is met, a block can be added to the ledger as an immutable record of transaction. This rather simple concept has already changed our transactional landscape a great deal since it emerged in popularity. Conceptually, blockchain technology has the potential to disrupt traditional systems, increase efficiency, transparency, and trust, and empower individuals and organizations across various domains. But, how did we get here? How is the history of Blockchain tied to Engineering and Technology? Is Blockchain only significant in the Data sciences and Computer Sciences Industries? Speaker(s): Amber Orr, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/411663

Free but required Registration: https://sjsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUlfumqpjotGtTrgOueGSpOTxC2L08dm2vW After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Synopsis: The panel discussion will explore the ground-breaking potential of generative AI in revolutionizing medical care. Generative AI holds immense promise for transforming healthcare, but ethical considerations, thorough validation, and responsible implementation are essential. Careful attention to these challenges will unlock the full potential of AI to improve diagnosis, treatment, and overall patient care. However, navigating the ethical and practical challenges will be crucial to ensure equitable, responsible, and impactful implementation for the benefit of all. This expansion includes specific examples, highlights potential benefits beyond patient care, personalized diagnosis, prevention of infectious diseases and Medical image processing. The emphasis should be collaboration and stakeholder involvement in addressing the challenges. The panellists will delve into a range of crucial questions on leveraging the predictive power of GenAI for personalized medicine, enhanced diagnostics, ethical dilemmas, mental health support, privacy-preserving practices, trust and transparency, and more. Speaker(s): Ruchi, Dr. Vishnu S. Pendyala, Chinmay, Lakshmanan Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/407733

Existing telecom infrastructure is inefficient and not energy scalable to future demand. The villain here is physics. Using today’s technology, universal 5G coverage for the United States alone would require a 16x increase in base stations and a 48x increase in power usage. Totaling over $1.2T in cost, the amount of power that would need to be consumed is not feasible or sustainable. Eridan has developed an entirely new way to generate radio frequency signals at power, reducing the cost to deploy universal, high-speed wireless coverage by 10-100x. Eridan's Miracle is the world’s first switch-mode direct polar transmitter in gallium nitride. No other transmitter provides power efficiency, signal cleanliness, and spectrum agility all at the same time. Ultimately, this solution is applicable to every wireless market. In a small cell, the Miracle transmitter is twice as efficient as systems using linear power amplifiers and covers the same area at half the output power, due to the ultra-clean signals of its switched circuits. At scale, the Miracle reduces the cost of high-speed wireless coverage by up to 10x, and by up to 100x in sparse rural areas. Miracle’s frequency agility also opens the door for new spectrum allocation models, solving the artificial spectrum scarcity created by today’s rigid, frequency-fixed approach. In the near future, Miracle will also be built into a massive MIMO proof of concept system. Linear amplifiers are inefficient, and the future must be efficient. The future is fundamentally new transmitter architecture in gallium nitride, and the future is now. Co-sponsored by: IEEE Power Electronics Society, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter Speaker(s): Douglas, Mashrur Room: Rm 4021, 500 El Camnino Real, Sobrato Campus for Discovery and Innovation, Santa Clara, California, United States, 95053