The steady increase in internet data traffic and 5G adoption is driving significant increases in interconnect bandwidth, channel speed and channel density, especially across hyperscale data centers and cloud service providers. This, in turn, is driving advances in ASIC and optical interconnect technologies, resulting in doubling of aggregate bandwidth per device roughly every two years. Silicon photonics-based optical interconnects are increasingly playing a critical role in enabling each next generation of higher bandwidth, higher density interconnects while enabling power and cost efficiency with small form factors. As the industry is developing 1.6Tb/s and beyond optical pluggable devices, significant challenges need to be overcome, especially relating to electrical and optical IC integration, large channel count optical fiber coupling, high-power laser integration, as well as managing thermal dissipation and overall cost. This talk will focus on some of these challenges associated with building next-generation high-bandwidth optical devices, including co-packaging optics with ASICs, as well as discussing possible paths for mitigating some of these challenges using innovations in advanced packaging processes and materials. Optimizing advanced packaging architectures for optical devices can help scale the next generation of optical interconnects while reducing cost per bit and power per bit metrics that are critical for adoption of these devices in volume across the hyperscale networking ecosystem. Speaker(s): Sandeep Razdan, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/325012

Free Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/android-mobile-malware-detection-models-a-schematic-view-tickets-428133417577 Synopsis: In today’s era, smartphones have become ubiquitous because of their fascinating capabilities, for instance, sending and receiving emails, online shopping, mobile Internet browsing, and location-based services, apart from regular calling and messaging features. Additionally, a user-friendly app interface is present in most smartphones allowing users to download various apps according to their needs. However, with an increase in their popularity, there has been an analogous increase in malware attacks targeting smartphones. If a smartphone gets compromised by any malware, it may cause many serious threats, such as financial loss, system damage, data loss, and privacy leakage. Detecting such malware is the key requirement in mobile communications. This talk presents different models developed at our lab to detect Android smartphone malware. The talk first presents an in-depth analysis of how smartphone malware has evolved over the past few years, their ways of infection, threats posed by them, and a comprehensive review of the related works in the field of malware detection. The talk also introduces a static approach that analyzes permission pairs in Android phones. It next discusses a dynamic network traffic-based approach for Android malware detection to analyze the run-time behavior of malicious Android apps. Finally, the talk will present a hybrid model that combines K-Medoids and KNN algorithms on hybrid feature vectors to detect Android malware. Speaker(s): Dr Peddoju, Vishnu S. Pendyala Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/325448

Free Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/exploring-the-math-in-support-vector-machines-tickets-425130124647 Synopsis: “SVMs are a rare example of a methodology where geometric intuition, elegant mathematics, theoretical guarantees, and practical algorithms meet” – Bennet and Campbell Support Vector Machines (SVMs) are used for supervised machine learning and have been successful in many applications including those like image classification that favor deep learning. SVM owes its power to the intriguing math involved in its fabrication. This talk will introduce SVM and cover some of that math. Topics covered will include constrained and unconstrained optimization, convexity, the general notion of a function space, minmax equilibrium, duality, Cover theorem, Kernels, and Mercer theorem. Speaker(s): Dr Pendyala, Vishnu S. Pendyala Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/324950

Abstract: Silicon carbide (SiC), an advanced polymorphic material of great technological importance, possesses very attractive characteristics including wide bandgap, transparency from visible to near infrared, large refractive index, excellent thermal conductivity, very high elastic modulus and remarkable mechanical hardness and chemical inertness. These attributes make SiC interesting and promising for a number of emerging and critical applications, ranging from high-temperature electronics to sensors and transducers enabled by micro/nanoelectromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS), to photonics and quantum information processing. In this talk, I will introduce the fundamentals of NEMS enabled by SiC and other emerging wide-bandgap (WBG) materials, including nanofabrication and signal transduction in these nanodevices. I will then focus on the development of SiC and WBG MEMS/NEMS devices for sensing, signal processing, and computing, especially in harsh or even extreme environments, including in high-temperature and energetic radiation situations. Finally, we shall discuss today’s open challenges, opportunities, and future perspectives of advancing fundamental and engineering studies of integrated micro/nanosystems based on SiC and WBG materials and devices. Speaker(s): Prof. Philip Feng, Agenda: 6:30 – 6:45 PM Zoom Registration & Networking 6:50 – 7:00 PM Announcements & Polling 7:00 – 7:45 PM Invited Talk 7:45 – 8:00 PM Questions & Answers Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/324936

Powering the Next Electric Revolution A Seminar on Electrical System Design Presented by IEEE Santa Clara Valley, Power & Energy Society / Industry Applications Society 10/07, 8:00am 5:00pm, At the Delta Hotel, Santa Clara Attendees $300 Includes Parking, Continental Breakfast and Lunch Registration extended to 9/30, Link: (https://r6.ieee.org/scv-pesias/2022/07/31/powering-the-energy-revolution/) Learn, Connect with Colleagues, Meet Vendors, Get CEUs Agenda: Session 1: NASA Ames, Keynote Speaker Learn about current and future programs that will inspire technology throughout Silicon Valley. Speaker: Dr. David Korsmeyer, Deputy Center Director (Acting), NASA Ames Research Center Session 2: Blockchain Transactive Energy and the Electric Grid This presentation is about Building the 21st century grid, how to make it more flexible, sustainable, and coordinated by applying Blockchain technologies. Speaker: James Kempf PE, Kempf and Associates Consulting and UCSC Silicon Valley Session 3: Realtime Simulation for the Microgrid Development Cycle This presentation will focus on Microgrid design, controller testing and simulation. Speaker: Juan Patarroyo, Power System Modeling Specialist, Opal-RT Session 4: 1) Dynamic Optimization for N-1 Secure Operation Grid Systems with 100% Inverter-based Resources, 2) Autonomous Microgrid Restoration Using Grid-Forming Inverters and Smart Circuit Breakers Speaker: Nan Xue is a Staff Research Scientist at Siemens Technology. Session 5: DC Arc Flash for PV Systems This presentation focuses on how photovoltaic (PV) technology behaves under dc arc conditions with an emphasis placed on the electrical safety aspect of DC arc flash incident energy evaluation. Speaker: John Francis PE, VP Business Development & Marketing, ETAP Session 6: Electric Vehicle Dynamic Load Management Our presentation will focus on Load Management for an EV Charging Mobility Hub. Speaker: Ross Mueller, Senior Business Developer, Siemens eMobility. Session 7: Large Inverter based Medium Voltage Microgrid Learn about the performance characteristics of microgrids with large-scale inverter deployments and fuel cells. Continuous operation in grid parallel or stand-alone modes are considered. Speaker: Afshin Majd, PhD, PE, Senior Principal Electrical Engineer Bloom Energy Room: Saratoga Ballroom, Bldg: Delta Hotel by Marriott (Formerly Biltmore), 2151 Laurelwood Road, Santa Clara, California, United States, 95054

Please join us on October 13, 2022, for a virtual fireside chat with Dr. Jacopo Buongiorno, Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT Cost: $5.00 plus Eventbrite fee (with IEEE2022 promotion code). RSVP: (https://www.mitcnc.org/events/the-future-of-nuclear-energy-have-we-entered-a-new-era/) Hint: Enter the code in the “promotion code” entry and be sure to click “apply” before paying. Event Details: https://r6.ieee.org/scv-pesias/2022/10/02/the-future-of-nuclear-energy-have-we-entered-a-new-era/ Co-sponsored by: MIT Club of Northern California Speaker(s): Prof. Jacopo Buongiorno, Agenda: With the Russian cutoff of natural gas to Europe and the trends toward de-globalization and supply chain security, the issue of energy security has risen to the top of national agendas throughout the world. California’s legislature and governor have approved a 5 year extension of the state’s last nuclear plant, Diablo Canyon, which generates 8% of the state’s energy. Japan’s prime minister has called for re-starting its nuclear plants and for a broader policy shift toward nuclear. Germany is postponing the closure of two of its remaining nuclear plants, suggesting perhaps a second Energiewende (completing a U-turn?). France is considering up to 14 new reactors. China has 21 nuclear plants under construction. In the US, the Inflation Reduction Act provides subsidies for existing and advanced nuclear reactors. Many other countries are planning new reactors, too. These moves indicate a growing consensus that the world economy needs every megawatt of nuclear energy available. Nearly every model of global energy demand points to the important role nuclear power must play to reduce carbon emissions. By how much can nuclear power reduce the world’s carbon emissions? Or, can renewables do it all? “It is not a choice between the two. (https://twitter.com/hashtag/solar?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) will grow as fast as it physically can and won’t be 100%. Same with (https://twitter.com/hashtag/wind?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), (https://twitter.com/hashtag/geothermal?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), (https://twitter.com/hashtag/hydro?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), (https://twitter.com/hashtag/BiomassCCS?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), (https://twitter.com/hashtag/efficiency?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), etc. You still have a huge political/resiliency hole that (https://twitter.com/hashtag/nuclear?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) has to fill. Every model shows it. (https://twitter.com/hashtag/cleanfirm?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)” — Jigar Shah (@JigarShahDC) August 27, 2022 The International Energy Agency projects that a doubling of the world’s nuclear output is required by 2050 to reach net zero energy. The nuclear industry has a history of missing schedule and budget. Advocates of small modular reactors say they will be easier to build than larger ones. In the US, TerraPower and X-Energy have been chosen by the DOE to build small reactors based on new technology. China and Russia are building smaller reactors. More than $1.2 B of venture funding has gone into new fission technology in the past year. Is smaller, cheaper, faster the answer? Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/326386

Please join IEEE this Friday to celebrate IEEE Day and Global Standards Day hosted at the new IEEE Industry Hub, Silicon Valley. We’ll toast our members successes, elevations and enjoy a fun afternoon of networking, trivia, ping pong, shuffleboard and video games! The celebration will include food, drinks and, of course, an IEEE Day Cake and team pic around 5pm. Come join the fun! Please be sure to RSVP so we can put your name on the list for our new building. RSVP: https://events.bizzabo.com/432209 Co-sponsored by: IEEE Industry Hub Silicon Valley Bldg: IEEE Industry Hub Silicon Valley , 333, West San Carlos Street , San Jose, California, United States

Today LIDAR sensors have become one of the most common sensors for 3D capture, thanks to autonomous cars, drones, and robots. All LIDAR sensors are not created equal, and they come in a variety of sizes and shapes, and prices too. Typically, the price and size increase with the increasing range and higher range resolution and range accuracy. All these sensor parameters vary depending upon the applications and their requirements. In this meeting, Dr. Yuan will discuss the fundamentals of LIDAR sensors and how the sensor components, laser, detector, optics, and electronics influence sensor parameters such as range, range resolution, and range accuracy. Furthermore, he will discuss flash LIDAR and scanning LIDAR technologies and their merits and limitations in different applications. Finally, he will discuss the design and requirements of LIDAR sensors for airborne and space applications. Speaker(s): Dr. Ping Yuan, Agenda: 6:30 PM: Food and Networking 7:00 PM: Presentation Bldg: Cal Lutheran Center for Entrepreneurship (Hub101), 31416 Agoura Rd, Westlake Village, California, United States, 91361, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/327349

Gender diverse teams make better decisions across a wide range of settings, including startups. Nevertheless, investors make few investments in women, especially female CEOs. This talk will share data-driven research findings that shed light on the nature and extent of gender bias in venture capital allocation. Solutions for lasting change will be discussed. Speaker: Researcher and entrepreneur, Dr. Maya Ackerman, is an expert on Machine Learning, named “Woman of Influence” by the Silicon Valley Business Journal. She is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Santa Clara University, and CEO/Co-Founder of musical AI startup, WaveAI. Interviews with Dr. Ackerman appeared on NBC News, New Scientist, Sirius XM, and international television stations across the globe, and she has been an invited speaker at the United Nations, IBM Research, Google, and Stanford University, amongst many other venues. She earned her PhD in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo, and held Postdoctoral Fellowships at Caltech and UC San Diego. Hybrid event: @Santa Clara University and @virtual* * Zoom info will be sent shortly before the event to those who are registered. Registration ends at 4:30PM on Oct 25. Speaker(s): Maya Ackerman, Room: SCDI 3301, Bldg: Sobrato Campus for Discovery and Innovation, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, California, United States, 95053

ABSTRACT: Growing data volumes and velocities are driving exciting new methods across the sciences in which data analytics and machine learning are increasingly intertwined with research. To address these needs we have developed funcX, a high-performance function-as-a-service (FaaS) platform that enables intuitive, flexible, efficient, scalable, and performant remote function execution on existing infrastructure including clouds, clusters, and supercomputers. I will describe the motivation for developing funcX and review its use in a variety of scientific use cases. (https://funcx.org/) and https://labs.globus.org. SPEAKER: (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianfoster) is Senior Scientist and Distinguished Fellow, and director of the Data Science and Learning Division, at Argonne National Laboratory, and the Arthur Holly Compton Distinguished Service Professor of Computer Science at the University of Chicago. He is a fellow of the AAAS, ACM, BCS, and IEEE, and recently received the ACM/IEEE Ken Kennedy award and IEEE Internet award. Co-sponsored by: IEEE SCV Computer Society Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/328324

Abstract: Aluminum Nitride (AlN) is a well-established thin film piezoelectric material. AlN bulk acoustic wave (BAW) radio frequency (RF) filters were one of the key innovations that enabled the 3G and 4G smart phone revolution. Recently, the substitutional doping of scandium (Sc) for aluminum (Al) to form aluminum scandium nitride (AlScN) has been studied to significantly enhance the piezoelectric properties and to introduce ferroelectric properties into AlN based material systems. The properties achieved have profound implications for the performance of future 5G and 6G RF filters, piezoelectric sensors, piezoelectric energy harvesters, and for scaling the bit density of ferroelectric nonvolatile memories (NMV). This talk will present on the synthesis of highly Sc alloyed AlScN materials of the thickness (5 nm to 1000 nm), stress, and crystallinity required for applications in NVM and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). The material properties and device performance achieved will be reported and placed in the context of device specific figures-of-merit. Exemplar AlScN based memory, RF, and magnetoelectric sensor devices will be presented and discussed in the context of alternative technologies. Speaker(s): Prof. Troy Olsson, Agenda: 11:45 AM – 12 PM Event check-in 12 – 12:05 PM Announcements 12:05 – 12:50 PM Invited Talk 12:50 – 1 PM Questions & Answers Room: Conference Center (ECC1), Bldg: Building E, 2900 Semiconductor Dr, Texas Instruments, Santa Clara, California, United States, 95051

A blockchain consists of a list of blocks that are linked based on cryptography hash and maintained by distributed network nodes, so that the information recorded in these blocks is non-repudiated. After its first conceptualization by Nakamoto in 2008, blockchain has attracted broad attention and been considered as a promising solution to establish a decentralized architecture with security. In this talk, we will discuss some key characteristics of blockchain and a few promising applications of blockchain that can facilitate security and trust among multiple parties. Some examples include applying blockchain to secure software updates for resource-constrained IoT networks; designing a secure and efficient multi-signature scheme to facilitate multi-party approval process on Fabric, an enterprise blockchain platform; and facilitating fair trading of digital-goods via a blockchain based proxy re-encryption scheme. Speaker(s): Yuhong Liu, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/328082

This free course presents an overview of the physics of failures in electronics packaging. The course discusses key fundamental concepts of reliability physics associated with various stress conditions, including thermal degradation, thermo-mechanical stress, dynamic and vibrational loading, moisture and humidity, as well as electrical current stress. Failure mechanisms studied include chip-package interactions, micro-bump reliability, electromigration performance, inter-layer dielectric (ILD) damage under bumps and Cu pillars, solder joint reliability, drop and vibrational damage, interfacial delamination, and the impact of moisture and environmental humidity. Acceleration factor models for different failure mechanisms are introduced. Stress analysis methods using finite element analysis (FEA) with specific applications to packaging are described. Speaker(s): Xuejun Fan, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/328502

Free Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/quantifying-configuration-health-of-software-systems-tickets-428096777987 Synopsis: Misconfigurations have been Achilles heel in complex software systems and are often responsible for the downtimes and enablers of the cyber-attacks. With the recent rise of the devOps paradigm, configuration changes have become even more frequent, sometimes, multiple times a day, thereby underscoring the importance of correct configuration. In this talk, the speaker will discuss the notion of configuration health index to provide an assessment of how well the system is configured with respect to various objectives and how it can be quantified based on a combination of domain knowledge and available data. Prof. Kant will also discuss the challenges in extracting and quantifying the domain knowledge and the selection of tests for diagnosing configuration problems. Speaker(s): Dr Kant, Vishnu S. Pendyala Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/325452

FREE Event, In-person and online; Learn RF design solutions that reveal how to develop passive miniaturized IoT nodes that operate robustly in harsh application environments. Speaker(s): Professor Jasmin Grosinger, Room: First floor training room, Globalfoundries and online, 2600 Great America Way, Santa Clara, California, United States, 95054

Data communications between Earth and devices on spacecraft, such as satellites, have traditionally been carried out through dedicated links. Shared links using Internet Protocol-based communication offers a number of advantages over dedicated links. The movement of devices on spacecrafts however gives rise to mobility management issues. This talk will discuss various mobility management solutions for extending the Internet connection to devices on the spacecraft. The talk will provide an overview of the network layer based solution being developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force and compare it with the transport layer-based solution that has been developed at the University of Oklahoma in conjunction with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Network in motion is an extension of the host mobility protocols for managing the mobility of networks which are in motion, such as those in airplanes and trains. The application of networks in motion will be illustrated for terrestrial and space environments. Speaker(s): Mohammed Atiquzzaman, Ph.D, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/328500