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Austin, TX 375 Members (50+ added in 2014)

R5/CTS/Austin. Austin, TX 375 Members (50+ added in 2014). IEEE CTS ComSoc/SP Joint Chapter (Austin) Fawzi Behmann f.behmann@ieee.org IEEE Central Texas Section Fall Planning Meeting September 24, 2016 San Marcos, TX. Austin Chapter 2016 Current Leadership Team.

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Austin, TX 375 Members (50+ added in 2014)

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  1. R5/CTS/Austin Austin, TX 375 Members (50+ added in 2014) IEEE CTS ComSoc/SP Joint Chapter (Austin) Fawzi Behmann f.behmann@ieee.org IEEE Central Texas SectionFall Planning MeetingSeptember 24, 2016 San Marcos, TX

  2. Austin Chapter 2016 Current Leadership Team 2015 Chapter Achievement Award 2015 Chapter-of-the-Year Award • Chapter Chair - Pierre Costa  Fawzi Behmann • Past Chair - Hanan Potash • Secretary & Program Logistics – Brad Wallace • Treasurer - Fawzi Behmann • Mem. Dev. & Historian – Dennis O’Connor • Webmaster & Social Media – Norma Antunano • AT&T Liaison - Frances Freeman Election: Called for volunteers

  3. 2015 Chapter Achievement Award 2015 Chapter-of-the-Year Award Austin Chapter Vision • COMSOC/SP Austin is a community comprised of a diverse group of industry professionals with a common interest in advancing communications & Signal Processing technologies. Mission Statement • The IEEE chapter of Communications & Signal Processing Societies seeks to be the organization of choice for communications and signaling processing technologists in the Central Texas Area and to provide education and networking for those professionals. 2016 Chapter Objectives: • Hold monthly high quality technical meeting • Theme: Sensing/SDN/Big Data/Cognitive computation & services that addresses many fields empowered leveraging IoT, wireless technology for healthcare & Fitness, Smart energy, Smart Transportation, Smart cities. • Distinguished Lecturer program • COMSOC/SP Website http://sites.ieee.org/ct-comsp/ • Community/Industry/University Outreach – IEEE Collabratec Initiative • Outreach, DL from Finland, Texas Wireless Summit (Oct. 16), RCCC (Dec.) • Chapter financial health

  4. http://sites.ieee.org/ct-comsp/

  5. IEEE CTS Booth at NI Week 2016 Promoting IEEE Membership Development and 5G Summit

  6. IEEE ComSoc/SP September 22 “NEW FAA DRONE REGULATIONS EFFECTIVE AUGUST 29TH, 2016 AND INTEGRATION OF DRONES INTO MULTIPLE BUSINESS MODELS ” Robert Youens, Owner: Camera Wings Aerial Photography

  7. In Planning AT&T Labs , Arboretum 9505 Arboretum, Austin, Building: RSVP http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/40983

  8. In Planning AT&T Labs , Arboretum 9505 Arboretum, Austin, Building: RSVP http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/40983

  9. In Planning October 18, 2016 http://texaswirelesssummit.org A $100 discount is offered to IEEE members, using the promo code WNCG100 or by following this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/texas-wireless-summit-2016-reshaping-wireless-through-automated-vehicles-tickets-26119244363?discount=WNCG100

  10. In Planning December 1, 2016

  11. 2016 SWOT • Strengths • Great support from ComSoc & SP (Funding) • Great Collaboration with AT&T (over 5 years) • Facilities • Tours – 4K video streaming lab • Support Events & special needs • Healthy & respectable relationship with UT • Diverse set of intriguing topics and domain expert speakers • Demonstrate active dialog & appreciation • Survey life cycle – capture ideas and implement • “Offer/Search for a job” Segment • Speaker appreciation • Improved attendance • Strong DL support • Weakness • CTS $275 Transfer! 2015 Chapter Achievement Award 2015 Chapter-of-the-Year Award

  12. Austin COMSOC/SP Chapter - 2015 Technical Sessions Jan 19Prof. Greg Durgin, Georgia , "Wireless Forever: Engineering the Radios that Never Plug-in" Feb 19 “Mechanical Engineering at the National Level”, Prof. Delbert Tesar, Carol Cockrell Curran Chair in Engineering, Director, Robotics Research Group, The University of Texas at Austin April 23 “Discover Engineering: Encouraging School Students to Pursue Technical Careers”, Presenter: John Purvis of Discover Engineering and of The IEEE Central Texas Section May 25 “Cloud Computing: The Path to Freedom”, Presenter: Don Dalrymple, Management Consultant, The Dalrymple Group May 25  “V.I.S.I.O.N to the Bank Vault”, Meshell Baker the Founder/Owner of Meshell Baker Enterprises (MBE) June 23 “Virtualization – a key driver for 5G and IoT”, Presenter: Fawzi Behmann, TelNet Management Aug 17 "BODYHACKING: IMPROVING YOURSELF THROUGH SCIENCE, DATA, AND TECHNOLOGY”, Dustin D. Trammell, Chief Executive Officer, Trammell Ventures Sep 22 “New FAA Drone regulations effective August 29th, 2016 and Integration of Drones Into Multiple Business Models , Presenter: Robert Youens, Owner of Camera Wings  Completed L31

  13. Survey feedback form is a key to improvement and successful future planning

  14. Austin, TX THANK YOU Questions

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