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IEEE ISPLC 2015 Proposal. General Chair : Brian L. Evans, Univ. of Texas Austin General Co-Chair : Alexis Kwasinski , Univ. of Texas Austin Tech. Program Chair : Naofal Al- Dhahir , Univ. of Texas Dallas Tech. Program Co-Chair : Anand Dabak , Texas Instruments
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IEEE ISPLC 2015 Proposal General Chair: Brian L. Evans, Univ. of Texas Austin General Co-Chair: Alexis Kwasinski, Univ. of Texas Austin Tech. Program Chair: Naofal Al-Dhahir, Univ. of Texas Dallas Tech. Program Co-Chair: AnandDabak, Texas Instruments Tech. Program Co-Chair: HaniphLatchman, Univ. of Florida
IEEE ISPLC 2015 • Proposal for Austin, Texas USA 29 March – 1 April • Follow previous format Two parallel tracks Three keynote talks Banquet on Tuesday evening • Invite TC PLC membersto join tech. prog. comm. Downtown Austin view from Hilton Hotel, Lady Bird Lake
Organizing Committee • Brian L. Evans, UT Austin, IEEE Fellow Smart grid communications, cellular comm. • Alexis Kwasinski, UT Austin Power elect., smart grids, telecom. power sys. • Naofal Al-Dhahir, UT Dallas, IEEE Fellow Smart grid communications, cellular comm. • AnandDabak, Texas Inst., IEEE Fellow Smart grid communications, cellular comm. • HaniphLatchman, Univ. of Florida ATM and powerline comm. networks
Organizing Committee • Publicity chair: Bridget Erlikh (ComSoc) • Registration chair: Bridget Erlikh (ComSoc) • Conf. manager: Bridget Erlikh (ComSoc) • Finance chair: Bruce Worthman (ComSoc) • Local arrangements chair: TBA
IEEE ISPLC 2015 • Confirmed sponsors Texas Inst. – Smart Grid Business Unit – Dallas Univ. of Texas at Austin – College of Engineering • Potential sponsors include Freescale – Smart Grid Comm. Group – Austin IBM – Austin Pecan Street Research Institute – Austin Univ. of Texas at Dallas Previous ISPLC sponsors?
Downtown Austin Nightlife 500ft ~ 160m Driskill Hotel Stephen F. Austin Intercontinental Hotel
Lady Bird Lake Trail • Popular for jogging, running, walking 10+ km • Less than 1 km from likely conference hotel Trail goes around both sides of lake Lady Bird Lake Likely Conference Hotel
Texas Capitol • Made of pink granite, larger than US Capitol • Nice grounds with several monuments • Free tours and < 1 km from hotel
Barton Springs • Spring fed pool, 300m x 30m • About 2.5 km from conference hotel • Open 5am – 10pm
Zilker Park • Huge park, playground, Umlauf sculpture garden, botanical garden • About 3 km from conference hotel
Other Activities within 3 km • Canoeing on Barton Creek • Kayak Lady Bird Lake • Mountain Bike the Barton Creek Greenbelt
Texas Wine Country • Approximately 20 wineries < 140 km • Several towards historic Fredericksburg
San Marcos Outlet Mall • About 40 km south of conf. hotel • 200+ outlet stores, shopping!! • Prime Outlets • Neiman Marcus, Giorgio Armani General Store, Polo Ralph Lauren Factory Store, Coach, Crate and Barrel Outlet, Pottery Barn Outlet, bebe, Tommy Bahama, etc. • Tanger Outlets • Samsonite, Wilsons Leather Outlet, Kenneth Cole, Old Navy Outlet, Polo Jeans Co., etc