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BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CIE/USA-DFW Site - ECPv6.11.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:CIE/USA-DFW Site X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ciedfw.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for CIE/USA-DFW Site REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20240310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20241103T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20100101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240914T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240914T170000 DTSTAMP:20250707T062200 CREATED:20240905T115136Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250111T194328Z UID:9602-1726326000-1726333200@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:2024 Technical Executive Forum DESCRIPTION:2024 CIE/USA-DFW Annual Convention Programs \nUniversity of Texas at Dallas Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center \n800 W Campbell Rd\, Richardson\, TX 75080 \nSept 14\, 2024\, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm\, CDT \nTechnical Executive Forum (by invitation) \nYou are cordially invited to the upcoming CIE/USA-DFW Annual Convention on Sep 14\, 2024.  One of the exciting events of the Convention is the CIE Technical Executive Forum\, to be held at the Jindal School of Management\, UT Dallas\, which will feature industry experts\, academic leaders and executives from sponsors to come together and discuss topics associated with the Convention theme: “Technology Fusion: Shepherding Technology for Humanity.” \nThe distinguished panel will share their perspectives on the challenges\, opportunities\, and potential solutions for humankind to leverage technology. The panel will explore the many aspects of technology and its impact on humanity.  Attendees will undoubtedly gain a diverse viewpoint and nuanced perspectives from this multi-disciplinary panel and will have the opportunity to ask questions and interact with the panelists. \nThis forum\, a free but by-invitation-only event\, is targeted for leaders of industry and academia. \nLet us know if interested. Click Invite me! \n\n\n\n\nTechnical Executive Forum\n\n\n\nOpening Remarks\n\n\nPanel Introduction \n\n\n\nModerator : Dr. Nick Z Fang\, Robert S. Gooch Endowed Professor in Civil Engineering\, UT-Arlington \nDr. Nick Z Fang is the Robert S. Gooch Endowed Professor in Civil Engineering and directs the Water Engineering Research Center (WERC) at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). He actively performs research in the areas of urban hydrology\, radar hydrology\, large scale hydrologic modeling\, radar-based flood warning systems\, water resources planning and management\, and disaster (hurricanes\, floods\, and droughts) mitigation for many federal\, state\, and private entities. His exciting interdisciplinary research experience has gained national and international recognition through improving the fundamental understanding of watershed resiliency by addressing two grand challenges of climate change and urbanization.\n\n\nMr. David Lu\, VP\, Network Systems\, AT&T (Retired) \n David served in various leadership positions at AT&T that resulted in multibillion-dollar savings over the past 35 years. Currently holds 60+ patents and frequently appears as speaker at technical and leadership seminars and conferences throughout the world. Led global organizations of more than 5\,000 people at AT&T. Was responsible for the next generation SDN automation platform enabling AT&T’s network virtualization and 5G/Fiber networks. Well respected as an inspirational industry leader in hyper scale software and AI driven platforms with institutional knowledge and world leading expertise achieving best in class quality\, reliability\, speed\, and demonstrable financial/service benefits! Work pioneered many of the world’s first innovations and promoted many distinguished industry leaders and technical talents. Awards received include CIE-USA AAEOY Engineer of the Year Award in 2017 and Executive of the Year Award in 2023\, IEEE CQR Chairman’s Award\, CIO 100 Award\, AT&T Innovation and Patent Awards\, and AT&T Corporate Leadership Award. Actively engaged in community\, professional\, and faith work.\n\n\nMs. Xiaolin Lu\, Fellow and Director\, Texas Instruments \nXiaolin is Fellow and director of Texas Instruments Kilby Sensing\, Processing\, and Innovation Lab. The group covers embedded AI\, generative AI for automation\, in-sensor computing\, smart analog interfaces\, smart manufacturing with vision inspection and wireless sensors\, etc. She is chartered to drive system level solutions using TI analog and embedded processors\, to enable efficient and smart manufacturing inside the company.\nXiaolin has worked on various projects\, including smallest edge AI HW\, Compute-In-Memory engine\, Smart Sensing\, Wireless Sensor Network to name a few.\nXiaolin has given keynote and plenary talks at numerous technical conferences. In addition\, she is the author/co-author of more than 60 U.S. issued patents and the recipient of the special recognition awards: 2021 Women Changing the Face of Dallas\, 2016 Asian American Engineer of the Year\, Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and National Women of Color award in the Technical Innovation.\nXiaolin is United Way Tocqueville member for community services. In her free time\, Xiaolin enjoys yoga practice\, playing piano\, and leisure travel.\n\n\nDr. Yang Xie\, Professor and Associate Dean of Data Science\, UTSW \nDr. Yang Xie holds the Raymond D. and Patsy R. Nasher Distinguished Chair in Cancer Research and serves as a Professor and Associate Dean of Data Science at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She is the founding director of the Quantitative Biomedical Research Center\, the Data Science for Precision Health Initiative\, and the Pediatric Cancer Data Core at UT Southwestern. She has served as a regular member of the NIH Biodata Management and Analysis Study Section and is an advisor to the journal Lancet Digital Health.\nWith training in statistics\, medicine\, and epidemiology\, she possesses a comprehensive understanding of developing and validating quantitative methods for precision health applications.\n\n\nDr. Jesse Zarazaga\, Clinical Associate Professor\, Fellow Hunt Institute\, SMU \nWorking across the boundaries of urbanism\, landscape mapping\, and public engagement\, Zarazaga explores ways to connect culture and community to place. Using GIS and participatory community mapping\, she explores the impact of civil and environmental choices on the design of communities. Her research spans education and practice\, working on the integration of community research into project-based learning. Her work overlaps areas of GIS mapping\, global sustainable urbanism\, design and creativity\, with ongoing humanitarian engineering research projects in Tanzania\, Kenya and Colombia as well as locally in Dallas. She undertook a Fulbright in Valparaíso\, Chile\, to investigate\, and map\, devices of landscape as inspirations for the orders of community space. Jessie earned her Ph.D. in Applied Science in Engineering at SMU\, a BA and MA in architecture from Cambridge University\, and a BA in Design from Williams College. She is a Registered Architect with the RIBA.\n\n\nForum Host: Mr. Autry Warren\, Vice President\, Oncor\, (Retired) \n \nAfter a 44-year career\, Autry Warren retired as Vice President of Market Relations for Oncor. In his prior role he managed strategic business relationships and major customer programs. Also\, over his career\, Autry has held several key management positions in areas such as Accounting\, Regulatory and Customer Service. \nAutry has a distinguished record of serving the community and currently sits on the board of the African American Museum and Chinese Institute of Engineers. Other previous community roles include chairman of the Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce\, Board of the Directors – Dallas Zoological Society\, the United Way of Greater Dallas African American Leadership Society Council and he is a graduate of Leadership North Texas. \nAutry has a BBA in Accounting from the University of New Mexico and is a Certified Public Accountant. Prior business associations include serving as the chair of the Texas Society of CPAs Energy Committee and served on the Executive Board and Treasurer for the Working Group for Investment in Reliable Economic Electric Systems (WIRES). \nHobbies include spending time with family\, traveling\, golfing and grilling.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPanel Discussion\n\n\nQ&A\n\n\nClosing\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<<< Back to top URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2024-technical-executive-forum/ LOCATION:University of Texas at Dallas Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center\, 800 W Campbell Rd\, Richardson\, TX\, 75080\, United States CATEGORIES:Convention,Free Events,SymposiumSeminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/CIE-Technical-Executive-Forum-1.webp ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240914T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240914T210000 DTSTAMP:20250707T062200 CREATED:20241111T043043Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241112T050059Z UID:9657-1726311600-1726347600@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:2024 Annual Convention News Release DESCRIPTION:2024-proceeding-final URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2024-annual-convention-news-release/ LOCATION:University of Texas at Dallas Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center\, 800 W Campbell Rd\, Richardson\, TX\, 75080\, United States CATEGORIES:Convention,Free Events,Other,SymposiumSeminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2023_banquet-1.webp ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240914T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240914T210000 DTSTAMP:20250707T062200 CREATED:20240822T001421Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250106T125925Z UID:10730-1726311600-1726347600@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:2024 Annual Convention DESCRIPTION:2024 CIE/USA-DFW Annual Convention Programs  \nUniversity of Texas at Dallas Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center \n800 W Campbell Rd\, Richardson\, TX 75080 \nSept 14\, 2024\, 11:00 am – 9:00 pm\, CDT \n\nFree Career Workshop Registration >> || <<  Volunteer Registration \n\n2024 CIE/USA-DFW Annual Convention Agenda\n\n\n\n11:00 am – 12:00 pm \n\n\nRegistration Opens \n\n\n\n\n12:00 pm – 3:00 pm \n\n\nCareer Workshop (Registration) \n\n\n\n\n3:00 pm – 5:00 pm \n\n\nTechnical Executive Forum (by invitation)  \n(Let us know if interested\, click Invite me!) \n\n\n\n\n5:00 pm – 6:00 pm \n\n\nVIP Reception (by invitation) \n\n\n\n\n6:00 pm– 9:00 pm \n\n\n Dinner Banquet \n\n\n\n\nKeynote Speaker \n \n\nMr. David Lu – VP\, Network Systems\, AT&T (Retired) \nDavid served in various leadership positions at AT&T that resulted in multibillion-dollar savings over the past 35 years. Currently holds 60+ patents and frequently appears as speaker at technical and leadership seminars and conferences throughout the world. Led global organizations of more than 5\,000 people at AT&T. Was responsible for the next generation SDN automation platform enabling AT&T’s network virtualization and 5G/Fiber networks. Well respected as an inspirational industry leader in hyper scale software and AI driven platforms with institutional knowledge and world leading expertise achieving best in class quality\, reliability\, speed\, and demonstrable financial/service benefits! Work pioneered many of the world’s first innovations and promoted many distinguished industry leaders and technical talents. Awards received include CIE-USA AAEOY Engineer of the Year Award in 2017 and Executive of the Year Award in 2023\, IEEE CQR Chairman’s Award\, CIO 100 Award\, AT&T Innovation and Patent Awards\, and AT&T Corporate Leadership Award. Actively engaged in community\, professional\, and faith work.\n\n\n\n\nTechnology Fusion- Shepherding Technology for Humanity\nOn behalf of the Chinese Institute of Engineers/USA – Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter(CIE/USA-DFW)\, we cordially invite you to the CIE/USA-DFW’s Annual Convention on September 14\, 2024\, at the Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center at the University of Texas at Dallas. \nThe Annual Convention is a celebration of the services that CIE/USA-DFW delivers to the DFW community\, and affirms the partnership we have with the industries\, universities\, government and community in which our members live and work.  We are excited to offer a new program\, the Career Workshop which will allow both college students and professionals at any stage in their career to talk through a number of topics with our distinguished moderators. \nFree Career Workshop\nRegistration Required\, Limited Seats RSVP ASAP \nSaturday\, Sept 14th\, 2024\, 12 pm – 3:00 pm (Light Lunch will be provided) \nUniversity of Texas at Dallas Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center \n800 W Campbell Rd\, Richardson\, TX 75080 \n>>>Click to Register \n \n\n\n\nTechnical Executive Forum\n\n\n\nOpening Remarks\n\n\nPanel Introduction \n\n\n\nModerator : Dr. Nick Z Fang\, Robert S. Gooch Endowed Professor in Civil Engineering\, UT-Arlington \nDr. Nick Z Fang is the Robert S. Gooch Endowed Professor in Civil Engineering and directs the Water Engineering Research Center (WERC) at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). He actively performs research in the areas of urban hydrology\, radar hydrology\, large scale hydrologic modeling\, radar-based flood warning systems\, water resources planning and management\, and disaster (hurricanes\, floods\, and droughts) mitigation for many federal\, state\, and private entities. His exciting interdisciplinary research experience has gained national and international recognition through improving the fundamental understanding of watershed resiliency by addressing two grand challenges of climate change and urbanization.\n\n\nMr. David Lu\, VP\, Network Systems\, AT&T (Retired) \n David served in various leadership positions at AT&T that resulted in multibillion-dollar savings over the past 35 years. Currently holds 60+ patents and frequently appears as speaker at technical and leadership seminars and conferences throughout the world. Led global organizations of more than 5\,000 people at AT&T. Was responsible for the next generation SDN automation platform enabling AT&T’s network virtualization and 5G/Fiber networks. Well respected as an inspirational industry leader in hyper scale software and AI driven platforms with institutional knowledge and world leading expertise achieving best in class quality\, reliability\, speed\, and demonstrable financial/service benefits! Work pioneered many of the world’s first innovations and promoted many distinguished industry leaders and technical talents. Awards received include CIE-USA AAEOY Engineer of the Year Award in 2017 and Executive of the Year Award in 2023\, IEEE CQR Chairman’s Award\, CIO 100 Award\, AT&T Innovation and Patent Awards\, and AT&T Corporate Leadership Award. Actively engaged in community\, professional\, and faith work.\n\n\nMs. Xiaolin Lu\, Fellow and Director\, Texas Instruments \nXiaolin is Fellow and director of Texas Instruments Kilby Sensing\, Processing\, and Innovation Lab. The group covers embedded AI\, generative AI for automation\, in-sensor computing\, smart analog interfaces\, smart manufacturing with vision inspection and wireless sensors\, etc. She is chartered to drive system level solutions using TI analog and embedded processors\, to enable efficient and smart manufacturing inside the company.\nXiaolin has worked on various projects\, including smallest edge AI HW\, Compute-In-Memory engine\, Smart Sensing\, Wireless Sensor Network to name a few.\nXiaolin has given keynote and plenary talks at numerous technical conferences. In addition\, she is the author/co-author of more than 60 U.S. issued patents and the recipient of the special recognition awards: 2021 Women Changing the Face of Dallas\, 2016 Asian American Engineer of the Year\, Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and National Women of Color award in the Technical Innovation.\nXiaolin is United Way Tocqueville member for community services. In her free time\, Xiaolin enjoys yoga practice\, playing piano\, and leisure travel.\n\n\nDr. Yang Xie\, Professor and Associate Dean of Data Science\, UTSW \nDr. Yang Xie holds the Raymond D. and Patsy R. Nasher Distinguished Chair in Cancer Research and serves as a Professor and Associate Dean of Data Science at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She is the founding director of the Quantitative Biomedical Research Center\, the Data Science for Precision Health Initiative\, and the Pediatric Cancer Data Core at UT Southwestern. She has served as a regular member of the NIH Biodata Management and Analysis Study Section and is an advisor to the journal Lancet Digital Health.\nWith training in statistics\, medicine\, and epidemiology\, she possesses a comprehensive understanding of developing and validating quantitative methods for precision health applications.\n\n\nDr. Jesse Zarazaga\, Clinical Associate Professor\, Fellow Hunt Institute\, SMU \nWorking across the boundaries of urbanism\, landscape mapping\, and public engagement\, Zarazaga explores ways to connect culture and community to place. Using GIS and participatory community mapping\, she explores the impact of civil and environmental choices on the design of communities. Her research spans education and practice\, working on the integration of community research into project-based learning. Her work overlaps areas of GIS mapping\, global sustainable urbanism\, design and creativity\, with ongoing humanitarian engineering research projects in Tanzania\, Kenya and Colombia as well as locally in Dallas. She undertook a Fulbright in Valparaíso\, Chile\, to investigate\, and map\, devices of landscape as inspirations for the orders of community space. Jessie earned her Ph.D. in Applied Science in Engineering at SMU\, a BA and MA in architecture from Cambridge University\, and a BA in Design from Williams College. She is a Registered Architect with the RIBA.\n\n\nForum Host: Mr. Autry Warren\, Vice President\, Oncor\, (Retired) \n \nAfter a 44-year career\, Autry Warren retired as Vice President of Market Relations for Oncor. In his prior role he managed strategic business relationships and major customer programs. Also\, over his career\, Autry has held several key management positions in areas such as Accounting\, Regulatory and Customer Service. \nAutry has a distinguished record of serving the community and currently sits on the board of the African American Museum and Chinese Institute of Engineers. Other previous community roles include chairman of the Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce\, Board of the Directors – Dallas Zoological Society\, the United Way of Greater Dallas African American Leadership Society Council and he is a graduate of Leadership North Texas. \nAutry has a BBA in Accounting from the University of New Mexico and is a Certified Public Accountant. Prior business associations include serving as the chair of the Texas Society of CPAs Energy Committee and served on the Executive Board and Treasurer for the Working Group for Investment in Reliable Economic Electric Systems (WIRES). \nHobbies include spending time with family\, traveling\, golfing and grilling.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPanel Discussion\n\n\nQ&A\n\n\nClosing\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDinner Banquet\n\n\n\nPoint/Counterpoint Debate\n\n\nKeynote Speech \nMr. David Lu – VP\, Network Systems\, AT&T (Retired)\n\n\nSpecial Recognition\n\n\nYoung Achiever Award\n\n\n \n\n\n\nPoint/Counterpoint\nThe Chinese Institute of Engineers (CIE) is excited to bring back the innovative new debate program “Point/Counterpoint”. The central theme of these debates is the Shepherding of Technology for Humanity\, which we hope will spark thoughtful discussions on this critical topic. This program features a moderator and four technical professionals and skilled debaters engaging in two distinct one-on-one debates. \n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n \nGaurav Shekhar – Senior Assistant Dean of the Graduate Programs in the Naveen Jindal School of Management\, UTD \nDr. Gaurav Shekhar is the Senior Assistant Dean of the Graduate Programs in the Naveen Jindal School of Management. He is an Assistant Professor of Instruction in the Information Systems area and teaches courses like Business Intelligence\, Digital Consulting\, Sustainability Analytics and Robotic Process Automation to both Graduate and Undergraduates. He was inducted into ‘Dallas 500’ by the DCEO Magazine for 2024. He is a two-time TEDx speaker and was named as the 40 Under 40 by the Dallas Business Journal in 2023. He was also named as a 40 under 40 Data Leaders for the year 2022 by the CDO Magazine. \nHis main areas of research are IT Project Management\, AI/Machine Learning\, Natural Language\, and Organizational Leadership. He enjoys working with students and works with them across academic and non-academic areas. He has been instrumental in setting up student and corporate engagement programs at The University of Texas at Dallas. He is one big believer in Servant Leadership which is the base of most of his initiatives. He leads the Young Entrepreneurs Program and serves on the board of the US-India Chamber of Commerce. He is also a member of the Academic Panel for PeopleCert and serves on the board of Alteryx SparkED programs and the Chinese Institute of Engineers – DFW. He is the President of the DFW Alumni Chapter for Beta Gamma Sigma\, an International business honor society. He works with Fortune 500 CXOs and advises them on their strategic initiatives\, especially from the point of view of Technology.\n\n\n\n\n\nDebaters\n\n\n\n \nTony Bruton – Director T&D Services\, Oncor \nMr. Bruton graduated from Texas Tech University with a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering. He has been a member of IEEE since 1997. He joined Oncor in 2000 as a substation design Engineer. He was a District Manager for Oncor’s east Texas area in the Transmission Business Unit. He also managed line the Transmission Line Design Group for several years. He set up the Program Management Organization for CREZ then managed the right of way acquisition for CREZ which included purchasing easements from 1500 land owners in three years. The ROW acquisition included assisting with transmission line routing and managing the eminent domain process. As CREZ ROW acquisition was completed he managed the line design for several hundred miles of the CREZ project.\nMr. Bruton’s current role as Director of T&D Services includes managing the computer applications that monitor and control Oncor’s Transmission and Distribution Grid. The systems include the Transmission Energy Management System and the Advanced Distribution Management System. He is also responsible for the development and managing the Transmission and Distribution Operator training program as well as Data Analytics.\n\n\n \nAditya Ambardar – Business unit manager for Switching power products\, Diodes \nAditya is the Business unit manager for Switching power products in Diodes Incorporated. His organization is responsible for development of various semiconductor power products used in consumer\, computing\, and automotive industries. Aditya has 17+years of experience in semiconductor industry leading various marketing and development teams and building strong partnerships within the industry.\nAditya holds a Master’s degree in VLSI Design and a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Telecom.\n\n\n \nAmy Penner – Director of Operational Excellence and Chief of Staff\, PepsiCo \nAmy Penner is from Wabash\, Indiana and received her BS/MS in Food Engineering from Purdue University where she focused on developing small scale extruders for Nasa. Her 16-year career in the food industry has spanned across companies such as PepsiCo\, Kraft Foods and Mondelez with most recently as the Director of Operational Excellence and Chief of Staff to PepsiCo’s North America R&D Vice President. She currently lives in Dallas and prior to this spent 10 years working overseas in the coffee leading different roles in R&D\, Manufacturing and Procurement while working in England\, Singapore and Amsterdam\, Netherlands. While in England\, she received her MBA from Oxford Brookes University\, specializing in improving M&A success for R&D organizations\, and she holds 6 patents. Outside of work\, she enjoys cooking and inventing new creations\, travelling and involvement with her church.\n\n\n \nYunfei (Leo) Song – Director of AI Governance\, Fidelity \nLeo is a Director of AI Governance at Fidelity Investments\, where he leads cross-business unit teams for AI solution review and risk assessment for both internal built and vendor solutions. He ensures production readiness\, and promotes collaboration for faster time-to-market. With over a decade of technical expertise\, Leo excels in identifying business opportunities and implementing data-driven strategies for cross-functional initiatives. He is passionate about technology and mentoring young professionals.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<<< Back to top URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2024-annual-convention/ LOCATION:University of Texas at Dallas Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center\, 800 W Campbell Rd\, Richardson\, TX\, 75080\, United States CATEGORIES:Convention,Free Events,SymposiumSeminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2024-proceeding-final-1-1.webp ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240518T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240518T160000 DTSTAMP:20250707T062200 CREATED:20240501T232212Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241112T050140Z UID:10728-1716040800-1716048000@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:2024 May Meetup - Cybersecurity DESCRIPTION:Limited seating available – secure your spot now!  Click to Register >>> \nDev Shah is the Director of Applications and Cybersecurity at Plano ISD\, with 15 years of experience in education. He holds a Master\’s degree in Telecommunication Engineering from the University of Texas at Dallas and possesses certifications like CISSP and CETL. Dev leads technological advancements while ensuring safety from cyber threats. Additionally\, he teaches cybersecurity at Southern Methodist University and volunteers with organizations like UNCON\, Lions club\, and CIE/USA-DFW. \nEvent Time: Saturday\, May 18th\, 2024 2:00-4:00pm\nEvent Address: JSOM 1.517\, UT Dallas\, 800 West Campbell Road Richardson\, TX 75080-3021 \nContact: yp@cie-dfw.org URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2024-may-meetup-cybersecurity/ LOCATION:TX CATEGORIES:Free Events,Mentoring,SymposiumSeminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/May-meetup-1.webp ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240427T143000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240427T160000 DTSTAMP:20250707T062200 CREATED:20240422T153110Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241112T050157Z UID:10630-1714228200-1714233600@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:2024 April Meetup – Mastering the Science of Persuasion DESCRIPTION:Limited seating available – secure your spot now!  Click to Register >>> \nJackson\, an Expert Member of Technical Staff at AT&T\, Is dedicated to securing the company’s next-generation networks to prevent exploitation by hackers. With over three decades of experience at AT&T and its affiliates in various technical roles\, Jackson is well-versed in network security. Recognized for his contributions\, Jackson has received prestigious awards such as the CIE-USA 2023 Asian American Engineer of the Year Award and the 2022 CIE-USA DFW Individual Outstanding Community Service Award. \nEvent Time: Saturday\, April 27th\, 2024 2:00-4:00pm\nEvent Address: Science Building (SCI 2.235)\, UT Dallas\, 800 West Campbell Road Richardson\, TX 75080-3021 \nContact: yp@cie-dfw.org URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2024-april-meetup-mastering-the-science-of-persuasion/ LOCATION:University of Texas at Dallas – ECSS\, Engineering and Computer Science\, 800 W. Campbell Rd.\, Richardson\, TX\, 75080\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Mentoring,SymposiumSeminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CIE-April-Meetup-1.webp ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240316T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240316T160000 DTSTAMP:20250707T062200 CREATED:20240218T172531Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241112T050223Z UID:8886-1710597600-1710604800@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:2024 March Meetup - Accelerate Your Career: Why Continuous Learning & Certification DESCRIPTION:Limited seating available – secure your spot now!  Click to Register >>> \nA chance of getting one of five Google Cloud Exam Vouchers! \nLee Bowers from Google is coming to present his career insight! An excellent opportunity to learn Google Cloud and accelerate your career!Lee Bowers is a Digital Transformation leader with 20+ years of experience in Information Technology and Solution Sales.  His employment experience includes companies like ExxonMobil\, Unisys\, and VMware\, and he currently works for Google Cloud\, where he serves as a Training Lead for the US and Canada.  Lee and his team are responsible for consulting customers to develop innovative training plans to accelerate the adoption of Google Cloud and produce measurable business outcomes. \nEvent Time: Saturday\, March 16th\, 2024 2:00-4:00pm\nEvent Address: TI Auditorium (ECSS 2.102)\, UT Dallas\, 800 West Campbell Road Richardson\, TX 75080-3021 \nContact: yp@cie-dfw.org URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2024-march-meetup-accelerate-your-career/ LOCATION:TX CATEGORIES:Free Events,Mentoring,SymposiumSeminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/MarchMeetp-AccelerateYourCareer-1-scaled.webp ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240217T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240217T160000 DTSTAMP:20250707T062200 CREATED:20240123T004236Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241112T050235Z UID:9076-1708178400-1708185600@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:2024 Meetup - Elevate Your Career: From Values to Victory DESCRIPTION:Limited seating available – secure your spot now! Click to Register >>>\nThis seminar unfolds a roadmap for career triumph\, blending personal values with strategic skills development. Delve into the art of effective work management\, from prioritizing tasks to mastering presentation skills. Discover how to utilize Al tools and the wisdom of seasoned advisors. \nThe meetup has two parts: \n\nSeminar by Dr.Xiaowei Zhan\nRoundtable open discussion\, moderated by CIE Young Professional team URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2024-meetup-elevate-your-career-from-values-to-victory/ LOCATION:Parks & Recreation (Program room) 6701 Coit road Plano\, Texas 75024\, Parks & Recreation (Program room) 6701 Coit road\, Plano\, TX\, 75024\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Mentoring,SymposiumSeminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Feb-meetup-Flyer.webp ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210925T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210925T120000 DTSTAMP:20250707T062200 CREATED:20210906T034950Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210906T034950Z UID:9055-1632564000-1632571200@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:Online: 2021 CIE/USA-DFW Technical Executive Forum DESCRIPTION:REGISTRATION\n(BY INVITATION ONLY) (ZOOM # 856-6519-5410)\nTechnology Fusion: Thriving in a Post-Pandemic World\nThis distinguished technical forum for Asian American Engineer of the Year (AAEOY) awardees\, industry experts\, and executives from sponsor companies to join together and discuss topics associated with the conference theme: “Technology Fusion – Thriving in a Post-Pandemic World”.\nThis year\, we invited five outstanding industry leaders and academic professors. They are experts in high-tech\, transportation\, medical\, startup or entrepreneurship fields. \nPanelists will begin this interactive discussion by sharing their global perspective on Technology Fusion and the associated challenges\, creative solutions to address these challenges\, and opportunities for future collaboration. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions and interact with the panelists. \nRegister for the technical executive forum\, get your questions ready\, and embrace the post-pandemic opportunities. \nThe first Technical Executive Forum started in 2019 as an invitation only event during the Dallas AAEOY Conference. \n2020 Technical Executive Forum Event Summary \n2019 Technical Executive Forum Event Summary \n\n\n\nForum Host:\nPanelist:\nPanelist:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDavid Lu\, Vice President\, Network Systems & Automation\, AT&T Labs (2017 AAEOY Awardee)\nDr. Chi-Foon Chan\,  President & Co-CEO\,\nSynopsys (2019 AAEOY Awardee)\nTroy Graziani\, Director of Credit & Customer Experience\,\nToyota Industries\n\n\nPanelist:\nPanelist:\nPanelist:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPaul Nichols\, Executive Director\, Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship\,\nUniversity of Texas at Dallas\nDr. Daniel J. Siegwart\, Associate Professor\, Department of Biochemistry\,\nUT Southwestern Medical Center\, Co-Founder/Advisor\,\nReCode Therapeutics\nSteven Yahata\, Vice President\,\nIntegrated Vehicle Systems\,\nBoeing Research & Technology\,\nThe Boeing Company (2020-2021 AAEOY Awardee)\n\n\nForum Moderator:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Mary Cooley\, Chief Operating Officer\,\nDynofit\n\n\n\n\n\nTechnical Executive Forum Profiles:\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nDavid Lu\, Vice President\, Network Systems & Automation\, AT&T Labs \nDavid Lu currently leads a global team of more than 2\,500 people responsible for the architecture\, development and engineering of AT&T’s next generation SDN (Software Defined Network) automation platform and open source (Linux Foundation ONAP) enabling AT&T’s network virtualization and target network systems transformation including PaaS & SaaS\, policy control & orchestration\, hyper-automation and AI/ML driven data analytics.\nSince joining AT&T Bell Labs in 1987\, David has served in various leadership positions at AT&T. He has led numerous automation initiatives in AT&T that resulted in multibillion-dollar savings over the past 20 years and won AT&T’s CIO 100 Award in 2010. David holds 54 patents and received numerous industry awards including the 2015 Chairman’s Award from IEEE Communication Society for Network and Systems Quality and Reliability and 2017 CIE AAEOY (Asian America Engineer of Year) Award.\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n \nDr. Chi-Foon Chan\, President & Co-CEO\, Synopsys \nAs Synopsys\’ co-CEO\, Dr. Chi-Foon Chan shares responsibility for crafting vision and strategy\, leading the company\, and ensuring execution excellence in support of our customers\’ success. As the company\’s President and COO\, a role Dr. Chan held for 14 years prior to his 2012 appointment to President and co-CEO\, he guided internal operations and worldwide field organizations. Dr. Chan joined Synopsys in 1990 as Vice President of Applications and Services where he helped build the Technical Field organization. He has sponsored several key initiatives such as entering the IP market\, and personally facilitated key acquisitions such as Avant!\, Virage Logic\, Magma Design Automation and SpringSoft. In 2014\, he led Synopsys\’ entry into the software testing market with the acquisition of Coverity\, and the software security market with the acquisition of Codenomicon. Prior to Synopsys\, Dr. Chan contributed to industry leading companies like NEC and Intel Corporations. Dr. Chan holds an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Case Western Reserve University; and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University. \n\n  \n \nTroy Graziani\, Director of Credit & Customer Experience\, Toyota Industries \nTroy has spent his career at various entities of Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO) rotating through several financial\, strategic and management roles. \nFrom 2012 to 2014\, Troy worked at TICO’s headquarter in Nagoya\, Japan acting as the liaison for the North America region.  Troy is currently the Director of Credit & Customer Experience for Toyota Commercial Finance.  The division is responsible to provide capital for dealers and end users of Toyota Forklift and Hino Truck product. \nTroy holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Canisius College in Buffalo\, New York and an MBA from the Simon School of Business at the University of Rochester.  He lives in Grapevine\, TX with his fiancé and two dogs. \n\n  \n \nPaul Nichols\, Executive Director\, Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship\, University of Texas at Dallas \nPaul is an accomplished innovator and business process strategist with a history of successfully applying and pioneering new technologies and techniques to solve real-world problems. His unique skills and experience have been applied in a variety of industries\, from venture capital to entrepreneurism and national politics. He is a highly effective leader and team member with leadership training and practical experience in getting small\, highly skilled groups of people to deliver new solutions and approaches quickly with limited resources. \nA trusted communicator\, he has testified twice in front of Texas House of Representative Select Committees on the need to increase public university research funding\, the economic value of commercializing Texas university research\, and the importance of state-funded high-tech entrepreneurial investment for the continued growth and health of the Texas economy. He has been interviewed by local and national media\, has written on entrepreneurship for groups including CES/Consumer Technology Association\, and is a frequent speaker on process improvement\, innovation\, entrepreneurship\, and teambuilding. \n\n  \n \nDr. Daniel J. Siegwart\, Associate Professor\, Department of Biochemistry\, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center\nCo-Founder/Advisor\, ReCode Therapeutics \nDr. Daniel J. Siegwart is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and the Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center (SCCC) at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He is also the co-director for the Chemistry and Cancer Program within the NCI-designated SCCC.\nThe Siegwart Lab aims to discover and define the critical physical and chemical properties of synthetic carriers required for therapeutic delivery of short to long RNAs for gene silencing\, delivery\, and editing. Certain technologies\, including Selective Organ Targeting (SORT) lipid nanoparticles (LNPs)\, have been licensed to ReCode Therapeutics\, which is developing messenger RNA (mRNA) LNPs for treatment of genetic respiratory diseases including Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) and Cystic Fibrosis (CF). Their research is grounded in chemical design and takes advantage of the unique opportunities for collaborative research at UT Southwestern.\nDr. Siegwart received a B.S. in Biochemistry from Lehigh University (2003)\, and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Carnegie Mellon University (2008). \n\n  \n \nSteven Yahata\, Vice President\, Integrated Vehicle Systems\, Boeing Research & Technology\, The Boeing Company \nSteve Yahata is the vice president of Integrated Vehicle Systems\, and leads the Boeing Research & Technology (BR&T) Research Center in Southern California. The organization is part of BR&T\, Boeing’s advanced central research and development unit. BR&T provides innovative technologies that enable the development of future aerospace solutions while improving the cycle time\, cost\, quality and performance of existing Boeing products and services. Steve leads a team of scientists\, technologists\, technicians and engineers conducting advanced research and development of flight performance\, vehicle systems\, structures technology including advanced vehicle concept development and demonstration. \n\n\n \n\nDr. Mary Cooley\, Chief Operating Officer\, Dynofit \nIn addition to her support of CIE both on the Board of Directors and the Technical Executive Forum\, Dr. Mary Cooley leads the Dallas Chapter of SCORE\, an organization dedicated to providing free\, confidential mentoring and low-cost workshops to small business owners and entrepreneurs.\nDr. Cooley was the Chair of the Dallas Chapter of IEEE for 3 years before joining CIE. Until recently\, her professional position included serving as the Chief Operating Officer of Dynofit\, a medical device start-up. Other roles have included engineering and marketing leadership at Hewlett Packard\, Xtendwave\, Convex Computer and Texas Instruments. While at HP\, she led the architecture and development of multiple generations of Superdome\, the largest computer developed by the company. URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/techexecutiveforum/ LOCATION:TX CATEGORIES:Free Events,SymposiumSeminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2021-Technical-executive-forum-web-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210918T140000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210918T160000 DTSTAMP:20250707T062200 CREATED:20210817T043603Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250112T011051Z UID:9044-1631973600-1631980800@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:ONLINE: 2021 CIE/USA-DFW Technical Seminar DESCRIPTION:REGISTRATION \n\nTechnical Seminar (9/18) (Closed)\n\nTechnology Fusion: Thriving in a Post-Pandemic World\nThanks our speakers–Alec Zhang\, Changzhi Li and David Lu for the wonderful presentations. They are very informative topics about the current progress on cancer treatment and the prospect for the next 20 years; how the modern radar technology changes our life in the future; the history of networking and the future 5G revolution. \n \n \n\n\nTechnical Symposium Speaker Profiles:\n\n\n\nAlec Zhang\, Professor\, Department of Physiology\, UT Southwestern Medical Center\n\n\n\n \nSpeech Title: Cancer Immunotherapy\, a Promising New Cancer Treatment\nSpeech Abstract: Our immune system\, consisting of numerous types of immune cells\, constantly recognizes and eliminates continuously arising newly mutated cells\, preventing us from getting cancer. Nevertheless\, this immune surveillance can be overcome by cancer. The cancer can also convert immune cells in the tumor environment from being anti-tumor to tumor-supportive. Fortunately\, the most recent progression of biomedical research has enabled us to develop novel cancer immunotherapies that serve as a new generation of therapy for cancer treatment. I will introduce three types of these immunotherapies: immune checkpoint blockade (represented by the PD-1 antibody therapy)\, CAR-T cells (currently only for blood cancers)\, and personalized cancer vaccine (still in clinical trials). I will also list examples of ongoing research that looks promising for the advancement of immunotherapy and discuss future perspectives. \n\nDr. Alec Zhang\, Morton H. Sanger Professorship in Oncology and Michael L. Rosenberg Scholar for Biomedical Research at UT Southwestern\, earned his B.S. from USTC and Ph.D. from UIUC. After postdoctoral training at MIT\, he established his lab at UT Southwestern in 2007. He is studying immune surface molecules and developing novel therapies for cancer treatment. He published >100 peer-reviewed articles\, and was a recipient of several awards\, including American Society of Hematology Junior Faculty Scholar Award and Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Scholar Award. Several antibodies targeting novel checkpoint proteins developed by his team are in pipeline for therapeutic development. \n  \nChangzhi Li\, Professor\, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering\, Texas Tech University \nSpeech Title: Modern Smart Radar for Health and Activity Sensing\nSpeech Abstract: Portable radar sensors have great potential to improve future healthcare\, security\, transportation\, and human-machine interface\, by remotely sensing various life activities with electromagnetic signals. This presentation will first provide an overview of modern smart radar sensors based on advanced electrical and computer engineering technologies such as state-of-the-art semiconductor chips and algorithms. Application examples will be presented on non-contact human vital signs monitoring\, wireless human-computer interface\, continuous driving behavior recognition\, indoor user localization\, and activity classification. For smart radar sensors in the healthcare\, automotive\, IT industry\, and for smart living sectors of daily life\, measures to enhance their robustness against interference and security attacks will be discussed. Finally\, this talk will conclude with future industrial and academic R&D outlooks for smart radar sensors.\n\nChangzhi Li is a Professor and Whitacre Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas Tech University. His research interests focus on microwave/millimeter-wave sensing for healthcare\, security\, energy efficiency\, and human-machine interface. He was a recipient of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Frederick Emmons Terman Award\, given to one professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering every year. He will be the Technical Program Chair for the 2022 IEEE Sensors Conference to be held in Dallas. \n\n  \nDavid Lu\, Vice President\, Network Systems & Automation\, AT&T Labs \nSpeech Title: Converged Network for Next Generation IoT\nSpeech Abstract: The rapid advancement in mobile and broadband technology has opened previously unimaginable new use cases. Technology advancements including the convergence of hardware and software\, physical and virtual devices\, open architecture\, industry based APIs\, ultrafast speeds with extremely low latency\, high capacity\, improved reliability and security\, and AI enabled sensors are rapidly changing the business landscape.   All of these bring forward unprecedented opportunities for entrepreneurship and new applications.This talk will focus on the evolutionary path of converged network technologies\, e.g.\, wireless broadband\, fiber broadband\, SDN\, and 5G\, in the past decade and the journey into the next decade that will unleash the power of innovation with extraordinary speed and scale.\n\nDavid Lu currently leads a global team of more than 2\,500 people responsible for the architecture\, development and engineering of AT&T’s next generation SDN (Software Defined Network) automation platform and open source (Linux Foundation ONAP) enabling AT&T’s network virtualization and target network systems transformation including PaaS & SaaS\, policy control & orchestration\, hyper-automation and AI/ML driven data analytics. He is the recipient of number of industry awards including IEEE CQR Chairman’s Award\, CIO 100 Award\, CIE AAEOY Award\, and currently holds 53 patents. He is also a frequent speaker at industry conferences and community forums. URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/techseminar/ LOCATION:Online or In-person CATEGORIES:Free Events,SymposiumSeminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2021CIE-TECH-SEMINAR-NEW-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210508T140000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210508T163000 DTSTAMP:20250707T062200 CREATED:20210416T144549Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210416T144549Z UID:9049-1620482400-1620491400@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:2021 CIE/USA-DFW Spring Technical Symposium and Leadership Assessment and Mentoring Program (LAMP) DESCRIPTION:Spring Technical Symposium!\n\n \nSpring LAMP Symposium!\n \n\n \n \n\nResilience and Sustainability for the Future\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\nThe CIE/USA-DFW Chapter is proud to unveil our WEBINAR event for the 2021 Spring Technical Symposium\, “Resilience and Sustainability for the Future”\, and Leadership Assessment and Mentoring Program (LAMP)\, “Be a Resilient Leader”. Admission is free but advanced registration is required. Webinar details will be provided via email after registration and before the event starts. Please plan to join the meeting 5 minutes prior to the start time to ensure you do not miss a single minute! \nThe 2021 CIE/USA-DFW Spring Technical Symposium “Resilience and Sustainability for the Future” aims to present and exchange ideas about the efforts to strengthen the resilience and sustainability to meet the future needs of prosperity. Three scientific and engineering experts from high-tech companies and academic institutes in the DFW Metroplex will share their research\, innovations\, thoughts\, and vision in their respective fields of batteries\, power infrastructures\, and energy resources. All speakers will answer any questions you may have after their presentations. \nThe 2021 Leadership Assessment and Mentoring Program (LAMP) event will be conducted by successful and experienced leaders within the Dallas area. LAMP is one of the long-standing CIE/USA-DFW events featuring “Leadership” and “Career Mentoring” for young professionals. This event is especially designed for graduating university students and young professionals who desire to enhance their knowledge and hands-on experience on the hiring process\, career development\, corporate culture\, and leadership. After the speakers have presented\, a Q&A panel discussion will be conducted for those who may have questions. \n\n  \nTechnical Symposium Speaker Profiles:\nSamuel Wong\nProduct Line Manager\, Battery Charging Products\, Battery Management Solutions\, Texas Instruments \nSpeech Title: Sustainable Power with Energy Harvesting for IoT Applications\nSpeech Abstract: One of the challenges of smart home or factory is to provide endless power to run the IoT nodes. It is cost prohibitive to power them with wired power or battery power which requires routine charging. Energy harvesting that leverages sustainable sources such as solar or ambient light becomes the only viable solution. This talk will provide an overview of the common energy sources\, energy storage elements\, and how to convert the energy for IoT applications. \n \nSamuel Wong is product line manager for battery charging products within TI’s battery management solutions division. He has 10 years of experience driving innovation at TI across both battery charging and battery gauging products. He holds a BS in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and an MS in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Dallas. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nDr. Mohammad E. Khodayar\nAssociate Professor\, Electrical and Computer Engineering\, Southern Methodist University \nSpeech Title: Energy Supply Resilience and Economics: Transition toward Active Distribution Networks and Microgrid Technology\nSpeech Abstract: The proximity of the generation and demand in microgrids improves the power quality\, reliability\, and resilience in the distribution network. Furthermore\, the autonomous operation of these facilities introduces technical\, environmental\, and economic benefits stemming from leveraging renewable energy resources and energy storage technologies. This presentation addresses the benefits\, opportunities\, and challenges of integrating and operating microgrids in distribution networks. The interconnection among the electricity and natural gas networks is addressed by introducing energy hubs in microgrids. An effective framework to enhance the resilience of microgrids with energy hubs is presented. Moreover\, a framework that captures the interactions between the distribution network and microgrid operators is presented. The presented framework addresses the strategic behavior of the microgrid operators to exchange energy with the distribution network and the economic operation of the distribution networks. \n \nMohammad E. Khodayar received the B.S\, M.S.\, and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering. He was a Senior Research Associate with the Robert W. Galvin Center for Electricity Innovation\, Illinois Institute of Technology. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering\, Southern Methodist University\, Dallas\, TX\, USA. He is an associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy and IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. He is the author of over 50 Journals and Conference proceedings. He was the guest editor for the special section on “Optimization techniques in renewable energy system planning\, design\, operation\, and control”\, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy. His research area is power system operation and planning\, application of artificial intelligence to power systems and large-scale stochastic optimization. \n\n\n  \n  \nDr. Allan Zhong\nHalliburton Distinguished Scientist\, Halliburton \nSpeech Title: Reducing Carbon Footprints Through Innovation in Oil/Gas Industry\nSpeech Abstract: The natural history of earth climate change is reviewed at multiple temporal scales and the factors that influence current global warming are investigated. It is shown that human excessive consumption of materials and energy is the root cause of current global warming. How oil/gas industry is helping to combat global warming through transitioning into clean energy and reducing its carbon footprint through innovation\, will be discussed with examples. \n \nAllan Zhong is the Halliburton Distinguished Scientist\, Halliburton\, a strategic and visionary technology leader with broad engineering/research experience and proven track record to drive innovation and new product development\, deliver results with commercial impact. He has 22 issued or pending US patents. He has also published more than 60 technical papers. Prior to Halliburton\, Allan worked at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company\, where he developed an industry leading fracture mechanics-based truck tire durability model. He is a Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and member of Society of Petroleum Engineer (SPE). He earned a Ph.D. in applied mechanics from California Institute of Technology. \n\n  \n  \nLAMP Speaker Profiles:\nDavid Lu\nVice President\, Network Systems & Automation\, AT&T Labs\, Church Leader\, Board Member of DFW CIE & DFW USCCC\, Mentor & Adviser for Multiple Employee Resource Groups and Mentoring Circles at AT&T\, and Cellist. \nSpeech Title: A Journey from Musician to Technology Executive – Unleash Your Full Potential\nSpeech Abstract: The world and technology are changing in an unprecedented pace around us. So is today’s young people’s career aspiration. This talk will explore tips on how to discover your true self\, unleash your full leadership potential\, and fulfill your dream. \n \nDavid Lu currently leads a global team of more than 2\,500 people responsible for the architecture\, development and engineering of AT&T’s next generation SDN (Software Defined Network) automation platform and open source (Linux Foundation ONAP) enabling AT&T’s network virtualization and target network systems transformation including PaaS & SaaS\, policy control & orchestration\, hyper-automation and AI/ML driven data analytics. He is the recipient of number of industry awards including IEEE CQR Chairman’s Award\, CIO 100 Award\, CIE AAEOY Award\, and currently holds 53 patents. He is also a frequent speaker at industry conferences and community forums. \n  \n  \nBing Xie\nCorporate Board Member\, University Adviser\, Angel Investor\, Former Senior Vice President/Executive Officer for Texas Instruments \nSpeech Title: Thrive In Time Of Uncertainty\nSpeech Abstract: Covid-19 has introduced a lot of changes to our professional as well as personal lives. How to improve one’s tolerance and thrive amid uncertainty. \n \nBing Xie is senior global business executive with a successful track record in global revenue growth strategy\, digital transformation and talent development. He now works as corporate board member\, university adviser and angel investor. Before his retirement end of 2020\, he was Senior Vice President/Executive Officer for Texas Instruments Inc.\, overseeing global Sales and Application teams and $14+ billion in sales revenue. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAlex Machoka \nSenior Director Transmission Operations\, Oncor \nSpeech Title: Inevitability of Change: Intersection of Leadership and Generations in the Workplace\nSpeech Abstract: How to effectively lead multiple generations especially for young leaders leading older employees\, who in most cases have more functional experience. \n \nAlex Machoka has worked at Oncor Electric delivery in Texas since May 2005 and is currently Senior Director in Transmission Operations. Alex started with Oncor in 2005 as a Transmission Protection and Control technician where he worked on substation system protection and relay maintenance. In 2009\, after attaining an MBA from University of Dallas\, he joined Oncor’s leadership development program and was an assistant manager in the vegetation management group where he managed storm restoration response\, utility vegetation management program. Since then\, he’s had multiple leadership roles at Oncor with the most recent role prior to current role as the distribution operations director for Dallas Metro region. URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2021-cie-usa-dfw-spring-technical-symposium/ LOCATION:TX CATEGORIES:Free Events,LAMP,SymposiumSeminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2020-Spring-Symposium-flyer_V1-1.webp ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200808 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200809 DTSTAMP:20250707T062200 CREATED:20200716T065252Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250302T070030Z UID:12395-1596844800-1596931199@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:ONLINE: 2020 CIE/USA-DFW Fall Symposium DESCRIPTION:2020 CIE/USA-DFW Annual Convention\n\n\n2020 CIE/USA-DFW Young Achiever Award\n\n\n\n\n  \nREGISTRATION(CLOSED)\n\n\nFall Technical Symposium\n\n\nLeadership and Career Development and Award Ceremony\n\n\nPROCEEDINGS\n\n\n2020 Proceedings\n\n\n\nFALL TECHNICAL SYMPOSIUM\nLeadership and Career Development Seminar\nDay #1 August 08 – Technical Seminar (Register here – Fall Technical Symposium) \nDay #2 August 09 – Leadership and Career Development Seminar (Register here – Leadership and Career Development and Award Ceremony) \nThe CIE/USA-DFW Chapter is proud to unveil our Fall Symposium and Leadership and Career Development Seminar using online webinar platform with the theme Technology Fusion – Industry Transformation in Today\’s World.  The areas of focus are medical\, transportation\, artificial intelligence (AI)\, and big data. \nAdmission is free but advance registration is required. Webinar details will be provided via email after registration and before the event starts. Please plan to join the meeting 5-10 minutes prior to the start time to ensure you do not miss a single minute! \nProgram Content – August 08\nFall Technical Symposium 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM CST\n\nKeynote: Current Challenges in Health Care: We Need Your Help\, Dr. Robert Hendler\, Chief Medical Officer\, Texas Hospital Association (THA) and Foundation (THAF)\n\n  \n\nDriving an Intelligent Revolution in Transportation\, Karl-Heinz Steinmetz\, General Manager\, Automotive Systems\, HEV/EV & Powertrain\, Texas Instruments\n\n  \n\nA Brief Introduction to COVID-19 Forecasting\, Dr. Qiwei Li\, Assistant Professor Mathematical Sciences\, University of Texas at Dallas\n\n  \n\nMonitoring Genomic Evolution of COVID-19 Viruses\, Dr. Ching-Yung Lin\, CEO\, Graphen\, Inc.\n\n  \n\nQuestion and Answer Session\n\n \n \n \n  \n  \n \n\nProgram Content – August 09\nLeadership Track Seminar 2:00 PM – 4:40 PM CST\n  \nCoping with Anxiety In The Era Of COVID-19 \n\nBeverly Bo Wu\, M.D.\, Associate Director Psychiatric Emergent Department\, Parkland Hospital\n\n  \nChanneling Leonardo: What 21st Century Engineers and Scientists Need to Be Successful \n\nDr. Stephanie Adams\, Dean of the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science UT Dallas\n\n  \nThe Four Letter Word You Don’t Want to Hear…But Should More Often \n\nThomas Rajan\, Managing Director – Global Co-Brand Partnerships\, American Airlines\n\n  \nPanel Discussion \n\nModerator: Sheana Chen\, CIE/USA-DFW Policy Advisor\n\n\nVirtual Ceremony 4:40 PM – 5:30 PM CST\n\nSponsors & Volunteers Recognition\nYoung Achiever Award Recognition (YAA)\nCommunity Resilience Scholarship (CRS) Recognition\n\n \nEVENT SUMMARY  URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2020-cie-usa-dfw-fall-technical-symposium/ LOCATION:TX CATEGORIES:Free Events,SymposiumSeminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2020-Fall-Symposium-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200418T130000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200418T170000 DTSTAMP:20250707T062200 CREATED:20200713T063518Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200713T063518Z UID:9041-1587214800-1587229200@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:ONLINE: 2020 CIE/USA-DFW Spring Technology Symposium DESCRIPTION:Webinar Link\nZoom Meeting Number: 801506819\nThe CIE/USA-DFW Chapter is proud to unveil our first ever WEBINAR event for the 2020 Spring Technical Symposium\, “AI for Real-Life Application“\, and Leadership Assessment and Mentoring Program (LAMP)\, “The Future of Diversity and Inclusion“. Admission is free but advance registration is required. Webinar details will be provided via email after registration and before the event starts. Please plan to join the meeting 5 minutes prior to the start time to ensure you do not miss a single minute! \nThe 2020 CIE/USA-DFW Spring Technical Symposium “AI for Real-Life Application” aims to exchange ideas\, best practices and technical innovations in the field of artificial intelligence. Three executives and experts from high-tech companies and educational institutions around the Dallas area will share their real-life applications\, including their innovations\, technologies\, and challenges they may have encountered along the way. All speakers will answer any questions you may have after their presentation is over. Please find the speaker information below: \nSpeaker Profiles:\nI Want my Self-Driving Car to Work! – Testing Integrated Circuits for Mission Critical Applications\nProfessor Jennifer Dworak (Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at SMU)\n\nJennifer Lynn Dworak is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Southern Methodist University. Her research interests include manufacturing test\, hardware security\, and the reliability of digital circuits and systems. She is a recipient of an NSF CAREER Award and a 2012 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award funded by Oak Ridge Associated Universities. Dr. Dworak holds PhD\, MS\, and BS degrees in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University in College Station\, TX\, USA. \n\n\nHow 7-Eleven Built a Cashierless Store in Less Than a Year\nDr. Shahmeer Mirza (Tech Lead Manager at 7Next\, R&D Division of 7-Eleven)\nShahmeer Mirza is a Tech Lead Manager and Machine Learning Engineer at 7Next\, the R&D Division of 7-Eleven. He leads a team of machine learning\, hardware\, application\, and systems engineers to develop applied AI products. Shahmeer was previously at PepsiCo\, where he started the Applied Machine Learning practice within Snacks R&D. There\, he developed next generation automation\, computer vision\, and machine learning solutions for Industry 4.0 applications. Shahmeer is also passionate about democratizing AI capabilities; while at PepsiCo\, he created the first in a series of Data Analytics courses to upskill associates across the Snacks R&D organization. He holds a B.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from Georgia Tech\, and is currently finishing his M.S. in Computer Science at Georgia Tech. \nHarnessing Video Games to Crowd Source AI\nProfessor Cory Clark (Computer Science\, SMU and CTO\, BALANCED Media|Technology)\n\nDr. Clark serves as Deputy Director of Research at SMU Guildhall\, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at SMU as well as CTO of BALANCED Media | Technology. He has over 15 years of experience with a background in finding solutions to large-scale problems by combining several areas of study\, such as gaming\, systems biology\, distributed computing\, and artificial intelligence/machine learning. He has raised over $20MM in research\, seed\, and series funding from government and private entities as well as served as CTO of a gaming technology startup that was acquired. He has led multiple Advanced DoD R&D projects from concept to commercialization and most recently lead a team to a $2.5MM XPRIZE Grand Prize win. Dr. Clark’s innovations in human-in-the-loop machine learning techniques have led to numerous publications\, patents and invitations to speak at top conferences around the world. \n  \nImmediately following the STS program\, the Leadership Assessment and Mentoring Program (LAMP) event will be conducted by three executives and leaders within the Dallas area. LAMP is one of the long-standing CIE/USA-DFW events featuring “Leadership” and “Career Mentoring” for young professionals. This event is especially designed for graduating university students and young professionals who desire to enhance their knowledge and hand-on experience on hiring process\, career development\, corporate culture\, and leadership. After the speakers have presented\, a QA panel discussion will be conducted for those who may have questions. URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2020-cie-usa-dfw-spring-technology-symposium/ LOCATION:TX CATEGORIES:Free Events,SymposiumSeminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2020-LAMP-1.webp ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190816T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190816T210000 DTSTAMP:20250707T062200 CREATED:20200713T023854Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250112T004440Z UID:9038-1565974800-1565989200@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:2019 CIE/USA-DFW International Technology and Leadership Conference DESCRIPTION:2019 CIE/USA AAEOY\n\n\n2019 CIE/USA-DFW Annual Banquet\n\n\n\n\n2019 CIE/USA-DFW Young Achiever Awards\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \nThis event is part of CIE/USA-DFW Chapter\’s 30th Anniversary Annual Convention and 18th Asian American Engineer of the Year (AAEOY) Award programs as shown in the table below. \n30th Anniversary Convention Program Schedule URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2019-cie-usa-dfw-fall-technical-symposium/ LOCATION:TX CATEGORIES:Paid Events,SymposiumSeminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2019-Leadership-Conference-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180818T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180818T170000 DTSTAMP:20250707T062200 CREATED:20200712T093840Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250111T223458Z UID:9023-1534593600-1534611600@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:2018 CIE/USA-DFW Fall Technical Symposium DESCRIPTION:2018 CIE/USA-DFW Annual Banquet\n\n\n2018 CIE/USA-DFW Young Achiever Awards\n\n\n\n\n \n \nKeynote Speakers\nKeynote 1: Last Mile Security in Connected Sensor Applications\nXiaolin Lu (TI Fellow\, Director of Kilby Innovation Lab\, Texas Instruments)\n2016 CIE/USA AAEOY (Asian American Engineer of the Year) Awardee\nXiaolin Lu is fellow of Texas Instruments and director of Kilby Innovation Lab responsible for driving various differentiated industrial- and energy-related connected system level solutions using TI embedded processors\, connectivity\, analog and power management devices. Her focus area covers: connected sensors\, ultra-low-power connected MCU and analog as well as security.\nXiaolin is well-known as an embedded system and software expert inside and outside TI and has given keynote and plenary talks at numerous technical conferences. She is the author/co-author of more than 60 U.S. issued patents and the recipient of a series of awards: 2016 Asian American Engineer of the Year\, and Society of Women Engineers (SWE)\, etc. \nKeynote 2: Dissolvable Fracturing Tools: How to turn a terrible material into a great product\nDr. Michael Fripp (Chief Scientific Advisor\, Halliburton)\nMichael Fripp is a Distinguished Engineer and has worked for the last 18 years creating new oilfield technology for Halliburton. He has over 350 awarded and pending patents that address many aspects of downhole oil and gas production. He is a principal inventor of the materials in dissolving hydraulic fracturing tools as well as of oilfield acoustic telemetry and fluidic devices. He has been named as an Innovative Thinker by World Oil Magazine and has been recognized as a Texas Genius by the organization Genius Awards. Dr. Fripp has a PhD degrees in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT and is a licensed professional engineer. He has authored numerous technical papers and has coauthored 4 books. \nKeynote 3: Advanced Analytics to Optimize Customer Experience in Retail Electricity Delivery\nDarshan Bhate (VP of Strategy\, Pricing & Analytics\, TXU Energy)\n\nDarshan Bhate is the Vice President of Strategy\, Pricing & Analytics of TXU Energy\, where he is responsible for the P&L for the Residential and Mass Markets business units\, and leading the enterprise analytics function that generate measurable incremental value through the application of AI/ML principles and techniques. Before joining TXU Energy\, Darshan worked in Investment Banking (Mergers & Acquisitions) Group of Credit Suisse in New York city. Darshan graduated from University of Michigan – Stephen M. Ross School of Business with a MBA (Honors) in Finance & Corporate Strategy. He also has a MS degree in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and a BE degree in Mechanical Engineering from Govt. College of Engineering\, Pune\, India. \nParallel Sessions\nSession 1: Automation and Smart Machines\n2:45 – 3:15 PM: Dr. Andrew Stevens\, Machine Learning Engineer\, Sivananthan Laboratories\n3:15 – 3:45 PM: Dr. Simon Mak\, Professor of Practice in Entrepreneurship and Associate Director\, SMU\n3:45 – 4:15 PM: Dr. Frank Lewis\, Moncrief-O’Donnell Endowed Chair and Head\,\nAdvanced Controls & Sensors Group UTA Research Institute (UTARI)\, UTA\n4:15 – 4:45 PM: Panel Discussion\n4:45 – 5:30 PM: Networking\n[Click here for bio and abstract] \nSession 2: Advanced Materials and Manufacturing\n2:45 – 3:15 PM: Craig Lee\, AT&T Plano Foundry Director\, AT&T\n3:15 – 3:45 PM: Dr. Adrian Avendano\, Chief Product Officer\, Ares Materials\n3:45 – 4:15 PM: Dr. Walter Voit\, Founder and CEO\, Adaptive 3D\n4:15 – 4:45 PM: Panel Discussion\n4:45 – 5:30 PM: Networking\n[Click here for bio and abstract] \nSession 3: Leadership & Career Development\n2:45 – 3:15 PM: Kim Cummings\, AVP HR & Diversity\, BNSF Railway\n3:15 – 3:45 PM: Dr. Chee Ching\, Vice President\, Automation\, Technology & Development\, AT&T\n3:45 – 4:15 PM: Conrad Chun\, Vice President of Communications\, Boeing Global Services\n4:15 – 4:45 PM: Panel Discussion\n4:45 – 5:30 PM: Networking\n[Click here for bio and abstract] \n  URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2018-cie-usa-dfw-fall-technical-symposium/ LOCATION:Resources_achiever_award CATEGORIES:Free Events,SymposiumSeminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2018-Fall-Symposium-1.webp ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180407T123000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180407T180000 DTSTAMP:20250707T062200 CREATED:20200713T002250Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200713T002250Z UID:9034-1523104200-1523124000@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:2018 CIE/USA-DFW Spring Technology Symposium DESCRIPTION:The CIE/USA-DFW Chapter is pleased to present the 2018 Spring Technical Symposium “Advances in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning and their Applications” on Saturday April 7th\, 2018\, from 12:30PM to 6:00PM at Centennial Auditorium at Southern Methodist University (SMU). This event is co-hosted by CIE-DFW Chapter\, IEEE Dallas Section and SMU. Admission is free\, but advance registration is required. \n \n  URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2018-cie-usa-dfw-spring-technology-symposium/ LOCATION:Southern Methodist University – Centennial Hall Visitors Center\, 3140 Dyer St\, Dallas\, TX\, 75205\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,SymposiumSeminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2018-Spring-Symposium-1.webp ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170819T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170819T170000 DTSTAMP:20250707T062200 CREATED:20200712T043102Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250112T001159Z UID:9016-1503144000-1503162000@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:2017 CIE/USA-DFW Fall Technical Symposium DESCRIPTION:2017 CIE/USA-DFW Annual Convention\n\n\n2017 CIE/USA-DFW Annual Banquet\n\n\n\n\n2017 CIE/USA-DFW Young Achiever Awards\n\n\n\n\n \n \nKeynote Speakers\nKeynote 1: Unleash Your Imagination – Innovation Opportunities for the Next Century\nDavid Lu (VP\, D2 Platform & Systems Development\, AT&T)\n2017 CIE/USA AAEOY (Asian American Engineer of the Year) Awardee\n\nDavid Lu is currently responsible for development and engineering of AT&T next generation ECOMP platform and Open ECOMP (ONAP) to enable the AT&T network virtualization (SDN) and target OSS/BSS transformation including API\, micro-services\, policy control & orchestration\, hyper-automation\, and advanced data analytics. \nSince joining AT&T Bell Labs in 1987\, David has served in various leadership positions at AT&T. He holds 38 patents and has frequently appeared as a guest speaker at technical and leadership seminars and conferences throughout the world. David received numerous industry awards including the 2015 Chairman’s Award from IEEE Communication Society for Network and Systems Quality and Reliability and 2017 CIE AAEOY (Asian America Engineer of Year) Award. He has also been very active in community organizations and activities including AT&T APCA\, CIE/USA-DFW\, and DFW Asian American Chamber of Commerce. He was recognized by AT&T APCA with the 2015 Corporate Leadership Award. \nDavid has an undergraduate degree in music\, majoring in cello performance and graduate degree in Computer Science. \nKeynote 2: Data Intelligence Enables Intelligent R&D\nTony Chang (VP\, US R&D Competence Center\, Huawei )\n2017 CIE/USA AAEOY (Asian American Engineer of the Year) Awardee\n\nTony Chang is Vice President of Huawei US R&D Competence Center and a Corporate R&D Tools Planning & Test Authority\, leading the evolution and innovation of the company’s overall R&D model\, methodology\, tools\, quality\, global lab effectiveness and customer test partnership to improve the efficiency and TTM. \nSince joining Huawei in 2008\, he has led the R&D teams in building up the company-wide Test Automation\, Test Case & Lab Standardization/SDE\, Test Data Correlation Methodology\, Advanced Product Verification Strategy/Methodology\, Advanced Solution Integration Strategy/Methodology\, Future R&D Ecosystem Operation Platform and Smart Delivery-JAD. \nPrior to Huawei\, Tony held various senior roles at Nortel Networks Inc. from 1987 to 2008 including Director of MCI Development & Deployment\, Director of Carrier Verification\, Sr. Director of Wireless Verification & Tools Developments and Corporate Test Environment Design Authority. \nDuring his twenty years of research on testing and tools at Nortel\, Tony has set up the company-wide Test Automation Platform\, Global Lab Standardization and industry leading Test Process and Solution Integration Automations which improved the overall R&D efficiency\, product quality\, customer satisfaction and facilitated Nortel’s product competition. \nTony earned Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Pratt Institute\, Brooklyn\, NY. He also has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from Fun Jen Catholic University\, Taiwan\, R.O.C. \nKeynote 3: Forging Into the Future with Intelligent Machines and the Technologies that Enable Them\nSeema Deshpande (Director\, DLP Systems Technology Development\, Texas Instruments Inc.)\n2017 CIE/USA AAEOY (Asian American Engineer of the Year) Awardee\n\nSeema Deshpande is Director of Systems Technology Development for Texas Instruments (TI) DLP® Products. She is responsible for the architecture\, design and development of innovative products across projection\, digital cinema\, industrial and automotive applications. Seema manages a global organization of engineers responsible for the development of DLP products that support a wide range of applications including front projection and cinema\, Pico projection\, wearable displays\, VR/AR\, automotive head-up display\, smart adaptive headlights\, and 3-D printing. \nSeema earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Karnataka University\, India and a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Houston\, Texas. \nParallel Sessions\nSession 1: Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence\n2:45 – 3:15 PM: Tim Hwang\, CEO\, FiscalNote\n3:15 – 3:45 PM: Dr. David Treichler\, Director Strategy and Technology\, Oncor Electric Delivery\n3:45 – 4:15 PM: Dr. Logan Song\, Founder and President\, DFW Chinese IT Association LLC\n4:15 – 4:45 PM: Panel Discussion\n[Click here for bio and abstract] \nSession 2: Advance in Healthcare and Biometrics\n2:45 – 3:15 PM: Dr. Jinming Gao\, Professor\, UT Southwestern Medical Center\n3:15 – 3:45 PM: Dr. J.-C. Chiao\, Professor\, University of Texas at Arlington\n3:45 – 4:15 PM: Dr. Walter Voit\, Associate Professor\, The University of Texas at Dallas\n4:15 – 4:45 PM: Panel Discussion\n[Click here for bio and abstract] \nSession 3: Leadership & Career Development\n2:45 – 3:15 PM: Elaine Kung\, Director\, Network on Demand & Integrated Solutions\, AT&T\n3:15 – 3:45 PM: Jennifer Jao\, Divisional Information Officer\, Information Systems\, Toyota Motor North America\n3:45 – 4:15 PM: Kim Cummings\, AVP HR & Diversity\, BNSF Railway\n4:15 – 4:45 PM: Panel Discussion\n[Click here for bio and abstract] \n  URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2017-cie-usa-dfw-fall-technical-symposium/ LOCATION:Resources_achiever_award CATEGORIES:Free Events,SymposiumSeminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2017-Fall-Symposium-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170408T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170408T170000 DTSTAMP:20250707T062200 CREATED:20200712T072008Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250303T050044Z UID:9021-1491652800-1491670800@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:2017 CIE/USA-DFW Spring Technology Symposium DESCRIPTION:“Smart City\, Smart Health”\nThe CIE/USA-DFW Chapter is pleased to present the 2017 Spring Technical Symposium “Smart City\, Smart Health” on Saturday April 8th\, 2017\, from 12:30PM to 5:30PM at TI Auditorium at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). This event is co-hosted by CIE-DFW Chapter\, IEEE Dallas Section and The University of Texas at Dallas. Admission is free\, but advance registration is required. \nThe 2017 CIE/IEEE/UTD Spring Technical Symposium “Smart City\, Smart Health” aims on exchanging ideas\, best practices and technical innovations in the field of smart cities and smart health. Two key areas of interest in this symposium include:\n§1. Novel applications of technology to improve quality of life of residents living in urban areas to support a strong and healthy economic\, social and cultural development.\n§2. Novel technologies that support improvement of healthcare infrastructure and services\, and wearable/implantable technologies that improve physiological data acquisition and/or assistance to the disabled individuals. \nSix executives and experts from high-tech companies and research institutions around the Dallas area will present topics in these fields and their innovations\, applications and challenges. Panel discussion will follow immediately after the presentation. \n \nParking Information\nPlease be sure to park only in the GREEN zone inside the UTD campus (violators could be ticketed). We encourage our participants to park in the PS4 parking building in which GREEN zone is located on the 5th floor. URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2017-cie-usa-dfw-spring-technology-symposium/ LOCATION:University of Texas at Dallas – ECSS\, Engineering and Computer Science\, 800 W. Campbell Rd.\, Richardson\, TX\, 75080\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,SymposiumSeminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2017-Spring-Symposium-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160827T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160827T170000 DTSTAMP:20250707T062200 CREATED:20200709T045719Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200709T045719Z UID:9006-1472299200-1472317200@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:2016 CIE/USA-DFW Fall Technical Symposium DESCRIPTION:2016 CIE/USA-DFW Annual Convention\n\n\n2016 CIE/USA-DFW Annual Banquet\n\n\n\n\n2016 CIE/USA-DFW Young Achiever Awards\n\n\n\n\n  \n \nProgram\n \nKeynote Speakers\nKeynote 1: Spatial Environmental Monitoring Application on Big Data and Cloud Computing\nDr. Tien-Yin Chou (Distinguished Professor and Director\, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Research Center\, Feng Chia University\, Taiwan)\n \nProf. Tien-Yin Chou had his doctorate degree from Department of Resources Development at Michigan State University in 1990. He has been the Director of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Research Center at Feng Chia University (FCU) for 20 years\, and honored as Distinguished Professor at Dept. of Urban Planning and Spatial Information and Dept. of Land Management. \nWith his profession and enthusiasm\, Prof. Chou has performed an outstanding achievement with his 170 full time staff members at GIS Research Center to bring the GIS.FCU as one of the leading role in the GIS-related academic and industry fields domestically and globally. \nGIS.FCU has implemented a wide range of researches and projects\, from data infrastructure\, security and monitoring\, resources management\, UAV\, fleet management\, big data\, smart city\, cloud computing to even mobile facilities application product. Prof. Chou also supervises graduate students and teaches courses pertaining to GIS science\, land management\, and resources management at FCU. \nKeynote 2: Technology\, Customer Choice\, and The Electric Grid\nMichael Quinn (VP Strategy and Chief Technology Officer\, Oncor Electric Delivery\, USA)\n \nMichael Quinn is Vice President Strategy and Chief Technology Officer for Oncor Electric Delivery. He has been charged with setting the company’s course in transforming the value of the electric grid through innovative\, technology-driven and customer focused solutions that meet the growing and changing needs of the market. His work impacts system performance and capital spending\, legislative and regulatory efforts\, customer engagement\, and future business model evolutions. \nHe joined Texas Utilities\, Oncor’s predecessor company\, in 1988 and has had assignments in Nuclear Generation\, Fossil Generation\, System Protection\, Asset Management\, Grid Operations\, Business Development\, Federal Advocacy and Corporate Strategy. Over the last nineteen years\, he has held numerous management and leadership positions within these organizations. \nMichael is a 1988 graduate of Clemson University with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering and is a registered professional engineer in the state of Texas. He is active on numerous trade associations and industry boards including energy storage\, communications\, transmission development and NERC compliance. Michael and his wife Stephanie live in Flower Mound\, Texas with their three children\, Lexi\, McKenna and Hunter. \nKeynote 3: Digital Transformation at Capital One\nDavid Kang (VP\, Strategy Financial Services Division\, Capital One\, USA)\n \nDavid Kang is Vice President of Strategy for Capital One’s Financial Services Division. As part of his responsibilities\, he works closely with Capital One’s Auto Finance and Home Loans businesses in delivering on its Digital and Business Transformation agenda. David also works broadly across Capital One\, interfacing with Corporate Strategy\, Enterprise Services\, and Corporate Development to define the implications of broader Capital One strategic initiatives on Financial Services\, helping shape the division’s strategy for growth by evaluating investments\, acquisitions\, and new asset classes/partnerships for Capital One. \nPrior to joining Capital One\, David served for 10 years as a consultant with McKinsey & Company\, where he was most recently an Associate Partner. During his tenure at McKinsey\, David worked with Air\, Travel\, and Transportation clients across six continents through business turnarounds\, post-merger integrations\, sales and channel strategy development\, and digital transformations\, working closely with McKinsey Digital Labs to deliver digital solutions and introduce Agile to his clients. \nDavid obtained his A.B. in Economics\, his A.M. in Statistics\, and his M.B.A. from Harvard University. During his time at Harvard he was a member of the Men’s Lightweight Crew team\, where he was a Varsity coxswain\, receiving All-Ivy Academic honors. \nOriginally from Houston\, David has made Dallas his adopted home after only three years\, declaring his loyalty to the Dallas Mavericks\, Dallas Cowboys\, and Dallas Stars\, much to the chagrin of his friends at home. He never misses CrossFit—where he works out 5 days a week—and has hiked and photographed at least one new U.S. National Park every year since 2011 (and has twice returned to Canyonlands National Park in Utah). David plays piano and trumpet in his spare time. \nParallel Sessions\nSession 1: Smart Home Platform and Sensing Technology\n2:45 – 3:15 PM: Jairaj Hegde\, Founder and VP\, Orchestra Technology\n3:15 – 3:45 PM: Dr. Mitch Tseng\, Tseng InfoServ\, LLC\n3:45 – 4:15 PM: Dr. Victoria C. P. Chen\, George & Elizabeth Pickett Professor of Industrial\, Manufacturing\, & Systems Engineering\n4:15 – 4:45 PM: Panel Discussion\n[Click here for bio and abstract] \nSession 2: Smart City\, Smart Manufacturing and Automation Technology\n2:45 – 3:15 PM: Jennifer Jao\, Divisional Information Officer\, Information Systems\, Toyota USA\n3:15 – 3:45 PM: Ben Cook\, Director\, Printed Electronics\, Kilby Labs Texas Instruments\n3:45 – 4:15 PM: Jill Jordan\, P.E.\, Assistant City Manager\, City of Dallas\n4:15 – 4:45 PM: Panel Discussion\n[Click here for bio and abstract] \nSession 3: Leadership & Career Development\n2:45 – 3:15 PM: Jeff Dougan\, MSA-ASP Product Line Manager\, Texas Instruments\n3:15 – 3:45 PM: Kim Cummings\, AVP of HR and Diversity\, BNSF Railway\n3:45 – 4:15 PM: Elaine Kung \, AT&T Director – Network on Demand & Integrated Solutions\n4:15 – 4:45 PM: Panel Discussion\n[Click here for bio and abstract] \n  URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2016-cie-usa-dfw-fall-technical-symposium/ LOCATION:Resources_achiever_award CATEGORIES:Free Events,SymposiumSeminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2016-Fall-Symposium-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160324T183000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160324T203000 DTSTAMP:20250707T062200 CREATED:20200710T072205Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200710T072205Z UID:9012-1458844200-1458851400@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:2016 CIE/USA-DFW Spring Technology Symposium DESCRIPTION:2016 CIE Tech Forum “Opportunities Outside of Your Current Career Path”\nChinese leaders approved an economic blueprint for next decade that emphasizes tackling long-term problems and reflects a realization that debt and investment can no longer power the world’s second-largest economy. What China really needs\, is\ndeep structural reforms that will be heavily dependent on technology innovations. This presents many great opportunities to oversea Chinese professionals with deep STEM expertise. \nIn this technical forum\, we want to bring together DFW area technical professionals to discuss the various opportunities and the many ways we can connect and participate in China economic transformation\, and get more value out of our individual technical expertise. We are honored to have ACP president Charlie Yue and his colleagues to share what they have learned through their own journeys taking up business opportunities. \nSeating is limited to 20\, to ensure a high-quality interaction among attendees. We welcome top tech professionals and academia to join us. Pizza and spring water will be served. \nThis event is part of the CIE/DFW technical forum series to bring industry leaders and top technical talents together\, to connect and feed off each others\’ ideas. The event is free and open to the public. Online registration is required. The registration link is http://cie-2016-tech-forum-1.eventbrite.com \n  URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2016-cie-usa-dfw-spring-technology-symposium/ LOCATION:Parr Library\, 6200 Windhaven Pkwy \, Plano\, TX\, 75093\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,SymposiumSeminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2016-Tech-Forum-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20150815T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20150815T170000 DTSTAMP:20250707T062200 CREATED:20200708T004904Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200708T004904Z UID:8997-1439640000-1439658000@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:2015 CIE/USA-DFW Fall Technical Symposium DESCRIPTION:2015 CIE/USA-DFW Annual Convention\n\n\n2015 CIE/USA-DFW Annual Banquet\n\n\n\n\n2015 CIE/USA-DFW Young Achiever Awards\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n \nSchedule\n \nKeynote Speakers\nKeynote 1: IoT: The Internet’s Next Evolution\nDr. Yi Zhao\, Vice President of Standardization & Industry Development\, Futurewei Technologies\, Inc. (Huawei R&D USA)\n \nYi Zhao\, Ph.D. is Vice President of Futurewei Technologies\, Inc. (Huawei R&D USA)\, the North America subsidiary of Huawei Technologies\, Ltd. headquartered in Shenzhen\, China. As its first US employee\, Dr. Zhao assisted the parent company in successfully establishing the subsidiary organization in Plano\, Texas. During his career in Huawei USA\, Dr. Zhao has been in various leadership roles of company’s operation\, research and development\, sales and marketing\, industry standards\, business strategy and development\, intellectual property rights\, as well as the company’s public and industry relations. \nDr. Zhao has over 25 years experience in telecommunications and IT industries. Prior to joining Huawei\, Dr. Zhao worked for research institutes (Shanghai Jiao Tong University and The University of Texas at Dallas) and major corporations — Hewlett Packard and Ericsson — in different technical and managerial positions. \nDr. Zhao has served in the board for numbers of forums and committees in ICT industry including Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS)\, IPsphere Forum\, Open Patent Alliance (OPA)\, and International Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS). He has been frequently invited to speak to various industry and business forums in the US and China. \nDr. Zhao was a board director for the Dallas Regional Chamber and co-chair of the DRC Innovation and Technology Council. He is currently a member of Associate Board for SMU Cox School of Business\, and serves as industry advisors to the Eric Johnson Engineering School in the University of Texas at Dallas and the Department of Computer Science and Engineering in SMU. \nIn 2008\, Dr. Zhao received the Distinguished Alumni Award from The University of Texas at Dallas. It is the highest honor bestowed on alumni and is given to individuals who are distinguished in their chosen profession or life’s work and who demonstrate pride in the University. \nDr. Zhao has a BSCS and an MSCS from Shanghai Jiao Tong University\, and a Ph.D. in computer science from The University of Texas at Dallas. \nKeynote 2: Human-Centric Innovation\nRod Naphan\, Chief Technology Officer & Senior Vice President of Solutions & Portfolio Planning\, Fujitsu Network Communications\n\nAs CTO and SVP for Fujitsu Network Communications\, Rod is responsible for Strategy\, Solutions Planning\, Product Planning and Portfolio Management. \nRod\’s tenure with Fujitsu has included various leadership roles in planning and engineering with a background in software engineering\, systems engineering\, product marketing\, and product line and program management for the telecommunications industry. Prior to joining Fujitsu\, he worked as a software engineer at Bell Northern Research in Ottawa\, Canada. \nRod holds a bachelor of applied science degree from Wilfrid Laurier University and a master of applied science degree in systems design engineering from the University of Waterloo in Ontario\, Canada. \n  \nKeynote 3: Be a Founder of a Technology Company\nAnuj Jain\, Founder & Chief Executive Officer\, Orchestra Technology\nAnuj Jain is CEO of Orchestra Technology. He is a veteran to the wireless telecommunications industry\, bringing a unique balance of business and technology together. He has worked in Telecom\, Wireless and IT sectors for over 20 years. He is an entrepreneur at heart who values talent\, creativity and loyalty. Prior to joining Orchestra Technology he was the VP of Professional Services and Acision for three years and built the business for the Americas Region from the ground up. Before Acision\, he co-founded Spatial Wireless in 2001 and served as the Vice President of Engineering. Spatial Wireless was acquired by Alcatel in December 2004. He continued at Alcatel and took on the role of CTO and VP of Global Support for the Mobile NGN Core product lines till 2008. Before that\, Anuj worked for companies like Siemens AG and Sabre\, Inc in Germany and France in Product Development roles. He is a Gold Medalist from Punjab University\, PEC\, Chandigarh in Electronics and Communications Engineering. \n  \nParallel Sessions\nSession 1: IoT Infrastructure/ Connected Technologies – Harmony Ballroom 1 \nSession Chair: Min Lai\n2:40 – 3:10 PM: “Disrupting Educational IT with Virtual Desktop solutions”\, Dr. Hong Cai\, CTO of Cloud Computing\, ZTE USA\n3:10 – 3:40 PM: “Quo Vadis IoT”\, Dr. Ariton Xhafa\, Project Manager\, IoT Lab\, Texas Instruments\n3:40 – 4:10 PM: “Unleashing the Power of Smart Grid IoT”\, Dr. Yu Meng\, Data Scientist\, Oncor Electric Delivery\n4:15 – 4:40 PM: Panel Discussion \nSession 2: IoT Applications/ Personalized Services – Harmony Ballroom 2 \nSession Chair: Charles Chow\n2:40 – 3:10 PM: “IoT is empowering the Utility of The Future”\, Michael Van Boven\, Director\, Technology\, Deloitte Consulting\n3:10 – 3:40 PM: “How personalized solutions and IoT can revolutionize the Oil & Gas industry”\, Elaine Petty\, Team Leader\, Technical Software\, Halliburton\n3:40 – 4:10 PM: “Bioinformatics and Personalize Medicine”\, Dr. Yang Xie\, M.D.\, Associate Professor and Director\, Quantitative Biomedical Research Center\, UT Southwestern Medical Center\n4:15 – 4:40 PM: Panel Discussion \nSession 3: Leadership & Career Development Session – Harmony Ballroom 3 \nSession Chair: Wen-Shin Wang\n2:40 – 3:10 PM: “Connectivity and Personalization in Leadership”\, Kyle Flessner\, VP and Manager\, WW Manufacturing Operations\, Texas Instruments\n3:10 – 3:40 PM: “Feedback and Feedforward”\, Suzan Greene\, Customer Operations Manager\, Oncor Electric Delivery\n3:10 – 4:10 PM: “Talking about STEM and Your Career”\, Teena Piccione\, Assistant VP\, Big Data\, AT&T\n4:15 – 5:00 PM Panel Discussion\nPanelists: All above speakers in Session 3\, and\nKim Cummings\, Regional Director/HR at BNSF Railway\nCarina Reyes\, VP of Pre-sales Consulting and Design US Enterprise Delivery\, Xerox \n  \n  URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2015-cie-usa-dfw-fall-technical-symposium/ LOCATION:Resources_achiever_award CATEGORIES:Free Events,SymposiumSeminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2015-Fall-Symposium-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20150307T124500 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20150307T170000 DTSTAMP:20250707T062200 CREATED:20200708T053900Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200708T053900Z UID:9002-1425732300-1425747600@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:2015 CIE/USA-DFW Spring Technology Symposium DESCRIPTION:The CIE/USA-DFW annual Spring Technical Symposium (STS) will feature the discussion of Internet of Things (IoT). We focused specifically on application and how personalization is revolutionizing our daily life. \n \n \n \nSpeaker Information\nKeynote: Joel Austin\, VP & Chief Information Officer\, Oncor Electric Delivery\n\nJoel Austin is the Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Oncor\, the sixth largest electric Transmission and Distribution Company in the United States. As head of Oncor’s Information Technology organization\, Austin is responsible for strategy\, information security\, new systems development and production operations and management of Oncor’s extensive sourcing relationships. \nBeginning five years ago\, Oncor initiated one of the most comprehensive advanced grid investment programs. As a result of this $1-billion-per-year investment program\, Oncor is quickly proving itself a technology company as much as an electric utility. Austin oversees the implementation and operation of information technology platforms and communication networks\, as well as management of the massive influx of data that enables the company to improve grid operation and customer interaction. He also is responsible for safeguarding Oncor’s data\, ensuring that Oncor’s and its customers’ data is managed and secured in the safest way possible and meets the highest industry standards. \nUnder his leadership\, Oncor’s grid\, one of the nation’s most advanced smart grids\, safely communicates billions of bits of data through a secure network while its power lines move electricity to 3.2 million homes and businesses in Texas. The data is used by Oncor to measure the amount of electricity its customers are using and is available for Oncor’s customers to monitor their electric usage through web-enabled solutions that can help them lower their electric bills. In 2012\, Austin was part of the team that linked Oncor’s advanced metering system with its outage management system\, allowing for wireless and automatic communication and repair of potential power issues on the grid. \nHe has more than 26 years of experience in the energy\, finance and software industries at Informix\, ENSERCH\, Deloitte & Touché and the Texas Utility companies\, where he has held a number of business operations\, IT and leadership roles. \nAustin serves on several educational and civic boards\, including the Information Technology Operations Management Advisory Board at Southern Methodist University and Treasurer\, and Board Member for the North Texas Business Council for the Arts. \nAustin holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and business administration from the University of Kansas and a master’s degree in business from the University of Missouri in Kansas City. \nWeijun Lee\, VP Cloud Computing and IT Division\, ZTE Texas USA\n\nMr. Weijun Lee is a veteran in the telecom industry for 20+ years and leads the technical marketing and strategic directions of ZTE\’s multimedia and cloud computing solutions. He has spoken at major industry fora including Mobile World Congress\, TV Connect Forum (formerly IPTV World Forum)\, Broadband World Forum\, TelcoVision\, and CTIA. \nPrior to joining ZTE\, Weijun was a System Architect in the CTO Office in Santera Systems\, a startup acquired by Tekelec in 2005. And before that\, Weijun worked as System Engineering Manager for Nortel Networks in Canada and USA. respectively. \nWeijun holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Science at University of Toronto\, Canada\, and a Bachelor degree in Computer Science at Univesity of Science and Technology of China. \nBill Beesley\, Principal Solutions Architect\, Fujitsu Network\n\nBill Beesley brings 20 years of telecommunications industry experience to his current role as a principal solutions architect for packet optical networking at Fujitsu Network Communications. He is responsible for providing business development and product strategy for Fujitsu packet optical networking solutions\, focusing on architecting solutions that support the cable and MSO industry. \nPrior to joining Fujitsu in 2011\, Bill worked at Cox Communications for 14 years\, where he held a variety of executive engineering and leadership roles at both the corporate and system level. \nBill holds a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology Management from Bellevue University in Nebraska\, and a Master of Applied Science in Telecommunications Management from the University of Denver. He is also an MEF Carrier Ethernet Certified Professional (MEF-CECP). \nJon Pettit\, AMI Program Manager\, Oncor Electric Delivery\n\nJon has been with Oncor Electric Delivery (and the former TXU family of companies) for over 28 years. He started his career as a nuclear power plant engineer doing construction\, startup\, operations\, and technical support. Following this\, he was an energy consultant\, project manager\, business planner\, and asset manager. He then served a one year tour with TXU Energy as a Community Relations Manager before having the welcome opportunity to go back to Oncor. He is currently the Advanced Metering System Program Manager for Oncor Electric Delivery. \nHe is a registered Professional Engineer in Texas with a BS in electrical engineering from Texas A&M and an MBA from Tarleton State University. He lives in Fort Worth with his wife and two children. Additionally\, he’s a U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) and served a tour in Operation Iraqi Freedom during 2005. \nMaria Wei\, CEO\, ATCG Solutions\n\nMaria Wei is the Founder and Managing Partner at ATCG Solutions. For the last 11 years\, she focused on various Business Intelligence\, Big Data and Social Media Analytics Projects across multiple industries. Now she is leading the big data analytics practice at ATCG Solutions. \nPrior to starting ATCG Solutions\, She led the BI practice at IBM for the distribution sector. Where she worked with leaders from various large public companies on future BI roadmap\, and usage of data to improve business process and performance. \nShe has also been an influential speaker at universities and industry conferences on Data and Business Intelligence Topics. \nEd Hightower\, Technical Solutions Manager\, BlackBerry Corporation\nEd Hightower is a Technical Solutions Manager at Blackberry USA. His expertise in wireless\, networks\, software\, engineering sales and most recently IoT/M2M\, including the Weightless standard\, has led to multiple opportunities to work with enterprise customers in advancing their technology offerings. Ed has worked at AT&T\, Nortel\, Ericsson\, Lynx Real-Time Operating Systems and Motorola.. As an active member of the tech community\, Ed volunteers his time with the Metroplex Technology Business Council promoting the Telecom Corridor and has spoken at several IEEE luncheons. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington. \nAriton Xhafa\, Senior Technical Staff & Project Manager in IoT Lab\, Texas Instruments Inc.\nAriton Xhafa received his Ph.D. degree from Carnegie Mellon University. Ariton is with IoT Lab at Texas Instruments (TI) and is a well-known expert on wireless networks protocol design\, algorithms and standardization. Ariton has led TI’s efforts in IEEE 802.11n on medium access control\, where his efforts led to creation of new adhoc group to find and propose solutions for 20/40 MHz problem. Ariton also led multi-radio wireless coexistence project in 2.4 GHz band\, focusing and developing optimal solutions for WLAN/Bluetooth coexistence. Ariton is currently leading the project in IoT Lab that enables and differentiates TI’s radio platforms while making them IoT ready. Ariton has filed more than 95 patent applications with 35 patents issued\, and has published 9 journal papers and more than 35 conference papers. Ariton is a Senior Member of IEEE\, Senior Member Technical Staff at TI\, and regularly serves as TPC member and Session Chair in IEEE flagship conferences. \nCraig Lee\, Director of IoT Foundry\, AT&T\nCraig Lee is the Director of the AT&T Internet of Things Foundry located in Plano TX which fosters “The Art of the Possible” in Internet of Things innovation and solutioning. \nPrior to his current position\, Lee has served as Director of Technical Resources and Solutioning within the AT&T IoT Center of Excellence\, responsible for the architecting\, development and deployment of customers IoT solutions. \nAdditionally\, Lee has served in several previous IoT focused leadership positions at AT&T spanning over 13 years. \nPrior to AT&T\, Mr. Lee served in leadership positions at Motorola\, Racal\, and GTRI in the areas of business development\, RF & electronic design engineering\, and pure research. \nCraig Lee has been awarded nine US patents. \nA native of Alaska\, Mr. Lee earned a BSEE from Georgia Institute of Technology\, a MBA from Nova Southeastern University and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. from University of Texas at Dallas in Telecommunications Engineering. URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2015-cie-usa-dfw-spring-technology-symposium/ LOCATION:TX CATEGORIES:Free Events,SymposiumSeminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2015-Tech-Forum-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20141115T130000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20141115T160000 DTSTAMP:20250707T062200 CREATED:20200707T064451Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200707T064451Z UID:8993-1416056400-1416067200@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:2014 CIE/USA-DFW Retirement Planning for Technical Professionals Seminar DESCRIPTION:The goal of this seminar is to discuss the retirement planning especially tailored for technical professionals. Often\, technical professionals are not thinking ahead for their retirement planning\, this seminar will provide effective suggestions from three aspects from the experts. The seminar will cover the professional development\, financial planning and healthcare. The seminar is not only for retired professionals\, but also for professionals who would like to learn more about the planning prior the retirement. \nSchedule\nNovember 15 (Saturday)\, 1:00 – 4:00 pm\n@ DFW Excellerator\, 1201 International Pkwy #200\, Richardson\, TX 75081 \n12:30 – 1:00 pm: Registration and networking\n1:00 – 1:10 pm: Opening Remark\n1:10 – 1:40 pm: Speaker 1: Faa-Ching Wang\, Ph.D.\n1:40 – 2:10 pm: Speaker 2: Harry C. Loftus\, CFP®\n2:10 – 2:40 pm: Speaker 3: Narcisa Dusa\, MD\n2:40 – 2:50 pm: Break and networking\n2:50 – 3:50 pm: Panel Discussion\n3:50 – 4:00 pm: Closing Remark \nSpeaker Profiles\nFaa-Ching Wang\, PhD\nRetired Business Unit General Manager\, Texas Instruments\n  \nFor the past 31 years\, Dr. Faa-Ching Wang has made exemplary contributions to the engineering profession and semiconductor industry. Subsequent to the recent retirement this year from Texas Instruments\, Dr. Wang joined the Board of Directors of a private company responsible for the company’s restructuring activities and direction setting.\nWhile in Texas Instruments (TI)\, as General Manager of worldwide printer head business unit\, Dr. Wang was responsible for the general worldwide management of the company’s printer head integrated circuit business group. His responsibilities cover the full scope of business activities from marketing\, customer relationships and new technology/product development to factory manufacturing operation and supply chain management of six factories located around the world. Prior to the business assignment\, Dr. Wang worked in operation which he contributed to 4 advanced wafer fab start-ups and served as wafer fab manager of two TI advanced wafer fabs. Prior to TI\, Dr. Wang was the Director of Crystal Engineering/QA of Ethyl Corporation. Prior to this\, Dr. Wang was a Member of the Technical Staff of the Hewlett-Packard Company.\nFaa-Ching earned his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford University. He received a Master’s degree in Physics from the University of Pittsburgh\, and a Bachelor’s degree in Physics from National Central University in Taiwan.\nDr. Wang holds four U.S. patents and five invention disclosures\, and is the author of 39 articles published in a variety of technical publications. He is the recipient of the 2009 Asian American Engineering of the Year Award\, National Engineering Week Foundation and Chinese Institute of Engineering/USA\, and the recipient of the 1999 National Asian American Corporate Achievement Award\, Organization of Chinese Association. Dr. Wang is also awarded a Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Community Service from City of Richardson\, Texas in 2014. \n\nHarry C. Loftus\, CFP®\, Senior Vice President – Wealth Management\nWealth Management Advisor\, Merrill Lynch Wealth Management\n  \n\nHarry has been in the financial services industry since 1987 and joined Merrill Lynch in 1993. His focus is on developing strategies and recommendations for high-net-worth individuals and their families to help them meet their short-and long-term financial goals including retirement.\nHarry’s approach to wealth management is consultative\, objective and committed to excellence. He prides himself on his ability to listen to and interpret clients ideas about their financial situations\, preferences and goals. He then uses the vast resources of Merrill Lynch to help those clients explore a wide range of possible solutions based upon their risk tolerance\, time horizon\, liquidity needs\, and overall investment goals. He offers recommendations for asset allocations designed to accurately reflect each clients income and growth expectations.\nHarry holds a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ (CFP®) certification\, awarded by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards\, Inc. Harry is a graduate of the University of Maryland\, College Park with a B.A. in Economics. Harry\’s interests include art and behavioral economics as well as health and fitness. He and his wife\, Andrea\, live in Allen Texas with their daughter Alexandra. \n\nNarcisa Dusa\, MD\nInternal Medicine/Care Exceeding Expectations!\n  \nDr. Dusa is committed to long term comprehensive quality healthcare and prevention. She is prepared to meet a broad range of adult health care needs. She emphasizes on preventive medicine and takes an active role in maintaining her patients good health. Her patients are coming from all of North Texas. Dr. Dusa\’s office specializes in the care of patients 16 years of age and older. She has special interest in Hypertension\, Diabetes Mellitus\, Hypercholesterolemia and Women\’s Health. She is Board Certified in Internal Medicine. In office care\, she and her staff provide a range of diagnostic procedures right in the office including: ankle brachial index testing\, holter monitoring\, echocardiography and EKG. For hospital care\, Dr. Dusa has admitting privileges at Texas Health Presbyterian Plano\, Lifecare Hospitals of Plano and provide personal care for patients when hospitalized. She believes that her care will exceed your expectations! URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2014-cie-usa-dfw-retirement-planning-for-technical-professionals-seminar/ LOCATION:DFW Excellerator\, 1201 International Pkwy #200\, Richardson\, TX\, 75081\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,SymposiumSeminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2014-Retirement-Seminar-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20140817T073000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20140817T120000 DTSTAMP:20250707T062200 CREATED:20200707T045718Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250303T050914Z UID:8990-1408260600-1408276800@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:2014 CIE/USA-DFW Energy Executive Forum DESCRIPTION:2014 CIE/USA-DFW 25th Anniversary Annual Convention\n\n\n2014 CIE/USA-DFW 25th Anniversary Fall Technical Symposium\n\n\n\n\n2014 CIE/USA-DFW 25th Anniversary Annual Banquet\n\n\n2014 CIE/USA-DFW Young Achiever Awards\n\n\n\n\n  \nThe Energy Executive Forum will be held at 7:30 am – 12:00 pm on August 17\, 2014 (Sunday) at Renaissance Dallas Richardson Hotel. The main goal is to discuss the emerging energy technology\, such as smart data application in energy systems and smart grid. \nThe forum consists of a round table discussion (by invitation)\, 3 technical presentations and a panel discussion. The following international speakers from the Saturday International Technology Symposium will also join the forum: \n\nDr. Ming-Whei Feng\, VP & Director General\, Smart Network System Institute (SNSI)\, Taiwan Institute for Information Industry\nJen-Ming Hsu\, General Manager of Taiwan Power Research Institute\, Taiwan Power Company\nDr. Vincent S. Tseng\, Distinguished Professor\, Taiwan National Cheng Kung University\n\nSchedule\n \n  \n  URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2014-cie-usa-dfw-energy-executive-forum/ LOCATION:Resources_achiever_award CATEGORIES:Free Events,SymposiumSeminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2014-Energy-Executive-Forum-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20140816T130000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20140816T173000 DTSTAMP:20250707T062200 CREATED:20200707T050802Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200707T050802Z UID:8991-1408194000-1408210200@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:2014 CIE/USA-DFW 25th Anniversary Fall Technical Symposium DESCRIPTION:2014 CIE/USA-DFW 25th Anniversary Annual Convention\n\n\n2014 CIE/USA-DFW 25th Anniversary Annual Banquet\n\n\n\n\n2014 CIE/USA-DFW Young Achiever Awards\n\n\n2014 CIE/USA-DFW Energy Executive Forum\n\n\n\n\n  \n \n  \nThe symposium is held in conjunction with the Annual Convetion and will gather seventeen experts in the field of big data\, internet of (every)things\, energy systems\, smart grid and leadership to discuss the current emerging technology and soft skills. The symposium will feature a keynote session\, and three parallel sessions on “Smart Data”\, “Smart Energy” and “Leadership & Career Development”. The symposium is free and open to the public\, but registration is required. The symposium will be held at Renaissance Richardson Hotel from 1:00 to 5:30 pm. \nSchedule\n \nKeynote Speakers\nKeynote 1: Innovation Drives Tomorrow\nDavid H. Lu\, Vice President of Business Network & Corporate Solution IT\, AT&T\n  \nDavid is currently the Vice President of Business Network & Corporate Solution IT\, responsible for Global Service Assurance\, Network Capacity Management\, Field Operation Dispatching\, and Business Billing Solutions at AT&T. He leads an organization with over 3\,000 people across the globe.\nDavid is an well respected leader in software architecture and engineering\, network performance and traffic management\, large data DB implementation/mining/analytics\, software reliability and quality\, and network operations process engineering.\nSince joining AT&T Bell Labs in 1987\, he served in various lead positions at AT&T. He holds 26 patents and has frequently appeared as a guest speaker at technical and leadership seminars and conferences throughout the world.\nDavid’s interest include classical music (performs and teaches cello)\, history\, traveling\, arts\, and table tennis. He was born in Shanghai\, China\, and is married with two children\, and currently lives in Dallas\, Texas. \n  \nKeynote 2: IoT Integration and Applications\nDr. Ming-Whei Feng\, VP & Director General\, Smart Network System Institute (SNSI)\, Taiwan Institute for Information Industry\nDr. Ming-Whei Feng has more than 25 years of professional experience in the research and development of information systems\, communications\, signal processing\, and smart energy system technologies. Throughout her career\, she has collaborated with industrial\, academic\, and research organizations centering on applying state-of-the-art information and communication (ICT) technologies to provide high value added services or solutions. She has demonstrated various successful cross domain collaboration cases\, where she teamed up non-ICT technology providers with ICT technology providers to develop and deploy high value added smart energy and smart building systems or solutions.\nDr. Feng received her B. S. degree from National Chiao-Tung University in 1984. She received her M.S.E.E. and Ph.D. degrees from Northeastern Universities in 1986 and 1989\, individually. Since 1987\, she worked at BBN Systems and Technologies from 1987 to 1989 in the area of speech recognition and speaker adaptation. Dr. Feng worked at Southeastern Bell Technology Resources Inc. and GTE Laboratories from 1989-1996 in the area of automated telecom services and video services. Dr. Feng joined U.S. Robotics (acquired by 3Com) from 1996-1997 in the area of high density modems and VOIP systems.\nSince 1998\, Dr. Feng joined Institute for Information Industry working in network and communications\, embedded systems\, information and communication policy planning\, international technology collaboration. Dr. Feng is currently responsible for the Smart Network System Institute (SNSI). She is in charge of research and development of energy information and communication infrastructure and applications\, smart energy management and service platform\, energy information analytics\, hybrid sensor network system\, telematics infrastructure and application systems\, and broadband network and application systems. \n  \nKeynote 3: Facing Challenges\, Taipower Needs Smart Strategies\nJen-Ming Hsu\, General Manager of Taiwan Power Research Institute\, Taiwan Power Company\nJen-Ming is currently the General Manager of Taiwan Power Research Institute\, the R&D division of Taiwan Power Company (Taipower). In this role\, he focuses on exploration of potential challenges facing Taipower\, allocation of R&D resources available to the company\, and supervision of the solutions development in response to the challenges.\nJen-Ming has been an employee of Taiwan Power Company for over 39 years. He has experience in planning of individual power plant development project\, integrated power generation system expansion program\, and R&D program for electric power utility company.\nJen-Ming is currently also a member of MOEA Industrial Development Advisory Council\, Taiwan Electrical Contractors Association Board of Directors\, and Nuclear Science & Technology Association Board of Directors.\nJen-Ming holds a M.S. degree from AIT (Asian Institute of Technology). He is married\, with one daughter\, and resides in Taipei\, Taiwan. \n  \nParallel Sessions\nPlease click the following links for the speakers bio and presentation abstracts. \nSession 1: Smart Energy Session – Symphony Ballroom 1\nModerator: Dr. Wei-Jen Lee\, Professor\, Electrical Engineering\, UT Arlington\n2:45 – 3:10 PM: Oncor’s SmartGrid Journey by Joe Wolf\, T&D Manager\, Oncor\n3:10 – 3:35 PM: Semiconductor Technologies Driving Smart Grid Innovation by Markus Staeblein\, General Manager\, Texas Instruments\n3:35 – 4:00 PM: Wind Generation Development in ERCOT by Dr. Fred Huang\, Supervisor of Dynamic Studies Group\, The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)\n4:00 – 4:25 PM: Transmission Planning Value from Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) Process by Rao Konidena\, Senior Manager\, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) \nSession 2: Smart Data Session – Symphony Ballroom 2\nModerator: Charles Fernandez\, Senior Manager\, Lockheed Martin\n2:45 – 3:10 PM: Sensor Systems Create Smarter Data by Paul Emerson\, General Manager of Kilby Labs\, Texas Instruments\n3:10 – 3:35 PM: Health Risk Prediction via Mining Big Health Data by Dr. Vincent S. Tseng\, Distinguished Professor\, Taiwan National Cheng Kung University\n3:35 – 4:00 PM: Big Data and Application Areas by Gregory P. Tevis\, Principal Strategy\, Deloitte Consulting\n4:00 – 4:25 PM: Connecting the Internet of Things by Doug Starr\, Consulting Systems Architect\, Cisco \nSession 3: Leadership & Career Development Session – Symphony Ballroom 3\nArnold Zhang\, Leadership & Career Development Session Chair\nMasters of Ceremonies: Marrisa Yang\, Alex Zhang\n2:45 – 3:10 PM: Building Mentor-Mentee Relationships: Roles and Responsibilities by Praful Madhani\, Director\, Analog Technology Development / Infrastructure\, Texas Instruments\n3:10 – 3:35 PM: Leadership in the Workplace by Dr. Patrick M. Martin\, Professional Psychological Solutions\, PLLC\n3:35 – 4:00 PM: Investing in Networks of Relationships by Elaine Kung\, Product Marketing Director (Fiber to the Building)\, AT&T\n4:00 – 4:25 PM: Role of the Educational Counselor by Dr. Kamakshi Sridhar\, Director of Wireless CTO office\, Alcatel-Lucent\n4:30 – 5:30 PM Panel Discussion\nModerators: Angela Fu\, Mark Yang\nPanelists: All above speakers in Session 3\, and\nAbby Chu\, Senior Admission Counselor\, Southern Methodist University (SMU)\nAlison Chapman\, Alumni Relations and Admissions\, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science (TAMS) URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2014-cie-usa-dfw-25th-anniversary-fall-technical-symposium/ LOCATION:Resources_achiever_award CATEGORIES:Free Events,SymposiumSeminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2014-Fall-Symposium_a-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20131116T130000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20131116T163000 DTSTAMP:20250707T062200 CREATED:20200318T043222Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200318T043222Z UID:8951-1384606800-1384619400@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:2013 CIE/USA-DFW Fall Technical Symposium DESCRIPTION:CLOUD COMPUTING TECHS\n  \n\n\n\nEnabling Cloud 2.0\, the Next Generation of Cloud\nNing So Head of Network Architecture\, Tata Communications\n\n\nMicrosoft Cloud Architecture \nMatt Hester Sr. IT Pro Evangelist\, Microsoft\n\n\nHow Cloud is Transforming IT in all Sectors   \n \nJames Curl Manager of Technical Practices\, Deloitte\n\n\n\nThe event is to help professionals who are interested in understanding of cloud and current trends\, and who want to jumpstart their career and practice in cloud computing. A network time is also planned for professionals to network and socialize. A variety of topics will be covered from foundation to advanced\, including: Cloud framework\, Cloud 2.0\, Microsoft Cloud Architecture\, practical IaaS\, PasS\, SaaS such as Microsoft Azure and Amazon ECS\, data center characteristics\, network management\, resource management\, Hadoop & MapReduce for big data\, platform virtualization\, storage virtualization\, and network virtualization. With such a short orientation\, you will be given a map for the journey to adventure the territory. \n\nInvited Speakers\nEnabling Cloud 2.0\, the Next Generation of Cloud\nCloud Infrastructure\, Cloud Framework\, Cloud 2.0\, and Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) \n\n\n\n\nNing So\, Head of Network Architecture\, Tata Communications Ltd Mr. So joined Tata Communications (TCL) in April 2012 as the Head of Network Architecture.  He is responsible for developing the architecture for the end-2-end global network and system infrastructure supporting the next generation Cloud products and solutions.   Ning’s responsibility at TCL spans across Mobile network\, access and WAN network\, and Data Center network.    In addition\, Ning represents the company at various international standard organizations and technical conferences.  Prior to joining TCL\, Ning worked at Verizon for 16 years\, leading the traffic engineering team on global layer 2 and 3 data networks and the cloud infrastructure design.  Ning is an active contributor to standard organizations such as IETF\, a frequent speaker at various industry conferences.  He has more than 40 US patents and patent applications to date.  Ning is also a member of Industry Advisory Board of University of Texas at Dallas.\n\n\n\nMicrosoft Cloud Architecture\nA look into Windows Azure\, Microsoft\’s Public Cloud Service \n\n\n\n\nMatthew Hester\, Senior IT Pro Evangelist\, Microsoft Matt Hester is a Senior Information Technology Professional Evangelist for Microsoft.  Matt has been involved in the IT Pro community for over 20 years.  Matt is a skilled and experienced evangelist presenting to audiences nationally and internationally.  Prior to joining Microsoft Matt was a highly successful Microsoft Certified Trainer for over 8 years.  After joining Microsoft\, Matt has continued to be heavily involved in IT Pro community as an IT Pro Evangelist.  In his role at Microsoft Matt has presented to audiences in excess of 5000 and as small as 10. Matt has written 4 articles for TechNet magazine.  In addition Matt has published 3 books.\n\n\n\nCloud Computing: How Cloud is transforming IT in all sectors\nHistory and future of Cloud Computing\, macro-economic and industry trends across industries \n\n\n\n\nJames Curl\, Deloitte Consulting LLP James Curl joined Deloitte Consulting in 2010 as an engagement manager.  During his tenure with Deloitte\, James founded and led Deloitte’s Global TMT Nerve Center\, a market research and sales support center of excellence supporting Deloitte’s major client teams.  James has also worked with major US and Global telecommunications clients on a variety of major business and technical topics\, including cloud operations\, network-based cloud APIs\, network operations optimization\, and large scale billing system transformations. Prior to joining Deloitte\, James worked for Trendium\, a telecommunications software company\, leading technology and strategy\, and also worked for Alcatel-Lucent in R&D and product management capacities.  James has contributed to the TM Forum and ATIS in key topic areas such as IPTV and home networking standards.\n\n\n\n  \nEvent Program: \n\n\n\n1:00 pm – 1:15 pm\nOpening Remarks\n\n\n1:15 pm – 2:00 pm\nEnabling Cloud 2.0\, the Next Generation of Cloud Ning So\,  Head of Network Architecture\, Tata Communications\n\n\n2:00 pm – 2:45 pm\nMicrosoft Cloud Architecture Matt Hester\, Sr IT Pro Evangelist\, Microsoft\n\n\n2:45 pm – 3:00 pm\nBreak\n\n\n3:00 pm – 3:45 pm\nCloud Computing: How Cloud is transforming IT in all sectors James Curl\, Manager of Technical Practices\, Deloitte\n\n\n3:45 pm – 4:30 pm\nNetworking\n\n\n\n  \nDriving and Direction: \n1) Drive to University of Texas at Dallas. Once you arrive at the campus\, looks for ECSS (Engineering and Computer Science) building. Campus map is available at http://www.utdallas.edu/maps/. \n2) Park your car at a nearby parting lot. Parking is free at GREEN spaces on Saturdays. \n3) Locate the room ECSS 2.201. See building map at  http://www.utdallas.edu/locator/ECSS_2.201. URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2013-fall-technical-symposium/ LOCATION:University of Texas at Dallas – ECSS\, Engineering and Computer Science\, 800 W. Campbell Rd.\, Richardson\, TX\, 75080\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,SymposiumSeminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2013-Fall-Symposium-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20131109T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20131109T213000 DTSTAMP:20250707T062200 CREATED:20200702T051006Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241229T191144Z UID:8981-1384023600-1384032600@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:Affiliate Event - 2013 Career Development Forum DESCRIPTION:2013职业发展论坛\n2013 Career Development Forum\n  \n电子科技大学Dallas 校友会\nUniversity of Electronic Science and Technology Alumni Association DFW\n达福地区清华大学校友会\nTsinghua University Alumni Association\n  \n联合主办Co-hosting\n \n\n  \n分享 · 互动 · 展望 / Sharing · Interacting · Outlook\n在美华人实现自己的美国梦，职业发展是一切的基石。电子科技大学 Dallas 校友会携手达 福地区清华大学校友会，邀请了多位成功优秀企业家，工程师和管理者，与大家分享他们 职业发展中创业与就业的宝贵经验。2013 职业发展论坛还将探讨当今美国市场状态，寻 求多方专业人士的建议，为我们展望设计自己的职业之路，带来多方位的启发。 \nOur speakers share their successful insider or entrepreneur point of view to start\, operate a business and seeking career development inside a cooperate\, they provide audience overview of the challenges\, industries and market opportunities and guidance to the road to success. \n本论坛免费对公众开放，欢迎各界人士参与。 \nEvent is free to public\, welcome to join us! \n  \n\n\n\n主讲嘉宾 / Keynote Speaker\n陈文燦先生， Mr. Charlie W. Chen\n \n\n\n\n  \n陈先生是达福科技公司董事長，Richardson 商會副會長. 并策畫成立了由市府和商會聯办的國\n際事務辦公室。陳先生深具企业眼光，富有探索精神和敢想敢做的勇气。是融合中华传统哲思于\n商业服务的成功典范。20 多年來，陳先生致力優質的商业与各种社区慈善服務，獲各界無數\n好評褒獎。2013 獲 Richardson 市商會“年度國際大使”獎。在 2013 职业发展论坛上，陈先生\n将以多年的经验与你讨论其创业及如何取得市场一席之地。 \n  \n\n\n\n\n主讲嘉宾 / Keynote Speaker:\n范文胜先生，Mr. Wensheng Fan\n\n\n\n  \n范先生作为一个医疗设备的创业公司(Spectral MD Inc.)的工程副总，总监所有技术工程、产品开发\n和全球生产的经营。他是一个公认的创新者，成功的发明家和受尊敬的领导人物。他的背景是他\n们公司赢得联邦政府投款的关键因素。 \n  \n\n\n\n特邀嘉宾：VIP Speaker\n李刚先生，Mr. Kenny Li\n\n\n\n\n  \n李先生担任 JDA 的供应链商务智能（Supply Chain Business Intelligence）资深企业构架师。在２０\n多年中，李先生一直为客户管理、开发供应链商务智能产品，包括为多家福布斯５００强的企业\n提供了卓有成效的商务智能、管理报表解决方案。李先生出任过部门经理并荣获”公司同伴”\n(fellow) 之高级称号。李先生为你带来的是他多年的从职经验与他对商务智能行业的观点。 \n  \n\n\n\n\n特邀嘉宾/VIP Speaker\n张康教授，Prof. Kang Zhang\n\n\n\n  \n张康教授现任德州大学达拉斯分校计算机系的终身教授。1977 年进入电子科大通讯与信息工程系，\n毕业后在华东所工作，留学英国并获得计算机博士学位。张教授研究“美学”，是管理美学的倡导\n者。他科学系统的阐述美学对于成功管理和领导阶层的重要性，涉及如何应用视觉和图像跨过语\n言障碍达到直觉和快速的理解。张教授将为你讲述他教书生涯的抉择和经验。 \n  \n友情社区公益组织/ Affiliate Organizations:\n\n达拉斯美中商会 US-China Chamber of Commerce Dallas (USCCC)\n美中专业人士协会 ACP Foundation (ACP)\n中国工程师协会达福分会 Chinese Institute of Engineers-DFW (CIE)\n\n  \n地址及停车信息 Parking Information:\n\n\n\n  \nAgenda\n7:00pm: Register and networking\n7:20pm: Host introduction: \nUESTC Alumni Association DFW report (eqv. annual report)\nTsinghua Alumni Association DFW report \n7:30pm: Speaker introduction\, speech QA. (seeking a position in an enterprise\, starting a business?\nTonight we are luckily offered some sharing\, advice from… ) \na) Mr. Charlie W. Chen\, Founder and President of DFW Technology\, VP of Richardson\ncommerce Association ….…………………………………………………………………………………… (20 min)\nb) Mr. Wensheng Fan\, EVP of Engineering Spectral MD Inc. …….……………………………. (20 min)\nc) Mr. Kenny Li\, JDA Business Intelligence Enterprise Architect …………………….………(12 min)\nd) Prof. Zhang\, tenured UTD Computer Science professor\, advocates of Management\nAesthetics ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. (12 min)\ne) Q and A ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… (15 min) \n8:45pm: Summary\, host presentation – data about the future (topic)\n2013 h1-b data & America brief outlook \n9:00pm: Affiliate Organization Introduction \nACP Foundation (ACP)\nChinese Institute of Engineers-DFW (CIE)\nUS-China Chamber of Commerce，Dallas (USCCC) \n9:30pm: End URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/cie-usa-dfw-affiliate-event-2013-career-development-forum/ LOCATION:University of Texas at Dallas – ECSS\, Engineering and Computer Science\, 800 W. Campbell Rd.\, Richardson\, TX\, 75080\, United States CATEGORIES:Affiliate Programs,LAMP,Mentoring,SymposiumSeminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2013-Affiliate-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20130824T150000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20130824T170000 DTSTAMP:20250707T062200 CREATED:20200702T150537Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241229T191124Z UID:8985-1377356400-1377363600@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:Affiliate Event - 2013 Taiwan-America Technology Investment Seminar DESCRIPTION:  \n  \n  \n  \n2013 Taiwan-America\nTechnology Investment Seminar\n  \nSouth Taiwan IC Design Incubation Center is located at Kaohsiung Software Technology Park (KHSP). Ever since 2005\, we’ve successfully assisted 16 domestic and overseas IC design companies to station in the park for business expansions and local investments. \nOur ultimate goal is to support the growth and development of the stationed companies in the Southern Taiwan. Besides the fundamental business set-up environment\, we integrate the local talent\, academic and enterprise alliance resources to provide the stationed companies for the services of industrial-academic cooperation and business opportunity matching. In addition\, we also provide the supports and assistances for the stationed companies to apply for the subsidies and fund resources from government\, venture capitalist and angel investors. \n  \nAUSTIN AGENDA：\nDATE&TIME：\nAugust 26th\, 2013 (Monday)\, From 15:00 to 17:00 \nAGENDA:\n15:00 ~ 15:30 Registration and Professional Networking\n15:30 ~ 15:40 Opening Remarks by the Organizer\n15:50 ~ 17:00 Formal Program \nVENUE：\n2600 Longhorn Blvd\, Interchange Center Suite 106\, Austin\, TX 78758 \n  \nContents of Formal Program: \n1. Introduction of the circumstance and future development of the IC Design\, IT and Digital Industries in Kaohsiung.\n2. Kaohsiung Investment Incentive Scheme and the application Information.\n3. Benefit and Subsidy Programs for Stationing in KHSP.\n4. Services of South Taiwan IC Design Incubation Center\n5. Q & A \n  \nORGANIZER: South Taiwan IC Design Incubation Center\nADMISSION: FREE snack / soft drink / gift for those with RSVP\nPARKING: Free Parking Available\nCO-SPONSERS: SAN JOSE:NATEA-SV (www.natea.org) URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/affiliate-event-2013-taiwan-america-technology-investment-seminar/ LOCATION:TX CATEGORIES:Affiliate Programs,Free Events,SymposiumSeminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2013-Affiliate_a-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20130207T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20130207T200000 DTSTAMP:20250707T062200 CREATED:20200702T043247Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200702T043247Z UID:8980-1360260000-1360267200@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:CIE/USA-DFW Distinguished Talk - Dr. Da-Hsuan Feng DESCRIPTION:Roles and Responsibilities of Asian Universities in a New Global Academic-Business Paradigm\nby Dr. Da-Hsuan Feng\n \n21st century\, even in these fledgling moments\, is met with transformational changes. These changes cannot be more obvious than the creation of a new Global academic- business paradigm. Sitting in the middle of this paradigm is Asia\, especially North Asia\, Southeast Asia and South Asia. These regions are indeed the focus of the world in the 21st century. They are undergoing dizzying economic\, cultural\, political and unexpected and 20th century unthinkable tectonic shifts. With this as underpinning\, Dr. Feng’s talk which could be a summary of his five year stay in Asia\, breathing day in and day out of higher education atmosphere\, will discuss what mindset Asian higher education needs to have in order to navigate in such exciting and turbulent waters. Indeed\, what and how Asian universities are meeting or attempting to meet their new challenges and become the engines of progress for their respective regions. Finally\, what Global responsibilities they should assume as they emerge so rapidly in the Global higher education radar screen. \nDr. Feng received an B.A. in Physics from Drew University\, an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics from University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. He was born in New Delhi\, India and has been a global traveler ever since. He was a Technical advisor to Vice Chairman of the US Congressional Arm Services Committee from 1995 to 1998\, Vice President of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) from 1998 to 2000\, Vice President for Research and Economic Development of The University of Texas at Dallas from 2001 to 2007\, Senior Executive Vice President\, National Cheng Kung University from 2007 to 2011. In 2007\, he was appointed by Li Ka-Shing Foundation to be a Board of Trustees member of Shantou University. He was also a co-Chair since 2007 of the Britton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics of Huazhong University of Science & Technology. In 2011\, he was appointed by Elsevier to be a member of its Academic Executive Advisory Board. He also co-sponsored CIRA. He has collaborated with Asian colleagues over past 30 years – including becoming the Honorary Board of Trustees of Nanjing University in 2003\, and becoming honorary and guest professors of twelve Mainland’s universities URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/cie-usa-dfw-distinguished-talk-dr-da-hsuan-feng/ LOCATION:TX CATEGORIES:Free Events,SymposiumSeminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2013-Distinguished-Talk-2.png ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20120825T130000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20120825T170000 DTSTAMP:20250707T062200 CREATED:20200701T043905Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200701T043905Z UID:8973-1345899600-1345914000@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:2012 CIE/USA-DFW Fall Technical Symposium DESCRIPTION:2012 CIE/USA-DFW Annual Convention\n  \n \n  \nKeynote Speaker:\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \nMark Denissen \nTexas Instruments \n  \n  \n  \n  \nTrack Speakers:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMark Carpenter \nOncor\nRafael Anchia \nTexas State Representative\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRichard Macias \nAT&T\nGary Gene \nGGO Architects\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBranislav Kisacanin \nTexas Instruments\nDave Freeman \nTexas Instruments\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJohn Hansen \nUT Dallas\nLitwin Mark \nDeloitte\n\n\n\n  \n  \nSpeaker Bios\nSymposium Agenda\nParking Instructions\n\n  URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2012-cie-usa-dfw-annual-symposium/ LOCATION:Resources_achiever_award CATEGORIES:Free Events,SymposiumSeminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2012-Fall-Symposium_a-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20100821T130000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20100821T170000 DTSTAMP:20250707T062200 CREATED:20200629T042558Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200629T042558Z UID:8963-1282395600-1282410000@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:2010 CIE/USA-DFW Fall Technical Symposium DESCRIPTION:2010 CIE/USA-DFW Annual Convention\n\n\n2010 CIE/USA-DFW Young Achiever Awards\n\n\n\n\n  \nYou probably heard Information super highway long time ago. It has become a real\, but have you heard Energy super highway? Come to learn today\’s hottest technology\, which may change your or entire human life. Don\’t miss next wave of technology like internet in 90\’s. For more details on this event\, go to event site here. \n \nA 10\’ x 20\’ F-22 Cockpit demonstrator will be presented between 1 to 5:00pm from Lockheed Martin \nExperience it\, Learn it & Enjoy it. URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2010-cie-dfw-annual-symposium/ LOCATION:Renaissance Dallas Addison\, 15201 Dallas Parkway\, Addison\, TX\, 75001\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,SymposiumSeminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2010-Fall-Symposium-1.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR