Conejo Robotics Club to Compete
Filed under: Events, Robotics, Robotics and Automation
Michael Weingarden, a Newbury Park High School algebra teacher, led the Conejo Robotics Club to the title of best rookie team in the 2007 FIRST Robotics Competition. That year they took 11th place in regional competition and fourth place out of 80 teams at the national level.
Chuck Seabury, IEEE BV Section Engineer of the Year 2010, advises the team. The team plans to discuss results and show their machine at the upcoming April Computer Society meeting.
See the full article in the Ventura Country Star online and view the photo gallery of the work in progress.
Graphically Simulating Smoke in Three Dimensions
On Wednesday, February 9, 2011, Carmen Putrino will discuss graphically simulating smoke in three dimensions.
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to graphically simulate smoke in three dimensions. This study uses the pivotal paper “Real-Time Fluid Dynamics for Games” by Jos Stam as a starting point. Stam presents a working model, with code, for a realistic two-dimensional smoke simulation. To simulate smoke with realistic behavior one must numerically ‘solve’ complex partial differential equations. This study will analyze and present the mathematics necessary to generate a realistic three-dimensional smoke simulation. Java code has been developed for this simulation and care was taken to create readable code that aligns to the mathematics and algorithms analyzed and is presented in this study.
Rainbow Smoke by Lucy Dell
About the Speaker
Carmen Putrino has worked in the hardware and software engineering fields at several defense and commercial industries. He currently holds the position of senior manger at Amgen, a leading biotechnology firm. Carmen received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering at Cornell University and he is currently pursuing a Master’s in Computer Science at California Lutheran University. While at Amgen, Carmen received Computer World’s “Best Practices in Business Intelligence for Planning, Designing and Building the BI Infrastructure” award for leading the development of the Reporting Data Store operational data warehouse.
Location: Richter Auditorium, Ahmanson Science Center, California Lutheran University
Additional maps and parking details: http://www.ieee-bv-cs.org/meetings/
Refreshments and networking: 6:30 PM
Talk: 7:00 PM
Computer Society Planning for 2011
On Wednesday, January 12, 2011, IEEE members are invited to join the Buenaventura Section – Computer Society Chapter officers in planning talks and events for 2011. We have already scheduled seminars from Dreamworks, CRASHspace, and others; and we are seeking member inputs for additional meeting topics, speakers, and activities.
Location: Richter Auditorium, Ahmanson Science Center, California Lutheran University
Additional maps and parking details: http://www.ieee-bv-cs.org/meetings/
Refreshments and networking: 6:30 PM
Discussion: 7:00 PM
Cyber-Security at Central Coast Section’s Fall Dinner Event
Botnets, armies of enslaved computers that have been infected with carefully crafted worms or viruses, are responsible for more than 80 percent of the over 100 billion spam messages e-mailed daily. Antivirus programs are often ineffective against them, because the software typically works by scanning a computer for signatures of known viruses – and the viruses that turn computers into bots are often too new for characteristic patterns to have been identified.
Dr. Christopher Kruegel, Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara, will present research and practical applications from the UCSB Computer Security Group showing how this new breed of cybersecurity threats are being countered and destroyed. These threats represent and entirely new level of cybersecurity challenges for today’s Internet.
Dr. Kruegel will demonstrate the approach of taking the “last line of defense” to overcome the shortcomings of current anti-virus software in warding off malware and other cyber-threats. Through case studies and technical descriptions of this new approach, he will also highlight the ramifications of ever-increasing cybersecurity threats in a variety of areas beyond personal use of the Internet, such as healthcare information systems, communications for national defense, and control systems on the electric grid and elsewhere.
- When:
- Thursday, December 2
- Details:
- Program at http://ewh.ieee.org/r6/central_coast/
- Price:
- No charge to IEEE members
- Contact:
- Sign-up:
Beyond the Bachelors Degree II: On Landing Your First Job (or maybe your next…)
Filed under: Computer, Engineering in Medicine and Biology, Events, IEEE Societies, Professional Development
At 7 PM on Wednesday, December 8, 2010, IEEE-EMBS and IEEE-CS combine resources for their second annual panel discussion addressing issues pertinent to audience members, whether students, graduates, people in transition or those who are just interested in the “possibilities”. You are invited and welcomed to bring your own questions or anecdotes.
The forum will be led by Moderator Abby Corrin, who is employed at Teledyne and also studying for her PhD at UCLA. Our panelists will include Karl Geiger of the Computer Society; Dr. Bob Rumer from CLU; Pat Jacobs, President of Advanced Personnel Profiles; Nathalie Gosset, futurist and business development expert at AMI-USC; Nicole Bidwell, Executive Recruiter; and Steven Johnson of Amgen. With a combination of representatives from industry, academia and executive placement we will have a comprehensive overview of today’s exciting job opportunities.
When and Where
Wednesday, December 8, 2010, 7 PM
Nygreen Room 1, California Lutheran University.
Maps and parking details are here: http://www.ieee-bv-cs.org/meetings/
Dinner and networking
This is a joint meeting with IEEE-EMBS. A sit-down buffet-style dinner will be available for $10, and we hope that you will join us for networking. Dinner will be held at 6 PM at 100 Ahmanson Science Building. No RSVP is necessary; fee is payable at the door.
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- Video Friday: Robo Cheetah Goes for a Trot, Mind-Controlled Arms, and Robots Playing Football 2012/05/18 Evan Ackerman
- Samsung Creates a Graphene Transistor with a Band Gap and Electron Mobility 2012/05/18 Dexter Johnson
- This Robot Makes Its Own Custom Tools Out of Glue 2012/05/18 Evan Ackerman
Chapter Info
Buenaventura Section
Chapter C16 Location R6 01 09
Regular Meeting Info
Meets evenings, 2nd Wed of the month. See link above for meeting info.