Computer Society Austin Chapter IEEE Central Texas Section Spring Planning Meeting Jan 26, 2013 San Marcos, TX

IEEE Central Texas Section Chapter Leadership Team Camron MalikChair Vinay AbburiVice Chair Matt RobertsSecretary Taoufik Ben Abdellatif Treasurer Steve TelekiChair Emeritus

IEEE Central Texas Section Chapter Updates 2012 a great “start up” year 10 Chapter meetings (Tech) Regular Board meetings (Admin) On Social Media (Tweet #AustinIEEECS) Received short-term support Thoughtworks ($1800 equiv) Multimedia Games ($1500 equiv) Created momentum Consistent attendance >35 High visibility event – Stroustrup > Officers elected, installed

IEEE Central Texas Section 2012 Chapter Technical Meetings DateTechnical/ Admin TopicSpeakerL31 1/18Tech Multi-dimensional testingForrest Breyfogle Yes 2/22Tech iPlant Advanced Computing to feed the world Dan Stanzione Ph.D Yes 3/21Tech What is after Cloud Computing? Next focus for IT David Smith Yes 4/18Tech Applying predictive analysis and algorithms Ted Lehr Ph.D Yes 6/20Tech Client-Side MVCPaul Hammant Yes 7/18Tech Gaming in the next decadePeter Walker Ph.D Yes 8/15Tech Intersections of the Future: Using Fully Autonomous Vehicles Peter Stone, Ph.D Yes 9/19Tech C++11 Style – A Touch of ClassBjarne Stroustrup Ph.D Yes 10/17Tech HTML5 JavaScript on CrackKyle Simpson Yes 11/14Tech Security in your SDLCBankim Tejani Yes

IEEE Central Texas Section 2013 Chapter Meetings DateTechnical/ Admin TopicSpeakerL31 1/16Tech Internet of Things (IOT), m2M – Smart Converged Gateway for Smart Grid, Smart Cities Kwok Wu, PhD In Process 1/24Admin CS Chapter Board Meeting In Process

IEEE Central Texas Section SWOT Analysis l Strengths l Good board, strong working relationships, engaged l Weaknesses l Lack of funding – will dampen momentum l Opportunities l Use current momentum to get high visibility speakers and events l New sponsors l Threats l Lack of funds/sponsors. Lose funding to competition l Other Austin groups with similar missions (e.g. meetups, ACM, Spin)

IEEE Central Texas Section Chapter Plans / Issues l Finalize budget l Find sponsor(s) l Have 2 big events in 2013 l Build self sustaining momentum

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