Solid-State Circuits / Circuit and System Joint Chapter Solid-State Circuits / Circuit and System Joint Chapter IEEE Central Texas Section Spring Planning Meeting Sept 6, 2014 San Marcos, TX
IEEE Central Texas Section Chapter Leadership Team l Chair: Seth Wilk (RF Micropower, l Vice Chair: Nan Sun (UT Austin, l Treasurer: Mikel Ash (TI, l Advisor l Matt Felder l Zhuo Li (IBM,
IEEE Central Texas Section Chapter Updates – Won Chapter of the Year for all of CAS! First U.S. Chapter since 1996!
IEEE Central Texas Section Vice Chair Nan Sun accepting the Chapter of the Year Award at ISCAS 2014
IEEE Central Texas Section Chapter Updates l Meeting location: UT Campus ACES (POB) l 11 Technical seminars so far through August 2014 l IEEE CTS CAS/SSC/CEDA Workshop: Texas Workshop on Integrated System Exploration (TexasWISE) was very successful with large attendance
IEEE Central Texas Section Chapter Updates l New T-shirts l Handed out: l Speakers as a thank you l Local Members l High Attendance l Officers to promote SSCS/CAS
IEEE Central Texas Section 2014 Chapter Meetings
IEEE Central Texas Section 2014 Chapter Meetings
IEEE Central Texas Section SWOT Analysis l Strengths l Good technical talks, DL program (3 so far this year) l Stable attendance rate. l So far one workshop per year in last three years and one more planned for this year. l Good leadership pipeline. l Stable funding resource from CAS and SSC Society. l Extra subsidy funding from CAS and SSC for workshop or extra events to promote memberships. l Weaknesses l Find more good technical talks and workshop topics. l Increase attendance rate. l Keep website updated
IEEE Central Texas Section SWOT Analysis l Opportunities l Local chip design and EDA companies l University of Texas, Austin l Threats l Seminars inside companies and Universities l A less interesting workshop may get cancelled or need more funding.
IEEE Central Texas Section Chapter Plans / Issues l Continue ISSCC annual review. l Add more SSC Distinguished Lectures. l Cosponsor event/seminars with new CEDA chapter l Invite Distinguished Lecture Program speakers.
IEEE Central Texas Section Chapter Plans / Issues l Workshop: Employee, Consultant, Entrepreneur – Skills for a Multi-Faceted Career: an IEEE Workshop l 2-3 additional technical talks planned (still finalizing speaker dates) l Possible December Social Networking Event
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