2015 October Digital Reflector by IEEE Boston Section

OCTOBER 1, 2015 VOL. LXIV, NO.2

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Table of Contents IEEE Boston section Online Courses ....................................................................................................... Page 3 October Editorial, ‘Living a Post-moblie Lifestyle, by Kevin Flavin, Vice Chair, Boston Section............... Page 4 IEEE Conferences in Boston, at-a-glance ................................................................................................ Page 5 Computer, and Engineering in Medicine & Biology Societies, and GBC/ACM ........................................ Page 6 Entrepreneurs’ Network .......................................................................................................................... Page 7 Photonics Society .................................................................................................................................... Page 9 Women in Engineering ............................................................................................................................ Page 10 Call for Course Speakers/Organizers ...................................................................................................... Page 10 Reliability Society ..................................................................................................................................... Page 11 Power & Energy Society .......................................................................................................................... Page 12 Entrepreneurs’ Network ........................................................................................................................... Page 13 Life Members ........................................................................................................................................... Page 15 Microwave Theory & Techniques Society ................................................................................................ Page 16 IEEE IBM Watson Student Showcase ..................................................................................................... Page 18 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems & Technology, Call for Papers ............ Page 19 Introduction to Embedded Linux .............................................................................................................. Page 20 Technology Licensing .............................................................................................................................. Page 22 Introduction to Embedded Android .......................................................................................................... Page 23 Advanced Embedded linux Optimization ................................................................................................. Page 25 Radar basics and Amazing Recent Advances ......................................................................................... Page 27 RF and Microwave Fundamentals .......................................................................................................... Page 31 Practical RF PCB Design ........................................................................................................................ Page 32 Making You a Leader fast Track .............................................................................................................. Page 33 Defining and Writing Business Requirements ......................................................................................... Page 34 Embedded Linux Board Support Packages and Device Drivers ............................................................. Page 35 Catching and Preventing More and More Important Defects Earlier ....................................................... Page 38 Software Estimating ................................................................................................................................ Page 39 Referrall-based Marketing: Understaning the Process of Business Development .................................. Page 41 Sales Skills for Engineers and Scientists ................................................................................................ Page 43 Transformers: The prcoesses of Specification Writing, Design, and manufacturing ............................... Page 44 IEEE IBM Watson Student Showcase ..................................................................................................... Page 46 Please take this short survey, https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/B8R2DYL

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IEEE Boston Section Online Courses: Verilog101:Verilog Foundations CLASS DESCRIPTION: Verilog is IEEE standard 1364. It is a Hardware Description Language that is the corner stone of much of the simulation world. Verilog Foundations is a comprehensive introduction to the IEEE 1364 (Verilog). The Verilog Foundations class has a slightly different approach to learning Verilog than other methods. There is a lecture section for each main topic. This presents a basic foundation for the language. There are nearly 100 labs/examples giving comprehensive “how to” examples of most Verilog language constructs. There are working solutions for each lab. All the work can be done independently by the engineers, at their own computer, and at their own pace. Register at http://www.ieeeboston.org and click on course title System Verilog 101: Design Constructs CLASS DESCRIPTION: SytemVerilog is an extensive set of language constructs to the IEEE 1364-2001 standard. It’s meant to aid in the creation and verification of models. There are over 100 labs/ examples giving comprehensive “how to” examples of most SystemVerilog language constructs. There are working solutions for each lab and the students can use the lab database for developing their own models later. The class is also self paced. All the work can be done independently by the engineers, at their own computer, and at their own pace. There are self-grading quizzes for each chapter that allow the student to see if he/she is learning the material. The lab database you will be able to download and is yours to keep. Register at http://www.ieeeboston.org and click on course title System Verilog 102: Verification Constructs CLASS DESCRIPTION: SytemVerilog is an extensive set of language constructs to the IEEE 1364-2001 standard. It’s meant to aid in the creation and verification of models. SV102, this class, covers verification constructs. SystemVerilog102, like all CBE classes, is lab based. There are over 30 verification labs/examples giving comprehensive “how to” examples of most SystemVerilog verification language constructs. The class is also self paced. All the work can be done independently by the engineers, at their own computer, and at their own pace. Register at http://www.ieeeboston.org and click on course title Introduction to Embedded Linux Part I CLASS DESCRIPTION: This first of a 2-part series introduces the Linux Operating System and the use of Embedded Linux Distributions. The course focuses on the development and creation of applications in an Embedded Linux context using the Eclipse IDE. The first part of the course focuses on acquiring an understanding of the basic Linux Operating System, highlighting areas of concern for Embedded Linux applications development using Eclipse. The latter part covers the methods for booting Embedded Linux distributions including embedded cross-development and target board considerations.Register at http://ieeeboston.org High Performance Project Managment CLASS DESCRIPTION: This12 hour course(broken into short 10 to 20 minute independent modules) provides the project methodology, concepts, and techniques that ensure successful completion (on time, on budget, with the quality required) of projects, large and small. Participants learn the steps to take before, during, and at the end of a project to hone planning and execution to a strategically built process that delivers project success when used. Register at http://ieeeboston.org

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Living a Post-mobile Lifestyle Kevin Flavin, Vice Chair Boston Section

I have an iPhone 5. I love that phone. It does everything I need and a few things I probably don’t need to waste my time on. But I have a problem. Another carrier handled my wife’s phone, and when she left her company, they let her keep her 5. One of my kids has a 5c, in pink, the other has a droid OS phone. We had four phones for four people. Now the problem: when we moved my wife’s account from her old employer to ourselves, the sales person moved her account over easily, then dropped the bomb on us. No, it wasn’t going to cost us hundreds to move her over to us. The bomb was that we could add all of us onto the account, with new phones, AND save money per month, even considering the old employer paid for my wife’s phone. It was 3+1 < 3 sort of math. It didn’t make sense. Those who know me, know that I can squeeze money out of rock. I don’t like to pay for stuff I don’t need - much to the consternation of my teenage kids.

tablets, stuffing the old first or second generation tablets in a drawer in the storage room/attic/basement or jammed into the front closet, next to the sports equipment that you haven’t touched in 18 months? Some of you are reading this in our Reflector, the paper that the Section sends out to you as part of your subscription. Ever wonder what an electrical engineering organization is doing to travel in a Post-Mobile world? Two things: IEEE Boston Section is launching the Digital Reflector. Right…..now. By the time you read this in the paper, we will have launched the Digital Reflector online, in social media, and through the eReflector, the bi-weekly update from the section that hits your inbox.

Will we completely stop publishing a paper Reflector? Not in the near term. The costs are still substantial though. The So we moved all the numbers to the new carrier. We couldn’t post office isn’t cheap, the printing isn’t cheap, and the be happier. Well, we could not pay anything, but the service energy and environmental considerations are a reason to would probably be as commensurate to the fees we pay pause. and I don’t want that. I’m at least practical if not cheap. The struggle we are having with going 100% digital is that So where’s the problem, right? We’re saving money and the paper Reflector works so well for so many. It’s tabloid we all have 5s now. The problem is that I now have the old size, with the main events on the centerfold. That format phones from the other carrier still. In fact, as an exercise is both easy to slip into a backpack or briefcase, yet large in absurdity, I scrounged around the house and pulled out enough to post on a bulletin board at work. Try doing that all the old phones, smart or not. I have flip phones from to a tablet! You have to get a hammer to push the tacks the 90s still. I have an iPhone 3 that still works. It has my through the corners of the screen. It’s not easy. favorite game on it - Texas Holdem by Apple. Can’t buy THAT anymore. Great game. I have droid phones, a Treo Going Digital is so much easier now than before, too. And (remember those?!), and handfuls of others. How many the options for interaction are much much better. Rather other people have old phones, and even old tablets kicking than spend the time, effort, and money to build an app ourselves, we are using a newstand-like app to deliver your around the house? Digital Reflector. We don’t have the resources to manage delivery, security, updates, and reporting to Apple and We are, as a society, in a Post-Mobile era. Google for the applications, so we went with a platform, We are so far mobile that we are throwing away and recy- Issuu.com. cling our mobileness. Forget the phones for a minute, how many tablets do people have now? Have you upgraded your Some quick benefits of the Digital Reflector: Please take this short survey, https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/B8R2DYL

The Reflector, October 2015 • Read anywhere on any mobile device - in a pleasing way without trying to zoom in and out of a pdf. • Share portions of articles with colleagues and friends, through email. • Share articles or portions of articles via social media - of course! • Automatically receive all past and future issues if you subscribe to the Boston Section • Click those links and you will go to the website. No need to type anything into a browser like the paper Reflector. • Download the entire issue to your device. Bring it to the beach to read. Bring it to football parties to read while your team isn’t on the field.

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So here’s our first cut. Tell us what you like about it, let us know what you don’t like. We’ll have a link to the survey on the website, on the front page. We may not be able to provide those things, but it will help us with a broader perspective of the ways our members consume our flagship publication. To check out our Digital Reflector for September, go to http://issuu.com/ieeeboston. We’ve installed the app on our phones and tablets - it looks great and we are pleased with the results. It’s a lot better than throwing the pdf up on our iPhone and android screens By the time you read this, we’ll have the September and October (this one) Digital Reflectors available. In addition, you’ll also find a document on how to get the most out of the Digital Reflector on the website. Letters to the editor can be sent to, sec.boston@ieee.org”

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Computer, and Engineering in Medicne & Biology Societies, and GBC/ACM - 6:00PM, Thursday, 1 October

From Genomics to Medicine: Uncovering and Targeting the Genetic Circuits Underlying GWAS and Cancer Manolis Kellis - MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, Institute Member, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

Broad Institute Auditorium (corner of applicability of regulatory annotations and circuits for Vassar & main Streets, Cambridge) understanding human disease and cancer. Perhaps the greatest surprise of human genetic studies is that 90% of disease regions do not affect proteins directly, but instead the circuits that control our genes. This has increased the urgency of mapping the regulatory genome, as a key component for understanding human disease. To address this challenge, we generated maps of genomic control elements across 127 primary human tissues and cell types, and tissue-specific regulatory networks linking these elements to their target genes and their regulators. We have used these maps and circuits to understand how human genetic variation contributes to disease and cancer. The results provide the first unbiased view of disease genetics, sometimes re-shaping our understanding of common disorders.

Manolis Kellis is a Professor of Computer Science at MIT, an Institute Member of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and a member of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab at MIT where he directs the MIT Computational Biology Group http://compbio.mit.edu. He has helped direct several large-scale genomics projects, including the NIH Roadmap Epigenomics project, the comparative analysis of 29 mammals, the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) project, and the Genotype Tissue-Expression (GTEx) project. He received the US Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering (PECASE), the NSF CAREER award, the Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship. He obtained his Ph.D. from MIT, where he received the Sprowls award for the best doctorate thesis in computer science. He lived in Greece and France before moving to the US.

For example, we find that genetic variants contributing to Alzheimer’s disease act primarily through immune processes, rather than neuronal processes. We also find that the strongest genetic association with obesity acts via a master switch controlling energy storage vs. energy dissipation in our adipocytes, rather than through the control of appetite in the brain. We have shown that we can manipulate these circuits by genome editing or gene targeting, opening up tissue-autonomous therapeutic avenues for human obesity. Lastly, we show that in addition to dissecting the function of known disease genes, our maps and circuits can be combined with genetic information to discover new genes in cardiovascular disease, type 1 diabetes, and prostate cancer. These results span the spectrum of common, rare, and somatic variants, and illustrate the power and broad

This joint meeting of the Boston Chapter of the IEEE Computer Society and GBC/ACM will be held in the main auditorium on the 1st floor of the Broad Institute, corner of Main and Vassar Streets in Cambridge. Up-to-date information about this and other talks is available online at http://ewh.ieee.org/r1/boston/computer/. You can sign up to receive updated status information about this talk and informational emails about future talks at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/ieee-cs, our self-administered mailing list. To assist us in planning this meeting, please pre-register at http://www.ieeeboston.org/Register/.

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Entrepreneurs’ Network – 6:30PM, Tuesday, 6 October

Innovative Ways to Bootstrap Your Startup Company Meeting Location – Constant Contact, 1601 Trapelo Road, 1st Floor, InnoLoft, Waltham, MA . PRE-MEETING DINNER at 5:15 PM (sharp) at Bertucci’s, Waltham. Entrepreneurs often think that the only way to grow their business is to raise capital from VCs or angel investors. While outside capital can fuel growth, it also carries a considerable cost in terms of time expended, loss of equity and loss of control. Surveys indicate that for the year ended 2011, of the 543,000 new business created in the U.S., only 29,626 (that is, only 5%) received VC or angel investor funding at the seed or early stage startup phase. And for many companies, the lack of VC or angel investment did not impede growth. In August 2012, Inc. Magazine published its list of the 500 Fastest Growing Private Companies in the U.S., and 77% of the founders of those companies set up using only their own personal savings, with two thirds needing less than $100,000 to get started. And while 34% stated that access to external capital has been essential for growth, 42% have not utilized external funding in developing their business. Also, 74% have financed their growth over the past three years largely through cash flow from operations. So, how do you do it? In a word – Bootstrapping. That is - using your own resources and effectively managing your cash flow to internally generate the funds that you need to operate your startup business. Apple, Google and HP all began in garages with free rent and we will hear from three experienced CEOs who have also built their business using bootstrapping techniques without VC or angel investment until they achieved important milestones and were well on their away. In some cases, they progressed all the way through to a successful acquisition exit without external funding.

Joanne is the founder and CEO of AboutOne a gamified online organizer that adds filing and reporting capabilities to popular calendar and contacts applications. Using AboutOne products, users can quickly store and manage multi-media memories and household paperwork. Before starting AboutOne in 2010, Joanne was an executive on SAP’s original cloud technology team. She recognized that she had Facebook for friends and LinkedIn for business, but nothing in the middle to help manage her home life. She designed AboutOne based on her experiences as the mother of four. Joanne was named one of Forbes Top Ten Female Entrepreneurs to Watch, and Philadelphia Magazine’s 20 Coolest Start-Ups Oct 2013, received seed funding from Ben Franklin SEP, Series A funding from Golden Seeds and MAG, and was accepted in the Astia and DreamIt portfolios. Joanne shares her insights on both what to do and *not* to do when launching a product and marketing. Her talk will be on “How to Bring Your Product to Market Bootstrapped Style”. For those bootstrapping their companies, hers will be a talk you won’t soon forget. Joanne is a graduate of the University of Manchester Business School, and her passion is her four children, all boys aged 5 to 11. Joanne will be flying in special from Philadelphia where she lives to give this presentation and returning that night to be with her family - so ENET is most grateful for her to come and share her insights with us on October 6! Speaker: Craig Bloem, Founder and CEO, LogoMix, Inc., www. logomix.com

Craig is an experienced serial entrepreneur focused on marketing and product strategy. He has over 10 years experience in marketing, business development and prodSpeaker: Joanne Lang, Founder and CEO of Abouuct management for developing internet businesses. tOne, www.aboutone.com/about/our-story/ Please take this short survey, https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/B8R2DYL

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From 2009 to 2011 her was co-Founder and CEO of Performable, a marketing software platform for businesses looking to optimize their marketing, sales and customer service efforts. Performable was acquired by Hubspot for a reported $20 million. Then, in 2011, Craig launched LogoMix to provide small businesses with easy-to-use tools to design and purchase identity products including logos, business cards, pens, polo shirts and other promotional products. Bootstrapped from the get-go, LogoMix has successfully scaled to reach more than 300,000 customers worldwide, and 25 million global users. Craig will relate his best techniques in successfully bootstrapping his companies. Craig is a graduate of Ithaca College, with a BS, Marketing and Management. Speaker: Dr. Neil Goldfine, Founder, JENTEK Sensors, Inc., http:// www.jenteksensors.com Dr. Neil Goldfine is the founder, president and chief engineer of JENTEK Sensors, Inc., an Engineering Science company with award winning products for nondestructive testing and structural health monitoring used on a wide variety of industrial, commercial, and government applications. For JENTEK, SBIR grants provided financial resources and infrastructure that have been critical to the company’s growth. The company now employs 27 and the SBIR programs hasvebeen credited with allowing the company to grow to critical mass in 10 years rather than 30 years. The program also allowed JENTEK direct access to DoD customers and their defined needs which has also been important to the company’s success. Neil will speak on the SBIR programs and related benefits to bootstrapping companies. Neil has a Ph.D. MIT (1990), M.S. MIT (1985) B.S.E.E. University of Penn, B.S.M.E. University of Penn. (1981), and also has to his credit over 50 patents, numerous publications and technical awards

Moderator: Robert Adelson, business and tax attorney and partner at the Boston law firm of Engel & Schultz LLP (www.ExecutiveEmploymentAttorney. com ), is the Chairman of the IEEE Boston Entrepreneurs’ Network. Rob has been an attorney for over 30 years specializing in business, tax, stock and options, employment, contracts, financings, trademarks and intellectual property. Rob began as an associate at major New York City law firms before returning home to Boston in 1985 where he has since been a partner in small and medium sized firms before joining his present firm in 2004. Rob represents entrepreneurs, start-ups and small companies, independent contractors and employees and executives. Rob is a frequent speaker on business law topics and author of numerous articles published in Boston Business Journal, Mass High Tech and other publications. He has been named among the “Top 20 Boston Startup Lawyers” by ChubbyBrain.com, a website that provides tools for entrepreneurs. Rob has been on the ENET Board since 2002 and Chairman since 2009 and is also a Co-Founder and Board member of the 128 Innovation Capital Group. He holds degrees from Boston University, B.A., summa cum laude, Northwestern University (Chicago), J.D., Law Review, and New York University, LL.M. in Taxation. Meeting Location: Constant Contact, Inc., Reservoir Place, Main Building InnoLoft Great Room, 1st Floor, 1601 Trapelo Rd., Waltham, MA (Exit 28B, I-95/Route 128) Pre-meeting Dinner at 5:15 PM (sharp) at Bertucci’s, Waltham, (Exit 27B, Route 128). Check for Updates at: Boston Entrepreneurs’ Network Website at ( http://www.boston-enet.org ).

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Photonics Society - 6:30PM, Thursday, 8 October

UV Optoelectronic Devices based on AlGaN Alloys Theodore D. Moustakas - Electrical and Computer Engineering - Photonics Center, Boston University The GaN-AlN material system is well suited for UV optoelectronic devices (LEDs, lasers, electroabsorption modulators etc.) because its energy gap can be tuned by changing its alloy composition to cover all three regions of the UV electromagnetic spectrum {UV-A (340-400 nm), UV-B (290-340 nm) and UV-C (200-290 nm). Such semiconductor devices are expected to be lightweight, compact and have low power requirements. In addition nitride semiconductors are physically robust, chemically inert, have high corrosion resistance and are non-toxic. These properties make them also attractive for use in hostile environments and at high temperatures. In this talk I will discuss the development of AlGaN films with strong band structure potential fluctuations, which led to deep UV emitting Al0.7Ga0.3N/AlN multiple quantum wells with internal quantum efficiency (IQE) as high as 70%, and maximum net modal gain in excess of 100 cm-1 under femtosecond optical pumping at relatively low transparency threshold of about 1017 cm-3 excited carriers. The employment of these materials for the development of deep UV LEDs, lasers, and electroabsorption modulators will be discussed. Dr. Moustakas is the inaugural Distinguished Professor of Photonics and Optoelectronics at Boston University. He received his PhD from Columbia University in 1974. He held research positions at Harvard University and Exxon Corporate Research Laboratory prior to joining Boston University in 1987 as a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is also a Professor of Physics and Associate Head of the Division of Materials Science and Engineering.

Society (1994), the Electrochemical Society (1997), a Charter Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (2012), and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers-IEEE (2014). He holds an honorary doctoral degree from the Aristotle University (2003); he received the MBE Innovator Award in 2010; in 2011 he received the Distinguished Scholar Award from the BU College of Engineering and in 2013 he received the Boston University Innovator of the Year Award. Intellectual property that resulted from his work has been licensed to a number of companies, including major manufacturers and users of blue LEDs and lasers (Cree, Nichia, Philips, OSRAM, Apple, Google, Amazon, Samsung, LG, Sony etc.). Details: This meeting begins at 6:30 PM Thursday, October 8th, 2015 and will be located 3 Forbes Road (an MIT Lincoln Laboratory facility), Lexington, MA, 02420. The meeting is free and open to the public. All are welcome. Prior to the seminar there will be social time and networking from 6:30 – 7:00PM. Dinner will also be provided. The seminar will begin at 7:00PM. For more information contact Jade Wang, Boston IEEE Photonics Society Chapter chair at jpwang@ll.mit.edu, or visit the Boston IEEE Photonics Society website at www.bostonphotonics. org. Directions to Forbes Rd Lincoln Laboratory: (from interstate I-95/Route 128) • Take Exit 30B onto Marrett Rd in Lexington – Merge into left lane • Make the first Left onto Forbes Rd. • Proceed straight through the small rotary and enter the parking lot. • The entrance is on your right.

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Women in Engineering – 6:00PM, Wednesday, 14 October

Cyber Resiliency

Mr. Dennis M. Miller, SES, DAF, AFLCMC/EN-EZ Mr. Miller will talk about Cyber Resiliency. Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience defines security as reducing the risk to critical infrastructure by physical means or defense cyber measures to intrusions, attacks, or the effects of natural or man-made disasters.

sionals aligned to the Hanscom portfolios.

Mr. Miller’s talk is limited to those IEEE members and non-members who are United States Citizens. If you would like to attend Mr. Miller’s talk, prior registration is required. Please email Ms. Michelle Kirstein at michelle.kirstein.1@us.af.mil by Monday, 12 October Mr. Dennis M. Miller, a member of the Senior Execu- 2015 with your name. Driving on Hanscom AFB also tive Service, is the Director of Engineering and Tech- requires a valid driver’s license, registration, and venical Management, Air Force Life Cycle Management hicle inspection. Center (AFLCMC) Operating Location Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts. He is responsible for the Meeting schedule: development, implementation and oversight of the 6pm-7pm no host social technical policies, processes, databases, goals/stan- 7pm-8pm Talk by Mr. Miller: dards and scientist and engineering workforce within Where: Minuteman Commons, Hanscom Air the Hanscom Battle Management, C3I/Networks and Force Base, MA Business Enterprise program offices. Additionally, he provides technical oversight for complex engineering Directions to Hanscom Air Force Base visitor projects to ensure operationally safe, suitable and ef- center: Take Exit 30B off I-95/Rte 128, Hanscom fective systems and oversees technology insertion ef- Field Exit, go 1 1/2 miles to the blinking light, take forts. Mr. Miller is the senior engineering manager and a right, go 1/4 mile straight, bear right to Hanscom provides executive leadership and technical direction AFB, Vandenberg Gate, and check in at the visitor to more than 2,000 science and engineering profes- center.

Call for Course Speakers/Organizers IEEE’s core purpose is to foster technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity. The IEEE Boston Section, its dedicated volunteers, and over 8,500 members are committed to fulfilling this core purpose to the local technology community through chapter meetings, conferences, continuing education short courses, and professional and educational activities. Twice each year a committee of local IEEE volunteers meet to consider course topics for its continuing education program. This committee is comprised of practicing engineers in various technical disciplines. In an effort to expand these course topics for our members and the local technical community at large, the committee is publicizing this CALL FOR COURSE SPEAKERS AND ORGANIZERS. The Boston Section is one of the largest and most technically divers sections of the IEEE. We have over 20 active chapters

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Reliability Society– 6:00PM, Wednesday, 14 October

Physics of Failure: Approach, Methodology, Tools and Implementation Dr. Craig Hilman, DfR Solutions The Physics of Failure is the leveraging the knowledge and understanding of processes and mechanisms that induce failure to predict reliability and improve product performance. PoF is a critical element in best practices in Design for Reliability. The concept of Physics of Failure, also known as Reliability Physics, involves the use of degradation algorithms that describe how physical, chemical, mechanical, thermal, or electrical mechanisms evolve over time and eventually induce failure. The specific term arose from an attempt to better predict the reliability of early-generation electronic parts and systems; however, the concept of Physics of Failure is common in many structural fields. This presentation will provide an introduction to Physics of Failure (PoF) and Reliability Physics (RP) terminology, philosophy, approach, methods and tools for designing Quality, Reliability and Durability (QRD) into products and systems. The PoF/RP approach integrates reliability into design activities via a science-based process for evaluating the potential failure susceptibility and risks of specific materials, structures and technologies in specific applications. This enables a virtual “analyze and optimize” form of reliability growth where susceptibility to failure risks can be design out or mitigated, while a design is still on the CAD screen, rather than by physically building, testing and fixing prototype parts. Attendees will find this information useful for implementing a PoF or RP program (or, more importantly, reducing engineering costs, time to market, and warranty returns).

chain to meet customer expectations in regards to quality, reliability, and safety. Over the past seven years, Dr. Hillman has put together an a comprehensive group of subject matter experts in a number of different fields, including semiconductors, electronic design and fabrication, and systems engineering, and has overseen the release of the first Automated Design Analysis software to the EDA/ CAE marketplace. DfR Solutions is now the largest organization of its kind in the world and has offices across North America and Europe. Dr. Hillman’s specific expertise is in the development and incorporation of best-in-class product development processes that optimize existing resources and result in strong customer satisfaction. Dr. Hillman holds two patents, has over 100 publications, is a guest columnist for Global SMT & Packaging, has been a course instructor at IPC, SMTA, IMAPS and IEEE conferences, was identified by the US DoD as a subject matter expert in Pb-free technology, and has presented on a wide variety of quality and reliability issues to over 500 companies and organizations. He holds a B.S. from Carnegie Mellon in Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering and Public Policy and a PhD from University of California – Santa Barbara in Materials Science and received a research fellowship at Cambridge University in England

This meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA. It will begin with personal networking at 5:30 PM. The presentation will follow at 6:00 PM. Refreshments, compliments of the Reliability Chapter, will be available. You do not need to belong to IEEE to attend this event; however we welcome your consideration of IEEE memberDr. Craig Hillman is the Chief Executive Officer of ships as career enhancing technical affiliations. DfR Solutions. DfR Solutions provides engineering We request that you register to attend by Friday, services and tools that allow the electronic supply October 9, so we can plan the refreshments. Please take this short survey, https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/B8R2DYL

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Power & Energy Society – 6:00PM, Tuesday, 20 October

Power System State Estimation

Ali Abur, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Northeastern University This talk will present an overview of power system state estimation. The basic formulation, solution and implementation of this solution will be reviewed. In addition to the state estimation solution, related issues of network observability and bad data processing which are features available in most commercial estimators will also be reviewed. The talk also will discuss the importance of measurement type, location and configuration and their impact the accuracy and reliability of the state estimator. Typical tutorial examples will be shown to illustrate these concepts.

fessor between 1985 and 2005. In 2005, he moved to the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern University in Boston where he served as the department chair until 2013. He is currently a professor in the same department. He co-authored the book “Power System State Estimation” and published several technical papers and reports on the same topic. He served as an Editor for IEEE Transactions on Power Systems between 1999 and 2011. He is a Fellow of the IEEE.

Free and open to the Public. Visit the IEEE Finally, the talk will cover the use of synchronized PES Boston Chapter website for further details: phasor measurements either exclusively or in ad- http://www.ieeepesboston.org/ dition to existing SCADA measurements. The talk will conclude with some thoughts on the expected Time: Refreshments start at 6:00PM, Talk Comimprovements and applications of state estimation mences at 6:30PM for future power grids. Location: Valley A&B, National Grid, Reservoir Ali Abur received his B.S. degree at Orta Dogu Woods, Waltham, MA 02451 Teknik Universitesi, Ankara, Turkey and M.S. and To assist us in planning this meeting, please Ph.D. degrees from The Ohio State University. He pre-register at joined the Department of Electrical Engineering at http://www.ieeeboston.org/Register/ Texas A&M University where he worked as a ProPlease take this short survey, https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/B8R2DYL

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Entrepreneurs’ Network - 6:30PM, Tuesday, 20 October

Tech Sales Models: What Are Your Options? Meeting location: CIC BOSTON, 50 Milk Street, Greater Boston. Boston, MA. Speaker: Tom Spring, Early stage technology companies face a lot of dehttp://www.crn.com cisions in a short amount of time not the least of which is how do they generate revenue. There are Senior Technical Editor Tom Spring several sales models to consider including direct runs the CRN Test Center, providing (web and/or sales rep), channel, and OEM. What news, reviews and analysis of the latest works for you may be driven by the product or serenterprise-class mobile devices, cloud vice, target markets and prospects, complexity of services, servers, computer peripherthe sale, time to market and time to revenue, and als and more. Before taking charge of the Test Cencompetition. ter, Spring was senior editor at CRN covering the channel sales business at Dell, IBM, Intel, Lenovo Our panelists will share: and Microsoft for two years. His focus is now on o Their sales models products for the indirect model. o What worked for them and why? o How you might choose your sales model(s) He formerly served as Executive News Editor at PCo What were their genius moments and what should World magazine and Technology Editor for Framyou avoid? ingham’s MetroWest Daily News. Spring’s work has o Did they have mentors or consultants who helped been honored by the Society of Professional Jourthem navigate all the options? nalists, American Business Media, American Society of Business Publication Editors, and the WestCome and listen to the exciting experiences of our ern Publishing Association. panelists and enjoy extensive networking opportunities both before and after our meeting. Speaker: Tom Friedman, COO, Loopd, Inc., http://loopd.com Speaker: Dan Pearl, SimpliVity, Inc., https://www.simplivity.com/ Tom Friedman serves as COO of Loopd, an Internet of Things tech Dan Pearl is a Regional Sales Exstartup based in San Francisco and ecutive for SimpliVity. He has held backed by Marc Benioff of Salespositions at both Fortune 500 comforce.com and Tim Draper of DFJ panies and at start-ups. Pearl has Ventures. He was formerly Chairman and Founder been the global technical lead for of Retail Systems Alert Group, Inc., a global inforsmart grid and utility industry ac- mation services company. He started his compacounts at EMC, a product manager and key sales ny in 1987, with the launch of a single newsletter support contact at Oracle, and both a sales and called Retail Systems Alert, and successfully sold competitive trainer at SimpliVity. an international conglomerate of web sites, trade shows and research companies to a group led by Currently, he is a quota-carrying member of the Boston-based private equity firm Alta CommunicaSimpliVity sales force, evangelizing the message tions in 2004. and benefits of hyperconvergence and virtualization to midmarket and enterprise organizations in Prior to his founding of RSAG, Mr. Friedman was a Please take this short survey, https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/B8R2DYL

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co-founder and Vice President of Product Marketing for Design & Systems Research, a Cambridge, MA-based software development firm specializing in computer-aided design and drafting. He served as executive editor of A/E Systems Report, an independent monthly publication for architects and engineers, from 1985 to 1988. Among Mr. Friedman’s industry honors are: Top 10 Most Important Executives in Retail Industry by Chain Store Age (2000); Top 50 Most Influential People in Retail IT by Executive Technology (2003) and Top 25 Most Influential People in Retail by RIS News (2002). His academic background includes undergraduate studies at UC-Berkeley and Syracuse University (BA, 1977); graduate work in computer science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and advanced studies in business management at Harvard University. Speaker: Jay Galasso, President and Chief Revenue Officer, Eventective, Inc Jay Galasso is currently President and Chief Revenue Officer at Eventective, connecting people planning events with venues and professionals to make it a success. Jay spent the first 20 years of his career as an executive with global automation companies and the next 10 growing smaller companies and start-ups. He has a passion for technology, customers, and building successful businesses. Jay holds a BS degree in Computer & Systems Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and did graduate studies at the University of Rochester. Speaker: Katherine Conrod, Vice President of Sales, Lighthouse Computer Services, http://www.lighthousecs.com Kathy joined Lighthouse Computer Services as Vice President, Sales in January 2012. She possesses over 25 years of progressive experience in world-wide sales, business development, and channel and

general management in the technology field, with expertise in marketing and finance. Specific areas of proficiency include P&L management, executive sales leadership, channel management, strategic alliances, and cross-industry knowledge. Kathy has proven herself to be extremely results oriented, demanding the most of herself and the members of her team. Prior to Lighthouse, Kathy was Vice President, Business Development and Alliances at Egenera where she spearheaded significant alliances with Dell, Oracle, and SAP and raised over $1M to fund the alliance solutions. Prior to her role at Egenera, Kathy spent over 18 years at IBM where she progressed through the sales and marketing ranks, running both Global and Regional teams. As an IBM vice president, her organization was responsible for over $1B in sales. While at IBM, Kathy participated in a number of IBM’s Executive Programs including their Wharton and Harvard Leadership programs. She received her Bachelor of Arts in economics and German from Bowdoin College. Moderator: MIllie Kwan, President, The WSI Touch http://www.thewsitouch.com Millie Kwan is Founder and President of The WSI Touch, a digital marketing agency that has been serving small to medium-sized businesses in Greater Boston since 2009. Millie has over 20 years’ experience in IT development, management, education and research. She received her Doctor of Business Administration degree from Boston University and M.S. in Computer Science from Washington University in St Louis. She has taught at Babson College, University of Hong Kong and Boston University. She has published research on knowledge management, process redesign and workflow management. In her early career, she specialized in the field of library automation and has led the implementation of various library systems for the University of Rhode Island, the HELIN Library Consortium of Rhode Island, and Washington University in St

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Louis. Millie also volunteers as Director of NECINA Entrepreneur Club, a community of technology company founders and executives in New England. https://twitter.com/thewsitouch Moderator: Howard Sholkin, Principal, Sholkin Consulting http://www.linkedin.com/in/howardsholkin. Twitter: @hsholkin Howard Sholkin has more than 40 years of journalism and marketing communication experience. In 2014, he formed Sholkin Consulting to deliver strategy and tactical marketing services to influence an organization’s prospects, grow its business, and elevate a firm’s brand and its products and services. Sholkin is also an instructor at Lasell College outside of Boston. Sholkin joined International Data Group (IDG)—the world’s leading technology media, event, and research company-as director of corporate communications in 2003 providing PR support for Founder and Chairman Pat McGovern and subsidiaries. Sholkin was later promoted to a director’s position for communication and marketing programs for the CEO of IDG Communications, the media and events subsidiary, and for the CEO of IDG Global Solutions.

Prior to IDG, Sholkin held senior marketing and communication positions at technology companies, which included Computervision, Technology Concepts (a subsidiary of Bell Atlantic), Digital Equuipment Corp./Compaq, and Getronics (successor to Wang). Before entering the tech industry in 1981, he was a news producer at WCVB-TV in Boston. Sholkin is a columnist for PR News and was also a columnist for Personal Branding magazine, one of the first publications on social media. Since 1990, Sholkin has been active in the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) where he became president of the Boston chapter. Currently, he serves as chair of the national PRSA Investment Committee. He earned a BS in television/radio at the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. When: Tuesday, October 20th, 2015, 6:30 PM 9:00 PM. Where: CIC Boston, 50 Milk Street, Boston, in the Boston Financial District, see: http://boston.cic.us/directions/ Admission: General admission is $10. Free to ENET members. Free Pizza and soft drinks will be served. Advanced registration is requested via www.boston-enet.org

Life Members – 4:00PM, Wednesday, 21 October

Planetary Life and Atmospheres Dr. Paul Carr

Could there be life on the billions of exo-planets? Why is the oxygen content of our earth’s atmosphere greater that of Venus and Mars, which are mostly CO2 ? Venus had a runaway greenhouse effect. Might our earth undergo a runaway greenhouse effect similar to Venus? , Paul H.Carr, Ph. D. AF Research Laboratory, Emeritus

our planet is our best data source. About 0.8 billions years after the earth was formed, the first primitive cells emerged. For 3 billion years, these cells increased in size and complexity. They developed photosynthesis that converted the carbon dioxide, CO2, in the earth’s early atmosphere to 13 - 20% oxygen, much higher than our neighboring planets.

Then 0.54 billion years ago, multicellular life exploded in the Cambrian Era. Dinosaurs needed these Dr. Carr will examine if there could be life on the bil- higher concentrations to oxidize sugar to generate lions of exo-planets? The 4.5 billion year history of energy. Harvard biologist Ernst Mayr believed that Please take this short survey, https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/B8R2DYL

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single celled life may be common in our universe, but intelligence is rare (also on our earth). “We have 21st century technology, medieval mythology, and hunter-gatherer brains,” according to biologist E. O. Wilson. The smallest rocky planet, Mercury, and our moon have high vacuums of 10-14 and 10-15 bar respectively. Rocky planets Mars, Earth, and Venus have 0.01, 1, 100 bar respectively, and Pluto 10-5 bar. Venus had a runaway greenhouse effect. This resulted in its dense CO2 atmosphere of 100 bars and temperatures of 730 K, hot enough to melt lead. This temperature is hotter than that of Mercury, which is closer to the sun. Since the industrial revolution 200 years ago, the increased burning of fossil fuels is raising CO2 levels 300 times faster than the CO2 increase after the Ice Age. Might our earth undergo a runaway greenhouse effect similar to Venus?

branch developed the surface acoustic wave (SAW) technology used in compact, signal-processing filters for radar, cell phones, and TV. After his retirement from AFRL, he taught philosophy courses at U Mass Lowell that inspired his book, Beauty in Science & Spirit (2006). He published “Weather extremes from anthropogenic global warming” in Natural Science, Jan 2013 and participated in an IEEE Climate Discussion/Debate on NewTV in August 2014. His web page: www.MirrorOfNature.org

The meeting will be held at the Lincoln Lab Auditorium, 244 Wood Street., Lexington, MA at 4:00 PM. Refreshments will be served at 3:30 PM. Registration is in the main lobby. Foreign national visitors to Lincoln Lab require visit requests. Please pre-register by e-mail to reception@ll.mit. edu and indicate your citizenship. Please use the Wood Street Gate. For directions go to http:// www.ll.mit.edu/ For other information, contact Biographical Sketch of Paul H. Carr: BS MIT, PhD Steve Teahan, Steve.F.Teahan@raytheon.com Brandeis U, IEEE Life Fellow. From 1967 to 1995, he led the Component Technology Branch of the To assist us in planning this meeting, please preAir Force Research Laboratory, Bedford, MA. His register at http://www.ieeeboston.org/Register/.

Microwave Theory and Techniques Society – 6:00PM, Thursday, 22 October

Coherent Distributed RF Systems

Jeffrey Nanzer, IEEE MTT-16 Speakers Bureau - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory The advancements in the area of information networking in the past decades have driven society to new technological and economic heights. Distributed systems now share information at levels difficult to conceive of even a few years ago. Where this enormous expansion in networking has not yet reached is at the level of the electromagnetic aperture – we have systems that share data and information, yet operate effectively independent of one another in the radio frequency (RF) domain. By coherently coordinating such systems to perform operations as a single distributed RF system, new capabilities in remote sensing and communications can be gained, while using lower-cost individual sys-

tems. Currently, remote sensing systems such as radars operate independently, and may pass highlevel information amongst one another. However, the ultimate level of coordination is full coherence at the RF level – a network of distributed systems that operate as one coherent system which will allow for cheaper devices and better overall system performance. Significant advances in system functions can be achieved with such a coherent RF system. For example, a collection of N radars operating coherently can detect objects at significantly longer ranges than a single radar due to a coherent power

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gain of N3. Arrays of remote sensors can generate video-rate microwave imagery with higher spatial resolution than a single platform can achieve. Beyond these applications, there is potential for commercial applications to ease and simplify everyday communications and improve safety. A collection of communication systems may be able to overcome degraded environments by dynamically forming an array, or a communication device can utilize nearby unused devices to yield increased data rates or longer communication range. Among the primary challenges to achieving coherent RF operations on mobile platforms are the ability to accurately measure the relative positions of the platforms, and to align the local oscillators. Doing so enables real-time beamforming, and the full benefit of coherent gain. This talk will focus on the technology drivers enabling coherent RF operations between moving platforms, including recent developments in relative platform positioning and clock synchronization methods. Approaches to cohering mobile systems will be discussed, and recent system demonstrations and future challenges will be presented. Jeffrey Nanzer is a Senior Professional Staff Member at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, and a Senior Member of the IEEE. He received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 2008. From 2003 to 2009, he was with the University of Texas at Austin Applied Research Laboratories where he researched techniques of human presence detection using millimeter-wave radiometers and radars. In 2009 he joined The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory where he created and leads the Advanced Microwave and MillimeterWave Technology group, which currently focuses

on technology and applications for distributed RF systems. He has published more than 45 refereed journal and conference papers, is the author of Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Remote Sensing for Security Applications (Artech House, 2012), and co-author of the chapter â&#x20AC;&#x153;Photonics-Enabled Millimeter-Wave Wireless Systemsâ&#x20AC;? in Wireless Transceiver Circuits (Taylor & Francis, 2015). His research involves distributed RF systems, microwave and millimeter-wave remote sensing, microwave photonics, antennas, and electromagnetics. Dr. Nanzer is the Vice Chair of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (IEEE MTT-S) Microwave Systems Technical Committee (MTT-16), a member of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Standards Committee, and a member of USNC/ URSI Commission B. He is a member of the IEEE Press Editorial Board, the Executive Committee for the IEEE International Conference on Ultra Wideband, and the Technical Program Review Committees for the IEEE International Microwave Symposium and the IEEE International Conference on Microwaves for Intelligent Mobility, and was a founding member and the first treasurer of the IEEE AP-S/MTT Central Texas Chapter. He was the recipient of the 2012 JHU/APL Outstanding Professional Book Award, and nominated for the 2013 JHU/APL Outstanding Special Publication Award, and the 2013 JHU/APL Government Purpose Innovation Award. Meeting Location: MIT Lincoln Laboratory, 3 Forbes Road, Lexington, MA To assist us better plan this meeting, please pre-register at: http://www.ieeeboston.org/Register/.

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CALL FOR PAPERS

2016 IEEE International Symposium on

Phased Array Systems and Technology Revolutionary Developments in Phased Arrays 18–21 October 2016

Westin Waltham Hotel, Greater Boston, Massachusetts, USA www.array2016.org

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About the Symposium Phased array systems continue to be a rapidly evolving technology with steady advances motivated by the challenges presented to modern military and commercial applications. This symposium will present the most recent advances in phased array technology and present a unique opportunity for members of the international community to interact with colleagues in the field of Phased Array Systems and Technology. Phased Array Topics 2016, the 6th International Symposium on Phased Suggested Array Systems and Technology, will be held at the Westin Hotel  Waltham System Architecture in Massachusetts on Boston’s famous Route 128 Technology Highway.  Aperture Design The symposium will include keynote and plenary sessions, parallel technical sessions, poster sessions,  Antenna Elements tutorials, and a student paper contest. Social events will include Beamforming Techniques awelcome reception with dinner and an awards banquet. banquet .  T/R Modules 

Signal Processing for Arrays

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Array Measurements

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Conference Chair: Jeffrey S. Herd, MIT Lincoln Laboratory (MIT LL) Vice Chair: William Weedon, Applied Radar Honorary Chair: Eli Brookner, Raytheon (retired) Technical Program Chair: Alan J. Fenn, MIT LL Technical Program Vice Chair: Wajih Elsallal, MITRE Special Sessions Chair: Sean Duffy, MIT LL Plenary Session Chairs: David Mooradd, MIT LL Eli Brookner, Raytheon (retired) Tutorials Chairs: Jonathan Williams, Autoliv Jonathan Doane, MIT LL Student Program Chairs: Bradley T. Perry, MIT LL Justin Kasemodel, Raytheon Secretary: Duane J. Matthiesen, Technia International Liaison: Alfonso Farina, Selex (retired)

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Exhibits Chair: Dan Culkin, SRC, Inc.

Special Sessions

Please provide suggestions for special sessions to the Technical Program Chair at info@array2016.org

Paper Template and Submission Procedures Template and submission procedures are available at www.array2016.org/forauthors.htm

Publication Information

All accepted papers will be published on the conference CDROM and distributed to conference attendees. Selected papers meeting the publishing requirements will be published in IEEE Xplore as part of the IEEE Conference Publication Program.

Important Dates Summary (~1000 words + figures) Notification of Acceptance Final Papers (8 page max)

Conference Committee

15 Dec 2015 01 Feb 2016 01 Jun 2016

Publicity Chairs: Glenn Meurer, MITRE Don McPherson, SRC,Inc. Social Media Chair: Gregory Charvat, Butterfly Network Publications Chairs: Raoul Ouedraogo, MIT LL Will Moulder, MIT LL Poster Sessions Chairs: Greg Arlow, Lockheed Martin Mark McClure, Systems & Technology Research Sponsorships Chair: Jonathan Towle, Raytheon Local Arrangements/Finance: Robert Alongi, IEEE Boston Website: Kathleen Ballos, Ballos Associates Advisors: Ellen Ferraro, Raytheon Robert J. Mailloux, Arcon Hans Steyskal, Arcon Chris McCarroll, Raytheon Primary Sponsor: IEEE Boston Section

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Introduction to Embedded Linux Date & Time: Mondays, October 5, 13, 19, 26; 6 - 9PM (Note: October 13 is a Tuesday) Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel, 15 Middlesex Canal Park Road, Woburn, MA Speaker: Mike McCullough, RTETC, LLC

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Overview - This 4 day course introduces the Linux Operating System and Embedded Linux Distributions. The course focuses on the development and creation of applications in an Embedded Linux context using the Eclipse IDE. The first part of the course focuses on acquiring an understanding of the basic Linux Operating System, highlighting areas of concern for Embedded Linux applications development using Eclipse. The latter part of the course covers testing, booting and configuring of Embedded Linux systems including embedded cross-development and target board considerations.

Lecturer – Mike McCullough is President and CEO of RTETC, LLC. Mike has a BS in Computer Engineering and an MS in Systems Engineering from Boston University. A 20-year electronics veteran, he has held various positions at LynuxWorks, Tilera, Embedded Planet, Wind River Systems, Lockheed Sanders, Stratus Computer and Apollo Computer. RTETC, LLC is a provider of Eclipse-based development tools, training and consulting for the embedded systems market.

Who Should Attend – The course is designed for realtime engineers who are building Embedded Linux solutions. It is also targeted at experienced developers requiring a refresher course on Embedded Linux. This course will clearly demonstrate both the strengths and weaknesses of the Linux Operating System in Embedded Systems.

Course Schedule Day 1 The Basics Linux Terminology, History and Versioning The Linux Community: Desktop & Embedded Linux and the GPL Linux References (Books and Online) Getting Started Building the Kernel Source Code Embedded Linux Kernels Linux 2.6 and 3.x Basic Kernel Capabilities Process and Threads Management Signals and System Calls Synchronization, IPC and Error Handling Timing and Timers Memory Management and Paging The I/O Subsystem: A Tale of Two Models Modularization Debugging Process-Level and System-Level Debug GDB, GDB Server and the GDB Server Debugger Other Debug and Test Tools An Eclipse Remote Debug Example Advanced Debug with printk, syslogd and LTTng System-Level Debug System-Level Debug Tools The /proc Filesystem Advanced Logging Methods KGDB and KDB Crash and Core Dumps

Course Objectives • To provide a basic understanding of the Linux OS and the Eclipse IDE framework. • To understand the complexities of Embedded Linux Distributions in embedded systems. • To learn how to configure, boot and test Embedded Linux distributions and applications running on Embedded Linux target systems. • To give students the confidence to apply these concepts to their next Embedded Linux project Hardware and Software Requirements – The student should have a working Linux desktop environment either directly installed or in a virtualization environment. The desktop Linux should have the GNU compiler and binary utilities (binutils) already installed. A working Eclipse C/ C++ installation or prior knowledge of C-based Makefiles is useful for completion of lab exercises. Lab solutions are also provided with the course. An Embedded Linux target hardware platform is useful but not absolutely required for this course. Additional Reference Materials • Linux Kernel Development by Robert Love • Linux System Programming by Robert Love • Embedded Linux Primer by Christopher Hallinan • Pro Linux Embedded Systems by Gene Sally • Embedded Linux Development Using Eclipse by Doug Abbott • Linux Device Drivers by Jonathan Corbet et al • Essential Linux Device Drivers by Sreekrishnan Venkateswaran

OUTLINE

Course Schedule Day 2 Process & Threads Management What are Processes and Threads? Virtual Memory Mapping Creating and Managing Processes and Threads Thread-Specific Data (TSD) POSIX The Native POSIX Threading Library (NPTL)

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Kernel Threads Signals System Calls Scheduling Linux 2.4 and 2.6 Scheduling Models The O(1) Scheduler The Completely Fair Scheduler (CFS) Synchronization Via Global Data Via Semaphores, Files and Signals Condition and Completion Variables Mutexes and Futexes Inter-Process Communications (IPC) Message Queues Semaphores Revisited Shared Memory Pipes and FIFOs Remote Procedure Calls Networking Course Schedule Day 3 Memory Management and Paging Demand Paging and Virtual Memory Allocating User and Kernel Memory Mapping Device Memory The Slab Allocator The OOM Killer Memory in Embedded Systems Advanced Memory Operations Linux and Memory Managing Aligned Memory Anonymous Memory Mappings Debugging Memory Allocations Locking and Reserving Memory Error Handling errno and perror strerror and strerror_r oops, panics and Segmentation Faults Timing How Linux Tells Time Kernel, POSIX and Interval Timers High-Resolution Timers (HRTs) Modularization Creating a Module and Module Loading

Dependency Issues In Embedded Systems Shared Libraries A Shared Library Example Static and Dynamic Libraries The I/O Subsystem: A Tale of Two Models The Original Device Driver Model The Standard I/O Interface Major and Minor Numbers Configuring the Device Driver The Evolution of the New Device Driver Model The Initial Object-Oriented Approach Platform Devices, Busses, Adapters and Drivers Comparing the Two Driver Models Course Schedule Day 4 Advanced I/O Operations Standard I/O Operations Scatter-Gather and Asynchronous I/O Poll, Select and Epoll Memory-Mapped I/O File Advice I/O Schedulers Interrupt and Exception Handling Bottom Halves and Deferring Work The Linux Boot Process The Root Filesystem Desktop Linux Boot Bootloaders and U-Boot Embedded Linux Boot Methods Building and Booting from SD Cards Managing Embedded Linux Builds Configuring and menuconfig Building Custom Linux Images Target Image Builders LTIB and Yocto System Architecture Design Approaches Deploying Embedded Linux Choosing and Building the Root Filesystem Useful Embedded Filesystems Module Decisions Final IT Work Embedded Linux Trends Some Final Recommendations

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Technology Licensing Date & Time: Monday, October 5; 6 - 9PM Location: Tufts University, Halligan Hall, Room H102, 161 College Ave., Medford, MA 02155 Speaker: Christine Kuta, Kuta Intellectual Property Law, LLC

Course Overview: Technology licensing touches almost E. A little bit of Uniform Code of Commercial everyone who works in engineering or in any entrepreneurial Transactions (UCC) endeavors. This class will cover license elements and legal bases and will include some considerations in navigating the II. A deeper understanding of licenses: common elements and requirements, such as duration and termination, open source world. warranties and limitations on liability. Brief description: Licensing involves elements of contract A. Patent licenses including the difference between a law and property law including Intellectual Property. license and assignment B. Software licenses including open source Understanding the elements of a license and their legal bases Other licenses: can lead to a more informed choice of licensed product and C. 1. Trademark can enable better resolution of the inevitable license changes 2. Open source hardware and conflicts. Christine Kuta bio: Christine Kuta is an Intellectual Target audience: Anyone who works in engineering or Property lawyer. Her practice includes Intellectual is a technology entrepreneur, and anyone who uses, or is Property strategy, portfolio development and management, interested in licensing, open source software, open source and patent and trademark prosecution. Ms. Kuta hardware; wants to incorporate open source elements into counsels clients in a wide variety of technical areas their projects. including computer systems and software applications, communications and computer networks, medical devices, Benefits of attending: Understanding the legal bases of lighting systems, materials and manufacturing processes, licensing will lead to a greater understanding of the benefits complex data management systems, electronics, energy and risks at issue in any particular license which will enable management systems and energy storage including a more informed choice of license. Also, understanding fuel cells, mechanical devices and consumer products the elements and requirements of a license will demystify including clothing and accessories. license compliance. The course will include handouts and lists of resources. Ms. Kuta has been in private practice for over ten years. Prior to entering private practice, Ms. Kuta worked in the Course Outline: computer industry for fifteen years, first as a hardware engineer, then as a software engineer, and later as inI. Legal basics. house Intellectual Property counsel. Ms. Kuta earned her A. Definition of a license B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from M.I.T. and her J.D. B. The essence of property law from Suffolk University Law School. C. Intellectual property overview D. Contract law

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Introduction to Embedded Android Date & Time: Mondays, January 4, 11, 18, 25, 2016, 6 - 9PM Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel, 15 Middlesex Canal Park Road, Woburn, MA Speaker: Mike McCullough, RTETC, LLC

Course Summary - This course introduces the student to the use of Android in Embedded Systems and the use of Embedded Android Distributions. The first part of the course focuses on acquiring an understanding of basic Android concepts and on how Android is hosted by the Linux Operating System, highlighting areas of concern for Embedded Android systems development such as overall system design, boot performance and customization. The latter part of the course covers the differences between the standard Android Open Source Project and Embedded Android distributions. Who Should Attend - The course is designed for realtime engineers who are building Embedded Android solutions. It is also targeted at experienced developers requiring a refresher course on Embedded Android. This course will clearly demonstrate both the strengths and weaknesses of the use of Android in Embedded Systems.

Android Hardware Requirements Embedded Linux Usage in Android Java Usage in Android The Android API The Dalvik Virtual Machine (VM) The Android Runtime and Zygote The Java Native Interface (JNI) Binder and System Services Key Android Libraries Debugging in Android Process-Level and System-Level Debug ADB, DDMS and Monkey GDB and KGDB GDB Server and Remote Debugging An ADB Example Course Schedule Day 2 Applications Development Overview Eclipse-Based Application Development The .apk File The Android Emulator Linux Modifications to Support Android Wakelocks Low-Memory Killer Binder Anonymous Shared Memory (ashmem) Alarm Logger More Androidisms Android Internals Hardware Support Native User Space More on Dalvik and Java in Android System Services and Binder Useful AOSP Packages System Startup Overview

Course Objectives • To provide a basic understanding of Android and its use in Embedded Systems • To gain an understanding of the complexities of Embedded Android Distributions • To learn how to configure, build, boot and deploy Embedded Android solutions • To understand the differences between the AOSP and Embedded Android build approaches • To give students confidence to apply these concepts to their next Embedded Android project The AOSP The Android Development Host AOSP Basics OUTLINE Building and Running Android ADB and the Emulator Course Schedule Day 1 The Basics Course Schedule Day 3 What Android Is and What It Is Not The AOSP Build System Android Terminology, History and Versioning Comparison with Other Builders The Android Community: Phones, Tablets and Embed- Configuration and Functions ded Systems The envsetup.sh File Android, the GPL and the Apache Harmony Project Make Recipes Android and Linux References (Books and Online) Cleaning Getting Started Modules in Android The Android Open Source Project The Android Delivery Model Building an Embedded Android Distribution

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The Default Build Basic Build Recipes AOSP Build Recipes The Build Commands Building the Software Development Kit (SDK) Building the Compliance Test Suite (CTS) Building the Native Development Kit (NDK) API Updates Building a Single Module Building Out-of-Tree and In-Tree Linaro The Linaro Organization Key Members and Participants The Linaro Mission Objective The Linaro Android Distribution Approach Getting the Latest Linaro Distribution The Linaro Distribution and Desktop Requirements The Linaro Repository The Linaro Maintainer Tools The Linaro Image Tools The Linaro Distribution for the i.MX53 Top Level Hierarchy The GCC Tools for Linaro The abi, android-toolchain-eabi and bionic Directories The bootable and build Directories The cts, dalvik and development Directories The device Directory The docs and external Directories The frameworks and hardware Directories The kernel Directory The libcore and linaro-kernel-config Directories The ndk, packages and prebuilt Directories The sdk Directory The system Directory U-Boot in Linaro The Linaro Build Process The Linaro SD Creation Process The Linaro Tarballs Course Schedule Day 4 Native User Space The Android Filesystem The Android Root Directory The system and data Directories Building the Linux and Android Filesystems SD Card Layout The Android Init Process Operation and Configuration Global Properties and ueventd The Boot Logo The Android Command Line The Shell Toolbox Native Utilities and Daemons Framework Utilities and Daemons Adding Capabilities to the Android Filesystem

The Linux Console Shell The bash and ash Shells Busybox Linux Daemons Used by Android Adding Capabilities to the Linux Filesystem The Android Framework Framework Startup Core Building Blocks System Services and Binder Boot Animation Dex Optimizations Application Startup Utilities and Commands Support Daemons The Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) Advanced Android Customizations Adding New Hardware Support Customizing the Default Packages More Init Customizations Embedded Android Trends Moving to a Generic User Interface Easier Development for Non-Phones Debugging Embedded Android Better Documentation and Training Some Final Recommendations

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Advanced Embedded Linux Optimization Date & Time:

Mondays, December 1, 7, 14, 21, 6 - 9PM (Note: Dec 1 is a Tuesday, all other dates are Monday)

Location:

Crowne Plaza Hotel, 15 Middlesex Canal Park Road, Woburn, MA

Speaker:

Mike McCullough, RTETC, LLC

Course Summary - This 4-day technical training course provides advanced training in the debugging, testing, profiling and performance optimization of Embedded Linux software. The first part of the course focuses on advanced debugging, testing and profiling in an Embedded Linux context with a focus on using Eclipse, Backend Debuggers, JTAG and In-Circuit Emulators as well as Kernel Logging capabilities and Kernel Hacking. The latter part of the course covers performance measurement and optimization affecting boot, memory, I/O and CPU performance and key performance optimization tools for Embedded Linux software including the perf tool, advanced cache usage and compiler-based optimization. Who Should Attend - The course is designed for realtime engineers who are developing high-performance Linux applications and device drivers using Embedded Linux distributions. It is also targeted at experienced developers requiring a refresher course on Advanced Embedded Linux optimization. Course Objectives • To understand methods for debugging, profiling and testing Embedded Linux software. • To provide an overview of Linux application performance measurement and optimization. • To understand the tools used for performance optimization of Embedded Linux software. • To give students the confidence to apply these concepts to their next Embedded Linux project. OUTLINE Course Schedule Day 1 Getting Started with Embedded Linux Linux and the GPL Building the Kernel Source Code Embedded Linux Kernels BSPs and SDKs

Linux References (Books and Online) Basic Debugging Review Embedded Applications Debugging GDB, GDB Server and the GDB Server Debugger An Eclipse Remote Debug Example Debugging with printk and LTTng System Logs Other Debuggers System-Level Debug System-Level Debug Tools The /proc and /sys Filesystems Basic Logging KGDB and KDB Crash Dumps and Post-Mortem Debugging Debugging Embedded Linux Systems Backend Debuggers JTAG and In-Circuit Emulators Hardware Simulators Analyzers Debugging Device Drivers Kernel Probes Kexec and Kdump Kernel Profiling Course Schedule Day 2 Testing Design for Test Agile Software Design Unit-Level Testing System-Level Testing Code Coverage Tools gcov Automated Testing DebugFS Configuring DebugFS DebugFS Capabilities Advanced Logging LogFS Using Logwatch and Swatch Using syslogd and syslog-ng

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Kernel Hacking Configuring Kernel Hacking Kernel Hacking Capabilities Tracing ptrace and strace New Tracing Methods SystemTap Ftrace, Tracepoints and Event Tracing Tracehooks and utrace Course Schedule Day 3 Profiling Basic Profiling gprof and Oprofile Performance Counters LTTng Another DDD Example Manual Profiling Instrumenting Code Output Profiling Timestamping Measuring Embedded Linux Performance Some Ideas on Performance Measurement Common Considerations Uncommon Considerations Using JTAG Methods BootLoader Optimizations Boot Time Measurements Effective Memory and Flash Usage Filesystem Choices Addressing Performance Problems Types of Performance Problems Using Performance Tools to Find Areas for Improvement Application and System Optimization Device Driver Optimization CPU Usage Optimization Memory Usage Optimization Disk I/O and Filesystem Usage Optimization The Perf Tool Improving Boot Performance Boot Time Optimization The Linux Fastboot Capability Building a Smaller Linux Building a Smaller Application Filesystem Tips and Tricks Some Notes on Library Usage Performance Tool Assistance Recording Commands and Performance System Error Messages and Event Logging Dynamic Probes User Mode Linux and Virtualization Course Schedule Day 4

Improving CPU Performance Run Queue Statistics Context Switches and Interrupts CPU Utilization Linux Performance Tools for CPU Process-Specific CPU Performance Tools Stupid Cache Tricks Improving System Memory Performance Memory Performance Statistics Linux Performance Tools for Memory Process-Specific Memory Performance Tools More Stupid Cache Tricks Improving I/O and Device Driver Performance Disk, Flash and General File I/O Improving Overall Performance Using the Compiler Basic Compiler Optimizations Architecture-Dependent and Independent Optimization Code Modification Optimizations Feedback Based Optimization Application Resource Optimization The Hazard of Trust An Iterative Process for Optimization Improving Development Efficiency The Future of Linux Performance Tools Some Final Recommendations Lecturer Bio â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mike McCullough is President and CEO of RTETC, LLC. Mike has a BS in Computer Engineering and an MS in Systems Engineering from Boston University. A 25-year electronics veteran, he has held various positions at LynuxWorks, Tilera, Embedded Planet, Wind River Systems, Lockheed Sanders, Stratus Computer and Apollo Computer. RTETC, LLC is a provider of Eclipse-based development tools, training and consulting for the embedded systems market.

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Radar Basics and Amazing Recent Advances Date & Time: Mondays, Oct. 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Dec. 7, 14, 2015, Jan. 4, 11, 2016 Location: MITRE Corporation, 202 Bedford Road, Burlington, MA Speaker: Dr. Eli Brookner, Raytheon Company, (Retired)

The following book plus over ten paper reprints are provided FREE with your registration: “Aspects of Modern Radar”, Dr. Eli Brookner (Editor), Artech House, Hardcover, 432 pages, 1988, List price: $159. The 1st chapter gives the best easy to read introduction to radar. It covers all aspects of radar: transmitters, receiver, antennas, signal processing, tracking, clutter derivation of radar equation in easy terms and definition of dB. The 2nd chapter gives detailed descriptions of different radar systems like: Cobra Dane, Pave Paws, BMEWS, Series 320 3D radar, OTH radars and dome antenna. The book has a catalog giving the detailed parameters for over 200 radars from around the world. The remaining chapters cover AEGIS SPY-1, Hybrid and MMIC circuits, ultra low sidelobe antennas (ULSA), mmw, radar cross section and Doppler weather radars. The material in the book is easy to access and as a result the text serves as a handy reference book. This course is an updated version of the Radar Technology course given previously. Those who have taken the Radar Technology previously should find it worthwhile taking this revised version. New material includes determination of radar height-range coverage diagram using the powerful SPAWAR’s AREPS program. AREPS provides coverage for arbitrary propagation conditions (ducts [evaporation, surface, or elevated], subrefraction and superrefraction) and terrain conditions based on DTED data. AREPS now accounts for surface roughness scattering and evaluates sea and land clutter backscatter versus range. Attendees will be told how to obtain AREPS FREE. Valued at over $7,000. Also new is coverage of Anomalous Propagation and what to do about it; the latest on solid state devices and transmitters including GaN, SiC, SiGe; Breakthroughs in Radar — $10 T/R module, Digital Beam Forming (DBF), MIMO, Packaging, Disruptive Technology, Metamaterials, Memristors, Graphene, Tubes. Also covered are STAP, AMTI, DPCA, System Temperature.

tary notes consisting of copies of >800 vugraphs plus over 15 paper reprints by Dr. Brookner.

For the beginner, basics such as the radar equation, MTI (Moving Target Indicator) and pulse doppler processing, antenna-scanning techniques, pulse compression, CFAR, RAC and SAW devices are explained in simple terms. Dome antenna, CCDs, BBDs, SAW devices, SAW monolithic convolvers, microstrip antennas, ultra-low antenna sidelobes (<-40 dB), stacked beam and phased array systems, (1-D, 2-D, Limited Field of View [LFOV]), Moving Target Detection (MTD). For both the novice and experienced covered are tracking, prediction and smoothing in simple terms (mystery taken out of GH, GHK and Kalman filters); the latest developments and future trend in solid state, tube and digital processing technologies; synthetic aperture radar (SAR); Displaced Phase Center Antenna (DPCA); Space-Time Adaptive Processing (STAP) ; digital beam forming (DBF); Adaptive-Adaptive Array Processing for jammer suppression with orders of magnitude reduction Updated course is framed around FREE book de- in computation; RECENT AMAZING RADAR BREAKscribed above. Also given out free are supplemen- THROUGHS. These will be explained so that the inexperienced can follow as well.

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Lecture 1, Oct. 26FUNDAMENTALS OF Radar: Part 1: Brief history of Radar, Major achievements since WWII: PHASED ARRAYS: Principles explained with COBRA DANE used as example. Near and Far Field Defined, Phased Steering, Time Delay Steer8 DELIVERED, 3 MORE ON ORDER. ing, Subarraying, Array Weighting, Monopulse, Duplexing, Array Thinning, embedded element, COBRA DANE slide tour (6 stories building). Radar equation derived.

X-BAND 25K ELEMENT AESA AN/TPY-2

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TEMS: Fixed Beam System: Wake Measurement Radar; 2-D Radars, 3-D Radars: Stacked Beam: Marconi Martello, Smart-L, SMARTELLO, ARSR-4; 1-D Frequency Scanning: ITT Series 320; 1-D Phased Scanning: TPS-59, GE-592, RAT-31DL; Phased-Frequency Scanners: Raytheon Fire Finder and Plessey AR320; Limited and Hemispherical Scanning (Dome Antenna) related and explained in simple terms. Lecture 4, Nov. 16 FUNDAMENTALS of Radar: Part 4: ULTRA LOW ANTENNA SIDELOBES (40 dB down or more). MOVING TARGET INDICATORS (MTI): Two-Pulse Canceller, Pulse Doppler Processing; MOVING TARGET DETECTOR (MTD); Optimum Clutter Canceller, STAP, AMTI, DPCA.

Lecture 2, Nov. 2 FUNDAMENTALS OF Radar: Part 2: FREQUENCY TRADEOFFS: Search vs Track, Range and Doppler Ambiguities, Detection in Clutter. Blind Velocity reLecture 5, Nov. 23 gion, range eclipsing, EnviSIGNAL PROCESSronmental Factors, DepenING: Part 1: What is dence of clutter model on PULSE COMPRESgrazing angle and size radar SION? Matched Filters; resolution cell discussed, Weibull clutter: Polarization Chirp Waveform Defined; ANALOG PROChoice, Detection of Low Flying Low Cross-Section TarCESSING: Surface gets, Antenna Pattern Lobing in Elevation due to multipaAcoustic Wave (SAW) th, Ground Multipath Elevation Angle Error Problem and Devices: Reflective Arways to cope with it, e.g., use of an even difference patray Compressor (RAC), tern Off-Axis Monopulse, Complex Monopulse,Two FreDelay Lines, Bandpass quency Radar Systems: Marconi L- and S-band S631, Signaal/Thales (Holland),Flycatcher X and Ka System; Filters, Oscillators, Resonators; IMCON Tube and Solid State OTH Radars Lecture 6, Nov. 30 SIGNAL PROCESSING: Part 2: DIGITAL PROCESSLecture 3, Nov. 9 FUNDAMENTALS of Ra- ING: Fast Fourier Transform (FFT); Butterfly, Pipeline dar: Part 3: PROPAGA- and In-Place Computation explained in simple terms; TION: standard, super- Maximum Entropy Method (MEM) Spectral Estimate; refraction, subrefraction, State-of-the-art of A/Ds, FPGAs and Memory; Signal surface-based ducts, evap- Processor Architectures: Pipeline FFT, Distributed, oration ducts. Determina- Systolic; Digital Beam Forming (DBF). Future Trends. tion of radar coverage using new AREPS program. ANTENNA SCANNING SYSPlease take this short survey, https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/B8R2DYL

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Lecture 7, Dec. 7 SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (SAR): Strip and Spotlight SAR explained in simple terms. TUBES: Basics given of Magnetron, Cross Field Amplifiers, Klystrons, Traveling Wave Tubes, Gyro Tubes. TREND TOWARD SOLID STATE PHASED-ARRAY TRANSMITTERS: Discrete All Solid State PAVE PAWS and BMEWS radars; advantages over tube radars; MMIC (Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuitry; integrated circuitry applied to microwaves components): THAAD, SPY-3, IRIDIUM, XBR, JLENS. Solid State ‘Bottle’ Transmitters: ASR -11/DASR, ASR-23SS, ASDE-X. Lecture 8, Dec. 14 Breakthroughs and Trends in Phased-Arrays and Radars Systems: 3, 4, 6 face “Aegis” systems developed by China, Japan, Australia, Netherlands, USA; Patriot now has GaN AESA providing 360o coverage; S/Xband AMDR provides 30 times the sensitivity and number of tracks as SPY-1D(V). Low Cost Packaging: Raytheon funding development of low cost flat panel X-band array using COTS type printed circuit boards (PCBs); Lincoln-Lab./MA-COM developing low cost Sband flat panel array using PCBs, overlapped subarrays and a T/R switch instead of a circulator; Extreme MMIC: 4 T/R modules on single chip at X-band costing ~$10 per T/R module ; full phased array on wafer at 110 GHz; on-chip built-in-self-test (BIST); Digital Beam Forming (DBF): Israel, Thales and Australia AESAs have an A/D for every element channel; Raytheon developing mixer-less direct RF A/D having >400 MHz instantaneous bandwidth, reconfigurable between S and X-band; Lincoln Lab increases spurious free dynamic range of receiver plus A/D by 40 dB; Radio Astronomers looking at using arrays with DBF. Materials: GaN can now put 5X to 10X the power of GaAs in same footprint, 38% less costly, 100 million hr MTBF; SiGe for backend, GaN for front end of T/R module. Metamaterials: Material custom made (not found in nature): electronically steered antenna at 20 and 30 GHz demonstrated (with goal of $1K per antenna) remains

to prove low cost and reliability); 2-20GHz stealthing by absorption simulated using <1 mm coating; target made invisible over 50% bandwidth at L-band; Focus 6X beyond diffraction limit at 0.38 μm; 40X diffraction limit, λ/80, at 375 MHz; In cell phones provides antennas 5X smaller (1/10th λ) having 700 MHz-2.7 GHz bandwidth; Provides isolation between antennas having 2.5 cm separation equivalent to 1m separation; used for phased array WAIM; n-doped graphene has negative index of refraction, first such material found in nature. Very Low Cost Systems: Valeo Raytheon (now Valeo Radar) developed low cost, $100s, car 25 GHz 7 beam phased array radar; about 2 million sold already, more than all the radars ever built up to a very few years ago; Commercial ultra low cost 77 GHz Roach radar on 72mm2 chip with >8 bits 1 GS/s A/D and 16 element array; Low cost 240GHz 4.2x3.2x0.15 cm3 5 gm radar for bird inspired robots and crawler robots, Frequency scans 2ox8o beam ±25o; DARPA has goal to build 28,000 element 94 GHz array costing $1/element, 50W total RF peak power. SAR/ISAR: Principal Components of matrix formed from prominent scatterers track history used to determine target unknown motion and thus compensate for it to provide focused ISAR image. Technology and Algorithms: Lincoln Lab increases spurious free dynamic range of receiver plus A/D by 40 dB; MEMS: reliability reaches 300 billion cycles without failure; Has potential to reduce the T/R module count in an array by a factor of 2 to 4; Provides microwave filters like 200 MHz wide tuneable from 8-12 GHz; MEMS Piezoelectric Material = piezoMEMS: Enables flying insect robots; Printed Electronics: Low cost printing of RF and digital circuits using metal-insulator-metal (MIM) diodes, 2D MoS2 ink and 1.6 diodes GHz (goal 2.4 GHz) made with Si and NbSi2 particles,; Electrical and Optical Signals on Same Chip: Electricity and light can be simultaneously transmitted over a silver nanowire combined with single layer 2D MoS2, could be a step towards transporting on computer chips digital information at the speed of light; COSMOS: DARPA revolutionary program: Allow integration of III-V, CMOS and opto-electronics on one chip without bonded wires leading to higher performance, lower power, smaller size, components; MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output): Where it makes sense; contrary to what is claimed MIMO array radars do not provide 1, 2 or 3 orders

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of magnitude better resolution and accuracy than conventional array radars; MIMO does not provide better barrage-noise-jammer, repeater-jammer or hot-clutter rejection than conventional array radars; Graphene and Carbon Nanotube (CNT): Potential for Terahertz transistor clock speeds, manufacture on CMOS demo’d, could allow Moore’s law to march forward using present day manufacturing techniques; potential for non-volatile memory, flexible displays and camouflage clothing, self-cooling, IBM producing 200 mm wafers with RF devices; Electron spin: For memory; Atomic Memory: 12 iron atoms for 1 bit of memory; could provide hard drive with 100X density; Revolutionary 3-D Micromachining: integrated circuitry for microwave components, like 16 element Ka-band array with Butler beamformer on 13X2 cm2 chip; Superconductivity: We may still achieve superconductivity at room temperature; Superconductivity recently obtained for first time with iron compounds; DARPA UHPC (Ubiquitous High Performance Computing) Program): Goal: Reduce signal processing power consumption by factor of 75; Biodegradable Array of Transistors or LEDs: Imbedded for detecting cancer or low glucose; can then dispense chemotherapy or insulin; New Symmetry Breaking Theory: Could allow in future placing small low frequency antennas on a chip; Quantum Radar: See stealth targets; New polarizations: OAMs, (Orbital Angular Momentum) unlimited data rate over finite band using new polarizations??

Lecture 9, Jan. 4 TRACKING, PREDICTION AND SMOOTHING: Simple Algebra and Physical explanation. Mystery taken out of αβ (GH) Filter; Errors of; Fading Memory; BenedictBordner; Example Designs; Stability; Tracking Initiation; αβγ (GHK) Filter; Kalman Filter Explained in simple physical terms; Why Kalman Filter?; Relationship to GH and GHK Filters; Matrix Notation; Simple Derivation. Lecture 10, Jan. 11 HOW TO LOOK LIKE A GENIUS IN DETECTION WITHOUT REALLY TRYING: Simple procedure for determining detection using Meyer Plots, MATLAB, Excel and MATHCAD is presented. No detailed mathematics used, emphasis on physical understanding of target models (non-fluctuating, Marcum, Swerling, Weinstock, Chi-Square, Rayleigh, Lognormal, Rice and YGIAGAM) and performance results. Also covered are beam shape, CFAR, mismatch loss

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RF and Microwave Fundamentals Date & Time:

Wednesday & Thursday, October 7 & 8; 9AM - 4:30PM

Location:

Crowne Plaza Hotel, 15 Middlesex Canal Park Road, Woburn, MA

Speaker:

Henry Lau, Lexiwave Technology

Overview: This two-day course provides engineering professionals an introduction to the field of RF and Microwave engineering from an industry perspective. Participants will learn fundamental concepts on RF engineering as well as practical design and measurement techniques. Designs on commercial products will also be presented to the participants to gain practical knowledge. Audience: Engineering professionals required to work in the radio frequency or microwave domains for the first time. Designers with some RF exposure but little formal training who wish to broaden their design skill. DSP, Baseband and Digital designers who need to be aware of RF and Microwave issues. Benefits: Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to: 1. understand RF and Microwave design theories including Smith chart , transmission line and Scattering parameters. 2. understand impedance matching networks, design of RF amplifier and network analyzer aided RF circuit design from a practical and industrial perspective 3. understand critical RF and Microwave measurement techniques 4. learn from practical case studies on commercial RF products OUTLINE • Understanding of network parameter H-, Y- & S-parameter and their relevance to RF circuit analysis and design • Smith chart principle and usage • Transmission line theory and application coaxial, micro-stripline, stripline and waveguide • Impedance matching lumped and distributed networks • RF system parameters and design considerations

Transmitter basic parameters Receiver basic parameters • RF and Microwave Measurements Equipments Test Accessories Measurement techniques • Various CAD tools for design and simulation

Expertise: Henry Lau received his M.Sc. and MBA degrees from UK and USA respectively. He has more than 25 years of experience in designing RF systems, products and RFICs in both Hong Kong and US. He worked for Motorola and Conexant in US as Principal Engineer on developing RFICs for cellular phone and silicon tuner applications. Mr Lau holds five patents and has one patent pending, all in RF designs. He is currently running Lexiwave Technology, a fables semiconductor company in Hong Kong and US designing and selling RFICs, RF modules and RF solutions. He has also been teaching numerous RF-related courses internationally.

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Practical RF PCB Design: Wireless Networks, Products and Telecommunications Date & Time: Location: Speaker:

Thursday & Friday, December 17 & 18; 9AM - 4:30PM Crowne Plaza Hotel, 15 Middlesex Canal Park Road, Woburn, MA Henry Lau, Lexiwave Technology

Outline Overview: One of the most demanding consumer products in the market is the wireless telecommunication product. A well-designed Radio Frequency Printed Circuit Board (RF PCB) contributes significantly to the success of any wireless product as the layout of the PCB greatly affects the performance, stability and reliability of the product. In today’s highly competitive wireless products market with increasingly compressed development time-frame, there is a strong demand for RF professionals who possess the knowledge and experience to design top-performing RF PCBs in less number of iterations. What matters is whether your level of competence is up to the required standard to meet such demand. Audience: RF Designers, Wireless Product Designers, Field Application Engineers, Design Managers and related professionals. Benefits: This course aims to provide participants with an insightful training on RF PCB design from a practical, industrial perspective. Participants will be led through a systematic, theoretical presentation with case studies on commercial products in the training. The course will be conducted by an RF expert with rich industrial experience. It is suitable for RF professionals who want to keep up-to-date their skills and knowledge in RF PCB design and stay competitive. Expertise: Henry Lau received his M.Sc. and MBA degrees from UK and USA respectively. He has more than 25 years of experience in designing RF systems, products and RFICs in both Hong Kong and US. He worked for Motorola and Conexant in US as Principal Engineer on developing RFICs for cellular phone and silicon tuner applications. Mr Lau holds five patents all in RF designs. He is currently running Lexiwave Technology, a fables semiconductor company in Hong Kong and US designing and selling RFICs, RF modules and RF solutions. He has also been teaching numerous RF-related courses internationally.

1. Printed circuit board design for RF circuits • From product design, circuit design to PCB design • Layer stack-up assignment • Grounding methods and techniques • Interconnects and I/O • Bypassing and decoupling • Partitioning methods 2. Printed circuits board design for other circuits • Clock circuits • Base-band circuits • Audio circuits • Power supplies • Impedance-controlled circuits • 3. PCB design for EMC/EMI compliance • EMC/EMI compliance • Grounding methods • Decoupling methods • Shielding methods • 4. Additional Design Techniques • Production concerns • Systematic product design approach • RF Modules • Evaluation boards • Other RF concerns • Casing design 5. Case studies Decision (Run/Cancel) Date for this Course is Friday, December 4, 2015 Payment received by Dec. 1 IEEE Members $405 Non-members $435 Payment received after Dec. 1 IEEE Members $435 Non-members $455

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Making You a Leader - Fast Track Date & Time: Location: Speaker:

Wednesday, December 16; 8:30AM - 5:00PM Crowne Plaza Hotel, 15 Middlesex Canal Park Road, Woburn, MA Robin Goldsmith, President, GoPro Management

We do projects to make change. Yet, change will not occur without leadership, and leaders are rare. Leaders make others want to do what the leader wants done. Leaders cause ordinary people to achieve extraordinary things. Managing is not the same as leading, and titles do not make leaders. Seminars can teach you to manage, but they cannot teach you to be a leader. Rather, making a leader takes special techniques—such as our personal development clinics—that can change deepseated behaviors learned over a lifetime. However, since clinics usually last about ten weeks, this mini-clinic was devised as a more convenient alternative.

Leadership components of project success Basic leadership practices; power sources Real change leaders in organizations TEAMS AND LEADERSHIP Everyone feels leadership is lacking Everyone thinks s/he is a leader Results, not actions or intent Workgroups, teams, and leaders Situational leadership styles Coaching and sports analogies to projects

INSPIRING AND MOTIVATING Gaining commitment to project success Communicating that influences others Addressing negativism and groupthink Conscious and unconscious messages Greatest management principle Hierarchy of needs effects on projects Hygiene factors vs. motivators Helping project players get their rewards Influencing up and down without authority Inspiring the extra efforts projects need Energizing the project team Participants will learn: SHARED VISIONS • Leadership characteristics and practices that are es- Relating values and vision to projects sential for project and personal success. Getting others to embrace one’s vision • Differences between management and leadership, Developing a motivating project vision how they conflict, and why leaders are so rare. • Behaviors leaders use to influence others, up and WHERE AND HOW LEADERS ARE MADE down, to want to do what the leader wants them to do Born or made? How do we know? • Special techniques personal development clinics use Habits of thought that affect project success to change lifetime learning and make leaders. Overcoming self-limiting lifetime learning • How to employ those special techniques in a follow- Leader’s critical success factors on mini-clinic to develop the leadership skills they Traditional education doesn’t make leaders need to make their projects successful. Special way—personal development clinics This format places responsibility upon the participant to carry out an extended informal follow-on program after completion of the formal seminar workshop session. During the follow-on period, the participant uses timecondensed methods that simulate the lifetime learning which makes a leader. Therefore, commitment to carrying out these exercises is essential for successful transformation.

SETTING AND ACCOMPLISHING GOALS S.M.A.R.T. goals for self and project WHO SHOULD ATTEND: This course has been de- Action plans to achieve your goals signed for business and systems professionals who want Visualizing and emotionalizing to improve their ability to lead and influence other people. DEFINING THE FOLLOW-ON PROGRAM Clarifying project leadership objectives OUTLINE Breaking into prioritized subgoals Establishing rewarding daily achievements LEADERSHIP CHARACTERISTICS & ROLE Special techniques to change habits How leadership looks and feels Management vs. leadership

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CARRYING OUT THE MINI-CLINIC Working with a follow-up support structure Mapping results regularly to goals Objectively recording leadership changes Self-leadership through the process

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Defining and Writing Business Requirements Date & Time: Location: Speaker:

Monday & Tuesday, December 14 & 15; 8:30AM - 5:00PM Crowne Plaza Hotel, 15 Middlesex Canal Park Road, Woburn, MA Robin Goldsmith, President, GoPro Management

Discovering and documenting business requirements for projects always has been the weakest link in systems development. Up to 67 percent of maintenance and 40 percent of development is wasted rework and creep attributable to inadequately defined business requirements. Too often projects proceed based on something other than what the business people really need; and traditional methodologies commonly focus mainly on the format for writing requirements. This interactive workshop also emphasizes how to discover content, why to build it and what it must do to produce value for the customer/ user. Using a real case, participants practice discovering, understanding, and writing clear and complete business/user requirements that can cut creep, speed project delivery, reduce maintenance, and delight customers

• Formats for analyzing, documenting, and communicating business requirements. • Techniques and automated tools to manage requirements changes and traceability. WHO SHOULD ATTEND: This course has been designed for systems and business managers, project leaders, analysts, programmer analysts, quality/testing professionals, auditors, and others responsible for assuring business requirements are defined adequately.

OUTLINE

REQUIREMENTS ROLE AND IMPORTANCE Sources and economics of system errors How requirements produce value Participants will learn: • Avoiding creep--role and importance of defining busi- Business vs. system requirements Survey on improving requirements quality ness requirements accurately and completely. • Distinctions between the user’s (business) require- Software packages and outsourcing How we do it now vs. what we should do ments and the system’s (design) requirements. • How to gather data, spot the important things, and DISCOVERING “REAL” REQUIREMENTS interpret them meaningfully. • Using the Problem Pyramid™ tool to define clearly Do users really not know what they want? How the “real” requirements may differ problems, causes, and real requirements. Please take this short survey, https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/B8R2DYL

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Aligning strategy, management, operations Technology requirements vs. design Problem Pyramid™ tool to get on track Understanding the business needs/purposes Horizontal processes and vertical silos Customer-focused business processes Who should do it: business or systems? Joint Application Development (JAD) limits Management/supervisor vs. worker views

Standards, guidelines, and conventions Detailing Engineered Deliverable Quality Simulation and prototyping Defining acceptance criteria MANAGING THE REQUIREMENTS Supporting, controlling, tracing changes Automated requirements management tools Measuring the “proof of the pudding”

DATA GATHERING AND ANALYSIS Surveys and questionnaires Research and existing documentation Observing/participating in operations Prototyping and proofs of concept Planning an effective interview Controlling with suitable questions FORMATS TO AID UNDERSTANDING Business rules, structured English E-R, data flow,flow, organization diagrams Data models, process maps performance, volume, frequency statistics Sample forms, reports, screens menus

Speaker’s Bio: Robin F. Goldsmith, JD is an internationally recognized authority on software development and acquisition methodology and management. He has more than 30 years of experience in requirements definition, quality and testing, development, project management, and process improvement. A frequent featured speaker at leading professional conferences and author of the recent Artech House book, Discovering REAL Business Requirements for Software Project Success, he regularly works with and trains business and systems professionals.

DOCUMENTATION FORMATS IEEE standard for software requirements Use cases, strengths and warnings 7 guidelines for documenting requirements Requirements vs. implementation scope Iterating to avoid analysis paralysis Conceptual system design solutions Detailing for clarity, clarifying quality

Decision (Run/Cancel) Date for this Courses is Friday, December 4, 2015

GETTING MORE CLEAR AND COMPLETE Stakeholders and Quality Dimensions Addressing relevant quality factor levels

Payment received by Dec. 1 IEEE Members $ 415 Non-members $ 430 Payment received after Dec. 1 IEEE Members $ 430 Non-members $ 455

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Embedded Linux Board Support Packages and Device Drivers Date & Time: Location: Speaker:

Mondays, November 2, 9, 16, 30, 6 - 9PM Crowne Plaza Hotel, 15 Middlesex Canal Park Road, Woburn, MA Mike McCullough, RTETC, LLC

Course Summary - This 4-day technical training course provides advanced training in the development of Embedded Linux Board Support Packages (BSPs), Device Drivers and Distributions. The first part of the

course focuses on BSP and Software Development Kit (SDK) development in an Embedded Linux context with a focus on application performance measurement and improvement. The latter part of the

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course covers Embedded Linux Device Driver develop- Other Embedded Linux Development Tools ment including key device driver decisions and deploy- Library Support ment considerations for Embedded Linux BSPs. Glibc and Alternatives SDK Deployment and Support Who Should Attend - The course is designed for real- Debugging time engineers who are developing Embedded Linux GDB, GDB Server and the GDB Server Debugger BSPs and Device Drivers for Embedded Linux distri- Other Debug Tools butions. It is also targeted at experienced developers An Abatron Board Bring-Up Example requiring a refresher course on Linux BSP and Device An Eclipse Remote Debug Example Driver development. Advanced Debug with printk, syslogd and LTTng System-Level Debug Course Objectives System-Level Debug Tools The /proc Filesystem • To gain an understanding of the complexities of Advanced Logging Methods BSP and SDK development and their uses in Embed- KGDB and KDB ded Linux systems. Crash Dumps • To provide a basic understanding of the Linux I/O Subsystem and the Device Driver Models provided with Embedded Linux distributions. Course Schedule Day 2 • To gain an in-depth understanding of character- Configuring Embedded Linux based device drivers in Embedded Linux Config Methods • To understand key device driver subsystems in- Config Syntax cluding relatively slow I/O interconnects such as I2C, Adding Code to the Linux Kernel SPI and USB as well as high-speed interfaces such as USB 3.0 and PCIe Booting Embedded Linux • To give students the confidence to apply these The Linux Boot Process concepts to their next Embedded Linux project. NFS and RAMdisk Booting Root and Flash File System Development Building the RAMdisk Busybox Development Testing and Debug of Embedded Linux BSPs Kernel Debug and Kernel Probes Kexec and Kdump Course Schedule Day 1 The Linux Test Project (LTP) Getting Started with Embedded Linux Performance Tuning Embedded Linux BSPs Linux and the GPL User Mode Linux and Virtualization Building the Kernel Source Code Embedded Linux Kernels BSPs and SDKs Measuring Embedded Linux BSP Performance Linux References (Books and Online) Common Considerations Uncommon Considerations BootLoader Optimizations Embedded Linux BSP Development Basics Boot Time Measurements BSP Requirements Effective Memory and Flash Usage U-Boot and Bootloader Development Filesystem Performance Issues Basic BSP Development Some Ideas on Performance Measurement Files and Filesystem Support The I/O Subsystem: Talking to Hardware Memory Management and Paging Course Schedule Day 3 Error Handling in Embedded Linux BSPs The Original Device Driver Model Timing and Timers The fops struct and Char Drivers Interrupt Handling in BSPs The inode and dentry structs BSP Deployment Issues and Practices Major and Minor Numbers Embedded Linux SDK Basics Embedding Channel Information The 3 Pieces of an SDK Deferring Work Embedded Linux Distributions The /proc Filesystem The GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)

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Configuring the Device Driver Modularization Revisited The New Device Driver Model An Object-Oriented Approach Platform Devices and Drivers Subsystem Registration The Probe and Init Functions The Show and Store Functions The /sys Filesystem Configuring the New Device Driver Comparing the Two Driver Models The Flattened Device Tree (FDT) openBoot and its Effect on Embedded Linux The Device Tree Script (dts) File The Device Tree Compiler (dtc) The Device Tree Blob (dtb) File Building a dtb File Hybrid Device Drivers Other fops Functions The Need for Ioctl A Simulated Char Device Driver The SIM Device Driver Initialization Open and Close Read and Write The /proc Driver Interface MMAP Support Course Schedule Day 4 Linux Device Driver Subsystems Serial Drivers The RTC Subsystem Watchdogs I2C & SPI Block Devices PCI USB VME Video Sound Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Missing? Memory Technology Devices What is an MTD? NAND vs NOR Flash Interfaces The Common Flash Interface (CFI) Driver and User Modules

Flash Filesystems Drivers in User Space Accessing I/O Regions Accessing Memory Regions User Mode SCSI, USB and I2C UIO High-Speed Interconnects PCIe GigE iSCSI Infiniband FibreChannel Serial RapidIO Debugging Device Drivers kdb, kgdb and JTAG Kernel Probes Kexec and Kdump Kernel Profiling User Mode Linux and Kernel Hacking Performance Tuning Device Drivers Some Final Recommendations

Lecturer Bio â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mike McCullough is President and CEO of RTETC, LLC. Mike has a BS in Computer Engineering and an MS in Systems Engineering from Boston University. A 20-year electronics veteran, he has held various positions at LynuxWorks, Tilera, Embedded Planet, Wind River Systems, Lockheed Sanders, Stratus Computer and Apollo Computer. RTETC, LLC is a provider of Eclipse-based software development tools, training and consulting services for the embedded systems market. Decision (Run/Cancel) Date for this Course is Friday, October 23, 2015 Payment received by Oct. 19 IEEE Members $395 Non-members $415 Payment received after Oct. 19 IEEE Members $415 Non-members $435

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Catching and Preventing More and More Important Defects Earlier - Win Testing Advocates by Helping to Deliver

Projects Faster, Cheaper and Better!

Two-day Intensive Seminar Workshop! Date & Time: Location: Speaker:

Thursday & Friday, December 17 & 18; 8:30AM - 5:00PM Crowne Plaza Hotel, 15 Middlesex Canal Park Road, Woburn, MA Robin Goldsmith, President, GoPro Management

Overview: Testing is the main means of controlling risks that software does what it’s not supposed to do or doesn’t do what it’s supposed to do. Testing takes half of typical software projects, but few project--or test—managers know how to do it effectively. Thus, traditional testing typically is reactive, coming too late and taking too much effort, yet still missing many defects, especially showstoppers. This interactive workshop shows how Proactive Testing™ applies proven traditional test techniques and special more powerful methods in low-overhead no-busywork ways that enable doing more effective testing in less time, catching many ordinarily-overlooked showstopper and other defects earlier, while also overcoming traditional user, manager, and developer resistance to testing by cutting time, effort, and aggravation. To enhance learning, participants practice each key technique in a series of exercises with various aspects of a real case fact situation.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND: This course has been designed for testing professionals and others who manage and perform testing of software products, and also for analysts, designers, and system/project managers who need to know how Proactive Testing™ can cut software development time and effort.

OUTLINE

Participants will learn:

HOW TESTING CAN CUT EFFORT & TIME Testing for correctness vs. testing for errors Defect injection, detection, ejection metrics Reactive testing—out of time, but not tests Proactive Testing™ Life Cycle model CAT-Scan Approach™ to find more errors V-model and objectives of each test level Dynamic, passive and active static testing Developer vs. independent test group testing Strategy—create fewer errors, catch more Test activities that save the developer’s time

• A structured Proactive Testing™ model of testing that should be performed throughout the life cycle. • Ways testing actually can cut time, effort, and aggravation for users, developers, and managers. • Writing industry-accepted test plans and test designs that make testing easier and more reliable. • Multiple techniques/checklists to design more thorough tests and discover overlooked conditions. • Measurements for managing and improving test process effectiveness. • Applying risk analysis and reusable testware to perform more of the important testing in less time.

TEST PLANNING VALUE NOT BUSYWORK Risk elements, relation to testing Proactive vs. reactive risk analysis IEEE Standard for Test Documentation Enabling manageability, reuse, selectivity Master Test Plan counterpart to project plan Approach, use of automated tools Entry/exit criteria, anticipating change Exercise: Anticipating showstoppers Risk-based way to define test units Letting testing drive development Preventing major cause of overruns

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DETAILED TEST PLANNING IEEE Standard on Unit Testing Functional (Black Box) testing strategy 3-level top-down test planning and design Exercise: Functionality matrix Use cases, revealing overlooked conditions Detailed Test Plan technical document WHITE BOX (STRUCTURAL) TESTING Structural (white box) degrees of coverage Flowgraphing logic paths Applying structural paths to business logic Exercise: Defining use case test coverage TEST DESIGN: BOTH VERB AND NOUN Exercise: Disciplined brainstorming Checklists find more overlooked conditions Data formats, data and process models Business rules, decision tables and trees Equivalence classes and boundary values Error guessing, condition combinations Defect isolation, reproducibility, Formal, informal Test Design Specifications Exercise: Defining reusable test designs Test Case Specifications vs. test data values Writing test cases, script/matrix

MEASURING AND MANAGING TESTING Defect reports that prompt suitable action Projecting when software is good enough Measuring testing effectiveness Speakerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bio: Robin F. Goldsmith, JD is an internationally recognized authority on software development and acquisition methodology and management. He has more than 30 years of experience in requirements definition, quality and testing, development, project management, and process improvement. A frequent featured speaker at leading professional conferences and author of the recent Artech House book, Discovering REAL Business Requirements for Software Project Success, he regularly works with and trains business and systems professionals.

Decision (Run/Cancel) Date for this Courses is Monday, December 7, 2015 Payment received by Dec. 3 IEEE Members $ 415 Non-members $ 430 Payment received after Dec. 3 IEEE Members $ 430 Non-members $ 455

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Software Estimating -

Making More Reliable Time, Effort, and Resources Estimates Come True Two-day Intensive Seminar Workshop! Date & Time: Location: Speaker:

Monday & Tuesday, November 23 & 24; 8:30AM - 5:00PM Crowne Plaza Hotel, 15 Middlesex Canal Park Road, Woburn, MA Robin Goldsmith, President, GoPro Management

Overview: Unreliable estimates are a major reason many software projects are late, over-budget, and poor quality. Historically, estimating has been so weak in IT that some people simply assume it is impossible to estimate IT activities accurately, which in turn can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. In fact, though, a number of methods and approaches enable more accurate estimates which can produce huge direct and indirect benefits. This interactive seminar describes key causes of estimating pitfalls and effective estimating concepts and techniques

to overcome the difficulties. Methods address estimating not only coding but also other project components in both agile and more traditional projects. And, rather than just being a static up-front exercise, the course shows dynamic techniques that effective estimators use throughout the project to control progress as well as to refine and improve their estimates and estimating skills. Exercises enhance learning by allowing participants to practice applying practical techniques to realistic examples.

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Participants will learn: • Estimation and control roles, issues, and impacts on project success. • Appropriate uses and limitations of rapid top-down and parametric estimates. • Work breakdown structure bottom-up estimating techniques and issues. • Point counting and related size estimation techniques. • Estimating schedules and resources. • Separately estimating testing, importance and techniques. • Controlling activities and refining estimates throughout the project.

BOTTOM-UP ESTIMATING Need to identify project activities regardless Major reason estimates are inaccurate Work-breakdown structure technique Level-by-level increase in precision Near- and far-term detail differences Identifying effort by resource and skill level Implicit vs. explicit duration Work packet roll-up Addressing contingencies and oversights Relating to top-down estimates, fudge factor Adjusting for skill level Dealing with risk and uncertainty Theory of Constraints, buffers Life cycle and other ways to identify tasks

AGILE PROJECT ESTIMATING Agile project concept differences WHO SHOULD ATTEND: This course has been Determining sprints and backlogs designed for project managers, analysts, designers, pro- Defining user stories grammers, QA/testers auditors, and others who need to Conversations to elaborate user stories estimate software and software projects. Story point sizing Planning poker OUTLINE T-shirt sizing Timeboxing vs. estimating ESTIMATING AND PROJECT SUCCESS Refactoring Project management, development lifecycles Why estimates destine most projects to fail Impediments to influencing estimates Speaker’s Bio: Robin F. Goldsmith, JD is an inter Game-playing, countering Parkinson’s Law nationally recognized authority on software development Real causes of scope creep and acquisition methodology and management. He has Self-fulfilling self-defeating prophecies more than 30 years of experience in requirements defini Defining scope that doesn’t creep so much tion, quality and testing, development, project manage Problem Pyramid™ disciplined definition ment, and process improvement. A frequent featured Requirements negotiation model speaker at leading professional conferences and author Deliverable value-based estimating of the recent Artech House book, Discovering REAL Product backlog similarities and differences Business Requirements for Software Project Success, he regularly works with and trains business and systems professionals. ESTIMATION CONCEPTS, TOP-DOWN “Knowing” estimating is impossible How effective estimators differ All estimates relate reference to target Decision (Run/Cancel) Date for this Course Similarity, scalability, history is Friday, November 13, 2015 Top-down estimating, advantages Main reasons top-down often is inaccurate Payment received by Nov. 9 Top position relevance for top-down IEEE Members $415 Rule-of-thumb techniques, traps IEEE Non-members $430 Wide-band Delphi Code sizing-based project estimates Payment received after Nov. 9 Parametric estimating algorithms Members $430 Factors affecting parametric accuracy Non-members $455

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Referral based Marketing: Understanding the Process of Business Development Date & Time: Location: Speaker:

Tuesday, October, 27 - 8:30PM Crowne Plaza Hotel, 15 Middlesex Canal Park Road, Woburn, MA Paul Hutchinson, Hutchinson Consulting

Contact Karen at the IEEE Office for discount information on attending both courses (Referral Based marketing and Sales Skills) k.safina@ieee.org

If You Don’t like to Sell, a great option is to build your referral network, and get referrals from past clients, people you know, and groups you are involved in. You have a much better chance of closing business from a referral then other sources. In this class you will learn easy to apply techniques to find the sources you all ready have for building referrals and create a systematic referral based marketing plan to grow your referral base. Course Overview: During this workshop you will be guided through a process that will enable you to create a detailed plan generating more and better referrals and harvest the sources you all ready have for building referrals. In working with people in many different industries we get a chance to see what’s common across the board for professional service providers. We are constantly amazed at how people focus only on sales, and selling and over look their referral sources. Having a systematic way to create, find and build a referral network is a key component to growing any business. Ask your self, where do I go when I need to find a resource such as a physician or dentist? Do you just Google dentist? No, you ask people you trust. Learning who to ask and how to ask for referrals is a critical part of building a business yet it is not an easy process to master. During the course you will receive methods for building your referral base. You will get an opportunity to learn from what others have already

discovered, and you get a chance to develop your own process of asking for referrals. You will leave with a detailed plan for building referrals. Target Audience: Professional Service providers that need to sell their own services. This can be internal or external services providers. Engineers that support sales teams, or are considering careers in Sales or sales related areas. Benefits: • Increased understanding of the business development process. (Sales) • Get more focused on going after business, Harvest current and past contacts to grow your referral sources, and enable your contacts to be effective in supporting your efforts to grow your sales. OUTLINE Learn how to systematically build a referral based marketing program. · What is a referral based marketing program and how can it drive business growth · Why some people get great referrals and others do not · What is a good referral for you and your business · Where to look for referrals and use professional associations · How to ask for referrals · Effective Follow-up There will be a breakout during the workshop. The breakout will provide the attendees with an exercise

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designed to bring clarity to their selling process. The breakout will focus on creating a process for engineers to build a professional referral network. Speaker Bio Paul R. Hutchinson, a senior management consultant with a passion for selling and teaching others how to sell effectively, founded Hutchinson Consulting in 2003. Paul provides sales strategy; sales training/coaching and sales process improvements to private clients. He helps clients focus on building their sales by understanding the difference between selling and marketing. Through consistently and systematically following up on qualified prospects, clients reduce their sale cycle time and close more business. Paul uses his past experience working inside Fortune 500 companies to help small companies that sell to large companies understand and maneuver through the complexities of large organizations.

Berkshire Section, Merrimack Valley Small Business Center and the Middlesex West Chamber of Commerce. Paul has served as a trusted adviser to CEO’s of small technology companies, to Executive Directors of, the Middlesex West Chamber of Commerce, Merrimack Valley Small Business Center , and on the Board of Directors for the Middlesex West Chamber of Commerce. He can be reached at Paul@PRHutchinson.com Material that is included in Course: Handouts, and written exercise/work sheets designed to support building a referral network.

As a professional speaker, Paul leads workshops and facilitates meetings focused on improving sales, creating or clarifying an organization’s sales strategy and processes, while building strategic referral networks. He has delivered powerful and engaging sale seminars to numerous professional organizations such as, The IEEE Boston Section, IEEE Consultants Network , The IEEE

Payment received by Oct. 13 IEEE Members $45 Non-members $45 Payment received after Oct. 13 IEEE Members $55 Non-members $65

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Sales Skills for Engineers and Scientists Date & Time: Location: Speaker:

Tuesday, October, 20: 6 - 8:30PM Crowne Plaza Hotel, 15 Middlesex Canal Park Road, Woburn, MA Paul Hutchinson, Hutchinson Consulting

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Overview: Do you need to build the revenue of your consulting or your small business by increasing your SALES? Just like any other game, you can’t win at sales if you don’t know how the game is played. If you have not had any formal sales training in the past, or you’re new to selling or supporting the sales efforts of your company, this workshop can give you the insight and understanding it takes to become focused and effective at selling by explaining the rules of the game and exploring specific tactics to refocus and sharpen your skills.

helpful for people that are in transition and are thinking about starting or building a consulting practice. In today’s environment understanding the basics of sales and selling can be of value whether you’re selling internally or externally. If you need to pitch a project internally or externally to some one to get funding this workshop is for you.

Benefits: Increased understanding of selling, what the process of sales is, how to improve and support the sales efforts of your company. Learning the key concepts and the language of sales, can improve communication between engineering and sales teams. Increasing the ability to communicate effectively and understand how engineering can impact the ability to reach sales goals.

This course is designed to give a basic understanding of what sales is and how to create a sales process that supports a successful business. This workshop will inOutline troduce you to the process of selling. It will review the steps involved in selling, starting by explaining the dif- Introduction to sales: ference between Marketing and Sales. It will discuss and explain sales as a series of steps from the first Overview of Sales: sales call or introduction to the closing of the sale. ◦ Sales vs. Marketing ◦ Why do people hate the thought of selling? The workshop will conclude with Paul answering at- ◦ The barriers to selling tendee’s individual questions and addressing their ◦ Different types of selling unique circumstances, and sales challenges. Each at- ◦ The use of qualifying questions tendee will receive exercises and reference handouts The process of selling: to build their sales skills and improve their ability to sell. ◦ Five step model of a sales process ◦ Expressed interest ◦ Qualifying questions ◦ Handling and overcoming obstacles Target audience: ◦ The proposal process This course has been designed for scientists and en- ◦ Negotiation gineers who are new to sales, considering moving into ◦ The closing process a sales or sales support role, have not had sales edu- ◦ Referral networks cation before, or are working in roles that support the How engineers impact the sales team efforts sales and marketing process, for themselves or their ◦ Why are you at the sale presentation – company. The workshop has been very helpful for people that are consultants or are new to consulting and faced with the task of bringing in their own professional work. It is also

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What are your goals for attending the sales presenta- Course content includes Handouts: Creating a Sales process tion? ◦ How to create value and support the sales ef- A Sales Resource list will be provided. forts Being successful as a sales person: ◦ Why listening is a key part of selling ◦ Prospecting, and lead generation ◦ Moving from prospecting to selling ◦ How to create your own sales process and how to improve it over time Decision (Run/Cancel) Date for this Courses is Monday, October 12, 2015 A Case study – students use examples with which they are familiar to build and outline of their own sales pro- Payment received by Oct. 6 cess. IEEE Members $45 Non-members $45 There will be a breakout that will provide the attendees Payment received after Oct. 6 with an exercise IEEE Members $55 designed to bring clarity to their selling process. Non-members $65

Transformers: The Processes of Specification Writing, Design, and Manufacturing

An In-depth, one-day workshop Date & Time: Monday, October 19; 8AM - 5PM Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel, 15 Middlesex Canal Park Road, Woburn, MA Speaker: Ronnie Minhaz, Transformer Consulting Services, Inc. Overview: Medium and large transformers are custom-built for specific transmission and distribution system requirements. There are many different design approaches, materials and manufacturing processes that can be used to manufacture transformers. These differences can result in varying levels of system performance, power transfer efficiency, fault tolerance, equipment life, cost and the like. This one-day workshop will provide instruction on fundamentals of transformer design and manufacturing processes to enlighten the attendees on what to look for from procurement of transformer to asset management. The instruction also includes “Preparation of Preparation of Transformer Specification” focusing on key areas should be looked into in writing specification. It will provide insight into specifying the design and manufacture of transformers that are most appropriate for specific system requirements.

Who should attend? This workshop is designed for engineers especially electrical who work in electrical power industry (Generation, Transmission and distribution). It is also targeted at experienced engineers requiring a refresher course on Transformer and how it’s parameters have impact on power system. This course will clearly demonstrate what can be missed in specification to procure a reliable cost effective transformer as well as the design and manufacturing process that has impact on life of transformer and system performance. Course Objectives • To provide a basic understanding of the Transformer design and manufacturing process that has impact on procurement, maintenance, asset management and life cycle of the equipment. • To prepare specifications for procuring reliable transformers at market prices. • To know and understand the clarifications/confirmations to ask in the Tender Review and Design Review meet-

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• To avoid delays in delivery by following up with the manufacturer at critical intervals. • To obtain the best benefits by knowing the characteristics and the costs of the materials and the components used in the transformers.

cesses will cover Core Construction, Insulation, Windings, Core and Coil, Processing, Tanking, Testing and Shipping. Some of the hold-points during the processes will be explained as well what a customer should look into while doing factory inspection. The presentation will also cover Instructor: Mr. Minhaz is the president and founder reconnection both in LV and HV, LTC Tap changer both in of Transformer Consulting Services, Inc. He has more tank and separate tank, Lead works. than ten years experience in the specification and design of transformers. Prior to forming his own company, Part 3: Preparation of Transformer Specification he worked as a Transformer Design Engineer at Pauwels Canada (manufacturer), an Equipment Engineer at SNC Abstract: Lava Lin (ECPM), an Equipment Engineer at Enmax Pow- The purpose of this presentation/tutorial is to assist ater (utility), and a Lead Substation Engineer at McGregor tendees in preparation of Transformer Specifications to Construction (substation construction). Mr. Minhaz holds procure economical and reliable transformers which meet a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Mani- system needs. By knowing the implications of transformer toba, Canada, and is a registered professional engineer in parameters on operation and on cost, functional specificathe province of Alberta, Canada. He is an active member tions can be prepared. of IEEE and IEEE Power & Energy Society. He has held various IEEE section-level leadership positions. www.tcSome of the topics covered in the presentation/tutorial are servicesinc.com rating, voltages, transformer type, vector group, loss capitalization, over excitation, insulation levels, cooling type, Schedule: sound levels, tap range, taps in HV or in LV, operation of 07:00am – 08:00am Registration, Coffee, Networking 08:00am – 08:15am Opening, Instructor Introduction taps for input voltage fluctuations or for compensation of 08:15am – 10:00am Instructor Presentation Part #1 regulation, impedance, overloads, short-circuit, accesso10:00am – 10:30am Morning Break ries, parallel operation, alternatives etc. 10:30am – 11:00pm continue Instructor Presentation Part #1 Often the bid with the lowest evaluated cost does not give 11:00am – 12:00pm Instructor Presentation Part #2 the lowest operational cost transformer, but a good speci12:00pm – 12:45pm Lunch 12:45pm – 02:00pm continue Instructor Presentation Part fication is most influential in achieving this. Specifications should not only reduce the capital cost, should also re#2 duce the operational cost. Specifications should help the 02:00pm – 02:45pm Instructor Presentation Part #3 maintenance and reduce the maintenance cost. To repair 02:45pm – 03:15pm Afternoon Break 03:15pm – 04:30pm continue Instructor Presentation Part a transformer quickly at a low cost should be an impor#3 tant aspect in finalizing an order and to be covered in the 04:30pm – 05:00pm Wrap-Up and Q&A specifications. Course outline: Part 1: Transformer Design and Design Parameters Abstract: The presentation will be on the Basic of Transformer Design. The presentation will explain how a transformer designer interprets parameters such as MVA, lightning Impulse, Switching impulse, Percentage Impedance supplied by a customer. It will touch on Power rating [MVA], Core, Rated voltages, Insulation Coordination, Short-circuit Impedance, Short-circuit Forces, Loss evaluation, Temperature limits, Cooling, Sound Level .. etc. It will also explain overload and life expectancy of a transformer as well when Delta winding is needed in Wye-Wye connection. The presentation will answer why in North America we like to regulate from low voltage side whereas in Europe regulates from high voltage side. Part 2: Transformer Manufacturing Processes Abstract: The presentation will be on the Industry wide manufacturing process to build a transformer in the shop floor. Pro-

A clear specification with all system requirements is of at most important in procuring reliable and economical transformers. A specification with no ambiguities and with no missing information avoids manufacturing design engineers to assume the requirements which are not clear or missing. When the manufacturing design engineers have to assume, most likely they will assume to obtain the lowest cost transformer, often this does not meet the system needs. Decision (Run/Cancel) Date for this Course isThursday, October 8, 2015 Payment received by Oct. 5 IEEE Members $245 Non-members $265 Payment received after Oct. 5 IEEE Members $265 Non-members $295

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IEEE/IBM WATSON STUDENT SHOWCASE

WOW!!! You mean I really can work with Watson and compete for a cash prize!

Participate in the IEEE/IBM Watson Showcase to:  Find out firsthand what cognitive computing is all about  Work with Watson  Teamwork – networking – boosting your resume…. all things to set you apart and give you a competitive advantage  Receive an IEEE Certificate of Achievement & those all‐ important bragging rights  Earn a chance to win cash prizes up to US$2000

ELIGIBILITY: o Open globally to currently enrolled undergraduate and graduate students o At least one team member must be an IEEE student member o Teams of 2‐5 students work with IBM Bluemix to develop apps

https://ieeeibmwatsonshowcase.fluidreview.com For complete details about eligibility, application procedures, and selection criteria, please visit: http://bit.ly/1aKIrxE Email questions to: a.winston@ieee.org Completed entries due: 30 September 2015: Teams will submit an executive summary, a one‐two minute demo video, & a text copy of source code. #ieeeibmwatson

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