NEW YORK SECTION - IEEE Awards Dinner Dance

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1 April, 2017, Vol. 64, No. 4 NEW YORK SECTION - IEEE Awards Dinner Dance Saturday, May 6, 2017 The New York Hilton Midtown Hotel New York, NY Saturday, 6 May, 2017, 6PM -11PM 1

2 Principal Officers 2017 Chair: Wilson Milian Vice chair (Chapter Operations: Robert Pellegrino Vice chair (Section Activities): Charles Rubenstein Treasurer: Mohammad Farzad Haghi Secretary : Thomas Villani Editor: Amitava Dutta-Roy We advance technology for the benefit of humanity Currently, the New York Section of IEEE comprises of the following active Chapters of the IEEE Societies: Broadcast Technology Society Computational Intelligence Society 2

3 Computer Society Communications Society Technology Management Society Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Instrumentation and Measurement Society Power and Energy Society Industrial Applications Society Solid State Circuits/Electron Devices Societies Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society Vehicular Technology Society AND The following Affinity Groups as defined by IEEE Consultants Network Life Members Women in Engineering Young Professionals FROM THE KEYBOARD OF THE EDITOR T he short-lived spring is upon us. You can still see the cherries in full bloom.; so beautiful, a riot of colors. You may have noticed that this year we did not hold our usual annual Award Dinner Dance in February as we had in the years past. Many members thought that the attendance at the ADD in February was too dependent on the unpredictable weather. To comply with the wishes of the majority of our members David Horn, the NY Section s special events chair and the executive committee decided to shift the date to May. Thank you, David! Our female members and spouses of others can now dress up for the ADD without worrying too much for the snow and slush on their way to the Hilton. At this dinner dance event we ll have a chance to honor the new IEEE Fellows and the recipients of diverse IEEE awards. We ll also be able to recognize the members who volunteer in various activities of the IEEE. To add to such camaraderie there will be cocktails, hors d oeuvres, enough to fill our stomachs. Huh, don t fill them up just yet because there will be entrees, filet mignon or salmon or a veggie plate. And there will be live music to dance to. See you there! 3

4 Join us in networking with your peers, IEEE members, old hands and newer, and to honor this year s IEEE Fellows and awardees of the New York section AT Award Dance Dinner Hilton Midtown Hotel and Towers 1335 Avenue of the Americas (between 53rd and 54th Streets), Manhattan, New York Saturday, 6 May, 2017, 6pm 11pm Hot and cold hors d oeuvres, cocktails of your choice, and succulent filet mignon, delicious salmon or tasty vegetarian dishes Live dance music until 11pm RSVP form at the end of this newsletter 4

5 CONTENTS p.3 From the Keyboard of the Editor p. 6 Quick date checks for the NY Section ExComm meeting p. 6 Calendar of IEEE and other Technical Meetings in NYC and vicinity p.8 List of 2017 IEEE Fellows and other IEEE Awardees in the New York Section p. 10 Individual notices of technical meetings 5

6 QUICK DATE CHECKS FOR EVENTS The following are the presumed dates for the 2017 Executive Committee meetings at IEEE NY Section (unless otherwise notified in advance, always held on the second Wednesday of the month) 11 January 8 February 8 March 12 April No meeting in May due to Award Dinner Dance (6 May) 14 June No meetings during the months of July and August 13 September 11 October 8 November 13 December Unless otherwise notified, all ExComm meetings are scheduled for 12:30 pm at the ConEd Building, 4 Irving Place, New York. All members of the New York Section are invited to participate in the ExComm meetings. However, for reasons of security controlled by ConEd, the owner of the venue, all members desirous of attending any ExComm meeting must notify the Section chair. Thank you for your understanding <><><><><><><><<><><><><>< 6

7 TECHNICAL MEETINGS OF OUR INTEREST IN NYC 2 May, 2017, Tuesday, 6pm for 6.30pm: German Center for Research and Innovation: panel discussion on Building the City of Tomorrow: Smart Cities and Urban Development, German House, 871 United Nations Plaza (First Av. At 49th Street) IEEE members welcome. Please see the flier at the end of the newsletter. RSVP required. 6 May, 2017, Saturday: 6pm at Midtown Hilton Hotel, Avenue of the Americas (x53rd Street), New York: Annual Award Dance & Dinner (ADD) of the New York Section where the new IEEE Fellows and awardees will be honored. Please see the invitation letter and the RSVP form toward the end of this newsletter p. 17). We look forward to your company (and of your guests) at the annual event of camaraderie. 10 May 2017, Tuesday through 3 November,2017, Friday: Drones: Is the Sky the Limit? exhibition at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, New York Please see our insert below. More information will be available in the next edition of the NY Monitor. 12 May, 2017, Friday: 6pm-8pm, a presentation of the IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society, and Education Society: From Machine Learning to Deep Learning: How Artificial Intelligence is Changing the World by Dr. Rensheng Wang New York, Long Island University s Long Island Campus, Room HS 119. (Please see flier at the end and contact Ping-Tsai Chung: pchung@liu.edu). Directions: 7 June, 2017, Saturday: Whole day: Radisson Hotel Nashua, New Hampshire: BoG meeting IEEE Region 1. 7

8 Please join us at the annual Award Dinner Dance to honor the 2017 IEEE Fellows and the recipients of awards from IEEE Region 1, the New York Section and the NY Chapters of the IEEE technical societies 2017 Fellows: Dr. Alper Buyuktosunoglu IBM T.J. Watson Research Center For contributions to adaptive micro-architectures and robust power management Dr. Luca Carloni Columbia University For contributions to system on-chip design automation and latency-insensitive design Dr. Julia Hirschberg Columbia University For contributions to text-to-speech synthesis and spoken language understanding Dr. Yong Liu New York University For contributions to multimedia networking Dr. Aleksandra Mojsilovic IBM T.J. Watson Research Center For contributions to signal processing for image analysis, data mining, and business analytics Dr. Bhuvana Ramabhadran IBM T.J. Watson Research Center For contributions to speech recognition and language processing <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> IEEE Region 1 Awards: Paresh Patel MTA New York City Transit For outstanding leadership in engineering management for the restoration of vital railroad signaling and communications infrastructure damaged by Superstorm Sandy for the MTA New York City Transit Subway Wilson Milian MTA New York City Transit For outstanding leadership and contributions to electrical engineering management in the design and construction of communication based train control and customer information systems for the MTA New York City Transit Subway system <><><><<><><><><><><><> NEW YORK SECTION AWARD Consolidated Edison Company of New York 8

9 For Exemplary Commitment to IEEE NY Section And its Mission to Advance Technology for The Benefit of Humanity <><><><><><><><><><><><>< NEW YORK SECTION CHAPTER AWARDS Aubrey Douglas MTA New York City Transit Vehicular Technology Society s Engineer of the Year In recognition of outstanding contribution and dedication in vehicular technology engineering Vijay Lalchandani MTA New York City Transit Vehicular Technology Society s Distinguished Service Award In recognition of outstanding contribution and dedication in vehicular technology engineering Ajoy Das AECOM Power & Energy Society s Chapter Outstanding Engineer For dedication to the advancement of the engineering profession through knowledge and Industrial contributions <><><><><><><><>< 9

10 Smart Cities & Urban Development Tuesday, May 2, :30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Keynote by Erwin Rezelman [ui!] Urban Integrated Inc. Project Pitches by Dr. Stephan Bartke Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research (UFZ) Prof. Ursula Eicker Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences (HFT) Daniel Hiller Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics (EMI) Marcus Jeutner TU Berlin, Institute of Urban and Regional Planning (ISR) Alexander Sohr German Aerospace Center Mirko Goletz German Aerospace Center German House, 871 United Nations Plaza (First Ave. at 49 th Street), New York, NY RSVP here by April 27. Registration is required to attend 10

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12 Support for Drones: Is the Sky the Limit? and related programs is generously provided by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Foundation. Additional support for education programs has been generously provided by the Rose M. Badgeley Residuary Charitable Trust, The Ambrose Monell Foundation and the May and Samuel Rudin Foundation. Education programs at the Intrepid Museum are supported in part by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council For details please visit and Don t miss this unique opportunity to see drones on board the USS Intrepid. You will enjoy the visit!! 12

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