Monthly ExCom meeting. All Section members are welcome. Dinner will be provided for $10 per person. Please give cash to Matt on the day of. Students do not need to bring payment. Please register for the vTools event so we can get an accurate headcount. Include dietary restrictions in "Special Requests" when registering. If you have Chapter/Affinity Group updates or other announcements and discussion points you would like to add to the agenda, please send them to the Section Chair Brianne Tengan <[email protected]> 2 days in advance. 244 Holmes Hall, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, 96822, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/461223

In this talk, Dr. Ali Siahkoohi highlights the risks of the current industrial AI practices involving training large-scale generative models on vast amounts of data scraped from the internet. This process unwittingly leads to training newer models on increasing amounts of AI-synthesized data that is rapidly proliferating online, a phenomenon Dr. Siahkoohi refers to as ``model autophagy'' (self-consuming models). He shows that without a sufficient influx of fresh, real data at each stage of an autophagous loop, future generative models will inevitably suffer a decline in either quality (precision) or diversity (recall). To mitigate this issue and inspired by fixed-point optimization, a penalty to the loss function of generative models is introduced that minimizes discrepancies between the model's weights when trained on real versus synthetic data. Since computing this penalty would require training a new generative model at each iteration, a permutation-invariant hypernetwork is proposed to make evaluating the penalty tractable by dynamically mapping data batches to model weights. This ensures scalability and seamless integration of the penalty term into existing generative modeling paradigms, mitigating biases associated with model autophagy. Additionally, this penalty improves the representation of minority classes in imbalanced datasets, which is a key step toward enhancing fairness in generative models. Speaker(s): Ali Siahkoohi Agenda: - Invited talk from Dr. Ali Siahkoohi, Assistant Professor in University of Central Florida's Computer Science Department. - Q/A Session Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/486945

Monthly YP Excom 733 Bishop Street, Suite 2000, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/468376

Join us for an electrifying evening at The Nighthawk on Friday, June 13th! Networking On Tap is a collaborative event between Young Engineers in (https://www.linkedin.com/company/ashraehawaiichapter/) x (https://www.linkedin.com/company/ieeehawaiiyp/), designed for engineering professionals looking to connect, collaborate, and kick back. Starting at 5:30pm, enjoy great company, engaging conversations, and most importantly—delicious food, on us. Interested in attending? (https://bit.ly/IEEE-ASHRAE-25) Mahalo to our co-sponsors: Johnson Controls International and IEEE Young Professionals Hawaii Section Co-sponsored by: Johnson Controls International and IEEE Hawaii Young Professionals Hawaii Section Bldg: The Nighthawk, 12 S King St, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, 96813

IEEE SF/OEB PES, SF IAS, SCV PES/IAS & R6 PES Women in Power (WiP) invite you to join our hybrid lunchtime technical meeting on Grid Reliability and Its Vital Signs by our IEEE PES Distinguished Lecturer & Past PES President Dr. Jessica Bian! The in-person lunch will start at 11:30am at the CPUC Golden Gate Room. The technical meeting will begin at 12:00pm Noon both in-person and virtually. Frequency, voltage, customer interruption. What do these vital signs tell us about the bulk power system? Learn the grid health underlying the vital signs and how to accurately assess them. This lecture will explore reliability aspects of bulk power system so that you will develop a systematic, integrated understanding of how to assess the bulk power system reliability. Additional indicators include energy emergency alerts, transmission outage rates, protection system operations, and resource reserve margin. The presentation will also provide ranges, trends, and driving factors that influence changes in these indicators. Speaker(s): Jessica Bian, Room: Golden Gate Room, 505 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, California, United States, 94102, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/484938

The event will be hold online Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/487749

An information session designed to introduce IEEE Young Professionals in Region 6 to humanitarian technology opportunities within IEEE, specifically focusing on HTB Programs, SIGHT initiatives, and pathways for engagement. [] Speaker(s): Grayson Randall Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/483416

In celebration of IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Day, the IEEE WIE Affinity Groups from Oregon, Hawaii, Utah, Spokane, Santa Clara Valley, San Diego, Richland, Phoenix, and Foothill of IEEE Region 6 and IEEE WIE AG SB DU of IEEE R10 proudly invite you to an empowering and timely panel discussion: “Thriving in an AI & Emerging Tech World: Opportunities and Challenges for Women Engineers” Join us for an inspiring conversation exploring how AI, automation, and digital transformation are reshaping the engineering landscape and redefining the future of work. This dynamic event will bring together globally recognized engineers, researchers, and industry leaders who will share: - The evolving role of engineers in an AI-driven world - Opportunities and challenges uniquely faced by women in emerging technologies - Strategies for upskilling, career advancement, and impactful leadership in a fast-paced tech environment Speaker(s): Prof. Saifur Rahman, Dr. Winnie Ye , Celia Shahnaz, John D. McDonald, P.E, Jill Gostin, David Koehler Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/486034

Generic Large Language Models (GLLMs) are continually being released with increased size and capabilities, enhancing the capabilities of these tools as universal problem solvers. While the reliability of GLLMs' responses is questionable in many situations, these models are often augmented or retrofitted with external resources for various applications, including cybersecurity. The talk will discuss major security concerns of these pre-trained models: first, GLLMs are prone to adversarial manipulation, such as model poisoning, reverse engineering, and side-channel cyberattacks. Second, the security issues related to LLM-generated codes using open-source libraries/codelets for software development can involve software supply chain attacks. These may result in information disclosure, access to restricted resources, privilege escalation, and complete system takeover. This talk will also cover the benefits and risks of using GLLMs in cybersecurity, particularly in malware detection, log analysis, intrusion detection, etc. I will highlight the need for diverse AI approaches (non-LLM-based smaller models) trained with application-specific curated data, fine-tuned for well-tested security functionalities in identifying and mitigating emerging cyber threats, including zero-day attacks. Note: - You will require a Zoom account (free to obtain) to join the meeting. This requirement is to avoid Zoom bombing. Please sign in using the email address tied to your Zoom account, not necessarily the one you used to register for the event. Register here: https://sjsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/2XuaGc9ISoCWOu1dt6ANog - By registering for this event, you agree that IEEE and the organizers are not liable to you for any loss, damage, injury, or any incidental, indirect, special, consequential, or economic loss or damage (including loss of opportunity, exemplary or punitive damages). The event will be recorded and will be made available for public viewing. Co-sponsored by: Vishnu S. Pendyala, SJSU Speaker(s): Dr. Vishnu S. Pendyala, Prof. Dipankar Dasgupta, IEEE Fellow, NAI Fellow, AIIA Fellow Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/489327

Learn about IEEE and the Chapters and Affinity Groups we have here in Hawaii! Network with other engineers, IEEE members, and students. [] Aloha Tower Marketplace Map found here: https://alohatower.com/events/images/1st-floor-map.pdf Agenda: 5:30pm - Networking 6:15pm - Hawaii Section Chapter and Affinity Group presentations 7:15pm - Closing remarks 7:30pm - Wrap up Room: Multipurpose Room 2, Bldg: Aloha Tower Marketplace, 1 Aloha Tower Dr, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, 96813