Our inaugural talk of the 2025 Invited Seminar Series comprises of two back to back talks covering a few interesting topics revolving around cloud computing including user access control, authentication and authorization, deploying machine learning models and accelerating ML workflow on the cloud platforms. Co-sponsored by: Media Partner: Open Research Institute (ORI) Speaker(s): Saidaiah Yachuri,... Read more →

Our inaugural talk of the 2025 Invited Seminar Series comprises of two back to back talks covering a few interesting topics revolving around cloud computing including user access control, authentication and authorization, deploying machine learning models and accelerating ML workflow on the cloud platforms. Co-sponsored by: Media Partner: Open Research Institute (ORI) Speaker(s): Saidaiah Yachuri,... Read more →

“Sequence-based interrogation of soil microbiomes and their ecosystem benefits” with Susannah Green Tringe, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Date/Time: Tuesday, January 28, 2025; 6:00-7:00 pm PST, 9-10 pm EST Abstract: Plants roots and the soil they grow in are heavily colonized with microbes that play critical roles in nutrient cycling and transport as well as influencing... Read more →

Synopsis: If not solved, AI models' power and water consumption threaten human society and ecology. AI is expected to consume 4% of the world's electricity by 2026. Water requirements are even more alarming as water is a shared, non-renewable resource. This talk will discuss some ways, such as data center redesign that industry and academia... Read more →

With over 14 years of extensive experience in power system studies, Sam Maleki has dedicated his career to advancing the integration of inverter-based resources (IBR) into electrical grids worldwide. His expertise spans critical areas such as power system stability, reliability, power quality, control, and grid interconnection, ensuring modern power systems remain robust and resilient amid... Read more →

With over 14 years of extensive experience in power system studies, Sam Maleki has dedicated his career to advancing the integration of inverter-based resources (IBR) into electrical grids worldwide. His expertise spans critical areas such as power system stability, reliability, power quality, control, and grid interconnection, ensuring modern power systems remain robust and resilient amid... Read more →

Humans make decisions and solve problems using heuristics (“thinking fast”) or abstract approaches such as modeling (“thinking slow”). Artificial intelligence approaches can similarly use either heuristics that are related to correlation and categorization, or use models that are related to causation. Predictive Engineering, which melds engineering modeling with probabilistic thinking, aligns closely with causation and... Read more →

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) are programmable metasurfaces that can adaptively steer received electromagnetic energy in desired directions by employing controllable phase shifting cells. Among other uses, an RIS can modify the propagation environment in order to provide wireless access to user locations that are not otherwise reachable by a base station. Alternatively, an RIS can... Read more →

Synopsis: Multimodal information processing involves utilizing data from diverse sources such as images, videos, and text to improve real-world applications. This presentation will explore how extracting insights from multiple modalities can enhance tasks like summarization, hate speech detection, complaint mining, and medical question summarization. Combining data from videos, images, and texts can create more comprehensive... Read more →

IEEE Orange County PES Chapter's ExCom meeting All IEEE OC PES Chapter members are requested to attend this meeting. To AVOID unauthorized attendance you MUST REGISTER for this event so that you can be sent the meeting link. The zoom link is given below: Syed Ahmed Raza Naqvi is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom... Read more →

Abstracts: Quantum computing represents a new paradigm that has the potential to transform problems that are computationally intractable today into solvable problems in the future. Significant advances in the last decade have lent support to the idea that quantum computers can be implemented, and further that the goal of demonstrating true performance advantages over traditional... Read more →

The practical deployment of autonomous, semi-autonomous and teleoperated vehicles in contested environments faces several technical challenges connected to the scarce communication and computing resources available to these systems. On the one hand, small vehicles - e.g., expendable, and attritable UxVs - have obvious hardware, energy, and memory constraints that limit their ability to execute complex... Read more →

The practical deployment of autonomous, semi-autonomous and teleoperated vehicles in contested environments faces several technical challenges connected to the scarce communication and computing resources available to these systems. On the one hand, small vehicles - e.g., expendable, and attritable UxVs - have obvious hardware, energy, and memory constraints that limit their ability to execute complex... Read more →

IEEE Orange County Section Executive Committee Monthly meeting - occurs every 2nd Thursday of the month. All IEEE OC Committee/Chapter/Affinity/SIG Chair/Key Volunteers (or their proxy) are requested to attend. Other IEEE members are also welcome to attend. Please RVSP here to receive the meeting login information. Routine attendance is required to qualify for your chapter... Read more →

Networking Night hosted by the IEEE Orange County Section [] Join us for delicious pizza from Sgt Pepperoni's Pizza Store and meet other IEEE members in person at our monthly networking event in Irvine! There will be Senior IEEE members who can provide endorsement. Please register with your IEEE # and bring a jacket as... Read more →

We are thrilled to continue the Orange County Computer Society (OCCS) Global Emerging Technologies (GET) Series—a monthly platform for exploring transformative innovations and groundbreaking trends in computer science and technology. Hosted by the IEEE Orange County Computer Society Chapter, this series provides a dynamic space for professionals, students, and tech enthusiasts to engage with forward-thinking... Read more →

“Plastic Pollution and its Sustainable Management Utilizing Green Economy Strategies” with Alok Prasad Das, Department of Life Sciences, Rama Devi Women’s University, Odisha, India Date/Time: Tuesday, February 25, 2025; 6:00-7:00 pm PST, 9-10 pm EST, 7:30-8:30 am IST Abstract: The Earth’s biosphere represents a natural ecosystem characterized by intrinsic self-remediation mechanisms; nonetheless, the contemporary tempo... Read more →