Panel discussion – From Prompt to Production: Operationalizing Agentic LLM Systems

Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/494702

Free Registration (with a Zoom account; you can get one for free if you don't already have it. 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.): https://sjsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/i6n2sgjLQFelwXCNz4-YGQ Synopsis: As large language models (LLMs) evolve from static, prompt-based tools into autonomous, agentic systems capable of reasoning, planning, and acting with minimal human oversight, organizations face an exciting yet complex frontier. These advanced systems hold the potential to revolutionize enterprise workflows, developer tools, and customer-facing applications—but realizing that potential requires navigating a host of technical and ethical challenges. This panel brings together leading voices from AI research, infrastructure engineering, and real-world application domains to discuss how agentic LLM systems are moving from lab experiments to production-grade deployments. Panelists will explore critical topics such as orchestration, safety, observability, and evaluation, while offering hard-earned lessons from deploying these systems at scale. Whether you're building tools for developers, integrating LLM agents into enterprise pipelines, or shaping the next wave of intelligent products, this discussion will equip you with the strategic and technical know-how to bring agentic AI into impactful, everyday use. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn what it truly takes to operationalize the future of AI. --------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Speaker(s): Yubin Kim, Gautam Solaimalai, Shaleen Kumar Gupta, Vishal Jain, Abhay Khosla, Rahul Raja, Harsh Varshney Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/494702

It’s a Bit More Than Warming

Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/495528

Abstract: 2015: A Solution, Difficult, But Feasible… https://tinyurl.com/yafgmlmd 2025 - No More Time Methane releases from natural sinks like tundra, are larger than our well leakages. This is now in positive feedback (releases breed more releases) independent of us. Siberian and US/Canadian tundra, for instance, are releasing CH4 at accelerating rates partly due to our past CO2 emissions. What we must know to prevent oceanic extinctions, especially of O2 producers & CO2 sequesters, on track to occur by 2050. Speaker(s): Alex, Agenda: This is a virtual presentation via zoom. It will be followed with a Q-A. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/495528

Digital Twins for Printed Electronics for 3D Packaging, High-performance Sensors, and High-capacity Batteries

Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/481231

[]Printed electronics has emerged as a versatile technique for on-demand fabrication of passives, interconnects, and active devices. Our group has recently extended this technique to create freeform devices in Three-Dimensional space that have opened exciting application areas for this technology. The manufacturing process for printed electronics, however, can suffer from process drifts and does not have an active feedback loop to fix errors. In this research, we develop a digital twin for aerosol jet 3D printing, a jetting-based method to create printed electronics to address this concern. This work, done in collaboration with an ECE faculty at CMU, matches observations with outcomes expected from a physics-based process model, and continuously updates the hidden variables to minimize this error via probabilistic estimation techniques. We then use the aerosol jet 3D printing to demonstrate devices with extraordinary performances that cannot be achieved by any other method. Specifically, we show 3D electrodes by this technique that enable detection of pathogens and breast cancer biomarkers in 10-12 seconds at femtomolar levels (fastest detection yet reported). We also show fully customizable brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) that record electrical signals between neurons at densities of thousands of electrodes/cm2, which is 5-10× the current state-of-the-art technologies. We also demonstrated the printing of high-capacity Li-ion batteries and thin flexible robotic skins with embedded sensors. Speaker(s): Rahul Panat, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/481231

Developing a Vehicle-to-Grid Strategy: Standards, Charging Considerations & More

Zio Fraedo’s, 611 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill, California, United States, 94523

The idea that your car can do more than get you from point A to point B is still a novel concept. The fact that EV charge management can strengthen grid resilience through as well as fortify the economic and societal benefits are undeniable. Charging as well as discharging EVs, also known as vehicle-to-grid (V2G) unlocks a range of benefits for drivers, utilities, as well as the broader community. This presentation will discuss: - Strategy for V2G - Trends in the bidirectional EV charging space - Integrations and interfaces with programs and providing grid support - Regulatory and market considerations Speaker(s): Frances Bell, Agenda: No-host social at 5:30pm Presentation at 6:00pm Dinner at 7:00pm Presentation continues at 7:45pm Adjourn by 8:30pm Zio Fraedo’s, 611 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill, California, United States, 94523

REIMAGINING THE FUTURE OF THE ELECTRIC GRID

Room: SCDI 1302/1308, Bldg: Sobrato Campus for Discovery and Innovation (SCDI), 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, California, United States, 95053

Electric energy systems are undergoing profound changes as they become increasingly interdependent with other infrastructures. The changes originate from within (new key components, such as inverters and storage), from the expanding system boundaries (transportation), and strengthened connections with other societal infrastructures, communications, water, and gas. The advent of new technologies related to renewable sources and electronic loads has increased the number and variability of transients. Recent events, such as the 2025 blackout in Spain and Portugal, underscore the need for a deeper understanding of hybrid systems that combine traditional (electromechanical) with new sources and loads (electronic). These processes have implications for education, which needs to combine depth in the discipline with a broad understanding of rapidly evolving fields, like AI and power semiconductors. The electric energy program at Santa Clara has initiated a reexamination of its undergraduate and graduate offerings with the aim of being responsive to industry needs while preparing students for the rapidly evolving profession. This workshop offers an opportunity to network with SCU friends and affiliates, as well as to collaborate on outlining future directions in research and teaching related to electric energy systems. · · Co-sponsored by: Santa Clara University Agenda: 8:00 Breakfast/Registration 9:00 Welcome and Opening remarks: Kendra Sharp (SCU Dean School of Engineering) 9:15 Keynote Damir Novosel (Founder, President Quanta) 10:15 Break 10:30 Rethinking Modeling, Computing and Control for Changing Electricity Service, Maria Ilic (Professor, MIT) 12:00 Lunch 1:00 Seeing Before Believing – Sensing and Power Quality Monitoring in Emerging Power Systems, Prof. Alex Stankovic (Professor, SCU) 2:00 Break 2:30 Inverter Interfaces for the Future Grid, Leo Casey (Chief Scientist, Google) 3:30 Power and Energy program at SCU Prof. Maryam Khanbaghi (Associate Professor, SCU) 4:00 Break 4:15 Panel: Workforce Development for the Future - Page Crahan - General Manager, Tapestry at X, the Moonshot Factory - Prasad PMSVVSV - VP and Head of Systems Engineering, Bloom Energy - Robert Entriken - Technical Executive, Electric Power Research Institute 5:00 Networking hour Room: SCDI 1302/1308, Bldg: Sobrato Campus for Discovery and Innovation (SCDI), 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, California, United States, 95053

AUTOMATED PUBLIC TRANSIT (AI Talks #24)

NASHUA, New Hampshire, United States, 03062, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/467311

Abstract : This presentation explores the evolution of automated transportation within public transit systems, focusing on ADASTEC’s real-world deployments and technology. ADASTEC develops SAE Level-4 automated driving software for full-size buses and has established operations across Europe and North America. Attendees will gain insights into deployment use cases, market drivers, safety compliance, and regulatory standards. The session will also address key engineering topics including sensor configurations, modular vs end-to-end AI models, and testing methodologies under real-world conditions. A live Q&A will follow to discuss public transit automation challenges and solutions. Best regards Speaker(s): Dr. Ali Ufuk Peker, NASHUA, New Hampshire, United States, 03062, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/467311

OCCS GET Series: Deploying AI Systems in Healthcare & Real-World MLOps at Scale

Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/494867

We’re excited to continue the Orange County Computer Society (OCCS) Global Emerging Technologies (GET) Series—a monthly platform dedicated to spotlighting groundbreaking innovations in computer science and technology. Hosted by the IEEE Orange County Computer Society Chapter, this series brings together professionals, students, and tech enthusiasts to explore what’s next in emerging tech. Following an insightful June session focused on enterprise AI integration and large language model (LLM) development, we’re back this August after a brief summer break with another dynamic double-feature exploring AI at scale—from healthcare to production-ready ML systems. As AI adoption accelerates, so do the complexities of real-world deployment. This month’s talks tackle those complexities head-on, offering both strategic and technical perspectives on building reliable, scalable, and human-centered AI solutions. In this session: 🔹 The first talk bridges the gap between ML experimentation and production. Through a practical case study, it explores the full machine learning lifecycle—from training to CI/CD-enabled deployment—along with best practices in MLOps, model monitoring, and cross-functional collaboration. 🔹 The second talk delves into the deployment of agentic AI systems in healthcare, addressing challenges such as data heterogeneity, safety, regulation, and trust. You’ll learn about explanation-based and modular design principles, hybrid RAG-based deployment strategies, and real-world applications across triage, radiology, and dementia care. Key topics include: ✅ Designing safe, explainable agentic AI in healthcare ✅ Deployment frameworks using hybrid RAG models ✅ ML development lifecycle: from notebooks to production ✅ CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and model versioning ✅ Scalable and collaborative MLOps strategies Whether you're building AI for regulated industries or scaling ML pipelines across teams, this session will provide the tools, frameworks, and real-world insights to drive your work forward. 📅 Join us on Tuesday, September 30 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM PT for an evening of learning, discussion, and community. 🎤 Interested in speaking at a future session? Reach out to swapnali.karvekar@ieee.org — we’re always looking for passionate voices shaping the future of technology. Let’s keep advancing innovation—together. Speaker(s): Vivek, Babul Agenda: Time (in PST) Activity 05:00pm - 05:15pm Check-in and networking 05:15pm - 05:30pm OCCS Chapter Introduction! 05:30pm - 06:00pm Speaker: Vivek Bharti 06:00pm - 06:30pm Speaker: Babul Sahu 06:30pm - 07:00pm Q/A Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/494867

Folsom Powerhouse Visit

9980 Greenback Ln, Folsom, California, United States, 95630

IEEE PES & YP – Folsom Powerhouse Visit Folsom Powerhouse Visit – Explore the Past, Power the Future Step into history and see where modern electricity began! Join us for a fascinating visit to the historic Folsom Powerhouse, a landmark in hydroelectric power that once lit up Sacramento. This guided tour is open to everyone—students, young professionals, industry veterans, families, and curious minds alike. Whether you’re part of the IEEE PES group, exploring a career in energy, or simply interested in how things work, you’ll enjoy: - Walking through history: See the original equipment and learn how electricity was generated and transmitted in the late 1800s. - Understanding hydroelectric power: Explore the science, engineering, and environmental aspects behind this renewable energy source. - Connecting past to present: Learn how innovations in power systems have evolved and continue to shape our world. - Networking opportunities: Meet energy professionals, IEEE members, and others passionate about technology and sustainability. - Career inspiration: Young professionals can gain insights, industry connections, and perspective on how the energy field is changing. Come ready to be inspired, learn something new, and enjoy a unique slice of California’s energy history. Co-sponsored by: R60035 - Sacramento Valley Section Agenda: Agenda (Tentative): Folsom Powerhouse Visit Date: 10/04/2025 Time: 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM Location: Folsom Powerhouse State Historic Park --------------------------------------------------------------- 🕑 2:00 PM – Check-In & Welcome - Registration & welcome table - Light refreshments served - Introduction by IEEE PES & YP representatives - Overview of visit goals and schedule 🕝 2:30 PM – Guided Tour of Folsom Powerhouse - Discover the history of one of California’s earliest hydroelectric plants - Learn how electricity was generated and transmitted in the early 1900s - View original turbines, generators, and control equipment 🕓 4:15 PM – Networking & Refreshments - Engage in meaningful conversations with professionals and fellow attendees - Enjoy provided refreshments and snacks - Group photos 🕔 5:00 PM – Closing & Departure - Final remarks from IEEE organizers - Feedback & follow-up info shared - Event concludes 9980 Greenback Ln, Folsom, California, United States, 95630

A Recent History of Silicon Valley Technologies and Companies

Bldg: Locatelli Student Activity Center, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, California, United States, 95053, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/496561

(https://engineering.stanford.edu/people/john-hennessy), past President of Stanford University (2000-2016) and Chairman of Alphabet Inc. will be in conversation with (https://muckrack.com/alan-weissberger/bio) of the (https://r6.ieee.org/sv-techhistory/) about the history of technologies and companies in Silicon Valley since the late 1970s. They will be joined on stage by IEEE past President (https://iwrc.ieeeusa.org/blog/portfolio-items/thomas-coughlin/) to discuss recent IEEE accomplishments, current focus areas and suggestions on how to strengthen the world’s largest technology non-profit organization. Our conversation will cover the evolution of RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computing) and its applications in smart phones, tablets and other devices. We will discuss the evolution of GPUs, the computational demands of machine learning, and the emergence of domain-specific architectures (DSAs). We will also discuss the founding of Atheros Communications (acquired by Qualcomm in 2011) and its development of chip sets for WiFi, Bluetooth and other OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing) technologies. That will lead us into a brief discussion of WiFi – one of the most successful IEEE standards (802.11) – and Bluetooth, along with the associated semiconductor and equipment companies that developed those ubiquitous technologies. Finally, we will turn to Google’s history, particularly its research activities. As a Google Board member for more than two decades, Prof. Hennessy has played a role in helping develop Google's strategic direction. With the current pervasiveness of AI, what does that hold for the future of science, technology and higher education? Co-sponsored by: IEEE Communications Society, SCV chapter (ComSoc SCV) , Santa Clara University IEEE Student Chapter Speaker(s): John, Alan, Tom Agenda: 5:00 - 5:25 pm Registration and Networking 5:25 - 5:30 pm Intro by Tom Coughlin about IEEE and its SV Tech History Committee 5:30 - 6:15 pm Conversation 6:15 - 6:55 pm Audience Q & A 6:55 - 7:00 pm Closing Remarks Bldg: Locatelli Student Activity Center, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, California, United States, 95053, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/496561

IEEE Day event: Sensing the Pulse of a Data Stream in Real Time

Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/497694

#ieeeday Free Registration (with a Zoom account; you can get one for free if you don't already have it. 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.): https://sjsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/GGH84KjiSTiIr_W1K8MJVg Synopsis: In an era where data never sleeps, streaming algorithms offer a powerful toolkit for extracting meaningful insights from high-velocity data flows. This talk explores some foundational techniques that enable efficient, real-time analytics with minimal memory requirements. The algorithms covered include a clever bit-based strategy for approximating the count of 1s in a sliding window, ideal for binary streams where space efficiency is paramount. Another algorithm helps estimate statistical moments (mean, variance, skewness) using compact sketches, enabling a deeper understanding of stream distributions without storing the entire dataset. One other algorithm identifies trending items with exponential decay, giving more weight to recent data, a crucial method for dynamic environments like social media or sensor networks. Techniques like these form the backbone of intelligent stream processing. Through intuitive examples and practical applications, this session will demystify how these algorithms work, why they matter, and how they can be used to monitor, summarize, and react to data in motion. --------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Speaker(s): Dr. Vishnu S. Pendyala Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/497694

3D Modeling for Cardiac Surgical Planning

567 Yosemite Dr, Milpitas, California, United States, 95035, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/497126

This is a hybrid in-person and online event. Pre-registration is required for either. Medical image-based modeling and digital twins have emerged as powerful tools to support patient-specific cardiac surgical planning in adults and children. This presentation will discuss 3D modeling techniques that provide a complete pipeline from medical image segmentation to 3D anatomic models and blood flow simulations. The technology that makes this possible was recently extended to model the whole heart, including blood flow, tissue mechanics, electrophysiology, cardiac contraction, and heart valves. This presentation will also discuss recent applications of tools for clinical decision support. A first example is in adult cardiac surgery, where patient-specific modeling has been applied for vein graft failure prevention after coronary bypass graft surgery. Another example is in pediatric cardiac surgery where models have been used for clinical decision support in valve repair, flow re-direction, and bi-ventricular reconstruction. The program will conclude with a discussion of the open-source software and data resources that are available via the (https://simvascular.github.io/) and the (https://www.vascularmodel.com/). Speaker(s): Alison Marsden, 567 Yosemite Dr, Milpitas, California, United States, 95035, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/497126

Quarterly Social Meeting and Program

Bldg: Golf course retaurant, not pro shop, Beebs Sports Bar & Grill, 915 Club House Drive, Liveermore, California, United States, 94551

The members of the Oakland/EastBay Life Members Affiliate Group Executive Committee hope your summer has gone well and look forward to seeing you again at our next meeting. The last meeting in July was full of energy and we hope that will continue. In line with our revised concept of pre-scheduling quarterly meetings on fixed dates, the next meeting will be October 15th at Beeb's in Livermore from 11 am to 2 pm. At this time no speaker has been identified but there will be a meeting either with a speaker to be identified later, or a self-moderated discussion on topics of current interest to the members. We are announcing the date now so you can reserve the date if so interested. If a speaker is identified this event description will be updated. Agenda: Presentations, discussions, and lunch. Buffet or order from menu depending upon attendance. IEEE Member feee is susidized. Bldg: Golf course retaurant, not pro shop, Beebs Sports Bar & Grill, 915 Club House Drive, Liveermore, California, United States, 94551