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Tuesday, Sep 13, 2016 - 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm          Automated Vehicles: The Hot New Arena for Sensors and Mapping 1

This talk will provide a high level overview of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), and the sensor technologies and mapping systems that are driving the trend toward Automated Vehicles.


Thursday, Sep 8, 2016 - 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm          Atari's Impact on Silicon Valley: 1972-84 3

This event will include stories about products such as Pong and the Atari 2600, as well as the fun and turmoil surrounding this corner of Silicon Valley from 1972 to 1984.


Thursday, Jun 2, 2016 - 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm          Annual CNSV Dinner Meeting: Success Through Adversity - A CEO's Story of Entrepreneurship 5

Ray Zinn will be speaking about the entrepreneurs journey, what makes an entrepreneur thrive and how to deal with the ups and downs of building an enduring business.


Wednesday, May 25, 2016 - 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm          Flash: How Silicon Valley Enabled the Mobile Computing Revolution 7
Location: Foothill Club 

The Saratoga Historical Foundation, in cooperation with the IEEE Silicon Valley History Committee, presents a discussion of the origins of the mobile computing revolution in language that anyone in attendance will understand and enjoy. The story starts at Bell Labs in New Jersey in the 1940s, transitions to the birth of Silicon Valley in 1956, and shows how Sputnik and the creation of the first Silicon Valley start-up led to an amazing series of inventions.


Tuesday, May 10, 2016 - 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm          USB Type-C: One Plug to Rule Them All? 9  USB Type-C: One Plug to Rule Them All? 10

USB has become ubiquitous in consumer electronics, and USB Type-C provides a major upgrade. In this talk, Ken Shoemaker will elaborate about the various functions available over USB Type-C, along with some warnings about problems that can arise with different implementations.


Tuesday, Apr 12, 2016 - 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm          Intellectual Pugilism: The Art and Science of Expert Witnessing 12  Intellectual Pugilism: The Art and Science of Expert Witnessing 13

Expert witnessing is both art and science. The speaker will provide some insights into the necessary skills of an expert witness, and he will relate some situations and problems with which he has dealt.


Tuesday, Mar 8, 2016 - 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm          5G and the Future of Wireless 15

This talk will address 5G's requirements for support of large user demands while simultaneously supporting billions of IoT devices requiring mundane, low-rate connectivity.


Early SIG Meetings (Special Interest Groups) :

New Member SIG: Kick-Off Meeting

   

Tuesday, Feb 9, 2016 - 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm          Exploding Hoverboards, and Everything You Wanted to Know About Chinese Manufacturing But Were Afraid to Ask 17  Exploding Hoverboards, and Everything You Wanted to Know About Chinese Manufacturing But Were Afraid to Ask 18

Exploding hoverboards have been all over the news lately. This talk will discuss the manufacturing process in China, and what happened in the production of these items to make them so dangerous.


Early SIG Meetings (Special Interest Groups) :

IP SIG: Six Principles for Becoming An Effective Expert Witness

             Exploding Hoverboards, and Everything You Wanted to Know About Chinese Manufacturing But Were Afraid to Ask 17

Thursday, Jan 14, 2016 - 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm

Come to this event and hear three former Lockheed senior leaders to get a perspective of the "Defense Valley" of the 1950s and 1960s, and the Polaris/Poseidon program that led to today’s Tridents that make up the most secure leg of the strategic Triad.


Tuesday, Jan 12, 2016 - 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm          Sports Analytics and the Future of Wearables 22

This talk will describe how the sports wearables future will allow optimal performance with minimal pain and injury by way of a non-intrusive form factor that connects with finely-tuned data mining, data aggregation and machine learning.


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