Co-sponsored by: The Center of Urban and Global Studies (CUGS) of Trinity Mariam Avagyan, a Trinity College alumna and an IEEE volunteer, was awarded two grants to hold a robotics camp called ZeRoRo in conflict-ridden regions of Armenia. The camp, resulting from years or collaboration with IEEE CT RAS, and MIT, made a significant impact on the lives or camp participants. Please join us on Tuesday, February 12th, at Center of Urban and Global Studies or Trinity College (70 Vernon Street, Hartford, CT 06106) to hear about camp ZeRoRo and its impact. Speaker(s): Mariam Avagyan, Location: Bldg: Center of Urban and Global Studies of Trinity 70 Vernon Street Hartford, Connecticut 06106

Section Activities Agenda: Review Secretary and Treasury reports Discuss Affinity Group Activities - Consultant Networks, WIE, YP and PACE Review technical society activities - AP/MTT/UFFC, ComSoc/SP, Computyer/SMC, PES Review committee activities - Membership, Entrepreneur Society, IndustryLiason,, Student Activities Old Business New Business Location: Masuk High School 1014 Monroe Turnpike Monroe, Connecticut

Co-sponsored by: Yale Science and Engineering Association Connecticut District   Dear IEEE Connecticut Section Members,  The Yale Science and Engineering Association Connecticut District and the IEEE Connecticut Section are sponsoring a fresh and informative lecture by Professor Roman Kuc, Professor of Electrical Engineering School of Engineering & Applied Science Yale University.  Topic: Echolocation: Robots, Bats, to Humans  Abstract: In the 1980s, sonar was the most common sensor in mobile robotics. Acoustic artifacts caused a switch to optical sensing with cameras and lidar. Camera image processing is computationally intensive and must deal with artifacts caused by lighting conditions, while lidar generates point cloud data that have ill-posed solutions to the inverse problem. Motivated by the echolocation ability of blind humans, a single binaural pair of sonar echo waveforms is processed to classify curved and planar reflectors. Instead of point clouds, cognitive maps are formed by displaying reflector sizes and locations. Examples of targets configured with posts connected by planes illustrate the advantages of cognitive maps compared to conventional point-clouds. This work is from the Intelligent Sensors Lab at the Yale Department of Electrical Engineering. http://campuspress.yale.edu/romankuc/research-interest/   Location:     Yale University Dunham Lab), room DL 107                     10 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, CT  PLEASE REGISTER IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND Speaker(s): Roman Kuc, Agenda: 6:00 PM Presentation by Professor Roman Kuc 7:00 PM Question and answers with pizza dinner 7:30 PM Yale IEEE student chapter led tour of undergrad labs 8:00 PM Adjourn Location: Room: DL 107 Bldg: Dunham Lab Room 10 Hillhouse Avenue New Haven, Connecticut 06511

The Connecticut Section's joint chapter of the Computer Society, Systems, Man, & Cybernetics, and the Social Implications of Technology presents IEEE Distinguished Speaker, Prof. Anne C. Elster. Speaker(s): Prof. Anne C. Elster, Agenda: 6pm: Networking 6:30pm to 7:30pm: AI for HPC: Experiences and Opportunities 7:30pm to 8pm: Questions & wrap-up Location: Room: Room 104 Bldg: Mandeville Hall 230 Park Ave University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, Connecticut 06604

Co-sponsored by: Industry Liaison & Membership Development A meet-up at Filomena's Restaurant on April 26th at 6pm. The event is designated to discuss current technical advancement, volunteering, soft-skill development opportunities for IEEE-CT Young Professional Members. IEEE members and non-members are welcome. Please RSVP, the meal is free!   Agenda: 6:00-6:30pm: Meet at Filomena's Restaurant 6:30-6:40pm: IEEE Young Professionals Presentation 6:40-6:45pm: Break 6:45-7:00pm: Industry Liaison & Membership Development 7:00-9:00pm: Buffet 9:00pm          Adjourn Location: 262 Boston Post Road Waterford, Connecticut 06385