Co-sponsored by: ot@ieee.org This workshop is one of a continuing series held in March/April and November each year catering to the professional development of IEEE members. This session's topic is intellectual property, given by IEEE member T. David Bomzer who is now a patent attorney with Cantor Colburn LLP. Speaker(s): T. David Bomzer, Agenda: 9:30 -- 10:00 Registration and breakfast 10:00 -- 10:15 Introduction to PACE 10:15 -- 11:15 Intellectual Property – David Bomzer, Cantor Colburn LLP 11:15 -- 11:45 Q&A 11:45 -- 12:30 Lunch/Planning future PACE events: What topics are of interest? 12:30 -- Closing Remarks Location: Room: Connecticut Room Bldg: Memorial Hall Central Connecticut State University 1615 Stanley Street New Britain, Connecticut 06050

Co-sponsored by: Fairfield University 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: Bldg: Bannow 167A Fairfield, Connecticut

Co-sponsored by: Mark Wallace Connecticut IEEE-PES Chapter will be touring United Illuminating's (UI) new 115kV Grand Ave/Mill River GIS substation located in New Haven, CT. All IEEE members are invited! There is no fee for the tour. You must register for this event to attend. Location: 532 Grand Ave New Haven, Connecticut

Co-sponsored by: Bridgeport University Section Activities   Meet with Hasan Bajwa -Student Branch Liason 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: Room: Tech Conference Room Bldg: Technology Building 126 Park Ave Fairfield, Connecticut

Co-sponsored by: CCSU There will be a  IEEE Connecticut Robotics and Automation Chapter meeting on Wednesday March 7th 1:40pm at Central Connecticut State University. Mr. Wei Chian Tan will give a presentation about deep learning in mechanical design in robotics and automation industry. All IEEE members and Non-IEEE members are welcome to this event. This talk also will be available online. Start Date/Time: Wednesday, March 7th, 2018 1:40pm End Date/Time: Wednesday, March 7th, 2018 3:20pm Location:  Copernicus Hall room 133,Central Connecticut State University,1615 Stanley Street, New Britain CT 06050-4010 Speaker: Mr. Wei Chian Tan  Abstract:Design appraisal has been an important process in marine and offshore industry. Before a design of ship or offshore platform is constructed in the industry, it is necessary to ensure the design complies with applicable rules for safe and smooth operation. First part of the talk will give a brief introduction to the industry and recent work on machine learning based automation of design appraisal. Based on representation known as Histogram of Connectivity and linear Support Vector Machine, developed method has demonstrated encouraging performance on two case studies, namely International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships and Rules for Classification of Ships of Lloyd's Register. The talk will also cover some recent challenges in the industry that may be solved by data driven approaches, including but not limited to automated visual inspection and navigation planning. Second part of the talk will focus on ongoing and open research in intersection of deep learning and neuroscience, basically trying to visualise what deep convolutional neural network has learnt and compare the activities with those from human brain. Speaker's biography:Wei Chian Tan is a research engineer at Lloyd's Register Global Technology Centre Singapore, working on application of machine learning and computer vision to problems in marine and offshore industry. He is a PhD candidate (Mechanical, Automation) at Nanyang Technological University, after obtaining B.Eng. (Mechanical) and M.Eng. (Computer) from the same institution. Speaker(s): Wei Chian Tan, Agenda: 1:40pm to 2:40pm Lecture 2:40pm to 3:20pm Q&A Location: Room: room 133, Bldg: Copernicus Hall , 1615 Stanley Street, Central Connecticut State University New Britain , Connecticut 06050-4010