Robotics open house for K-12 Students in Montclair Collaborative Robotics and Smart Systems Laboratory. Room: 448, Bldg: CCIS, 1 Normal Ave, Montclair, New Jersey, United States

Please come and join us for the IEEE North Jersey Section Picnic. This event will be held on Saturday August 1st, 2026 at Duke Island Park in Bridgewater, NJ. You will find as Oak Grove Pavillion. Please come and join us Co-sponsored by: North Jersey Section AP/MTT Chapter Duke Island Park, Oak Grove Pavillion, Bridgewater, New Jersey, United States, 08807

In the world of functional Neuroimaging, the focus has historically been on "Gray Matter" (the brain's processors), often ignoring the "White Matter" (the communication cables). This talk introduces WhiFuN, a pipeline designed to extract meaningful signal from these under-explored regions using unsupervised machine learning. We will start by framing Resting-State fMRI as a massive time-series dataset, where each 3D pixel (voxel) in the brain contains a temporal signal of brain activity (movie of the 3D Brain). By calculating Functional Connectivity, essentially the Pearson correlation between these signals, we can treat the brain as a complex graph. The core of the talk will detail how we use K-means clustering on voxel-wise connectivity matrices to identify latent brain networks. We will dive into the engineering challenges of this approach, specifically how to decide the value of K. Finally, we will look at the results: how these data-driven networks allow us to identify group differences and behavioral associations, effectively turning raw, noisy 4D imagery into a structured feature set for clinical analysis. Speaker(s): Pratik Jain, Agenda: Hybrid event, in-person or online: 2:30 Introduction Technical Talks Question and Answer Networking 4:30 Conclusion Room: Meeting Rooms 2,3, 2 Civic Center Drive, East Brunswick, New Jersey, United States, 08816, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/560974

You are cordially invited to attend the September 2026 executive committee (ExCom) meeting at FDU or on Zoom. This is the Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84381655648 The meeting starts at 7:00 pm EST and typically ends at 8:30 pm. The meeting is meant to discuss and coordinate the section's activities and new initiatives. Everyone is welcome to attend this meeting. The takes place at FDU, Room M205 in Muscarellel Building, 1000 River Rd, Teaneck, NJ, 07666. Please register in advance, before Monday August 31st, 5:00 PM, for this meeting using vTools. You can change/cancel the registration if your plans change. Room: M205, Bldg: Muscarelle Building, 1000 River Rd, Teaneck , Teaneck, New Jersey, United States, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/572681