Neural networks are the dominant class of machine learning algorithms for computer vision and natural language processing today, and their rise in the past 10 years feels like a revolution. But the history of neural networks is not one of revolution, but evolution. Modern neural networks represent decades of fine-tuning of old ideas. In this first lecture, we discuss linear regression and logistic regression. These linear models, in addition to being useful in their own right, are examples that we can use to explain concepts critical to neural networks such as loss functions, gradient descent, and activation functions. Speaker(s): Dr. Miguel Dominguez, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/275752

The monthly Rochester IEEE Executive Committee meeting brings together all of the leaders of the Section, Chapters, and Groups. ExCom members: Please send your updates on past and upcoming events to (mailto: [email protected]) to be included on the agenda prior to the meeting. We review plans for upcoming Rochester meetings within our Section, Chapters, and groups at this meeting. If you are looking to become more engaged in IEEE in the Rochester Section, please plan on attending an Excom meeting! Co-sponsored by: IEEE Rochester Section Chair Agenda: - Section Officer Reports - Section Chair Report: (mailto:[email protected]) - Section Vice-Chair Report: (mailto:[email protected]) - Section Treasurer Report: (mailto:[email protected]) - Section Secretary Report: (mailto:[email protected]) - Old Business - New Business - Summer Family Night at Frontier Field - Chapter Society and Group Reports - Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society and Communications Society (AES10/COMM19): (mailto:[email protected]) - Computer Society and Computational Intelligence Society (C16/CIS11): (mailto:[email protected]) - Electron Devices and Circuits and Systems: (mailto:[email protected]) - Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMB18): (mailto:[email protected]) - Rochester/Binghamton/Buffalo/Ithaca/Syracuse Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRS29): (mailto:[email protected]) - Life Members Group: (mailto:[email protected]) - Microwave Theory and Techniques Society / Antennas and Propagation Society (MTT17/AP03): (mailto:[email protected]), (mailto:[email protected]) - Photonics Society (PHO36): (mailto:[email protected]) and (mailto:[email protected]) - Power and Energy Society / Industry Applications Society (PE31/IA34): (mailto:[email protected]), (mailto:[email protected]) - Signal Processing Society (SP01): (mailto:[email protected]) - Technology Management Council (TM14): (mailto:[email protected]) - Young Professionals: (mailto:[email protected]) - Student Chapter Reports: (mailto:[email protected]) - Rochester Institute of Technology: (mailto:[email protected]) - University of Rochester: (mailto:[email protected]) - Committee Reports - Membership Report: (mailto:[email protected]%20) - Awards Report: (mailto:[email protected]) - Electronic Communications Coordinator: (mailto:[email protected]), (mailto:[email protected]) - Newsletter Report: (mailto:[email protected]) - PACE Report: (mailto:[email protected]) - E. Liaison Reports - R1 Western Area Chair: (mailto:[email protected]) - Rochester Engineering Society (RES) Report: (mailto:[email protected]) - Rochester Council of Scientific Societies (RCSS) Report: (mailto:[email protected]) - Open Discussion - Adjournment Room: Conference Room, Bldg: Tandoor of India Henrietta, 376 Jefferson Rd, Rochester, New York, United States, 14623, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/255226

** Register before 7/17 to be guaranteed a player pack. Contact [email protected] after 7/17 to see if player packs are still available. ** The IEEE Basket-Board Doubles Open is a combined Disc Golf Trilogy Challenge and Cornhole Tournament. We will play 1 round of doubles disc golf on the 18-hole Campville Commons Disc Golf Course, followed by a round-robin and double elimination doubles cornhole tournament. Prizes will be awarded for disc golf, cornhole, and Iron-Dub (combined score). You can register for either one or both events. Come out and enjoy the summer with some outdoor sports, picnic, and networking. Several IEEE sections and chapters are sponsoring the Disc Golf Trilogy Challenge and Cornhole Tournament. All ages and physical abilities welcome. No skill level required. Play a single tournament, or play them both. Game rules will be available at check-in and on the registration site. All pre-registered players receive a player pack, a t-shirt (specify size) and a picnic lunch. Play on the full 18-hole Campville Commons Disc Golf course and/or enjoy chucking corn on the boards. Player pack includes: 3 new discs (driver, mid-range, putter), towel, mini-disc, and scorecard. Bring your own cornhole bags or use those provided. You get everything you need to participate! This is a DOUBLES tournament, so players are placed in teams of two, following modified doubles rules for both events. You can register with a partner as a doubles pair, or you can register as a single to be paired up at the event. It is a friendly event, so don't worry if you have no partner. You will be welcomed to play. We have an encouraging community of players. Winners will earn some cool prizes. Everyone keeps their player packs. Extra player packs, bags, and other gear will be available for purchase if needed pending availability. For a preview of the player pack discs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjN45NrOms8 ** This event is supported by the Greater Binghamton Disc Golf Club, which designed, built, and maintains this disc golf course. They will be hosting their "Swap Shop" at the event. The Swap Shop is a fundraiser that accepts donated gear and sells it to other disc golfers, with all proceeds going to course improvements. We hope you will visit the Swap Shop at the tournament. ** Co-sponsored by: Cosponsored by several Region 1 sections Agenda: 9:00 Check-In 9:30 Trilogy Challenge Disc Golf round start 12:00 Lunch 1:00 Cornhole tournament (round robin and double elimination) 4:00 Awards 259 Brainard St. , Endicott, New York, United States, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/270161

Neural networks are the dominant class of machine learning algorithms for computer vision and natural language processing today, and their rise in the past 10 years feels like a revolution. But the history of neural networks is not one of revolution, but evolution. Modern neural networks represent decades of fine-tuning of old ideas. In the previous lecture, we discussed linear regression, logistic regression, and gradient descent. Those notes are available on Medium. Now we can build on these concepts to build the state-of-the-art neural network of the 1980s: The Multilayer Perceptron (MLPs). The MLP is a cascade of linear transformations, each followed by a nonlinear activation. The challenge is h ow to learn weights in this nonlinear model. To perform this task, we introduce the backpropagation algorithm. We then analyze the advantages and shortcomings of the MLP. Speaker(s): Dr. Miguel Dominguez, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/278883