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 - 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 Bldg: Tandoor of India, 376 Jefferson Road, Rochester, New York, United States, 14623, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/255233

Topic: Physical and computational modeling of smart homes Abstract: Novel "smart" technologies such as smart homes, smart grids, variable pricing, and local energy markets promise both better overall efficiency for the providers, a greener home, and lower prices. However, they also create unexpected problems. During the February 2021 North-American Ice Storm, the deregulated energy market in Texas came dangerously close to collapse, leading to rolling brownouts and loss of service in many homes that relied on electric power for heating. As a response, the variable pricing system shot up to $5000 per kilowatt hour, generating very high bills for customers who did not lose service. This behavior penalized customers but did nothing to help in the ongoing crisis. Although it did not happen on this occasion, a controller that would sell the home's energy reserves to take advantage of the high pricing would be even more dangerous for customers facing freezing temperatures. The lesson we can learn from these events is that "smart" systems must be extensively tested, including for black swan events for which no previous data is available. In this talk, we discuss the need for extensive modeling and simulation for all the components of such homes, including the physical environment, the smart controllers, the behavior of the humans, and the external environment, including the smart grids and local energy market to which the systems connect. Bio: Dr. Damla Turgut is Charles Millican Professor of Computer Science at the University of Central Florida (UCF). She is the co-director of the AI Things Laboratory. She held visiting researcher positions at the University of Rome ``La Sapienza'', Imperial College of London, and KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. Her research interests include wireless ad hoc, sensor, underwater, vehicular, and social networks, edge/cloud computing, smart cities, smart grids, IoT-enabled healthcare and augmented reality, as well as considerations of privacy in the Internet of Things. Dr. Turgut serves on several editorial boards and program committees of prestigious ACM and IEEE journals and conferences. Her most recent honors include the NCWIT 2021 Mentoring Award for Undergraduate Research (MAUR), the UCF Research Incentive Award, and the UCF Women of Distinction Award. Since 2019, she serves as the N2Women Board Co-Chair where she co-leads the activities of the N2Women Board in supporting female researchers in the fields of networking and communications. She is an IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Senior Member, and the Chair-Elect of the IEEE Technical Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC). Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/285999

................... The birth of wireless communication brought forth an entirely new possibility - instantaneous communication. The Antique Wireless Association’s National Museum is a 10,000 square foot resource for discovery, education, and sharing the history of wireless communication via a vast collection of radio technology from the earliest wireless experiments through the early days of ham radio; and through broadcast radio and TV to the present day cell phones. On Saturday, December 4, museum experts will facilitate an in-depth guided tour. Through this tour, we will retrace a path of people, places, and technologies, part of an amazing journey that continues today. Since our last IEEE meeting at the museum in 2018, it has undergone significant renovations and additions. (Our attendees will be free to explore the collection on their own if they prefer to do so.) Our meeting will take place one week before the 100th anniversary of a historic transatlantic test that established that path for wireless engineering for the next century. The IEEE Rochester Section in partnership with the Antique Wireless Museum is offering a rare opportunity to see and hear the amazing stories and appreciate just how we got to be holding our smartphones, and of course, a close-up look at the people and electronics technologies and tools that made it possible. Agenda: We will meet at the Antique Wireless Museum on Saturday, December 4th at 11:00 am, where expert staff members will offer a 1-1½ hour guided tour of the museum, allowing us to discover their rich collection of radio and video devices from the worlds of commercial, military, and amateur communication. After the museum tour, at about 1:00, and for those who choose to do so, we will go to a friendly neighborhood restaurant for lunch (Cheap Charlie's). People who choose to go to lunch will be responsible for their own lunch charges. This is a rare opportunity to benefit from the leadership and commitment of the Antique Wireless Association in preserving and sharing our wireless legacy. FEE: The charge for this event will be $5.00. Please email Mark Schrader at [email protected] with questions or requests, and visit the museum web page at http://www.antiquewireless.org/ Co-sponsored by: Mark Schrader Agenda: Saturday, December 4th: 11:00 -- Meet at the Antique Wireless Museum 11:10 - Tour the Museum with the experts or on your own. 12:45 (approx) -- For those who wish to socialize over lunch, travel by car to Cheap Charlie's restaurant. Here is the menu: http://www.cheapcharliesrestaurant.com/cheapsmenu.html Antique Wireless Museum, 6925 NY-5 & US-20 (just east of the Route 444 intersection), Bloomfield , New York, United States, 14469