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IEEE WIE Conference Will Explore the Future of Work

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The 2022 IEEE Women in Engineering International Leadership Conference is scheduled for 6 and 7 June in a hybrid format, with both in-person and virtual networking events. The in-person events are to take place at the San Diego Convention Center. Interested sponsors should contact the conference committee staff.

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Portable sensors enable monitoring of pollution on smart phones; inferring pollution maps with greater granularity

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EPA AQI map of the San Diego County region,with a box added to. Computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego have built a portable pollution sensors that transmit transmit their air quality readings to smart phones, allowing users to monitor air quality in real time. For example, San Diego County has 3.1

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New algorithm improves speed and accuracy of pedestrian detection; cascade detection + deep learning

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Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have developed a pedestrian detection system that performs in near real-time (2-4 frames per second) and with higher accuracy (close to half the error) compared to existing systems. The research team also included Zhaowei Cai of UC San Diego and Mohammed Saberian of Yahoo Labs.

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Celebrating 25 Years of IEEE Women in Engineering

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Finalists receive a plaque and a ticket to attend this year’s IEEE WIE International Leadership Conference , which is scheduled for 6 and 7 June. The winner gets to present his or her idea at the hybrid conference. Its in-person events are to take place at the San Diego Convention Center.

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Get to Know the IEEE Board of Directors

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She is also a member of the IEEE Conferences Committee. She was named one of the Women of Influence in Engineering from the San Diego Business Journal , and she received a Pinnacle Award from Athena, which recognized her as one of San Diego’s outstanding technology leaders. Herring Hayashi has received many honors.

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Toyota CSRC launches new research tracks on autonomous & connected vehicle technologies; 11 projects with 8 institutions

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Since its launch in 2011, CSRC launched and completed 44 research projects with 23 partner universities, publishing more than 200 papers and presenting at multiple industry conferences. University of California, San Diego.

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Ending an Ugly Chapter in Chip Design

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Discussions at chip design conferences rarely get heated. This year at that same conference, a leader in the field, IEEE Fellow Andrew Kahng , hoped to put an end to the acrimony once and for all. He sought to have it presented at a conference, but after review by an independent resolution committee, Google refused.

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