Reminder: two talks on Thursday, Oct 14^th

• Making Qubits: Diamond, Photonics, Superconductors, and More, by Dr. Russ Renzas, Oct 14, 2021, 12pm MDT. Sponsored by Boise Computer Society and Boise Solid-State Circuits Society chapters. See https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/281749 for details.
• Straintronics: Manipulating nanomagnets with strain for causal intelligence, by Prof. Supriyo Bandyopadhyay, Oct 14, 7 PM. Sponsored by Boise Solid-State Circuits Society and Boise Electron Devices Society chapters. See https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/284139 for details.

Other Upcoming Events in our Section

• Battery Energy Storage Systems: An Industrial Perspective, by Ahmed Elasser, PhD, Oct 27, 2010, 10:30 AM. Sponsored by Boise Power and Energy Society chapter. See https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/283835 for details.

Recordings Available from Recent Events

• Digital Storage and Memory for AI from the Edge to the Data Center, by Tom Coughlin. BSU ECE Seminar. Abstract and speaker biography at https://www.boisestate.edu/coen-ece/event/ece-seminar-9-22/ . Event recording at https://boisestate.zoom.us/rec/share/aHvxRNqg8AB8go3uydSnsMc509sB2I3M4VGemRomgwXWPGZhq5rwnZuNhgwJ8RFY.3kBMrYtdYLH4UnVj .
• Visualization, Rendering, Ray Tracing, and Deep Learning, by Randy Rannow. BSU ECE Seminar. Abstract and speaker biography at https://www.boisestate.edu/coen-ece/event/ece-seminar-9-29/. Event recording at https://boisestate.zoom.us/rec/share/Ne-LAnk4fC9x_KywQ1AtiAxYVf_ovDjp3wya1VpdeGq0P55XZxssZYmtIt5rkLMX.TyokYRhSh92g0gIJ .

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