Author: chrisgunning
Instructor sought for BSU Computer Architecture course
The BSU Electrical&Computer Engineering (ECE) department is looking for someone who can teach the Computer Architecture course next semester. If interested, please contact Jim Browning jimbrowning@boisestate.edu . Here’s the course… Read more
VR talk recording now available on IEEE.tv
Patience is golden! Duane Mathes’s talk on VR is now available on IEEE.tv. This was a very informative and entertaining talk. If you missed the live talk last year, here’s… Read more
Milorad Papic newly elevated to IEEE Fellow
Congratulations to Milorad Papic from our section. Milorad was selected for the 2019 IEEE Fellow class for his contributions to probabilistic planning methods to mitigate cascading of the bulk power… Read more
BSU Cyber-Physical Systems Security Forum on Nov. 30th
You are invited to the upcoming event organized by Boise State University: Join us for a Cyber-Physical Systems Security Forum at Boise State University on November 30. This FREE interactive forum… Read more
IEEEXtreme Region 6 unofficial results
Here are the UNOFFICIAL RESULTS for IEEEXtreme 12.0 Region 6 teams as of November 8, 2018. Final results will be posted soon on the IEEEXtreme web site at https://ieeextreme.org/. The members… Read more
Robotics are for girls!
At least that’s the mantra for the high school “all girl” FIRST robotics team at Boise State University who affectionately call themselves the “Chickadees”(http://coen.boisestate.edu/firstrobotics/). FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC)… Read more
Micron Co-Founders Will Launch New COBE Speaker Series
From Boise State University Campus News, Nov. 5th, 2018: The co-founders of Micron Technology are the first speakers for Entrepreneur Connect, the new speaker series in the College of Business and… Read more
IEEEXtreme 12.0 – Congrats to Boise section teams!
Congratulations to both Boise section teams for their outstanding performance in IEEEXtreme 12.0 on Oct 19-20. IEEEXtreme is a global challenge in which teams of IEEE Student members compete in a… Read more
Pictures from Annual Picnic, Friday Sept 14
Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems (PMAPS) conference
Here’s a very nice article on the Northwest Power and Conservation Council website about the recent PMAPS conference held in Boise. Congratulations to Milorad Papic for running an excellent conference!… Read more
Annual Picnic, Friday Sept 14
The Boise Section BBQ / Picnic is free to attend for all IEEE Members and their families. The event will be arranged and catered by IEEE Boise State University student branch. Date/Time: Friday, Sept 14, 2018,… Read more
2018 IEEE-Boise Banquet
Guest speaker, Dr. Gurtej S. Sandhu, Senior Fellow and Director at Micron Technology Inc. will deliver a topic on, “Memory Chips Technology – the untold story of innovation”. Biography: https://www.micron.com/about/our-company/leadership/gurtej-sandhu Continental style dinner… Read more
Idaho Future City Results
The 14th Idaho Region Future City competition was held on Saturday, January 20th at Boise State University. This year’s competition included 36 teams from 18 different schools. Participants came from all… Read more
VR talk by Duane Mathes, Oct 14th
Duane Mathes, Senior VP of Game Development at BlackBox VR, will give a talk on VR. He will cover current and future applications, technology, history, trends, and how you can… Read more
2018 PMAPS conference in Boise June 24-28, 2018
Conference Theme – “Probabilistic Methods: Practical Approaches for Managing Risk and Uncertainty in the Electric Power Industry” The main focus of the 2018 PMAPS International Conference is about presenting and… Read more
Annual Picnic, Friday Sept 15
The Boise Section BBQ / Picnic is free to attend for all IEEE Members and their families. The event will be arranged and catered by IEEE Boise State University student branch. Date/Time: Friday, Sept 15, 2017,… Read more
Boise Engineers Week Banquet, Thursday February 23rd
“The Memory of Cars” Date: Thursday, February 23rd, 2017 Time: 5:30PM social, 6:30PM dinner Location: Angell’s, 999 Main Street Boise Come join us for our 2017 Engineers Week banquet. Our guest speaker is Tom… Read more
IEEE Boise Computer Society banquet
You are invited to join the IEEE Boise Computer Society for our annual banquet on November 10th. Our guest speaker is Dr. Gaby Dagher, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Boise… Read more
GROWing Software and Skills – Talk by Andy Hunt on June 23rd
It’s time for a practical, pragmatic, real-world take on software development and programming. The GROWS™ Method goes beyond one-size-fits-all rules, mis-applied “agile” and rigid adherence to previous “best practices” that… Read more
IEEE-Boise PES talk: Sustainability and Operational Efficiencies
Please mark your calendar for an upcoming talk on Monday, June 13, 2016 at 12:00 PM at the Idaho Power Bldg. Mr. John Bernardo from Idaho Power will be giving a… Read more
Recording and slides from Perry Lea’s talk at section banquet
The screen recording of Perry’s talk is available here: https://youtu.be/y5Purzd59U8. His slides are available here: Computer Architecture Flops and Failures – Lessons Learned
EDS Talk: Hybrid Ferroelectrics-CMOS: Devices and Circuits
You are invited to attend a talk brought to you jointly by IEEE EDS Boise Chapter and the Micron-TLP Friday Forum where Prof. Kan of Cornell University will discuss Hybrid Ferroelectrics-CMOS: Devices and… Read more
IEEE Boise Section Annual Banquet – Speaker Perry Lea – Computer Architecture Flops and Futures
Come join us for our annual Computer Society banquet. Our guest speaker is Perry Lea, Strategic Director of Advanced Computing Systems at Micron. When: May 4th, 2016 – 6:30 PM to… Read more