Activities of IEEE CAS Society, Bangalore Section during 2018

Region 10 - Chapter code: CH10321

http://ieee-cas-bangalore.org

Quarter-1 (January – March)

Quarter-2 (April – June)

Quarter-3 (July – September)

Quarter-4 (October – December)

Proposed Events during 2019

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JANUARY: TWO SEMINARS ON 10 JANUARY 2018

Two seminars were organized by PragaTI (TI India Technical University) in association with

IEEE CAS Bangalore Chapter and IEEE Bangalore Section on 10 January 2018 at TI India,

Bangalore Campus, Bagmane Techpark, CV Raman Nagar.

The first was a Seminar on BIST for High-Quality and Low-Cost Testing, 10AM - 11AM.

The invited speaker was Sule Ozev (Asc.Prof, Arizona State University). An overview for

analog/RF BIST were presented along with an emphasis on BIST approaches for static and

dynamic testing of power converters.

We had around 20 participants including some IEEE members. The event was also available as a

webinar via the TI WebEx portal and was attended by 15 participants remotely.

Report: http://ieee-cas-bangalore.org/reports/rep2018.html#bist-jan18

The second Seminar was on Assertions for Analog and Mixed-Signal Verification. 11.15AM -

12.15PM. The invited speaker was Dr Pallab Dasgupta (Dept of CSE, IIT Kharagpur). The talk

outlined the emerging nuances of AMS assertions, focusing on a wide variety of questions.

We had around 20 participants including some IEEE members. The event was also available as a

webinar via the TI WebEx portal and was attended by 20 participants remotely.

Report: http://ieee-cas-bangalore.org/reports/rep2018.html#analog-msv-jan18

JANUARY: SEMINAR ON “GAN POWER DEVICES: CHARACTERISTICS, DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS AND APPLICATIONS”

A Seminar on GaN Power Devices: Characteristics, Design Considerations and Applications

was jointly organized by IEEE PELS and IEEE CAS Bangalore Chapter on January 18, 2018,

3:00 PM to 4:00 PM at IISc, Bangalore, Department of Electrical Engineering. The invited

speaker was Salil Chellappan (Systems Manager – Power Delivery, Industrial Systems, Texas

Instruments).

The characteristics, design considerations and a typical application of GaN power devices were

discussed. We had around 36 participants including some IEEE members.

Report: http://ieee-cas-bangalore.org/reports/rep2018.html#gan-jan18

FEBRUARY: TECHNICAL SPONSORSHIP OF ICAECC 2018

ICAECC 2018 – Second International Conference on Advances in Electronics, Computers and Communications was held during February 9-10, 2018 at School of ECE, REVA University, Rukmini Knowledge Park, Yelahanka, Bengaluru – 560064, India The conference was organized by REVA University, Bengaluru, India, and the Technical Sponsors were IEEE Bangalore Section, IEEE ComSoc (IEEE Communications Society) Bangalore Section, IETE (Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering) and IEEE-CAS Society, Bangalore Chapter. The Theme of the conference was Fostering Information Technology Through Electronics, Computers and Communications.

Conference website: http://www.reva.edu.in/icaecc2018/

FEBRUARY: TWO SEMINARS ON 20 FEBRUARY 2018

Two seminars were organized by PragaTI (TI India Technical University) in association with

IEEE CAS Bangalore Chapter and IEEE Bangalore Section on 20 February 2018 at TI India,

Bangalore Campus, Bagmane Techpark, CV Raman Nagar. Both the seminars were also

broadcast remotely through the TI Webex portal.

The first was a Seminar on Accurate Cell Characterization in the era of Variability, 10.30

AM to 11.30 AM. The invited speaker was Bulusu Anand (Dept of ECE, IIT Roorkee)

The talk touched upon device-circuit linkages, which can be used in circuit/layout design and in

standard cell characterization. We had a full house including some IEEE members.

Report: http://ieee-cas-bangalore.org/reports/rep2018.html#cellchar-feb18

The second Seminar was on Recent Research in Semiconductor Area at IIT Roorkee. 11.30

AM to 12.30 PM. The invited speaker was Sudeb Dasgupta (Dept of ECE, IIT Roorkee)

The talk focused on research activities carried out in our group at IIT Roorkee. Primarily this

will deal with device circuit co-design issues for devices such as bulk MOSFET, FinFETs,

Tunnel FETs as well as reconfigurable FETs. We had a full house including some IEEE

members.

Report: http://ieee-cas-bangalore.org/reports/rep2018.html#iitr-feb18

MARCH: TUTORIAL ON INTRODUCTION TO VLSI DESIGN - AN INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE

A Tutorial on “Introduction to VLSI Design - An Industry Perspective” was organized by

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, GSSS, Mysore, In cooperation with

IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Bangalore Chapter on 3 March 2018, 10.00 AM to 4.00 PM

at GSSS Institute Of Engineering And Technology For Women, Mysore. Dr. C.P.Ravikumar

(Texas Instruments, India) was the invited speaker.

We had around 200 participants including some IEEE members.

Report: http://ieee-cas-bangalore.org/reports/rep2018.html#vlsi-mar18

MARCH: PANEL DISCUSSION (3 MARCH 2018) DURING CYBERIA'18 (26 FEBRUARY TO 4 MARCH 2018)

A Panel Discussion entitled “How to effectively embed skill development into Educational

Program so that the graduates are rendered industry ready?” was conducted on 3 March

2018 as a part of Cyberia'18 an IEEE Student conference (26 February to 4 March 2018). The

event was organized by IEEE-SJCE, Mysuru at Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering,

Mysuru - 570 006.

The panel was moderated by B. Ramkumar (former Tektronix) and the panelists included

Varun Shastri, Working at Applied Materials, Dr. Narasimha Kaulgad, Professor NIE,

Mysuru, Dr. Bindu Thomas, Professor VVIET, Arun Pradeep, CEO of Neutrinos Solutions,

Ramesh Agrahar, Vice President Kaynes, Srikantaswamy Bisilavaadi, Robert Bosch, and

C.P. Ravikumar, Hon. Sec, IEEE-CAS Bangalore and Director of Technical talent

development, TI India.

We had around 150 participants including some IEEE members. A number of faculty and

students from Mysuru were present at the inauguration of Cyberia-2018.

Report: http://ieee-cas-bangalore.org/reports/rep2018.html#cyberia18-sjce

MARCH: HANDS-ON INTRODUCTION TO DESIGN AND VERIFICATION THROUGH VERILOG AND SYSTEM VERILOG

A Hands-on Introduction to “Design and Verification through Verilog and System Verilog”

was organized by IEEE CAS Bangalore Chapter and Supported by: Texas Instruments, India and

IEEE Bangalore Section on 24 March 2018 (Saturday), Time: 9.00 AM to 5.00 PM, Venue:

Texas Instruments India, Bangalore Campus, Bagmane Techpark, CV Raman Nagar. Dr. C.P.

Ravikumar (Texas Instruments, India) was the invited speaker.

We had around 28 participants including some IEEE members. The event gathered much

positive responses with requests to repeat the event with longer duration.

Report: http://ieee-cas-bangalore.org/reports/rep2018.html#verilog-mar18

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APRIL: HANDS-ON INTRODUCTION TO DESIGN AND VERIFICATION THROUGH VERILOG AND SYSTEM VERILOG

A Hands-on Introduction to Design and Verification through Verilog and System Verilog

was organized by Jointly Organized by: IEEE Student Branch CEC Mangalore and IEEE CAS

Bangalore Chapter on 22 April 2018 at Canara Engineering College, Mangalore. Dr. C.P.

Ravikumar (Texas Instruments, India) was the invited speaker.

We had around 29 participants including 9 IEEE members.

Report: http://ieee-cas-bangalore.org/reports/rep2018.html#verilog-apr18

Photos: http://ieee-cas-bangalore.org/reports/pics/verilog-apr18.html

Focusing on verification of the design which being one of the most resource and time-intensive

steps in the SoC Design Flow, the hands-on workshop gave an introduction to the topic of digital

design verification.

MAY: SEMINAR ON VARIABLE SPEED DRIVES

A Seminar on Variable speed drives was organized by IEEE CAS Bangalore Chapter and

IEEE Bangalore Section on 31 May 2018, 3.00pm - 4.00pm at Dept of Electrical Engineering,

IISc, Bangalore. Navaneeth Kumar N (MGTS, Systems manager - Motor drives, Texas

Instruments Incorporated) was the invited speaker.

We had around 32 participants including many IEEE members.

Report: http://ieee-cas-bangalore.org/reports/rep2018.html#varspdrv-may18

Photos: http://ieee-cas-bangalore.org/reports/pics/varspdrv-may18.html

The talk's main intent was to provide a better perspective to the students on how OEM's design

and what factors influence the architecture.

JUNE: ONE-DAY HANDS-ON TUTORIAL ON PROBLEM SOLVING WITH PYTHON

A One-day hands-on tutorial on Problem Solving with Python was organized by IEEE-CAS

Bangalore Chapter on 2 June 2018, 9.00 AM to 5.00 PM at Texas Instruments India, Bangalore

Campus, Bagmane Techpark, CV Raman Nagar 560093. Dr. C.P. Ravikumar (Texas Instruments

India) was the invited speaker.

We had around 5 participants including 1 IEEE member.

Report: http://ieee-cas-bangalore.org/reports/rep2018.html#python-june18

JUNE: IEEE BANGALORE SECTION HOLDS A WORKSHOP TO HELP MEMBERS ASPIRING FOR SENIOR GRADE ELEVATION

IEEE Bangalore Section held a workshop to help members aspiring for Senior Grade

Elevation which was organized by IEEE CAS Bangalore Chapter and IEEE Bangalore Section

on 9 June 2018, 9.00 AM to 1.00 PM at Texas Instruments India, Bangalore Campus, Bagmane

Techpark, CV Raman Nagar 560093. Puneet Mishra (Vice Chair, IEEE Bangalore Section),

Keshav Bapat (Chair-Elect, IEEE Bangalore Section), Dr.Chetan Thakur (Electonic Systems

Engineering, IISc Bangalore) and Manav Mediratta (Texas Instruments, India) was the invited

speaker.

Around 70 IEEE members participated.

Report: http://ieee-cas-bangalore.org/reports/rep2018.html#ieee-smep-june18

Photos: http://ieee-cas-bangalore.org/reports/pics/ieee-smep-june18.html

The workshop was for the members who are aspiring to get elevated to senior grade membership.

IEEE offers memberships of different types, starting with student membership, moving on to

professional membership, senior membership, fellow membership, and life membership. Senior

membership is offered to a very small number of members who have done noteworthy work in

their chosen fields.

JUNE: IDIYE 2018 - ONE-DAY CONFERENCE ON INNOVATION & DO-IT-YOURSELF ELECTRONICS

IDIYE 2018 - One-day Conference on INNOVATION & DO-IT-YOURSELF

ELECTRONICS was organized by IEEE CAS Bangalore Chapter and Supported by IEEE

Bangalore Section & Texas Instruments India on 16 June 2018, 9.00 AM - 5.00 PM at Texas

Instruments India, Bagmane Techpark, C.V.Raman Nagar Bangalore Campus, 560093.

C.P.Ravikumar (Texas Instruments India) was the Conference General Chair.

We had around 100 participants including 9 IEEE members.

Report: http://ieee-cas-bangalore.org/reports/rep2018.html#idiye2018

Photos: http://ieee-cas-bangalore.org/reports/pics/idiye2018.html

Keynote Talk on Innovation or Illusion was delivered by N.Kavitha (STEPS Knowledge

Services Pvt Ltd, Coimbatore).During the panel discussion on "DIY Electronics – What will

take us to the next level?", N.Kavitha (STEPS Knowledge Services Pvt Ltd, Coimbatore)

spoke on “Is the curriculum driving students towards or away from Electronics DIY?”,

Prof.Dhananjay V. Gadre (CEDT, NSIT Delhi) spoke on "Is the curriculum driving

students towards or away from Electronics DIY?" and Navratan Katariya (Director-

Startups with the Govt. funded NASSCOM) spoke on "Are Governmental initiatives helping

in expanding DIY?". C.P. Ravikumar (TI India) moderated the panel discussion.

17 projects were presented at the conference in six sessions, in areas such as Automotive

Electronics, Assistive Technologies, Infotainment, Security and Safety, Monitoring, and

Instrumentation. In the valedictory session, prizes were awarded to the "best" projects.

JUNE: TWO-DAY WORKSHOP ON ELECTRONICS DIY - A HANDS-ON APPROACH

A Two-day workshop on Electronics DIY - A Hands-on Approach was organized by IEEE

CAS Bangalore Chapter and Supported by IEEE Bangalore Section & Texas Instruments India

on 17-18 June 2018, 9.00 AM - 5.00 PM at Texas Instruments India, Bagmane Techpark,

C.V.Raman Nagar Bangalore Campus, 560093. Prof. Dhananjay V. Gadre (NSIT, New Delhi,

India) conducted the workshop along with Prof.Arun Kumar.

We had around 16 participants including 7 IEEE members.

Report: http://ieee-cas-bangalore.org/reports/rep2018.html#ediy-june18

Photos: http://ieee-cas-bangalore.org/reports/pics/ediy-june18.html

The workshop was intended for those interested in Electronics DIY projects, and interested in

designing products. This two-day workshop introduced the participants into the world of DIY,

embedded processors, hardware, and embedded software.

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JULY: SEMINAR ON DISCIPLINED ENTREPRENEURSHIP: THE FRAMEWORK FOR INNOVATION DRIVEN VENTURES

A Seminar on Disciplined Entrepreneurship: The Framework for Innovation Driven

Ventures was organized by PragaTI (TI India Technical University) in cooperation with IEEE-

CAS Bangalore Chapter on 27 July 2018, 11.00 AM to 12.00 PM at Texas Instruments India,

Bagmane Techpark, C.V.Raman Nagar Bangalore Campus, 560093. Nidhi Sharma (MIT) was

the invited speaker.

We had around 40 participants including 5 IEEE members.

Report: http://ieee-cas-bangalore.org/reports/rep2018.html#ent-framework-july18

Photos: http://ieee-cas-bangalore.org/reports/pics/ent-framework-july18.html

JULY: WORKSHOP ON USING SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT KITS AND PLUG-INS FOR SEAMLESSLY PROTOTYPING IOT BASED END APPLICATIONS

A Workshop on Using Software Development Kits and Plug-ins for Seamlessly Prototyping

IOT based end applications was organized by IEEE CAS Bangalore Chapter and Supported by

IEEE Bangalore Section on 28 July 2018, 9.00 AM - 1.00 PM at Texas Instruments India,

Bagmane Techpark, C.V.Raman Nagar Bangalore Campus, 560093. Osheen Nayak and Manoj

R. (Texas Instruments India) were the invited speakers.

We had around 20 participants including 4 IEEE members.

Report: http://ieee-cas-bangalore.org/reports/rep2018.html#sdkiot-july18

Photos: http://ieee-cas-bangalore.org/reports/pics/sdkiot-july18.html

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SEPTEMBER: TECHNICAL SESSION ON "MIXED SIGNAL DESIGN AND COMPACT MODELING AND THE LAUNCH OF CFP OF IEEE MOS AK INDIA 2019"

A Technical Session on "Mixed Signal Design and Compact Modeling and the Launch of

CFP of IEEE MOS AK India 2019" was organized by IEEE Bangalore Section, IEEE

Bangalore Chapter and IEEE CAS/EDS Hyderabad Section In collaboration with Swissnex India

(Connecting Dots between Switzerland and India) on 14 September 2018, 4.30 PM to 6.00 PM at

Seminar Hall, 26 Rest House Crescent Road, Bangalore 560001. Dr. P.V. Ananda Mohan

(Fellow IEEE) and Dr. Santanu Mahapatra (IISc Bangalore) were the invited speakers.

We had around 50 participants with most of them being IEEE members.

Event details:

http://ieee-cas-bangalore.org/activities/events/mixsig-swiss-sep18.html

SEPTEMBER: SEMINAR ON ADVANCED BIOMETRIC TECHNOLOGIES

A Seminar on Advanced Biometric Technologies was organized by IEEE CAS Bangalore

Chapter in association with IEEE Bangalore Section and Texas Instruments on 20 September

2018, 11.00am - 12.00 noon at Texas Instruments India, Bagmane Techpark, C.V.Raman Nagar

Bangalore Campus, 560093. Prof. Vincenzo Piuri (Department of Computer Science, Universiti

degli Studi di Milano) was the invited speaker.

We had around 35 participants including 5 IEEE members.

Report: http://ieee-cas-bangalore.org/reports/rep2018.html#biometric-sep18

Photos: http://ieee-cas-bangalore.org/reports/pics/biometric-sep18.html

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SEPTEMBER: IEEE WINTECHCON - 2018: WOMEN'S TECHNICAL CONFERENCE

IEEE WINTECHCON - 2018: Women's Technical Conference was organized by IEEE CAS

Bangalore Chapter; In cooperation with IEEE Bangalore Section and IEEE WiE Council (IEEE

Women in Engineering), Bangalore on 28 September 2018, 9.00 AM - 5.00 PM at Royal Orchid

Hotels, Old Airport Road, Bangalore.

Objective: To provide opportunities to women technology leaders from India to present their

work in an external forum

Theme: Designing the Future Semiconductor and Electronic Systems

Industry sposors: Texas Instruments India, Qualcomm, Samsung, Analog Devices India,

Cadence Design Systems and Intel.

Shalili Kapoor (IBM) and Susmita Sur-Kolay (ISI, Kolkata) were the keynote speakers. The

event attracted 115 submissions, of which 12 papers were selected for presentation, with 4 demo

proposals and 10 poster paper presentations. There were two embedded tutorials and one invited

talk.

We had around 220 participants including 35 IEEE members. Event details: http://ieee-cas-bangalore.org/activities/event/wintechcon2018.html Report: http://ieee-cas-bangalore.org/reports/pics/wintechcon2018-report.html

Photos: http://ieee-cas-bangalore.org/reports/pics/wintechcon2018.html

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NOVEMBER: THE SEVENTH EDITION OF PES UNIVERSITY'S OPEN HACKATHON ON #CODE 2K18

A The Seventh Edition of PES University's Open Hackathon on #CODE 2K18 was organized by

Presented by: Microsoft Innovation Lab and Sponsored by IEEE CAS Bangalore Chapter and

Amper AXP on 3-4 November, 2018.

We had around 200 participants from various colleges, including 10 IEEE members.

Report: http://ieee-cas-bangalore.org/reports/rep2018.html#code18-pes

Photos: http://ieee-cas-bangalore.org/reports/pics/code18-pes.html

NOVEMBER: HANDS-ON INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL DESIGN AND VERIFICATION THROUGH VERILOG AND SYSTEM VERILOG

A Hands-on Introduction to Digital Design and Verification through Verilog and System

Verilog was jointly Organized by IEEE Student Branch KLEIT, Hubli and IEEE CAS Bangalore

Chapter on 25 November 2018 (Sunday). Dr. C.P. Ravikumar (Texas Instruments India) was the

instructor. The full-day hands-on workshop was restricted to 30 seats, and there were participants

from various colleges and industry, including 5 IEEE professionals, students and faculty

members. Event details: http://ieee-cas-bangalore.org/activities/events/verilog-kle-nov18.html

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ACT IV IT IES O F IE EE C AS B AN G AL ORE S ECT ION , 2019

ICAECC 2019 - Second International Conference on Advances in Electronics, Computers and Communications

Organized by: REVA University, Bengaluru, India

Technical Sponsors: IEEE Bangalore Section, IEEE ComSoc (IEEE Communications Society) Bangalore Section, IETE (Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering) and IEEE-CAS Society, Bangalore Chapter

Theme: Fostering Information Technology Through Electronics, Computers and Communications

Date: February 9-10, 2019

Venue: School of ECE, REVA University, Rukmini Knowledge Park, Yelahanka, Bengaluru - 560064, India