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DESCRIPTION:The 9th Annual IEEE North Jersey Advanced Communications Sympos
 ium (NJACS-2021) will be held online (Zoom)\, on Saturday\, September 18\,
  2021. The symposium consists of several keynote presentations. The sympos
 ium program will cover advanced topics in AI\, big data\, machine learning
 \, deep learning\, and applications.\n\nRegistration Required:\nhttps://ev
 ents.vtools.ieee.org/m/280515\n\nConference Room:\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nMeet
 ing ID: 506 875 4099\n\nSymposium Program\n\n01:00-01:10PM\n\nWelcome Rema
 rks\n\nDr. Adriaan van Wijngaarden\, Nokia Bell Labs\n\nAmit Patel\, IEEE 
 North Jersey ComSoc Chapter\n\n01:10-01:15PM\n\nOpening Remarks - Deep Rei
 nforcement Learning\n\nProf. Yu-Dong Yao\, Stevens Institute of Technology
 \n\n01:15-02:00PM\n\nFunctional Pruning for Fast Learning Algorithms in Op
 timal Change Point Detection\n\nProf. Toby D Hocking\, Northern Arizona Un
 iversity\n\n02:00-02:45PM\n\nHardware/Software Co-Design of Deep Learning 
 Accelerators\n\nProf. Yiyu Shi\, University of Notre Dame\n\n02:45-03:30PM
 \n\nSome New Results on Federated Learning\n\nProf. Pramod Varshney\, Syra
 cuse University\n\n03:30-04:15PM\n\nLearning-Based Strategies in Aerial Ne
 tworks with UAVs\n\nProf. M. Cenk Gursoy\, Syracuse University\n\n04:15-04
 :30PM\n\nClosing Remarks\n\nDr. Adriaan van Wijngaarden\, Nokia Bell Labs\
 n\nRegistration\n\nIEEE member	$	00.00\nNon-member	$	00.00\nIEEE Student/G
 raduate Student/Life Member	$	00.00\nNon-IEEE Student/Graduate Student	$	0
 0.00\n\nThis event has limited seating and registration is required. Will 
 close once the event reaches capacity.\n\nCEUs (continuing education units
 ) are available for this event with a separate fee of $5.00. Please pay $5
 .00 when registering and then contact [ben.meyer@ieee.org](https://webmail
 b.netzero.net/webmail/new/21?folder=Inbox&amp;msgNum=0000h6W0:001TQJkI00000wJD
 &amp;count=1567256195&amp;randid=1264082998&amp;attachId=0&amp;isUnDisplayableMail=yes&amp;blo
 ckImages=1&amp;randid=1264082998#) for additional information about CEU certif
 icates.\n\nThis symposium is being organized by the IEEE North Jersey Sect
 ion and its Communications\, Computer\, Information Theory and Vehicular T
 echnology Chapters. Technical support is provided by IEEE METSAC.\n\nOrgan
 izing Committee\n\nSymposium Chair	Adriaan van Wijngaarden\, Nokia Bell La
 bs\nOrganization Chair	Amit Patel\, IEEE North Jersey ComSoc Chapter\nProg
 ram Chair	Yu-Dong Yao\, Stevens Institute of Technology\nProgram Co-Chair	
 Hong Zhao\, Fairleigh Dickinson University\n\nProgram Co-Chair\n\nRegistra
 tion Chair\n\nCherif Chibane\, IEEE North Jersey Aerospace Chapter\n\nMich
 ael Newell\, IEEE North Jersey Section\n\nAgenda: \n1) 50% Discount code (
 FUTURE50) is valid for &quot;New&quot; student members as well as &quot;Renewal&quot; of stude
 nt membership. 50% discount is valid for ALL students regardless of their 
 affiliations to ANY IEEE sections.\n2) IF you are becoming a BRAND NEW stu
 dent member in the NORTH JERSEY Section\, then the remaining 50% of studen
 t membership fee for new student members will be reimbursed by the North J
 ersey Section (see reimbursement steps below).\n3) If a student wants to j
 oin AP society in addition to IEEE\, student membership will be reimbursed
  by the AP-S membership drive-through support of the North Jersey Section 
 for the AP society student membership (see reimbursement steps below).\n4)
  There is for STUDENTS\, a limited time MTT Society Membership fee of ONLY
  $1.\n5) There is for any IEEE members\, free enrollment offered by Comput
 er Society\, Nano Technology and SIGHT.\n6) What do you have to do ? Stude
 nts can send via email the scanned paid receipt to our treasurer (Prof. Av
 imnayou Vatsa\, avatsa@fdu.edu) for reimbursement (and CC: [ben.meyer@ieee
 .org)](https://webmailb.netzero.net/webmail/new/21?folder=Inbox&amp;msgNum=000
 0h6W0:001TQJkI00000wJD&amp;count=1567256195&amp;randid=1264082998&amp;attachId=0&amp;isUnD
 isplayableMail=yes&amp;blockImages=1&amp;randid=1264082998#)\n7) Please try to do 
 ASAP for the IEEE 2022 renewal cycle\, best if done before Oct 30.\n\nBldg
 : Zoom\, Hoboken\, New Jersey\, United States
LOCATION:Bldg: Zoom\, Hoboken\, New Jersey\, United States
ORGANIZER:yyao@stevens.edu
SEQUENCE:16
SUMMARY:9th Annual IEEE North Jersey Advanced Communications Symposium (NJA
 CS-2021) (Theme: AI and Deep Learning) (Zoom)
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/280515
X-ALT-DESC:Description: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;The 9th Annual IEEE North 
 Jersey Advanced Communications Symposium (NJACS-2021) will be held online 
 (Zoom)\, on &lt;strong&gt;Saturday\, September 18\, 2021&lt;/strong&gt;. The symposium
  consists of several keynote presentations. The symposium program will cov
 er advanced topics in AI\, big data\, machine learning\, deep learning\, a
 nd applications.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration Required:&lt;/s
 trong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/280515&quot;&gt;https://even
 ts.vtools.ieee.org/m/280515&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Conference
  Room:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Join Zoom Meeting&lt;br /&gt;Meeting ID: 506 875 4099&lt;/p&gt;\n
 &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Symposium Program&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;table&gt;\n&lt;tbody
 &gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;01:00-0
 1:10PM &amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Welcome Remarks&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;tr
 &gt;\n&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Dr. Adriaan van Wijngaarden\, Nokia Bell Lab
 s&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Amit Patel\, IEEE No
 rth Jersey ComSoc Chapter&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;01:10-01:15PM&lt;
 /p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Opening Remarks - Deep Reinforcement Learning&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/
 td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Prof. Yu-Dong Yao\, Stevens I
 nstitute of Technology&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;01:15-02:00PM&lt;/p&gt;
 \n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Functional Pruning for Fast Learning Algorithms 
 in Optimal Change&amp;nbsp\;Point Detection&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #236fa1\;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Prof
 . Toby D Hocking\,&amp;nbsp\;Northern Arizona University&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;
 /p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;02:00-02:45PM&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;stro
 ng&gt;Hardware/Software Co-Design of Deep Learning Accelerators&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\
 n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #236fa
 1\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Prof. Yiyu Shi\,&amp;nbsp\;University of Notre Dame&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/str
 ong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;02:45-03:30PM&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;t
 d&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Some New Results on Federated Learning&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\
 n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #236fa1\;&quot;&gt;&lt;s
 trong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Prof. Pramod Varshney\, Syracuse University&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
 &lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;03:30-04:15PM&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;str
 ong&gt;Learning-Based Strategies in Aerial Networks with UAVs&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;
 /td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #236fa1\
 ;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Prof. M. Cenk Gursoy\, Syracuse University&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/s
 pan&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;04:15-04:30PM&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;
 Closing Remarks&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Dr. Ad
 riaan van Wijngaarden\, Nokia Bell Labs&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;/tbody&gt;\n&lt;/tab
 le&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;table&gt;\n&lt;tbody
 &gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;IEEE member&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;$&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;00.00&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;
 tr&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;Non-member&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;00.00&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;IEE
 E Student/Graduate Student/Life Member &amp;nbsp\; &amp;nbsp\;&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;
 td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;00.00&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;Non-IEEE Student/Graduate St
 udent&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;00.00&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;/tbody&gt;\n&lt;/table&gt;\n&lt;p alig
 n=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;This event has limited seating
  and registration is required. Will close once the event reaches capacity.
 &lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;CEUs (continuing education units) are available f
 or this event with a separate fee of $5.00. Please pay $5.00 when register
 ing and then contact &lt;a href=&quot;https://webmailb.netzero.net/webmail/new/21?
 folder=Inbox&amp;amp\;msgNum=0000h6W0:001TQJkI00000wJD&amp;amp\;count=1567256195&amp;a
 mp\;randid=1264082998&amp;amp\;attachId=0&amp;amp\;isUnDisplayableMail=yes&amp;amp\;bl
 ockImages=1&amp;amp\;randid=1264082998#&quot;&gt;ben.meyer@ieee.org&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp\;for addi
 tional information about CEU certificates.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;This sy
 mposium is being organized by the IEEE North Jersey Section and its Commun
 ications\, Computer\, Information Theory and Vehicular Technology Chapters
 . Technical support is provided by IEEE METSAC.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;s
 trong&gt;Organizing Committee&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;table&gt;\n&lt;tbody&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;Sympo
 sium Chair&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;Adriaan van Wijngaarden\, Nokia Bell Labs&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;
 \n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;Organization Chair&amp;nbsp\; &amp;nbsp\;&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;Amit Patel\, IEEE 
 North Jersey ComSoc Chapter&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;Program Chair&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td
 &gt;Yu-Dong Yao\, Stevens Institute of Technology&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;Prog
 ram Co-Chair&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;Hong Zhao\, Fairleigh Dickinson University&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/
 tr&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Program Co-Chair&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Registration Chair&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;
 \n&lt;td&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Cherif Chibane\, IEEE North Jersey Aerospace Chapter&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Mi
 chael Newell\, IEEE North Jersey Section&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;/tbody&gt;\n&lt;/ta
 ble&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agenda: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times new rom
 an\, new york\, times\, serif\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #9d1811\;&quot;&gt;1) 50% Dis
 count code (FUTURE50) is valid for &quot;New&quot; student members as well as &quot;Renew
 al&quot; of student membership. 50% discount is valid for ALL students regardle
 ss of their affiliations to ANY IEEE sections. &lt;br /&gt;2) IF you are becomin
 g a BRAND NEW student member in the NORTH JERSEY Section\, then the remain
 ing 50% of student membership fee for new student members will be reimburs
 ed by the North Jersey Section (see reimbursement steps below).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sp
 an&gt;&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times new roman\, new york\, tim
 es\, serif\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #9d1811\;&quot;&gt;3) If a student wants to join
  AP society in addition to IEEE\, student membership will be reimbursed by
  the AP-S membership drive-through support of the North Jersey Section for
  the AP society student membership (see reimbursement steps below).&lt;/span&gt;
 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times new roman\, new york\,
  times\, serif\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #9d1811\;&quot;&gt;4) There is for STUDENTS\
 , a limited time MTT Society Membership fee of ONLY $1.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div
 &gt;\n&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times new roman\, new york\, times\, ser
 if\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #9d1811\;&quot;&gt;5) There is for any IEEE members\, fr
 ee enrollment offered by Computer Society\, Nano Technology and SIGHT.&lt;/sp
 an&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times new roman\, new yor
 k\, times\, serif\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #9d1811\;&quot;&gt;6) What do you have to
  do ?&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times new roman\, new 
 york\, times\, serif\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #9d1811\;&quot;&gt;Students can send v
 ia email the scanned paid receipt to our treasurer (Prof. Avimnayou Vatsa\
 , avatsa@fdu.edu) for reimbursement (and CC: &lt;a href=&quot;https://webmailb.net
 zero.net/webmail/new/21?folder=Inbox&amp;amp\;msgNum=0000h6W0:001TQJkI00000wJD
 &amp;amp\;count=1567256195&amp;amp\;randid=1264082998&amp;amp\;attachId=0&amp;amp\;isUnDis
 playableMail=yes&amp;amp\;blockImages=1&amp;amp\;randid=1264082998#&quot;&gt;ben.meyer@iee
 e.org)&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-fa
 mily: times new roman\, new york\, times\, serif\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #9
 d1811\;&quot;&gt;7) Please try to do ASAP for the IEEE 2022 renewal cycle\, best i
 f done before Oct 30.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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