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DESCRIPTION:Colloquium: ComSoc History and Evolution of Communication\n\nSa
 turday\, Dec 9th\, 10:00 AM Eastern Time -3:00 PM US-Eastern Time\n\nAn On
 line Complimentary Event of Galveston Bay Section and R5 History Committee
 \n\nRegistration ( on Vtools ) required to attend\n\nAGENDA:\n\n10:00 AM E
 astern Time: Welcome: Dr Zafar Taqvi-IEEE Region 5 History Chair\n\nWelcom
 e: Bob Becnel-IEEE Region 5 Director\n\nIEEE ComSoc History Committee Brie
 fing: Dr Kit August\, V/C ComSoc History Committee\n\nPresentations:\n\n1-
  History of ComSoc: Gunther Karger\, Past Chair IEEE Canaveral Section(sol
 e living founder of IEEE ComSoc)\, Author\, speaker\, Cyber Columnist and 
 Aerospace Engineer\n\n2- Information Theory\, Coding and its Contribution 
 to IT: Dr. Mathini Sellathurai\, IEEE Fellow-Prof &amp; Dean Heriot-Watt Unive
 rsity\, Edinburgh\, U.K\n\n3- Evolution of Turning Wireless Communication 
 to Sensing : Dr Yingying (Jennifer) Chen- IEEE Fellow -Department Chair an
 d Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Peter D. Cheras
 ia Faculty Scholar at Rutgers University\n\n4- Women Pioneers in Telecommu
 nications: Jill Tietjen\, PE\, Fellow SWE and Margaret J. Lyons\, P.E.\, F
 ellow SWE\, Technically Speaking\, Inc.\, Colorado\n\n5- Digitization of A
 udio and Video: Dr. Victor B. Lawrence\, IEEE Fellow\, Inventor/Researcher
 \, Bell Labs / Stevens Institute of Technology\n\n6- History of the COMSOC
  Flagship Conferences: Tim Weil\, SO 27001 CSMA Auditor\, Trainer Security
 Feeds LL\, Colorado\n\n3:00 PM Eastern Time: Thanks from NAR Team: Fawzi B
 ehmann\, Director ComSoc/North American Region\n\nSpeaker(s): Gunther Carg
 er\, Professor Mathini Sellathurai\, PhD IEEE Fellow\, Professor Yingying 
 (Jennifer) Chen\, PhD IEEE Fellow\, Jill Tietjen\, PE\, Fellow SWE\, Marga
 ret J Lyons\, PE \, Professor Victor B Lawrence\, PhD IEEE Life Fellow\, K
 it August\, PhD\, Host Dr Zafar Taqvi and Co Host Dr Sabia Abidi\, Tim Wei
 l\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/388514
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/388514
ORGANIZER:kit.august@gmail.com
SEQUENCE:61
SUMMARY:Colloquium: ComSoc History and Evolution of Communication
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/388514
X-ALT-DESC:Description: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Colloquium: ComSoc History and Evo
 lution of Communication&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Saturday\, Dec 9th
 \, 10:00 AM Eastern Time -3:00 PM US-Eastern Time&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;
 strong&gt;An Online Complimentary Event of Galveston Bay Section and R5 Histo
 ry Committee&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration ( on Vtools ) required 
 to attend &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AGENDA:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10:00
  AM Eastern Time&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\
 ;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\; &lt;s
 trong&gt;Welcome:&amp;nbsp\; &lt;/strong&gt;Dr Zafar Taqvi-IEEE Region 5 History Chair&lt;
 /p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Welcome:&lt;/strong&gt; Bob Becnel-IEEE Region 5 Director&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;
 p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;IEEE ComSoc History Committee Briefing:&lt;/strong&gt; Dr Kit August\,
  V/C ComSoc History Committee&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Presentat
 ions:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;1- &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;History of ComSoc:&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/st
 rong&gt;Gunther Karger\, Past Chair IEEE Canaveral Section(sole living founde
 r of IEEE ComSoc)\,&amp;nbsp\;Author\, speaker\, Cyber Columnist and Aerospace
  Engineer &amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;2-&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Information Theory\, Coding 
 and its Contribution to IT&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;nbsp\;Dr. Mathini Sellathurai\, I
 EEE Fellow-Prof&amp;nbsp\; &amp;amp\; Dean&amp;nbsp\;Heriot-Watt University\, Edinburg
 h\, U.K&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;3- &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Evolution of Turning Wireless 
 Communication to Sensing&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;: &lt;/strong&gt;Dr&lt;strong&gt; 
 &lt;/strong&gt;Yingying (Jennifer) Chen- IEEE Fellow&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;-&lt;
 /strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Department Chair and Professor of Electrical and Computer 
 Engineering&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;and the&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;Peter D. Cherasia Faculty
  Scholar&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;at Rutgers University&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;4-&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;
 Women Pioneers in Telecommunications:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/
 strong&gt;Jill Tietjen\,&amp;nbsp\;PE\, Fellow SWE&amp;nbsp\; and Margaret J. Lyons\,
  P.E.\, Fellow SWE\, Technically Speaking\, Inc.\, Colorado&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;5-&amp;nbs
 p\;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Digitization of Audio and Video&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;:&lt;/u&gt;
 &lt;/strong&gt; Dr. Victor B. Lawrence\, IEEE Fellow\, Inventor/Researcher\, Bel
 l Labs / Stevens Institute of Technology&amp;nbsp\; &amp;nbsp\; &amp;nbsp\; &amp;nbsp\;&amp;nb
 sp\;&amp;nbsp\; &amp;nbsp\; &amp;nbsp\; &amp;nbsp\; &amp;nbsp\; &amp;nbsp\; &amp;nbsp\; &amp;nbsp\; &amp;nbsp\
 ;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;6-&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;History of the COMSOC Flagship Conferences: 
 &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Tim Weil\,&amp;nbsp\;SO 27001 CSMA Auditor\, Trainer SecurityFeed
 s LL\,&amp;nbsp\;Colorado&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3:00 PM Eastern
  Time:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;Thanks from NAR Team: Fawzi Behmann\, Director ComSo
 c/North American Region&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p
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