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DESCRIPTION:2024 IEEE Colloquium in Western Pennsylvania\n\nProgram (All ti
 mes in eastern time zone)\n\n8:00 am: Registration &amp; breakfast\n\n9:00 am 
 (Presentation 1)\n\nTitle: Topic 1. Cloud Network Infrastructure – 25 mi
 nutes\; Topic 2. Enhance Cloud Network Performance and Reliability by BGP 
 Optimization – 25 minutes\; First topic will establish the background an
 d then the second topic will follow.\n\n10:00 am (Presentation 2)\n\nTitle
 : PR-TDR: Privacy-preserving and Reliable Timed Data Release\n\n10:30 am (
 Presentation 3)\n\nTitle: Digital Twin-based Dynamic Task Assignment for S
 mart Home Maintenance\n\n11:00 am (Presentation 4)\n\nTitle: IEEE Photonic
 s Standards\n\nNoon: Lunch\n\n1:00 pm (Presentation 5)\n\nTitle: Power Ele
 ctronic Devices in Solid-State/Hybrid Circuit Breakers: Current Status and
  Future Trends\n\n1:30 pm (Presentation 6)\n\nTitle: Sizing Reactive Compe
 nsation for a Steel Plant to Support a New Descaler With Large Motors\n\n2
 :00 pm (Presentation 7)\n\nTitle: Topic 1. Opportunities and Challenges in
  Power Flow Control in a Modern Grid – 90 minutes\; Topic 2. Commissioni
 ng World’s First Commercial-Grade Sen Transformer – 30 minutes\; First
  topic will establish the background and then the second topic will follow
 .\n\n4:00 pm: adjourn\n\nPlace: 4350 Northern Pike\, Monroeville\, PA 1514
 6\; Hybrid meeting. Please RSVP and the meeting link will be emailed to yo
 u by the day before the meeting.\n\nRSVP: Required at https://events.vtool
 s.ieee.org/m/434998 by December 2\, 2024\, 5:00 PM Eastern Time. Please ma
 ke sure to enter your email address while registering to receive the meeti
 ng link. If you are an IEEE member\, please enter your membership number i
 n the RSVP for accurate meeting reporting.\n\nPDH: If you would like to re
 ceive PDH\, please send an email after the event to Dr. Kalyan Sen at senk
 k@ieee.org. Please include your IEEE membership number. You will receive a
  reply which will serve the same purpose as the signed page for in-person 
 meetings. A non-member who would like to receive PDH is required to pay $1
 0 to “IEEE Pittsburgh Section.”\n\nSpeaker(s): Vinay\, Jingzhe\, Abdul
 rahman\, John\, Aboubakr\, Tom\, Sam\, Kalyan\n\nAgenda: \nAll times are i
 n eastern time zone.\n\n8:00 am: Registration &amp; breakfast\n\n9:00 am: 4 pr
 esentations\n\nNoon: lunch\n\n1:00 pm: 3 presentations\n\n4:00 pm: adjourn
 \n\nThe meeting link will be emailed to on-line attendees on the day befor
 e the event.\n\nNext Tier Connect @ Pittsburgh East\, 4350 Northern Pike\,
  Monroeville\, Pennsylvania\, United States\, 15146\, Virtual: https://eve
 nts.vtools.ieee.org/m/434998
LOCATION:Next Tier Connect @ Pittsburgh East\, 4350 Northern Pike\, Monroev
 ille\, Pennsylvania\, United States\, 15146\, Virtual: https://events.vtoo
 ls.ieee.org/m/434998
ORGANIZER:senkk@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:34
SUMMARY:2024 IEEE Colloquium in Western Pennsylvania (HYBRID)
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/434998
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 350 Northern Pike\, Monroeville\, PA 15146\; &lt;strong&gt;Hybrid meeting&lt;/stron
 g&gt;. Please RSVP and the meeting link will be emailed to you by the day bef
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 n email after the event to Dr. Kalyan Sen at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:senkk@
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  You will receive a reply which will serve the same purpose as the signed 
 page for in-person meetings. A non-member who would like to receive PDH is
  required to pay $10 to &amp;ldquo\;IEEE Pittsburgh Section.&amp;rdquo\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p
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 ;&quot;&gt;4:00 pm: adjourn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;The meeting link will be emailed to on-
 line attendees on the day before the event.&lt;/p&gt;
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