BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260226T182323Z UID:2AAD702B-E8C3-4291-8929-23265A39E603 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260220T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260220T200200 DESCRIPTION:[]An Wang was a Chinese-American computer engineer and inventor \, who did formidable work in the field of magnetic core memory. He was a Chinese immigrant and a who became an important figure in the electronics industry.\n\nHis successful journey began when he created a pulse transfer device\, together with a colleague\, which is an important part of the de velopment of magnetic core memory. He followed this invention with the dev elopment of write-after-read cycle thus solving the destructive read out p roblem\, inherent to magnetic core memory. This was a key breakthrough in making magnetic core memory devices a viable option for storing data.\n\nH e obtained a large sum of money from many organizations that used his pate nted design for construction of the memory pattern in manufacturing of com puters. He used this money to establish his own company and thus founded W ang Laboratories. The company became a market leader in desktop calculator s and also achieved success with word processors.\n\nHe was an inventor wi th the sharp business acumen and incorporated his ideas to expand his comp any successfully. He was one of the most celebrated engineers and entrepre neurs of the 20th century\, who contributed significantly to the developme nt of computers.\n\nAFTER the documentary - we can have a brief discussion session. NOTE: You must supply your own soda pop and popcorn! :-) Trivia may also follow\, so bring your Jeopardy hats too!\n\n[]\n\nAgenda: \n7:00 PM - Welcome and Introductions\, Chapter business update\; (on your own) Pizza\, Popcorn and Soda Pop\n7:05 PM - Documentary\n8:05 PM - End of Docu mentary\; Start of Q & A\; Group Discussion\n8:15 PM - Wrap Up\n\nALL time s are in EST/EDT (UTC-4 or UTC-5) depending upon local day light savings t imes in when effect\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/535218 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/535218 ORGANIZER:sharan.kalwani@ieee.org SEQUENCE:28 SUMMARY:Documentary Night: An Wang URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/535218 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><img style="float: left\; border-width: 2p x\; border-style: hidden\; margin: 5px\;" src="https://events.vtools.ieee. org/vtools_ui/media/display/a372bfe8-cd6a-4e01-9815-aa70b8b75dae" alt="" w idth="300" height="250">An Wang was a Chinese-American computer engineer a nd inventor\, who did formidable work in the field of magnetic core memory . He was a Chinese immigrant and a who became an important figure in the e lectronics industry.</p>\n<p>His successful journey began when he created a pulse transfer device\, together with a colleague\, which is an importan t part of the development of magnetic core memory. He followed this invent ion with the development of write-after-read cycle thus solving the destru ctive read out problem\, inherent to magnetic core memory. This was a key breakthrough in making magnetic core memory devices a viable option for st oring data.</p>\n<p>He obtained a large sum of money from many organizatio ns that used his patented design for construction of the memory pattern in manufacturing of computers. He used this money to establish his own compa ny and thus founded Wang Laboratories. The company became a market leader in desktop calculators and also achieved success with word processors.</p> \n<p>He was an inventor with the sharp business acumen and incorporated hi s ideas to expand his company successfully. He was one of the most celebra ted engineers and entrepreneurs of the 20th century\, who contributed sign ificantly to the development of computers.</p>\n<p><span style="color: #80 0000\; font-family: 'trebuchet ms'\, geneva\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14pt \;"><strong>AFTER the documentary - we can have a brief discussion session . NOTE: You must supply your own soda pop and popcorn! :-) </strong></span ><span style="color: #800000\; font-family: 'trebuchet ms'\, geneva\, sans -serif\; font-size: 14pt\;"><strong>Trivia may also follow\, so bring your Jeopardy hats too!</strong></span></p>\n<p><img style="border-width: 10px \; border-style: hidden\; margin: 10px\;" src="https://events.vtools.ieee. org/vtools_ui/media/display/aa048eb1-a097-48f4-8e27-a20e49030c95" alt="" w idth="114" height="48"></p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p><span style="font- family: courier new\, courier\, monospace\; font-size: 12pt\;">7:00 PM - W elcome and Introductions\, Chapter business update\; (on your own) Pizza\, Popcorn and Soda Pop<br></span><span style="font-family: courier new\, co urier\, monospace\; font-size: 12pt\;">7:05 PM - Documentary<br></span><sp an style="font-family: courier new\, courier\, monospace\; font-size: 12pt \;">8:05 PM - End of Documentary\; Start of Q &amp\; A\; Group Discussion< br></span><span style="font-size: 12pt\;"><span style="font-family: courie r new\, courier\, monospace\;">8:15 PM - Wrap Up</span><span style="font-f amily: courier new\, courier\, monospace\;">&nbsp\;</span></span></p>\n<p> <span style="font-size: 12pt\;">&nbsp\;ALL times are in <strong>EST/EDT (U TC-4 or UTC-5)</strong> depending upon local day light savings times in wh en effect<br></span></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR