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:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261016T033746Z UID:F9CA7A96-CB02-4054-BE90-22CD53C48861 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261009T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261009T223000 DESCRIPTION:IEEE ISAIA Montclair State University 9 October 2026\n\nhttps:/ /www.ieeeisaia.com/\n\nIEEE HKN Lewis Howard Latimer Honorary Eminent Memb er\n\nCeremony at Dinner Banquet and\n\nearlier activities with Documentar y\, Special Guests and Panel.\n\nUSDIITA Event together with Careers in Te ch\, Workshop: Read the Math:\n\nMaking Equations Speak\, Think\, and Conn ect Us All with Role Models\n\n150 years of the Telephone Patent\, Alexand er Graham Bell\, Lewis H Latimer HKN Honorary Eminent Members\n\n[]\n\nWe also gather in celebration of the 150-year arc of innovation sparked by th e telephone patent\, honoring the spirit of communication breakthroughs th at continue to shape how we connect ideas\, systems\, and people.\n\nThis workshop launches the first USDIITA forum\, aligned with the spirit of IND IITA and AUDIITA\, creating a shared space for Dignity\, Inclusion\, Ident ity\, Trust\, and Agency in Technology. Together\, we explore how mathemat ical communication can become more human-centered\, machine-ready\, and gl obally inclusive.\n\n“Read the Math” proposes a joyful shift rememberi ng our Role Models:\n\nEquations that can be read\, spoken\, understood\, and computed as one shared language between people and machines.\n\nYet Ma thematical content\, subtly altered\, can completely change a system's beh avior.\n\nWhy This Workshop Matters\n\nMathematical expression is at the h eart of engineering\, science\, AI\, ML\, Generative\, Quantum\, Optical a nd communication systems but today it often feels locked in formats that a re:\n\n- Hard to speak consistently across disciplines and languages\n- Di fficult for machines to interpret reliably\n- Challenging for learners ent ering STEM fields\n- Inaccessible to many who rely on assistive technologi es\n\nAI/ML/Generative/Quantum/Optical systems are ready for something new : structured\, expressive\, and semantically rich mathematical communicati on that can be shared\, reasoned about\, and built upon collaboratively.\n \nIn our modern society\, many people feel pressure to keep up with the ra pid pace of AI\, and some worry about being displaced or left behind by it . This can create emotional stress as individuals navigate constant techno logical change\, evolving healthcare systems\, and the need to prepare the mselves and their families for an uncertain future. There is also growing concern about what it means to be “on the wrong side” of AI/ML/Generat ive/Quantum systems whether in access\, opportunity\, or understanding rat her than fully participating in their benefits.\n\nThe Telephone Patent is an innovation that transformed and continues to shape our world\, how we connect ideas\, systems\, and people. The organizations founded as a resul t\, and their innovations\, produced a significant body of work\, classic papers\, publications\, and patents. What if mathematics could be read alo ud as naturally as a story\, understood clearly by humans everywhere\, and directly interpreted by machines without friction or ambiguity?\n\n“Rea d the Math” is a lively\, hands-on workshop designed to bring together r esearchers\, students\, educators\, role models\, and innovators who belie ve that equations\, formulas\, and technical expressions should be as acce ssible as spoken language and as powerful as computation itself.\n\nCo-spo nsored by: PreUninversity of NJ Coast and North Jersey Section\n\nAgenda: \nLunch available for purchase\n\n3:00–4:30 PM\nSession 3 Workshop: Read the Math\nUniversity Hall\, 1070\n\n4:30–5:00 PM\nSocial Networking\, B reak and Refreshments\nTea and coffee\nUniversity Hall\, Conference Center Ballroom\n\n5:00–6:30 PM\nConference Inauguration and Plenary Talk\n\nD r. Victor Lawrence\, recipient of the 2025 U.S. National Medal of Technolo gy and Innovation\n\nA 45-minute conference inauguration followed by a 45- minute plenary talk.\n\nUniversity Hall\, Conference Center Ballroom\n\n6: 30–7:30 PM\nPoster Presentation & Interactive Session – All Tracks\n\n Posters will remain on display throughout both conference days\, October 9 –10.\n\nUniversity Hall\, First-Floor Hallway\n\n7:30–8:00 PM\nIEEE HK N Honorary Eminent Member Recognition\nUniversity Hall\, Conference Center Ballroom\n\nVictor B. Lawrence\, PhD\, Introduces the Ceremony\n\n7:30– 7:40 PM\nIEEE President's Address by Mary Ellen Randall (Recorded)\nUniver sity Hall\, Conference Center Ballroom\n\n7:40–7:50 PM\nIEEE AP-S Presid ent General Keynote by Dr. C. J. Reddy (Recorded)\nUniversity Hall\, Confe rence Center Ballroom\n\n7:50–8:00 PM\nIEEE MTT-S Past President Dr. Ric hard Snyder\, RS Microwave (Recorded)\nUniversity Hall\, Conference Center Ballroom\n\n7:30 PM onward\nDinner\nUniversity Hall\, Conference Center B allroom\n\nBanquet Dinner with IEEE HKN Honorary Eminent Member Lewis Howa rd Latimer Ceremony\n\n90 minutes\n\nIncludes "The Idea Factory" documenta ry sizzle about the innovators of Bell Labs and classical papers to "Read the Math"\; "The First Call\," marking the 150th year of the telephone\, f rom Alexander Graham Bell to the present and on to the future\; and the pr emiere of "Reclaiming the Light\," the documentary about Lewis H. Latimer\ , patent draftsman of the telephone patent and recognized in 2026 as an IE EE HKN Honorary Eminent Member.\n\nStructure\n\nDocumentary premieres.\n\n Talk and discussion with documentarians\, students\, mentors\, and communi ty.\n\nThis workshop will have three sections.\n\nThe first begins with "T he Idea Factory" sizzle and an introduction by panelists describing classi cal papers in the tradition of Bell Labs role models that play a significa nt part in our modern world\, integrating these achievements with AI\, ML\ , Agentic Technologies\, and Quantum. This will be followed by an open dis cussion led by the moderators.\n\nThe second section will discuss the 150t h anniversary of the Telephone Patent\, with a video of "The First Call\," followed by discussion with expert panelists mapping the first patent thr ough the future of the field\, connecting the unconnected and advancing te chnology for the benefit of humanity.\n\nThe third section premieres "Recl aiming the Light\," a documentary about Lewis H. Latimer\, IEEE HKN Honora ry Eminent Member\, recognized this year during the 150th anniversary of t he Telephone Patent\, for which he served as draftsman.\n\nStudent present ations and panel.\n\nOrganizers and Panelists Include:\n\nKit August\, PhD \nJelena Komitas\nThomas M. Willis III\, PhD\nPaula Muller\, PhD\, Founder \, MyCareLink360\nEamon J. Wall\, Esq.\, Patent Attorney\, Partner\, Meagh er Emanuel Laks Goldberg & Liao\, LLP\nDov Kruger\, PhD\nSatrajit Ghosh\nJ oyce Henry\nMelissa Knoll\, AT&T Labs Archivist\nNadine Patterson\, Docume ntarian\nTheodore Sizer\, PhD\, Nokia Bell Labs EVP\, Optical Research\nJ. Jenny Li\, PhD\nDemetrios Lambropoulos\, PhD\nFariha Abedin\n\n[]\n\nMont clair State University\, 1 Normal Avenue\, Montclair\, New Jersey\, United States\, 07043 LOCATION:Montclair State University\, 1 Normal Avenue\, Montclair\, New Jer sey\, United States\, 07043 ORGANIZER:craig.polk@ieee.org SEQUENCE:29 SUMMARY:HKN Lewis H Latimer Ceremony USDIITA Careers in Tech Read the Math URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/575712 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style ="mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri\; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso -bidi-font-family: Calibri\; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin\;">IEEE ISAI A Montclair State University 9 October 2026</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNorma l"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri\; mso-hansi-th eme-font: minor-latin\; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri\; mso-bidi-theme-fon t: minor-latin\;"><a href="https://www.ieeeisaia.com/">https://www.ieeeisa ia.com/</a>&nbsp\;</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN -GB" style="mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri\; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-l atin\; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri\; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin\;" >IEEE HKN Lewis Howard Latimer Honorary Eminent Member </span></strong></p >\n<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-hansi-font-f amily: Calibri\; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri\; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin\;">Ceremony at Dinner Banquet and </span></strong></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri\; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin\ ; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri\; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin\;">earl ier activities with Documentary\, Special Guests and Panel.</span></strong ></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-hansi-font-famil y: Calibri\; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-bidi-font-family: Cal ibri\; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin\;">&nbsp\;USDIITA Event together w ith Careers in Tech\, Workshop: Read the Math:&nbsp\;</span></p>\n<p class ="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri\; ms o-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri\; mso-bidi -theme-font: minor-latin\;">Making Equations Speak\, Think\, and Connect U s All with Role Models</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri\; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin \; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri\; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin\;">150 years of the Telephone Patent\, Alexander Graham Bell\, Lewis H Latimer < /span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri\; mso-hansi -theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri\; mso-bidi-theme- font: minor-latin\;">HKN Honorary Eminent Members&nbsp\;</span></p>\n<p cl ass="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri\; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri\; mso-b idi-theme-font: minor-latin\;"><img src="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vt ools_ui/media/display/a971585d-06a3-4359-98b0-5e144bca37e3" alt="" width=" 400" height="225"></span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">We also gather in celebration of the 150-year arc of innovation sparked by th e telephone patent\, honoring the spirit of communication breakthroughs th at continue to shape how we connect ideas\, systems\, and people.</span></ p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">This workshop launches the fir st <strong>USDIITA forum</strong>\, aligned with the spirit of <strong>IND IITA</strong> and <strong>AUDIITA</strong>\, creating a shared space for < strong>Dignity\, Inclusion\, Identity\, Trust\, and Agency in Technology</ strong>. Together\, we explore how mathematical communication can become m ore human-centered\, machine-ready\, and globally inclusive.</span></p>\n< p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roma n'\,serif\; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri\; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-l atin\;">&ldquo\;</span><span lang="EN-GB">Read the Math</span><span lang=" EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\; mso-ascii-font-famil y: Calibri\; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin\;">&rdquo\;</span><span lan g="EN-GB"> proposes a joyful shift remembering our Role Models:</span></p> \n<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Equations that can be read\, spo ken\, understood\, and computed as one shared language between people and machines.</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Yet Mathemat ical content\, subtly altered\, can completely change a system's behavior. </span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">&nbsp\;</span><strong ><span lang="EN-GB">Why This Workshop Matters</span></strong></p>\n<p clas s="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Mathematical expression is at the heart o f engineering\, science\, AI\, ML\, Generative\, Quantum\, Optical and com munication systems but today it often feels locked in formats that are:</s pan></p>\n<ul style="margin-top: 0in\;" type="disc">\n<li class="MsoNormal " style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt\; text-align: left\; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo 1\; tab-stops: list .5in\;"><span lang="EN-GB">Hard to speak consistently across disciplines and languages </span></li>\n<li class="MsoNormal" style ="margin-bottom: 8.0pt\; text-align: left\; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1\; tab -stops: list .5in\;"><span lang="EN-GB">Difficult for machines to interpre t reliably </span></li>\n<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt \; text-align: left\; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1\; tab-stops: list .5in\;">< span lang="EN-GB">Challenging for learners entering STEM fields </span></l i>\n<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt\; text-align: left\; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1\; tab-stops: list .5in\;"><span lang="EN-GB">Ina ccessible to many who rely on assistive technologies </span></li>\n</ul>\n <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">AI/ML/Generative/Quantum/Optical s ystems are ready for something new: structured\, expressive\, and semantic ally rich mathematical communication that can be shared\, reasoned about\, and built upon collaboratively.</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span la ng="EN-GB"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes\;">&nbsp\;</span>In our modern s ociety\, many people feel pressure to keep up with the rapid pace of AI\, and some worry about being displaced or left behind by it. This can create emotional stress as individuals navigate constant technological change\, evolving healthcare systems\, and the need to prepare themselves and their families for an uncertain future. There is also growing concern about wha t it means to be </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri\; mso-ascii-theme-font: min or-latin\;">&ldquo\;</span><span lang="EN-GB">on the wrong side</span><spa n lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\; mso-ascii-fo nt-family: Calibri\; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin\;">&rdquo\;</span>< span lang="EN-GB"> of AI/ML/Generative/Quantum systems whether in access\, opportunity\, or understanding rather than fully participating in their b enefits.</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The Telephone Patent is an innovation that transformed and continues to shape our world \, how we connect ideas\, systems\, and people. The organizations founded as a result\, and their innovations\, produced a significant body of work\ , classic papers\, publications\, and patents. What if mathematics could b e read aloud as naturally as a story\, understood clearly by humans everyw here\, and directly interpreted by machines without friction or ambiguity? </span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: ' Times New Roman'\,serif\; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri\; mso-ascii-theme -font: minor-latin\;">&ldquo\;</span><span lang="EN-GB">Read the Math</spa n><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\; mso-as cii-font-family: Calibri\; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin\;">&rdquo\;</ span><span lang="EN-GB"> is a lively\, hands-on workshop designed to bring together researchers\, students\, educators\, role models\, and innovator s who believe that equations\, formulas\, and technical expressions should be as accessible as spoken language and as powerful as computation itself .</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp\;</p>\n<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp \;</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p class="isSelectedEnd">Lunch available f or purchase</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd">3:00&ndash\;4:30 PM<br>Session 3 Workshop: Read the Math<br>University Hall\, 1070</p>\n<p class="isSelect edEnd">4:30&ndash\;5:00 PM<br>Social Networking\, Break and Refreshments<b r>Tea and coffee<br>University Hall\, Conference Center Ballroom</p>\n<p c lass="isSelectedEnd">5:00&ndash\;6:30 PM<br>Conference Inauguration and Pl enary Talk</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd">Dr. Victor Lawrence\, recipient o f the 2025 U.S. National Medal of Technology and Innovation</p>\n<p class= "isSelectedEnd">A 45-minute conference inauguration followed by a 45-minut e plenary talk.</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd">University Hall\, Conference Center Ballroom</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd">6:30&ndash\;7:30 PM<br>Post er Presentation &amp\; Interactive Session &ndash\; All Tracks</p>\n<p cla ss="isSelectedEnd">Posters will remain on display throughout both conferen ce days\, October 9&ndash\;10.</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd">University Ha ll\, First-Floor Hallway</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd">7:30&ndash\;8:00 PM <br>IEEE HKN Honorary Eminent Member Recognition<br>University Hall\, Conf erence Center Ballroom</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd">Victor B. Lawrence\, PhD\, Introduces the Ceremony</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd">7:30&ndash\;7: 40 PM<br>IEEE President's Address by Mary Ellen Randall (Recorded)<br>Univ ersity Hall\, Conference Center Ballroom</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd">7:4 0&ndash\;7:50 PM<br>IEEE AP-S President General Keynote by Dr. C. J. Reddy (Recorded)<br>University Hall\, Conference Center Ballroom</p>\n<p class= "isSelectedEnd">7:50&ndash\;8:00 PM<br>IEEE MTT-S Past President Dr. Richa rd Snyder\, RS Microwave (Recorded)<br>University Hall\, Conference Center Ballroom</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd">7:30 PM onward<br>Dinner<br>Univer sity Hall\, Conference Center Ballroom</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd">Banqu et Dinner with IEEE HKN Honorary Eminent Member Lewis Howard Latimer Cerem ony</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd">90 minutes</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd" >Includes "The Idea Factory" documentary sizzle about the innovators of Be ll Labs and classical papers to "Read the Math"\; "The First Call\," marki ng the 150th year of the telephone\, from Alexander Graham Bell to the pre sent and on to the future\; and the premiere of "Reclaiming the Light\," t he documentary about Lewis H. Latimer\, patent draftsman of the telephone patent and recognized in 2026 as an IEEE HKN Honorary Eminent Member.</p>\ n<p class="isSelectedEnd">Structure</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd">Document ary premieres.</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd">Talk and discussion with docu mentarians\, students\, mentors\, and community.</p>\n<p class="isSelected End">This workshop will have three sections.</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd" >The first begins with "The Idea Factory" sizzle and an introduction by pa nelists describing classical papers in the tradition of Bell Labs role mod els that play a significant part in our modern world\, integrating these a chievements with AI\, ML\, Agentic Technologies\, and Quantum. This will b e followed by an open discussion led by the moderators.</p>\n<p class="isS electedEnd">The second section will discuss the 150th anniversary of the T elephone Patent\, with a video of "The First Call\," followed by discussio n with expert panelists mapping the first patent through the future of the field\, connecting the unconnected and advancing technology for the benef it of humanity.</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd">The third section premieres "Reclaiming the Light\," a documentary about Lewis H. Latimer\, IEEE HKN H onorary Eminent Member\, recognized this year during the 150th anniversary of the Telephone Patent\, for which he served as draftsman.</p>\n<p class ="isSelectedEnd">Student presentations and panel.</p>\n<p class="isSelecte dEnd">Organizers and Panelists Include:</p>\n<p>Kit August\, PhD<br>Jelena Komitas<br>Thomas M. Willis III\, PhD<br>Paula Muller\, PhD\, Founder\, M yCareLink360<br>Eamon J. Wall\, Esq.\, Patent Attorney\, Partner\, Meagher Emanuel Laks Goldberg &amp\; Liao\, LLP<br>Dov Kruger\, PhD<br>Satrajit G hosh<br>Joyce Henry<br>Melissa Knoll\, AT&amp\;T Labs Archivist<br>Nadine Patterson\, Documentarian<br>Theodore Sizer\, PhD\, Nokia Bell Labs EVP\, Optical Research<br>J. Jenny Li\, PhD<br>Demetrios Lambropoulos\, PhD<br>F ariha Abedin</p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="fon t-size: 11.0pt\; line-height: 107%\; font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Ro man'\; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-lati n\; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB\; mso-bidi-lang uage: AR-SA\;"><img src="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/di splay/dcec7681-261c-49c0-8adb-232ef0efb20b" alt="" width="400" height="266 ">&nbsp\;</span></span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp\;</p>\n<p class="M soNormal">&nbsp\;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR