Extraordinary Women Extraordinary Science Seminar

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This year 2022 marks the 25th anniversary of IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) and we are planning a full year of celebrations and key moments to reflect on the great progress and achievements made by great women in STEM within the IEEE. We also plan to celebrate the great men who consistently support women along the way. The WIE 25th anniversary Sub-committee is happy to announce the launch of the Extraordinary Women Extraordinary Science Seminar Series. Our first event is scheduled for 28 January 2022 at  am CST.


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  • Date: 28 Jan 2022
  • Time: 02:00 PM UTC to 03:00 PM UTC
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  • Cedar Rapids, Iowa
  • United States
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  • Starts 21 January 2022 12:00 PM UTC
  • Ends 28 January 2022 01:00 PM UTC
  • No Admission Charge

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Dalma Novak

Topic:

Seeing The Light

Abstract: This talk will tell the story of the transition of Dalma Novak’s technical career from a University Professor in Australia to working at a venture-backed start-up in the US which she co-founded and where she develops advanced radio-over-fiber systems. Dalma is chair of the IEEE Technical Activities Board (TAB) Committee on Diversity and Inclusion (CDI).Abstract: This talk will tell the story of the transition of Dalma Novak’s technical career from a University Professor in Australia to working at a venture-backed start-up in the US which she co-founded and where she develops advanced radio-over-fiber systems. Dalma is chair of the IEEE Technical Activities Board (TAB) Committee on Diversity and Inclusion (CDI).

Biography:

Dalma Novak is VP of Engineering at Octane Wireless where she develops high-performance RF-over-fiber technologies for commercial and defense wireless applications.  She is also an Honorary Professorial Fellow in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at The University of Melbourne, Australia.  Dalma has over 30 years of experience working in the optical and wireless communications fields and is internationally recognized for her work in microwave photonics and fiber radio technologies.  She has contributed several book chapters on the design of fiber-wireless communication systems and has more than 300 publications in these areas, including several book chapters and patents.  In 2007 Dalma was elected to the grade of IEEE Fellow for her contributions to enabling technologies for the implementation of fiber-radio systems.  In 2018 she received the IEEE Photonics Society Engineering Achievement Award.

Prior to co-founding Pharad, now Octane Wireless, in 2004, Dalma spent 12 years as a Professor and Chair of Telecommunications in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at The University of Melbourne, Australia.  From June 2001 – December 2003 she was a Technical Section Lead at the venture-backed Dorsál Networks, Inc. and later at Corvis Corporation where she led cross-disciplinary R&D teams developing hardware for long-haul transmission systems.  Dalma received her Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (with First Class Honors) and Doctor of Philosophy from The University of Queensland, in 1987 and 1992, respectively.

Dalma is a member of the IEEE Board of Directors as Director of IEEE Division X for 2021– 2022 and is the 2021–2022 Chair of the IEEE Technical Activities Board (TAB) Committee on Diversity and Inclusion (CDI).