IEEE R6 Joint Northeast / Southwest Area Meeting, Spring 2025
There will be an in-person Joint Northeast/Southwest Area meeting on May 3, 2025 in Albuquerque, NM, at the the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History.
It will also be a great chance to network with other IEEE leaders and learn about their activities, as well as meet the student chapter leaders.
The Draft Agenda is below.
A tour of the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History is planned.
The inventor of MATLAB is planned as the speaker for lunch.
Lodging for 2 nights (2-3 May) is at: Hilton Garden Inn Uptown, 6510 Americas Pkwy, Albuquerque, NM 87110 (505)944-0300. A discounted rate of $149.00/night is available for reservations made before 21 Apr 2025. Online Booking Link: https://group.hiltongardeninn.
Please register below so we have an accurate headcount for planning! The Region will sponsor sending one delegate from each section, but if your section wants to send more you can do so at cost to the section.
We are planning a dinner on Friday night near the hotel for folks who will be arriving in town early, within walking distance from the hotel. Meet at the hotel lobby around 5:30 PM.
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Location
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- Date: 03 May 2025
- Time: 02:00 PM UTC to 10:30 PM UTC
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- 601 Eubank Blvd SE
- Albuquerque, New Mexico
- United States 87123
- Building: National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
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- Co-sponsored by Richard Morse, Sean Collison
- Starts 18 January 2025 07:00 AM UTC
- Ends 19 April 2025 06:00 AM UTC
- No Admission Charge
Speakers
Cleve Moler, inventor of MATLAB
Biography:
Cleve Moler is chief mathematician, chairman, and cofounder of MathWorks. Moler was a professor of math and computer science for almost 20 years at the University of Michigan, Stanford University, and the University of New Mexico.
He spent five years with two computer hardware manufacturers, the Intel Hypercube organization and Ardent Computer, before joining MathWorks full-time in 1989.
In addition to being the author of the first version of MATLAB, Moler is one of the authors of the LINPACK and EISPACK scientific subroutine libraries. He is coauthor of three traditional textbooks on numerical methods and author of two online books, Numerical Computing with MATLAB and Experiments with MATLAB.
Agenda
08:30 AM Sean Collison & Richard Morse Welcome with NE and SW Area Chairs
08:40 AM Joseph Wei Director’s update on IEEE and Regional Activities
09:00 AM Scott Tamashiro IEEE Directors Elect Presentation
09:15 AM Sarge Benson Finances and Region Funding for Sections and Chapters
09:30 AM Elizabeth Farkas Secretary Report
09:45 - 10:00 AM COFFEE & BIO BREAK
10:00 AM Brianne Tengan YP Updates
10:15 AM Nidish Vashistha Membership & Volunteer Recruiting
10:30 AM Peijung Tsai WIE/SPAX activities
10:45 AM Mustahsin Zarif/Daniel Thomson Student Activities
12:00 - 1:00 PM Speaker: Cleve Moler LUNCH & BIO BREAK
01:00 PM All Section Chairs Area Sections Reports by Section Representatives
[5 -10 minutes for each section]
02:45 PM Everyone Open Discussion
03:00 PM Sean Collison & Richard Morse Closing Remarks
03:05 PM END
03:30 PM Tour of Nuclear Museum
(Student MicroMouse Competition has been postponed until Fall 2025 Area Meeting)