Upcoming Events
Polynomial Control: Past, Present and Future (June 7)
UTA's Automation & Robotics Research Institute presents Dr. Vladimir Kucera, president of the International Federation of Automatic Control and dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University. This lecture will be held at 11am on Tuesday, June 7 in room 111 of Nedderman Hall.
is a guided tour through polynomial control system design. Dr. Kucera will explain the origins of the parametrization of stabilizing controllers, called Youla or Youla-Kucera parametrization, summarize standard results on pole placement and H2 control and discuss new and exciting applications of the parametrization result. Everyone welcome. For more information, contact Sarah Densmore, densmore@arri.uta.edu or 817-272-5934.
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BioTexaSummit 2005 (June 7-8)
This conference will explore the Texas healthcare landscape from a political, economic, social, cultural, and ethical perspective. The conference will be held on June 7 and 8 in the InterContinental Stephen F. Austin Hotel in Austin, Texas. For more information or to register, see www.cti-med.org/biotxsummit.htm.
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Innovation & Investment Forum Phase Zero Awards (June 9)
The Greater Dallas Chamber and TECH Fort Worth are seeking applicants for the Innovation & Investment Forum Phase Zero Awards . Seed grants will be awarded to applicants presenting high quality, competitive SBIR proposals. Phase Zero will help small North Texas technology and life science entrepreneurs compete more effectively and increase participation in federal SBIR programs. This event will take place at 7:30am on June 9 at the DFW Harvey Hotel located at 4545 W. John Carpenter Freeway in Irving.
Visit www.techfortworth.org for more information on the application process. All applicants who submit a proposal will receive a discounted registration rate. For forum agenda and registration, visit www.DallasTBC.org or call 214-712-1922.
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IEEE Consultants Network Meeting: Integrating Your Web Site with a Marketing Program (June 13)
IEEE Consultants Network group is hosting a presentation by Bud Browne, president of GrowthNet at 6:15pm on June 13 at the Holiday Inn Select located at 1655 North Central Expressway in Richardson. There is a $5 charge for IEEE members and a $15 charge for non-members which includes a buffet. For more information call 972-380-0200.
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BioDFW Breakfast Series: "ODC Therapy, Inc." (June 16)
The BioDFW Breakfast Series is having its June presentation at 7:30am on Thursday, June 16 at the UT Southwestern Medical Center A.W. Harris Faculty - Alumni Center, located at 5323 Harry Hines Blvd in Dallas. Thomas Turpen, president and CEO of ODC Therapy Inc. will be discussing the company. There is no cost to attend. RSVP at www.dallaschamber.org/calendar.html, info@biodfw.org or 214-712-1922.
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Nanotech Networking Group (June 16)
The Nanotech Networking Group will have a meeting at 11am on June 16 at the offices of Haynes and Boone, loated at 2505 N. Plano Road, Suite 4000 in Richardson. For more information or to register, please call Ashley at 972-625-0628.
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Interference Characteristic of Various Ultrawideband (UWB) Modulations (June 21)
The MIT Enterprise Forum of Dallas-Fort Worth, Inc. and the IEEE-CVT will present Interference Characteristics of Various Ultrawideband (UWB) Modulations, June 21, 2005 at a luncheon meeting at the Holiday Inn Select, 1655 N. Central Expressway in Richardson, Texas. The luncheon starts at 11:00 a.m., the networking session at 11:30 a.m., and the main presentation will be from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. The luncheon costs $5 for IEEE members and MIT Forum invitees, $10 for non-members, and free to full- time students and life members of the IEEE. No reservations are necessary but seating is limited to the first 150 people who arrive. For information: 972- 377-4554, mitforum@juno.com, or go to www.mitforum.com or www.cvt-dallas.org.
The UWB program will be presented by John D. Terry, Ph.D., director of baseband systems engineering at WiQuest Communications, Inc. based in Allen, Texas. The networking program, Getting What You Want: Persuasive Communications for Highly Technical People, will be presented by Mary Swensen, APR, a public relations consultant and principal at Swensen Communications in Plano, Texas.
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Conference to Examine Consciousness, the Unconscious, and What Lies Between (June 24-27)
How do you recognize consciousness?
We all know about the complex, embittered Terri Schiavo court battle that was waged over right-to-die issues. Some believed that Schiavo was a severely brain-damaged woman with an irreversible condition--in a persistent vegetative state with no hope of recovery. Others maintained that Schiavo could benefit from rehabilitation. Since the Schiavo case, the question of exactly what consciousness is has become perhaps even more perplexing. This question, along with many other issues in neuroscience, will be discussed at the ninth annual meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC). The conference will take place from June 24 to 27 at the California Institute of Technology. For ASSC membership information, contact Patrick Wilken at pwilken@gmail.com.
Some of the world's leading experts in consciousness from Caltech, the Salk Institute, the University of Sussex, Oxford University, Harvard Medical School, Insitut Pasteur, UC Davis, and UC Berkeley will deliver presentations on the most advanced research findings in the field.
The ASSC conference will promote interdisciplinary dialogue from the perspectives of neuroscience, psychology, philosophy and ethics, computer science, and cognitive ethology. Discussion topics include the following titles: "Emerging Ethical Issues in Consciousness Research," "Emotion, Feeling, and the Brain," "A Brain-Body Perspective on Pain," " Investigating Neuronal Correlates of Conscious Visual Perception," and "Color and Consciousness."
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The public is invited to attend the conference. The cost is $300 for non-ASSC members. The cost for student ASSC members is $140. The media is welcome to attend at no cost.
For a complete conference schedule and registration information, go to http://assc.caltech.edu/assc9/.
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RFIS Technology and Sensors in Healthcare (June 29)
The MedTech Quarterly Breakfast Series continues on June 29 at 7am at the Embassy Suites Frisco Conference Center located at 7600 John Q. Hammons Drive in Frisco. The interactive discussion will include area leaders from Texas Instruments, Tenet Healthcare Corporation, Stryker, Caducys and GlobeRanger. This event will be the first in a quarterly series of breakfast meetings focused on the opportunities and challenges of growing medical technologies and the broader life sciences in North Texas.
