Out in Front: August 1, 1996
Convergence Symposium Series, sponsored by Tektronix Inc, helps engineers better understand and manage measurement challenges of delivering broadband, video, and wireless systems. Session topics include MPEG video-compression technology, digital video standards and testing, deploying digital transmission in cable-TV networks, synchronous-optical-network technology and testing, jitter and wander analysis and service implications, physical-layer compliance testing and troubleshooting, and CDMA/ TDMA modulation technologies and measurements. Dates and locations follow:
| Sept 12 to 13 | Denver |
| Sept 16 to 17 | Kansas City, MO |
| Sept 23 to 24 | Minneapolis |
| Sept 30 to Oct 1 | New York |
| Oct 3 to 4 | Boston |
| Oct 7 to 8 | Montreal |
| Oct 10 to 11 | Toronto |
| Oct 14 to 15 | Woodbridge, NJ |
| Oct 17 to 18 | Philadelphia |
| Oct 21 to 22 | Baltimore |
| Oct 24 to 25 | Washington |
| Oct 28 to 29 | Raleigh, NC |
| Oct 31 to Nov 1 | Atlanta |
| Nov 4 to 5 | Orlando, FL |
| Nov 11 to 12 | Dallas |
| Nov 18 to 19 | Phoenix |
| Nov 21 to 22 | San Diego |
Tektronix Measurement Business Division, Pittsfield, MA. (800) 763-3133.
Fourth European Congress on Computational Intelligence (EUFIT) '96, Aachen, Germany, focuses on artificial neural networks as a reproduction of human thinking and genetic algorithms. The congress co-chairman is fuzzy-logic inventor Lofti A Zadeh. Karl Lieven, EUFIT '96, Aachen, Germany. +49 2408-94580 or http://www.mitgmbh.de/elite/eufit.html.
Surface Mount International, San Jose, CA, focuses on the manufacture of electronic products using surface-mount and related technologies. The technical program includes topics such as high-density packaging, manufacturing, materials, components, and reliability. Sponsored by Tessera. Yolanda King, Miller Freeman Inc, San Francisco, CA. (415) 905-4994.
Information Security, Washington. Two classes, sponsored by the Computer Security Institute (CSI), are "New Risk Analysis: a Facilitated Approach," and "Disaster-Recovery Planning for Information Systems." Patrice Repalus, Miller Freeman Inc, San Francisco, CA. (415) 905-2310.
Engineering Solutions Conference, Boston, focuses on how to use PCs for engineering. Sponsored by the IEEE, the three-day conference costs $595 for IEEE members and $795 for nonmembers. A one-day package costs $250 for IEEE members and $325 for nonmembers. Engineering Solutions Conference, Andover, MA. (800) 767-2336.
Infrared Technology and Applications, San Francisco, examines the problems and methodologies relative to IR technology and applications. Lectures cover sources, detectors, radiation theory, and optics design. The course costs $1090. Georgia Tech Continuing Education, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA. (404) 894-2547.
Embedded Systems Conference, San Jose, CA, features software development and embedded design. Topics include Java, embedded-system interfaces to the World Wide Web, network-savvy systems, semiconductor design, C and C++ programming, object-oriented design, and fuzzy logic. Denise Chan, Miller Freeman Inc, San Francisco, CA. (415) 278-5231.
EDN-sponsored event |
Oct 1 to 2PCI Europe, Paris. Co-sponsored by EDN, Annabooks, and Active Exhibitions Europe. Active Exhibitions Europe, Zaltbommel, The Netherlands. +31 418-512999. |