Tuesday, 24 May 2016
12:00-13:00
Panel Session: Patents – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Panel Organizers and Moderators:
Oren Eliezer, Applied Research Center, University of Texas at Dallas
Alfy Riddle, Kumu Networks, Sunnyvale, CA
Panelists:
Osama Shanaa, MediaTek, Senior Director, RF Design
Shahriar Shahramian, Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, NJ Technical Manager
Bogdan (Robert) Staszewski, University College Dublin, Ireland, Professor, IEEE Fellow
Howard Zaretsky, Zaretsky Group, Patent Attorney
Curtis Ling, Maxlinear, San Diego, CA, Co-founder and CTO
Greg Kisor, Intellectual Ventures, Chief Technologist
Abstract:
Patents have become an inseparable part of our engineering careers, and are often used (or abused?...) in evaluating companies or even individuals. While the government’s patenting system was intended to allow inventors to capitalize on their intellectual property (IP), the sale or cross-licensing of patents, as well as royalty based revenues, appear to be overshadowed by a multi-billion industry of patent related lawsuits at present. Authors are often forbidden by their companies to publish their work at conferences such as this one, so as not to inadvertently reveal details that may trigger claims by a so-called “patent trolls”, and university collaboration is sometimes hindered by concerns over ownership of the IP. Our panelist will debate, with the audience’s participation, their views on the advantages and shortcomings in the existing system, including the discussion of specific examples.
Tuesday, 24 May 2016
17:30-18:30
Panel Session: Using Amateur Radio to Enhance Engineering Education
Panel Organizers and Moderators:
Suresh Ojha, National Instruments, Santa Clara, CA
David Witkowski, Joint Venture Silicon Valley, San Jose, CA
Beric Dunn, Tarana Wireless, Santa Clara, CA
Panelists:
Dennis Derickson, California Polytechnic University
Bob Iannucci, Carnegie Mellon University
Xiaoguang Liu, University of California, Davis
Sanjeeb Panday, Tribhuvan University
Abstract:
Professors from universities in the United States and elsewhere will discuss the specific ways amateur radio is being integrated into their engineering education. They will discuss how they are using amateur radio, why electronics/engineering education using amateur radio is effective, and the impact amateur radio-based instruction has had on their curriculae and success of their graduates.
Wednesday, 25 May 2016
12:00-13:00
Panel Session: Are S-Parameters Dying?
Panel Organizers and Moderators:
Alfy Riddle, Kumu Networks, Sunnyvale, CA
Jon Martens, Anritsu, Morgan Hill, CA, IEEE Fellow
Panelists:
Steven Maas, Nonlinear Technologies, Long Beach, CA, President, IEEE Fellow
Steve Cripps, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK, Professor, IEEE Fellow
Dylan Williams, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder CO, President-Elect IEEE MTT Society, IEEE Fellow
Earl McCune, Eridan Communications, San Francisco, CA, CTO
Abstract:
This comes from a statement made in the book Practical Microwave Circuits by S. Maas – “Today one could argue that the need for S-parameters has disappeared”. Given the progress made by CMOS differential circuits and digital sampling possibly some people can now have a career in microwave hardware without using S-parameters. However, there should be enough people building power amplifiers and needing to measure their circuits (or LNAs that need matching for optimum source impedance) that an argument can be made that S-parameters are far from dead. We plan on six panelists with three arguing each side of the issue. The panel can also be informative about how the microwave industry is changing.
Thursday, 26 May 2016
12:00-13:00
Panel Session: Doing Business in China
Panel Organizers and Moderators:
Richard Snyder, RS Microwave, Butler, NJ, President
Panelists:
Jin-Cheng Zhao, CCPIT, in the PRC
Brandon Smith
, eMedia Asia, UBM
Ivar Bazzy
, Horizon House
Hu Aimin and Li Junwei, President CETC, China, Director General of International Cooperation, CETC
Abstract:
Doing business in China is no easy task! The presenters will provide guidance, ranging from “what is needed” to “how to provide it”, “where and with whom to start”, with coverage of hardware needs, publicity modalities and methodology and geopolitical concerns. In short, the session will provide a “starter kit” of the tools necessary for anyone or any company considering exporting products or services to, or potentially importing goods and services from, the rapidly burgeoning marketplace in China!
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Technical Program Overview
- Keynote Speakers during the Plenary and Closing Sessions
- Technical Sessions comprise podium-presented papers, both full-length (20 min.) and short (10 min.).
- Interactive Forum (IF) papers are evaluated through the same process as the regular session papers, and provide an opportunity for authors to present their work in a poster format and conduct detailed discussions in an informal manner with interested colleagues.
- Focus Sessions highlight emerging new technical topics that are gaining importance and may be of significant interest to the microwave community. Focus Sessions may involve a specific emerging technology or may cover several technologies that are relevant to a common application. Focus Session papers are ORIGINAL works and are evaluated according to the same standards as regular paper submissions.
- Special Sessions are designed to recognize events of historical significance to the microwave community and to highlight achievements in a specific technical area, application space, or geographical region of the world. Special Sessions may also recognize the life work of an MTT member by honoring his or her technical and/or service contributions to the microwave community.
- Panel Sessions are one hour and twenty minutes long, usually held during lunchtime. They showcase technical leaders from industry, academia and government debating hot, and typically controversial, topics in the RF/microwave community. Audience interaction is highly encouraged.
- Workshops provide an in-depth and vibrant forum for academic researchers and industry experts to share in detail their recent research and development experiences and results on specific challenging and emerging RF/microwave engineering topics.
- Short Courses offer opportunities for attendees to acquire a fundamental level of knowledge of specific technical topics from excellent instructors. Short courses can address any technical area within MTT-S, including new microwave subject areas, as well as related fields that directly impact the microwave community.
- Microwave Application (MicroApps) Seminars serve as a forum for exhibitors at the IMS to present the technology behind their commercial products and their special capabilities. The MicroApps seminars are conducted in conjunction with the IMS Exhibition.
- RF Boot Camp: an introduction to RF basics, targeting newcomers to the microwave world, such as new engineers fresh out of school, engineers changing their career path, and college students looking to gain practical experience.