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September 21 through November 2, 2024. Six Saturdays 1:30-4:30pm (9/21, 9/28, 10/5, 10/19, 10/26, 11/2). The IEEE North Jersey Section Communications Society Chapter is offering a course entitled "DEEP LEARNING WITH APPLICATIONS". Deep learning is a transformative field within artificial intelligence and machine learning that has revolutionized our ability to solve complex problems in various domains, including computer vision, natural language processing, and reinforcement learning. This hands-on course on deep learning is designed to provide students with an understanding how these amazing successes are made possible by drawing inspiration from the way that brains, both human and otherwise, operate. Students will gain a comprehensive foundation in the principles, techniques, and applications of deep neural networks. Learning how to solve real data-set based applications will teach students how to really apply deep learning with Python programming software. Participants will be asked to design and train deep neural networks to perform tasks such as image classification using commonly available data sets. However, participants are encouraged to apply the techniques from this course to other data sets according to their interests. Discuss with the instructor in order to propose your own project. More importantly, this will set the foundations for understanding and developing Generative AI applications. The IEEE North Jersey Section's Communications Society Chapter can arrange for providing IEEE CEUs - Continuing Education Units (for a $5 charge) upon completion of the course. Course prices: $75 for Undergrad/Grad/Life/ComSoc members, $100 for IEEE members, $150 for non-IEEE members Co-sponsored by: Education Committee Speaker(s): Thomas Long, Agenda: 1. Introduction to Neural Networks: Explore the fundamental concepts of artificial neural networks, backpropagation, activation functions, and gradient descent, laying the groundwork for deep learning understanding. 2. Introduction to PyTorch: Learn how to implement and train neural networks using PyTorch one of the most popular deep learning frameworks. Understand tensors. 3. Computer Vision Applications: Apply deep learning to computer vision problems, including image classification and object detection using Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) 4. Training and Optimizing Deep Neural Networks: Study techniques for training deep neural networks effectively, including optimization algorithms, weight initialization, regularization, and dropout. 5. Sequential Data Analysis: Explore how deep learning is used to analyze sequential data using Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs). In particular, explore how neural networks are used in Natural Language Processing (NLP) tasks such as sentiment analysis and machine translation. 6. Generative AI: Overview of generative ai techniques that leverage the patterns present in a dataset to generate new content. Applications of generative ai include large language models such as ChatGPT and image generation models such as Midjourney and Stable Diffusion. This course assumes a basic understanding of machine learning concepts and programming skills in Python. Familiarity with linear algebra and calculus will be beneficial, but not mandatory. Statistical software (Python, Scikit-learn) and Deep Learning Frameworks (Pytorch, TensorFlow) will be used throughout the course for the exploration of different learning algorithms and for the creation of appropriate graphics for analysis. Learning objectives: Subjects covered include these and other deep learning related materials: artificial neural networks, training deep neural networks, RNN, CNN, image recognition, natural language processing, GANs, data processing techniques, and NN architectures. The course is intended to be subdivided into 3-hour sessions. Each lecture is further subdivided into lecture, guided and independent project based exercises to build experience with hands-on techniques. This course will be held at FDU - Teaneck, NJ campus. Checks should NOT be mailed to this address. Can bring checks in person or use online payments at registration. Email the organizer for any questions about course, registration, or other issues. Technical Requirements: Students will need access to the Python programming language. In addition to a standard Python installation, most programming exercises will use the package Scikit-learn. Basic programming skills and some familiarity with the Python language are assummed. Students are expected to be able to bring a laptop onto which most of these libraries can be pre-installed using python's pip install. Most of the coding in this course will use the Python programming language. Coding examples and labs will be distributed in the form of Juypter notebooks. In addition to standard Python, most programming exercises will use either the PyTorch or TensorFlow libraries. Books and other resources will be referenced. Room: Room 306, Bldg: Becton Building , FDU Metropolitan Campus, 960 River Road, Teaneck, New Jersey, United States, 07666

Come watch the IEEE WPI Student Chapter demonstrate its Tesla Coils on WPI's quad! This will be on Halloween, in the dark. Co-sponsored by: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Bldg: Bartlett Center, WPI Quad, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

To reduce global warming and the associated effects, the transportation and energy sectors are adopting measures to make different applications potentially fossil free. This has led to a surge in demand for electric machines and the related design and development efforts. The designs of these electrical machines need to meet various specifications including efficiency and power-density requirements. A multiphysics-based simulation and modeling approach plays a critical role in accomplishing the design needs and significantly reducing the lead time to market. This webinar can draw more attention from energy audience to focus on the grid-interactive efficiency buildings and participate in the SBCS subcommittee and associated task forces. The presented work also provides cutting-edge research outcome for the community. The COMSOL Multiphysics® software and its add-on modules provide the capability needed to model the multiphysics phenomena involved in electrical motors, including electromagnetics, thermal, structural mechanics, and fluid flow. The most common motor types, synchronous permanent magnet, and asynchronous motors, as well as more recently researched alternatives such as synchronous reluctance or axial flux motors, can be modeled and optimized in COMSOL Multiphysics®. Co-sponsored by: Richard Kolodziejczyk Speaker(s): Vignesh Gurusamy, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/441934

COURSE DESCRIPTION Course Kick-off / Orientation Thursday, October 10th - 6:00PM – 6:30PM. Live Workshops: 6:00PM – 7:30PM, Thursdays, October 17, 24, 31, November 7, 14 Registration is open through the last live workshop date. Live workshops are recorded for later use. Attendees will have access to the recorded session and exercises for two months (until January 14, 2025) after the live session ends! Registration Fees: IEEE Member Fee (by October 8): $190.00 IEEE Member Fee (after October 8): $285.00 IEEE Non-Member Fee (by October 8): $210.00 IEEE Non-Member Fee (after October 8) $315.00 Decision to run/cancel course: Friday, October 4, 2024 COURSE DESCRIPTION New Format Combining Live Workshops with Pre-recorded Video This is a hands-on course providing pre-recorded lectures that students can watch on their own schedule and an unlimited number of times prior to live Q&A/Workshop sessions with the instructor. Ten 1.5 hour videos released 2 per week while the course is in session will be available for up to two months after the conclusion of the course. Course Summary This course is a fresh view of the fundamental and practical concepts of digital signal processing applicable to the design of mixed signal design with A/D conversion, digital filters, operations with the FFT, and multi-rate signal processing. This course will build an intuitive understanding of the underlying mathematics through the use of graphics, visual demonstrations, and applications in GPS and mixed signal (analog/digital) modern transceivers. This course is applicable to DSP algorithm development with a focus on meeting practical hardware development challenges in both the analog and digital domains, and not a tutorial on working with specific DSP processor hardware. Now with Jupyter Notebooks! Speaker(s): Dan Boschen, Agenda: Topics / Schedule: Pre-recorded lectures: (3 hours each) will be distributed Friday prior to each week’s workshop dates. Workshop/Q&A Sessions are 6 – 7:30PM on the dates listed below. Kick-off / Orientation: Thursday, October, 10, 2024 Class 1: October 17, 2024: Correlation, Fourier Transform, Laplace Transform Class 2: October 24, 2024: Sampling and A/D Conversion, Z –transform, D/A Conversion Class 3: October 31, 2024: IIR and FIR Digital filters, Direct Fourier Transform Class 4: November 7, 2024: May Windowing, Digital Filter Design, Fixed Point vs Floating Point Class 5: November 14, 2024: Fast Fourier Transform, Multi-rate Signal Processing, Multi-rate Filters Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/422873