Programs for Winter/Spring 2015
Upcoming Courses
Completed for the Spring. Look for changes for the late-summer/fall.
The Calendar of the Complete List of Courses:
Note: the tags only apply to the monthly meetings of Chapters, not courses. Selecting a tag will remove all courses from the calendar that are not assigned to a chapter.
For a complete calendar of ALL events for the IEEE Boston Section, which includes all courses, meetings, conferences, etc. please view the calendar.
Past and Cancelled Courses
Practical RF PCB Design: Wireless Networks, Products and Telecommunications
Date & Time: Monday & Tuesday, January 12 & 13
Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel, 15 Middlesex Canal Park Road, Woburn, MA
Speaker: Henry Lau, Lexiwave Technology
Course Summary: One of the most demanding consumer products in the market is the wireless telecommunication product. A well-designed Radio Frequency Printed Circuit Board (RF PCB) contributes significantly to the success of any wireless product as the layout of the PCB greatly affects the performance, stability and reliability of the product. In today’s highly competitive wireless products market with increasingly compressed development time-frame, there is a strong demand for RF professionals who possess the knowledge and experience to design top-performing RF PCBs in less number of iterations. What matters is whether your level of competence is up to the required standard to meet such demand.
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Advanced Embedded Linux Optimization
Date & Time: Mondays, Jan. 5, 12, 19, 26, 2015
Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel, 15 Middlesex Canal Park Road, Woburn, MA
Speaker: Mike McCullough, RTETC, LLC
Course Summary – This 4-day technical training course provides advanced training in the debugging, testing, profiling and performance optimization of Embedded Linux software. The first part of the course focuses on advanced debugging, testing and profiling in an Embedded Linux context with a focus on using Eclipse, Backend Debuggers, JTAG and In-Circuit Emulators as well as Kernel Logging capabilities and Kernel Hacking. The latter part of the course covers performance measurement and optimization affecting boot, memory, I/O and CPU performance and key performance optimization tools for Embedded Linux software including the perf tool, advanced cache usage and compiler-based optimization.
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Low Power Design Essentials
Date & Time: 6:30 to 9:00PM, Tuesdays: January 13, 20, 27
Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel, 15 Middlesex Canal Park Road, Woburn, MA
Speaker: Jerry Frenkil, VP of Engineering, NanoWatt Design, Inc.
Course Description: Power consumption has become a limiting factor in product design. For wireless devices, power consumption limits functionality due to battery life issues. For tethered devices, power consumption limits functionality due to constraints on heat generation and power availability. This short course will survey the wide variety of Low Power Design issues, techniques, and methodologies that have been developed in response to these challenges. It will provide electronics professionals a clear understanding of the design approaches and tradeoffs involved in developing power efficient devices and systems, covering a broad range of approaches from transistors to system architectures.
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FPGA Design and Programming for Digital Design, Embedded Systems and Digital Signal Processing
Date & Time: Wednesdays, January 14, 21, 28, February 4, 11,18: 6 -8:30PM
Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel, 15 Middlesex Canal Park Road, Woburn, MA
Speaker: Cherif Chibane, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Course Summary – This course provides a detailed overview of FPGAs technologies, design tools and applications. It utilizes a mixture of theory and hands on laboratories to provide students what they need to know in VHDL programming, simulation and implementation of multi-disciplinary applications targeting FPGAs. This course provides plenty of hands-on labs to reinforce the key concepts. While the material, covered in this class targets Xilinx devices, it can be easily used for others devices such as ALTERA and other FPGA devices.
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Introduction to Embedded Android – Spring 2015
Date & Time: Mondays, March 9, 16, 23, 30, 6 – 9PM
Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel, 15 Middlesex Canal Park Road, Woburn, MA
Speaker: Mike McCullough, RTETC, LLC
Course Summary – This course introduces the student to the use of Android in Embedded Systems and the use of Embedded Android Distributions. The first part of the course focuses on acquiring an understanding of basic Android concepts and on how Android is hosted by the Linux Operating System, highlighting areas of concern for Embedded Android systems development such as overall system design, boot performance and customization. The latter part of the course covers the differences between the standard Android Open Source Project and Embedded Android distributions.
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Phased-Array and Adaptive Array Fundamentals and Their Amazing Recent Advances – Spring 2015
Date & Time: Mondays, March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, April 6, 13, 27, May 4, May 18, 2015, 6 – 9PM
(Make-up dates are June 1, 8, 22, if needed)
Location: MITRE, 202 Burlington Road, Bedford, MA
Speaker: Dr. Eli Brookner, Raytheon Company (retired)
Course Summary – This course is intended for the engineer or scientist not familiar with phased-array antennas as well as the antenna specialist who wants to learn about other aspects of phased-array antenna systems. The major emphasis will be on the system aspects of phased-array systems.
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Software Development for Medical Device Manufacturers An Intensive Two -day Workshop – Spring 2015
Date & Time: Wednesday, March 25 & 26 @ 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM
Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel, 15 Middlesex Canal Park Road, Woburn, MA
Speaker: Steve Rakitin, President, Software Quality Consulting
Course Summary – Developing software in compliance with FDA QSR regulation, guidance documents and international standards can be challenging. This two-day intensive course provides your organization with a clear understanding of what FDA requires for software-based medical devices. The course applies to all software-based medical devices – from traditional devices to mobile medical apps. We will discuss recent FDA guidance documents on mobile devices and cyber-security – which is now required for all software-based device submissions.
The focus of this course is interpreting Design Controls for Software. Each section of the Design Controls regulation (820.30) is discussed from the perspective of software. Discussions on critical topics such as Requirements, Design Reviews, Software Verification & Validation and Risk Management are included. In addition, requirements for validating software development tools and software used in Manufacturing and Quality Systems are also discussed.
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Introduction to Embedded Linux – Spring 2015
Date & Time: Mondays, April 6, 15, 20, 27, 6 – 9PM
Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel, 15 Middlesex Canal Park Road, Woburn, MA
Speaker: Mike McCullough, RTETC, LLC
Course Summary – This course introduces the Linux Operating System and Embedded Linux Distributions. The course focuses on the development and creation of applications in an Embedded Linux context using the Eclipse IDE. The first part of the course focuses on acquiring an understanding of the basic Linux Operating System, highlighting areas of concern for Embedded Linux applications development using Eclipse. The latter part of the course covers testing, booting and configuring of Embedded Linux systems including embedded cross-development and target board considerations.
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Front-end Software Quality Framework – Spring 2015
Date & Time: Tuesday, April 7, 8:30AM – 5:00PM
Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel, 15 Middlesex Canal Park Road, Woburn, MA
Speaker: Speaker: Arie Avnur, AA Software Development
Course Summary – This course teaches 3 methods for developing software better – with less defects. These are more sophisticated than the baseline approach. The emphasis is on “correct by design” i.e. developing “more” correctly in the first place. Formal methods are tools to develop error free software, but they are hard and require a lot of effort and time. This course teaches semi-formal methods that are very easy to learn, require way less time and effort to apply, and get extensive benefit by producing much cleaner product–80% of the benefit for 20% of the investment.
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Software Quality Overview for Executives and Managers – Spring 2015
Date & Time: Thursday, April 9 @ 2 to 6 PM
Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel, 15 Middlesex Canal Park Road, Woburn, MA
Speaker: Speaker: Arie Avnur, AA Software Development
Course Summary – This is a high level review of software quality subjects, considerations and possibilities. It is intended to help managers and executives that are not software professionals understand the factors affecting software product quality and know what is possible.
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Introduction to Programming in Python Version 3
Date & Time: Thursdays, April 9, 16, 30, May 7, 14; 6:15 – 9:15PM
Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel, 15 Middlesex Canal Park Road, Woburn, MA
Speaker: Jeffrey Goldberg, Qualware Instructional Services
Course Summary – Python is a highly extensible, general-purpose, high-level programming which allows programmers to express concepts in fewer lines of code than would be possible in other languages.The language natively supports both procedural and object-oriented programming paradigms, and has recently become the scripting language of choice for many system administrative tasks.
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Cancelled
Embedded Linux Board Support Packages and Device Drivers – Spring 2015
Date & Time: Mondays, May 4, 11, 18 & June 1, 6 – 9PM
Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel, 15 Middlesex Canal Park Road, Woburn, MA
Speaker: Mike McCullough, RTETC, LLC
Course Summary – This 4-day technical training course provides advanced training in the development of Embedded Linux Board Support Packages (BSPs), Device Drivers and Distributions. The first part of the course focuses on BSP and Software Development Kit (SDK) development in an Embedded Linux context with a focus on application performance measurement and improvement. The latter part of the course covers Embedded Linux Device Driver development including key device driver decisions and deployment considerations for Embedded Linux BSPs.
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Accelerate Your Scrum Project – Spring 2015
Date & Time: May 4 @ 6 PM – 8 PM
Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel, 15 Middlesex Canal Park Road, Woburn, MA
Speaker: Greg Tutunjian, Scrum Doc, Inc.
Course Summary – Learn how to deliver more product functionality and increased business value by using Scrum and Agile principles and practices more effectively.
This course will provide a set of hands-on proven techniques for accelerating product development and the increased delivery of business value using Scrum.
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Big Data: Tools and Techniques – Spring 2015
Date & Time: Mondays April 27, May 4, 11, 18, 6-8PM
Location: MIT Lincoln Laboratory Cafeteria
Speakers: Vijay N. Gadepally, Jeremy Kepner, Lauren Edwards; MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Course Summary – Nowadays, as the features of wireless communication products and systems are getting more in number and sophisticated to stay competitive, the products have to contain both hardware and software. It is thus beneficial for an engineer or manager to acquire a broad understanding on how a modern wireless communication product or system works with both hardware and software components.
This course is aimed to provide an opportunity for participants to acquire technical insights on the vital aspects of Modern Wireless System Design from an industry and practical perspective. It is an introductory level for circuit, software, system engineers and mangers who would like to acquire an overview on the vital aspect and design considerations on complete wireless system design. Various functional blocks of wireless systems and products will be discussed and analyzed with practical examples on commercial products. The software development will also be addressed to provide a comprehensive understanding of the development of complete wireless systems. The course will be conducted by a wireless design expert with rich industrial experience. Interactive and open discussions between speaker and participants are encouraged and facilitated to make the whole course more interesting and thought stimulating.
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DSP For Wireless Communications – Spring 2015
Date & Time: Tuesdays, May 19, 26, June 2, 9, 16, 6–9 PM
Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel, 15 Middlesex Canal Park Road, Woburn, MA
Speaker: Dan Boschen, Microsemi
Course Summary – This course is a fresh view of the fundamental concepts of digital signal processing most applicable to practical real world problems and applications in radio communication systems. This course will build an intuitive understanding of the underlying mathematics through the use of graphics, visual demonstrations, and real world 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.
Defining and Writing Business Requirements – Spring 2015
Date & Time: May 18 & 19 @ 8:30AM – 5:00PM
Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel, 15 Middlesex Canal Park Road, Woburn, MA
Speaker: Robin Goldsmith, President, GoPro Management
Course Summary – Discovering and documenting business requirements for projects always has been the weakest link in systems development. Up to 67 percent of maintenance and 40 percent of development is wasted rework and creep attributable to inadequately defined business requirements. Too often projects proceed based on something other than what the business people really need; and traditional methodologies commonly focus mainly on the format for writing requirements.
This interactive workshop also emphasizes how to discover content, why to build it and what it must do to produce value for the customer/user. Using a real case, participants practice discovering, understanding, and writing clear and complete business/user requirements that can cut creep, speed project delivery, reduce maintenance, and delight customers.
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Making You a Leader – Fast Track – Spring 2015
Date & Time: May 20, 2015 @ 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel, 15 Middlesex Canal Park Road, Woburn, MA
Speaker: Robin Goldsmith, President, GoPro Management
Course Summary – We do projects to make change. Yet, change will not occur without leadership, and leaders are rare. Leaders make others want to do what the leader wants done. Leaders cause ordinary people to achieve extraordinary things. Managing is not the same as leading, and titles do not make leaders. Seminars can teach you to manage, but they cannot teach you to be a leader. Rather, making a leader takes special techniques—such as our personal development clinics—that can change deep-seated behaviors learned over a lifetime.
However, since clinics usually last about ten weeks, this mini-clinic was devised as a more convenient alternative. This format places responsibility upon the participant to carry out an extended informal follow-on program after completion of the formal seminar workshop session. During the follow-on period, the participant uses time-condensed methods that simulate the lifetime learning which makes a leader. Therefore, commitment to carrying out these exercises is essential for successful transformation.
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Referral based Marketing: Understanding the Process of Business Development – Spring 2015
Date & Time: Wednesday, May 20 @ 6-8 PM
Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel, 15 Middlesex Canal Park Road, Woburn, MA
Speaker: Paul Hutchinson, Hutchinson Consulting
Course Summary – During this workshop you will be guided through a process that will enable you to create a detailed plan generating more and better referrals and harvest the sources you all ready have for building referrals.
In working with people in many different industries we get a chance to see what’s common across the board for professional service providers. We are constantly amazed at how people focus only on sales, and selling and over look their referral sources. Having a systematic way to create, find and build a referral network is a key component to growing any business. Ask yourself, where do I go when I need to find a resource such as a physician or dentist? Do you just Google dentist? No, you ask people you trust.
Learning who to ask and how to ask for referrals is a critical part of building a business yet it is not an easy process to master. During the course you will receive methods for building your referral base. You will get an opportunity to learn from what others have already discovered, and you get a chance to develop your own process of asking for referrals. You will leave with a detailed plan for building referrals
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Modern Wireless System Design: From Circuit to Web-based Apps – Spring 2015
Date & Time: Thursday & Friday, June 18 & 19, 9 am to 4:30 pm
Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel, 15 Middlesex Canal Park Road, Woburn, MA
Speaker: Henry Lau, Lexiwave Technology
Course Summary – Nowadays, as the features of wireless communication products and systems are getting more in number and sophisticated to stay competitive, the products have to contain both hardware and software. It is thus beneficial for an engineer or manager to acquire a broad understanding on how a modern wireless communication product or system works with both hardware and software components.
This course is aimed to provide an opportunity for participants to acquire technical insights on the vital aspects of Modern Wireless System Design from an industry and practical perspective. It is an introductory level for circuit, software, system engineers and mangers who would like to acquire an overview on the vital aspect and design considerations on complete wireless system design. Various functional blocks of wireless systems and products will be discussed and analyzed with practical examples on commercial products. The software development will also be addressed to provide a comprehensive understanding of the development of complete wireless systems. The course will be conducted by a wireless design expert with rich industrial experience. Interactive and open discussions between speaker and participants are encouraged and facilitated to make the whole course more interesting and thought stimulating.