Oren Eliezer, Applied Research Center, University of Texas at Dallas

Alfy Riddle, Kumu Networks, Sunnyvale, CA                                   

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   

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.

 

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Tuesday, 24 May 2016
17:30-18:30

Panelists:
Dennis Derickson, California Polytechnic University
Bob Iannucci, Carnegie Mellon University
Xiaoguang Liu, University of California, Davis 
Sanjeeb Panday, Tribhuvan University

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. 

Alfy Riddle, Kumu Networks, Sunnyvale, CA

Jon Martens, Anritsu, Morgan Hill, CA, IEEE Fellow 

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

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. 

 

Richard Snyder, RS Microwave, Butler, NJ, President 

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

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!