IEEE Computer Society
Dallas Chapter
30 OCT 2008 Meeting
IEEE Computer Society |
Dallas Chapter 30 OCT 2008 Meeting |
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| When: | Thursday 30 OCT 2008 Lunch: 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM Talk: 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM |
| Where: | Texas Instruments ("South Campus") 12500 TI Boulevard (SAME location as 8505 Forest Ln; just redefined main gate) Dallas, TX (Conference Room ASP-1 --- just slightly west and north of our usual rooms S1 & S2) |
| Topic: | The Challenges Moving from Biomedical Appliances to Bio-Inspired Computing |
| Speaker: | Dr. Don Shaver, Director Medical and Communications Systems Laboratory DSP Solutions R&D Center Texas Instruments -- Dallas |
| Abstract: | Biomedical appliances range from consumer devices to portable devices to implantable devices to high performance imaging devices. The range of applications and implementations in medical electronics is quite large. A broad range of semiconductor devices from analog signal chain to digital processors enables innovation in the medical equipment market. Cost, low power dissipation, programmability, and algorithm innovations are all key care-abouts. In high performance imaging, such as ultrasound, there are several types of devices available today on the market including advanced DSP's. To advance the state-of-the-art further, multi-core implementations with robust interconnect networks become important as computational requirements increase beyond the capability of uni-processors. Power dissipation is critical to implementations as the number of processing elements grow, so when developing new architectures, power must be a consideration. Besides architectures tailored to high speed numerical processing, we will need to implement alternate computing paradigms and new architectures to meet our future needs. |
| Bio: | Don Shaver has been with Texas Instruments for 31 years, and has held responsible positions in both TI advanced product development and R&D organizations. For the past 20 years, Don managed leading edge technology development initiatives in TI R&D organizations including TI's Computer Science Center in Dallas, TI's Tsukuba R&D Center in Japan, and TI's DSP Solutions R&D Center in Dallas. Don is a Texas Instruments Fellow and is Director of TI's Communications and Medical Systems Laboratory. This laboratory develops communications algorithms and systems-on-a-chip technology for wireless networking, broadband wireless access, digital TV for handheld devices (DVB-H), and cellular wireless. The laboratory is also involved in establishing technology for TI’s emerging medical systems businesses. This laboratory directly contributes to the development of TI silicon products, and also to international standardization bodies. Prior to his tenure in TI R&D organizations, Don designed and developed application-specific instruction set processors, systems, and software for sonar, communications, and seismic acquisition applications. Prior to joining TI, Don held a position as a systems engineer in General Electric's Heavy Military Electronics Department in Syracuse, N.Y. where he was responsible for advanced systems development in radar and anti-submarine warfare systems.
Don received a BS in Electrical Engineering, and MS and Ph.D. in Systems and Information Science all from Syracuse University. Don is Vice-chair of the IEEE Computer Society Dallas Chapter and has been an active IEEE member for 39 years. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE. |
| Directions: | Even though TI's Forest Lane site has been given a new official entrance address at 12500 TI Boulevard and been renamed as TI's "South Campus," find our Dallas IEEE CS meetings just as you've always done. Head to the site's SouthEast (SE) entrance off Forest Lane JUST west of Greenville Avenue. Preferred parking is at extreme SE corner of the building. Enter the public lobby at building's SE corner and ask guard to direct you to conference room ASP-1 (near this entrance, just very slightly west and north of our usual rooms S1 & S2). (See map.) |
| Cost: |
Technical Presentation: FREE to
both IEEE CS Members and the general public. Lunch: $10 to both Members and Non-Members. Please reserve lunch by 27 OCT with our online form or by contacting Lucrecia at 214-480-4194 (Lucrecia) . |
| Access: | Since the meeting rooms are inside TI, some attendees may need to pre-register for access. If you are neither a U.S. citizen nor permanent U.S. resident (with "green card") and are from a "restricted country", please contact Jim at 214-480-4691 (Jim) by 27 OCT to arrange for convenient pre-registration . |
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