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The various IEEE areas of special technical interest that are represented by Chapters within the IEEE’s Florida West Coast Section.

Drone Swarms: If One Is Good, Then How About A Whole Bunch?

Posted on March 16, 2025 by janderson

By now just about everyone is familiar with drones. No matter if you have seen YouTube videos of people filming events, racing them, flying over New York / New Jersey… Read more →

Posted in Chapters, Events, Featured, Headline, Meetings Tagged birrds, drones, fish, nature, robotics, swarms

Tech Horizons Summit Success!

Posted on September 17, 2023 by janderson

The first ever Tech Horizons Summit was successfully held on Friday, September 15, 2023, on the campus of the University Of South Florida. The keynote presenter for this event was… Read more →

Posted in Chapters, Conferences, Events, Featured, Meetings Tagged AI, AMHR Lab, BILTLLM, Cloud Computing, Computer Society, cybersecurity, HCC, IEEE, Jyotika Athavael, Large Language Model, Polytech, USF

Successful RUST Presentation

Posted on July 12, 2023 by janderson

On Wednesday, July 12th, a presentation on the Rust programming language was delivered by Dr. Jim Anderson. This well attended event provided the following information: Understanding of why Rust has… Read more →

Posted in Chapters, Events, Meetings Tagged C, memory safety, Rust

An Overview of the RUST Programming Language

Posted on June 7, 2023 by janderson

Many of us are familiar with some of the most popular programming languages: C and C++. C was developed over 50 years ago and C++ was created over 44 years… Read more →

Posted in Chapters, Events, Featured, Meetings Tagged C, programming, Rust, security, systems programming

Kill It with Fire: Manage Aging Computer Systems (and Future Proof Modern Ones)

Posted on January 6, 2023 by janderson

  Let’s face it – our computer systems are not getting any younger! In fact, many of the most important computer systems that our daily activities rely on are shockingly… Read more →

Posted in Chapters Tagged air traffic control, legacy software, new software, old computer systems, operational excellence, problems, technical debt

Successful Introduction To The Python Programming Language Seminar

Posted on May 4, 2022 by janderson

  On Wednesday, May 4 2022, the IEEE FWCS hosted an introduction to Python online presentation. This event was attend by 84 FWCS members. Dr. Jim Anderson presented an overview… Read more →

Posted in Chapters, Featured, Headline, Meetings Tagged computers, languages, object orientated, programming, python

An Introduction To The Python Programming Language

Posted on April 26, 2022 by janderson

The Python programming language is currently one of the most popular languages to learn. Python is a high-level, general-purpose programming language. Its design philosophy emphasizes code readability. Its language constructs… Read more →

Posted in Chapters, Headline, Uncategorized Tagged languages, object orientated, programming, python

Successful How To Do 3D Modeling For Fun And Profit Seminar

Posted on May 20, 2021 by janderson

On Thursday, May 20th 2021 the IEEE FWCS Computer Society presented “How To Do 3D Modeling For Fun And Profit”. So what would you make if you could? Just in… Read more →

Posted in Chapters Tagged 3D printing, TinkerCAD

Successful GPS Satellite Presentation!

Posted on July 30, 2020 by janderson

  On Wednesday, July 29th 2020, Michael Mayor presented “How Do You Know Where You Are?” to the Florida West Coast Section of the IEEE. There were over 50 member… Read more →

Posted in Chapters Tagged GPS, satellite

How Do You Know Where You Are?

Posted on June 15, 2020 by janderson

  Can you imagine going on a trip without your mobile phone and Google’s Maps app? When you jump into your car, does it tell you how long it’s going… Read more →

Posted in Chapters Tagged BeiDou, Galileo, Global'naya Navigatsionnaya Sputnikovaya Sistema (GLONASS), GNSS, GPS, NAVSTAR, satelite
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