What we’re about
Welcome! We are the Princeton / Central Jersey Section of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE / PCJS). We hold regular meetings on a variety of subjects, covering topics in science and engineering, information technology, and professional development.
This is a group for engineers, Information Technology (IT) folks, students, and anybody interested in pushing the envelope of our modern, tech-driven world. Sponsored by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), our meetings are open to all.
Our meetings are open to the public, and free of charge, unless otherwise noted. You need not be an IEEE member to attend.
Our chapters and groups include:
• Antennas and Propagation / Electronic Devices / MicrowaveTheory and Techniques
• Broadcast Technology
• Circuits and Systems
• Consumer Electronics and Communications
• Computer Society (joint chapter with Princeton ACM)
• Engineering in Medicine and Biology
• IEEE Education Society
• Photonics
• Power and Energy Society
• Robotics and Automation
• Signal Processing
• Solid-State Circuits Society
• Professional Activities Committee for Engineers (PACE)
• Young Professionals
• Consultants Network
• Women in Engineering
...and student branches at:
• The College of New Jersey
• Princeton University
• Rutgers University
• DeVry University - North Brunswick
• Middlesex County College
• Pre-University Student Branches
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Upcoming events (2)
See all- Cross-post: Democracy is a (civic) design problemLink visible for attendees
Cross-posting on behalf of the User Experience Professionals Association (UXPA), NJ chapter. Please register for this event on their site:
Democracy is a (civic) design problem
Details
This event is being held as part of this month's celebration of World Usability Day, the theme of which is "Designing for a Better World." This year, World Usability Day falls on Thursday, November 14th."Democracy is a (civic) design problem" - Whitney Quesenbery
Civic design is the face of policy. It bridges the gaps between people and participation. And it can be a lever for change. Back in 2000, someone asked Whitney Quesenbery, “How hard can it be to design a checkbox on a ballot, anyway?” That was the beginning of what is now the Center for Civic Design, and 25 years of working with election offices and good elections groups to learn what makes elections work for voters and our democracy.
Whitney Quesenbery will start off the event with a short presentation about the work of the Center for Civic Design. She'll share a few quick stories from the 2024 election, and where she and her colleagues been able to have impact. (Spoiler: ballot return envelopes, impactful ways to design voter information, designing information about election processes and results top the list).
Then, we’ll throw the event open to an AMA ("Ask Me Anything") format, so Whitney can answer your questions.
Presenter's Biography
Whitney Quesenbery is the director of the Center for Civic Design, solving democracy as a design problem and creating a voter experience that invites everyone to participate. Her work in civic design began with a ballot that changed history. Six presidential elections later, she is still excited about ways finding effective ways to engage voters. The Center’s work to reimagine elections includes working with election offices on the processes of democracy, with partners on innovative election technologies, and in research into best practices in election design.An authority on gathering user insights to design products where people matter, expertise gained in her work with government, nonprofit, and tech companies, Whitney has written 3 books — A Web for Everyone: Designing accessible user experiences, Storytelling for User Experience, and Global UX — to help keep users in mind throughout the creative process.
Thank you to Professor Rupa Misra and Rutgers University for their sponsorship of this event.
Note: Our UXPA NJ chapter is developing a sponsorship program for organizations, so that they can additionally support and assist our UXPA chapter in serving our growing community. For more information about some possible ways that your organization can further support our mission, reach out to Aurelia Kare at aureliakare {AT} gmail {DOT} com.
Agenda
7:30 - 7:45 pm: Welcome, announcements, job seekers/offers
7:45 - 8:45 pm: Speaker presentation, followed by AMA ("Ask Me Anything") format
8:45 - 9:00 pm: ClosingCross-posting on behalf of the User Experience Professionals Association (UXPA), NJ chapter. Please register for this event on their site:
- ACM / IEEE Computer Society: "Website Design: Addressing Climate Change"35 Olden St, Princeton, NJ
PRINCETON ACM / IEEE-COMPUTER SOCIETY CHAPTERS
NOVEMBER 2024 JOINT MEETING"Sustainable Website Design: Construction and Presentation Methods to Address Climate Change" - Michael Blank
With climate change already here and its effects all around us, it's urgent to continue efforts across all industries to reduce CO2 emissions. But what about the information technology sector?
The World-Wide Web we depend on enriches our lives in many areas: education, commerce, government, news, communication, and more. However, the infrastructure that enables it uses a lot of electricity - not all of which is generated from renewable resources (hence its CO2 generation).
Combining the fields of computers and the environment, a relatively new Website construction method called "Sustainable Web Design" is gaining awareness. This software-based approach reduces non-renewable energy to lower CO2 emissions so the people of today and tomorrow can benefit from everything that the Web offers.
How a Website is constructed and presents its information has real-world effects! A Website can be built to serve smaller files, use less resources, and require less processing power - all of these help reduce non-renewable energy use and associated CO2 emissions. Sustainable Web Design also has side-benefits: a faster Website, better mobile device battery life, higher-placed mobile Google search results, and better accessibility.
This presentation will introduce how to determine a Website's sustainability, identify elements which can slow down a Web page, describe basic sustainable Web design strategies and techniques, offer easy to take actions and examples, present the perspective and advice of a Website Designer/Webmaster who remade his organization's Website to be sustainable, and list additional resources to follow the latest developments.
Michael Blank has been involved in the World-Wide Web since it was still relatively new and finding its way. He has been Webmaster of the Princeton Macintosh Users' Group since 1995, and a member since 1989. Michael also manages the group's Mastodon and Instagram accounts. His day job is that of a Website Designer (and HTML & CSS Developer, Graphics Designer, and more) for the Princeton Internet Group, where he makes/manages its customers' Websites. Prior to that he worked at the Asbury Park Press's IN Jersey Website design group (beginning in 1996, a few years after the Mosaic Web browser was released), and at the paper's Online News department as part of IN Jersey.
Date: Thursday November 21, 2024, 8:00 PM EDT
(Note: Refreshments and networking start early - 7:30 PM.)Place: HYBRID MEETING (both in-person and online)
In Person: Princeton University Computer Science Building
Small Auditorium, Room CS 105
35 Olden Street, Princeton NJHow to register for the online meeting:
Send email to PrincetonACM {AT} gmail {DOT} com
OR Register on Meetup.com (https://4142298.xyz/ieee-princeton-central-jersey-section)
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/87381698647?pwd=apBWCmnCVx3jfHsUKJWHc9JlaRzbj7.1On-line meeting notice:
https://PrincetonACM.acm.org/meetings/mtg2411.pdfPrinceton ACM / IEEE Computer Society meetings for the 2024-25 season will be "hybrid." You have a choice: attend the talk in-person, or view the meeting online from home. To join the online, you must register in advance, and you will receive an email with instructions for how to connect to the talk.
A pre-meeting dinner is held at 5:45 p.m. at Applebee's (3330 US 1, Lawrenceville, near Quakerbridge Mall). Please send email to PrincetonACM {AT} gmail {DOT} com in advance if you plan to attend the dinner.
All Princeton ACM / IEEE Computer Society meetings are open to the public. Students and their parents are welcome. There is no admission charge, and refreshments are served.
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Future Princeton ACM/ IEEE Computer Society Meetings
Thursday Dec. 5 - AI in Education: "How are you feeling? Improving Social Emotional Learning and Mathematics through AI-enabled Tutoring," Bev Woolf, Univ. of Massachusetts
Thursday Jan. 16, 2025 - TBA
Thursday Feb. 20 - Computer Music, Andrea Salgian, The College of New Jersey
Saturday Mar. 15 - ISEC 2025 (Integrated STEM Education Conference): see https://ewh.ieee.org/conf/stem/ for full information
Thursday Mar. 20 - TBA
Saturday Mar. 29 - Trenton Computer Festival - TCF 2025 (at College of New Jersey): see https://www.tcf-nj.org for full information
Thursday Apr. 17 - TBA
Tuesday May 6 - TBA
Thursday Jun. 12 - Annual Elections and Planning Meeting