Past Meetings

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July 2008: Pico-Projectors: the Emerging Market and Technologies   

Dan Morgan, Texas Instruments Inc.

June 2008: MEMS in Consumer Electronics
Arun Gupta,  Texas Instruments Inc. 

May 2008: Unsolved Problems in Digital Game Development
Jeff Wofford,  The Guildhall at Southern Methodist University 

April 2008: The Wireless Revolution Continues: Can Technology Keep Up with the Challenge?
Dr. Bill Krenik, Chief Technical Officer, Wireless Business Unit, Texas Instruments 

Mar 2007: MIMO Radio Interface Technology for LTE
Dr. Cornelius Van Rensburg,  Ph. D, MSc, BSEE 

Feb 2007: Patenting Nuts and Bolts - Figuratively Speaking
Michael T. Konzcal, BSEE, JD,  Registered Patent Attorney 

Jan 2007: Cognitive Radio
Baowei Ji, Ph.D,  Staff Engineer at Wireless Solution Lab, Samsung Telecommunications America Inc. 

Nov 2006: Essential Technologies for Consumer Electronics Test
Robert Berger, National Instruments Inc. 

Oct 2006: A Developer's Perspective on the Gaming Industry
Deborah Tillett, President of BreakAway Ltd. 

Sep 2006: The challenges of digital displays
Dr. Sue Hui, DLP® Products, Texas Instruments Inc. 

May 2006: Managing the Digital Home: Installation and Support Services
Mr. Kurt Scherf, Vice President of Research, Parks Associates

Apr  2006: Bending the Laws of Time and Place: Multimedia in the Age of Broadband
Michael Greeson, President, The Diffusion Group

Mar 2006: The Mobile Phone ‘Melting Pot’ - Trends in Network Access Technology Beyond 3G
Dr. Rick Wietfeldt, CTO, Systems & Software, OMAP Cellular Systems, Texas Instruments

Feb 2006: Digital World: Technologies Transforming Our Lives
Hemant K. Sabat, General Manager, Communications & High-Technology Business Unit, Perot Systems Corporation.

Jan 2006: Voice/Video-over-IP: The Disruptive Technology That Changes the Way People Communicate
Steven Goodrich, Senior Architect, Grandstream Networks Inc.

Dec 2005:    3D Digital Cinema and the latest technology improvements to DLP Cinema®   
Bill Werner, TI Product Development Manager, DLP Cinema®

Nov 2005:   They Speak in Pixels! Interactive Digital Games as the 21^st Century’s Mode of Human Expression
Dr. Peter E. Raad, Ph.D., P.E., Linda Wertheimer Hart Professor and Executive Director, The Guildhall at SMU.

Oct 2005:    Home Networking  
Richard Nesin, President HomePNA, VP Marketing, Coppergate Communications.

Sep 2005:    Whole-home Entertainment/Multimedia networking  
Yuanzhe (Michael) Cai, Senior Analyst, Parks Associates.

Aug 2005:    Wireless connectivity in Hand held Mobile CE devices  
Frank Ferro, Director of Marketing, SyChip Inc.

Jul 2005:    Six Things Every Engineer Should Know about Patents and Patent Law  
Michael G. Cameron, Jackson Walker LLP

Jun 2005:    Evolution of Air Interface Standards--Viewpoint of Radio Resource Management  
Dr. Ji Baowei, Samsung Telecommunications America

May 2005:    Drawing the Battle Lines in the Digital Home: CE, PC and Convergence Perspectives  
Michael Greeson, The Diffusion Group

Apr 2005:    The Future of Gaming  
Dr. Corey P. Carbonara, Director, Digital Communication Technologies Project; Professor, Telecommunication Division, Communication Studies Department, College of Arts and Sciences, Baylor University

Mar 2005:    Designing Easy-To-Use High-Tech Products  
Dr. Janet M. Six, Lone Star Interaction Design

Feb 2005:    802.16e Why WiMax? – Why not WiBro!  
Dr. Cornelius Van Rensburg, Samsung Electronics

Jan 2005:    An Overview of DLP™ Products  
Dr. Michael Mignardi , Texas Instruments Inc.

Dec 2004:    Ultra-Wide Band & Wireless USB  
Steve Turner, Texas Instruments Inc.

Nov 2004:    Digital Living Network Alliance "Merging the Digital Technology into the modern Home"  
William Lumpkins, Texas Instruments Inc.

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Last Updated:    October 30, 2006
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