Transcript ISPLC 2015 Proposal - The University of Texas at Austin

IEEE ISPLC 2015 Proposal
General Chair: Brian L. Evans, Univ. of Texas Austin
General Co-Chair: Alexis Kwasinski, Univ. of Texas Austin
Tech. Program Chair: Naofal Al-Dhahir, Univ. of Texas Dallas
Tech. Program Co-Chair: Anand Dabak, Texas Instruments
Tech. Program Co-Chair: Haniph Latchman, Univ. of Florida
Recent ISPLCs
Year
Location
Dates
Submitted Accepted
Attendees
2014
Glasgow, Scotland
2013
Johannesburg, South Africa
Mar 24 – 27
80
2012
Beijing, China
Mar 27 – 30
156
70 106 + volunteers
2011
Udine, Italy
Apr 3 – 6
135
88 190 (150 paid)
2010
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Mar 28 – 31
109
61 170 (135 paid)
2009
Dresden, Germany
Mar 29 – Apr 1
139
62 118 (111 paid)
2008
Jeju Island, Korea
Apr 2 – 4
107
76 135 (111 paid)
2007
Pisa, Italy
Mar 26 – 28
135
94 150 (inc. volunteers)
Mar 30 – Apr 2
64
80 (inc. volunteers)
IEEE ISPLC 2015
• Proposal for Austin, Texas USA
29 March – 1 April
• Follow previous format
Two parallel tracks
Three keynote talks
Banquet on Tuesday evening
• Invite TC PLC members
to join tech. prog. comm.
Downtown Austin view from
Hilton Hotel, Lady Bird Lake
Organizing Committee
• Brian L. Evans, UT Austin, IEEE Fellow
Smart grid communications, cellular comm.
• Alexis Kwasinski, UT Austin
Power elect., smart grids, telecom. power sys.
• Naofal Al-Dhahir, UT Dallas, IEEE Fellow
Smart grid communications, cellular comm.
• Anand Dabak, Texas Inst., IEEE Fellow
Smart grid communications, cellular comm.
• Haniph Latchman, Univ. of Florida
ATM and powerline comm. networks
Organizing Committee
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Publicity chair: Bridget Erlikh (ComSoc)
Registration chair: Bridget Erlikh (ComSoc)
Conf. manager: Bridget Erlikh (ComSoc)
Finance chair: Bruce Worthman (ComSoc)
Local arrangements chair: TBA
IEEE ISPLC 2015
• Confirmed sponsors
Texas Inst. – Smart Grid Business Unit – Dallas
Univ. of Texas at Austin – College of Engineering
• Potential sponsors include
Freescale – Smart Grid Comm. Group – Austin
IBM – Austin
Pecan Street Research Institute – Austin
Univ. of Texas at Dallas
Previous ISPLC sponsors?
Downtown Austin Nightlife
500ft ~
160m
Stephen F. Austin
Intercontinental Hotel
Driskill
Hotel
Lady Bird Lake Trail
Trail goes around
both sides of lake
Lady Bird Lake
Likely Conference Hotel
• Popular for jogging, running, walking 10+ km
• Less than 1 km from likely conference hotel
Texas Capitol
• Made of pink granite, larger than US Capitol
• Nice grounds with several monuments
• Free tours and < 1 km from hotel
Barton Springs
• Spring fed pool, 300m x 30m
• About 2.5 km from conference hotel
• Open 5am – 10pm
Zilker Park
• Huge park, playground, Umlauf
sculpture garden, botanical garden
• About 3 km from conference hotel
Other Activities within 3 km
• Canoeing on Barton Creek
• Kayak Lady Bird Lake
• Mountain Bike the Barton Creek Greenbelt
Texas Wine Country
• Approximately 20 wineries < 140 km
• Several towards historic Fredericksburg
San Marcos Outlet Mall
• About 40 km south of conf. hotel
• 200+ outlet stores, shopping!!
• Prime Outlets
– Neiman Marcus, Giorgio Armani General Store,
Polo Ralph Lauren Factory Store, Coach, Crate and
Barrel Outlet, Pottery Barn Outlet, bebe, Tommy
Bahama, etc.
• Tanger Outlets
– Samsonite, Wilsons Leather Outlet, Kenneth Cole,
Old Navy Outlet, Polo Jeans Co., etc