Symposium\Seminars

The event is to help professionals who are interested in understanding of cloud and current trends, and who want to jumpstart their career and practice in cloud computing. A network time is also planned for professionals to network and socialize. A variety of topics will be covered from foundation to advanced, including: Cloud framework, Cloud 2.0, Microsoft Cloud Architecture, practical IaaS, PasS, SaaS such as Microsoft Azure and Amazon ECS, data center characteristics, network management, resource management, Hadoop & MapReduce for big data, platform virtualization, storage virtualization, and network virtualization. With such a short orientation, you will be given a map for the journey to adventure the territory.

The symposium is held in conjunction with the Annual Convetion and will gather seventeen experts in the field of big data, internet of (every)things, energy systems, smart grid and leadership to discuss the current emerging technology and soft skills. The symposium will feature a keynote session, and three parallel sessions on "Smart Data", "Smart Energy" and "Leadership & Career Development". The symposium is free and open to the public, but registration is required. The symposium will be held at Renaissance Richardson Hotel from 1:00 to 5:30 pm.

The Energy Executive Forum will be held at 7:30 am - 12:00 pm on August 17, 2014 (Suunday) at Renaissance Dallas Richardson Hotel. The main goal is to discuss the emerging energy technology, such as smart data application in energy systems and smart grid.

The goal of this seminar is to discuss the retirement planning especially tailored for technical professionals. Often, technical professionals are not thinking ahead for their retirement planning, this seminar will provide effective suggestions from three aspects from the experts. The seminar will cover the professional developement, financial planning and healthcare. The seminar is not only for retired professionals, but also for professionals who would like to learn more about the planning prior the retirement.

The CIE/USA-DFW annual Spring Technical Symposium (STS) will feature the discussion of Internet of Things (IoT). We focused specifically on application and how personalization is revolutionizing our daily life.