Events

Join the 4th Annual Zero Trust Virtual Learning Exchange! This three-day event brings together government, industry, and academic experts to explore the latest in Zero Trust strategy, policy, and implementation. Gain insights, share best practices, and engage with top cybersecurity leaders shaping the future of Zero Trust. Register now! (https://events.atarc.org/zt4-virtual-learning-exchange/agenda/) Co-hosted by: - MIT Lincoln Laboratory - Warfighting Acquisition University - Cloud Security Alliance - Advanced Technology Academic Research Center Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/552663

Join us for Voices from Washington DC 2026: A Young Professionals Panel on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, at 7:00 PM EDT, where IEEE Region 3 Young Professionals who participated in the IEEE-USA Congressional Visit Day (CVD) will share their firsthand experiences engaging with policymakers in Washington, DC. This session will provide a unique behind-the-scenes look at how engineers and technology professionals contribute to shaping public policy. Panelists will discuss the key policy topics presented to Senators and Members of the House of Representatives, their preparation for congressional meetings, and the impact of these discussions on the engineering community. Participants will gain valuable insights into the role of advocacy in engineering, the importance of effective communication with legislative offices, and how IEEE members can actively engage in influencing policies that drive innovation and societal progress. Key Policies Discussed: - Federal R&D Funding: Advocating for increased, stable, and predictable federal investment to sustain innovation, support universities and national laboratories, and maintain global technological leadership - STEM Workforce & Immigration: Supporting the Keep STEM Talent Act and addressing challenges in retaining highly skilled talent, including pathways from H-1B visas to permanent residency The session will include a short briefing followed by a dynamic panel discussion featuring Young Professionals from across Region 3 representing multiple states and perspectives. Whether you are new to policy engagement or interested in participating in future Congressional Visit Days, this event will provide meaningful insights, practical takeaways, and inspiration to get involved. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/551438

Atlanta's IEEE AP/MTT joint-chapter is hosting an MTT-S distinguished lecture event on April 10th (Fri.) from 11:00AM-12:00PM EST at the Georgia Institute of Technology main campus (Tech Square Research Building auditorium). We invited Dr. Michael Roberg to give a talk titled: "Power Without Pain: High Power MMIC PA Design, the Pitfalls and how to Avoid Them." Talk abstract and speaker bio can be read below. Anyone interested is welcome to attend! This lecture is sponsored by IEEE MTT Society Distinguished Lecturer Program. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Guest parking passes will not be provided. There are on-campus guest parking lots/decks that charges by the hour. (Note, Visitor Area 8 is the closest to the Tech Square Research Building, while Visitor Area 7 is relatively close and has a lower charge per hour.) Visitor Area 8: Tech Square Deck (E81) - ~$6/hr ((https://goo.gl/maps/o5pMxMTwTYXvunZ48)) Visitor Area 7: Brittain Dr. Details - $2/hr ((https://goo.gl/maps/R2UVEK8VboZG36x88)) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What is IEEE AP/MTT? In Atlanta, the local chapters for the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) and Microwave Theory and Technique Society (MTT-S) are merged to form the joint AP/MTT chapter. We are composed of members at various stages of their careers, who work and do research in various electromagnetics disciplines, like antenna design, microwave circuits, RF systems analysis, etc. We welcome any students, young professionals, researchers, and senior engineers in Atlanta to join our joint-chapter and participate in our technical and service activities. Speaker(s): Dr. Michael Roberg Agenda: 11:00-11:10 AM - Updates on IEEE Atlanta AP/MTT joint-chapter's activities 11:10-12:10 PM - DL with Dr. Michael Roberg presenting: Power Without Pain: High Power MMIC PA Design, the Pitfalls and how to Avoid Them 12:10-12:30PM - Q/A, interaction with attendees, and wrap-up. Room: Auditorium, Bldg: Tech Square Research Building, 85 5th St NW, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30332

Event Details Tentative Date: April 18, 2026 (TBD) Tentative Location: J.M. Wilson Student Center, Marietta Campus (Room Number TBD) Expected Participants: 80–100 (~20 teams) Format: 36 hours total — 28 hours remote + 8 hours in-person Tracks: 3 Student Tracks + 1 Faculty Track Hackathon Format Phase 1 — Remote (Thursday 6 PM → Saturday 8 AM): Teams form, ideate, attend workshops, and build remotely via Discord. ~28 hours of hacking from anywhere. Phase 2 — In-Person @ Wilson Student Center (Saturday 8 AM → 4 PM): Final 8-hour sprint. Polish builds, test on XR hardware, submit, demo live, and compete for prizes. Detailed Event Schedule Bldg: :  J.M. Wilson Student Center, KSU Marietta Campus — , 1100 S Marietta Pkwy SE, Marietta, Georgia, United States, 30060

Background: IEEE Atlanta AP/MTT recently received a grant to run RF Basic Workshops with affordable RF kits for two years. This upcoming workshop will teach young undergraduate students about antennas with a pre-planned hands-on activity involving designing and building simple antennas. The world of RF is vast and stems to various technical and research fields. It is important to give young engineers early hands-on experience and exposure to basic RF concepts. Who can participate? We are looking for volunteers with basic antenna/RF/wireless comms experience to help lead groups of 4-6 students. The lesson plan/guide will be provided before the activity! (This will also help the volunteers get a RF refresher themselves.) Note, the volunteer does not have to be a member of AP-S or MTT-S to participate. (Any emag/RF/wireless enthusiast is welcomed!) Where and When? Date/Time: April 14, 2026 (Tuesday, 6:00-8:30PM) Location: 777 Atlantic Dr NW, Atlanta, GA 30332 (The HIVE Makerspace in the Van Leer Building, School of ECE) Note: We are tentatively trying to schedule a "dry-run" event for the volunteers to go over the lesson plan before the actual workshop. More details on that dry-run TBA. Parking Information: Visitor parking information: https://www.pts.gatech.edu/parking/visitor-parking/ Visitor Area 2 (Student Center) in the Southwest Area of Georgia Tech is the closest to the HIVE Makerspace. Room: The HIVE Makerspace, Bldg: Van Leer, 777 Atlantic Dr NW, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30332

The Atlanta Chapter of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society is having a virtual planning meeting Wednesday, April 15, 2026 at 6:00pm ET. Please join the chapter officers in proposing and planning chapter events and activities for 2026. Volunteering to support and participate in event planning is a great way to meet chapter officers and learn how chapters plan and run events, as well as a potential route to holding a chapter office in the future. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/552486

Atlanta's IEEE AP/MTT joint-chapter is hosting a distinguished lecture event on April 16th (Thurs.) from 11:00AM-12:00PM EST at the Georgia Institute of Technology main campus (Tech Square Research Building auditorium). Dr. John Kimionis of Nokia Bell Labs is presenting a talk titled: "Reflection Communication - a Paradigm Shift for Wide Area Intelligence." Talk abstract and speaker bio can be read below. Anyone interested is welcome to attend! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Guest parking passes will not be provided. There are on-campus guest parking lots/decks that charges by the hour. (Note, Visitor Area 8 is the closest to the Tech Square Research Building, while Visitor Area 7 is relatively close and has a lower charge per hour.) Visitor Area 8: Tech Square Deck (E81) - ~$6/hr ((https://goo.gl/maps/o5pMxMTwTYXvunZ48)) Visitor Area 7: Brittain Dr. Details - $2/hr ((https://goo.gl/maps/R2UVEK8VboZG36x88)) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What is IEEE AP/MTT? In Atlanta, the local chapters for the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) and Microwave Theory and Technique Society (MTT-S) are merged to form the joint AP/MTT chapter. We are composed of members at various stages of their careers, who work and do research in various electromagnetics disciplines, like antenna design, microwave circuits, RF systems analysis, etc. We welcome any students, young professionals, researchers, and senior engineers in Atlanta to join our joint-chapter and participate in our technical and service activities. Speaker(s): Dr. John Kimionis Agenda: 11:00-11:05 AM - Updates on IEEE Atlanta AP/MTT joint-chapter's activities 11:05-12:05 PM - DL with Dr. John Kimionis presenting: Reflection Communication - a Paradigm Shift for Wide Area Intelligence 12:05-12:15PM - Q/A, interaction with attendees, and wrap-up. Room: Auditorium, Bldg: Tech Square Research Building, 85 5th St NW, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30332

As electric utilities accelerate digital transformation, interoperability and data standardization have become foundational to grid modernization and AI adoption. This session provides a practical overview of the IEC 61968 standards (better known as CIM) for distribution system integration, highlighting their role in enabling seamless communication between enterprise applications such as outage management, asset management, work management, and distributed energy resource systems. Participants will explore the latest developments and emerging trends within IEC 61968, including evolving information models, integration frameworks, and their alignment with modern utility architectures. The session also examines how standardized data models create the foundation for advanced analytics, machine learning, and AI-driven operational intelligence. Attendees will gain insight into how IEC 61968 supports more scalable, interoperable, and intelligent utility ecosystems—and why it is becoming a critical enabler of next-generation AI solutions across the electric power sector. Speaker(s): David Bishop, Agenda: 11:15am - 11:30am - Sign In 11:30am - 12:30pm - Lunch and Presentation 12:30pm - 1:00pm - Q & A and Networking Room: 634, 1979 Lakeside Parkway, Suite 900, Tucker, Georgia, United States, 30084

Family STEM Night brings students and their families together to explore science, technology, engineering, and math through hands‑on activities and simple experiments. It’s a fun, low‑pressure evening that helps kids see how STEM connects to everyday life. We’re looking for volunteers will lead or assist with STEM sessions from 6:00–8:00 p.m. You’re welcome to Bring Your Own Activity (BYOA), or we can provide a ready‑to‑run activity with all supplies included. If you’re available and interested, please reach out to Richardson.Melody@gmail.com. We’d be thrilled to have your support in inspiring young scientists and engineers. 2230 Lower Roswell Rd, Marietta, Georgia, United States, 30068

The modern electrical grid faces rapid, cyber-enabled threats that outpace traditional defenses. Operators need immediate command filtering and predictive assessment. However, current cybersecurity and power-security solutions cannot stop malicious commands in time or evaluate contingency analysis quickly enough. This work details a unified ``interventional security'' framework that defines a proactive cyber-physical security paradigm that combines the ability to intercept communications (deep network intervention) with centralized decision-making that determines when, where, and to what extent to intervene, thereby mitigating unsafe states and trajectories before they can cause harm (interventional security). This is accomplished by employment of (i) semantics-aware in-line devices that intercept and conditionally block hazardous DNP3/TCP commands, (ii) a deep-neural-network power-security estimator to predict the impact of control actions, and (iii) conditional human-in-the-loop decisions for final authorization or rejection of commands. Evaluation on real utility traffic and with large-scale electrical transmission simulation shows sub-millisecond latency for packet interception and analysis, 10-times lower error and 30-times faster evaluation than existing power-security analysis methods, and validation of this pipeline's ability for improving operator situational awareness and control. Results demonstrate this solution's ability to mitigate effects of real-world attacks like those against the Ukrainian electrical grid, preventing widespread disruption before damage occurs. Speaker(s): Adam King, Trevor Lewis Agenda: 11:00am - 11:15am - Sign in and Networking 11:15am - 12:45pm - Lunch and Presentation 12:45pm - 1:00pm - Questions and Adjourn 430 10th Street, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30332