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Title: View Planning for 3D Reconstruction of Plants Dr. Nikos Papanikolopoulos Director. Robotics Institute, UMN [] Abstract: Active vision (AV) has been in the spotlight of robotics research due to its emergence in numerous applications, including agriculture and biomedicine, to name a few. A major AV problem that has gained popularity is the 3D reconstruction of targeted environments from multiple 2D views. While collecting and processing a large number of arbitrarily taken 2D images may become an arduous process in several practical settings, an efficient solution is to seek the optimal placement of available cameras in the 3D space to obtain the necessary visual information from fewer yet more informative images to effectively reconstruct environments of interest. This process, termed as view planning (VP), can be markedly challenged in the presence of noise emerging in the environment, location of the cameras, and/or in the extracted images. We present an efficient and realistic VP pipeline, which aims to optimize the viewpoints of cameras and hence the quality of the 3D reconstruction of a field of row crops without the need for a given mesh model. This is achieved within four steps: (i) an initial flight to obtain a sparse point cloud, (ii) the generation of an initial simple mesh model utilizing the sparse point cloud, (iii) the planning of images via a discrete optimization process, and (iv) a second flight to obtain the final reconstruction. We demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed VP framework against commonly used baseline methods for agricultural data collection and processing. This is joint work with A. Bacharis, H. Nelson, K. Polyzos, and G. Giannakis Bio: Prof. Papanikolopoulos (IEEE Fellow, NAI Fellow) received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. His thesis was entitled “Controlled Active Vision” and focused on using computer vision in a controlled fashion to detect, track, and manipulate objects in the environment. His research work has focused on robotics, agriculture, image processing, computer vision, and intelligent transportation systems. He has received numerous honors and awards for his research and contributions. He has been a Distinguished McKnight University Professor at the University of Minnesota since 2007 and has been a McKnight Presidential Endowed Professor in Computer Science since 2016. In 2016, he received the IEEE RAS George Saridis Leadership Award in Robotics and Automation as well as the Center for Transportation Studies Research Partnership Award. Speaker(s): Nikos, Nikos Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/545644

🌿 Women’s Leadership in Sustainability & Community Resilience 🌿 In celebration of Women’s History Month, IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) invites you to join us for an inspiring and thought-provoking virtual panel discussion focused on advancing sustainability through strong, inclusive leadership. This dynamic session will feature five accomplished women leaders who are driving impact across engineering, technology, policy, and community development. Together, they will share insights on: ✨ Leading sustainable innovation ✨ Building resilient communities ✨ Navigating leadership challenges in evolving industries ✨ Creating measurable, long-term impact We are honored to feature: 🔹 LaRhonda Julien, Inspection Performance Specialist, Georgia Transmission Corporation 🔹 Dhivya Guru, Assistant Vice President, Deutsche Bank Global Technology 🔹 Indu Unni, Senior Engineering Manager, Electronic Arts (EA Sports) 🔹 Dr. Ebonee Walker, IEEE Region 3 WiE Coordinator The session will conclude with a powerful call to action, encouraging attendees to translate ideas into real-world initiatives that strengthen sustainability efforts within their workplaces and communities. 📅 Date: 19th March, 2026 ⏰ Time: 7 - 8 PM EST 🔗 Register today! Let’s come together to celebrate women leaders who are shaping a more sustainable and resilient future! Speaker(s): LaRhonda Julien, Ebonee Walker, Indu Unni, Dhivya Guru Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/541952

IEEE-Atlanta and Region 3 hosted the "The Engineer's Workshop" booth at the Exploration Expo. Attendees were able to participate in a robotic demonstration that included a robot spinning the "Wheel of Engineering" to receive a prize. Co-sponsored by: Atlanta Science Festival Piedmont Park, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Kick off mentoring season with an exciting hybrid of networking, connection, and growth opportunities! This event unites Atlanta Women in Engineering (WIE) and Young Professionals (YP) for the official launch of the 2026 mentoring program. It’s a great chance to meet mentors and mentees, expand your professional network, and learn more about how the mentoring program can support your career development. Our mentoring kickoff session will be at Georgia Power, from 5:30pm to 7pm. Building and room details will be provided. Please fill out the survey below so we can match mentors with mentees. https://forms.gle/gYoHeQEv8cyU4xKy8 Co-sponsored by: Atlanta YP 241 Ralph McGill Boulevard, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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

──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 📝 EVENT DESCRIPTION ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── We are organizing the inaugural Artificial Super Intelligence Conference (ASIConf), a forward-looking event centered on AI and its growing impact across research, industry, infrastructure, healthcare, robotics, and intelligent environments. The conference is held as part of the launch event for the Prototype Living of Tomorrow (PLOT) initiative at Kennesaw State University, with support from KSU and the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Chapter, Atlanta Section. The event features a plenary keynote, five invited talks, a panel discussion, five technical tracks covering Foundation Models & LLMs, AI Safety & Ethics, Neural Architecture, Autonomous Systems, and Cognitive Intelligence, along with research paper presentations, a poster session, and a closing banquet. Our speaker lineup includes industry practitioners and faculty from multiple universities. ASIConf aims to create a substantive, welcoming forum for researchers, innovators, students, and community partners to explore what lies ahead in AI and intelligent systems. ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 🔬 TECHNICAL TRACKS ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 1️⃣ Foundation Models & LLMs — Transformers, scaling laws, multimodal, alignment 2️⃣ AI Safety & Ethics — Robustness, interpretability, privacy, bias mitigation 3️⃣ Neural Architecture — NAS, neuromorphic computing, quantum ML, compression 4️⃣ Autonomous Systems — RL, multi-agent, perception, human-robot interaction 5️⃣ Cognitive Intelligence — Meta-learning, causal reasoning, knowledge graphs ⭐ PLOT Launch (Special) — Intelligent environments, living labs, campus-scale AI ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 👥 TARGET AUDIENCE ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 🎓 Faculty & Researchers 🧑‍🎓 Students 🏢 Industry Professionals & Practitioners 🤝 Community Partners & Sponsors Expected Attendance: 100–200 attendees ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 📍 VENUE ADDRESS ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Venue Name: Prillaman Hall Address Line 1: 520 Parliament Garden Way NW Address Line 2: Kennesaw State University City: Kennesaw State/Province: Georgia Postal Code: 30144 Country/Region: United States Co-sponsored by: Kennesaw State University Speaker(s): Shyam, Fei, Savneet, Bhawesh, Faran, Rudra, Rajesh, Nishad, Priya, Faizan, Umair, Yashvant Agenda: ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 🕐 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 7:00 – 8:00 AM ☕ Registration & Check-In Badge pickup, welcome materials, and light refreshments 8:00 – 9:00 AM 🎤 Opening Remarks & Plenary Keynote Welcome address, PLOT Initiative overview, Keynote by Shyam Kandavalli 9:00 – 10:15 AM 🔬 Track 1: Foundation Models & LLMs Transformer architectures, scaling laws, multimodal models, alignment 10:15 – 11:30 AM 🛡️ Track 2: AI Safety & Ethics Adversarial robustness, alignment, explainability, bias & privacy 11:30 – 12:30 PM 🍽️ Lunch & Poster Session Networking, informal discussions, interactive poster presentations 12:30 – 1:45 PM 🧠 Track 3: Neural Architecture Architecture search, neuromorphic computing, quantum ML, compression 1:45 – 3:00 PM 🤖 Track 4: Autonomous Systems Reinforcement learning, multi-agent systems, embodied AI, HRI 3:00 – 4:15 PM 💡 Track 5: Cognitive Intelligence Meta-learning, causal reasoning, knowledge representation, continual learning 4:15 – 5:00 PM 💬 Panel Discussion Expert panel on the future of ASI & intelligent environments 5:00 – 5:30 PM 🏆 Closing Remarks & Awards Ceremony Best Overall Paper, Best Student Paper, five track-specific awards 6:00 – 8:00 PM 🥂 Conference Banquet Networking, dining, and celebration — included with registration Room: Main Entrance, Bldg: Prillaman Hall, 520 Parliament Garden Way NW, Kennesaw, Georgia, United States, 30144

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

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

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