Chapter Chair: Hector A. Martinez, HNTB Corporation
Hector has a BSEE and MSEE degree from FSU-FAMU College of Engineering, Tallahassee, FL. His bachelor's emphasis was in
Communications Systems. His master's research emphasis was in Small Signal Modeling of Microwave Field Effect Transistors
using Artificial Neural Networks. This research resulted in a thesis and published paper in the October 2007 IEEE Transactions on
Instrumentation and Measurement on Small Signal Modeling of MESFETs. From January 2003 to July 2005, he was with RCC Consultants
as an intern in which he was involved with RF and Microwave Systems for Public Safety applications. Since August 2005, he has been
with HNTB Corporation. He has been involved in the planning, design, integration and testing of Fiber Optic and Wireless
Communication Systems for Intelligent Transportation Systems applications. He is presently developing his management and
system engineering skills for modern communications technology projects.

IEEE SP/COM Societies joint Chapter meetings:
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Announcements:
Posted 07/10/08 - The IEEE SP/COM joint chapter is now looking for one local member of the Signal Processing or Communications
Societies that would like to volunteer for the position of Vice Chair. This volunteer position will take on some of the responsibilities to
organize chapter meetings, research seminar opportunities for the local professionals in the industry and help the Chair in the organization
of networking and career oriented activities for the benefit of our community of professionals. For more information please contact Hector
at hmartinez@hntb.com.

IEEE Signal Processing Society Sponsored Conferences for 2008 in USA

	IEEE International Conference on Advanced Video and Signal Based Surveillance (September 1-3, 2008, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA)
SiPS 2008	IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Systems (October 8-10, 2008, Washington, D.C. Metro Area, USA)
	IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (October 12-15, 2008, San Diego, CA, USA)

IEEE Communications Society Sponsored Conferences for 2008 in USA:

	IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (August 03-07, 2008, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, USA)
WHNC 2008	IEEE Wireless Hive Networks Conference (August 07 – 08, 2008, Austin, Texas, USA)
	IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (October 14-17, 2008, Chicago USA)
CCW 08	IEEE Workshop on Computer Communications (October 22-24, 2008, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, USA)
	Military Communications Conference (November 17-19, 2008, San Diego, CA USA)
	Global Communications Conference (November 30 - December 4, 2008, New Orleans, LA USA)

For additional Signal Processing Society conferences visit:
http://www.signalprocessingsociety.org/listview/

For additional COMSOC conferences visit:
http://www.comsoc.org/confs/calendar/2008/confdate.html
http://www.comsoc.org/confs/index.html

For IEEE Spectrum free Webinars visit:
http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/webcasts

For IEEE-USA Employment and Career Development free Webinars visit:
http://www.ieeeusa.org/careers/webinars/