Between 70 and 80% of Agile teams use Scrum. Scrum has become the de-facto standard for Agile team delivery. And with the success of Scrum organizations are now looking to employ Agile at Scale. Scaling means different things to different people, but broadly can be described as either growing the number of people delivering software in an agile way (agile product delivery) or growing the use of agile in ancillary parts of software delivery supply chain. In this talk we focus on how Nexus, an exoskeleton for Scrum can help scale your Agile product delivery. We describe the challenges in scaling Scrum and how Nexus extends Scrum to allow for multiple teams to work together in an effective and agile way. This supports teams in an incremental approach to scaling Scrum by building on the success of team level Scrum adoption.   In this talk we:   What does scaling mean ? The challenges of scaling Scrum introducing Nexus Nexus in practice Connecting Nexuses – Nexus+ Applying Nexus in your organization This talk will be broadcast via https://youtu.be/7MVpBHy0_cY Speaker(s): Mr. Dave West, , Mr. Dave West, Agenda: - Turkish Food & Refreshments - Introduction - Talk What does scaling mean ? The challenges of scaling Scrum introducing Nexus Nexus in practice Connecting Nexuses – Nexus+ Applying Nexus in your organization - Q&A Location: Room: 380 Bldg: UNH Manchester Pandora Bldg 88 Commercial Street MANCHESTER, New Hampshire

Co-sponsored by: IEEE NH Computer Society Between 70 and 80% of Agile teams use Scrum. Scrum has become the de-facto standard for Agile team delivery. And with the success of Scrum organizations are now looking to employ Agile at Scale. Scaling means different things to different people, but broadly can be described as either growing the number of people delivering software in an agile way (agile product delivery) or growing the use of agile in ancillary parts of software delivery supply chain. In this talk we focus on how Nexus, an exoskeleton for Scrum can help scale your Agile product delivery. We describe the challenges in scaling Scrum and how Nexus extends Scrum to allow for multiple teams to work together in an effective and agile way. This supports teams in an incremental approach to scaling Scrum by building on the success of team level Scrum adoption.   In this talk we:   What does scaling mean ? The challenges of scaling Scrum introducing Nexus Nexus in practice Connecting Nexuses – Nexus+ Applying Nexus in your organization This talk will be broadcast via https://youtu.be/7MVpBHy0_cY Speaker(s): Mr. Dave West, , Mr. Dave West, Agenda: - Turkish Food & Refreshments - Introduction - Talk What does scaling mean ? The challenges of scaling Scrum introducing Nexus Nexus in practice Connecting Nexuses – Nexus+ Applying Nexus in your organization - Q&A Location: Room: 380 Bldg: UNH Manchester Pandora Bldg 88 Commercial Street MANCHESTER, New Hampshire

Between 70 and 80% of Agile teams use Scrum. Scrum has become the de-facto standard for Agile team delivery. And with the success of Scrum organizations are now looking to employ Agile at Scale. Scaling means different things to different people, but broadly can be described as either growing the number of people delivering software in an agile way (agile product delivery) or growing the use of agile in ancillary parts of software delivery supply chain. In this talk we focus on how Nexus, an exoskeleton for Scrum can help scale your Agile product delivery. We describe the challenges in scaling Scrum and how Nexus extends Scrum to allow for multiple teams to work together in an effective and agile way. This supports teams in an incremental approach to scaling Scrum by building on the success of team level Scrum adoption.   In this talk we:   What does scaling mean ? The challenges of scaling Scrum introducing Nexus Nexus in practice Connecting Nexuses – Nexus+ Applying Nexus in your organization This talk will be broadcast via https://youtu.be/7MVpBHy0_cY Speaker(s): Mr. Dave West, , Mr. Dave West, Agenda: - Turkish Food & Refreshments - Introduction - Talk What does scaling mean ? The challenges of scaling Scrum introducing Nexus Nexus in practice Connecting Nexuses – Nexus+ Applying Nexus in your organization - Q&A Location: Room: 380 Bldg: UNH Manchester Pandora Bldg 88 Commercial Street MANCHESTER, New Hampshire

Co-sponsored by: IEEE NH Computer Society Between 70 and 80% of Agile teams use Scrum. Scrum has become the de-facto standard for Agile team delivery. And with the success of Scrum organizations are now looking to employ Agile at Scale. Scaling means different things to different people, but broadly can be described as either growing the number of people delivering software in an agile way (agile product delivery) or growing the use of agile in ancillary parts of software delivery supply chain. In this talk we focus on how Nexus, an exoskeleton for Scrum can help scale your Agile product delivery. We describe the challenges in scaling Scrum and how Nexus extends Scrum to allow for multiple teams to work together in an effective and agile way. This supports teams in an incremental approach to scaling Scrum by building on the success of team level Scrum adoption.   In this talk we:   What does scaling mean ? The challenges of scaling Scrum introducing Nexus Nexus in practice Connecting Nexuses – Nexus+ Applying Nexus in your organization This talk will be broadcast via https://youtu.be/7MVpBHy0_cY Speaker(s): Mr. Dave West, , Mr. Dave West, Agenda: - Turkish Food & Refreshments - Introduction - Talk What does scaling mean ? The challenges of scaling Scrum introducing Nexus Nexus in practice Connecting Nexuses – Nexus+ Applying Nexus in your organization - Q&A Location: Room: 380 Bldg: UNH Manchester Pandora Bldg 88 Commercial Street MANCHESTER, New Hampshire

This town hall meeting is a chance for you to provide feedback to IEEE on how it is doing.  This will be a discussion of what IEEE is doing well and not so well, in regards getting and keeping membership. If you are a member, please pass a link to this meeting on to colleagues who are not IEEE members.  Ideally, we are looking for a mix of members and non-members. The meeting is limited to 10 people, so please register.   Location: Room: Theater Nashua Public Library 2 Court Street Nashua, New Hampshire 03060

Co-sponsored by: Ed Nelson Executive Committee Meeting. Open to all IEEE members. Come out to learn about what's going on in the section. Agenda: Dinner at 6:00PM Call to Order at 6:30PM (Chair) Introductions Approve minutes from past meeting (Secretary) Agenda items requiring a vote - to be determined Old Business New Business Open Forum Discussion Location: Bldg: Great Buffet Restaurant 1525 South Willow Street Manchester, New Hampshire 03103

Co-sponsored by: Ed Nelson Executive Committee Meeting. Open to all IEEE members. Come out to learn about what's going on in the section. Agenda: Dinner at 6:00PM Call to Order at 6:30PM (Chair) Introductions Approve minutes from past meeting (Secretary) Agenda items requiring a vote - to be determined Old Business New Business Open Forum Discussion Location: Bldg: Great Buffet Restaurant 1525 South Willow Street Manchester, New Hampshire 03103

  The deceleration of transistor feature size scaling has motivated growing adoption of specialized accelerators implemented as GPUs, FPGAs, ASICs, and more recently new types of computing such as neuromorphic, bio-inspired, ultra low energy, reversible, stochastic, optical, quantum, combinations, and others unforeseen. There is a tension between specialization and generalization, with the current state trending to master slave models where accelerators (slaves) are instructed by a general purpose system (master) running an Operating System (OS). Traditionally, an OS is a layer between hardware and applicationsand its primary function is to manage hardware resources and provide a common abstraction to applications. Does this function, however, apply to new types of computing paradigms? This talk revisits OS functionality for memristor-based accelerators. We explore one accelerator implementation, the Dot Product Engine (DPE), for a select pattern of applications in machine learning, imaging, and scientific computing and a small set of use cases. We explore typical OS functionality,such as reconfiguration, partitioning, security, virtualization, and programming. We also explore new types of functionality, such as precision and trustworthiness of reconfiguration. We claim that making an accelerator, such as the DPE, more general will result in broader adoption and better utilization. This talk will be broadcast via https://youtu.be/nTcsMMe7EyI Speaker(s): Dr. Dejan Milojicic, Distinguished Technologist, Hewlett Packard Labs, , Dr. Dejan Milojicic, Distinguished Technologist, Hewlett Packard Labs, Agenda: - Turkish Food & Refreshments - Introduction: Please also see the paper http://elhajj2.web.engr.illinois.edu/docs/paper-dpe-icrc17.pdf - Talk - Q&A Location: Room: 502 Bldg: UNH Manchester Pandora Bldg 88 Commercial Street MANCHESTER, New Hampshire

Smart robots not only require significant computer processing power, but as importantly, they require input from the both internal mechanisms within the robot as well as external inputs from the surrounding environment.  These sensors enable robots to obtain a sense of touch, feel, hearing, vision and yes even a sense of taste and smell.  While such sensors have existed, they were large, expensive and totally inappropriate for robotic applications. Silicon IC manufacturers have joined with mechanical engineers to design electro-mechanical devices using silicon as both the mechanical material as well as the electronics to literally place computers onto wheels, levers and gears. This has lead to a profusion of very low cost, high performance, sensors with the form factor to fit robotic applications.  This talk will review the brief history of this field and give examples of many applications as well as show future work being done using these devices to program and control living insects and use them as robotic devices. Agenda: 6:00-^:15 PM Greet and Meet 6:15-6:20 Introduction of Dr. Scott by Host 6:20-7:30 Presentation by Dr. Scott 7:30 Pizza Arrival 7:30-8:00 Q&A, Discussions and Adjourn   Location: Room: 333 Bldg: Robert Frost *Building 17) North River Road University of Southern New Hampshire Manchester, New Hampshire 03106

Smart robots not only require significant computer processing power, but as importantly, they require input from the both internal mechanisms within the robot as well as external inputs from the surrounding environment.  These sensors enable robots to obtain a sense of touch, feel, hearing, vision and yes even a sense of taste and smell.  While such sensors have existed, they were large, expensive and totally inappropriate for robotic applications. Silicon IC manufacturers have joined with mechanical engineers to design electro-mechanical devices using silicon as both the mechanical material as well as the electronics to literally place computers onto wheels, levers and gears. This has lead to a profusion of very low cost, high performance, sensors with the form factor to fit robotic applications.  This talk will review the brief history of this field and give examples of many applications as well as show future work being done using these devices to program and control living insects and use them as robotic devices. Agenda: 6:00-^:15 PM Greet and Meet 6:15-6:20 Introduction of Dr. Scott by Host 6:20-7:30 Presentation by Dr. Scott 7:30 Pizza Arrival 7:30-8:00 Q&A, Discussions and Adjourn   Location: Room: 333 Bldg: Robert Frost *Building 17) North River Road University of Southern New Hampshire Manchester, New Hampshire 03106

This will be a round table informal chatting about IEEE Computer Society and its Benefits. If you would like to learn about this field, please join us at UNH Manchester Pandora Bldg Cafeteria 88 Commercial Street, Manchester NH. Speaker(s): Dr. Baris Kazar, Agenda: Just chatting :) Location: Room: Cafeteria Bldg: UNH Manchester Pandora Bldg 88 Commercial Street MANCHESTER, New Hampshire