[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Meeting Reminder: 10:0AM Wednesday, December 18, 2019 In Room 237. Potpourri.

[Jonathan Goode]

We meet Wednesdays 10:00AM to 11:30AM Eastern Time in Room 237 of the
Lexington Community Center, 39 Marrett Road, near the Masonic Museum. Use
the driveway for the Museum, then turn left to the building in the back.

*Dec 18, 2019   Potpourri.* *As time allows, John Rudy will finish “AI in
Medicine”**. Steve Isenberg will discuss cloud file storage. Gary Patrick
will present things he has learned from the computer blogs that he reads.*
* Plans for upcoming meetings Dec 25, 2019   Christmas. No meeting.*
*Jan 1, 2019      New Year’s Day. No meeting.*

*NOTE: the schedule below may be a bit fluid as leads must confirm the
items.*
*Jan 8, 2020      Cut the Cord: Leaving TV servers, like Comcast and taking
advantage of new ways, including the use of computers, to get programming.
(Steve Isenberg to lead the discussion) *

*Jan 15, 2020  IgNobel Awards for dubious inventions, presented by Peter
Albin*

*Jan 22, 2020    Tesla-Marconi conflict (Bob Primak, member)*


*Jan 29, 2020    Potpourri (John Rudy coordinate).  Include material from
Gary Patrick*

*Feb 5, 2020     Career Day.  Members discuss interesting things from their
career.  (John Rudy)*

*Feb 12, 2020   Space Update (George Gamota)*

*Feb 19, 2020   Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad AI presentation out on the
Web.  The YouTube version is a later presentation, and therefore improved
over earlier presentations.  (Steve Isenberg to coordinate it.)*

*Feb 26, 2020   Patents: What They Are, A Brief History of Them, How to
Read Them, How to Obtain Them (Dick Wagner, member)*

*Mar 4, 2020     Patent Licensing from Universities (Lita Nelson, Don’s
wife). Confirmed.*

*Mar 11, 2020   Space Geodesy, its properties and tools, presented by Mike
Pearlman of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics *

*Geodesy is the science of accurately measuring and understanding three
fundamental properties of the Earth: its geometric shape, its orientation
in space, and its gravity field— as well as the changes of these properties
with time.*
*Space Geodesy uses sources external to the Earth: artificial satellites
(in satellite geodesy), quasars (in very-long-baseline interferometry,
VLBI), and the retroreflectors on the Moon (in lunar laser ranging) to
measure these static and time varying properties.*
*Of current interest are measurements to monitor geodetic parameters and
their temporal variations in a global reference frame with a target
relative accuracy of 10E-9 – 10E-10, for both scientific understanding of
the Earth system and understanding their potential impact on society*
*Fundamental to these measurements is a reference frame that provides
stability over space, time, and evolving technology.*
*Mar 18, 2020   Potpourri  (led by Steve Isenberg)*


*Mar 25, 2020   The Manhattan Project (George Gamota)*

*Apr 1, 2020     Tracking New Diseases: Medical issues incl Vaping (Jerry
Slate, member) confirmed*

*Apr 8, 2020     Self-Driving Cars: Tesla and others.  George Gamota and
also friend of Bill Sciaretta*

*Apr 15, 2020   Lexington Communications Advisory Committee (Ken Pogran),
Winchester Advisory Committee (Don Nelson), Lex Media (Florence DelSanto);
(Harry Forsdick facilitator)  members.  Subjects might include the future
of 5G.  Must get Florence OK.*

*Apr 22, 2020   Potpourri (led by Peter Albin)*

*Apr 29, 2020   The Science behind Columbus (Bob Melanson, member)*

*May 6, 2020    3D Printing and Robotics in Industry:  An Update (George
Burnell)*

*May 13, 2020     Nuclear Power Generation (Dave Kahan). Confirmed*
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