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IMPALA article featured in IEEE Spectrum Magazine: Big Data Could Accelerate Drug Approvals Roche and other pharmaceutical companies work together to streamline the QA process
by KATHY PRETZ 14 FEB 2023
It can take up to 15 years to get a new drug through the regulatory-approval process before it becomes available to patients. One of the reasons is the time it takes to analyze the mountains of data generated by clinical trials about the efficacy and safety of the product. Read more.
Featured in FORBES magazine: The Role Of Consortia And Standards In The Industrial Sector
by Christine Boles Vice President Network and Edge Group, General Manager Federal & Industrial Solutions at Intel Corporation.
Over the past decades, consortia and standards have become an important component in many industries’ operating models. This is a result of hundreds of organizations working together for many years to find a better way to collaborate. They found that consortia and standards participation facilitated the development of open, vendor-neutral technology standards and certifications to streamline operations while enabling the flexibility of adding new technology as it became available. Read more.
Alliance Program Highlights
DALI Alliance reaches double milestone of 3000 DALI-2 products and 350 members
Piscataway, NJ, USA – February 28, 2023: The DALI Alliance has reached two important new milestones that demonstrate broad global support for the organization and its certification programs. The number of certified DALI-2 products now exceeds 3,000 devices, and at the same time DALI Alliance’s membership has grown to 350 members. Read more.
Top Satellite Companies and Users Join the DIFI Consortium
PISCATAWAY, NJ: March 6, 2023: The Digital Intermediate Frequency Interoperability Consortium (DIFI) announced today the addition of new member organizations to its growing family of satellite service, technology, and major user organizations. Joining DIFI in the second half of 2022 were:
US Army C5ISR Center Hughes Network Systems
Inmarsat SES Engineering
Airbus Defense and Space Safran Data Systems
Aurora Borealis Networks Rincon Research Corporation
ISTO is supporting IEEE France Section and the ILIAD Project that aims at establishing an interoperable, data-intensive, and cost-effective Digital Twin of the Ocean (DTO).
Iliad experts to give keynote speech and plenary talks at Paris World Ocean Data Conference
On March 21st, Iliad scientists Bente Lilja Bye, Christopher Genillard, Arne-Jørgen Berre, and Lena Neidhardt will give a plenary talk titled 'Aquaculture Risk Metrics – A digital twin of the ocean with risk data and information for multiple stakeholders', as part of an afternoon session on interdisciplinarity and societal needs. Read more.
MIPI CSI-2 Security Forum Available On Demand
The co-chairs of the MIPI Security Working Group recently hosted a CSI-2 Security Forum to provide an in-depth look at the unique approach MIPI is undertaking to protect automotive data streams between MIPI CSI-2®-based sensors and their related ECUs from the perspectives of authentication, integrity and confidentiality. If you would like to learn more about the MIPI Security Framework and the forthcoming specifications that will enable security in CSI-2 data streams, both the presentation (PDF) and event recording are available on demand.
MIPI Specifications Showcased at embedded world Conference
This week at the embedded world Exhibition & Conference in Nuremberg, Germany, MIPI specifications were the focus of nine presentations, including two “Board Level Hardware Engineering” education tracks. The first MIPI track included sessions on the MIPI I3C® utility and control bus interface, and the other track featured sessions on MIPI A-PHY® and the MIPI Automotive SerDes Solutions (MASS℠) framework. Additional sessions covered MIPI CSI-2®, display specifications and various design considerations around MIPI interfaces.
New MIPI Specification: DisCo for Imaging
Adopted in late 2022, MIPI Discovery and Configuration (DisCo℠) for Imaging v1.0 provides a common mechanism to allow system developers to easily discover and use cameras and other devices that are connected via MIPI CSI-2®, the high-speed protocol for transmission of still and video images from image sensors to application processors. The specification is designed to support components connected via current, former and future versions of CSI-2.
MIPI Members Honored for Outstanding Contributions
At the 10th annual MIPI Alliance Membership Awards Ceremony, held in conjunction with the recent MIPI Member Meeting in Lisbon, 10 recipients in six categories were recognized for their contributions and leadership to the Alliance:
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Sergio Silva of Synopsys, Inc.
- Corporate Award: Western Digital Technologies Inc.
- Working Group Leadership Award: Philip Hawkes of Qualcomm Incorporated (Security Working Group) and Niel Warren of Google LLC (Audio Working Group)
- Distinguished Service Award: Nadav Banet of Valens Semiconductor, Hendrik Lange of KIOXIA Corporation, Cédric Marta of Synopsys, Inc. and Jürgen Urban of KIOXIA Corporation
- Special Achievement Award: Chris Grigg, MIPI Alliance specifications and technical editing director
- Legacy Award: Paul Kimelman of NXP Semiconductors
Zhaga Smart City Sensor Awards
The Zhaga Consortium is launching the global Zhaga Smart City Sensor Awards to address the
needs of many cities that have installed Zhaga-D4i certified streetlights. The awards encourage and recognize excellence in smart city sensors that can be installed on streetlights using the Zhaga Book 18 standard and are suitable for Zhaga-D4i certification.
Sensor manufacturers, innovators as well as universities and students are encouraged to submit their applications by 3 March 2023.
Commercial participants who win an award will receive international public recognition via an article in a leading lighting publication and via Zhaga social media channels. They will also be entitled to make specific reference to the awards in marketing material. Students and researchers from recognised educational institutions are eligible for a 2000€ prize. Runner-ups will receive a digital certificate.
Learn more.
PROGRAM NEWS & EVENTS
Recent News
Clinical Research Data Sharing Alliance (CRDSA)
Digital Illumination Interface Alliance
Feb 21 :DALI reaches double milestone of 3,000 DALI-2 products and 350 members
Feb 14: LEDucation 2023: Seminar on Interoperable Digital Lighting Systems
Feb 13: Fourth DALI China Summit to take place in Shenzhen on March 23
Feb 8: Job opportunity: DALI Alliance Technical Communicator
Jan 11: New Edition of Part 202 for self-contained emergency
Jan 11: Fuan Electronics becomes a Regular member of the DALI Alliance
Jan 5: Lighting Controls Association: Educating the marketplace
Digital Intermediate Frequency Interoperability Consortium (DIFI)
- 26 January 2023: DIFI Lays the Building Blocks for Ground Tech Interoperability
MIPI Alliance
- 28 February 2023: MIPI Alliance Welcomes Google as a Promoter Member
- 21 February 2023: MIPI Specifications for IoT and Automotive To Be Featured in Education Sessions at embedded world Conference
PWG
- 7 March 2023: PWG Approved: IPP Driver Replacement Extensions v2.0 (NODRIVER)
- 2 March 2023: PWG Approved: IPP Job Extensions v2.1 (JOBEXT)
Wireless Power Consortium
Upcoming Events
Clinical Research Data Sharing Alliance
Digital Illumination Interface Alliance
23 March 2023: The fourth DALI China Summit: DALI-2 Intelligent Lighting Controls & Application Designs
- 23-25 May 2023: Lightfair 2023
- 9-12 June 2023: Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition (GILE)
MIPI Alliance
- 26-30 June 2023: MIPI Member Meeting North America #63
- 30 June 2023: MIPI DevCon 2023
ITEMS OF INTEREST
What if you could live longer—and better? That is the premise of a new docuseries, Limitless with Chris Hemsworth, whose host is on a personal mission to learn how to extend health, strength, and intellect further into later life. New scientific research is shattering conventional wisdom about the human body and offering intriguing insights into how we can unlock our body’s superpowers to fight illness, perform better, and even reverse the aging process. Read more.
Ethernet Camera Bridge for Software-Defined Vehicles: Automotive Transformation
Smart car and data center-on-wheels are just some of the terms being used to define the exciting new waves of technology transforming the automotive industry and promising safer, greener self-driving cars and enhanced user experiences. Read more.
Four Foundational Technology Trends to Watch in 2023
Increased Connectivity Capabilities Lead to Growing Investment in and Adoption of AI and AI Data Governance, Robotics Automation, Edge Computing, and Metaverse
In recent years, the increased connectivity capabilities of massive data aggregation devices have led to a growth in the investment and adoption of emerging technologies and new applications. Advances in artificial intelligence (AI), automation, robotics, and computing, and their intersection has become a focus for many organizations, agencies, and companies across a multitude of industries. Read more.
WEBINARS ON HOT TOPICS
IEEE Metaverse Congress - Session 9: NEW YEAR, NEW MOMENTUM
Topics to be covered include what it will take to build an open metaverse, next generation processors and tools for AR, and the challenges and risks in evolving 3D standards, and more.
GLOBAL INSIGHTS WEBINAR SERIES: Driving a resilient and inclusive digital transformation through innovation, science and emerging technologies for a green, sustainable future
This webinar series will address how to build resiliency during times of global crisis to ensure global trade, critical infrastructure, supply chains and technology are available to all ecosystems.
IEC/IEEE 60802TM: The Case for the Converged Network in the Factory of the Future
THURSDAY, 6 APRIL 2023 | 9:00 AM ET | 13:00 UTC
This webinar will discuss the IEC/IEEE 60802 TSN profile for industrial automation. Further, it will explore the requirements of the factory of the future and value TSN brings to these applications.
Yu Yuan, IEEE SA President
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