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East TN IEEE Section Meeting and Technical Talk – January 28, 2025
Join us TUESDAY JANUARY 28, at 6:00 PM at SCHULZ BRAU BREWING COMPANY 126 Bernard Ave, Knoxville, TN 37917 for an IEEE East Tennessee Section meeting. Thomas "Tom" Karnowski, the current East Tennessee Section Chair, will introduce the agenda. We will have a brief introduction for each of our election nominees; Tristen Mullin, Ph.D., will brief on our new Young Professionals Affinity Group; Abhilasha Saroj, Ph.D., will discuss our new Transportation Electrification Council East Tennessee Chapter; and finally, our technical speaker will be Maria Mahbub, Ph.D., of Oak Ridge National Laboratory whose talk will be “Beyond the Black Box: Harnessing Retrieval-Augmented Generation for Smarter AI”. Registration is open to all section members including students, but is limited to 34 people due the meeting space size. We will be meeting in the mezzanine area, which we have reserved. Dinner will be provided from Schulz Brau (an assortment of pizzas) and drinks will be available for your purchase from SCHULZ BRAU. Please sign up soon and indicate any dietary considerations. Free parking is available across the street, on Bernard Ave, and in the Knox County Health Dept. parking lot (intersection of Cleveland Place and Bernard Ave) which adjoins SCHULZ BRAU's across-the-street parking. We look forward to meeting you all and working together to revitalize our section! Regards, Austin Albright, IEEE East TN Section Treasurer Agenda: - Introductions by Section Chair Tom Karnowski. - We will have a brief introduction for/from each of our nominees for the up coming section officers. - Tristen Mullins will brief on our new Young Professionals Affinity Group. - Abhilasha Saroj will discuss our new Transportation Electrification Council East Tennessee Chapter. - Finally, our technical speaker will be Maria Mahbub, Ph.D., of Oak Ridge National Laboratory with a talk tilted “Beyond the Black Box: Harnessing Retrieval-Augmented Generation for Smarter AI”. SCHULZ BRAU BREWING COMPANY , 126 Bernard Ave, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, 37917