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Reviews some papers that will be presented at the 1998 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) in San Francisco, California. Details on several sessions that will be conducted.

This article focuses on the events and activities related to the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The ACM Special Interest Group on Design Automation and the Design Automation Technical Committee are sponsoring the 13th Design Automation Conference that will be held during June 28-30, at Jack Tar Hotel, San Francisco, California. The purpose of this conference is to provide a forum whereby developments in the field of design automation can be presented and discussed. The conference aim is to improve and expand the quality and quantity of design automation developments. The three-day technical program has been arranged so that the technical papers are presented concurrently in different disciplines of design automation. The International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) announced that the next of the triennial IFIP Congresses will be held in Toronto, Canada during August 8-12, 1977. The theme of the Congress is "The Maturing Profession--Perspectives and Prospects." IFIP Congress 77 will be the first North American gathering of international computer professionals under the aegis of IFIP since 1965.

The article discusses the papers presented at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) held in February 2009 at the San Francisco Marriott hotel in California. One of the papers considers the introduction of Intel Corp.'s Nehalem-EX server CPU, a 2.3 billion-transistor member of its 45-nm Nehalem family. Meanwhile, another paper shows the technique described by Hideaki Saito, a principal researcher at NEC Corp., for stacking a memory chip using direct aluminum-to-copper links.

Conference papers related to psychology are presented. The papers cover various topics which include the capability of older white men to cope with stress, increased risk of war veterans with depression for family problems and domestic abuse, and the violent behavior of makes with an extreme form of shyness.

The article reports on the two technical papers presented at the recent International Interconnects Technology Conference in San Francisco, California. The papers indicated the semiconductor researchers' power-saving techniques as they scale chips to smaller sizes. Researchers from Intel Corp. showed direction on how to optimize repeater and logic transistor technologies, as well as improving repeater insertion methods and applying three-dimensional integration. Another paper from Georgia Institute of Technology suggested the use of carbon nanotubes to address some of the challenges of gigascale-integration interconnects.

Focuses on the presentation of ferro-electric memories at the International Electron Devices Meeting in San Francisco, California. Overview of the research paper from Texas Instruments, Agilent Technologies and Ramtron International; Description of volt embedded-Ferrous random access memory technology; Details of the paper of Fujitsu.

Information about several papers discussed during the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Conference held on October 1 to 5, 2010 in San Francisco, California on the role of acceptance and promotion of circumcision is presented. Topics include the report of Ron Dempsey which tackles infant circumcision, parenting and the themes and challenges for intactivism. The symposium featured several speakers including Amy Callan, Ron Dempsey and Brian O'Donnell.

Information about several papers discussed at a conference sponsored by Higher One Inc. on the excellence and innovation of the universities' administrative operations held at the Grand Hyatt in San Francisco Bay in San Francisco, California in 2010 is presented. Topics include the importance of improving efficiency to generate savings, and the criteria to qualify for the Models of Efficiency program. The conference featured several school employees including Dan Kinnaman.

Information about several papers discussed at the Web 2.0 Expo held in San Francisco, California on April 22-25, 2008 is presented. During the event, big and small computer vendors pushed their visions of service platforms. Microsoft also unveiled its Technology Preview of its Live Mesh synchronization technology during the event.

Information about several papers discussed at the green information technology (IT) movement held on February 20, 2008 in San Francisco, California. It was the first convocation of an 18-month-old coalition called the Connected Urban Development, spearheaded by Cisco Systems and its chairman and chief executive officer, John Chambers. They met to discuss how network connectivity can reduce carbon emissions from cities, countries and individuals.

Information on the discussion of designs for biomedical devices at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference in San Francisco, California is presented. German researchers presented an artificial silicon retina consisting of 232 electrodes, that will be implanted in few patients in 2007 by Intelligent Medical Implants AG, one of the co-developers. Maurits Ortmanns, an assistant professor who discussed the paper, revealed that patients with the implant will have real visual reception.

The article reports that Rambus Inc. will reveal a technique for delivering Input/Output with power rates of 2.2 milli-watts per gigabit per second, at the 2007 International Solid-State Circuits Conference in San Francisco, California. In its prepared paper, Rambus Inc. will describe a 6-Gbit/second serializer/deserializer transceiver at 2.2 mW/Gbit/s in 90-nanometer process technology. The company believes that the technology would achieve power reduction and would deliver high performance.

The article highlights IBM Corp.'s (IC) emphasis on electronic frequency as presented at the 2006 International Solid-State Circuits conference in San Francisco, California. IC design engineers delivered three papers that described the pending Power6 microprocessor, aimed at the company's own pSeries servers. The 65-nanometer Power6 will be launched in the four- to five-gigahertz range when servers begin shipping in 2007.

Provides information on the 50th International Solid-State Circuits Conference that will be held on February 10, 2003 in San Francisco, California. Theme of the keynote speech that will be delivered by Gordon Moore, chairman emeritus of Intel Corp.; Paper sessions; Panels; Workshops.

Reports on the holding of the 48th International Electron Devices Meeting in San Francisco, California, from December 8-11, 2002. Topics of the opening papers session; Product introductions.

Information about several papers discussed at the Google I/O Developer Conference held in San Francisco, California on May 28-29, 2008 is presented. A roundtable discussion was sponsored by the company where participants discussed the business implication of developing in the cloud. Vic Gundotra, vice president of engineering at Google, also gives his keynote speech.

Information about several papers discussed at the Web 2.0 Expo held at San Francisco, California on April 24, 2008 is presented. During the event, Marc Andreessen, founder of Ning, was grilled with myriads of questions from attendees. He was asked on his opinion of Microsoft, which the Netscape and Loudcloud creator avoided with ease.

Information about several papers discussed at the Open Source Business Conference in San Francisco, California in 2008 is presented. Microsoft Corp.'s lawyer Brad Smith pleaded that the relationship between his company and open source developers will be less abrasive and addresses an open source gathering. He assured that the company wanted to sign as many patent agreements with other software companies.

Information about several papers discussed at the education summit held on February 26-27, 2008 in San Francisco, California. The event was attended by 750 school district, K-12 college and university information technology (IT) administrators wherein they will listen to the discussion of Scott McNealy, chairman of the board of directors of Sun Microsystems, regarding the latest in technology for the classroom.

Information about several papers discussed at the American Thoracic Society's 103rd International Conference held in San Francisco, California is presented. The conference featured several studies on the consequences of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Studies presented include those of Alan Mulgrew, M.D., Nader Botros, M.D. and Hatim Youssef, D.O.

The article reports on the presentation of two papers at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference in San Francisco, California that discussed advances in medical test equipment. Shu-Jen Han at the Stanford University presented his work on a DNA detector that would lower the size and cost of DNA microarray test equipment. Long-Shen Fan at the National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan discussed development of a desktop magnetic resonance imaging system for cellular-level research.

The article previews the International Solid-State Circuits Conference to be held from February 5-9, 2006 in San Francisco, California. The record number of papers that will be presented at this landmark event will topple records in chip density, performance and sophistication. But amid the sound of shattering records are more subtle themes like gradual shifts in architectural thinking, the quiet emergence of entirely new technologies in bioscience and organic circuits and the incredible continuity of silicon CMOS. The CMOS theme will be sounded in the first keynote of the plenary session.

Reports that the American Library Association's Rare Books and Manuscript Section will hold its year 2001 preconference in San Francisco, California. Highlights of the conference; Papers, seminars and workshops; Contact information.