Month: January 2009

Lecture 15: Monism; The Scientific Study of The Nature of The Human’s Nature

Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009, 7:30 pm.
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By: Taghi Asadi Kimyai, MD

Neurologist, Washington Hospital

 Synopsis:

This lecture includes a brief review of the evolution of the human thoughts about the nature of his own mind. Dr. Asadi will talk about the human genetic structure, proteins as building block of life, then he will discuss the structure of human brain. The division of labor of the brain and some slides showing images of the working brain in active human are other parts of this presentation. It will be shown how neurologists’ studies suggest that there is no need for any metaphysical phenomenon in the brain. In other words, there is no receptor in the brain for the metaphysics. Every action or thought has a center in the brain and the brain is sophisticated enough to do everything we do.

About the Lecturer:
Dr. Taghi Asadi is an adult neurologist, specialized in diseases of the nervous system (brain, spinal cord, nerves and muscles). His subspecialty is electro-diagnostic medicine, which is the study of electrical activities of the brain, the nervous system and the muscles. He is also interested in “Cognitive Science”, which is the study of human’s behavior, and thoughts. The latter is the basis of this lecture, which is an introduction to his recent book “Creation and Evolution of Human’s Brain and Psych”. This book has more than 40 chapters dealing with most aspects of human’s mind and psych, from the big bang to present. He graduated from Tehran University, Medical School in 1974. Then he moved to US and studied for 4 years in medicine and neurology here and one more year in Canada. He has 27 years of professional experience both in Iran and US. 5 years of academic work at the “Shahid Beheshti University” of Tehran and 22 years as a neurologist in Washington, DC. He is author of a text book in Neurology.

Location:

Montgomery Community College (Rockville Campus)- Humanity Building (HU), Conference Room 009

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Dues: $15 per person, $5 for students (including dinner)

Lecture 14: New Horizons in RFID; Innovative applications in RFID technologies

Thursday, January 8, 2009, 7:30 PM

By: Mr. Mohammad Soleimani, MSc.
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Kastle Systems

Synopsis:

Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) has been around and in common use for many years. RFID tags generally come in two broad technologies, Passive (without battery) and Active (with battery).  An example of passive format is contactless building access cards while an example of active tag is toll road transponders used in automobiles.

Recently, however, there is significant new interest in RFID as new standards have emerged that promote universal interoperability and enhance the functionality in many industry and consumer applications.

In this presentation, a broad review of the new standards and some of the emerging applications will be discussed.

About the Lecturer:

Mohammad Soleimani is Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Kastle Systems where he is responsible for all aspects of Technology development and IT efforts.

Mohammad has served as Chairman of the Board for SoleNet, Inc., an engineering services company focused on developing state of the art communications equipment, prior to his current position. Ha has also served as Vice President Engineering for RFID at Motorola, Inc. His responsibilities included advanced development and architectural design of Radio-frequency identification (RFID) equipment. Mohammad served as Vice President of Engineering at Matrics, Inc/Symbol Technologies from 2004 to 2006, where he was responsible for SW and HW development of RFID readers. Before joining Matrics, Inc/Symbol Technologies, Mohammad founded Sole Net, Inc. in 2001 and co-founded BitCom, Inc. in 1998. Mohammad also spent fifteen years as Senior Director for Hughes Network Systems (HNS), where he obtained tremendous leadership experience.

Mohammad obtained his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology and Master’s degree with honors from George Washington University. He holds more than 10 patents.

Location:

Montgomery Community College (Rockville Campus)- Humanity Building (HU), Conference Room 009

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Dues: $15 per person, $5 for students (including dinner)