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IEEE P3151 – SURFACE ANTIMICROBIAL COATINGS WORKING GROUP (SACWG)

Standards Committee: EMB Standards Committee, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (Primary sponsor)

Standards Committee Chair: Carole C. Carey c.carey@ieee.org

TITLE: Standard for Spray-On Surface Antimicrobial Coatings Test Methodology

Scope: This standard specifies an objective performance test methodology to assess the efficacy of non-porous surface antimicrobial coatings against different organism groups (e.g., bacteria, viruses, yeasts, and molds) present within hospital and healthcare environments. The standard is applicable to all types of environmental surface antimicrobial coatings that are designed to be sprayed onto and coat the surface to provide continual antimicrobial activity for a specified period of time. This standard excludes antimicrobial coatings (such as, antimicrobial plastics, polymers, silicone, paints, etc.) incorporated during the manufacturing process and non-environmental antimicrobial coatings specifically intended for medical devices.

Website: https://sagroups.ieee.org/3151/

Chair: Jade Pallett, jade.pallett@zoono.com

Planned Meetings:

Fourth meeting: 07/26/22 from 10 – 11 am EDT

Fifth meeting: 08/16/22 from 10 – 11 am EDT

Sixth meeting: 09/06/22 from 10 – 11 am EDT

Seventh meeting:09/27/22 from 10 – 11 am EDT

Eight meeting: 10/18/22 from 10 – 11 am EDT

Ninth meeting: 11/15/22 from 10 – 11 am EST

Tenth meeting: 12/6/22 from 10 – 11 am EST

First meeting of 2023: 01/10/23 from 10 – 11 am EST

Second meeting of 2023: Likely 01/31/23 from 10 – 11 am EST

IEEE Standards Association (IEEE SA) invites you to participate in the Working Group for IEEE P3155™, Standard for Programmable Quantum Simulator.

The quantum simulator (i.e., one controllable quantum system simulates another) has a quantum advantage over classical supercomputers that fail by exponential explosion (i.e., number of parameters grows exponentially with the quantum system size). This standard defines programming methods of quantum simulators according to analog (i.e., target Hamiltonian), digital (i.e., non-native Hamiltonian evolution) and hybrid (i.e., quantum-quantum or quantum-classical architectures) devices for the simulation of quantum phenomena beyond classical computing applications. It includes algorithms to represent the nano-scale properties of quantum simulation devices, and excludes any proposal for the architecture of quantum simulators.

Meeting registration is required.

Website: https://sagroups.ieee.org/3155/

For additional information and how to participate, contact the IEEE P3155™ Working Group Chair, Jonathan J. Attia, at jja@ieee.org or the IEEE SA Program Manager, Vanessa Lalitte, at v.lalitte@ieee.org.