The COVID-19 pandemic, to say the least, has disrupted our normal lives, including holding and attending regular technical talks at a physical venue – an important part of the IEEE activities before the pandemic that had greatly benefited the IEEE members. Shortly after the outbreak of the pandemic, the IEEE ComSoc San Diego chapter quickly moved all technical talks online. Thanks to the communication technologies owing much to the contributions from members of IEEE ComSoc, holding meetings online turned out to be beneficial in terms of better connecting the speakers, the attendees, and the organizers, and overcoming geographical barriers...