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Why Deep Learning Works So Well?

Room ENG 358, 245 Church St, Toronto, M5B 1Z4

Monday, November 27th at 10:30 a.m., Prof. C.-C. Jay Kuo, Fellow of IEEE and Dean’s Professor in Electrical Engineering-Systems, University of Southern California, will be presenting “Why Deep Learning Works So Well?”. Day & Time: Monday, November 27, 2017 10:30 a.m. ‐ 11:30 a.m. Speaker: Prof. C.-C. Jay Kuo, Fellow of IEEE, AAAS, SPIE Dean’s Professor in Electrical Engineering-Systems, University of Southern California Location: Room ENG 358 George Vari Engineering Building (Intersection of Church & Gould) Ryerson University 245 Church St, Toronto, M5B 1Z4 Contact: Xiao-Ping Zhang, Alireza Sadeghian, Alex Dela Cruz Organizer: Electrical and Computer Engineering and CASPAL Ryerson Signals & Computational Intelligence Chapter Abstract: Deep learning networks, including convolution and recurrent neural networks (CNN and RNN), provide a powerful tool for image, video and speech processing and understanding nowadays. However, their superior performance has not been well understood. In this talk, I will unveil the myth of the superior performance of CNNs. To begin with, I will describe network architectural evolution in three generations: first, the McClulloch and Pitts (M-P) neuron model and simple networks (1940-1980); second, the artificial neural network (ANN) (1980-2000); and, third, the modern CNN (2000-Present). The differences between these three generations will be clearly explained. Next, theoretical foundations of CNNs have been studied from the approximation, the optimization and the signal representation viewpoints, and I will present main results from the signal processing viewpoints. I will use an intuitive way to explain the complicated operations of the CNN systems. Biography: Dr. C.-C. Jay Kuo received his Ph.D. degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1987. He is now with the University of Southern California (USC) as Director of the Media Communications Laboratory and Dean’s Professor in Electrical Engineering-Systems. His research interests are in the areas of digital media processing, compression, communication and networking technologies. Dr. Kuo was the Editor-in-Chief for the IEEE Trans. on Information Forensics and Security in 2012-2014. He was the Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation in 1997-2011, and served as Editor for 10 other international journals. Dr. Kuo received the 1992 National Science Foundation Young Investigator (NYI) Award, the 1993 National Science Foundation Presidential Faculty Fellow (PFF) Award, the 2010 Electronic Imaging Scientist of the Year Award, the 2010-11 Fulbright-Nokia Distinguished Chair in Information and Communications Technologies, the 2011 Pan Wen-Yuan Outstanding Research Award, the 2014 USC Northrop Grumman Excellence in Teaching Award, the 2016 USC Associates Award for Excellence in Teaching, the 2016 IEEE Computer Society Taylor L. Booth Education Award, the 2016 IEEE Circuits and Systems Society John Choma Education Award, the 2016 IS&T Raymond C. Bowman Award, and the 2017 IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award. Dr. Kuo is a Fellow of AAAS, IEEE and SPIE. He has guided 140 students to their Ph.D. degrees and supervised 25 postdoctoral research fellows. Dr. Kuo is a co-author of about 250 journal papers, 900 conference papers and 14 books.

System of Systems Engineering – Systems Analysis and Policy Optimization

Room ENG 210, 245 Church Street, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3

Monday November 27, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. Kyarash Shahriari will be presenting “System of Systems Engineering – Systems Analysis and Policy Optimization”. Day & Time: Monday November 27, 2017 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Speaker: Kyarash Shahriari Location: Room ENG 210 George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre 245 Church Street, Toronto, ON M5B 1Z4 Contact: Mehrdad Tirandazian Organizers: IEEE Toronto Systems Chapter, IEEE Toronto Aerospace & Electronic Systems Chapter Abstract: The new social/economical/environmental context we are living in necessitates ever-increasing complex and collaborative systems. This has given birth to a new category of systems called System of Systems (SoS). SoS is a collection of interconnected complex systems each of which are independent in structure and governance, occasionally competitors in their activities, but collaborate together, by force or in a volunteer basis, to achieve specific objectives and to look for emergent properties which are not otherwise achievable. Examples of the SoS are System of financial institutions in a country; a regional electrical grid including distributed power generators operating together in an open energy market; or transportation network in provincial, federal, or international level. Treating the previously known complex systems in SoS context implies new modeling, simulation, and analysis engineering tools together with new optimization methodologies. The main benefits, especially for policy makers and authorities, would then be the simplicity of analysis and adjustments of policies which results in costs reduction for both authorities and stakeholders. In this talk we review the concept of SoS, the differences between SoS and previously known complex systems, and the state of the engineering tools for these systems. Biography: Kyarash received his B.Sc.’2000 in Electronics Engineering, and MSc’2003 and PhD’2007 in Control Systems Engineering respectively from Institute National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG) and Universite Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France. He started his professional career with Atkins Rail, London, UK, as Systems Research Engineer where he worked on developing integrated system-oriented frameworks for Safety, Security, and Sustainability Analysis. After moving to Canada in 2008, he joined LACM laboratory, Laval University, as research fellow and Centre de recherche industrielle du Quebec (CRIQ), Quebec City, a year after, as Research Officer with the main focus on Complex Dynamic Systems Control, System of Systems Engineering, Energy Efficiency and Continuous Improvement in energy intensive industries. To accept new challenges, Kyarash moved to aerospace industry in 2013 and joined Aversan Inc. / Honeywell Aerospace as Control Systems Design Engineer where he work on Environmental Control Systems (ECS) in aircrafts. Kyarash is a Senior Member of the IEEE, he was the founder chair of Young Professional Affinity Group, Quebec City Section, and is currently holding Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AESS) chapter chair, Toronto Section. He is also registered professional engineer in Quebec and in Ontario Provinces. Kyarash’s main field or interests are System of Systems, Advanced Control Systems, and Energy Efficiency.

Hatching A Tech Startup

Room: ENG 288, George Vari Centre for Computing and Engineering

Tech startups have special challenges. Founders need to keep an eye on technology disruption, they have to find, recruit and keep the best talent, and they have to stay ahead of their competition. In the early stages there are no funds and never enough resources or time. In spite of this tech startup founders find a way to stand up their first product and land their first customers. Join us for an afternoon with tech startup founders Melinda Jacobs, Cofounder, Lucent Sky, Maria Karam, Founder, Tactile Audio Displays Inc and the Inventor’s Nest, and Eddy Song Fonder of Inlighten Co as they share their own stories of the early stages of their businesses. Come and hear how they do it and how they turn their ideas into products customers want. Day & Time: Monday November 27th, 2017 3:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Speakers: Melinda Jacobs, Cofounder, Lucent Sky Dr. Maria Karam, Founder, Tactile Audio Displays Inc & Inventor’s Nest Eddy Song, Founder, Inlighten Co. Location: Room: ENG 288, George Vari Centre for Computing and Engineering 245 Church Street Toronto, Ontario M5B 2K3 RVSP: https://www.meetup.com/Get-Your-Bot-On-Robotics-Hackathon/events/245069438/ Contact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour Organizer: Get Your Bot On!, WIE IEEE Toronto, Instrumentation-Measurement/Robotics-Automation, Magnetics, and Computer Science Department of Ryerson University. Agenda: 3:30 p.m. – Doors Open and Networking 4:00 p.m. – Welcome and Speakers 4:50 p.m. – Panel and Q&A 5:30 p.m. – Closing Remarks 6:00 p.m. – Close Biography: Melinda Jacobs is cofounder of Lucent Sky, an application security vendor based in San Francisco and Taipei. Originally from Fredericton, Melinda studied as a Loran Scholar at the University of Toronto and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the University of Toronto Alumni Association (UTAA). Last year Melinda presented a keynote at the Lean Startup conference in San Francisco and is a frequent presenter on social entrepreneurship, security and risk. She was recently named a Senior Fellow of the Canadian International Council and now resides in Toronto. Dr. Karam is the inventor and President of Tactile Audio Displays inc., and a Senior visiting research fellow at Kings College London UK. Dr. Karam’s specializes in the research and development of tactile communication systems and multi sensory technology integration in luxury autonomous vehicles, accessibility, and immersive entertainment environments. Maria is also the founder of the Inventors Nest, a new innovation and collaboration hub for artists, scientists, and techies. (please shorten or select the parts you think are relevant). I have also been a member of the IEEE since 2005. Eddy Song is the founder of Inlighten Co. Inlighten makes fashionable clothing from fibre optic textiles. Their first products are popular with the EDM community.