Events for Friday, June 7, 2024

IEEE Toronto VTS/ComSoc/YP Chapters (Vehicular Technology /Communications/Young Professionals) are excited to announce that Workshop for Leaders of Tomorrow will be held on June 7th at Sears Atrium, Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), Toronto. The one-day workshop will provide premium networking opportunities, aiming to connect young professionals and students with distinguished speakers, industry leaders, and peers; showcase the work of young professionals and students; discussing and answering questions in job searching and professional career development. Agenda: 9:30-9:40: Welcome and Opening 9:40-10:10: Keynote 1 by Dr. Wen Tong 10:10-10:40: Keynote 2 by Dr. Shahrokh Valaee 10:40-11:10: Coffee Break, Project Evaluation 11:10-12:10: Young Professionals Presentations - 1 12:10-14:00: Lunch, Networking, and Project Evaluation 14:00-14:45: Young Professionals Presentations - 1 14:45-16:00: Industry Panel: Succeed Professional Career in the IT Engineering Industry 16:00-16:30: Coffee Break 16:30-17:00: Awards Certificates and Closing Remark Bldg: Engineering, 245 Church Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5B 2K3

[] Terahertz (THz) communications are envisioned as an up-and-coming and pivotal wireless technology for the sixth generation(6G) and beyond era. In particular, the ultra-wide THz band ranging from 0.1 to 10 THz offers enormous potential to alleviate the spectrum scarcity and break the capacity limitation of emerging wireless systems (such as 4G-LTE and 5G NR). This will undoubtedly support epoch-making wireless applications that demand ultra-high quality service requirements and multi-terabits per second data transmission in the intelligent information society in the 2030s, such as terabit-per-second backhaul systems, ultra-high-definition content streaming among mobile devices, and virtual/augmented reality. In this talk, I will introduce the role and importance of THz communications for the 6G and beyond wireless networks, while briefly describing the fundamental research on THz devices, channels, testbeds, and simulators. After this, I will give a brief summary of recent research advances in THz communications, focusing on performance analysis, spectrum allocation, and hybrid beamforming. Finally, I will discuss some pressing challenges for harnessing the benefits of THz communications in the next decades. Speaker(s): Prof. Nan Yang, Room: 7180, Bldg: Bahen Centre for Information Technology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada