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The workshop host will present an introduction to RFID technology as well as demonstrate the learned concepts through some projects created with the Raspberry Pi. Over the course of this workshop, the host will aim to cover: • The meaning of radio-frequency identification and how the system works • The common everyday applications of RFID technology • A short discussion about the Raspberry Pi and how to set it up • Some sample projects created with the Raspberry Pi demonstrating concepts Speaker(s): Ari Karimalis, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/320859

Join the IEEE Toronto ComSoc Chapter for this in-person talk by Dr. Lina Bariah, from the Technology Innovation Institute, on "A Holistic Vision of Sustainable Smart Cities" ! Since the evolution of the smart city concept, the way we are living our everyday life has been revolving toward integrating intelligence in every aspect of our lives, spanning from automated systems, smart homes, smart buildings and factories, to intelligent transportation systems and intelligent retail. While this paradigm has motivated the emergence of novel technological trends, in order to meet its demanding requirements, several technologies have played a fundamental role in enabling the smart city concept, such as internet-of-things (IoT), sensing, machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI), and cloud and edge computing, to name a few. Along the way, wireless network generations have fundamentally participated in maturing the paradigm of smart city, which will continue to grow with the aim to realize pervasive user-centric applications supported by ubiquitous intelligence. This means, AI is anticipated to be the fuel for every aspect in smart cities. This talk will explore the opportunities offered by wireless networks in smart city applications, and the role of AI as the main orchestrator. Speaker(s): Lina Bariah, Room: 4th Floor- BA 4164, Bldg: Bahen Centre for Information Technology, University of Toronto, 40 St George St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, ON M5S2E4

The spectrum above 100 GHz offers plentiful bandwidth for ultra-high-speed communication and high-resolution sensing, thereby providing a promising foundation for realizing unprecedented capabilities in next-generation wireless networks. In this talk, I will begin by presenting emerging transceiver architecture that can enable directional sub-THz steering without traditional multi-antenna arrays. I will discuss how to exploit the key characteristics of sub-THz signals and the proposed architecture for high-resolution localization. Such sensing modalities can then be exploited to enable highly directional, high data rate links that are robust to client and environmental mobility. I will address one of the main concerns with sub-THz networking which is high power consumption by introducing the first ultra-wideband retro-directive backscatter above 100 GHz. Finally, I will discuss new security paradigms in this regime: while the conventional wisdom suggests that physical layer security improves with narrow beams, I will explain new vulnerabilities introduced by the control plane as well as emerging low-cost smart reflecting surfaces. I will conclude the talk by illustrating fundamentally new techniques for wireless authentication and security. Speaker(s): Yasaman Ghasempour , Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/320934

Join IEEE Toronto Young Professionals Affinity Group to discuss best cloud security practices and approaches. Co-sponsored by: Vancouver Section Affinity Group,YP Speaker(s): Farshad Abasi, Agenda: Topics that will be covered are: AWS Security Hub GuardDuty Inspector Config CloudTrail IoT Device Defender Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/321667

Intended for the students of SEMET at Seneca College in Toronto, ON. Serves as a chance for students to talk to a graduate of the college on this possible career path. Speaker(s): Gabriel Chan, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/321665

Reliable and scalable wireless transmissions for Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) are technically challenging. Each vehicle, from driver-assisted to automated one, will generate a flood of information, up to thousands of times of that by a person. Vehicle density may change drastically over time and location. Emergency messages and real-time cooperative control messages have stringent delay constraints, while infotainment applications may tolerate a certain degree of latency. On a congested road, vehicles need to exchange information badly, only to find that services are not available due to scarcity of wireless spectrum. Considering the service requirements of heterogeneous V2X applications, service guarantee relies on an in-depth understanding of network performance and innovations in wireless resource management. In this talk, we compare the performance of vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) beacon broadcasting using random access-based (IEEE 802.11p) and resource allocation-based (C-V2X) protocols and introduce several enhancement strategies to mitigate packet collisions, recover from transmission errors, and support two-user non-orthogonal transmissions. They can be become enabling tools toward reliable and scalable V2X for future intelligent transportation systems. Speaker(s): Dr. Cai, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/322914

If are you an inspiring engineer, come join our coffee chat as it's an excellent opportunity for all aspiring engineers to have a glimpse of their bright future while providing them with industry knowledge from a current software engineer. Speaker(s): Gabriel Chan, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/323617

R7 LMAG MONTHLY MEETING Oakville, Ontario, Canada, L6H 2B1, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/324578

Austin ComSoc/SP/CtSoc and Computer/EMBS joint chapters would like to invite you to attend a special VDL talk on "AI Based Zero Energy Communication in 6G” Speaker: Prof. Sinem Coleri, Koc University (Turkey) Abstract —————- Supporting low- or zero-energy machine type devices through the incorporation of energy harvesting technologies in 6G is expected to reduce frequent battery replacements as well as sustaining the operation of battery-less devices. The nodes can harvest energy from natural sources, such as sun, vibration and pressure; inductive and magnetic coupling; and radio frequency (RF) based wireless energy transfer. The complexity of the integration of energy harvesting into communication system design is increasing with the wide variety of the requirements of massive machine type communication scenarios in terms of reliability, delay and throughput. This high complexity can only be handled by the usage of AI techniques to continuously monitor the system knowledge and update the optimal communication and energy harvesting parameters accordingly. In this talk, novel optimal resource allocation algorithms are presented for low- or zero-energy machine type devices based on the usage of AI techniques. The wireless communication network and energy harvesting parameters are mapped to the optimal resource allocation by using deep neural networks. Bio —— Sinem Coleri is Professor in the department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Koc University. She is also the founding director of Wireless Networks Laboratory (WNL). Her research interests are in wireless communications and networking with applications in machine-to-machine communication, sensor networks and intelligent transportation systems. Sinem Coleri received the BS degree in electrical and electronics engineering from Bilkent University in 2000, the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering and computer sciences from University of California Berkeley in 2002 and 2005. She worked as a research scientist in Wireless Sensor Networks Berkeley Lab under sponsorship of Pirelli and Telecom Italia from 2006 to 2009. Since September 2009, she has been a faculty member in the department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Koc University. Dr. Coleri has more than 180 peer-reviewed publications with citations over 8900 ((https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=XhV0a1UAAAAJ&hl=en)). She has received numerous awards and recognitions, including TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) Incentive Award and IEEE Vehicular Technology Society 2020 Neal Shepherd Memorial Best Propagation Paper Award in 2020, College of Engineering Outstanding Faculty Award at Koc University and IEEE Communications Letters Exemplary Editor Award as Area Editor in 2019, Turkish Academy of Sciences Distinguished Young Scientist (TUBA-GEBIP) in 2015. Dr. Coleri has been Area Editor of IEEE Communications Letters and IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society since 2019, Editor of IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology since 2016 and Senior Editor of IEEE Access since 2022. She is an IEEE Fellow. Zoom info will be issued to all that registered. For any additional information, please send an email to F. Behmann at f.behmann@ieee.org Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/321886

Becoming a security expert and staying up to date has never been harder. Threats are continuously evolving, the attack surfaces are expanding and stakeholders are demanding more transparency. This presentation will uncover what is needed to become a sophisticated security professional and how to adapt to the changing role. Newcomers will learn what cybersecurity is all about and how to pursue it as a career, while those already working in the field will learn about the latest trends and growth opportunities. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/321067

Officers' Meeting Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/325347