Events

Saturday Online Study Group preparing for the Canadian Amateur Radio certification exam. 2hrs/week Course based on the certification study guide from https://www.coaxpublications.ca/ord0001.php Purchase the book if you are serious about learning this. Optional morse code practise with course. There are other books available that basically covers the same topics. Course continues depending on registration. Course is free. Available to anyone. This study group is repeating, if you miss a lecture, you can take it again 2-3 months later. Breaks for Humber Midterm exams, final exams and reading weeks Agenda: 2 hours per day saturday evening 4-6 pm Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/325197

IEEE Day Celebrations & Membership Information Session Agenda: Meeting in 2nd floor J area starting at 6:00 pm on Tuesday October 4. Free refreshments and snacks. Room: J, Bldg: J 2nd floor common area, 205 Humber College Blvd, Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada, M9W5L7

Australia’s renewable energy sector has been growing rapidly in the last several years. After a brief introduction to Australia, it’s resources and electricity networks, I will then give an update of the major (GW scale) renewable projects and some other key statistics and milestones in renewables growth for 2021/22. This growth has led to transmission network reviews and formal announcements of renewable energy zones (REZ) in NSW and Queensland. A specific example will be given: Powerlink’s Transmission network upgrade between Townsville and Cairns which supports Queensland’s Northern renewable energy zone. Both transmission and distribution network planners are also having to decide how to manage an increasingly variable sources of generation. Options such as more storage, demand management, and generation control are all possible solutions. Planning for and enabling them quickly, and hopefully at lowest cost, is an ongoing challenge. Energex are examining MW scale batteries as a genuine mechanism for delivering distribution network capacity upgrades, and all Distribution Network Service Providers (DNSPs) are examining Dynamic Operating Envelopes (DOEs) to better manage Distributed Energy Resources (DERs). Finally, I will mention the (slow) growth of EVs in Australia, discuss the reasons why, and the implications as this inevitably changes. Speaker(s): Geoff Walker, Room: MS 4279, Medical Sciences Building, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 1A8

Dr. Andrew Rudder will be teaching programming concepts with a focus on competitive programming. Various languages may be used. You should be familiar with any of the following programming languages Java, C#, C, C++ or python. A basic knowledge of selection logic (such as if statements), loops and functions are sufficient. This is a prerequisite for Humber IEEE Students attending IEEExtreme competitions. Course continues depending on registration. Course is free. Available to any current Humber students. Course will probably last until October 2022. Breaks for Humber Midterm exams, final exams and reading weeks. Co-sponsored by: Dr. Andrew Rudder Bldg: H, 2nd Floor, 205 Humber College Blvd, Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada, M9W5L7, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/327175

Weekly, In-Person Arduino Workshop with various peripherals and how to interface them. Beginner to Expert level. LED Displays, Infrared, Matrix Keyboard, sound, DHT sensors, Servos, LED Strips, Analog Inputs... and whatever else the students bring to the table. Bldg: H, 2nd Floor, 205 Humber College Blvd, Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada, M9W5L7, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/327200

The Circuits & Devices Chapter of the IEEE Toronto Section proudly presents Current Trends, Future Directions, and Career Opportunities in Circuits & Electronics, sponsored by IEEE CASS. The event features representatives from prominent companies with offices in the GTA to give talks on active areas of innovation in the circuits & electronics industry. These sessions will help familiarize students with where companies are most actively focussing innovation efforts, and how students can specialize their skill sets for future careers in these industries. Topics will include state-of-the-art chiplet technologies, SerDes systems in telecommunications, and high-speed ADCs. This event caters to undergraduate students in their second year of studies and beyond through to graduate students who are looking to understand employment opportunities in the GTA. This event is free to attend. Dinner will be served to all guests. Please only register for this event if you plan to attend in person as spots are limited. Speakers Dr. Dustin Dunwell, Senior Manager at Alphawave IP Group Dr. Zeynep Lulec, Senior Circuit Designer and PEY Hiring Manager at Analog Devices Inc. Dr. Konstantinos Vasilakopoulos, Senior Circuit Designer at Analog Devices Inc. Rishi Anand, Director of Engineering at Intel Corp. Agenda: 5:30 - 6:00 PM Registration & Refreshments 6:00 - 6:10 PM Opening & Introduction 6:10 - 6:30 PM AlphaWave IP Talk on Chiplets 6:30 - 6:40 PM Q&A 6:40 - 7:00 PM ADI Talk on ADCs 7:00 - 7:10 PM Q&A 7:10 - 7:30 PM Intel Talk on SerDes 7:30 - 7:40 PM Q&A 7:40 - 8:20 PM Dinner & Networking 8:20 - 8:40 PM Roundtable Discussions 1 8:40 - 9:00 PM Roundtable Discussions 2 9:00 - 9:20 PM Roundtable Discussions 3 9:20 - 9:30 PM Conclusion & Closing Room: 330, Bldg: MCEIE, 55 St George St, Toronto, ON, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Saturday Online Study Group preparing for the Canadian Amateur Radio certification exam. 2hrs/week Course based on the certification study guide from https://www.coaxpublications.ca/ord0001.php Purchase the book if you are serious about learning this. Optional morse code practise with course. There are other books available that basically covers the same topics. Course continues depending on registration. Course is free. Available to anyone. This study group is repeating, if you miss a lecture, you can take it again 2-3 months later. Breaks for Humber Midterm exams, final exams and reading weeks Agenda: 2 hours per day saturday evening 4-6 pm Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/327203

Channel link-level and system level modeling played a critical role in proper design and deployment of all generations of wireless network systems. Particularly, system level modeling has become an important task for network planning, network design, and network optimization of wireless cellular systems. System level simulations allow to evaluate the performance of an entire network containing many Evolved Node B (eNodeB) sectors serving a lot of user equipment (UEs) in urban, suburban, and rural environments. Design and performance of new technology features require to be accurately verified and improved before deployment into commercial systems. Therefore, real-world system performance modeling and predictions should be very reliable and should be based on repeatable measurements of how the model behaves in the actual environment. Both the wireless industry and academia have made a significant effort developing and defining new and updated channel models such as the 3GPP 3D channel model and the extended 3GPP extended channel model for milli-meter wave. New 3D geodata models with high-resolution and artificial intelligent (AI) algorithms are greatly enhancing the RF propagation modeling in line of sight (LOS) and non-line of sight (NLOS) beamformed signals and FD-MIMO antenna applications of 5G wireless network systems. In this talk, we will review some of the key 5G wideband wireless channel modeling including the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), NYU SIM, and others. We will discuss some of the general practical use cases of 5G network system modeling scenarios. Additionally, we will describe some of the practical challenges of channel and system modeling in 5G wireless systems. Speaker(s): Kafi Hassan, Room: BA 2185, Bldg: Bahen Centre for Information Technology, University of Toronto, 40 St George St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

R7 LMAG MONTHLY MEETING Oakville, Ontario, Canada, L6H 2B1, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/327970

Join the IEEE Toronto Instrumentation & Measurement – Robotics & Automation Joint Chapter for a talk on Advanced Manufacturing, presented by Dr. Jana Abou-Ziki. Tuesday, October 18, 2022 @ 2:30 – 3:30 PM Abstract: The manufacturing industry has witnessed a tremendous development over the past decade. The demand for miniaturisation as well as rapid and smart manufacturing has resulted in developing novel processes for precision micromanufacturing for variety of applications ranging from aerospace to automotive to biomedical, electronics and optical. Dr. Abou-Ziki’s talk will introduce the development of advanced nonconventional manufacturing methods while discussing some corresponding applications. Speaker(s): Dr. Jana Abou-Ziki, PhD, PEng, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/324137

It was once widely believed that computers would enhance the speed, reliability, and applicability of human deductive reasoning in the physical and social sciences, much as motorized vehicles (e.g., cars, trains, airplanes) have enhanced the speed, reliability, and applicability of human manual abilities in transportation. Yet, 60 years later, computers can be used confidently only for paperwork tasks, analysis of regularly structured data, and simple process control applications. Complex software rarely satisfies user needs, is untrustworthy and difficult to maintain, and largely opaque to its users. Artificial intelligence (AI) methods including heuristics, machine learning, and statistical methods are in opposition to sound deductive reasoning. This presentation explains certain practical and logical impediments to computer enhancement of human deductive reasoning, the deductive limitations of modern programming languages, the role of AI, and provides some promising alternatives. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/322735

This talk will cover high speed fiber optics for Data Centers and High Performance Computing with a focus on co-packaging for these applications. It will highlight the different requirements between Data Center and High Performance Computing with regards to optical interconnect. A particular emphasis will be on IBM’s project MOTION, a U.S. government sponsored program to develop co-packaged optics for both of these applications with a requirement for ultra-low energy consumption. Speaker(s): Dr. Kuchta, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/329491