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  • Electrical Energy Storage Options

    Room BA 4287, Bahen Centre for Information Technol

    June 24, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. Paul N. Acchione, Past President and Chair of the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers, will be presenting “Electrical Energy Storage Options”. Speaker: Paul N. Acchione Past President and Chair of the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE) Management Consultant at Market Intelligence & Date Analysis Corporation Day & Time: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. A light supper will be served 6:00-6:15 Location: Room BA 4287 Bahen Centre for Information Technology (BA) 40 St. George Street Toronto M5S 2E4 University of Toronto – St. George Campus Click here to see the Map Organizer: Toronto – IEEE Industry Applications and Power Electronics Joint Chapter Contact: Marjan, Email: alavi@ieee.org All IEEE members and non-members are welcome to participate with no admission charge at https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_registration/register/34679 Abstract: The seminar will discusses the types and benefits of electrical storage and the costs involved. Also included is engineering information from the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE’s) electrical power system studies, including: • Ontario’s electrical demand profile • Cost impact of dispatching generation (load following) • Benefits, challenges and costs of various types of storage • Alternatives if we don’t use storage • How much storage is needed to effectively integrate variable renewables Biography: Paul has a B.A.Sc. and M.Eng. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto. Paul is a licensed professional engineer in Ontario and is a member of ASME, ANS, IEEE and ISA and a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. Paul has over 44 years of engineering and management experience in the power generation industry. He worked for 31 years with Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and its predecessor companies. Paul was the 2013-14 President and Chair of the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE) and is a volunteer with OSPE’s Energy Task Force. Paul is a Management Consultant at Market Intelligence & Data Analysis Corporation.

  • Mechatronics in Surgery and Rehabilitation

    Room: ENG 288, George Vari Centre, 245 Church St., Toronto

    July 06, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. Ana Luisa Trejos, Ph.D., P.Eng., will be presenting “Mechatronics in Surgery and Rehabilitation”. Speaker: Ana Luisa Trejos, Ph.D., P.Eng. Day & Time: Monday, July 06, 2015 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Location: Room ENG 288 Computer Science Department George Vari Centre for Computing and Engineering Ryerson University 245 Church St. Toronto, ON, M5B 2K3 Click here to see the Map Organizer: IEEE Magnetics Chapter, IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Joint Chapter Contact: Maryam Davoudpour, E-mail: maryam.davoudpour@ieee.org Abstract: Mechatronic systems have the advantage of being able to make smart decisions in response to what is perceived in the environment. The medical field presents unique challenges for the development of mechatronic devices that can assist in the advancement of more effective and less invasive treatment options. At Western University, significant advances in the design and development of mechatronic devices for surgery and rehabilitation have been achieved. In this presentation, Dr. Trejos will describe some of the undergoing projects at Canadian Surgical Technologies and Advanced Robotics (CSTAR), focused on robotic systems for surgery and surgical training, and at the Wearable Biomechatronics Laboratory (WearME lab), related to rehabilitation devices. Biography: Dr. Trejos is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Biomedical Engineering program at the Western University and an Associate Scientist at Canadian Surgical Technologies and Advanced Robotics, Lawson Health Research Institute. She received her B.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Costa Rica in 1997, her M.A.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of British Columbia in 2000 and her Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Western in 2012. From 2000 to 2003 she worked as an Applications Engineer for Progressive Moulded Products in Concord, Ontario. Since 2004, she has been working on the design, development and testing of medical mechatronic systems. Her research is focused towards evaluating how novel mechatronic devices can improve patient care during surgery, therapy and rehabilitation. This includes the development of smart devices for minimally invasive surgery and the design of wearable mechatronic braces that can provide improved treatment options for musculoskeletal disorders. Another component of her research entails the development and evaluation of systems for surgical training and motor skills assessment.

  • Parallel-MLFMA Solutions of Large-Scale Problems Involving Dielectric and Composite Metamaterial Structures

    BA1210, Bahen Centre, 40 St. George Street, Toronto

    July 15, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. Prof. Levent Gurel will be presenting “Parallel-MLFMA Solutions of Large-Scale Problems Involving Dielectric and Composite Metamaterial Structures”. Speaker: Prof. Levent Gürel CEO, ABAKUS Computing Technologies Adjunct Professor, Dept. of ECE, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Day & Time: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Location: Room BA 1210 Bahen Centre University of Toronto – St. George Campus 40 St. George Street Click here to see the Map Organizer: IEEE Electromagnetics & Radiation Joint Chapter Abstract: It is possible to solve extremely large electromagnetics problems accurately and efficiently by using the multilevel fast multipole algorithm (MLFMA) and parallel MLFMA. This has important implications in terms of obtaining the solution of previously intractable physical, real-life, and scientific problems in various areas, such as (subsurface) scattering, optics, bioelectromagnetics, metamaterials, nanotechnology, remote sensing, etc. Accurate simulations of such real-life electromagnetics problems with integral equations require the solution of dense matrix equations involving millions of unknowns. Most recently, we have achieved the solutions of larger than 1,000,000,000×1,000,000,000 (one billion!) dense matrix equations! Solutions of these extremely large problems cannot be achieved easily, even when using the most powerful computers with state-of-the-art technology. Instead, we have been solving some of the world’s largest integral-equation problems in computational electromagnetics by employing fast algorithms implemented on parallel computers. For more information: www.abakus.computing.technology In this talk, following a general introduction to our work in computational electromagnetics, I will present integral-equation and MLFMA formulations of dielectric/composite structures. Then, I will continue with rigorous modeling of three-dimensional optical metamaterial and plasmonic structures that are composed of multiple coexisting dielectric and/or conducting parts. Such composite structures may possess diverse values of conductivities and dielectric constants, including negative permittivity and permeability. It is possible to formulate and use different types of integral equations depending on which ones have better conditioning properties. I will briefly mention the development of effective Schur-complement preconditioners specifically for dielectric problems. Solutions of complicated real-life problems involving metamaterial structures, red blood cells, and dielectric photonic crystals will be presented. If time permits, various challenges encountered during the solutions may be touched upon. Biography: Prof. Levent Gürel (Fellow of IEEE, ACES, and EMA) received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) in 1988 and 1991, respectively, in electrical and computer engineering. He worked at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, in 1991-94. During his 20 years with Bilkent University, he served as the Founding Director of the Computational Electromagnetics Research Center (BiLCEM) and a professor of electrical engineering. He is also an Adjunct Professor at UIUC. Prof. Gürel is the Founder and CEO of ABAKUS Computing Technologies, a company that is geared towards advancing the use of cutting-edge computing technologies for solving difficult scientific problems with important real-life applications and societal benefits. He is conferred the UIUC ECE Distinguished Alumni Award in 2013 and the IEEE Harrington-Mittra Award in Computational Electromagnetics in 2015. He was named an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer for 2011-2014 and is still serving in emeritus capacity. He was invited to address the 2011 ACES Conference as a Plenary Speaker and a TEDx Conference in 2014. Among other recognitions of Prof. Gürel’s accomplishments, the two prestigious awards from the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA) in 2002 and the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) in 2003 are the most notable. Since 2003, Prof. Gürel has been serving as an associate editor for Radio Science, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, JEMWA, PIER, ACES Journal, and ACES Express.

  • 2015 IEEE International Conference on Application-Specific Architectures, Systems, and Processors (ASAP)

    Toronto, ON, Canada

    Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society, the conference covers the theory and practice of application-specific systems, architectures and processors, building upon traditional strengths in areas such as computer arithmetic, cryptography, compression, signal and image processing, network processing, reconfigurable computing, and all types of hardware accelerators. See http://www.eecg.toronto.edu/asap2015/ for more details!

  • Error Control Coding for Low-Latency Multicast Streaming

    ENG288, Department of Computer Science, Ryerson University

    September 16, 2015 at 12:00 p.m. Dr. Ashish Khisti, Associate Professor & Canada Research Tier II, will be presenting “Error Control Coding for Low-Latency Multicast Streaming” at Ryerson University. Speaker: Dr. Ashish Khisti Associate Professor & Canada Research Tier II Day & Time: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Location: Room ENG288, Department of Computer Science, Ryerson University 245 Church Street, Toronto, Ontario M5B 2K3 Click here to see the Map – Look for ENG Organizer: IEEE Toronto – Computer Chapter & DABNEL Contact: Prof. Isaac Woungang Director of DABNEL Lab Department of Computer Science Ryerson University Chair, Computer Chapter, IEEE Toronto E-mail: Isaac Woungang Abstract: An increasing number of applications require simultaneous transmission of multimedia streams to diverse users with vastly different computing and communication capabilities. While a straightforward approach is to establish an independent unicast session with each user, it can be highly inefficient when (i) the number of users is large or (ii) the content size is large. In such applications broadcast/multicast techniques can lead to significant gains. This talk will focus on error correction coding techniques over packet erasure channels under low-latency constraints. The talk will be aimed for a broad audience and will not assume prior knowledge on Error Control Coding. Biography: Ashish Khisti is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto and holds a Canada Research Chair in Wireless Networks. He obtained his BASc degree from the Engineering Sciences program at the same university, and his SM and PhD degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. His research interests include Network Information Theory, Physical Layer Security and Error Control Coding for Multimedia Applications. He is a recipient of the HP-IRP award, an Ontario Early Researcher Award and the Morris Joseph Levin Masterworks award from MIT. He presently serves as a Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. All are welcome – No registration needed.

  • Exploring Power Network Signatures for Information Forensics

    245 Church St, Toronto, ON M5B 1Z4, Canada

    September 17, 2015 at 12:00 p.m. Dr. Min Wu, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and a Distinguished Scholar-Teacher at the University of Maryland, College Park will be presenting "Exploring Power Network Signatures for Information Forensics". Speaker: Dr. Min Wu IEEE Fellow Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Maryland, College Park Day & Time: Thursday, September 17, 2015 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Location: Room ENG105, Ryerson University 245 Church Street, Toronto, Ontario M5B 2K3 Click here to see the Map - Look for ENG Organizer: IEEE Signal Processing Society Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate Program CASPAL Ryerson Contact: Prof. Xiao-Ping Zhang CASPAL (Communications and Signal Processing Applications Lab.) Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ryerson University Abstract: Osama bin Laden’s video propaganda prompted numerous information forensic questions: given a video under question, when and where was it shot? Was the sound track captured together at the same time/location as the visual, or superimposed later? Similar questions about the time, location, and integrity of multimedia and other sensor recordings are important to provide evidence and trust in crime solving, journalism, infrastructure monitoring, smart grid management, and other informational operations. An emerging line of research toward addressing these questions exploits novel signatures induced by the power network. An example is the small random-like fluctuations of the electricity frequency known as the Electric Network Frequency (ENF), owing to the dynamic control process to match the electricity supplies with the demands in the grid. These environmental signatures reflect the attributes and conditions of the power grid and become naturally “embedded” into various types of sensing signals. They carry time and location information and may facilitate integrity verification of the primary sensing data. This talk will provide an overview of recent information forensics research on ENF carried out by our Media and Security Team (MAST) at University of Maryland, and discuss some on-going and open research issues in and beyond security applications. Biography:Min Wu is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and a Distinguished Scholar-Teacher at the University of Maryland, College Park. She received her Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Princeton University in 2001. At UMD, she leads the Media and Security Team (MAST), with main research interests on information security and forensics and multimedia signal processing. Her research and education have been recognized by a NSF CAREER award, a TR100 Young Innovator Award from the MIT Technology Review Magazine, an ONR Young Investigator Award, a Computer World "40 Under 40" IT Innovator Award, a University of Maryland Invention of the Year Award, an IEEE Mac Van Valkenburg Early Career Early Career Teaching Award, and several paper awards from IEEE SPS, ACM, and EURASIP. She was elected IEEE Fellow for contributions to multimedia security and forensics. Dr. Wu chaired the IEEE Technical Committee on Information Forensics and Security (2012-2013), and has served as Vice President - Finance of the IEEE Signal Processing Society (2010-2012) and Founding Chief Editor of the IEEE SigPort initiative (2013-2014). Currently, she is serving as Editor-in-Chief (2015-2017) of the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine and an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer.