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SUMMARY:IEEE Toronto Section Annual General Meeting 2016
DESCRIPTION:All members\, along with their guest\, are invited to attend the IEEE Toronto Section Annual General Meeting (AGM). The AGM is an occasion to celebrate the achievements of the Toronto Section\, made possible by its dedicated volunteers and members. We are pleased to announce that Sandro Perruzza\, CEO of the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers will deliver the keynote address\, discussing ways to strengthen the engineering profession in Ontario. \nDate: Saturday\, October 29\, 2016\nTime: 6:30 pm — 10 pm \nCost: Life members and their guest: $50 per person. Other members and their guest: $70 per person. Contact our section secretary\, Ali Nabavi for details. \nLocation: 21 Old Mill Rd\, Toronto\, ON\, Canada \nProgram:\n6:30 PM: Reception and Cash bar\n7:00 PM: Formal program:\n– Dinner\n– Section report by Dr. Thamir Murad\, section chair\n– Keynote address by Sandro Perruzza\, CEO of OSPE\n– Section awards \nPlease notice the following:\n• Dress code is Elegant Casual.\n• Seats are limited; RSVP is mandatory. \nWe look forward to seeing you all on October 29\, 2016! \nBiography for Sandro Perruzza:\nSandro Perruzza is the Chief Executive Officer of the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE). Sandro is also on the Board of Directors of Minerva Canada\, whose mandate is to embed Health and Safety curriculum into University Engineering and Business Programs across Canada. He has been recognized for the ability to translate complex concepts and situations into unique and practical solutions through a balance of strong business acumen supported by excellent analytical and communication skills. This has allowed him to develop solutions that have been implemented in fortune 500 companies\, as well as in small and medium sized enterprises. He has a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from McMaster University\, as well as a Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety from McMaster. \nPrior to joining OSPE\, Sandro was the President of Focus on Results Consulting and Chief of Client Services at Workplace Safety & Prevention Services\, the largest Health and Safety Association in Canada\, where he was a sitting member of the Ontario Ministry of Labour’s Prevention Operations Forum. Sandro lives in Oakville\, with his wife and four children\, and is actively involved in the community and volunteer’s his time\, including coaching a competitive boy’s soccer team.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/ieee-toronto-section-annual-general-meeting-2016/
LOCATION:21 Old Mill Rd\, Etobicoke\, ON M8X 1G5\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20161027T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20161027T140000
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SUMMARY:Perspectives of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) Technology
DESCRIPTION:Thursday October 27\, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. Prof. Sadaoki Furui\, IEEE Fellow and President of Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago\, will be presenting “Perspectives of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) Technology”. \nSpeaker: Prof. Sadaoki Furui\nIEEE Fellow\nPresident of Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago \nDay & Time: Thursday\, October 27\, 2016\n12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. \nLocation: TRS 1129\nRyerson University\nToronto \nAbstract: DNNs (Deep Neural Networks) based on “deep learning” have significantly raised the automatic speech recognition (ASR) performance as of several years ago. This talk gives an overview of major DNN-based techniques successfully used in acoustic and language modeling for ASR. However\, what we can do with ASR technology is still very limited\, and we still have many challenges that cannot be solved simply by relying on the capability of DNNs. Data sparseness is one of the most difficult problems in constructing ASR systems\, since speech is highly variable and it is too costly to construct annotated “big speech data” covering all possible variations. We need to focus on how to collect rich and effective speech databases covering a wide range of variations\, active learning for automatically selecting data for annotation\, cheap\, fast and good-enough transcription\, and efficient supervised\, semi-supervised\, or unsupervised training/adaptation\, based on advanced machine learning techniques. We also need to extend current efforts and think deeply about and analyze how human beings are recognizing/understanding speech\, and implement various knowledge sources in ASR systems using machine learning techniques to achieve innovations. This talk focuses on my personal perspectives for the future of speech recognition research. \nBiography: Sadaoki Furui Received the B.S.\, M.S.\, and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Tokyo\, Japan in 1968\, 1970\, and 1978\, respectively. After joining the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) Labs in 1970\, he has worked on speech analysis\, speech recognition\, speaker recognition\, speech synthesis\, speech perception\, and multimodal human-computer interaction. From 1978 to 1979\, he was a visiting researcher at AT&T Bell Laboratories\, Murray Hill\, New Jersey. He was a Research Fellow and the Director of Furui Research Laboratory at NTT Labs. He became a Professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1997. He was Dean of Graduate School of Information Science and Engineering\, and Director of University Library. He was given the title of Professor Emeritus and became Professor at Academy for Global Leadership in 2011. He is now serving as President of Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago (TTI-C). He has authored or coauthored around 1\,000 published papers and books. He was elected a Fellow of the IEEE\, the Acoustical Society of America (ASA)\, the Institute of Electronics\, Information and Communication Engineers of Japan (IEICE) and the International Speech Communication Association (ISCA). He received the Paper Award and the Achievement Award from the IEEE SP Society\, the IEICE\, and the Acoustical Society of Japan (ASJ). He received the ISCA Medal for Scientific Achievement\, and the IEEE James L. Flanagan Speech and Audio Processing Award. He received the NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) Broadcast Cultural Award and the Okawa Prize. He also received the Achievement Award from the Minister of Science and Technology and the Minister of Education\, Japan\, and the Purple Ribbon Medal from Japanese Emperor.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/perspectives-of-automatic-speech-recognition-asr-technology/
LOCATION:TRS 1129\, Ryerson University\, Toronto
CATEGORIES:Signal Processing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20161020T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20161020T203000
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SUMMARY:Exosite Pivot IoT Seminar – Executive Forum on Business Transformation Through IoT
DESCRIPTION:Thursday October 20\, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. Steve Wright\, Solutions Architect at Exosite Inc. and Alumni of IEEE Society\, will be presenting “Exosite Pivot IoT Seminar – Executive Forum on Business Transformation Through IoT”. \nSpeaker: Steve Wright\nSolutions Architect\, Exosite Inc. \nDay & Time: Thursday\, October 20\, 2016\n6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. \nLocation: Room L1-02 (Library & Academic Building)\nCentennial College\, Progress Campus\n941 Progress Ave\nToronto\, ON M1K 5E9\nCanada \nRoom Map: https://p.widencdn.net/l4raeq \nCampus Map: https://www.google.com/maps/place/941+Progress+Ave\,+Scarborough\,+ON+M1G+3T8\,+Canada/@43.7851523\,-79.2292043\,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89d4d0f2145b3791:0x3da1359f5640d4 7f!8m2!3d43.7851523!4d-79.2270156 \nRSVP Required: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/41285 \nAbstract: The internet of things (IoT) is giving rise to previously undiscovered revenue opportunities that can transform existing business models through connected devices and innovative insights. Because of this potential\, many companies are racing to get involved. But what exactly is IoT and what does it mean to the future of your organization? \nJoin us for a forum that demystifies IoT by providing a realistic understanding of what it is\, what it requires\, and how organizations can use it to kick-start their business transformation. \nBiography: Steve Wright is a Solutions Architect at Exosite\, where he helps clients close the gap between a successful engineering project and a profitable connected products business. Steve excels at working with companies to define the right tool set of hardware\, software\, and business strategy to succeed in their IoT deployments. He started his career as a software engineer in data acquisition systems before moving into project management and sales. Steve’s experience includes turbine engine testing\, semiconductor manufacture\, and custom software development. He has an MS in Software Engineering from University of St. Thomas in St. Paul\, MN and is an Alumni of the IEEE Society.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/exosite-pivot-iot-seminar-executive-forum-on-business-transformation-through-iot/
LOCATION:Room L1-02 (Library & Academic Building)\, Centennial College\, Progress Campus\, 941 Progress Ave\, Toronto\, ON M1K 5E9
CATEGORIES:Computer
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20161019T180000
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SUMMARY:Smart Pricing for Ontario Electricity
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday October 19\, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. Paul Acchione\, Management Consultant at Market Intelligence & Data Analysis Corporation\, will be presenting “Smart Pricing for Ontario Electricity”. \nSpeaker: Paul Acchione\nManagement Consultant\, Market Intelligence & Data Analysis Corporation\nPast President & Chair Of the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE)\nMember of ASME\, ANS\, IEEE\, ISA\, Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering \nDay & Time: Wednesday\, October 19\, 2016\n6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. \nLocation: BA 4287\n40 St George Street\, Toronto\, Ontario \nRegister: https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/39746#13 \nAbstract: Join us in listening to Paul Acchione speak on smart pricing for Ontario electricity. Paul will discuss how Ontario’s clean electricity can be priced in a smarter way to make Ontario businesses more competitive and help them to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by displacing their fossil fuel consumption. Some of the discussion topics include:\nWhat is the Problem\nWhat Can We Do About It?\nWhat Does a Smart Pricing Plan Need to Do?\nOSPE’s Smart Electricity Price Plan\nWhy Should the Smart Pricing Plan be Voluntary? \nBiography: 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.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/smart-pricing-for-ontario-electricity/
LOCATION:BA 4287\, 40 St George Street\, Toronto\, Ontario
CATEGORIES:Power & Energy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20161019T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20161019T113000
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SUMMARY:Blackberry’s Platform for True End-to-End Mobile Security for Healthcare
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday October 19\, 2016 at 10:30 a.m. Sara Jost\, Registered Nurse working at Blackberry as a Global Healthcare Industry Lead\, will be presenting “Blackberry’s Platform for True End-to-End Mobile Security for Healthcare”. \nSpeaker: Sara Jost\nRegistered Nurse\nGlobal Healthcare Industry Lead\, Blackberry \nDay & Time: Wednesday\, October 19\, 2016\n10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. \nLocation: Centennial College Progress Campus\, Room A3-17 \nContact: Maryam Davoudpour\, Nicoleta Zouri \nOrganizer: WIE\, Magnetics\, Measurement/Instrumentation-Robotics \nAbstract: Blackberry is the one platform for true end-to-end mobile security. Together with our partners\, Blackberry has developed secure mobile solutions for healthcare organizations across the continuum of care. From clinics\, to hospitals\, to first responders\, home care workers and the home\, we offer tried and true solutions that maximize patient outcomes and improve the patient experience\, reduce costs and are fully secure to protect PHI. \n1. We have helped hospitals reduce their emergency room wait times by 50% and meet their code STEM window 100% of the time. \n2. In home care\, we have shown drastic reductions in missed visits and savings of more than $7\,000 per home care worker per year. \n3. Blackberry secure messaging has improved efficiency so much that hospitals staff have saved 2 hours per day just by eliminating the need to track down other team members. \nBiography: Sara Jost is a Registered Nurse working at Blackberry as a Global Healthcare Industry Lead where she leads the promotion of digital devices for use in medicine. Previously Sara worked as a Registered Nurse at Sunnybrook Hospital.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/blackberrys-platform-for-true-end-to-end-mobile-security-for-healthcare/
LOCATION:Centennial College Progress Campus\, Room A3-17
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Magnetics,Women in Engineering
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20161017T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20161017T120000
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SUMMARY:Using and Evaluating Gamification as a Strategy of Engagement in the Classroom
DESCRIPTION:Monday October 17\, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. Dr. Sergio A. A. Freitas\, Associate Professor in the Gama Engineering College at the University of Brasilia\, will be presenting “Using and Evaluating Gamification as a Strategy of Engagement in the Classroom”. \nSpeaker: Dr. Sergio A. A. Freitas\nAssociate Professor\, Gama Engineering College\, University of Brasilia\nCoordinator of Research\, FGA Software Factory Laboratory \nDay & Time: Monday\, October 17\, 2016\n11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. \nLocation: KHE 225\, 340 Church Street\, Ryerson \nContact: Maryam Davoudpour \nOrganizer: WIE\, Magnetics\, Measurement/Instrumentation-Robotics\, Computer Science Department Ryerson University \nAbstract: The gamification of activities other than games has become one of the main goals of a new research topic. In the education area the proposal could not be different: the new generations entering the higher education has a lot of experience in the virtual information environment and games. So\, nothing more natural than checking the adherence of gamification to teaching this new student profile. In this scenario\, this talk presents a case study of a gamification for a discipline of an undergraduate course. The gamification space was built based on a framework that stands on basic human motivations. Finally\, I present some statistical evaluations of the students’ engagement after the introduction of gamification in the classroom. \nBiography: Sergio A. A. Freitas is currently an Associate Professor in the Gama Engineering College (FGA) at the University of Brasilia (UnB)\, Brazil. He is also the coordinator of research in the FGA Software Factory Laboratory. His current research projects focus on interdisciplinary studies and applications of learning methodologies on engineering undergraduate courses\, and software engineering methodologies. Prof. Freitas areas of expertise include gamification\, PBL\, virtual learning environments in education and training\, and software engineering methodologies. Dr. Freitas has coauthored journal publications\, conference articles and book chapters in the aforementioned topics\, and has coordinated and participated on many projects from various funding agencies CNPq\, FAP-ES\, FAP-DF\, Cebraspe\, and some Brazilian Federal Ministries.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/using-and-evaluating-gamification-as-a-strategy-of-engagement-in-the-classroom/
LOCATION:KHE 225\, 340 Church Street\, Ryerson University
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Magnetics,Women in Engineering
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20161007T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20161007T150000
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SUMMARY:Tour to “Centre for Urban Energy” Smart Grid Lab
DESCRIPTION:October 7\, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. IEEE Toronto Section Industry Relations will be hosting a tour visit to the “Centre for Urban Energy” Smart Grid Lab. \nDay & Time: Friday\, October 7\, 2016\n2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. \nLocation: 147 Dalhousie Street\, Toronto\, ON M5B 2R2 \nContact: Hugo Sanchez-Reategui \nThe Schneider Electric Smart Grid Laboratory physically had replicated a feeder attached to one of PowerStream (https://www.powerstream.ca/)\, a Local Distribution Company in Ontario and added a battery solar power\, and both AC and DC power loads. \nCUE’s researchers had designed\, built\, operated and analyzed the microgrid within Schneider Smart Grid Lab. \nFor more information please read page 19 of the following attachment: http://www.ryerson.ca/content/dam/cue/pdfs/CUE_2015%20Annual%20Report_web.pdf \nFor Registration: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/tour-to-centre-for-urban-energy-smart-grid-lab-tickets-27548432102 \nThis tour will provide a very good overview of the current work implemented by the CEU in terms of microgrid on a major urban infrastructure. \nIn addition\, please see the CEU’s website: http://www.ryerson.ca/cue/index.html \nDo not miss the opportunity to join us and visit a microgrid implemented within our IEEE Toronto Section area. \nThe number of participants is very limited and will be closed a week before the event.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/tour-to-centre-for-urban-energy-smart-grid-lab/
LOCATION:147 Dalhousie Street\, Toronto\, ON M5B 2R2
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160926T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160926T120000
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SUMMARY:Wireless Power Transfer Systems: Current Issues and Future Opportunities
DESCRIPTION:Monday September 26\, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. Sheldon S. Williamson\, Senior Member at IEEE\, will be presenting “Wireless Power Transfer Systems: Current Issues and Future Opportunities”. \nSpeaker: Sheldon S. Williamson\nAssociate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Electric Energy Storage Systems for Transportation Electrification\nDirector\, Smart Transportation Electrification and Energy Research (STEER) Group Advanced Storage Systems and Electric Transportation (ASSET) Laboratory\nUOIT – Automotive Center of Excellence (UOIT-ACE)\nDepartment of Electrical\, Computer\, and Software Engineering\nFaculty of Engineering and Applied Science\nUniversity of Ontario – Institute of Technology \nDay & Time: Monday\, September 26\, 2016\n11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. \nLocation: Ryerson\, KHE 225 \nContact: Maryam Davoudpour \nOrganizer: WIE\, Magnetics\, Measurement/Instrumentation-Robotics\, Computer Science Department Ryerson University \nAbstract: More recently\, with the automotive market getting introduced to several EV models (Tesla\, Leaf\, Mitsubishi – for example)\, the need for charging them within cities\, suburbs\, and highways\, has driven power electronics engineers towards innovative ideas to solve the future charging infrastructure problem. Plugged charging topologies have been investigated thoroughly in recent years\, based on existing SAE J1772 standards for AC and DC charging\, ranging from 1.5 kW to 50 kW. On the other hand\, in the last five years or so\, power supply and charger manufacturing companies have been seriously started looking at wireless charging as an attractive solution\, to avoid physical drawbacks of wired or plugged versions of charging EVs. The high-level goals of this seminar is to focus on introducing advanced power electronics solutions for charging traction batteries and ultracapacitors using wireless technologies. Both inductive power transfer (IPT) as well as capacitive power transfer (CPT\, electrostatic) techniques of wireless charging will be introduced. The major market for IPT-based wireless charging is the mass transit industry\, such as electric trains\, buses\, and trams\, in the range of 10-50 kW\, while both IPT and CPT could be used for charging small utility- grade EVs (golf carts/security vehicles)\, in smaller sizes of 1.0 kW. \nCritical issues\, such as IPT transfer coil design\, CPT capacitor dielectric medium/transfer plate designs\, and converter topologies\, will be discussed. Detailed results of finite element analysis (FEA) designs for energizer and pick-up coils will be presented. Specific emphasis is placed on reducing the effect of skin effect and proximity effect for both in-motion and static charging (for varied switching frequencies and air-gap lengths). An important aspect that will also be covered is the design of charger topologies on the secondary side of the IPT or CPT system. The challenge is to come up with 1-stage power conversion techniques\, including high-frequency (HF) AC/DC rectification and DC/DC charger functionalities\, with conversion efficiencies of 95% or larger. \nThis seminar will be particularly useful for engineers with entry-level and medium-level knowledge of power electronics and energy storage systems for electric transportation. \nBiography: Sheldon S. Williamson (S’01–M’06–SM’13) received his Bachelors of Engineering (B.E.) degree in Electrical Engineering with high distinction from University of Mumbai\, India\, in 1999. He received the Masters of Science (M.S.) degree in 2002\, and the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree (with Honors) in 2006\, both in Electrical Engineering\, from the Illinois Institute of Technology\, Chicago\, IL. From June 2006 to June 2014\, Dr. Williamson held a tenure-track Assistant Professor position\, followed by a tenured Associate Professor position in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering\, at Concordia University\, in Montreal\, Canada. Dr. Williamson currently holds an Associate Professor position in the Department of Electrical\, Computer\, and Software Engineering\, at the University of Ontario-Institute of Technology (UOIT)\, in Oshawa\, Ontario\, Canada. Since July 2015\, Dr. Williamson also holds the prestigious title of NSERC Canada Research Chair in Electric Energy Storage Systems for Transportation Electrification. Dr. Williamson’s research interests include transportation electrification\, electric energy storage systems\, automotive power electronics\, and motor drives. Dr. Williamson is a Senior Member of the IEEE and a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/wireless-power-transfer-systems-current-issues-and-future-opportunities/
LOCATION:Room KHE 225\, Ryerson University
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Magnetics,Women in Engineering
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160919T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160919T120000
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SUMMARY:Disaster Scene Reconstruction - Emergency Management Tool
DESCRIPTION:Monday September 19\, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. Dr. Alex Ferworn\, Associate Chair and Graduate Programs Director at Ryerson University\, will be presenting “Disaster Scene Reconstruction – Emergency Management Tool”. \nSpeaker: Dr. Alex Ferworn\nAssociate Chair and Graduate Programs Director\, Ryerson University\nDirector\, Program in Disaster and Emergency Management \nDay & Time: Monday\, September 19\, 2016\n11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. \nLocation: Ryerson\, KHE 225 \nContact: Maryam Davoudpour \nOrganizer: WIE\, Magnetics\, Measurement/Instrumentation-Robotics\, Computer Science Department Ryerson University \nBiography: Prof. Ferworn received his PhD in Systems Design Engineering from the University of Waterloo\, his MSc in Computing and Information Science from the University of Guelph and his B.Tech in Applied Computer Science from Ryerson University\, where he is a faculty member in the Department of Computer Science\, Associate Chair and Graduate Programs Director. He is also Director of a number of Certificate programs including the Program in Disaster and Emergency Management. Ferworn is an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Computing and Software\, Faculty of Engineering at McMaster University. Prof. Ferworn has been collaborating with the USAR and CBRNe Response Team (UCRT) of the Ontario Provincial Police since 2005. He has worked extensively with USAR teams in Canada and the United States on a broad range of technology issues related to Computational Public Safety. He does not own a dog.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/disaster-scene-reconstruction-emergency-management-tool/
LOCATION:Ryerson\, KHE 225
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Magnetics,Women in Engineering
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160912T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160912T170000
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SUMMARY:Advanced Antenna Systems for 21st Century Satellite Communication Payloads
DESCRIPTION:September 12\, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. Dr. Sudhakar Rao\, IEEE Fellow and Technical Fellow of Northrop Grumman\, will be presenting “Advanced Antenna Systems for 21st Century Satellite Communication Payloads”. \nSpeaker: Dr. Sudhakar Rao\nIEEE Fellow\nTechnical Fellow\, Engineering & Global Products Division\nNorthrop Grumman Aerospace Systems \nDay & Time: Monday\, September 12\, 2016\n4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. \nLocation: Room BA 1220\n40 St. George Street\, Toronto\, M5S 2E4 \nAbstract: 21st century has so far seen several new satellite services such as local-channel broadcast for direct broadcast satellite service (DBS)\, high capacity K/Ka-band personal communication satellite (PCS) service\, hosted payloads\, mobile satellite services using very large deployable reflectors\, high power hybrid satellites etc. All these satellite services are driven by the operators need to reduce the cost of satellite and pack more capability into the satellite. Antenna sub-system design\, mechanical packaging on the spacecraft\, and RF performance become very critical for these satellites. This talk will cover recent developments in the areas of antenna systems for FSS\, BSS\, PCS\, & MSS satellite communications. System requirements that drive the antenna designs will be presented initially with brief introduction to satellite communications. Reflector and array antenna designs will be covered in this talk. \nAdvanced antenna system designs for contoured beams\, multiple beams\, and reconfigurable beams will be presented. Contoured beam antennas using dual-gridded reflectors\, shaped single reflectors\, and shaped Gregorian reflectors will discussed. Multiple beam antenna (MBA) concepts and their advantages compared to conventional contoured beams will be introduced. \nVarious designs of the MBA for DBS\, PCS\, and MSS services will be discussed along with practical examples. Recent advances in feed technology and reflector technology will be addressed and few examples. Advances in multi-band antennas covering multiple bands will be presented. Topics such as antenna designs for high capacity satellites\, large deployable mesh reflector designs\, low PIM designs\, and power handling issues will be included. Advanced high power test methods for the satellite payloads will be addressed. Brief introductions to TT&C antennas\, passive inter modulation products (PIM) and multipaction for satellite payloads will be given. Future trends in the satellite antennas will be discussed. At the end of this talk\, engineers will be exposed to typical requirements\, designs\, hardware\, software\, and test methods for various satellite antennas. \nBiography: Sudhakar K. Rao received B.Tech\, M.Tech\, and Ph.D degrees in electronics & communications engineering from REC Warangal\, IIT Kharagpur\, and IIT Madras in 1974\, 1976\, and 1979 respectively. During the period 1976-1977 he worked as a Technical officer at ECIL Hyderabad and then as a Senior Scientist at the Electronics and Radar development Establishment\, Bangalore on phased array antennas for airborne applications during 1980-1981. He worked as a post-doctoral fellow at University of Trondheim\, Norway and then as a research associate at University of Manitoba during 1981-1983. During1983-1996\, he worked at Spar Aerospace Limited (now MDA)\, Montreal\, Canada\, as a Staff Scientist and developed advanced antennas for several satellite communications. From 1996-2003 he worked as Chief Scientist/Technical Fellow at Hughes/Boeing Satellite Systems and developed multiple beam antennas and reconfigurable beam payloads for commercial and military applications. During the period 2003-2010\, he worked as a Corporate Senior Fellow at Lockheed Martin Space Systems and developed antenna payloads for fixed satellite\, broadcast satellite\, and personal communication satellite services. He invented novel high power TVAC test methods for satellite payloads using “pick-up horn absorber loads” that have about 8 times cost and schedule savings which has become a standard method at Lockheed Martin and used successfully on more than 10 satellite payloads. He is currently a Technical Fellow at Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems\, Redondo Beach\, CA working on advanced antenna systems for space & aircraft applications. \nDr. Rao developed antenna payloads for more than 70 satellites including first mobile satellite M-Sat\, first Direct Broadcast Satellite with local channels (DirecTV-4S)\, and first multiple beam antenna at Ka-band for personal communications satellites. His work on development of radiation templates for complex radiation patterns of satellite antennas for interference analysis was adopted and recommended by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)/CCIR in 1992 as the world-wide standard for satellite manufacturers and operators. He authored over 170 technical papers and has 44 U.S patents. He authored and co-edited three text book volumes on “Handbook of Reflector Antennas and Feed Systems” that are published in June 2013 by the Artech House. \nDr. Rao became an IEEE Fellow in 2006 and a Fellow of IETE in 2009. He received several awards and recognitions that include 2002 Boeing’s Special Invention Award for series of patents on satellite antenna payloads\, 2003 Boeings’ technical achievement award\, Lockheed Martin’s Inventor of Technology award in 2005 & 2007\, IEEE Benjamin Franklin Key Award in 2006\, Delaware Valley Engineer of the Year in 2008\, and Asian American Engineer of the year award in 2008. He received IEEE Judith Resnik Technical Field Award in 2009 for pioneering work in aerospace engineering. He is the recipient of the IETE’s 2015 Prof. S.N. Mitra Memorial award. He received best reviewer recognition by the IEEE Transactions on Antennas & Propagation Journal for the years 2014 and 2015. Dr. Rao is appointed as the Distinguished Lecturer by the IEEE APS for a three year period (2014-2016). He was the Chair for the IEEE APS “Industry Initiatives Committee” during 2010-2015\, Associate Editor for the IEEE Antennas & Propagation Magazine’s “Antenna Applications Corner”\, Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Antennas & Propagation\, Special Session Organizer/Chair for the last six IEEE APS/URSI Symposia\, Technical Program Committee member for IEEE APS/URSI Symposia from last 10 years\, and reviewer for the IEEE AP Transactions\, WPL\, IEE etc. Dr. Rao mentored more than 50 engineers in his career who are now in key technical and management positions throughout the aerospace industry.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/advanced-antenna-systems-for-21st-century-satellite-communication-payloads/
LOCATION:Room BA 1220\, 40 St. George Street\, Toronto\, M5S 2E4
CATEGORIES:Electromagnetics & Radiation
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SUMMARY:Teaching and Learning Methods
DESCRIPTION:Monday September 12\, 2016 at 11:20 a.m. Dr. John Paul Fox\, will be presenting “Teaching and Learning Methods”. \nSpeaker: Dr. John Paul Fox\nDirector of the Academic Integrity Office\, Ryerson \nDay & Time: Monday\, September 12\, 2016\n11:20 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. \nLocation: Ryerson\, KHE 225 \nContact: Maryam Davoudpour \nOrganizer: WIE \nAbstract: Lesson planning can be a time consuming and needlessly stressful process. In this talk I will discuss strategies for efficiently preparing lesson plans. You will be presented with a framework for lesson planning which can be used to structure any type of lesson\, from a 10 minute pre-lab talk to a 3-hour lecture. Attendees are encouraged to think about an upcoming lesson that they will be teaching so that this framework can be applied. \nBiography: John Paul Fox is the Director of the Academic Integrity Office here at Ryerson. Prior to accepting this position\, John Paul worked in the Learning and Teaching Office (LTO) for six years\, as an educational developer and as its manager. During this time John Paul was responsible for offering professional development in teaching to Ryerson’s faculty\, TAs and GAs. He has an undergraduate degree in genetics from Trinity College Dublin\, an MSc in molecular evolution and a PhD in population genetics\, both from York University as well as a Masters in Public Police and Administration from Ryerson University. Finally\,John Paul is a fellow of SEDA UK.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/teaching-and-learning-methods/
LOCATION:Room KHE 225\, Ryerson University
CATEGORIES:Women in Engineering
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160908T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160908T150000
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SUMMARY:PowerStream Smart Grid Tour
DESCRIPTION:September 8\, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. IEEE Toronto Section Industry Relations will be hosting a tour visit to PowerStream’s Microgrid. \nDay & Time: Thursday\, September 8\, 2016\n1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. \nLocation: PowerStream Main Office\n161 Cityview Boulevard\, Vaughan\, ON L4H 0A9 \nContact: Hugo Sanchez-Reategui \nMore Information: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/40692 \nFor Registration: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/powerstream-smart-grid-tour-tickets-26990945645 \nPowerSteam is a community-owned energy company providing power and related services to more than 380\,000 customers residing or owning a business in communities located immediately north of Toronto and in Central Ontario. \nThe communities we serve include Alliston\, Aurora\, Barrie\, Beeton\, Bradford West Gwillimbury\, Markham\, Penetanguishene\, Richmond Hill\, Thornton\, Tottenham and Vaughan as well as Collingwood\, Stayner\, Creemore and Thornbury through a partnership with the Town of Collingwood in the ownership of Collus PowerStream. \nLearn more about PowerStream at https://www.powerstream.ca/innovation/micro-grid/micro-grid-101.html \nThis tour will provide a very good overview of the current support of Smart Grid development at the provincial level and raising awareness for the need to leverage innovative smart technologies in Ontario’s electricity sector. \nDo not miss the opportunity to join us and visit a microgrid implemented within our IEEE Toronto Section area. \nThe number of participants is limited and will be closed a week before the event.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/powerstream-smart-grid-tour/
LOCATION:PowerStream Main Office\, 161 Cityview Boulevard\, Vaughan\, ON L4H 0A9
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160907
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160909
DTSTAMP:20260417T052653
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SUMMARY:OMICRON Canada Protection Symposium
DESCRIPTION:The OMICRON Canada Protection Symposium (CPS) 2016 will take place at Hilton Toronto/Markham Suites Conference Centre on September 7-8\, 2016 in the Greater Toronto Area. \nDay & Time: September 7-8\, 2016 \nLocation: Hilton Toronto/Markham Suites Conference Centre & Spa\nMarkham Ballroom\n8500 Warden Ave\, Markham\, ON L6G 1A5 \nRegister: http://www.registration123.com/OMICRON/2016CPS/ \nInteresting presentations on protection\, control and automation shall be presented by 15 Industry Experts. Two of the presenters are IEEE Fellows—Wanda Reder who is Chief Strategy Officer of S&C Electric and past President of IEEE PES\, and Alex Apostolov who is Editor in Chief of PAC World Magazine and an industry expert on Protection\, Automation\, and Control. The symposium also aims to provide a platform so participants can share their knowledge and experiences on the latest developments and trends of the power industry. One of the highlights of the conference will be a tour of GE Energy’s Grid IQTM Global Innovation Center in Markham. \nSchedule at a Glance: \nWednesday\, September 7th \n8:00 – 8:30 Registration\n8:30 – 5:00 Canada Protection Symposium\n5:30 – 8:00 Welcome reception in the hotel \nThursday\, September 8th \n8:30 – 12:15 Canada Protection Symposium\n1:30 – 4:30 Tour of GE Energy’s Grid IQTM Global Innovation Center in Markham* \n* Competitors of GE are restricted from tour
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/omicron-canada-protection-symposium/
LOCATION:Hilton Toronto/Markham Suites Conference Centre & Spa
CATEGORIES:Conference,Dielectrics & Electrical Insulation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160812T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160812T130000
DTSTAMP:20260417T052653
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SUMMARY:Time-varying Nonlinear Models of Human Heartbeat Dynamics
DESCRIPTION:August 12\, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. Gaetano Valenza\, M.Eng.\, Ph.D.\, will be presenting “Time-varying Nonlinear Models of Human Heartbeat Dynamics”. \nSpeaker: Dr. Gaetano Valenza\nAssistant Professor\, University of Pisa\nHarvard Medical School/MGH\, Boston\, USA \nDay & Time: Friday\, August 12\, 2016\n12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. \nLocation: UC-Lecture Theater (Basement)\nToronto Rehab – University Centre\n550 University Ave.\, Toronto\, M5G 2A2 \nContact: Azadeh Yadollahi \nFor Registration: https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/40511 \nAbstract: The application of nonlinear and time-variant systems theory to physiology and medicine has provided meaningful information for a wide range of biological processes and their disease-related aberrations. However\, focusing on the cardiovascular system\, information that can be extracted by quantifying second-order moments of time-varying heartbeat dynamics are often neglected. To this extent\, we introduce a mathematical framework including instantaneous estimates defined in the time and frequency domains\, as well as instantaneous complexity and higher-order statistics. Results from exemplary studies involving healthy subjects\, as well as patients with Congestive Heart Failure\, Major Depression Disorder\, Parkinson’s Disease\, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder will be presented. Multivariate analysis involving brain dynamics during visual affective elicitation will also be presented. \nBiography: Gaetano Valenza\, M.Eng.\, Ph.D.\, is currently an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Pisa\, Pisa\, Italy. In 2009\, He started working at the Bioengineering and Robotics Research Centre “E. Piaggio” in Pisa and\, in 2011\, He joined the Neuro-Cardiovascular Signal Processing unit within the Neuroscience Statistics Research Laboratory at Massachusetts Institute of Technology\, Cambridge\, USA. In 2013\, He received the Ph.D. degree in Automation\, Robotics\, and Bioengineering from the University of Pisa and\, in the same year\, was appointed as a Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School/ Massachusetts General Hospital\, Boston\, USA. \nHis research interests include statistical and nonlinear biomedical signal and image processing\, cardiovascular and neural modeling\, and wearable systems for physiological monitoring. Application of his research include the assessment of autonomic nervous system activity on cardiovascular control\, brain-heart interactions\, affective computing\, assessment of mood and mental disorders\, and disorder of consciousness. \nHe is author of more than 100 international scientific contributions in these fields published in peer-reviewed international journals\, conference proceedings\, books and book chapters\, and is official reviewer of more than fifty international scientific journals. He has been involved in several international research projects\, and currently is the scientific co-coordinator of the European collaborative project H2020-PHC-2015-689691-NEVERMIND. Dr. Valenza has been guest editor of several international scientific journals\, and is currently member of the editorial board of the Nature’s journal “Scientific Reports”.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/time-varying-nonlinear-models-of-human-heartbeat-dynamics/
CATEGORIES:Engineering in Medicine and Biology
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160812T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160812T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T052653
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SUMMARY:Sparsity Constrained Estimation Using Spike and Slab Priors
DESCRIPTION:August 12\, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. Prof. Vishal Monga\, Associate Professor at Pennsylvania State University\, will be presenting “Sparsity Constrained Estimation Using Spike and Slab Priors”. \nSpeaker: Prof. Vishal Monga\nAssociate Professor\, Pennsylvania State University\, University Park \nDay & Time: Friday August 12th\, 2016\n11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. \nLocation: Room BA 7129 (tentatively)\nBahen Centre for Information Technology\n40 St George St\, Toronto\, ON M5S 2E4 \nContact: Eman Hammad \nAbstract: We address sparse signal\, i.e. image recovery in a Bayesian estimation framework where sparsity is enforced on reconstruction coefficients via probabilistic priors. In particular\, we focus on the popular spike and slab prior which is considered the gold standard in the statistics literature. The optimization problem resulting from this model has broad applicability in recovery\, regression and classification problems and is known to be a hard non-convex problem whose existing solutions involve simplifying assumptions and/or relaxations. We propose an approach called Iterative Convex Refinement (ICR) that aims to solve the aforementioned optimization problem directly allowing for greater generality in the sparse structure. Essentially\, ICR solves a sequence of convex optimization problems such that sequence of solutions converges to a sub-optimal solution of the original hard optimization problem. Applications will be considered in image classification as well as image reconstruction. \nBiography: Vishal Monga is a tenured Associate Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Pennsylvania State University in University Park\, PA. He was with Xerox Research from 2005-2009 and his doctoral work in Electrical Engineering was completed at the University of Texas\, Austin in Aug 2005. His research interests are in computational imaging\, statistical signal processing and convex optimization approaches to estimation problems. Prof. Monga is an elected member of the Editorial Board of the IEEE Transactions on Image Processing and the IEEE Signal Processing Letters. Prof. Monga is a recipient of the US National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award. Four of his papers have won best paper or Top 10 percent awards at IEEE Signal Processing conferences. He is a 2016 recipient of Joel and Ruth Spira Foundation Teaching Excellence award. He holds 40 US patents.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/sparsity-constrained-estimation-using-spike-and-slab-priors/
LOCATION:Room BA 7129 (tentatively) Bahen Centre for Information Technology
CATEGORIES:Communications
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160811T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160811T140000
DTSTAMP:20260417T052653
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LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T002831Z
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SUMMARY:Artificially Intelligent Imaging (AI2): System to Circuit to Device Level Implementations of Smart CMOS Imaging\, A Generalized Approach for Non-Application Specific Intelligence Design (NAS-ID)
DESCRIPTION:August 11\, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. Dr. Faycal Saffih\, Department of Electrical Engineering\, UAE University\, will be presenting “Artificially Intelligent Imaging (AI2): System to Circuit to Device Level Implementations of Smart CMOS Imaging\, A Generalized Approach for Non-Application Specific Intelligence Design (NAS-ID)”. \nSpeaker: Dr. Faycal Saffih\nAssistant Professor\, Department of Electrical Engineering\nUAE University \nDay & Time: Thursday\, August 11\, 2016\n1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. \nLocation: Room ENGLG 05\nGeorge Vari Engineering Building\nDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering\nRyerson University \nContact: Dimitri Androutsos \nAbstract: In this talk we will present the development of intelligence (vs intelligent) implementations from top-down and bottom-up approaches and from Electrical engineering design and Biological Biomimicry to Solid-state Physics prediction. Smart CMOS imaging is the application of choice where these multi-disciplinary studies interacts to suggest a novel approach for research to design intelligent devices needed in a verity of advanced technological devices and systems for a variety of applications such as biomedical and renewables systems and devices to name a few. \nBiography: Dr. Fayçal Saffih (IEEE Member since 2000) received the B.Sc. (with Best Honors) degree in Solid-State Physics from the University of Sétif-1\, Sétif\, Algeria\, in 1996\, the M.Sc. degree in Digital Neural networks from Physics Department\, University of Malaya\, Kuala Lumpur\, Malaysia\, in 1998\, and the Ph.D. degree in Smart CMOS Imaging from Electrical and Computer Engineering Department\, University of Waterloo\, Waterloo\, ON\, Canada. Taking a decade journey between academia and industry\, Dr. Saffih enriched his experience multidimensionally spanning Microelectronics from devices up-to systems\, and industry from R&D department to Entrepreneurship start-up\, all of which from West USA (OR) to Singapore’s prestigious A*star Agency for Science\, Technology and Research. Recently\, Dr. Saffih endeavored into renewable energy research and business starting from Stanford certification in 2013 and currently undertaking an Online program from Renewables Academy (RENAC)\, Germany Dr. Faycal Saffih is currently an assistant professor at the Electrical Engineering Department of the UAE University and a regular visiting scholar at the University of Waterloo\, University of Alberta among others. His research is on intelligence extraction and implementation on devices and systems particularly smart CMOS image sensors.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/artificially-intelligent-imaging-ai2-system-to-circuit-to-device-level-implementations-of-smart-cmos-imaging-a-generalized-approach-for-non-application-specific-intelligence-design-nas-id/
LOCATION:Room ENGLG 05 George Vari Engineering Building
CATEGORIES:Signal Processing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160727T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160727T140000
DTSTAMP:20260417T052653
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SUMMARY:Finding Common Ground: Channel Analysis and Receiver Models for Diffusive Molecular Communication
DESCRIPTION:July 27\, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. Adam Noel\, Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Ottawa\, will be presenting “Finding Common Ground: Channel Analysis and Receiver Models for Diffusive Molecular Communication”. \nSpeaker: Dr. Adam Noel\nPostdoctoral Fellow\nUniversity of Ottawa \nDay & Time: Wednesday\, July 27\, 2016\n1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. \nLocation: Room BA 1200\n40 St. George Street\, Toronto\, M5S 2E4 \nContact: Eman Hammad \nAbstract: Diffusive molecular communication (MC) is a promising strategy for the transfer of information in synthetic networks of “small” devices (on the scale of living cells or smaller). If such devices could communicate\, then it would potentially enable applications such as cooperative diagnostics in medicine\, bottom-up fabrication in manufacturing\, and sensitive environmental monitoring. Results in this domain can also contribute to our understanding of diffusive signaling in natural biological systems and the diseases that develop when the signaling malfunctions. Diffusion based MC for synthetic networks faces challenges such as infinite inter-symbol interference and constrained computational resources in “simple” transceivers\, but also interesting opportunities such as the possibility to manipulate the channel response via chemical means. This presentation highlights our contributions to the modeling and analysis of diffusion-based MC systems\, including derivations of the channel impulse response and the development of simulation tools. We describe our recent work to find a unifying analytical framework for the two most common but distinct receiver models\, where molecules are either absorbed by the receiver surface or passively diffuse through it. We also discuss some of our on-going work to bridge the gap between the realism of existing analytical models and the availability of relevant experimental data. \nBiography: Adam Noel is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Ottawa. His Ph.D. and postdoctoral work are on the study of molecular communication\, where he has focused on channel modeling\, system design\, and simulation methods. He has received the support of NSERC Postgraduate Scholarships and is currently holding an NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship. He also received a Best Paper Award at IEEE ICC 2016. Dr. Noel received the B.Eng. degree in Electrical Engineering in 2009 from Memorial University in St. John’s\, Newfoundland and Labrador\, and both the M.A.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of British Columbia in 2011 and 2015\, respectively. In 2013 he was a Visiting Scientist at the Institute for Digital Communication at Friedrich-Alexander-University in Erlangen\, Germany.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/finding-common-ground-channel-analysis-and-receiver-models-for-diffusive-molecular-communication/
CATEGORIES:Communications
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160704T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160704T140000
DTSTAMP:20260417T052653
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SUMMARY:What can physical-layer security do for you?
DESCRIPTION:July 4\, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. Matthieu Bloch\, Associate Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology\, will be presenting “What can physical-layer security do for you?”. \nSpeaker: Matthieu Bloch\nAssociate Professor\, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\nGeorgia Institute of Technology \nDay & Time: Monday\, July 4\, 2016\n1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. \nLocation: Room ENG LG21\n245 Church St.\, Toronto\, ON\, M5B 2K3 \nAll are welcome – No registration necessary \nAbstract: The conventional approach to ensure confidential communications relies on public-key/private-key protocols\, which operate on error-free data after the physical-layer has been established. While the effectiveness of this approach in traditional settings is unquestionable\, new systems are emerging where treating confidentiality as an overlay feature of top of reliability may not be the most appropriate solution. In particular\, modern wireless networks\, which comprise heterogeneous nodes with limited computational and energy resources\, would benefit from the integration by design of confidentiality in the physical-layer\, especially if this can be done in a cost-effective way. In this talk\, we will provide a perspective on what physical-layer security can realistically do for wireless communication systems. Our objective will be not only to review the challenges faced by physical-layer security but also to present some of our recent research activities in the areas of information theory\, coding theory\, and wireless systems that suggest potential solutions to overcome these challenges. \nBiography: Matthieu Bloch is an Associate Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He received the Engineering degree from Supélec\, Gif-sur-Yvette\, France\, the M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology\, Atlanta\, in 2003\, the Ph.D. degree in Engineering Science from the Université de Franche-Comté\, Besançon\, France\, in 2006\, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2008. In 2008-2009\, he was a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Notre Dame\, South Bend\, IN. Since July 2009\, Dr. Bloch has been on the faculty of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\, and from 2009 to 2013 Dr. Bloch was based at Georgia Tech Lorraine. His research interests are in the areas of information theory\, error-control coding\, wireless communications\, and cryptography. Dr. Bloch is a member of the IEEE and has served on the organizing committee of several international conferences; he was the chair of the Online Committee of the IEEE Information Theory Society from 2011 to 2014. He is the co-recipient of the IEEE Communications Society and IEEE Information Theory Society 2011 Joint Paper Award and the co-author of the textbook Physical-Layer Security: From Information Theory to Security Engineering published by Cambridge University Press.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/what-can-physical-layer-security-do-for-you/
LOCATION:Room ENG LG21\, 245 Church St.\, Toronto
CATEGORIES:Communications
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160704T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160704T130000
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SUMMARY:The Application of Optimization to Model Predictive Control
DESCRIPTION:July 4\, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. Dr. Ruth Milman\, Assistant Professor at UOIT\, will be presenting “The Application of Optimization to Model Predictive Control”. \nSpeaker: Dr. Ruth Milman\nAssistant Professor – Department of Electrical\, Computer and Software Engineering\nFaculty Applied Science and Engineering\, University of Ontario Institute of Technology \nDay & Time: Monday\, July 4\, 2016\n12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. \nLocation: Room ENG 288\n245 Church St.\, Toronto\, ON\, M5B 2K3 \nContact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour \nOrganizers: IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE)\, IEEE Magnetics Chapter\, IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement/Robotics & Automation Joint Chapter and Computer Science Department Ryerson University \nAbstract: Model predictive control (MPC) is the application of an optimal control scheme over a finite horizon. At each sample interval a cost function is minimized over a finite horizon and a resulting open loop controller is calculated. The control for the current sample interval is applied and the whole process is repeated at the next sample interval. By repeating the process at each sample interval\, the resulting control scheme\, which is technically open loop\, inherits the benefits of a closed loop controller. These include some stability and robustness properties. By nature\, MPC is computationally intensive and only makes sense when a there are constraints which must be enforced by the system. As would be expected\, adding constraints into the system even further intensifies the computational requirements. \nBy nature\, MPC is an optimal control strategy. If a true optimal control is computed when solving the minimization problem\, then the solution is independent of the choice of the optimizer. It is only when time constraints force the need for suboptimal controls to be used that the actual algorithm plays a role in the quality of the resulting controller. Despite (or because of) this\, the choice of optimization schemes plays a critical role in the real time application of MPC for a simple but important reason – the computational time it takes to solve for the optimal solution. MPC is a flexible framework which allows for control in the face of both linear or nonlinear systems\, and can be applied to systems with either hard or soft constraints. How each problem is set up is critical to the choice of optimizer. These choices can drastically impact the computational effort which is required to solve for the resulting controller. As such\, the choice and application of optimization schemes to MPC is of critical importance to the resulting performance of the systems. \nBiography: Dr. Ruth Milman is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical\, Computer and Software Engineering with the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. She has been with UOIT since June 2007\, where she works in the Department of Electrical and Software Engineering\, focusing in the field of control theory. Her research interests include optimization and computationally efficient algorithms for model predictive control as well as the application of both linear and nonlinear MPC to autonomous systems. She has worked on path planning for robotic applications in environments with both moving and stationary obstacles. She has worked extensively in the areas of nonlinear and optimal control theory and has developed algorithms for computation of the optimization problem that underlies Model Predictive control. Prior to coming to UOIT she did post-doctoral research at the University of Toronto from 2005 to 2007. \nRuth Milman obtained her PhD in 2004 from the Systems Control Group in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Toronto\, Canada. Her dissertation focused on improving the speed and computational efficiency of a Linear Model Predictive Controller. As part of this she developed a novel algorithm for solving the quadratic programming subproblem in MPC. She obtained her MASC in 1997 from the Systems Control Group in the University of Toronto and her BASc (Honours) in Computer Engineering in 1995 from the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering at the University of Toronto.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/the-application-of-optimization-to-model-predictive-control/
LOCATION:Room ENG 288\, 245 Church St.\, Toronto
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Women in Engineering
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160628T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160628T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T052653
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SUMMARY:Ground Truth Bias in External Cluster Validity Indices
DESCRIPTION:June 28\, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. IEEE CIS Distinguished Lecturer James C. Bezdek will be presenting “Ground Truth Bias in External Cluster Validity Indices”. \nSpeaker: James C. Bezdek\nIEEE CIS Distinguished Lecturer \nDay & Time: Tuesday\, June 28\, 2016\n2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. \nLocation: Room ENG 106\, George Vary Engineering & Computing Centre\n245 Church St.\, Toronto\, ON\, M5B 2K3\n(Intersection of Church and Gould) \nMap: http://www.ryerson.ca/maps/ \nContact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour\, Dr. Glaucio Carvalho\, Dr. Alireza Sadeghian \nOrganizers: Signals & Computational Intelligence Chapter\, Magnetics Chapter\, Instrumentation & Measurement/Robotics & Automation Chapter \nAbstract: This talk begins with a short review of clustering that emphasizes external cluster validity indices (CVIs). A method for generalizing external pairbased CVIS (e.g.\, the crisp Rand and Jacard indices) to evaluate soft partitions is described and illustrated. Three types of validation experiments conducted with synthetic and real world labeled data are discussed: “best c” (internal validation with labeled data)\, and “best I/E” (agreement between an internal and external CVI pair). \nAs is always the case in cluster validity\, conclusions based on empirical evidence are at the mercy of the data\, so the reported results might be invalid for different data sets and/or clustering models and algorithms. But much more importantly\, we discovered during these tests that some external cluster validity indices are also at the mercy of the distribution of the ground truth itself. We believe that our study of this surprising fact is the first systematic analysis of a largely unknown but very important problem ~ bias due to the distribution of the ground truth partition. \nSpecifically\, in addition to the well known bias in many external CVIs caused by monotonic dependency on c\, the number of clusters in candidate partitions\, there are two additional kinds of bias that can be caused by an unusual distribution of the clusters in the ground truth partition provided with labeled data. The most important ground truth bias is caused by imbalance (unequally sized labeled subsets). We demonstrate these effects with randomized experiments on 25 pair-based external CVIs. Then we provide a theoretical analysis of bias due to ground truth for several CVis by relating Rand’s index to the Havrda-Charvat quadratic entropy. \nBiography: Jim received the PhD in Applied Mathematics from Cornell University in 1973. Jim is past president of NAFIPS (North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society)\, IFSA (International Fuzzy Systems Association) and the IEEE CIS (Computational Intelligence Society): founding editor the Int’l. Jo. Approximate Reasoning and the IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems: Life fellow of the IEEE and IFSA; and a recipient of the IEEE 3rd Millennium\, IEEE CIS Fuzzy Systems Pioneer\, and IEEE technical field award Rosenblatt medals. Jim’s interests: woodworking\, optimization\, motorcycles\, pattern recognition\, cigars\, clustering in very large data\, fishing\, co-clustering\, blues music\, wireless sensor networks\, poker and visual clustering. And of course\, clustering in big data. Jim retired in 2007\, and will be coming to a university near you soon.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/ground-truth-bias-in-external-cluster-validity-indices/
LOCATION:ENG 106\, 245 Church Street\, Toronto\, ON
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Magnetics,Signals & Computational Intelligence
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160624T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160624T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T052653
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SUMMARY:Quantum-confined oxide heteronanostructures: Low-cost design\, electronic structure\, interfacial properties & device applications for solar energy conversion
DESCRIPTION:June 24\, 2016 at 11:10 a.m. Professor Lionel Vayssieres\, of Xi’an Jiaotong University\, will be presenting “Quantum-confined oxide heteronanostructures: Low-cost design\, electronic structure\, interfacial properties & device applications for solar energy conversion”. \nSpeaker: Professor Lionel Vayssieres\nInternational Research Center for Renewable Energy (IRCRE)\, Xi’an Jiaotong University \nDay & Time: Friday\, June 24\, 2016\n11:10 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. \nLocation: Room BA 1200\n40 St George St\, Toronto\, ON M5S 2E4 \nContact: Junho Jeong \nRefreshments will be served prior to the lecture. \nAbstract: Given that conventional technologies which attempt to improve the performance of existing materials and devices for solar energy conversion and solar fuels generation by further development along the same incremental approach are reaching their limits\, it is crucial to develop novel materials where bulk limitations are overcome by changing the fundamental underlying physics and chemistry\, by e.g. nanostructuring design and quantum confinement effects. As important is a comprehensive fundamental and applied knowledge of their interfacial properties and electronic structure in relation with their structural and optical properties to quantitatively optimize their efficiency. Our strategy to address such crucial requirements is to fabricate materials and devices based on metal oxide (hetero)nanostructures consisting of surface chemistry-controlled quantum dots and rods building-blocks utilizing low-cost and large scale aqueous chemical growth. The electronic structure and structural\, optical\, and photoelectrochemical properties of such novel visible light-active oxide semiconductors based on vertically oriented quantum rod-arrays have been thoroughly investigated at synchrotron radiation facilities by X-ray spectroscopies. Direct correlation between dimensionality and surface chemistry\, bandgap and band edges\, orbital character and symmetry\, surfaces states\, electrical and defect properties have been unraveled and will be demonstrated on various oxide structures of high relevance for this field. An overview of decades of achievements as well as recent advances in novel materials design strategy will be demonstrated along with the latest breakthrough in highly efficient structure for low cost solar hydrogen generation by direct water splitting at neutral pH using the largest free natural resources on Earth\, e.g. the Sun and seawater. \nBiography: Born in 1968\, Prof. Vayssieres obtained a MSc in Physical Chemistry in 1990 and a PhD in Inorganic Chemistry in 1995 from the Université Pierre et Marie Curie\, Paris\, France for his research work on the Interfacial & thermodynamic growth control of metal oxide nanoparticles in aqueous solutions. He has been invited as a visiting scientist at: UT Austin; the UNESCO Centre for Macromolecules & Materials\, Stellenbosch University and iThemba LABS\, South Africa; the Glenn T. Seaborg Center\, Chemical Sciences Division\, at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Texas Materials Institute; The Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne\, Switzerland; the University of Queensland\, Australia\, and Nanyang Technological University\, Singapore. He was an independent scientist at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)\, Tsukuba\, Japan for 8 years. He has authored 100+ publications in major international journals and book series cited 9150+ times since the year 2000 (4500+ since 2011\, Google Scholar); Top 1% Scientists in Materials Science (Thomson Reuters). All time 8 ESI Highly Cited papers (5 as first and corresponding author) in Materials Science\, Chemistry\, Physics\, and Environment/Ecology. He has given 344 talks in 30 countries: 166 lectures at international conferences/workshops (45 plenary/keynote\, 98 invited\, 21 contributed\, 2 tutorials) including one of the last MRS Spring Symposium X lecture held in San Francisco in 2015 as well as 178 seminars at universities\, governmental and/or industrial research institutes. He is currently a full time 1000-Talent Professor\, co-founder and scientific director of the International Research Center for Renewable Energy (IRCRE) at Xi’an Jiaotong University\, China as well as\, since 2003\, a guest scientist at the Chemical Sciences Division at Berkeley National Lab and the founding editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Nanotechnology.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/quantum-confined-oxide-heteronanostructures-low-cost-design-electronic-structure-interfacial-properties-device-applications-for-solar-energy-conversion/
LOCATION:BA 1200\, 40 St George Street\, Toronto
CATEGORIES:Circuits & Devices
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160620T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160620T140000
DTSTAMP:20260417T052653
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SUMMARY:Optimization and Research: Applications\, Opportunities\, and Challenges
DESCRIPTION:June 20\, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. Dr. Shahryar Rahnamayan\, Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical\, Computer and Software Engineering Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at UOIT\, will be presenting “Optimization and Research: Applications\, Opportunities\, and Challenges”. \nSpeaker: Dr. Shahryar Rahnamayan\nAssociate Professor\nDepartment of Electrical\, Computer and Software Engineering Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science\, UOIT \nDay & Time: Monday\, June 20\, 2016\n1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. \nLocation: Room ENG 288\n245 Church St.\, Toronto\, ON\, M5B 2K3 \nOrganizer: IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE)\, IEEE Magnetics Chapter\, IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement/Robotics & Automation Joint Chapter and Computer Science Department Ryerson University \nContact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour \nAbstract: In this research seminar\, the speaker will explain his recent optimization research work and accomplishments\, categorized in the following two main groups of contributions: theoretical/developmental and practical. The first group will cover his contributions in large-scale optimization\, opposition-based computation\, many-objective optimization\, image-based large-scale visualization and interaction\, incremental cooperative coevolution\, micro-differential evolution\, 3D visualization of many-objective Pareto-front\, preserving constraint handling\, decision making in high-dimensional objective space\, and multi-modal optimization. In the practical category\, the speaker will explain several real-world applications to demonstrate effectiveness of optimization in medical image processing\, renewable energy systems\, forensic science\, scheduling\, and wireless sensors network. This seminar will be beneficial for faculty and students who conduct ‘research in optimization’ or ‘optimization in research’. \nBiography: Dr. Shahryar Rahnamayan received his B.Sc. and M.S. degrees both with honors in software engineering. In 2007\, he received his Ph.D. degree in the field of evolutionary computation from Systems Design Engineering Department\, University of Waterloo. Inspired from opposition-based differential evolution algorithm (ODE)\, more than 450 papers have been published. Before joining to the faculty of engineering and applied science\, University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT)\, Canada\, as a tenure-track faculty member\, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Simon Fraser University (SFU)\, Canada. He was granted tenure earlier and also was promoted to an associate professor position in 2013. His research includes evolutionary computation\, image processing\, machine learning\, and opposition-based soft computing. Dr. Rahnamayan was awarded the Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)\, President’s Graduate Scholarship (PGS)\, NSERC’s Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship\, NSERC’s Industrial R&D Fellowship (IRDF)\, NSERC’s Visiting Fellowship in Canadian Government Laboratories (VF)\, and the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) Fellowship for two times. He has published more than 100 papers\, Dr. Rahnamayan has received several prestigious research grants\, such as\, NSERC Discovery Grant and also Applied Research and Commercialization Initiative Fund. He recently visited the Michigan State University (MSU) and BEACON Research Center for two years in order to conduct research on large-scale and multi-objective optimization and visualization.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/optimization-and-research-applications-opportunities-and-challenges/
LOCATION:Room ENG 288 245 Church St.\, Toronto\, ON\, M5B 2K3
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Magnetics,Women in Engineering
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160615T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160615T200000
DTSTAMP:20260417T052653
CREATED:20210429T230402Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T001344Z
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SUMMARY:Electricity - Displacing Fossil Fuels in Other Sectors
DESCRIPTION:June 15\, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. Paul N. Acchione\, Past President and Chair of the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers\, will be presenting “Electricity – Displacing Fossil Fuels in Other Sectors”. \nSpeaker: Paul N. Acchione\nPast President and Chair of the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE)\nManagement Consultant at Market Intelligence & Date Analysis Corporation \nDay & Time: Wednesday\, June 15\, 2016\n6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.\nA light supper will be served 6:00-6:15 \nLocation: Room BA 4287\nBahen Centre for Information Technology (BA)\n40 St. George Street\nToronto M5S 2E4\nUniversity of Toronto – St. George Campus \nOrganizer: Toronto – IEEE Industry Applications and Power Electronics Joint Chapter \nContact: Gail\, Email: alavi@ieee.org \nAll IEEE members and non-members are welcome to participate with no admission charge. \nPlease register at:\nhttps://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/39745 \nAbstract: The seminar discusses which combination of electricity prices and carbon prices are needed to enable electricity to displace fossil fuels in other sectors.\n· Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions from Ontario’s Electricity Sector\n· Electricity versus Natural Gas for Home Heating/AC\n· Electricity versus Gasoline for Transportation\n· Ontario’s Surplus Carbon-Free Electricity\n· Potential for Fossil Fuel Displacement by Electricity\n· Energy Policy Implications \nBiography: 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.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/electricity-displacing-fossil-fuels-in-other-sectors/
LOCATION:Room BA 4287\, 40 St. George Street\, Toronto\, M5S 2E4
CATEGORIES:Industry Applications
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160531T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160531T123000
DTSTAMP:20260417T052653
CREATED:20210429T230402Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T001320Z
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SUMMARY:Internet of Things\, building blocks\, challenges and research directions
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday May 31st\, 2016 at 11:30 a.m. Dr. Fatima Hussain will be presenting “Internet of Things\, building blocks\, challenges and research directions”. \nSpeaker: Dr. Fatima Hussain \nDay & Time: Tuesday\, May 31st\, 2016\n11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. \nLocation: Room ENG 288\nComputer Science Department\, George Vari Centre for Computing and Engineering\, Ryerson University\n245 Church St.\, Toronto\, ON\, M5B 2K3 \nOrganizer: IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE)\, IEEE Magnetics Chapter\, IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement/Robotics & Automation Joint Chapter and Computer Science Department Ryerson University \nContact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour \nAbstract: The Internet of Things (IoT) is a novel paradigm that is rapidly growing in modern wireless telecommunications. IoT means a world-wide network of interconnected objects uniquely addressable\, sustainable and enhance able. It is defined as integration of several technologies\, and communications solutions based on standard communication protocols. The main strength of the IoT idea is the high impact it will have on several aspects of everyday-life and behavior of potential users. This promising technology comes with great challenges and leads to numerous research directions for industry as well academia. \nBiography: Fatima Hussain received her PhD and MASc. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering with specialization in “Wireless Communication” from Ryerson University\, Canada. She holds MEng. and BSc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering with specialization in “Controls System” and “Telecommunication Systems”\, respectively from University of Engineering and Technology Lahore\, Pakistan. She is acting as a reviewer for IEEE Access journal and IET Journal from couple of years. She is working as a post-doctoral fellow in NCART lab\, Ryerson University\, on a design and implementation of “Smart Parking System”.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/internet-of-things-building-blocks-challenges-and-research-directions/
LOCATION:Room ENG288\, 245 Church Street\, Toronto\, ON\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Magnetics,Women in Engineering
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160526T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160526T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T052653
CREATED:20210429T230402Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T001216Z
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SUMMARY:Time Varying Circuits for Radio Receiver Applications
DESCRIPTION:Thursday May 26th\, 2016 at 2:10 p.m. Dr. Sudhakar Pamarti\, Associate Professor at the University of California\, will be presenting “Time Varying Circuits for Radio Receiver Applications”. \nSpeaker: Dr. Sudhakar Pamarti\nAssociate Professor\, University of California\, Los Angeles \nDay & Time: Thursday\, May 26th\, 2016\n2:10 p.m. \nLocation: Room BA 1210\nBahen Centre for Information Technology\nUniversity of Toronto\, St. George Campus\n40 St. George Street\, Toronto\, ON M5S 2E4 \nContact: Dustin Dunwell \nAbstract: Sharp\, programmable\, linear\, integrated filters are enabling components for software defined and cognitive radio applications. However\, they are difficult to realize: SAW and MEMS based filters are sharp and linear but not very programmable; active filters can be sharp and programmable but are not very linear; sampled charge domain filtering is sharp and programmable but the burden of the linearity is on the front end voltage-current converter. This talk descirbes an alternative approach that uses time-varying (as opposed to time-invariant) circuits to realize sharp\, programmable\, linear\, integrated filters. The technique exploits sampling aliases to effectively realize very sharp\, linear filtering prior to sampling. This talk will describe the basics of this time-varying circuit design approach and illustrates its application to radio front-ends and spectrum scanners. Measurement results from recent prototype integrated circuits will also be presented. \nBiography: Dr. Sudhakar Pamarti is an associate professor of electrical engineering at the University of California\, Los Angeles. He received the Bachelor of Technology degree in electronics and electrical communication engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology\, Kharagpur in 1995\, and the M.S. and the Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of California\, San Diego in 1999 and 2003\, respectively. Prior to joining UCLA\, he has worked at Rambus Inc. (‘03-`05) and Hughes Software Systems (‘95-`97) developing high speed I/O circuits and embedded software and firmware for a wireless-in-local-loop communication system respectively. Dr. Pamarti is a recipient of the National Science Foundation’s CAREER award for developing digital signal conditioning techniques to improve analog\, mixed-signal\, and radio frequency integrated circuits. Dr. Pamarti serves as an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/time-varying-circuits-for-radio-receiver-applications/
LOCATION:Room BA 1210 Bahen Centre for Information Technology University of Toronto\, St. George Campus 40 St. George Street\, Toronto\, ON M5S 2E4
CATEGORIES:Solid-State Circuits
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160512T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160512T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T052653
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LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T001146Z
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SUMMARY:Engineering Career Fair 2016
DESCRIPTION:On behalf of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Ontario\, Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto\, Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO) York Chapter\, Ontario Society Of Professional Engineers (OSPE)\, ACCES Employment\, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Toronto\, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) Toronto\, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Central Ontario\, Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineers (CSME)\, Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA) Ontario\, Environmental Careers Organization of Canada (ECO Canada)\, Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists we invite you to the Engineering Career Fair. \nDay & Time: Thursday\, May 12th\, 2016\n10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. \nLocation: Exam Centre\, University of Toronto\n255 McCaul Street\, Toronto\, ON M5T 1W7 \nVisit https://engineering-career-fair-2016.eventbrite.ca for more information and registration. \nIf you’re a recent grad looking to kick off your career or an experienced engineer looking for a change in professional scenery\, here’s an opportunity! This career fair will host numerous engineering companies\, organizations and societies of many fields looking to recruit the right candidate. Polish that resume and cover letter. Do your research because that candidate could be you! Organizations that have shown interest thus far include: \n• Access Machinery\n• Adecco\n• AECOM\n• Altera (now part of Intel)\n• Athena Automation\n• Bondfield Construction\n• CLEAResult\n• CPP Investment Board\n• Deco Automotive is a division Cosma International\, operating unit of Magna International\n• Forge Consulting Group\n• Husky Injection Molding Systems\n• Index Exchange\n• Internat Energy Solutions Canada\n• Octopus\n• Nanoleaf\n• NeuronicWorks\n• Noranco\n• Nulogy Corporation\n• Stelpro\n• Telus\n• Thales Canada Inc.\n• The Nanoleaf Team\n• Top Hat\n• Toronto Hydro\n• Toyota\n• Tundra Technical Solutions\n• Ydelay \nRegistration is completely free as is attending the Engineering Career Fair in person. As it stands the list of interested hosting companies will continue to grow and final confirmation updates will be provided to our registered attendees as we approach the final date of the fair. \nOur team and its cooperating companies are delighted to bring this career-changing opportunity to your attention but if you’re seeking to land that available job position then the last and only step required of you is attending! If interested\, we look forward to seeing you there on May 12th. Thank you and have a great day! \nAs an Attendee\, how can I prepare for the Engineering Career Fair?\nWritten By: Mayurthen Suppiah (ASME Ontario Section VP) \nUnderstand why you are attending.\nAnalyze the career fair you will be entering and ask yourself why you are going? Are you there to land a job? Have an insider look over products specific companies will be showcasing? Begin networking with companies and fellow engineering attendees? Once you answer this question proceed to the following steps. The proceeding article steps will assume you are attending to land a professional engineering work position. \nResearch the career fair.\nRegister for the career fair as an attendee ahead of time and get online inside information of which employer companies will be attending. Figure out which companies appeal to your needs and come prepared. Understand what these companies are looking for\, represent and appeal to them. Be prepared to converse and mutualise interests with employers to give yourself an advantage over the traditional applicant who simply enters to provide their CV/resume to any company they visit. \nMutualise interests with employers.\nA lasting impression will work wonders in the employer’s mindset during and after the fair. Be prepared to converse and show the employer that you understand and represent what they are looking for. Conversing includes asking questions back to the employer\, showcasing that you are interested in more than just landing the job. Indicating that you care for the employer’s needs and what the employer represents increases your chances of leaving a positive impression. \nCome prepared and dress professionally.\nUpdate your CV/resume and covering letter (if applicable). This information will link your records and experience with the employer’s needs. Ensure that everything is up-to-date and properly edited. Feel free to ask colleagues\, career informational advisors and use online guides to assist your cause. A clean image is the best image. Ensure you enter the career fair looking like a professional engineer and not a last minute registration trying to land a quick job. \nIntroduce the proper mindset and be presentable.\nYou can’t leave the career fair any worse than entering it. Relax and be prepared to answer both common and company-specific interview questions. Envision your goal prior to each interaction and execute to the best of your ability. You should be as ready and content with yourself as you can be by this point. Good luck!
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/engineering-career-fair-2016/
LOCATION:Exam Centre\, University of Toronto\, 255 McCaul Street\, Toronto\, ON M5T 1W7
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160506T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160506T163000
DTSTAMP:20260417T052653
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SUMMARY:Cloud Radio-Access Networks: Coding Strategies\, Capacity Analysis\, and Optimization Techniques
DESCRIPTION:Friday May 6th\, 2016 at 3:30 p.m. Prof. Wei Yu\, IEEE Fellow\, will be presenting an IEEE Distinguished Lecture\, “Cloud Radio-Access Networks: Coding Strategies\, Capacity Analysis\, and Optimization Techniques”. \nSpeaker: Prof. Wei Yu\nIEEE Fellow\nIEEE Information Theory Society Board of Governors (2015-17)\nIEEE Communications Society Distinguished Lecturer (2015-16) \nDay & Time: Friday\, May 6th\, 2016\n3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. \nLocation: Room BA 1230\nBahen Centre for Information Technology\nUniversity of Toronto\, St. George Campus\n40 St. George Street\, Toronto\, ON M5S 2E4 \nContact: Eman Hammad \nAbstract: Cloud radio access network (C-RAN) is an emerging wireless cellullar architecture in which the base-stations (BSs) take advantage of high-capacity backhaul links to upload signal processing and computation to a cloud-computing based central processor. The C-RAN architecture offers an enabling platform for the centralized joint encoding and joint decoding of user messages and a capability for intercell interference mitigation across the BSs. In this talk\, we address the capacity analysis and optimization technique for C-RAN while specifically taking into account the finite capacity constraint on the backhaul links. In the uplink\, the C-RAN architecture can be modeled as a multiple-access relay channel. We analyze a compress-and-forward scheme in which the BSs quantize the received signals and send the quantized signals to the central processor using Wyner–Ziv coding. We also propose a successive convex optimization approach for optimizing the quantization noise covariance matrix. In the downlink\, the C-RAN architecture can be modeled as a broadcast relay channel. We compare the message-sharing strategy versus compression-based strategy for this setting\, and show how compressive sensing and weighted minimum mean-squared error (WMMSE) techniques can be used to solve a network utility maximization problem involving joint user scheduling\, BS clustering and beamforming in a user-centric message-sharing C-RAN design. \nBiography: Wei Yu (S’97-M’02-SM’08-F’14) received the B.A.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering and Mathematics from the University of Waterloo\, Waterloo\, Ontario\, Canada in 1997 and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University\, Stanford\, CA\, in 1998 and 2002\, respectively. Since 2002\, he has been with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Toronto\, Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada\, where he is now Professor and holds a Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Information Theory and Wireless Communications. His main research interests include information theory\, optimization\, wireless communications and broadband access networks. \nProf. Wei Yu currently serves on the IEEE Information Theory Society Board of Governors (2015-17). He is an IEEE Communications Society Distinguished Lecturer (2015-16). He served as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Information Theory (2010-2013)\, as an Editor for IEEE Transactions on Communications (2009-2011)\, as an Editor for IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (2004-2007)\, and as a Guest Editor for a number of special issues for the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications and the EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing. He was a Technical Program co-chair of the IEEE Communication Theory Workshop in 2014\, and a Technical Program Committee co-chair of the Communication Theory Symposium at the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) in 2012. He was a member of the Signal Processing for Communications and Networking Technical Committee of the IEEE Signal Processing Society (2008-2013). Prof. Wei Yu received a Steacie Memorial Fellowship in 2015\, an IEEE Communications Society Best Tutorial Paper Award in 2015\, an IEEE ICC Best Paper Award in 2013\, an IEEE Signal Processing Society Best Paper Award in 2008\, the McCharles Prize for Early Career Research Distinction in 2008\, the Early Career Teaching Award from the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering\, University of Toronto in 2007\, and an Early Researcher Award from Ontario in 2006. He is recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher by Thomson Reuters. \nProf. Wei Yu is a Fellow of IEEE. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Ontario.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/cloud-radio-access-networks-coding-strategies-capacity-analysis-and-optimization-techniques/
LOCATION:Room BA 1230\, 40 St. George Street\, Toronto
CATEGORIES:Communications
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160428T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160428T150000
DTSTAMP:20260417T052653
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SUMMARY:Molecular Communication: Theoretical Limits and Experimental Implementations
DESCRIPTION:Thursday April 28th\, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. Dr. Nariman Farsad\, Post-doc Fellow\, Stanford University\, will be presenting “Molecular Communication: Theoretical Limits and Experimental Implementations”. \nSpeaker: Dr. Nariman Farsad\nPost-doc Fellow\, Stanford University \nDay & Time: Thursday\, April 28th\, 2016\n2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. \nLocation: Room BA 1190\nBahen Centre for Information Technology\nUniversity of Toronto\, St. George Campus\n40 St. George Street\, Toronto\, ON M5S 2E4 \nContact: Eman Hammad \nAbstract: Molecular communication is a new and bio-inspired field\, where chemical signals are used to transfer information instead of electromagnetic or electrical signals. In this paradigm\, the transmitter releases chemicals or molecules and encodes information on some property of these signals such as their timing or concentration. The signal then propagates the medium between the transmitter and the receiver through different means such as diffusion\, until it arrives at the receiver where the signal is detected and the information decoded. This new multidisciplinary field can be used for in-body communication\, secrecy\, networking microscale and nanoscale devices\, infrastructure monitoring in smart cities and industrial complexes\, as well as for underwater communications. Since these systems are fundamentally different from telecommunication systems\, most techniques that have been developed over the past few decades to advance radio technology cannot be applied to them directly. \nIn this talk\, we first explore some of the fundamental limits of molecular communication channels. In particular\, we explore the fundamental capacity limits of the molecular timing channels\, where information is encoded in the time of release of chemical signals. We also evaluate how capacity scales with respect to the number of particles released by the transmitter. Then\, optimal detection in molecular timing channels is briefly discussed. We conclude the talk by presenting some of the recent experimental implementations of molecular communication systems. \nBiography: Nariman Farsad received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in computer science and engineering from York University\, Toronto\, Canada in 2010 and 2015\, respectively. He is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Department of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University\, where he is a recipient of Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Postdoctoral Fellowship. Nariman has won the second prize in 2014 IEEE ComSoc Student Competition: Communications Technology Changing the World\, the best demo award at INFOCOM’2015\, and was recognized as a finalist for the 2014 Bell Labs Prize. He has been an Area Associate Editor for IEEE Journal of Selected Areas of Communication–Special Issue on Emerging Technologies in Communications\, and a Technical Reviewer for a number of journals including IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing\, and IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. He was also a member of the Technical Program Committees for the ICC’2015\, BICT’2015\, GLOBCOM’2015\, and GLOBCOM’2016.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/molecular-communication-theoretical-limits-and-experimental-implementations/
LOCATION:BA 1190\, 40 St. George Street\, Toronto\, ON
CATEGORIES:Communications
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SUMMARY:Segmentation-Aware Convolutional Nets
DESCRIPTION:Thursday April 14th\, 2016 at 2:15 p.m. Adam Harley will be presenting “Segmentation-Aware Convolutional Nets”. \nSpeaker: Adam Harley \nDay & Time: Thursday\, April 14th\, 2016\n2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. \nLocation: Room ENG 288\nComputer Science Department\nGeorge Vari Centre for Computing and Engineering\nRyerson University\n245 Church St.\, Toronto\, ON\, M5B 2K3 \nOrganizer: IEEE Magnetics Chapter\, IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Joint Chapter and Computer Science Department Ryerson University \nContact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour \nAbstract: In this talk\, I will propose a new deep convolutional neural network (DCNN) architecture that learns pixel embeddings\, such that pairwise distances between the embeddings can be used to infer whether or not the pixels lie on the same region. Experimental results show that when this embedding network is used in conjunction with a DCNN trained on semantic segmentation\, there is a systematic improvement in per-pixel classification accuracy. The contributions of this work consist in straightforward modifications to convolution routines. As such\, they can be exploited for any task involving convolution layers\, including object recognition\, image retrieval\, and video understanding. \nBiography: Adam Harley received a BA (Honours) degree in psychology from Ryerson University in 2012\, and was awarded the Canadian Psychological Association’s Certificate of Academic Excellence for his undergraduate thesis. Subsequently he began a computer science undergraduate degree at Ryerson\, where he was awarded the NSERC USRA. In 2014 he joined Ryerson’s MSc program in computer science. During the MSc he did research at INRIA in France\, as part of a Mitacs-Globalink research award. He is a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship for 2015. His main areas of research interest are computer vision and artificial intelligence.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/segmentation-aware-convolutional-nets/
LOCATION:Room ENG 288\, George Vari Centre for Computing and Engineering\, 245 Church St.\, Toronto\, ON\, M5B 2K3
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Magnetics
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SUMMARY:IEEE Standards Development EcoSystem and ComSoc Standards and Standards related Activities
DESCRIPTION:Monday April 4th\, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. Dr. Alexander D. Gelman\, Director of Standardization Programs Development\, IEEE Communication Society\, will be presenting “IEEE Standards Development EcoSystem and ComSoc Standards and Standards related Activities”. \nSpeaker: Dr. Alexander D. Gelman\nDirector of Standardization Programs Development\nIEEE Communication Society \nDay & Time: Monday\, April 4th\, 2016\n6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. \nLocation: BA 1230\, Bahen Centre for Information Technology\n40 St. George Street\, Toronto\, ON M5S 2E4 \nRefreshments in BA 1200 at 5:30 p.m. \nContact: Eman Hammad \nAbstract: In this presentation the IEEE and ComSoc Standards Activities are positioned and explained as a part of the IEEE total value proposition and the IEEE role in technology evolution from a concept to R&D and to standards and deployment. IEEE Standards Activities ecosystem will be explained. We will address the role and modus operandi of IEEE Standards Association and the role of Technical Societies and Councils\, Industry and Academia in the IEEE standardization activities. It will be a tutorial of how the IEEE Standardization cuisine works and how any materially or professedly interested party can participate in the standardization process. We will highlight the unique IEEE standardization process and IEEE standards-related policies. Sample communications and networking standardization and pre-standardization projects in such areas as PLC\, Smart Grid\, IoT\, SDN\, Big Data and 5G will be addressed. ComSoc standards–related technical activists\, such as conferences and publications will be discussed. \nBiography: Alexander D. Gelman received M.E. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the City University of New York. Presently he is CTO of NETovationsconsulting group that supports industry in competitive research and intellectual property management in areas of communications and networking. During 1998-2007 Alex worked the Chief Scientist of the Panasonic Princeton Research Laboratory\, managing research programs in consumer communications and networking; during 1984-1998 worked at Bellcore\, most recently as Director-Internet Access Architectures Research. Alex has numerous publications and several patents. He pioneered multi-point Multimedia Communications and DSL applications for managed services (IPTV). Alex holds some of the earliest system patents inVoDand DSL areas\, e.g. on xDSLInternet Access Router. He managed research projects that included competitive industrial research as well as standardization in industry consortia and global standards development organizations. Alex is a seasoned IEEE and ComSocvolunteer. He is a cofounder the IEEE conference on Consumer Communications and Networking (CCNC)\, helped to acquire for ComSocthe International Symposium on Power Line Communications (ISPLC)\, the IEEE Conference on Peer-to-Peer Computing\, IEEE-SIIT and IEEEBlackSeaComconferences; served on the inaugural Steering Committee for Transactions on Multimedia and the IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) and IEEE-CSCN; initiated a Communications Standards Supplement to the IEEE Communications Magazine asan incubation phase for IEEE Communications Standards Magazine; chaired the Technical Committee on Multimedia Communications\,served four terms as ComSocVice President. Alex initiated several standardization projects and initiated the ComSocStandards Board\, served as ComSocDirector of Standards. During his term ComSocreceived the IEEE Standards Association Entity Standards Sponsor award. Alex served on IEEE-SA BoGand on Standards Board and its New Standards\, Standards Review\, Patents and Industry Connections committees\, e.g. representing TAB in 2008\, 2010\, and in 2012. In 2008 Alex chaired TAB’s Ad Hoc Committee on Standards. Alex architected ComSocStandards Activities Council and was elected the first ComSocVice President -Standards Activities. Alex is a recipient of MMC TC Distinguished Service award and ComSocDonald W. McLellan Meritorious Service Award. And IEEE-SA Standards Medallion.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/ieee-standards-development-ecosystem-and-comsoc-standards-and-standards-related-activities/
LOCATION:BA1230\, Bahen Centre for Information Technology\, 40 St. George Street\, Toronto
CATEGORIES:Communications
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