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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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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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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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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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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160414T153000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160404T180000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160331T130000
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SUMMARY:Virtual and Augmented Reality in Medical Education: A New Wave
DESCRIPTION:Thursday March 31st\, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. Dr. Abdulaziz Saud Alshafai\, Research Fellow of Surgical Education of the Neurosurgery Division at St. Michael’s Hospital\, will be presenting “Virtual and Augmented Reality in Medical Education: A New Wave”. \nSpeaker: Dr. Abdulaziz Saud Alshafai\, MD\, MBBS\nResearch Fellow of Surgical Education\nNeurosurgery Division\nSt. Michael’s Hospital \nDay & Time: Thursday\, March 31st\, 2016\n1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. \nLocation: LG04 Ryerson University\n245 Church Street\, Toronto\, ON M5B 2K3 \nContact: Maryam Davoudpour \nLearning Objectives: To familiarize the audience with basic multimedia educational theory and principles. \nTo gain appreciation for the application of new technologies ( Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality) in medical education. \nTo develop some insight regarding the importance of multidisciplinary collaboration and development. \nBiography: Dr. Alshafai is a medical graduate from University of Dammam\, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Specially interested in the surgical field\, education and new technology innovations. He has joined St. Michael’s Hospital for a research fellowship in Surgical Education under the supervision of Professor Michael Cusimano in the division of Neurosurgery whilst pursuing a Masters of Medical Education at the University of Maastricht in The Netherlands. His current work involves the usage of virtual reality and three dimensional (3D) printing in medical education\, emphasizing on the application of educational theories and principles. \nAs a long time video-games enthusiast he also holds holds a special interest for the gamification of education and the use of video games as a medium for educating students.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/virtual-and-augmented-reality-in-medical-education-a-new-wave/
LOCATION:LG04 Ryerson\, University 245 Church Street\, Toronto\, ON M5B 2K3
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Magnetics
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160311T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160311T180000
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SUMMARY:Silicon Photonic Microring Resonator-Based Transceivers for Compact WDM Optical Interconnects
DESCRIPTION:Friday March 11th\, 2016 at 4:10 p.m. Dr. Samuel Palermo\, Associate Professor at Texas A&M University\, will be presenting “Silicon Photonic Microring Resonator-Based Transceivers for Compact WDM Optical Interconnects”. \nSpeaker: Dr. Samuel Palermo\, Associate Professor\nAssociate Professor\, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department\, Texas A&M\nIEEE Member and Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems \nDay & Time: Friday\, March 11th\, 2016\nAt 4:10 p.m.\, with social hour after the talk at Prenup Pub\nRefreshments will be served at the pub \nLocation: BA1210\, Bahen Centre for Information Technology\, University of Toronto\n40 St George St\, Toronto\, ON M5S 2E4 \nContact: Dustin Dunwell \nAbstract: The rapid growth of I/O bandwidth in applications such as datacenters and supercomputers motivate the development of interconnect architectures that can dramatically scale bandwidth density in an energy-efficient manner. This talk examines the potential of silicon photonic microring resonator-based optical transceivers for compact wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) optical interconnects. An overview of the photonic devices typically found in a ring resonator optical interconnect platform is provided and the design of transceiver circuits which address key challenges related to the modulators and drop filters is described. The possibility of further improvements in bandwidth density via efficient implementations of >50Gb/s PAM4 modulation with the microring modulators is detailed. \nBiography: Samuel Palermo received the B.S. and M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Texas A&M University\, College Station\, TX in 1997 and 1999\, respectively\, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University\, Stanford\, CA in 2007. From 1999 to 2000\, he was with Texas Instruments\, Dallas\, TX\, where he worked on the design of mixed-signal integrated circuits for high-speed serial data communication. From 2006 to 2008\, he was with Intel Corporation\, Hillsboro\, OR\, where he worked on high-speed optical and electrical I/O architectures. In 2009\, he joined the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of Texas A&M University where he is currently an associate professor. His research interests include high-speed electrical and optical interconnect architectures\, high performance clocking circuits\, and integrated sensor systems. \nDr. Palermo is a recipient of a 2013 NSF-CAREER award. He is a member of Eta Kappa Nu and IEEE. He currently serves as an associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Circuits and System – II and has served on the IEEE CASS Board of Governors from 2011 to 2012. He was a coauthor of the Jack Raper Award for Outstanding Technology-Directions Paper at the 2009 International Solid-State Circuits Conference and the Best Student Paper at the 2014 Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems. He received the Texas A&M University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Outstanding Professor Award in 2014 and the Engineering Faculty Fellow Award in 2015.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/silicon-photonic-microring-resonator-based-transceivers-for-compact-wdm-optical-interconnects/
LOCATION:BA1210\, Bahen Centre for Information Technology\, University of Toronto
CATEGORIES:Solid-State Circuits
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160310T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160310T140000
DTSTAMP:20260417T080322
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SUMMARY:Software Development for Aerospace Activities
DESCRIPTION:Thursday March 10th\, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. Dr. Elliott Coleshill\, Professor at Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology\, will be presenting “Software Development for Aerospace Activities”. \nSpeaker: Dr. Elliott Coleshill\, Professor\nSeneca College of Applied Arts and Technology\nSchool of Information and Communications Technology \nDay & Time: Thursday\, March 10th\, 2016\n1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. \nLocation: Room LG04\, George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre\n245 Church Street\, Ryerson University\, M5B 2K3 \nContact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour \nAbstract: Due to the need for real-time operations\, fault tolerance and reaction to internal/external sensory input\, robotics and spacecraft systems contain some of the most sophisticated and complex software developed. These systems are required to operate in harsh environments\, act autonomously and support human life in critical and non-critical situations. \nThis presentation will walk through the life cycle of software system design for aerospace projects from design and development to verification\, validation and real-time operations. With over 15 years of experience in the industry\, Dr. Coleshill will share stories about his experience working on the International Space Station and satellite systems to track marine ship traffic around the globe. \nBiography: Dr. Ellliott Coleshill has over 15 years of experience working in the Canadian space industry. Dr. Coleshill completed a PhD in 2010 and a Masters in 2003 from the University of Guleph\, with research in image processing\, machine vision and robotics. Prior to attending the University of Guelph\, he graduated from the Ryerson Applied Computer Science program in 2000 with research in autonomous robotic control. \nDr. Coleshill started his career in the space industry at MDA. From 2000 to 2004 he was part of a team that designed and developed the integration and test environment for the International Space Station Mobile Servicing System (Canadarm2/Dextre). In 2004 Dr. Coleshill transitioned into the Systems group where he worked as a software safety engineer\, engineering support lead at the Canadian Space Agency during docked robotic operations on the International Space Station and several small research and development concept demonstrations. In August\, 2005 Dr. Coleshill received a NASA Space Flight Awareness Honoree Award in recognition of his dedication\, commitment and his achievements in support of NASA’s space program. From 2005 to 2007 Dr. Coleshill was the technical lead for designing and developing the concepts and system upgrades for Canadarm2 free flyer capture operations used today for SpaceX operations. In 2007\, the Canadian Space Agency presented him with a Certificate of Distinction for his free flyer concept checkout procedures.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/software-development-for-aerospace-activities/
LOCATION:Room LG04\, George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Magnetics
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160307T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160307T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T080322
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LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T000646Z
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SUMMARY:Convexity\, Sparsity\, Nullity and all that… in Data Analysis
DESCRIPTION:Monday March 7th\, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. Prof. Hamid Krim\, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering of North Carolina State University\, will be presenting a distinguished lecture\, “Convexity\, Sparsity\, Nullity and all that… in Data Analysis”. \nSpeaker: Prof. Hamid Krim\nDepartment of Electrical & Computer Engineering\nNorth Carolina State University\nRaleigh\, NC\, US \nDay & Time: Monday\, March 7th\, 2016\n3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. \nLocation: Room VIC300\, Ryerson University\n285 Victoria St\, Toronto\nMap: https://goo.gl/maps/EAvPDLGSqrt \nContact: Mehrnaz Shokrollahi \nAbstract: High dimensional data exhibit distinct properties compared to its low dimensional counterpart; this causes a common performance decrease and a formidable computational cost increase of traditional approaches. Novel methodologies are therefore needed to characterize data in high dimensional spaces. Considering the parsimonious degrees of freedom of high dimensional data compared to its dimensionality\, we study the union-of-subspaces (UoS) model\, as a generalization of the linear subspace model. The UoS model preserves the simplicity of the linear subspace model\, and enjoys the additional stability to address nonlinear data. We show a sufficient condition to use l1 minimization to reveal the underlying UoS structure\, and further propose a bi-sparsity model (R0Sure) as an effective algorithm\, to recover the given data characterized by the UoS model from errors/corruptions. As an interesting twist on the related problem of Dictionary Learning Problem\, we discuss the sparse null space problem (SNS). Based on linear equality constraint\, it first appeared in 1986 and has since inspired results\, such as sparse basis pursuit\, we investigate its relation to the analysis dictionary learning problem\, and show that the SNS problem plays a central role\, and may naturally be exploited to solve dictionary learning problems. Substantiating examples are provided\, and the application and performance of these approaches are demonstrated on a wide range of problems\, such as face clustering and video segmentation. \nBiography: Hamid Krim received his BSc.\, MSc. and PhD. in Electrical Engineering. He was a member of Technical staff at AT&T Bell Labs\, where he has conducted R&D in the areas of telephony and digital communication systems/subsystems. Following an NSF post-doctoral fellowship at Foreign Centers of Excellence\, LSS/University of Orsay\, Paris\, France. He later joined the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems\, MIT\, Cambridge\, MA as a Research Scientist\, where he was performing and supervising research. He is presently Professor of Electrical Engineering in the ECE department\, North Carolina State University\, Raleigh\, leading the Vision\, Information and Statistical Signal Theories and Applications group. His research interests are in statistical signal and image analysis\, and mathematical modelling\, with a keen emphasis on applied problems in classification and recognition using geometric and topological tools. He is currently serving on the IEEE editorial board of SP\, and the TCs of SPTM and Big Data Initiative\, as well as an AE of the new IEEE Transactions on SP on Information Processing on Networks\, and of the IEEE SP Magazine. He is also one of the 2015-2016 Distinguished Lecturers of the IEEE SP Society.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/convexity-sparsity-nullity-and-all-that-in-data-analysis/
LOCATION:Room VIC300\, Ryerson University\, 285 Victoria St\, Toronto
CATEGORIES:Signal Processing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160229T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160229T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T080322
CREATED:20210429T230400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T000610Z
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SUMMARY:Photonics for Microwave Systems and Ultra-Wideband Signal Processing
DESCRIPTION:Monday February 29th\, 2016 at 3:10 p.m. Professor Willie Ng\, Dept. of Electrical Engineering\, University of Southern California\, will be presenting “Photonics for Microwave Systems and Ultra-Wideband Signal Processing”. \nSpeaker: Professor Willie Ng\nDept. of Electrical Engineering\, University of Southern California\nIEEE Fellow \nDay & Time: Monday\, February 29th\, 2016\n3:10 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. \nLocation: GB 120\, Galbraith Building\, University of Toronto\n35 St George St\, Toronto\, ON M5S 1A4 \n**Refreshments will be served** \nContact: Junho Jeong \nAbstract: This seminar will describe the development and application of photonics technology in microwave antenna systems and ultra-wideband signal processing. It will cover our recent work on the characterization of high frequency modulators and mode-locked lasers\, photonic-assisted analog-to-digital conversion\, as well as RF-photonic filtering. The seminar will also describe how the broadband capabilities of photonics and wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) technologies can be utilized for high dynamic range antenna remoting and true-time-delay beamforming that cover multiple microwave bands. \nBiography: Dr. Willie W. Ng is currently a Research Professor ofl Engineering at the University of Southern California (USC). Prior to joining USC in 2013\, he spent close to three decades at HRL Laboratories\, Malibu\, CA\, where he was a Principal Research Scientist\, Program Manager and Department Manager. Under DARPA and U.S. Air Force sponsorships\, he led HRL teams that demonstrated a variety of photonic devices/subsystems designed for microwave antenna systems and ultra-wideband signal processing\, including RF-photonic filtering and photonics-assisted analog-to-digital conversion. He has given many invited talks in IEEE/OSA Conferences and DARPA Symposiums\, and is the author and co-author of over 100 journal articles and conference papers. He holds 26 U.S. patents in the area of photonics technology\, with many pending. Cited for pioneering contributions to microwave photonics\, he was one of six individuals selected to receive the Excellence in Technology Award in 2005 from the Raytheon Company. Prior to HRL\, he was a Member of the Technical Staff at the Rockwell Science Center\, Thousand Oaks\, Calif.\, where he developed GaInAsP/InP buried heterostructure lasers and power converters. He received his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland\, Ohio)\, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology (Pasadena\, Calif.) under the guidance of Prof. A. Yariv. His thesis work was on the demonstration of GaAlAs/GaAs Distributed Bragg Reflector lasers and Bragg waveguides. He is a fellow of the IEEE\, and serves on the 2013-2015 CLEO (Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics) Technical Committee.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/photonics-for-microwave-systems-and-ultra-wideband-signal-processing/
LOCATION:GB 120\, University of Toronto
CATEGORIES:Circuits & Devices
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160226T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160226T130000
DTSTAMP:20260417T080322
CREATED:20210429T230400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T000115Z
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SUMMARY:Systematic Design of Analog Circuits Using Pre-Computed Lookup Tables
DESCRIPTION:Friday February 26th\, 2016 at 11:10 a.m. Dr. Boris Murmann\, Associate Professor at Stanford University\, will be presenting “Systematic Design of Analog Circuits Using Pre-Computed Lookup Tables”. \nSpeaker: Dr. Boris Murmann\nAssociate Professor\, Electrical Engineering\, Stanford University\nIEEE Fellow\, and Program Vice-Chair at ISSCC 2016 \nDay & Time: Friday\, February 26th\, 2016\n11:10 a.m. – 12:40 p.m. \nLocation: BA1210\, Bahen Centre for Information Technology\, University of Toronto\n40 St George St\, Toronto\, ON M5S 2E4 \nContact: Dustin Dunwell \nAbstract: The majority of textbook material on analog circuit design is based on the square-law model for MOS transistors. While this model remains useful for teaching\, it has become too inaccurate for design in nanoscale CMOS. In circuit simulators\, this problem has been solved using complex models equations with hundreds of parameters. Since these descriptions are impractical for manual use\, designers tend to shy away from hand-analysis-based optimization and resort to a design style built on iterative and time-consuming “tweaking” in a simulator. This tutorial presents a systematic design methodology that bridges the gap between simulation\, hand analysis and script-based optimization. The approach hinges upon Spice-generated look-up tables containing the transistor’s equivalent model parameters (gm\, gds\, etc.) across a multi-dimensional sweep of the terminal voltages. We interpret and organize these data based on the transistor’s inversion level\, employing gm/ID as a proxy and key parameter for design. This width-independent metric captures a device’s efficiency in translating bias current to transconductance and spans nearly the same range in all modern CMOS processes (~3…30 S/A). When combined with other width-independent figures of merit (gm/Cgg\, gm/gds\, etc.) thinking in terms of gm/ID (rather than gate overdrive) allows us to study the tradeoffs between bandwidth\, noise\, distortion and power dissipation in a normalized space. The final bias currents and device sizes follow from a straightforward denormalization step using the current density ID/W. Since this entire flow is driven by Spice-generated data\, we maintain close agreement between the desired specs and the circuit’s simulated performance. We will detail the inner workings of this approach\, and showcase its capabilities using a variety of practical examples. \nBiography: Boris Murmann joined Stanford University in 2004\, where he currently serves as an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering. He received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of California at Berkeley in 2003. From 1994 to 1997\, he was with Neutron Microelectronics\, Germany\, where he developed low-power and smart-power ASICs in automotive CMOS technology. Dr. Murmann’s research interests are in the area of mixed-signal integrated circuit design\, with special emphasis on data converters and sensor interfaces. In 2008\, he was a co-recipient of the Best Student Paper Award at the VLSI Circuits Symposium in 2008 and a recipient of the Best Invited Paper Award at the IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC). He received the Agilent Early Career Professor Award in 2009 and the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award in 2012. He has served as an Associate Editor of the IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits and as the Data Converter Subcommittee Chair of the IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC). He currently serves as the program vice-chair for the ISSCC 2016. He is a Fellow of the IEEE.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/systematic-design-of-analog-circuits-using-pre-computed-lookup-tables/
LOCATION:BA1210\, University of Toronto
CATEGORIES:Solid-State Circuits
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160211T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160211T140000
DTSTAMP:20260417T080322
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SUMMARY:Semi-automated Genome Annotation and an Expanded Epigenetic Alphabet
DESCRIPTION:Thursday February 11th\, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. Michael Hoffman\, Principal Investigator at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and Assistant Professor in the Departments of Medical Biophysics\, University of Toronto\, will be presenting “Semi-automated genome annotation and an expanded epigenetic alphabet”. \nSpeaker: Michael Hoffman\nPrincipal Investigator at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre\nAssistant Professor in the Departments of Medical Biophysics\, University of Toronto \nDay & Time: Thursday\, February 11\, 2016\n1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. \nLocation: Room LG04\, George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre\nRyerson University\, Toronto\, M5B 1Z4\nPlease check before the seminar \nContact: llivi@scs.ryerson.ca \nAbstract: First\, we will discuss Segway\, an integrative method to identify patterns from multiple functional genomics experiments\, discovering joint patterns across different assay types. We apply Segway to ENCODE ChIP-seq andDNase-seq data and identify patterns associated with transcription start sites\, gene ends\, enhancers\, CTCF elements\, and repressed regions. Segway yields a model which elucidates the relationship between assay observations and functional elements in the genome. \nSecond\, we will discuss a new method to discover transcription factor motifs and identify transcription factor binding sites in DNA with covalent modifications such as methylation. Just as transcription factors distinguish one standard nucleobase from another\, they also distinguish unmodified and modified bases. To represent the modified bases in a sequence\, we replace cytosine (C) with symbols for 5-methylcytosine (5mC)\, 5-hydroxylmethylcytosine (5hmC)\, 5-formylcytosine (5fC). Similarly\, we adapted the well-established position weight matrix model of transcription factor binding affinity to an expanded alphabet. We created an expanded-alphabet genome sequence using genome-wide maps of 5mC\, 5hmC\, and 5fC in mouse embryonic stem cells. Using this sequence and expanded-alphabet position weight matrixes\, we reproduced various known methylation binding preferences\, including the preference of ZFP57 and C/EBPβ for methylated motifs and the preference of c-Myc for unmethylated motifs. Using these known binding preferences to tune model parameters enables discovery of novel modified motifs. \nBiography: Michael Hoffman is a principal investigator at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and Assistant Professor in the Departments of Medical Biophysics and Computer Science\, University of Toronto. He researches the application of machine learning techniques to epigenomic data. He previously led the National Institutes of Health ENCODE Project’s large-scale integration task group while at the University of Washington. He has a PhD from the University of Cambridge\, where he conducted computational genomics studies at the European Bioinformatics Institute. He also has a B.S. in Biochemistry and a B.A. in the Plan II Honors Program at The University of Texas at Austin. He was named a Genome Technology Young Investigator and has received several awards for his academic work\, including a NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/semi-automated-genome-annotation-and-an-expanded-epigenetic-alphabet/
LOCATION:Room LG04\, George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre\, Ryerson University\, Toronto
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Magnetics,Signals & Computational Intelligence
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160204T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160204T140000
DTSTAMP:20260417T080322
CREATED:20210429T230400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210429T234507Z
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SUMMARY:Agile Methodologies in the Enterprise
DESCRIPTION:Thursday February 4th\, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. Dr. Salah Sharieh\, Senior Technical Innovator\, will be presenting “Agile Methodologies in the Enterprise”. \nSpeaker: Salah Sharieh\nSenior Technical Innovator\nDoctor of Philosophy\, McMaster University \nDay & Time: Thursday\, February 4\, 2016\n1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. \nLocation: Room LG04\, George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre\nRyerson University\, Toronto\, M5B 1Z4 \nContact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour \nAbstract: The only constant is change and technology is changing very fast. To build an enterprise software is inherently complex and lengthy with a need for flexibility to adjust to the changing needs of customers and market conditions. Agile methodologies are often presented as the solution for these problems. \nAdopting a new concept often proves harder than it seems at first but having the right people with the right tools to support the change can make it easier. Introducing Agile into large organization has advantages and disadvantages such as accelerating delivery and shortening the feedback cycle. On the other hand\, these types of methodologies have higher dependency on people skills rather than processes which makes it harder to achieve the desired value. \nAfter further analysis\, it appears that only some parts of agile methodologies work well. In this topic\, we will talk about the challenges that CIOs face with adapting agile methods and what can be done to increase the likely hood of useful adoption and implementation in large organizations. In addition\, we will talk about vendors’ role in agile projects and how they might contribute to the failure or the success of a project. Finally\, we will compare and contrast Agile with iterative approaches. \nBiography: Dr. Salah Sharieh is a Senior Technical Innovator with extensive experience in business and technology. He has developed his business savvy through working with Fortune 500 companies. Salah also holds the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from McMaster University. He has more than twenty peer reviewed publications and has contributed to several books. He also is a technical reviewer for several journals and conferences and is a member of the CIO association of Canada. Recently Salah led the National Occupation Standards for Cyber Security.\nIn the last 20 years\, Salah Sharieh founded several companies\, some of which were later acquired by larger organizations. He has delivered high profile solutions and provided vision and leadership to several industries including financial\, telecommunication\, manufacturing\, and the public sector. Under Salah’s leadership\, start-up companies evolved from concept to companies providing products and solutions for businesses across Canada\, the United States\, and Europe.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/agile-methodologies-in-the-enterprise/
LOCATION:Room LG04\, Ryerson University\, Toronto\, M5B 1Z4
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Magnetics
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160128T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160128T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T080322
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LAST-MODIFIED:20210429T234426Z
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SUMMARY:IBM Internet of Things Point of View and Strategy
DESCRIPTION:Thursday January 28\, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. Jim Caldwell\, Director of IBM Internet of Things\, Continuous Engineering Solutions Development\, will be presenting “IBM Internet of Things Point of View and Strategy”. \nSpeaker: Jim Caldwell\nDirector\, IBM Internet of Things\, Continuous Engineering Solutions Development \nDay & Time: Thursday\, January 28\, 2016\n6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. \nLocation: Room VIC608\nVictoria Building\, Ryerson University\n285 Victoria Street\, Toronto\nMap: http://www.ryerson.ca/maps \nContact: d.cecic@ieee.org \nAbstract: The Internet of Things is predicted to have an economic impact of more than $11 Trillion per year by 2025. It has become a focus of discussion by technologists\, the business press and the general public. Clearly something is happening but what? And what should businesses and institutions do about it? This presentation will survey the topic from IBM’s perspective. We will discuss what the Internet of Things is. We will also discuss IBM’s point of view and strategy\, some examples of offerings and client engagements. Finally\, we will conclude with some key questions and research challenges. \nBiography: As Director\, IBM Internet of Things\, Continuous Engineering Solutions Development\, Mr. Caldwell is responsible for the development of a set of software tools and solutions used in the design and development of “things”. This includes motor vehicles\, aircraft and electronic devices. He is also a member of the leadership team for IBM’s Collaborative Lifecycle Management toolset used in the design and development of large software systems industry wide. \nPreviously\, as Director of Software Group (SWG) Technical Strategy\, Mr. Caldwell was responsible for working across SWG to continually update and communicate the SWG technical strategy. This included working with SWG divisional leaders (technical and business) on key elements of strategy and cross IBM initiatives. It also included selection\, development and delivery of incubator programs and joint programs with IBM research. \nPrior to that\, Mr. Caldwell served as Director of WebSphere Application Infrastructure Product Management where he was responsible for business management of the infrastructure portion of IBM’s WebSphere portfolio of e-business products. This included WebSphere Application Server\, WebSphere Commerce Server\, WebSphere Voice Server and Embedded ViaVoice. He drove business decisions across all disciplines within these groups including development\, services\, business development\, and marketing. \nIn his more than 25 years at IBM\, Mr. Caldwell has held technical\, managerial and executive roles in IBM’s software businesses including Director\, WebSphere Commerce Development in which he helped grow IBM’s Commerce offering from an incubator activity to the market leader. Mr. Caldwell is a Mathematics graduate from the University of Waterloo and is currently based in IBM’s Toronto Software Laboratory.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/ibm-internet-of-things-point-of-view-and-strategy/
LOCATION:Room VIC608\, Victoria Building\, Ryerson University\, 285 Victoria Street\, Toronto
CATEGORIES:Computer
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160128T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160128T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T080322
CREATED:20210429T230359Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210429T234401Z
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SUMMARY:Imaging Tissue and Treating Cancer with Microwaves
DESCRIPTION:Thursday January 28\, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. Professor Susan Hagness\, University of Wisconsin-Madison\, will be presenting “Imaging Tissue and Treating Cancer with Microwaves”. \nSpeaker: Professor Susan Hagness\nUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison \nDay & Time: Thursday\, January 28\, 2016\n3:00 p.m. \nLocation: Sandford Fleming Building\, 10 King’s College Rd\nRoom SF1105 \nOrganizer: IEEE Toronto Electromagnetics and Radiation Chapter \nContact: Costas D. Sarris \nAbstract: The endogenous (and possibly exogenously influenced) dielectric properties of tissue at microwave frequencies vary across different tissue types and physiological states. These properties may be exploited to differentiate tissues via low-power microwave imaging and to selectively heat diseased tissue at higher power levels. This presentation will highlight recent theoretical and experimental advances in low-cost microwave theranostics – that is\, diagnostic and therapeutic microwave-based technologies – with an emphasis on breast imaging and targeted cancer treatment. On the diagnostic side\, 3-D quantitative microwave imaging technology has the potential to address several important clinical needs in breast imaging\, including evaluating breast density as part of a patient’s individualized risk assessment\, screening women who are at higher risk for cancer\, and monitoring changes in breast tissue in response to prevention and treatment protocols. On the therapeutic side\, minimally invasive microwave ablation using miniaturized antennas as interstitial heating probes is emerging as a less invasive alternative to surgical resection and more effective and versatile alternative to conventional thermoablative techniques for the treatment of primary tumors. \nBiography: Susan C. Hagness received the B.S. degree with highest honors and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Northwestern University in 1993 and 1998\, respectively. Since 1998\, she has been with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison\, where she currently holds the title of Philip D. Reed Professor and serves as the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Affairs in the College of Engineering. She is also a Faculty Affiliate of the Department of Biomedical Engineering and a member of the UW Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Hagness was the recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) presented by the U.S. White House in 2000. In 2002\, she was named one of the 100 top young innovators in science and engineering in the world by the MIT Technology Review magazine. She is also the recipient of the UW-Madison Emil Steiger Distinguished Teaching Award (2003)\, the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Early Career Achievement Award (2004)\, the URSI Isaac Koga Gold Medal (2005)\, the IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering Outstanding Paper Award (2007)\, the IEEE Education Society Mac E. Van Valkenburg Early Career Teaching Award (2007)\, the UW System Alliant Energy Underkofler Excellence in Teaching Award (2009)\, the Physics in Medicine and Biology Citations Prize (2011)\, the UW-Madison Kellett Mid- Career Award (2011)\, and the UW-Madison College of Engineering Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award for Excellence in Teaching Engineers (2014). She was elected Fellow of the IEEE in 2009. She has held numerous leadership positions within the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) and the United States National Committee (USNC) of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI). She was the Technical Program Chair of the 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting in Chicago\, IL\, and most recently completed a term as Chair of the IEEE AP-S Fellows Evaluation Committee.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/imaging-tissue-and-treating-cancer-with-microwaves/
LOCATION:Sandford Fleming Building\, 10 King’s College Rd Room\, SF1105
CATEGORIES:Electromagnetics & Radiation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160128T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160128T140000
DTSTAMP:20260417T080322
CREATED:20210501T014015Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210501T014015Z
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SUMMARY:The Art of Successful Presentation
DESCRIPTION:Thursday January 28th\, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. Dr. Alex. Ferworn\, Associate Chair and Graduate Programs Director at Ryerson University\, will be presenting “The Art of Successful Presentation”. \nSpeaker: Dr. Alex Ferworn\nAssociate Chair and Graduate Programs Director\, Ryerson University\nDirector\, Program in Disaster and Emergency Management \nDay & Time: Thursday\, January 28\, 2016\n1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. \nLocation: Room LG04\, George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre\nRyerson University\, Toronto\, M5B 1Z4 \nContact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour \nAbstract: The fear of needles (trypanophobia) is the 20th most prevalent phobia. The fear of public speaking (glossophobia) is ranked at 13th. Does this mean that some people would rather be stuck with needles than make a public presentation? Based on the experience of Prof. Ferworn\, this may be true. Some fear of making a presentation can be mitigated by knowing what to do. In this presentation\, Prof. Ferworn will discuss how to make a successful presentation by providing simple guidelines so that no one must stick themselves with needles in order to feel better about talking publicly. \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/the-art-of-successful-presentation/
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Magnetics
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160128T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160128T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T080322
CREATED:20210429T230359Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210429T234329Z
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SUMMARY:Linearization Techniques for Push-Pull Amplifiers
DESCRIPTION:Thursday January 28\, 2016 at 11:10 a.m. Dr. Rinaldo Castello\, IEEE Fellow\, will be presenting “Linearization Techniques for Push-Pull Amplifiers”. \nSpeaker: Dr. Rinaldo Castello\nIEEE Fellow\nUniversity of Pavia\, Italy \nDay & Time: Thursday\, January 28\, 2016\n11:10 a.m. \nLocation: University of Toronto\, Bahen Centre\, Room BA1230 \nOrganizer: Solid-State Circuits Society \nContact: Dustin Dunwell \nAbstract: Amplifiers that need to drive heavy loads (low resistances and/or large capacitances) or to handle high current signals with good efficiency generally use a push-pull output stage. This intrinsically creates large open-loop distortion components that need to be compressed through feedback to insure high closed-loop linearity. Minimizing close loop residual distortion involves three steps that will be discussed. First\, eliminate all open-loop source of distortion not intrinsic to the proper operation of the push pull structure. Second\, choose the amplifier topology that gives the maximum close loop compression of the open-loop distortion components for a given bandwidth. Third\, maximize the open-loop gain in the signal band and/or the unity gain bandwidth of the amplifier for a given topology while insuring stability in the presence of variable loads. \nBiography: Rinaldo Castello (S’78–M’78–SM’92–F’99) graduated from the University of Genova (summa cum laude) in 1977 and received the M.S. and the Ph. D. from the University of California\, Berkeley\, in ‘81 and ‘84. From ‘83 to ‘85 he was Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of California\, Berkeley. In 1987 he joined the University of Pavia where he is now a Full Professor. He consulted for ST-Microelectronics\, Milan\, Italy up to 2005 in ‘98 he started a joint research centre between the University of Pavia and ST and was its Scientific Director up to ‘05. He promoted the establishing of several design centre from multinational IC companies in the Pavia area among them Marvell for which he has been consulting from 2005. Rinaldo Castello has been a member of the TPC of the European Solid State Circuit Conference (ESSCIRC) since 1987 and of the International Solid State Circuit Conference (ISSCC) from ‘92 to ‘04. He was Technical Chairman of ESSCIRC ’91 and General Chairman of ESSCIRC ‘02\, Associate Editor for Europe of the IEEE J. of Solid-State Circ. from ’94 to ’96 and Guest Editor of the July ’92 special issue. From 2000 to 2007 he has been Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Solid State Circuit Society. Prof Castello was named one of the outstanding contributors for the first 50 and 60 years of ISSCC and a co-recipient of the Best Student Paper Award at the 2005 Symposium on VLSI of the Best Invited Paper Award at the 2011 CICC and of the Best Evening Panel Award at ISSCC 2012. He was one of the two European representatives at the Plenary Distinguished Panel of ISSCC 2013 and the Summer 2014 Issue of the IEEE Solid State Circuit Magazine was devoted to him. Rinaldo Castello is a Fellow of the IEEE.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/linearization-techniques-for-push-pull-amplifiers/
LOCATION:University of Toronto\, Bahen Centre\, Room BA1230
CATEGORIES:Solid-State Circuits
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160118T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160118T180000
DTSTAMP:20260417T080322
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SUMMARY:The Wonderful World of Nonlinearity: Modeling and Characterization of RF and Microwave Circuits
DESCRIPTION:Monday January 18\, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. Jose C. Pedro\, Professor at the University of Aveiro\, will be presenting a Distinguished Microwave Lecture\, on “The Wonderful World of Nonlinearity: Modeling and Characterization of RF and Microwave Circuits”. \nSpeaker: Jose C. Pedro\nUniversity of Aveiro \nDay & Time: Monday\, January 18\, 2016\n5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. \nLocation: Room GB405\, Galbraith Building\n35 St. George Street\, Toronto\, M5S 1A4 \nOrganizer: IEEE Toronto Electromagnetics and Radiation Chapter \nContact: George V. Eleftheriades \nAbstract: Despite the many studies that have been undertaken to understand the wonderful world of nonlinearity\, most undergraduate electrical engineering programs are still confined to linear analysis and design tools. As a result\, the vast majority of microwave designers still cannot profit from the significant technological advancements that have been made in nonlinear circuit simulation\, active device modeling and new instrumentation for performance verification. So\, they tend to conduct their designs relying on experience\, empirical concepts\, and many trial and error iterations in the lab.\nThis talk will reveal the ubiquitous presence of nonlinearity in all RF and microwave circuits and the recent efforts made to understand\, model\, predict\, and measure its diverse manifestations. We aim to bring microwave engineers’ attention to newly available techniques\, and attract researchers to pursue further studies on this scientifically exciting topic.\nStarting with some elementary properties of nonlinear circuits (like nonlinear signal distortion\, harmonic generation\, frequency conversion and spectral regrowth)\, we will show that nonlinearity is present in all wireless circuits\, either to perform a desired signal operation or as unintentional distortion. In this way\, we will show how oscillators\, modulators or mixers could not exist without nonlinearity\, while power-amplifier designers struggle to get rid of its distortion effects.\nAfter this theoretical overview\, we will introduce some recent advancements in nonlinear microwave circuit analysis tools and illustrate different types of models that are currently being used to represent and predict device\, circuit\, and system performance. Finally\, we will focus the talk on the key metrics that are used to characterize nonlinear behavior\, as well as newly developed lab instruments and their ability to assess device performance. \nBiography: José C. Pedro received the diploma\, doctoral and habilitation degrees in electronics and telecommunications engineering\, from University of Aveiro\, Portugal\, in 1985\, 1993 and 2002\, respectively.\nFrom 1985 to 1993 he was an Assistant Lecturer at University of Aveiro\, and a Professor since 1993. Currently he is a Full Professor at the same University\, and a Senior Research Scientist at the Institute of Telecommunications.\nHis main scientific interests include active device modeling and the analysis and design of various nonlinear microwave circuits\, in particular\, the design of highly linear multi-carrier power amplifiers and mixers. He is the leading author of Intermodulation Distortion in Microwave and Wireless Circuits (Artech House\, 2003)\, has authored or co-authored more than 200 papers in international journals and symposia\, and served the IEEE in the Portuguese MTT/AP/ED Joint Chapter\, the MTT-11 Technical Committee and as a reviewer and Associate Editor for the MTT Transactions and reviewer for the MTT-IMS and the EuMC.\nProf. Pedro has served his university department as the Coordinator of the Scientific Council and as the Department Head.\nProf. Pedro received the Marconi Young Scientist Award in 1993 and the 2000 Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) Measurement Prize. In 2007 he was elected Fellow of the IEEE for his contributions to the nonlinear distortion analysis of microwave devices and circuits. Currently\, he is an IEEE MTT-S Distinguished Microwave Lecturer.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/the-wonderful-world-of-nonlinearity-modeling-and-characterization-of-rf-and-microwave-circuits/
LOCATION:Room GB405\, Galbraith Building\, 35 St. George Street\, Toronto\, M5S 1A4
CATEGORIES:Electromagnetics & Radiation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20151211T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20151211T170000
DTSTAMP:20260417T080322
CREATED:20210429T230359Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210429T234536Z
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SUMMARY:Applications of Miniaturized-Element Frequency Selective Surfaces in Designing Microwave Lenses\, Reflectarrays\, and Polarization Converters
DESCRIPTION:Friday December 11\, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. Prof. Nader Behdad of University of Wisconsin – Madison\, will be presenting “Applications of Miniaturized-Element Frequency Selective Surfaces in Designing Microwave Lenses\, Reflectarrays\, and Polarization Converters”. \nSpeaker: Prof. Nader Behdad\nUniversity of Wisconsin – Madison \nDay & Time: Friday\, December 11\, 2015\n4:00 p.m. \nLocation: Room BA1210\, Bahen Center for Information Technology\n40 St. George Street\, Toronto\, ON\, M5S 2E4 \nOrganizer: IEEE Toronto Electromagnetics and Radiation Chapter \nContact: Sean Victor Hum \nAbstract: Over the past several years\, we have conducted research on a class of frequency selective surfaces with building blocks that consist of cascaded arrays of non-resonant\, sub-wavelength periodic structures. Due to the small lateral dimensions and thicknesses of their unit cells\, these structures are referred to as miniaturized-element frequency selective surfaces (MEFSSs). As spatial filters\, MEFSSs can be designed to provide a wide range of response types with arbitrary levels of selectivity. MEFSSs capable of operating at extremely high incident power levels have also been developed and experimentally demonstrated for operation as spatial filters in HPM systems. Finally\, MEFSSs having suppressed harmonics over extremely broad bandwidths have been developed for reduction of radar signatures of antennas and other objects. \nIn addition to acting as spatial filters\, the building blocks of MEFSSs can be used to serve other purposes as well. For example\, by using the unit cells of a band-pass or a low-pass MEFSS as a spatial phase shifter or a spatial time-delay unit (TDU)\, wideband\, true-time-delay lenses and reflectarrays may be designed. By using anisotropic versions of these spatial TDUs\, wideband linear-to-circular polarization converters or polarization selective surfaces can be designed. In this presentation\, I will first briefly discuss the principles of operation of MEFSSs and present examples of spatial filters developed for different applications. Subsequently\, I will discuss three specific applications where the unit cells of MEFSSs are used as transmissive or reflective time-delay units. These include the development of wideband true-time-delay microwave lenses and reflectarrays as well as broadband linear-to-circular polarization converters designed using anisotropic time delay units. \nBiography: Nader Behdad received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology (Tehran\, Iran) in 2000 and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from University of Michigan (Ann Arbor\, MI\, U.S.A.) in 2003 and 2006 respectively. He was an Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science\, University of Central Florida\, Orlando\, FL\, USA\, from 2006 to 2008\, and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering\, University of Wisconsin–Madison\, Madison\, WI\, USA\, from 2009 to 2013\, where he is currently an Associate Professor. His research expertise is in the area of applied electromagnetics with emphasis on electrically-small antennas\, antenna arrays\, antennas for biomedical applications\, biomedical applications of RF/microwaves\, periodic structures\, frequency selective surfaces\, passive high-power microwave devices\, metamaterials\, and biomimetics and biologically inspired systems in electromagnetics. \nProf. Behdad was a recipient of the IEEE R. W. P. King Prize Paper Award in 2014\, the IEEE Piergiorgio L. E. Uslenghi Letters Prize Paper Award in 2012\, the CAREER Award from the U.S. National Science Foundation in 2011\, the Young Investigator Award from the United States Air Force Office of Scientific Research in 2011\, and the Young Investigator Award from the United States Office of Naval Research in 2011. He received the Office of Naval Research Senior Faculty Fellowship in 2009\, the Young Scientist Award from the International Union of Radio Science (URSI) in 2008\, the Horace H. Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship from the University of Michigan in 2005-2006\, the best paper awards in the Antenna Applications Symposium in Sep. 2003\, and the second prize in the paper competition of the USNC/ URSI National Radio Science Meeting\, Boulder\, CO\, in January 2004. His graduate students were the recipients of the ten different awards/recognitions at the IEEE Pulsed Power & Plasma Science in 2013\, IEEE AP-S/URSI Symposium in 2010\, 2012\, 2013\, and 2014\, and the Antenna Applications Symposium in 2008\, 2010\, and 2011. He serves as an Associate Editor for IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters and served as the co-chair of the technical program committee of the 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/applications-of-miniaturized-element-frequency-selective-surfaces-in-designing-microwave-lenses-reflectarrays-and-polarization-converters/
LOCATION:Room BA1210\, Bahen Center for Information Technology\, 40 St. George Street\, Toronto
CATEGORIES:Electromagnetics & Radiation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20151207T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20151207T180000
DTSTAMP:20260417T080322
CREATED:20210429T230358Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210429T234654Z
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SUMMARY:Every Picture Tells a Story: Visual Cluster Assessment in Square and Rectangular Relational Data
DESCRIPTION:Monday December 7\, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. Professor Emeritus James Bezdek will be presenting “Every Picture Tells a Story: Visual Cluster Assessment in Square and Rectangular Relational Data”. \nSpeaker: Emeritus James Bezdek\nPast President of NAFIPS\, IFSA and the IEEE CIS \nDay & Time: Monday\, December 7\, 2015\n4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. \nLocation: Room 1180\nBahen Center for Information Technology\n40 St. George Street\, Toronto \nOrganizer: IEEE Toronto Signals & Computational Intelligence Chapter\nDistinguished Lecturer Program \nContact: Lorenzo Livi\, Email:llivi@scs.ryerson.ca \nAbstract: The VAT/iVAT\, algorithms are the parents of a large family of visual assessment models. \nPart 1. Definitions of the three canonical problems of cluster analysis: tendency assessment\, clustering\, and cluster validity. History of Visual Clustering. Applications: role-based compliance assessment\, eldercare time series data\, and anomaly detection in wireless sensor networks. \nPart 2. Extension to siVAT\, scalable iVAT for big data. This is the basis of clusiVAT and clusiVAT+ for clustering in big data (Topic 4 below). Application: image segmentation. Extension to coiVAT for assessment of co-clustering tendency in the four clustering problems associated with rectangular relational data. Application: response of 18 Fetal Bovine Serum Treatments to the treatment of fibroblasts in gene expression data. \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/every-picture-tells-a-story-visual-cluster-assessment-in-square-and-rectangular-relational-data/
LOCATION:Room 1180\, Bahen Center for Information Technology\, University of Toronto
CATEGORIES:Signals & Computational Intelligence
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20151207T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20151207T133000
DTSTAMP:20260417T080322
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LAST-MODIFIED:20210429T234626Z
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SUMMARY:Connected Cars for Smart Cities
DESCRIPTION:Monday December 7\, 2015 at 12:30 p.m. Shahrokh Valaee\, Professor and Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies at the Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering\, University of Toronto\, will be presenting “Connected Cars for Smart Cities”. \nSpeaker: Shahrokh Valaee\nProfessor\, Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies\nEdward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering\nUniversity of Toronto \nDay & Time: Monday\, December 7\, 2015\n12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. \nLocation: Room ENG 288\, Ryerson University\nGeorge Vari Center for Engineering & Computing\n245 Church Street\, Toronto\, ON \nOrganizer: IEEE Toronto Computer\, Magnetics and Instrument-Measurement Chapters \nContact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour \nAbstract: Recently we are witnessing the emergence of situation-aware vehicles\, equipped with plurality of sensors that can help driver with vehicle control and maneuvering. Cars that can park themselves\, provide lane-departure warning\, and monitor the driver alertness are marketed with affordable prices. The sensing and processing power of cars are increasing\, enabling various safety-enhancing features\, such as blind-spot warning\, adaptive headlights\, adaptive cruise control\, and so on. In this talk\, we will discuss the next steps for autonomous vehicles. In particular\, we will project the path forward by transitioning from autonomous cars to cognitive and intelligent vehicles. Future cars will be enabled with car-to-car and car-to-infrastructure communication capabilities. We will review such enhancement and will focus on two recent research directives that will make future cars intelligent. The two enablers are compressive sensing and network coding. We will show that cooperative compressive sensing can reduce the wireless channel congestion\, which is the main challenge in dense vehicular networks. To discuss the communications aspects of vehicular networks\, we will introduce a repetition-based medium access control method using positive orthogonal codes\, and then propose an opportunistic network-coding scheme to enhance the reliability of communication. We will finally discuss some open research issues. \nBiography: Shahrokh Valaee is with the Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering\, University of Toronto\, where he is a Professor and the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies. He is the Founder and the Director of the Wireless and Internet Research Laboratory (WIRLab) at the University of Toronto. Professor Valaee recently served as the TPC Co-Chair of ICT 2015. He was the Track Chair of the IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) 2014\, the TPC Co-Chair and the Local Organization Chair of IEEE Personal Mobile Indoor Radio Communication (PIMRC) Symposium 2011\, and the Co-Chair for Wireless Communications Symposium of IEEE GLOBECOM 2006. From December 2010 to December 2012\, he was the Associate Editor of the IEEE Signal Processing Letters. Currently\, he serves as an Editor of IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. Since Feb 2015 he has been an Editor of the Elsevier Journal of Computer and System Science. Professor Valaee is a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/connected-cars-for-smart-cities/
LOCATION:Room ENG 288\, Ryerson University\, 245 Church Street\, Toronto\, ON
CATEGORIES:Computer,Instrumentation & Measurement,Magnetics
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20151202T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20151202T190000
DTSTAMP:20260417T080322
CREATED:20210429T230358Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210429T234206Z
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SUMMARY:A.I. is a half-truth without H.I.! POVAR and other examples of the Internet of Truth and Integrity for Consumer Electronics: See the invisible waves that see you!
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday December 2\, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. Steve Mann\, University of Toronto Professor and Chief Scientist at the Creative Destruction Lab at Rotman’s School of Management\, will be presenting “A.I. is a half-truth without H.I.! POVAR and other examples of the Internet of Truth and Integrity for Consumer Electronics: See the invisible waves that see you!”. \nSpeaker: Steve Mann\nProfessor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Departments\nUniversity of Toronto\nChief Scientist at the Creative Destruction Lab\nRotman’s School of Management \nDay & Time: Wednesday\, December 2\, 2015\n6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. \nLocation: Room WI1017\, Wilson Hall – New College\n40 Willcocks St\, Toronto\, ON M5S\nBuilding Map Link \nRegistration: Please register at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ai-is-a-half-truth-without-hi-povar-and-other-examples-of-the-internet-of-truth-and-integrity-for-tickets-19671375614 \nContact: nabavi@ieee.org \nTo read the full presentation abstract see: http://wearcam.org/ConsumerElectronicsDec02.htm \nFor more details on the guest speaker see: http://wearcam.org/bio.htm \nAbstract: Today’s technological advancements in Artifical Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things That Think (IoT and TTT) are rapidly changing the way consumers interact with technology. Gone are the days of open source and open box consumer electronics and in their place we are left with proprietary devices that are difficult to understand and copy. Steve suggests there are two major problems with this new technological way: (1) discouragement of the scientific method and (2) increased personal risk. These problems have led to a world where humans don’t realize the risks they face as they are unable to understand the fundamentals of their technology. Join us as Steve introduces a number of new concepts that will shed light on the technology we use in daily life. \nBiography: Steve Mann is widely regarded for his work on computation photography\, particularly for wearable computing and high dynamic range imaging. As an inventor and visionary\, his work established Toronto as the world’s epicenter of wearable technologies in the 1980s and led him to found MIT Media Lab’s Wearable Computing project. Steve received his PhD from MIT in 1997 and then returned to Toronto in 1998 where he is now a tenured full professor at the University of Toronto in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science departments. During his early years at University of Toronto\, he created the world’s first Mobile Apps Lab (1999) as a part of his wearable computing and AR course. He is also the Chief Scientist at the Creative Destruction Lab at Rotman’s School of Management. Mann holds multiple patents\, and has contributed to the founding of numerous companies including InteraXON\, makers of Muse.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/a-i-is-a-half-truth-without-h-i-povar-and-other-examples-of-the-internet-of-truth-and-integrity-for-consumer-electronics-see-the-invisible-waves-that-see-you/
LOCATION:Room WI1017\, Wilson Hall – New College (40 Willcocks Street\, Toronto)
CATEGORIES:Industry Applications
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20151125T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20151125T140000
DTSTAMP:20260417T080322
CREATED:20210429T230357Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210429T234140Z
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SUMMARY:Free Spectrum – Unlicensed Options
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday November 25\, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. Dr. Srikanth will be presenting “Free Spectrum – Unlicensed Options”. \nSpeaker: Dr. Srikanth\nCKO\, Nanocell Networks\nAU-KBC Research Centre\, MIT Campus\, Chennai\, India\nRyerson Communications Lab \nDay & Time: Wednesday\, November 25\, 2015\n1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. \nLocation: Room ENG 460\n245 Church St.\, Ryerson University\, Toronto \nOrganizer: IEEE Toronto Communications Society \nContact: Eman Hammad\, Email:eman.hammad.ca@ieee.org \nAbstract: The use of unlicensed bands by operators has been looming for quite some time with no clear approaches prevalent across the globe. Wi-Fi technologies have been thought of as the only way for operators to use unlicensed band due to its popularity in devices. Recently\, many companies have evinced interested in standardizing LTE-technologies in the unlicensed bands as this can solve the teething problems with respect to using Wi-Fi based technologies. The reaction from the Wi-Fi camp has been a challenge as it views LTE-unlicensed solutions as disruption to their business. The carrier community prefers LTE-unlicensed solutions as it gives them better control over operations in unlicensed band apart from better performance. In this course\, we shall introduce the various unlicensed options available to carriers and others. Topics to be covered: \n• Why unlicensed bands for service providers\n• Wi-Fi\, its evolution and its role including Wi-Fi calling\n• LTE in unlicensed bands – motivation\n• LTE-U; key points\n• 3GPP LAA; key approaches and status\n• 3GPP LWA; LTE-Wi-Fi aggregation\n• Qualcomm MuLTEfire \nBiography: Srikanth obtained his B.E.\, degree from College of Engineering\, Anna University\, Chennai\, and MASc and PhD degrees from University of Victoria\, British Columbia\, Canada. \nHe worked as a scientist at the KBC Research Foundation/AU-KBC Research Centre\, in Chennai\, India and most of his work is focused on OFDM based technologies. From 2004-2007 he was awarded a Young Scientist Fellowship by the Government of India to work on technologies related to upgrades on 802.11 and 802.16 standards. He has closely monitored the progress of the 802.11 and 802.16 standards and is familiar with the various proposals which were submitted for consideration for the 802.11n extension. He is currently the chief knowledge officer of nanocell networks and is also a consultant to Airtight Networks while being a visiting faculty at MIT\, Chennai. He is a co-investigator of a research project funded by Govt. of India with faculty from IIT\, Chennai and IIT\, Mumbai \nSrikanth began his career as a research associate at the University of Victoria\, British Columbia\, \nCanada working in the area of DSL and CDMA Systems. After this Ph. D.\, he joined Harris Corporation and worked on baseband algorithms for various wireless standards including IS-136 and 1S-95 systems. He has consulted on various areas of OFDM systems and has also been involved in the setting up of a test lab for 802.11. He has 3 US patents issued in the area of \nWLANs\, OFDM\, and OFDMA systems. Srikanth trains global teams of corporates on the latest WLAN\, cellular standards\, and IOT. He has also been involved in the IEEE WCET course book preparation.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/free-spectrum-unlicensed-options/
LOCATION:Room ENG 460\, Ryerson University
CATEGORIES:Communications
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20151123T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20151123T150000
DTSTAMP:20260417T080322
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LAST-MODIFIED:20210429T234113Z
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SUMMARY:Intelligent Medical Devices for Affordable Healthcare
DESCRIPTION:Monday November 23\, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. Professor Dinesh Kumar\, RMIT University of Melbourne\, Australia will be presenting “Intelligent Medical Devices for Affordable Healthcare”. \nSpeaker: Professor Dinesh Kumar\nRMIT University\nMelbourne\, Australia \nDay & Time: Monday\, November 23\, 2015\n2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. \nLocation: Room ENG 106\nGeorge Vari Engineering and Computing Centre\nRyerson University\n245 Church Street\nToronto \nOrganizer: IEEE Toronto Signal Processing Chapter \nContact: Sri Kirshnan\, Email:krishnan@ryerson.ca \nAbstract: Technology is giving us longer and healthier lives. However\, this comes at the cost\, both\, in terms of the research\, infrastructure\, and the cost of running the devices. Often\, this makes many of these technologies only suitable for the wealthy societies.\nProf Kumar will share his vision for devices and technologies for affordable healthcare. He will count the real cost of the devices\, and suggest methods for making these more affordable without compromising the efficacy in improving the health outcomes. While automatic devices are often considered the demand of the wealthy\, Kumar will show that these intelligent devices are the necessity for remote communities. \nBiography: Dr. Dinesh Kumar is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at RMIT University in Melbourne\, Australia. Dr. Kumar did his B.E (Hons) and PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)\, Chennai and Delhi and has been researching in the field of developing affordable medical devices for 20 years. Dr. Kumar has been working towards developing intelligent devices and techniques that facilitate the user for early detection of disease\, perform risk assessment of disease and provide assistive technologies for people who are frail or disabled. He has published over 350 refereed publications and his work has been cited over 5000 times.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/intelligent-medical-devices-for-affordable-healthcare/
LOCATION:Room ENG106\, Ryerson University
CATEGORIES:Signal Processing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20151119T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20151119T140000
DTSTAMP:20260417T080322
CREATED:20210429T230357Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210429T234047Z
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SUMMARY:Compact Discrete Representations for Scalable Similarity Search
DESCRIPTION:Thursday November 19\, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. Mohammad Norouzi\, PhD candidate in computer science at the University of Toronto\, will be presenting “Compact Discrete Representations for Scalable Similarity Search”. \nSpeaker: Mohammad Norouzi\nPhD Candidate \nDay & Time: Thursday\, November 19\, 2015\n1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. \nLocation: Room ENG 106\nGeorge Vari Engineering and Computing Centre\nRyerson University\n245 Church Street\nToronto \nOrganizer: IEEE Toronto Computer\, Magnetics and Instrument-Measurement Chapters \nContact: Maryam Davoudpour\, Email:maryam.davoudpour@ieee.org \nAbstract: Scalable similarity search on images\, documents\, and user activities benefits generic search\, data visualization\, and recommendation systems. This talk concerns the design of algorithms and machine learning tools for faster and more accurate similarity search. The proposed techniques advocate the use of discrete codes for representing the similarity structure of data in a compact way. In particular\, I will discuss how one can learn to map high-dimensional data onto binary codes with a metric learning approach. Then\, I will describe a simple algorithm for fast exact nearest neighbour search in Hamming distance\, which exhibits sub-linear query time performance. Going beyond binary codes\, I will highlight a compositional generalization of k-means clustering which maps data points onto integer codes with storage and search costs that grow sub-linearly in the number of cluster centers. This representation improves upon binary codes\, and provides an even more precise approximation of Euclidean distance. Experimental results are reported on multiple datasets including a dataset of SIFT descriptors with 1B entries. \nBiography: Mohammad Norouzi is a PhD candidate in computer science at the University of Toronto. His research lies at the intersection of machine learning and computer vision. He is a recipient of a Google US/Canada PhD fellowship in machine learning. He is going to join Google as a research scientist in January 2016.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/compact-discrete-representations-for-scalable-similarity-search/
LOCATION:Room ENG106\, Ryerson University
CATEGORIES:Computer,Instrumentation & Measurement,Magnetics
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20151117T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20151117T170000
DTSTAMP:20260417T080322
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LAST-MODIFIED:20210429T234016Z
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SUMMARY:Novel Single-Source Integral Equation for Solution of Electromagnetic Scattering Problems on Penetrable Objects
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday November 17\, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. Vladimir Okhmatovski\, Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Manitoba\, will be presenting “Novel Single-Source Integral Equation for Solution of Electromagnetic Scattering Problems on Penetrable Objects”. \nSpeaker: Vladimir Okhmatovski\nAssociate Professor\nDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Manitoba \nDay & Time: Tuesday\, November 17\, 2015\n4:00 p.m. \nLocation: Room BA1210\nBahen Center for Information Technology\n40 St. George Street\, Toronto\nM5S2E4 \nOrganizer: IEEE Toronto Electromagnetics & Radiation Chapter \nContact: Costas D. Sarris\, Email:costas.sarris@utoronto.ca \nAbstract: A new Surface–Volume–Surface Electric Field Integral Equation (SVS-EFIE) is discussed. The SVS-EFIE is derived from the volume integral equation by representing the electric field inside the scatterer as a superposition of the waves emanating from its cross section’s boundary. The SVS-EFIE has several advantages. While being rigorous in nature\, it features half of the degrees of freedom compared to the traditional surface integral equation formulations such as PMCHWT and it requires only electric-field-type of Green’s function instead ofboth electric and magnetic field types. The latter property brings significant simplifications to solution of the scattering problems on the objects situated in multilayered media. \nBoth scalar and vector formulations of the SVS-EFIE equation has been developed for solution of 2D scattering problems on penetrable cylinders under TM and TE polarizations. The SVS-EFIE has been also been applied to the solution of the quasi-magneetostatic problems of current flow in complex interconnects in both homogeneous and multilayered media. Detailed description of the method of moment discretization and resultant matrices is discussed. Due to the presence of a product of surface-to-volume and volume-to-surface integral operators\, the discretization of the novel SVS-EFIE requires both surface and volume meshes. In order to validate the presented technique\, the numericalresults are compared with the reference solutions. \nBiography: Vladimir Okhmatovski received Ph.D. degree in antennas and microwave circuits from the Moscow Power Engineering Institute\, Moscow\, Russia in 1997. He was a Post-Doctoral Research Associate with the National Technical University of Athens from 1998 to 1999 and with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 1999 to 2003. From 2003 to 2004\, he was with the Department of Custom Integrated Circuits at Cadence Design Systems in Tempe\, Arizona. In 2004\, he joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering\, University of Manitoba\, where is currently an Associate Professor. His research interests are the fast algorithms of electromagnetics\, high-performance computing\, modeling of interconnects\, and inverse problems.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/novel-single-source-integral-equation-for-solution-of-electromagnetic-scattering-problems-on-penetrable-objects/
LOCATION:Room BA1210\, Bahen Centre for Information Technology\, University of Toronto
CATEGORIES:Electromagnetics & Radiation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20151116T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20151116T193000
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SUMMARY:Terrestrial Broadcast vs. LTE-eMBMS: Competition and Cooperation
DESCRIPTION:Monday November 16\, 2015 at 5:30 p.m. Marco Breiling\, IEEE BTS distinguished lecturer\, will be presenting “Terrestrial Broadcast vs. LTE-eMBMS: Competition and Cooperation”. \nSpeaker: Marco Breiling\nIEEE BTS Distinguished Lecturer\nChief Scientist of the Broadband & Broadcast (Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (IIS)\, Germany Erlangen) \nDay & Time: Monday\, November 16\, 2015\n5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. \nLocation: Room BA7180\nBahen Centre for Information Technology\, University of Toronto\n40 St George St\, Toronto\, ON M5S 2E4 \nOrganizer: IEEE Toronto Communications Society \nContact: Eman Hammad\, Email:eman.hammad.ca@ieee.org \nAbstract: While the broadcast world is reinforcing its armoury by introducing new and highly advanced standards like DVB-T2/-NGH and ATSC 3.0\, the pressure by the mobile communications business is ever increasing. As users consume more unicast content or switch over to satellite TV or IPTV\, the user base for terrestrial TV is shrinking\, whereas the data rates requested by the users in mobile communications networks explode. \nMoreover\, the mobile communications armoury now includes LTE-eMBMS as a broadcast mode\, which can handle cases\, where many users want to consume the same content. Consequently\, the mobile network operators ask for a reallocation of the UHF broadcast bands to standards such as LTE (digital dividend II and more). If we assume that there is a future for broadcast over terrestrial transmission\, this talk will shed some light about the question what technical (not commercial!) advantages conventional terrestrial broadcast standards like DVB have over eMBMS and vice versa. This leads to the question\, whether the best aspects of both can be combined by having both networks cooperate. A final aspect discussed is the idea of distributing eMBMS content by satellite using\, e.g.\, DVB-S2. \nBiography: After conducting studies at the Universität Karlsruhe/Germany (now Karlsruhe Institute of Technology – KIT)\, the Norges Tekniske Høgskole (NTH) in Trondheim/Norway\, the Ecole Supérieure d’Ingénieurs en Electronique et Electrotechnique (ESIEE) in Paris and the University of Southampton/England\, Marco Breiling graduated with a Dipl.-Ing. degree from KIT in 1997. He earned his PhD degree (with highest honor) for a thesis about turbo codes from Universität Erlangen/Germany in 2002. \nSince 2001\, he has been working at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (IIS) in Erlangen in the field of satellite and terrestrial communications. He currently holds the position of the broadband & broadcast department’s chief scientist.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/terrestrial-broadcast-vs-lte-embms-competition-and-cooperation/
LOCATION:Room BA7180\, Bahen Centre for Information Technology\, University of Toronto
CATEGORIES:Communications
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20151114T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20151114T183000
DTSTAMP:20260417T080322
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SUMMARY:IEEE 5G Toronto Summit
DESCRIPTION:Recently\, IEEE Communication Society has developed a strategic framework based on the principles that embrace Industry’s interests and priorities while integrating IEEE and ComSoc’s objectives. In order to engage industry members with high value and innovative technologies\, IEEE Communication Society plans to hold a series of high impact one day Summits in emerging technology areas (e.g.\, SDN/NFV\, 5G\, IoT\, Big Data\, and Cybersecurity). The first summit was held at Princeton Univertity in May 2015 (see photos\, slides\, and videos).The upcoming IEEE Toronto 5G Summit is the second one in the series\, and will be held at University of Toronto on Saturday\, November 14\, 2015. This one day summit will provide a platform for the industry leaders\, innovators\, and researchers from the industry and academic community to collaborate and exchange ideas in this emerging technology that may help in driving the standards and rapid deployment. \nThe Summit is sponsored by IEEE Communications Society and co-sponsored by the IEEE Toronto Chapter. \nKeynote Speakers: \nDr. Ivo Maljevic\nTelus \nJavan Erfanian\nBell Canada \nDr. Xavier Costa\nNEC Lab Europe \nDr. Peiying Zhu\nHuawei \nDay & Time: Saturday\, November 14\, 2015\n8:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. \nLocation: Bahen Centre for Information Technology (BCIT)\, Auditorium BA1160 (1st floor) \n40 St. George Street\, Toronto\, ON M5S 2E4 Building \nhttp://map.utoronto.ca/marker/bahen-centre \nOfficial Website & Registration: http://www.5gsummit.org/toronto/
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/ieee-5g-toronto-summit/
LOCATION:Bahen Centre for Information Technology\, 40 St. George Street\, Toronto
CATEGORIES:Communications
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20151112T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20151112T140000
DTSTAMP:20260417T080322
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SUMMARY:Efficient 3D Molecular Structure Estimation with Electron Cryomicroscopy
DESCRIPTION:November 12\, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. Marcus Brubaker\, Ph.D.\, will be presenting “Efficient 3D Molecular Structure Estimation with Electron Cryomicroscopy”. \nSpeaker: Marcus Brubaker\, Ph.D.\nPostdoctoral at University of Toronto \nDay & Time: Thursday\, November 12\, 2015\n1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. \nLocation: Room ENG106\, Ryerson University\n350 Victoria Street\, Toronto\, Ontario M5B 2K3\nClick here to see the Map – Look for ENG \nOrganizer: Instrumentation & Measurement and Magnetics Chapters at IEEE Toronto \nContact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour: maryam.davoudpour@ieee.org \nAbstract: Discovering the 3D structure of molecules such as proteins and viruses is a fundamental research problem in biology and medicine. Electron Cryomicroscopy (Cryo-EM) is a promising vision-based technique for structure estimation which attempts to reconstruct 3D structures from 2D images. This talk reviews the computational problems in Cryo-EM which are closely related to classical vision problems such as object detection\, multiview reconstruction and computed tomography. Finally\, a framework is introduced for reconstruction of 3D molecular structure which exploits modern methods for stochastic optimization and importance sampling. The result is a method which is efficient\, robust to initialization and flexible. \nBiography: Marcus Brubaker received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Toronto in 2011. After that he worked with Raquel Urtasun as a postdoctoral researcher at Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago and is currently a postdoc at University of Toronto\, Scarborough. He also consults with Cadre Research Labs on machine learning and computer vision related projects and teaches at the University of Toronto. He was won a number of fellowships and awards\, including OGS and NSERC graduate fellowships as well as an NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship. \nHis most recent work on autonomous vehicle localization (“Lost! Leveraging the Crowd for Probabilistic Visual Self-Localization\,” CVPR 2013) and the estimation of the 3D structure of proteins and viruses (“Building Proteins in a Day\,” CVPR 2015) have won awards and attention in the lay press. His interests span computer vision\, machine learning and statistics and he works on a range of problems including video-based human motion estimation\, physical models of human motion\, Bayesian inference\, Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods\, ballistic forensics\, electron cryo-microscopy and autonomous vehicle localization.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/efficient-3d-molecular-structure-estimation-with-electron-cryomicroscopy/
LOCATION:Room ENG106\, Ryerson University
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Magnetics
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