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  • Electrical Energy Storage Options

    Room BA 4287, Bahen Centre for Information Technol

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

  • Mechatronics in Surgery and Rehabilitation

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Toronto, ON, Canada

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

  • Error Control Coding for Low-Latency Multicast Streaming

    ENG288, Department of Computer Science, Ryerson University

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

  • Exploring Power Network Signatures for Information Forensics

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

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

  • Advanced Technologies in Power System and Power Electronics

    50 Carlton St., Toronto, ON Ryerson University

    September 18, 2015 at 9:00 a.m (EDT) Toronto IEEE IAS&PELS joint Chapter and Power System Chapter along with Ryerson’s Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science invite you to join us for seminar discussions related to Power Electronics and Power System. For registration please contact Marjan at alavi@ieee.org. Speakers: Many – See Below Day & Time: Friday, September 18th, 2015 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM (EDT) Location: 50 Carlton St., Toronto, ON Ryerson University Click here for a Map Meeting URL: https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/35766 Organizers: IEEE IAS&PELS Joint Chapter, Power System Chapter, Ryerson Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science Registration: For registration please contact Marjan at alavi@ieee.org. Seminar Agenda: The seminar agenda is as follows: 1) 8:30AM Registration 2) 9:00AM Welcome 3) 9:20AM Presentation I – by Dr. Bin Wu 4) 10:00AM Presentation II – by Dr. Yunwei Li 5) 10:40AM Coffee time and Break 6) 11:20AM Presentation III – by Dr. Samir Kouro 7) 12:00PM Light lunch 8) 12:30PM Presentation IV – by Dr. You Zhou 9) 1:20PM Presentation V – by Dr. Wuhua Li 10) 2:00PM Lab tours – LEDAR and CUE labs Presentation I by Dr. Bin Wu Power Engineering Research at Ryerson University Abstract: The Power Engineering (PE) Group at Ryerson University is one of the leading research groups in a Canadian university in the field of high-power converters, medium voltage (MV) drives, renewable energy systems, and power systems. The Ryerson PE Group has a long-term successful research collaborations with Canadian industry, including Rockwell Automation Canada, Honeywell Aerospace Canada, Toronto Hydro Corporation, and Hydro One Incorporated. In this talk, our research facilities will be introduced, which include the Laboratory for Electric Drive Applications and Research (LEDAR) and research laboratories in Centre for Urban Energy (CUE). A variety of industrial research projects will be discussed, including high-power (megawatt) converters for MV drives, wind and PV energy conversion systems, electric vehicle fast chargers and charging stations, and battery energy management systems. The talk ends with the research trends and directions in the area of MV drives. Biography: Bin Wu received his Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Toronto, Canada in 1993. He joined Ryerson University in 1993, where he is currently a Professor and Senior NSERC/Rockwell Automation Industrial Research Chair in Power Electronics and Electric Drives. Dr. Wu has published more than 300 technical papers, authored/coauthored two Wiley-IEEE Press books, and holds more than 25 granted/pending US/European patents in the area of power conversion, medium voltage drives, and renewable energy systems. Dr. Wu received the Gold Medal of the Governor General of Canada in 1993, Premier’s Research Excellence Award in 2001, NSERC Synergy Award for Innovation in 2002, Ryerson Distinguished Scholar Award in 2003, YSGS Outstanding Contribution to Graduate Education Award, and Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) Engineering Excellence Medal in 2014. He is a fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC), and Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE). Contact: Dr. Bin Wu Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ryerson University, Canada Email: bwu@ee.ryerson.ca Web: http://www.ee.ryerson.ca/~bwu/ Presentation II by Dr. Yunwei Li Virtual Impedance based Grid Interfacing Converter Control for Active Distribution System Power Quality Improvement Abstract: With today’s increasing concerns on energy costs, energy security and greenhouse gas emissions, more and more renewable energy sources is being integrated into the power distribution system through distributed generation (DG). For example, photovoltaic (PV) power production has been doubling every two years, increasing by an average of 48% each year since 2002. At the same time, the increased penetration of nonlinear loads may introduce power quality issues to the distribution power system. Such a system with the presence of many power electronics interfaced DG and loads can be considered as an active distribution system, where the power electronics interfaces can actively participated in the system operation and control with improved efficiency, reliability and power quality. This talk focuses on the distribution system harmonic control through the DG-grid interfacing converters. The compensation strategies are developed using the virtual impedance control concept. Biography: Dr. Yunwei (Ryan) Li is currently a Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada. Dr. Li received the Ph.D. degree from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. In 2005, Dr. Li was a Visiting Scholar with the Aalborg University, Denmark. From 2006 to 2007, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Ryerson University, Canada. In 2007, he also worked at Rockwell Automation Canada. His research interests include control and PWM for power converters in distributed generation, microgrid, renewable energy, electric motor drives, and custom power devices. Dr. Li has published over 120 papers in these areas. Dr. Li is a senior member of IEEE, a Professional Engineer with Alberta Canada. He serves as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, and IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics. Dr. Li received the 2013 Richard M. Bass Outstanding Young Power Electronics Engineer Award from IEEE Power Electronics Society. Contact: Dr. Yunwei (Ryan) Li Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada Email: yunwei.li@ualberta.ca Web: http://www.ece.ualberta.ca/~yunwei1/ Presentation III by Dr. Samir Kouro Research on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion Systems at UTFSM Abstract: The north of Chile has the world’s most favorable resources for solar energy conversion. Nevertheless, particular conditions of the dessert such as high altitude, high temperature fluctuations, lack of water and dust are challenges for the development of the solar industry. Two research centers of excellence: the Solar Energy Research Center (SERC) and the Advanced Center for Electrical and Electronic Engineering (AC3E) are addressing these challenges. The Power Electronics Research Group of the Technical University Federico Santa Maria (UTFSM) leads these efforts in both centers, from the power electronics perspective. In this presentation some of the recent research and development projects on photovoltaic energy conversion systems will be introduced, including: soiling effects on energy yield, sub-module PV converters, photovoltaic energy in mining applications, multilevel converters for grid connected PV systems and predictive control of PV inverters. Biography: Dr. Samir Kouro received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electronics engineering from the Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria (UTFSM), Valparaíso, Chile, in 2004 and 2008, respectively. From 2009 to 2011 he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada. Since 2011 he has been with UTFSM where he currently is associate professor. Dr. Kouro has directed 6 Chilean National Fund projects (Fondecyt), is founding member and Principal Investigator of the Solar Energy Research Center (SERC-Chile) one of the national priority areas centers of excellence of Chile, and founding member and Titular Researcher of the Advanced Center of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (AC3E), one of the technology transfers centers of excellence in Chile. He has coauthored one book, four book chapters and over 100 refereed journal and conference papers. He has served as Guest Editor of a Special Section in the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics (2013-2014) and one in the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics (2014-2015). Dr. Kouro received the IEEE Power Electronics Society Richard M. Bass Outstanding Young Power Electronics Engineer Award in 2012, the IEEE Industry Applications Magazine 1st prize paper award of 2012, the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics Best Paper Award of 2011, the IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine Best Paper Award of 2008. Contact: Dr. Samir Kouro Professor, Department of Electronic Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile Email: samir.kouro@ieee.org Web: http://www2.elo.utfsm.cl/~skr/Samir_Home_Page/Home.html Presentation IV by Dr. You (George) Zhou Power Electronics for Future Energy Internet Abstract: In this presentation, future de-centralized energy/power system is defined under the concept of energy internet with zero or low carbon emission feature. The role of power electronics within this context is reviewed and fundamental stability issue within multiple-converter based power system is discussed. Distributed energy storage is found to be the general solution to decouple the in-stability caused from constant power device connection. Based on this concept, an Energy Memory & Energy computer concept is proposed for future energy internet. The related energy control & management platform is then introduced as an Energy-Operating-System (EOS). Overall, power electronics is proven to be the fundamental and key technology for digitized energy system with defined development road map in energy internet. Biography: Dr. You(George) Zhou earned his bachelor and master degree from Tsinghua University, China and his PhD degree in Toronto, Canada, all in Electrical Engineering. From 2000 – 2013, he was with Honeywell Aerospace, responsible for power/energy system design for various aircraft platforms including Boeing 7E7/787, Lockheed Martin F35, Airbus A380/A350. He pioneered digital power system design concept for Honeywell Aerospace and has won many awards in Honeywell including Honeywell Outstanding Engineer Award & Honeywell Technical Achievement Award. He has over thirty patents and related publications. In 2013, He joined National Institute of Clean and Low Carbon Energy (NICE) in Beijing, China, as a member of National “Thousand Talents Program”. He is now the technical leader for distributed energy system group of NICE, the core R&D section of its parental company Shenhua Group, ranked 165th of Fortune 500 in 2014 and supplies 12% energy of China. His research includes energy internet based system design and integration for multiple source based energy system including energy generation, energy conversion and energy storage from zero or low carbon emission perspective. Contact: Dr. You (George) Zhou National Institute of Clean and Low-Carbon Energy, Shenhua Group Email: zhouyou@nicenergy.com Web: http://www.nicenergy.com/cn/ Presentation V by Dr. Wuhua Li Recent Research and Achievements in High Power Conversion System at SEEEDS Abstract: The efficiency, flexibility and reliability of high power conversion system have gained great popularity in power electronics community. Based on the classic definition of Dr. Newell on Power Electronics, the laboratory of SEEEDS (Sustainable & Efficient Electric Energy Delivery System) is dedicated to innovating advanced technology to improve the conversion efficiency, operation flexibility and system reliability in high power conversion system. At the semiconductor device level, the dynamic switching performance test principle and online-junction temperature extraction for high power IGBT modules will be introduced. At the power converter level, a Module Multilevel-clamped Composited Multilevel Converter (M-MC2) will be investigated. At the system control level, an accurate behavior model and common-mode voltage injection based nearest level modulation for modular multilevel converters (MMCs) will be highlighted. Biography: Dr. Wuhua Li (M’09) received the B.Sc. and Ph.D. degree in Applied Power Electronics and Electrical Engineering from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, in 2002 and 2008, respectively. From 2007 to 2008, he was a Research Assistant in General Electric (GE) Global Research Center. From 2008 to 2010, he joined the College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University as a Lecturer. In December 2010, he was promoted as an Associate Professor. Since December 2013, he has been a Full Professor at Zhejiang University. From 2010 to 2011, he was a Ryerson University Postdoctoral Fellow with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada. His research interests include high efficiency power converters and renewable energy power conversion system. Dr. Li has published more than 100 peer-reviewed technical papers and holds over 30 issued/pending patents. Contact: Dr. Wuhua Li Professor, School of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University Email: woohualee@zju.edu.cn Web: http://mypage.zju.edu.cn/en/woohualee

  • Engineering Workplace Seminar at Ryerson University

    Sears Atrium – 3rd Floor, George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre Ryerson University

    September 23, 2015 at 5:30 p.m. IEEE Young Professionals Toronto in collaboration with IEEE Ryerson Student Branch will be hosting an Engineering Workplace Seminar with distinguished speakers from the Power and Energy Sector. Speaker: Paul N. Acchione, M.Eng., P.Eng. David Curtis, P.Eng. Day & Time: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Location: Sears Atrium – 3rd Floor, George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre Ryerson University 245 Church St., Toronto, ON M5B 2K3 Organizer: IEEE Young Professionals Toronto IEEE Ryerson Student Branch Contact: event@ieeeypto.com Register: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/engineering-workplace-seminar-ryerson-university-tickets-18426667659 (Free!) Abstract: The following topics will be covered in this seminar: Competitive engineering market and essential engineering skills. What university cannot teach you; the minimum level of knowledge and skills you require to perform engineering work independently, including academic knowledge, sector specific technical knowledge, business specific knowledge, emerging technologies, supervisory and management skills, etc. Possible misalignments between the recruitment processes of employers and the job search practices of engineers. Why life long learning is critical for your career and life success. How to increase your replacement value and consequently your financial security and status. How to effectively communicate with your manager. This event will also include short talks by bright young professionals who are involved in an engineering field, and will be a great opportunity for you to get to know other professionals in the field in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Anyone who is interested to learn more about the field or to expand their professional network is welcome to attend free of charge. Please see below for the event schedule, biographies of our featured speakers, and an invitation for young professionals to participate in the seminar. Event Schedule: 5:30pm – 6:00pm: Welcome and Introductions 6:00pm – 6:45pm: Featured Speakers Talks 6:45pm – 7:30pm: Young Professionals Talks and Q&A 7:30pm – 8:00pm: Meet and Mingle – Networking Biography: Paul N. Acchione, M.Eng., P.Eng. Paul has a B.A.Sc. and M.Eng. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto. Paul is a licensed professional engineer in Ontario and is a member of ASME, ANS, IEEE and ISA and a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. Paul has over 44 years of engineering and management experience in the power generation industry. He worked for 31 years with Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and its predecessor companies. He is now a Management Consultant at Market Intelligence and Data Analysis Corporation and was the 2013-14 President and Chair of the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE). Paul is currently a member of OSPE’s Energy Task Force and CSA Group’s Advisory Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). David Curtis, P.Eng. David has been working in the electric utility industry in Ontario for over thirty seven years and has recently retired from Hydro One. David began his career working for a small solar energy company in the vanguard of the application of solar energy systems. He then joined Ontario Hydro working in the Nuclear Generating Division. David then transitioned to the Power System Operations area where he was responsible for the short term and later long term integrated resource planning. With the deregulation of the electricity sector, the Ontario Hydro Services Company was created, which subsequently became Hydro One. David’s first role in the new company was in Regulatory Affairs. Then David led business transformation projects in asset management, data management and Research and Development. David next led development of policies and procedures for Asset Management and then provided leadership in Asset Strategy and Engineering Knowledge Management. He has been a Canadian Energy Council Board member, an Electric Power Research Institute Transmission Executive Committee Member and a member of the Institute’s Power Deliver Unit council.

  • Geographic Partitioning Techniques for the Anonymization of Health Care Data (Big data and advanced analytics methods to ensure privacy).

    Eric Palin Hall, Ryerson University, Room: EPH207, 87 Gerrard Street East, Toronto, Ontario

    September 29, 2015 at 1:30 p.m. Dr. Wei Shi, Assistant professor at the faculty of Business and I.T. in the University of Ontario Institute of Technology and an adjunct professor in the School of Computer Science at Carleton University, will be presenting “Geographic Partitioning Techniques for the Anonymization of Health Care Data (Big data and advanced analytics methods to ensure privacy)”. Speaker: Dr. Wei Shi Assistant professor at the faculty of Business and I.T. in the University of Ontario Institute of Technology and an adjunct professor in the School of Computer Science at Carleton University. Day & Time: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Location: Eric Palin Hall Ryerson University Room: EPH207 87 Gerrard Street East, Toronto, Ontario Click here to see the Map – Look for EPH Organizer: IEEE Toronto Systems Chapter Contact: E-mail: Alexei Botchkarev Registration: Registration is free, but space is limited. Please register via this link: http://tinyurl.com/systemsEvent Abstract: Hospitals and health care organizations collect large amounts of detailed health care data that is in high demand by researchers. Thus, the possessors of such data are in need of methods that allow for this data to be released without compromising the confidentiality of the individuals to whom it pertains. As the geographic aspect of this data is becoming increasingly relevant for research being conducted, it is important for an anonymization process to pay due attention to the geographic attributes of such data. In this talk, a novel system for health care data anonymization is presented. At the core of the system is the aggregation of an initial regionalization guided by the use of a Voronoi diagram. We conduct a comparison with another geographic-based system of anonymization, GeoLeader. We show that our system is capable of producing results of a comparable quality with a much faster running time. Biography: Dr. Wei Shi is an assistant professor at the faculty of Business and I.T. in the University of Ontario Institute of Technology and an adjunct professor in the School of Computer Science at Carleton University. Dr. Shi received her BEng. in Computer Engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology in China and MSC and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. Her research interests include big data analytics, algorithm design and analysis for distributed environments such as the cloud, wireless sensor network, mobile network as well as vehicular network. She has published over 40 technical papers in top conferences and journals. Her research work is supported by IBM and Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada.