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  • Exosite Pivot IoT Seminar – Executive Forum on Business Transformation Through IoT

    Room L1-02 (Library & Academic Building), Centennial College, Progress Campus, 941 Progress Ave, Toronto, ON M1K 5E9

    Thursday October 20, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. Steve Wright, Solutions Architect at Exosite Inc. and Alumni of IEEE Society, will be presenting “Exosite Pivot IoT Seminar – Executive Forum on Business Transformation Through IoT”. Speaker: Steve Wright Solutions Architect, Exosite Inc. Day & Time: Thursday, October 20, 2016 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Location: Room L1-02 (Library & Academic Building) Centennial College, Progress Campus 941 Progress Ave Toronto, ON M1K 5E9 Canada Room Map: https://p.widencdn.net/l4raeq Campus Map: https://www.google.com/maps/place/941+Progress+Ave,+Scarborough,+ON+M1G+3T8,+Canada/@43.7851523,-79.2292043,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89d4d0f2145b3791:0x3da1359f5640d4 7f!8m2!3d43.7851523!4d-79.2270156 RSVP Required: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/41285 Abstract: The internet of things (IoT) is giving rise to previously undiscovered revenue opportunities that can transform existing business models through connected devices and innovative insights. Because of this potential, many companies are racing to get involved. But what exactly is IoT and what does it mean to the future of your organization? Join us for a forum that demystifies IoT by providing a realistic understanding of what it is, what it requires, and how organizations can use it to kick-start their business transformation. Biography: Steve Wright is a Solutions Architect at Exosite, where he helps clients close the gap between a successful engineering project and a profitable connected products business. Steve excels at working with companies to define the right tool set of hardware, software, and business strategy to succeed in their IoT deployments. He started his career as a software engineer in data acquisition systems before moving into project management and sales. Steve’s experience includes turbine engine testing, semiconductor manufacture, and custom software development. He has an MS in Software Engineering from University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN and is an Alumni of the IEEE Society.

  • Perspectives of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) Technology

    TRS 1129, Ryerson University, Toronto

    Thursday October 27, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. Prof. Sadaoki Furui, IEEE Fellow and President of Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago, will be presenting “Perspectives of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) Technology”. Speaker: Prof. Sadaoki Furui IEEE Fellow President of Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago Day & Time: Thursday, October 27, 2016 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Location: TRS 1129 Ryerson University Toronto Abstract: DNNs (Deep Neural Networks) based on “deep learning” have significantly raised the automatic speech recognition (ASR) performance as of several years ago. This talk gives an overview of major DNN-based techniques successfully used in acoustic and language modeling for ASR. However, what we can do with ASR technology is still very limited, and we still have many challenges that cannot be solved simply by relying on the capability of DNNs. Data sparseness is one of the most difficult problems in constructing ASR systems, since speech is highly variable and it is too costly to construct annotated “big speech data” covering all possible variations. We need to focus on how to collect rich and effective speech databases covering a wide range of variations, active learning for automatically selecting data for annotation, cheap, fast and good-enough transcription, and efficient supervised, semi-supervised, or unsupervised training/adaptation, based on advanced machine learning techniques. We also need to extend current efforts and think deeply about and analyze how human beings are recognizing/understanding speech, and implement various knowledge sources in ASR systems using machine learning techniques to achieve innovations. This talk focuses on my personal perspectives for the future of speech recognition research. Biography: Sadaoki Furui Received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Tokyo, Japan in 1968, 1970, and 1978, respectively. After joining the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) Labs in 1970, he has worked on speech analysis, speech recognition, speaker recognition, speech synthesis, speech perception, and multimodal human-computer interaction. From 1978 to 1979, he was a visiting researcher at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey. He was a Research Fellow and the Director of Furui Research Laboratory at NTT Labs. He became a Professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1997. He was Dean of Graduate School of Information Science and Engineering, and Director of University Library. He was given the title of Professor Emeritus and became Professor at Academy for Global Leadership in 2011. He is now serving as President of Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago (TTI-C). He has authored or coauthored around 1,000 published papers and books. He was elected a Fellow of the IEEE, the Acoustical Society of America (ASA), the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers of Japan (IEICE) and the International Speech Communication Association (ISCA). He received the Paper Award and the Achievement Award from the IEEE SP Society, the IEICE, and the Acoustical Society of Japan (ASJ). He received the ISCA Medal for Scientific Achievement, and the IEEE James L. Flanagan Speech and Audio Processing Award. He received the NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) Broadcast Cultural Award and the Okawa Prize. He also received the Achievement Award from the Minister of Science and Technology and the Minister of Education, Japan, and the Purple Ribbon Medal from Japanese Emperor.

  • IEEE Toronto Section Annual General Meeting 2016

    21 Old Mill Rd, Etobicoke, ON M8X 1G5, Canada

    All members, along with their guest, are invited to attend the IEEE Toronto Section Annual General Meeting (AGM). The AGM is an occasion to celebrate the achievements of the Toronto Section, made possible by its dedicated volunteers and members. We are pleased to announce that Sandro Perruzza, CEO of the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers will deliver the keynote address, discussing ways to strengthen the engineering profession in Ontario. Date: Saturday, October 29, 2016 Time: 6:30 pm — 10 pm Cost: Life members and their guest: $50 per person. Other members and their guest: $70 per person. Contact our section secretary, Ali Nabavi for details. Location: 21 Old Mill Rd, Toronto, ON, Canada Program: 6:30 PM: Reception and Cash bar 7:00 PM: Formal program: – Dinner – Section report by Dr. Thamir Murad, section chair – Keynote address by Sandro Perruzza, CEO of OSPE – Section awards Please notice the following: • Dress code is Elegant Casual. • Seats are limited; RSVP is mandatory. We look forward to seeing you all on October 29, 2016! Biography for Sandro Perruzza: Sandro Perruzza is the Chief Executive Officer of the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE). Sandro is also on the Board of Directors of Minerva Canada, whose mandate is to embed Health and Safety curriculum into University Engineering and Business Programs across Canada. He has been recognized for the ability to translate complex concepts and situations into unique and practical solutions through a balance of strong business acumen supported by excellent analytical and communication skills. This has allowed him to develop solutions that have been implemented in fortune 500 companies, as well as in small and medium sized enterprises. He has a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from McMaster University, as well as a Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety from McMaster. Prior to joining OSPE, Sandro was the President of Focus on Results Consulting and Chief of Client Services at Workplace Safety & Prevention Services, the largest Health and Safety Association in Canada, where he was a sitting member of the Ontario Ministry of Labour’s Prevention Operations Forum. Sandro lives in Oakville, with his wife and four children, and is actively involved in the community and volunteer’s his time, including coaching a competitive boy’s soccer team.

  • Algorithms and Ethics

    KHE 225, 340 Church Street, Ryerson

    Monday October 31, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. Dr. Richard Lachman, Associate Professor, will be presenting “Algorithms and Ethics”. Speaker: Dr. Richard Lachman Associate Professor, Digital Media in RTA School of Media Day & Time: Monday, October 31, 2016 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Location: KHE 225, 340 Church Street, Ryerson Contact: Maryam Davoudpour Organizer: WIE, Magnetics, Measurement/Instrumentation-Robotics, Computer Science Department of Ryerson University Abstract: Software algorithms are becoming more and more influential on the daily lives of citizens. Netflix, Spotify, Facebook, and Google openly discuss their use of algorithms as part of their operations, and mainstream critics have discussed the effects of filter-bubbles and echo-chambers on our points of view. However, algorithms are increasingly embedded in governmental and legal systems – with mathematical models influencing everything from teacher evaluations to police dispatch locations, and even parole board hearings. Algorithms exert their influence over our social, political, legal, financial, and educational systems, with average citizens and politicians having little understanding of how computation affects the conventions, laws, and assumptions that underlay our society . What are the responsibilities of computer scientists and software engineers towards an ethical practice as algorithmic decision-making becomes integrated into policy? Biography: Dr. Richard Lachman directs Zone Learning for Ryerson University, Research Development for the Faculty of Communication and Design, and the Experiential Media Institute (formerly the Transmedia Research Centre). He is an Associate Professor, Digital Media in the RTA School of Media, and also serves as a Technology and Creative Consultant for entertainment and software-development projects. Dr Lachman completed his doctorate at UNE (Australia) studying software recommendation-engines, did his undergraduate work in Computer Science at MIT, and holds a masters degree from the MIT Media Lab’s “Interactive Cinema” group. His work with the Petz artificial-life software has over 3 million units shipped worldwide, his later transmedia projects have garnered a Gemini, CNMA and Webby Honouree awards, and he has lead projects with UNICEF, TIFF, Penguin UK, Kobo, CTV, the Discovery Channel Canada, the Banff Centre for the Arts, and the CRTC. His areas of research include virtual reality, transmedia storytelling, digital documentaries, augmented/locative experiences, mixed realities, and collaborative design thinking.

  • Advanced Manufacturing Canada: Conference & Exhibition 2016

    Toronto Congress Centre (South Building)

    Advanced Manufacturing Canada: Conference & Exhibition will take place at Toronto Congress Centre (South Building) on November 2-3, 2016. Day & Time: November 2-3, 2016 Location: Toronto Congress Centre (South Building) Toronto, Ontario Teaser Video: https://youtu.be/A5ZRyXC00kg Advanced Manufacturing Canada (AMC) is bringing industry, government and academia together for a two-day conference and exhibition focused on fostering a national dialogue about how the manufacturing community can leverage Advanced Manufacturing to stimulate innovation, increase productivity, and compete in the global marketplace now and into the future. AMC is bringing the brightest minds, the latest technologies, and the businesses that need them together to continue the conversations and provide the solutions focused on the topics and technologies – automation and robotics, automation economics, additive manufacturing, and workforce development – that will shape the future of manufacturing.

  • IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) Winter School on Distributed Signal Processing for Secure Cyber Physical Systems

    Concordia

    November 2-4, IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) is hosting a Winter School on Distributed Signal Processing for Secure Cyber Physical Systems at Concordia. Speakers: This event consists of presentations given by internationally well-known Distinguished Speakers including members of IEEE Signal Processing Society Board of Governors, 6 IEEE Fellows, and a Notable Industry-based Presentation form PwC’s Cybersecurity & Privacy Practice in Canada as follows: Prof. Ali Sayed (UCLA, President-Elect of IEEE SPS); Prof. Georgios Giannakis (IEEE Fellow, University of Minnesota); Prof. Pramod Varshney (IEEE Fellow, Syracuse University); Prof. Deepa Kundur (IEEE Fellow, University of Toronto); Prof. Anna Scaglione (IEEE Fellow, Arizona State University); Prof. Tongwen Chen (IEEE Fellow, University of Alberta); Prof. Mark Coates (McGill University), and; Mr. Sajith Nair, Partner in PwC’s Cybersecurity & Privacy in Canada. About The Event: This is a unique opportunity for Concordia’s students/researchers, working/interested in security and signal processing, to learn more about the state-of-the-art research, get the chance to talk in person with elite and internationally well-known researchers, and to start/build the bases for future research collaborations. Register: ​Please check the School’s Homepage (below) for the call for participation (CPF), Biography of the invited speakers, and Registration details: https://users.encs.concordia.ca/~i-sip/s3pcps2016/

  • Acute, Sub-acute and chronic Therapeutic Strategies Post-SCI

    Lecture Theatre (Basement), University Health Network-Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, 550 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2A2

    Thursday November 3, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. Prof. Angelo All, Division of Neuroscience and Neuroengineering at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, will be presenting “Acute, Sub-acute and chronic Therapeutic Strategies Post-SCI”. Speaker: Prof. Angelo All Division of Neuroscience and Neuroengineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Neurology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (JHU) Research Director at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Department of Biomedical Engineering, SiNAPSE Institute at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Director Spinal Cord Injury and Repair Research Laboratory at the JHU and NUS Day & Time: Thursday, November 3, 2016 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Location: Lecture Theatre (Basement), University Health Network-Toronto Rehabilitation Institute 550 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2A2 Co-sponsored by University Health Network-Toronto Rehabilitation Institute No Admission Charge Abstract: Among neurological disorders, the cost of spinal cord injury (SCI) to society ranks second only after mental retardation. Acute SCI can manifest as ‘anatomically intact’ with spared demyelinated and electrically defunct axons showing physiological discontinuity across the site of lesion. Even if only a small number of spared fibers remain after SCI, with immediate treatment, the quality of life of patients can be greatly improved. Early knowledge of the extent of spared fibers will help rehabilitation therapists and scientists as well as neurologists to plan time-sensitive strategic treatment options. The therapeutic strategies would be tailored in order to ensure the survival of neurons post-primary injury and limit secondary phase of injury. Scientists and physicians would also need to devise ways to prevent progression of the injury and improve the microenvironment around the injury for treatment by using, for example, stem cell that aims to produce therapeutically-induced functional recovery. We have developed in vivo rodent models and quantitative assessment techniques and methods that can reliably quantify the repair and regeneration post-injury and demonstrate objective neuro-electro-physiological assessments of SCI recovery and rehabilitation. First, I will present experimental methods to create calibrated contusive SCI model and the neuroelectrophysiological function monitoring using Evoked Potentials (EP). The second part of my presentation involves the investigation of the effects of therapeutic hypothermia (acute), application of conjugated polymers for drug delivery within intraparenchymal of spinal cord and limiting the secondary phase of injury (sub-acute) and third, human stem cell replacement (chronic) therapy postcontusive SCI. I will present preliminary results on the effects of temperature manipulation on EP signals and a novel design of biodegradable polymers for drug delivery as well as the results of transplanting human stem cell derived oligodendrocyte progenitors to aid recovery of spinal cord function. Our expectation is that these techniques would be applicable in basic research as well as be able to translatable for future clinical studies. Biography: Angelo H. ALL, M.D., MBA, started his higher education in Pharmacy School, graduated from Medical School, continued his career as a surgery fellow and obtained a MBA degree from the Johns Hopkins University. Since 2000, his Biomedical and Neuro-Engineering research at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institute has shaped his career. Dr. ALL is an Assistant Professor at the Division of Neuroscience and Neuroengineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Neurology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (JHU), Baltimore, USA. He also holds faculty position of Assistant Professor and is the Research Director at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Department of Biomedical Engineering as well as SiNAPSE Institute at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He is the director of the Spinal Cord Injury and Repair Research Laboratory at the JHU and NUS. Dr. ALL has established a very productive multidisciplinary translational research project through collaborations with scientists in both Medical and Engineering fields. The focus of his research is Central Nervous System (CNS) injury, repair and regeneration. His translational research projects involve cell replacement therapy using oligodendrocyte precursor cells derived from embryonic, iPSC and Directly Converted stem cells, as well as hypothermia treatment in the contusive model of Spinal Cord Injury (SCI). In addition, part of his laboratory team is also investigating the application of nanoparticles to limit the secondary phase of SCI. Recently, his laboratory is developing the “Optomedicine” – we adopt Optogenetics-based approaches for rehabilitative treatment post-SCI. Optomedicine allows us to regulate the electrical activity of neuronal population cells with millisecond spatiotemporal precision. We are also testing the hypothesis of delivering genes into neurons of the CNS in a pioneering method that would translate “Optomedicine” into clinical settings. Dr. ALL Lab pioneered the monitoring and quantitative analysis of somatosensory and motor evoked potentials for assessment of long-term electrical integrity at various stages of pre- and post-injury. He and his team of researchers studied plasticity and adaptive changes in CNS, which enable reorganization of spared neuropathways following neurotrauma. He also uses different imaging techniques to monitor anatomical changes in the CNS architectures at various time points. These images allow the identification of spared fibers and the tracking of the extent of secondary injury to determine the therapeutic benefits of the various treatment strategies.

  • Digital Health Initiatives at eHealth Ontario

    Room A3-21, Centennial College, Progress Campus, 941 Progress Ave., Toronto, Ontario, M1G 3T8

    Friday November 11, 2016 at 11:30 a.m. Hosna Sedghi, Project Manager at eHealth Ontario, will be presenting “Digital Health Initiatives at eHealth Ontario”. Speaker: Hosna Sedghi, MSc, PMP Project Manager, eHealth Ontario Day & Time: Friday, November 11, 2016 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Location: Room A3-21, Centennial College, Progress Campus 941 Progress Ave., Toronto, Ontario, M1G 3T8 Map: http://www.centennialcollege.ca/about-centennial/contact-us/campus-locations/ Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE, Nicoleta Zouri IEEE Toronto WIE, Magnetics, Measurement/Instrumentation-Robotics, Maryam Davoudpour Registration: Registration is free, but space is limited. Please register via email to Nicoleta Zouri Abstract: eHealth Ontario was established by the provincial government in September 2008 as an independent agency of the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. eHealth Ontario is enabling physicians and health care providers to establish and maintain electronic health records (EHRs) for all of Ontario’s 13 million residents. Biography: With a background in software engineering Hosna Sedghi has worked as a project manager at eHealth Ontario for the past 3 years and as a project lead previous to that. Hosna has extensive experience with HL7 standards, business analysis, system analysis, integration, and health information.

  • Will 2020 witness a significant impact empowered by IoT, 5G and virtualization?

    BA 2179 Bahen Centre for Information Technology University of Toronto 40 St George St, Toronto, ON M5S 2E4

    Monday November 14, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. Fawzi Behmann, President, TelNet Management Consulting, Inc., will be presenting “Will 2020 witness a significant impact empowered by IoT, 5G and virtualization?”. Speaker: Fawzi Behmann President, TelNet Management Consulting, Inc. IEEE NA ComSoc Vice Chair Day & Time: Monday, November 14, 2016 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Location: BA 2179 Bahen Centre for Information Technology University of Toronto 40 St George St, Toronto, ON M5S 2E4 Contact: Eman Hammad Abstract: Several technologies are converging empowering IoT and delivering a greater impact and advance services to multiple markets by 2020’s.This presentation will introduce the concept of IoT and architectural evolution from a pre-IoT to Collaborative IoT impacting many markets such as home, health, automotive, enterprise, transportation and infrastructure. This will be enriched by several examples. Advancement in computing processing power, cloud based services and virtualization have resulted in an environment and platform for convergence some of the key technologies for development and deployment of new products, applications and services that will have a great impact on improving business processes and quality of life. The talk will provide various examples and scenarios at different areas such as home, health & wellness, car, building, infrastructure and city. Solution building blocks include sensing, aggregation, and data analytics. Examples of some of the adjacent technologies such as 3D, Robot, Drone and Wearables will be highlighted. Finally the talk will conclude with some of the factors and challenges to deliver scalable solutions, delivering better quality of services and experience. These include development platforms, 5G, virtualization, collaborative applications and security. Takeaway points: · Understanding of rapid evolution of IoT & and other related technologies. · Emerging of ecosystem cloud based big data/analytics – use cases. · Considerations for scalable and secure networks. Biography: Fawzi is a visionary, thought leader, author and contributor in advancing adoption of technology in serving humanity. Fawzi spent over 30 years in industry and held various executive and leadership positions with Tier 1 companies in the areas of communications and networks spanning Semiconductor, communication systems and service provider. Fawzi was a principle architect and championed the definition and the developing of integrated pre-IoT telecom alert system and networking management solution at Teleglobe Canada. He was a senior product manager with Nortel Networks for product release for enterprise, broadband edge and core nodes. Fawzi also served as the Director of Strategic Marketing with Motorola/Freescale for SoC networking & Communications product line in Austin, Texas. Fawzi is passionate about technology automation and has founded TelNet Management Consulting Inc. in 2009 offering consulting services in the areas of technology trends and positioning for smart networking and IoT/GIS solutions. Examples included Solar Energy, Public Safety – emergency response systems. He organized and chaired workshops, tutorials and was a distinguished speaker on key topics such as IoT, 5G, virtualization and Big Data/Analytics. Fawzi is a board member with several companies and had several publication including a recent book on the subject of future IoT “Collaborative Internet of Things for Future Smart Connected Life and Business” published by Wiley, June 2015 http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118913744,subjectCd-EEJ0.html Fawzi is active in international forums and standards activities with ITU, ITRS and IEEE Fawzi is a senior member of IEEE, and is currently the ComSoc NA vice chair, CTS Conference & PACE Chair, and ComSoc/SP/CS Austin chapter chair. He was the recipient of several awards from Industry and IEEE including CEO Freescale Diamond Chip Award in 2008, and IEEE ComSoc Chapter of the year award in 2015 and Outstanding R5 member award for 2013, 2014 and 2015. He is currently serving as Conference chair for IEEE Central and organized sessions and workshops at BHI, Himss, Smart Tech on IoT and healthcare. Fawzi holds a Bachelor of Science with honors and distinction from Concordia University, Montreal; Masters in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo, Ontario and Executive MBA from Queen’s University, Ontario Canada.

  • IoT Advancement and impact on the future of Health and Wellness

    BA B026 Bahen Centre for Information Technology University of Toronto 40 St George St, Toronto, ON M5S 2E4

    Monday November 14, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. Fawzi Behmann, President, TelNet Management Consulting, Inc., will be presenting “IoT Advancement and impact on the future of Health and Wellness”. Speaker: Fawzi Behmann President, TelNet Management Consulting, Inc. IEEE NA ComSoc Vice Chair Day & Time: Monday, November 14, 2016 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Location: BA B026 Bahen Centre for Information Technology University of Toronto 40 St George St, Toronto, ON M5S 2E4 Contact: Eman Hammad Abstract: The acceleration in communications technology has impacted our work, home, transportation, commerce, education and with no exception has increased adoption in healthcare. This presentation will introduce the concept of IoT and architectural evolution from a pre-IoT to Collaborative IoT impacting many markets such as home, health, automotive, enterprise, transportation and infrastructure. This will be enriched by several examples. The talk will then focus on healthcare and wellness exploring current and emerging solutions at hospitals, clinics, care centers and homes. Solution building blocks include sensing, aggregation, and data analytics. Examples of some of the adjacent technologies such as Drone, Wearables, 3D, and Robot will be highlighted. Finally the talk will conclude with some of the factors and challenges to deliver scalable solutions, delivering better quality of services and experience. These include development platforms, 5G, virtualization, collaborative applications and security. Takeaway Points: · Understanding of rapid evolution of technology and impact in critical healthcare areas · Examples of use cases in healthcare & nutrition. · Considerations for scalable and secure networks. Biography: Fawzi is a visionary, thought leader, author and contributor in advancing adoption of technology in serving humanity. Fawzi spent over 30 years in industry and held various executive and leadership positions with Tier 1 companies in the areas of communications and networks spanning Semiconductor, communication systems and service provider. Fawzi was a principle architect and championed the definition and the developing of integrated pre-IoT telecom alert system and networking management solution at Teleglobe Canada. He was a senior product manager with Nortel Networks for product release for enterprise, broadband edge and core nodes. Fawzi also served as the Director of Strategic Marketing with Motorola/Freescale for SoC networking & Communications product line in Austin, Texas. Fawzi is passionate about technology automation and has founded TelNet Management Consulting Inc. in 2009 offering consulting services in the areas of technology trends and positioning for smart networking and IoT/GIS solutions. Examples included Solar Energy, Public Safety – emergency response systems. He organized and chaired workshops, tutorials and was a distinguished speaker on key topics such as IoT, 5G, virtualization and Big Data/Analytics. Fawzi is a board member with several companies and had several publication including a recent book on the subject of future IoT “Collaborative Internet of Things for Future Smart Connected Life and Business” published by Wiley, June 2015 http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118913744,subjectCd-EEJ0.html Fawzi is active in international forums and standards activities with ITU, ITRS and IEEE Fawzi is a senior member of IEEE, and is currently the ComSoc NA vice chair, CTS Conference & PACE Chair, and ComSoc/SP/CS Austin chapter chair. He was the recipient of several awards from Industry and IEEE including CEO Freescale Diamond Chip Award in 2008, and IEEE ComSoc Chapter of the year award in 2015 and Outstanding R5 member award for 2013, 2014 and 2015. He is currently serving as Conference chair for IEEE Central and organized sessions and workshops at BHI, Himss, Smart Tech on IoT and healthcare. Fawzi holds a Bachelor of Science with honors and distinction from Concordia University, Montreal; Masters in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo, Ontario and Executive MBA from Queen’s University, Ontario Canada.

  • Health Informatics Evening at Centennial College

    Room L1-02, Centennial College, Progress Campus 941 Progress Ave., Toronto

    Wednesday November 16, 2016 at 5:30 p.m. Igor Sirkovich, Vikki Leung, Karim Keshavjee and Jimmy Poulin, will be presenting “Health Informatics Evening at Centennial College”. Speakers & Agenda: 5:15 to 5:30 Event Registration 1. Igor Sirkovich from 5:30 PM to 6:00 PM Founder and CEO of Xpertera HL7 FHIR and eHealth Architecture Consultant at Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Presentation title: Current initiatives at the Ministry of Health and eHealth Ontario, pan-Canadian standards collaborative, and health informatics standards (HL7 FHIR), Xpertera introduction. 2. Vikki Leung from 6:00 PM to 6:30 PM Full Stack Developer at Interdev Technologies Inc. Presentation title: Technology used for Community Paramedic Services, Interdev Technologies 3. Karim Keshavjee, MD from 6:30 PM to 7:00 PM CEO of InfoClin Inc. Adjunct Professor at University of Toronto, University of Victoria Visiting Scholar at Ryerson University Associate Member at Centre for Evaluation of Medicine, McMaster University Numerous publications on Health Informatics studies and medicine Presentation title: Health Apps by Design: A reference architecture for mobile apps for health 4. Jimmy Poulin from 7:00 PM to 7:30 PM Director of Operations at m-Health Solutions Presentation title: ECG signal remote collection via mobile wireless external recorder and smartphone. 5. NSERC speaker (name will be announced later) from 7:30 PM to 8:00 PM Presentation: Funding opportunities for College Students in Science and Technologies programs. 8:00 to 8:30 PM Networking Day & Time: Wednesday, November 16, 2016 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Location: Room L1-02, Centennial College, Progress Campus 941 Progress Ave., Toronto, Ontario, M1G 3T8 Map: http://www.centennialcollege.ca/about-centennial/contact-us/campus-locations/ Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE, Nicoleta Zouri IEEE Toronto WIE, Magnetics, Measurement/Instrumentation-Robotics, Maryam Davoudpour Registration: Registration is free, but space is limited. Please register via email to Nicoleta Zouri Abstract: Offered as part of the Experiential Learning process for students in Health Informatics Program at Centennial College, this event facilitate skills and knowledge transfer between audience and speakers through an interactive session. Digital health solutions will be discussed and software demos will be presented.

  • Operational-Log Analysis for Big Data Systems: Challenges and Solutions

    Room: ENG 288, 245 Church Street, Toronto, Ontario M5B 2K3

    Friday November 18, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. Dr. Andriy Miranskyy, Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science, Ryerson University, will be presenting “Operational-Log Analysis for Big Data Systems: Challenges and Solutions”. Speaker: Dr. Andriy Miranskyy Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Ryerson University Day & Time: Friday, November 18, 2016 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Location: George Vari Centre for Computing and Engineering Ryerson University Room: ENG 288 245 Church Street, Toronto, Ontario M5B 2K3 Map – http://www.ryerson.ca/maps – Look for ENG Registration: Registration is free, but space is limited. Please register via this link: http://tinyurl.com/systemsEvent Organizers: IEEE Toronto Systems Chapter, Alexei Botchkarev albot@ieee.org IEEE Toronto WIE, Magnetics, Measurement/Instrumentation-Robotics and Computer Science Department of Ryerson University IEEE Toronto WIE Chair: Maryam Davoudpour maryam.davoudpour@ieee.org Abstract: Big data systems (BDSs) are complex, consisting of multiple interacting hardware software components, such as distributed compute nodes, networking, databases, middleware, business intelligence layer, and high availability infrastructure. Any of these components can fail. Finding the failures’ root causes is extremely laborious. Analysis of BDS-generated logs can speed up this process. The logs can also help improve testing processes, detect security breaches, customize operational profiles, and aid with any other tasks requiring runtime-data analysis. However, practical challenges hamper log analysis tools’ adoption. The logs emitted by a BDS can be thought of as big data themselves. When working with large logs, practitioners face seven main issues: scarce storage, unscalable log analysis, inaccurate capture and replay of logs, inadequate log-processing tools, incorrect log classification, a variety of log formats, and inadequate privacy of sensitive data. This talk describes the challenges and practical solutions faced while building and institutionalizing dynamic analysis tools in the industry. Biography: Andriy Miranskyy is an assistant professor at the Department of Computer Science, Ryerson University. His research interests are in the area of mitigating risk in software engineering, focusing on software quality assurance, program comprehension, software requirements, project risk management, Big Data, and Green IT. Andriy received his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics at the University of Western Ontario. He has 17 years of software engineering experience in information management and pharmaceutical industries. Prior to joining Ryerson, Andriy worked as a software engineer in the IBM Information Management division at the IBM Toronto Software Laboratory; currently, he is the Faculty Fellow of the IBM Centre for Advanced Studies. He has served as Guest Editor for a special edition of IEEE Software as well as organizer, committee member, and reviewer for several software engineering workshops and conferences.