Saturday Online Study Group preparing for the Canadian Amateur Radio certification exam. 2hrs/week CEU/PDH credits issued by request. Course based on the certification study guide from https://www.coaxpublications.ca/ord0001.php Purchase the book if you are serious about learning this. Optional morse code practise with course. There are other books available that basically covers the same topics. Course continues depending on registration. Course is free. Fee for CEU/PDH certification and/or fee to write the Canadian federal certification exam. Workshop is open to anyone, IEEE members and non-members. This study group is repeating, if you miss a lecture, you can continue the workshop when it repeats. 12 weeks long plus time off for exams and reading week at Humber Registration is required. Email will be send out to all registrants just before the meetings start with the link for google meet or zoom. Agenda: 2 hours every Saturday Evening (In Canada) 10-12 am edt (Sunday morning in Europe/Asia) 50 Panorama Court, Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada, M9V4A9, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/372974

Noise-Shaping (NS) SAR ADCs become popular recently thanks to their low-power and high-resolution features. This presentation first summarizes and benchmarks different discrete-time (DT) NS-SAR implementations in literature. An open-loop duty-cycled residue amplifier is selected as a power-efficient solution to realize high residue gain. Then, a digital-predicted mismatch error shaping technique is introduced to improve the DAC linearity. The proposed DT NS-SAR ADC achieves 80 dB SNDR, 98 dB SFDR in a 31.25 kHz bandwidth while consuming 7.3 μW. Next, the NS-SAR architecture is extended from DT operation to continuous-time (CT) operation. The ADC sampling switch is removed and the loop filter is duty cycled to realize the CT NS-SAR operation. Compared to DT designs, the CT NS-SAR ADC is easy to drive and has inherent anti-aliasing function. As a proof of concept, the proposed CT NS-SAR ADC achieves 77 dB SNDR, 86 dB SFDR a 62.5 kHz bandwidth with a power consumption of 13.5 μW. Speaker(s): Prof. Pieter Harpe Agenda: This talk will be held virtually. The talk will start with speaker introduction followd by a technical session. Afterwards, a QA session. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/373982

The IEEE AP-S Student Chapter at the University of Toronto is holding its annual election on Oct. 6, 2023, 3 pm. Interested students can sign up for Chair, co-chair, secretary, treasurer, and web-master positions. Room: BA7180, Bldg: Bahen Building, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

OFFICERS' MEETING OCT 18TH Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/375985

Software development is difficult! Unlike a building plan which can be easily linked to the visible features of the building, it is difficult to link source code to the system it represents. Beginning programmers often don’t even think about the software design step - they just sit down and start coding. State Chart “Models” provide an alternate viewpoint and facilitate a clear communication of required software/system behavior before any coding takes place. In this 2-course, 8-week workshop, we will review the basic features of state charts and show how this model can be implemented in Arduino C/C++ source code. You will construct a simple line-following robot based on the Raspberry Pi Pico WH board, then learn how to design firmware that completes a basic line follower challenge and enable your students to compete in a (https://www.cool-mcu.com/pages/ceta). This training is targeted towards Grade 11/12 Computer or Electronics Engineering Teachers (Ontario TEJ/ICS Curriculum), and will be delivered virtually using a Learning Management System, combined with weekly live Q/A sessions to verify mastery of the material. When registering, please complete all address fields, so we can ship you a robot kit and track in time for the first session! To learn more about the courses that will be covered in this workshop, please visit the following page: https://www.cool-mcu.com/bundles/ieee-model-it-robotics-workshop-for-pre-university-educators Agenda: Kick-Off Meeting Agenda: Outcomes Courses & Topic Coverage IoT Robot Hardware Review Using the LMS Detailed Training Schedule Assigned reading and lab exercise Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/369477

OFFICERS' MEETING OCT 26TH Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/379693

Hello IEEE Young Professionals, IEEE Young Professionals Toronto invites you to join us at (https://www.decodingtech.zone/)! This conference provides a platform to learn about emerging topics in tech including fully connected intelligence, immersiveness and the decentralization era fuelled by high-speed open networks. Network with industry experts leading the way with developments in AI/ML, VR/AR, BlockChain, and 5G/6G networks! Come meet other IEEE Young Professionals attending DecodingTECH.Zone at YP Meet-Up on Friday, October 27th @ 5:30 PM EDT! If you have not yet registered for the conference, please use the link below and take 40% off with our discount code. DecodingTECH.Zone Conference 2023 Event Details - Location: Pearson Convention Center, 2638 Steeles Avenue East, Brampton, ON L6T 4L7 - Date and Time: Friday, October 27th, 8:00 AM - 10:00 PM EDT - Registration Link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/decodingtechzone-dtz-conference-in-canada-2023-tickets-481331905687?aff=oddtdtcreator - Website: https://www.decodingtech.zone/ - Discount Code for 40% off: IEEEYP40 Register soon as tickets will run out! We look forward to seeing you at DecodingTECH.Zone! Best Regards, Savneet Chhatwal and Julia Wagner Chairs, IEEE Young Professionals, Toronto 2638 Steeles Ave E, Brampton , Ontario, Canada, L6T 4L7

Multiplexed sensing platforms will be the key enablers of smart electronic systems of the future. Such platforms will require the integration of miniaturized sensor arrays at the system/chip level, using heterogeneous technologies. While we have made substantial progress in vision, tactile and auditory sensing applications, an equivalent of Moore's law is missing in biological and chemical sensing applications. With phenomenal advances in semiconductor nanotechnology and printed/flexible electronics, the stage is now set for a new wave of sensor systems to be equipped with massive sensory functions, specifically with biological and chemical sensor arrays. In this talk, I will present two case studies from our research: (i) Biosensor systems for point of care diagnostics : the story of managing the sensing of multiple analytes in blood and urine with an eventual goal to realize "Lab on Palm" (ii) Gas sensor systems for environmental monitoring, breath analysis and hazardous gas leakage detection, with an eventual goal to realize the "Electronic Nose" Speaker(s): Navakanta Bhat, ***CANCELED*** Agenda: In this talk, I will present two case studies from our research: (i) Biosensor systems for point of care diagnostics : the story of managing the sensing of multiple analytes in blood and urine with an eventual goal to realize "Lab on Palm" (ii) Gas sensor systems for environmental monitoring, breath analysis and hazardous gas leakage detection, with an eventual goal to realize the "Electronic Nose" Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/380387

Interested in tech, hands on experience, hackathons but don't know where to start? NewHacks is for you! NewHacks is a beginner-friendly hackathon catered towards university students across Canada with little to no previous hackathon experience. Students will be encouraged to learn by attending workshops and talking to industry mentors, getting hands-on with our selection of hardware, and creating a project in 24 hours to compete for prizes! Toronto, Ontario, Canada

OFFICERS' MEETING Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/380701

As a well recognized disruptive technology, visible light communication (VLC) delivers high data rates and improved security to be actively considered for many new indoor and outdoor applications in future wireless communication systems. Over the years, VLC system modeling, analysis and implementation have been an active research field enriched with multiple seminal developments reported in the literature. More recently, data-driven machine learning techniques have emerged to revolutionize conventional communication system design and optimization. In this talk, we will discuss how such machine learning techniques can be effectively applied for the design and optimization of VLC systems including examples taken from spatial modulation in VLC, simultaneous lightwave and power transfer (SLIPT) and intelligent reflective surface aided VLC systems. Speaker(s): Himal A. Suraweera, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/376784

In this presentation, we will explore how supervised learning can be used for identifying the root cause of performance degradations observed in optical networks. Co-sponsored by: National Research Council, Canada. Optonique. Speaker(s): Prof. Christine Tremblay, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/381272