IEEE Toronto Section

Advanced Sensor Concepts, Exploitation, Signal Processing and Systems Engineering
2018-06-14 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Toronto) | BA 1200 (Bahen Center), University of Toronto, 40 St. George Street, Toronto, Canada M5S 2E4
Thursday, June 14th at 11:00 a.m., IEEE AESS and SC Distinguished Lecturer Michael C. Wicks, Ph.D., will be presenting “Advanced Sensor Concepts, Exploitation, Signal Processing and Systems Engineering”.
Day & Time: Thursday, June 14, 2018
11:00 a.m. ‐ 12:30 p.m.
Speaker: Michael C. Wicks, Ph.D.
DIEEE AESS and SC Distinguished Lecturer
Endowed Chair and Professor of Electrical Engineering
University of Dayton, Dayton OH 45469 USA
Host: Dr. Raviraj Adve
Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Toronto
Location: BA 1200 (Bahen Center)
University of Toronto
40 St. George Street, Toronto
Canada M5S 2E4
Contact: Dr. Mehrdad Tirandazian
Organizer: Aerospace and Systems, Man and Cybernetics IEEE Toronto Section
Abstract: In this talk, a number of concepts and technologies forming the foundation for the exploitation of sensors from a Big Data perspective are presented. A signal processing and systems engineering approach is discussed, and heuristic techniques are presented as being critical to leap ahead advances in sensor exploitation. While radar centric in nature, the foundation for a more general sensors approach to Big Data exploitation is discussed. Archival data is considered to be essential to the optimal exploitation of sensor phenomena, as humans are unable to fully observe or even comprehend the volumes of rapidly changing data available today. Topics as diverse as radio frequency tomography for below ground imaging, millimeter wave sensing for exquisite feature extraction, target resonance and dynamic imaging of targets obscured by clutter and cover, as well as space-time adaptive processing are presented. The integrating theme of Big Data exploitation in the Internet of Radar is discussed within the context of these enabling sensor technologies as is the “Velocity of Sensor Data.”
Biography: Dr. Wicks is a leading research scientist in remote sensing, signal processing and systems engineering, with a current focus on distributed sensing and radio frequency technology. He has pursued a variety of research interests in his career, including: cognitive radar, radio frequency tomographic radar, counter explosive sensor technology, cognitive radar and radio, space object sensing, missile defense, deep earth probing radar, multi-dimensional adaptive processing for airborne and space based radar, ultra-wideband radio and radar, passive and active multi-static systems, and concealed weapons / contraband detection and carrier identification. He pioneered the concept of knowledge-based signal processing and waveform diversity, and has led national and international research teams on the design, development and fielding of novel algorithms, architectures and systems for remote sensing from space, air and surface platforms.
Sponsored research is currently focused on advanced algorithms for the detection and track processing of airborne targets obscured by wind farm clutter, as is research on spatially and spectrally diverse sensing for the automatic detection, identification, and feature exploitation of objects under cover, e.g. below ground, inside structures, or under foliage. Space object identification is also a topic of current research. The design and analysis of distributed radar for exoatmospheric surveillance is complimented by analysis and experiments for side-looking imaging and surface moving target indication radar. Recent research has resulted in the development of a mobile waveform diverse distributed MIMO radar system and a radio frequency tomography test bed at the University of Dayton. Research on integrated close-in sensing and long range wide area surveillance radar is addressing feature extraction, in addition to detection processing and track formation. Algorithms and architectures for the numerical and symbolic (heuristic) processing of sensor data is a primary focus of this research.

Introduction to Robotics Class 4
2018-06-18 15:30 - 16:30 (America/Toronto) | Humber North Campus, J Building
Students will learn the basic robot building blocks through hands on examples. By the end of the lesson students will precisely control a motor through Arduino code. The flow of information and signals will be examined. Students should read online tutorials on:
1. How to control a servo motor via Arduino
2. How a rotary encoder sensor works and how to use them via Arduino.
Date & Time: Monday June 18th, 2018
3:30 p.m.
Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE, IEEE Toronto Robotics Chapter, IEEE Humber Student Affinity Group
Location: Humber North Campus, J Building
For information, please contact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour

Introduction to Robotics Class 5
2018-06-25 15:30 - 16:30 (America/Toronto) | Humber North Campus, J Building
Students will learn the basic robot building blocks through hands on examples. By the end of the lesson students will precisely control a motor through Arduino code. The flow of information and signals will be examined. Students should read online tutorials on:
1. How to control a servo motor via Arduino
2. How a rotary encoder sensor works and how to use them via Arduino.
Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE, IEEE Toronto Robotics Chapter, IEEE Humber Student Affinity Group
Date & Time: Monday June 25th, 2018
3:30 p.m.
Location: Humber North Campus, J Building
For information, please contact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour

Motor Control with Arduino
2018-07-10 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Toronto) | Prototype Lab (J232 Humber College North Campus)
-Introduction
-Basic information about DC motor, stepper motor and servo motor
-How to make them run (ON/OFF)
-How to control speed
* Basic information about PID control (I will not make the whole calculation but still I want to mention about the idea to show where it comes from)
-How to control direction
– How and where can we use them
Speaker: Seda Erturk
Date & Time: Tuesday July 10th, 2018
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE, IEEE Toronto Robotics Chapter, IEEE Humber Student Affinity Group
Location: Prototype Lab (J232 Humber College North Campus)
For information, please contact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour

Arduino Microcontroller Programming
2018-07-16 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Humber College North Campus, J Building
The workshop is to continue learning Ardunio microcontroller programming, a way to get the knowledge about microcontrollers. This involves learning
hardware component and software component.
In this workshop, we are going to introduce Pulse with Modulation concept and program Arduino to see it. Introducing 7 segment LED ( common cathode and anode) and going through wiring and programming.
Date & Time: Monday July 16th, 2018
7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE, IEEE Toronto Instrumentation Measurement – Robotics Automation Chapter, IEEE Humber Student Affinity Group
Location: Humber North Campus, J Building
For information, please contact: Zahraa Khalil

EMC and Frequency Selective Surfaces for 5G Communications
2018-07-17 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Toronto) | Bahen Centre for Information Technology, BA1240, 40 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2E4
Tuesday, July 17th at 3:00 p.m., Professor Erping Li, Zhejiang University, China, will be presenting “EMC and Frequency Selective Surfaces for 5G Communications”.
Day & Time: Tuesday, July 17, 2018
3:00 p.m. ‐ 4:00 p.m.
Speaker: Professor Erping Li, Zhejiang University, China
Location: 40 St George Street
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5S 2E4
Building: Bahen Centre for Information Technology
Room Number: BA1240
Contact: Costas Sarris
Organizer: IEEE Toronto Electromagnetics & Radiation Chapter
Abstract: The spectrum in the range of 28 GHz is sued for adoption of 5G wireless communication. The novel wideband frequency selective surfaces (FSSs) are explored for the extensive applications in 5G communication such as antenna reflectors, radomes to system level electromagnetic structures. This presentation will touch on a novel broadband bandpass frequency selective surface (FSS) designed for fifth generation (5G) communication. The new structure design employs the vertical vias in the two-dimensional (2-D) periodic arrays, which demonstrates that such a single 2.5-dimensional (2.5-D) periodic layer of via_based structure produces a highly stable angular response up to 75 degrees for both the TE and TM incident angles. The proposed FSS is a good candidate for 5G communication applications.
Biography: Erping Li holds the appointment of Changjiang-Qianren Distinguished Professor in Zhejiang University, China, Dean for Zhejiang University-UIUC Institute. Prior that he worked for Singapore A*STAR Institute of High Performance Computing as a Principal Scientist, Director of Photonic Department, Associate Professor at National University of Singapore and adjunct Professor at Singapore Nanyang Technological University. Dr Li’s research interests include advanced computational electromagnetics, electromagnetics in micro-nanoelectronics, electromagnetics in 5G communication, nano-plasmonics for microwave and mmwave. He authored or co-authored over 400 papers published in the referred international journals and conferences, authored two books published at John-Wiley Press(2012) and Cambridge University Press(2014). Dr Li is a Fellow of IEEE, and a Fellow of MITElectromagnetics Academy, USA. He received numerous international awards including the IEEE EMC Richard Stoddard Award in 2015, IEEE EMC Technical Achievement Award, and Changjiang Chair Professorship Award from the Ministry of Education in China. He has served as General Chair and Technical Program Chair for more than 10 prestigious international conferences and delivered over 80 invited talks and plenary speeches at various international conferences and forums.

Integration of Electric Vehicles in Smart Grids
2018-07-20 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | 40 St George St, Toronto, ON M5S 2E4, Canada
Friday, July 20th at 11:00 a.m., The IEEE Toronto ComSoc Chapter and University of Toronto – ECE are inviting all interested to the distinguished lecture titled: “Integration of Electric Vehicles in Smart Grids”.
Day & Time: Friday, July 20, 2018
11:00 a.m. ‐ 12:00 p.m.
Speaker: Prof. Ying-Jun Angela Zhang
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Location: 40 St George Street
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5S 2E4
Building: Bahen Centre for Information Technology
Room Number: BA4164
Contact: Eman Hammad
Organizer: IEEE Toronto Communication Society
Abstract: The recent surge in electric vehicle adoption worldwide brings both challenges and opportunities to the electricity power grid. In this talk, we will first introduce our recent work on coordinated electric vehicle charging when the knowledge of future events is unknown. We will then show how the battery systems in electric vehicles can contribute to stabilizing the grid frequency.
Biography: Ying-Jun Angela Zhang (S’00-M’05-SM’10) received her PhD degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong in 2004. Since 2005, she has been with Department of Information Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, where she is currently an Associate Professor. Her research interests include mainly wireless communications systems and smart power systems, in particular optimization techniques for such systems. She serves as the Chair of the Executive Editor Committee of the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. Previously, she served many years as an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on Communications, Security and Communications Networks (Wiley), and a Feature Topic in the IEEE Communications Magazine. She has served on the organizing committee of major IEEE conferences including ICC, GLOBECOM, SmartgridComm, VTC, CCNC, ICCC, MASS, etc.. She is now the Chair of IEEE ComSoc Emerging Technical Committee on Smart Grid. She was a Co-Chair of the IEEE ComSoc Multimedia Communications Technical Committee and the IEEE Communication Society GOLD Coordinator. She was the co-recipient of the 2014 IEEE ComSoc APB Outstanding Paper Award, the 2013 IEEE SmartgridComm Best Paper Award, and the 2011 IEEE Marconi Prize Paper Award on Wireless Communications. She was the recipient of the Young Researcher Award from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2011. As the only winner from engineering science, she has won the Hong Kong Young Scientist Award 2006, conferred by the Hong Kong Institution of Science. Dr. Zhang is a Fellow of IET and a Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE ComSoc.

Arduino Microcontroller Programming
2018-07-23 18:30 - 19:30 (America/Toronto) | Humber North Campus, J Building
The workshop is to continue learning Ardunio microcontroller programming.
In this workshop, continue the discussion about 7 segment LED , learning about Shift register and the application with Arduino board and keypad integration. The workshop involves hardware and software.
Date & Time: Monday July 23rd, 2018
6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE, IEEE Toronto Instrumentation Measurement – Robotics Automation Chapter, IEEE Humber Student Affinity Group
Location: Humber North Campus, J Building
For information, please contact: Zahraa Khalil

Engineering Gateways: Communicating for Success as Women in Engineering
2018-07-24 13:00 - 14:30 (America/Toronto) | Bahen Centre for Information Technology, University of Toronto, 40 St. George Street, Toronto
Tuesday, July 24th at 1:00 p.m., come join IEEE Canada Women in Engineering (WIE) and IEEE Toronto WIE Group for “Engineering Gateways: Communicating for Success as Women in Engineering” Panel at the IEEE Professional Communication 2018 (ProComm’18). Diverse perspectives will be brought to this panel on topics such as communications, self-promotion, professional branding, and strategies for intervention.
Day & Time: Tuesday, July 24, 2018
1:00 p.m. ‐ 2:15 p.m.
Speakers: Namir Anani
President and CEO of Information and Communications Technology Council
Christine Laperriere
Lead Coach and Executive Director of the Women of Influence Advancement Centre
Teresa Sing
VP Business Development, Refine Recruitment
Jennifer van Amerom
Founder and CEO, Refine Recruitment
Deborah-Tihanyi
Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Director, and Communication Coordinator
University of Toronto
Location: Bahen Centre for Information Technology
University of Toronto
40 St. George Street, Toronto
Canada M5S 2E4
Register: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/173431
Contact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour
Organizer: IEEE Canada Women in Engineering (WIE) and IEEE Toronto WIE Group

More/All Electric Aircraft
2018-07-26 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Toronto) | Mechanical Engineering Building, RM 331, 5 King’s College Rd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3G8
Thursday, July 26th at 2:00 p.m., Dr. Hassan Kojori, PhD, Senior Principal Engineer with Honeywell, will be presenting “More/All Electric Aircraft”.
Day & Time: Thursday, July 26, 2018
2:00 p.m. ‐ 3:00 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Hassan Kojori, PhD
Senior Principal Engineer with Honeywell
Location: 5 King’s College Rd.
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5S 3G8
Building: Mechanical Engineering Building
Room Number: RM 331
Contact: Kyarash Shahriari, Omid Alizadeh
Organizer: IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AESS), Power & Energy Chapter
Register: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/174543
Abstract: The More Electric Aircraft (MEA) is based on the concept of utilizing electrical power for driving aircraft subsystems currently powered by hydraulic, pneumatic or mechanical means including utility and flight control actuation, environmental control system, lubrication and fuel pumps, and numerous other utility functions. In this seminar, Dr. Kojori begins with an overview of the More Electric Aircraft and will discuss how various technologies developed over the past three decades have helped reduce the size, weight and life-cycle-cost of the overall system, significantly improve reliability and ease manufacturing and maintenance. Next he will cover emerging advanced technologies for All Electric Aircraft for urban transportation and discuss some of the main opportunities and challenges.
Biography: Dr. Hassan Kojori holds a PhD from the University of Toronto and is an IEEE Fellow and licensed Professional Engineer. He has over 30 years of experience in power electronics, Li-ion batteries, energy optimization and systems control for aerospace, automotive and utility industries. His original work on many technology firsts has resulted in 48 patent disclosures (27 granted), several trade secrets and more than 50 technical papers and proprietary reports. Currently, as a Senior Principal Engineer with Honeywell, he is the Conversion Portfolio Leader in the Aero Advanced Tech and Responsible for R&D for More Electric Aircraft and tactical vehicles. He has been actively engaged in collaborative research with leading local and international universities. He was adjunct professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of Toronto and Ryerson University (2000-2012) and an industry professor in the Institute for Automotive Research and Technology at McMaster University (2012-2017). Currently, he is Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, a board member of the Advisory Council for ECE department at Ryerson University and University of Toronto Institute for Multidisciplinary Design & Innovation and represents Honeywell at The Downsview Aerospace Innovation and Research Consortium.

Convergence between Broadcast and Mobile Broadband
2018-08-09 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | Bahen Centre for Information Technology, St George St, Toronto, ON M5S 2E4, Canada
Thursday, August 9th at 11:00 a.m., the IEEE Toronto Section, Consumer Electronics Chapter invites you to the IEEE CESoc Distinguished Lecture on: “Convergence between Broadcast and Mobile Broadband” by Dr. Ulrich Reimers, IEEE CESoc Renowned Distinguished Speaker, and Professor Institut fuer Nachrichtentechnik (IfN), Technische Universitaet Braunschweig, Germany.
Day & Time: Thursday, August 9, 2018
11:00 a.m. ‐ 12:00 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Ulrich Reimers
IEEE CESoc Renowned Distinguished Speaker
Professor Institut fuer Nachrichtentechnik (IfN), Technische Universitaet Braunschweig, Germany
Location: 40 St George Street
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5S 2E4
Building: Bahen Centre for Information Technology
Room Number: BA7180
Contact: Mahdieh Taghizadeh
Organizer: IEEE Toronto Section, Consumer Electronics Chapter
RVSP: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/174204
Abstract: The mobile industry has been testing the feasibility of evolved Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (eMBMS), an LTE embedded broadcast approach to support a growing mobile video/TV consumption and the delivery of other highly popular data services. But, eMBMS has so far only been used in small scale scenarios with local coverage. When it comes to large scale service areas with regional or even national coverage, the cellular nature of eMBMS has not proven to be attractive for cost efficient LTE broadcast content distribution. Adapting LTE broadcast to traditional High Tower High Power (HTHP) broadcasting towers and introducing this as a third service layer, i.e. as an extension of LTE unicast and eMBMS can resolve this issue as it reduces network load, energy consumption and network costs for such popular services. Additionally, it creates the possibility of cooperation between the cellular and broadcasting networks enabling a cooperative spectrum usage.
The term “Tower Overlay over LTE-Advanced+ (TOoL+)” describes the transmission of an extension of LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) offering broadcast services, especially live video, from a traditional High Tower High Power (HTHP) broadcast infrastructure, rather than in a cellular LTE-A network. TOoL+ was invented and developed by IfN. Since LTE-A is optimized for the Low Tower Low Power (LTLP) environment of cellular networks, the use of a HTHP environment requires some modifications of the LTE-A standard, e.g. the definition of a dedicated broadcast carrier and of additional OFDM parameters with longer cyclic prefixes. These modifications are represented by the term LTE-A+. In one of the modes, TOoL+ even supports a cooperative spectrum use by DVB-T2 (or ATSC 3.0 in the future) and LTE-A+ if this is attractive to market players. IfN developed a Software Defined Radio (SDR) based TOoL+ implementation to demonstrate the technological feasibility of this approach. An extended version of this demo has been used during two field trials conducted in Paris, France and in the Aosta Valley, Italy to evaluate the proposed modifications and the cooperative spectrum use in a real environment. The analysis shows that LTE-A+ is a suitable technology for HTHP broadcast to mobile devices as its coverage area is similar to that of DVB-T2.
In line with the ideas underlying TOoL+, 3GPP has recently specified FeMBMS (Further evolved Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service) in Release 14. FeMBMS supports a long cyclic prefix and thus makes larger network cells feasible. At IfN we have already implemented FeMBMS and by the time of the lectures in Canada will have carried out a field trial in at least one European country.
Biography: Prof. Ulrich H. Reimers studied communication engineering at Technische Universitaet Braunschweig, Germany. Following research at the university’s Institut fuer Nachrichtentechnik (IfN – Institute for Communications Technology) he joined BTS Broadcast Television Systems in Darmstadt. Between 1989 and 1993 he was Technical Director of Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) in Hamburg – one of the major public broadcasters in Germany. Since 1993 he has been a Professor at Technische Universitaet Braunschweig and Managing Director of the Institut fuer Nachrichtentechnik (Institute for Communications Technology). Prof. Reimers was chairman of the Technical Module within the DVB Project from 1993 to 2012. Since 2012 he is Vice President Strategic Development and Technology Transfer of Technische Universitaet Braunschweig. He is the author of more than 120 publications, among others of various text books on DVB. Prof. Reimers received a significant number of international and national awards. He is an IEEE Life Fellow and the recipient of the IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award. Recently Prof. Reimers and the research teams at IfN invented innovative solutions for the co-existence of broadcast and wireless broadband such as “Dynamic Broadcast”, “Tower Overlay over LTE-A+ (TOoL+)”, or “Redundancy on Demand”.
Prof. Reimers is a Renowned Distinguished Speaker of the IEEE Consumer Electronics Society (CESoc).

IEEE SSCS/CAS Distinguished Lecture Series – Dr. Gabor Temes
2018-08-10 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | Bahen Centre for Information Technology, St George St, Toronto, ON M5S 2E4, Canada
Friday, August 10th 2018, the IEEE Toronto SSCS/CAS invites you to the IEEE SSCS/CAS Distinguished Lecture Series on: “A 13b ENOB Noise-Shaping SAR ADC with a Two-Capacitor DAC” by Lukang Shi and Gabor C. Temes, and “Noise Filtering and Linearization of Single-Ended Circuits” by Gabor C. Temes et al., School of EECS, Oregon State University.
Date: Friday August 10th, 2018
Organizers: IEEE Toronto SSCS/CAS
Location: Bahen Centre Room BA1210
Lecture 1 (10:10am – 11:00am): A 13b ENOB Noise-Shaping SAR ADC with a Two-Capacitor DAC
Speakers: Lukang Shi and Gabor C. Temes
School of EECS, Oregon State University
Abstract: An active noise-shaping successive-approximation-register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter is described. Instead of binary-weighted capacitors, it uses two equal-valued capacitors as the embedded digital-to-analog converter (DAC). Thus, the capacitance spread in the DAC is much smaller than that of the conventional binary-weighted capacitor array, and the mismatch error can be greatly reduced. The circuit provides first-order noise shaping, which can improve the ADC’s linearity even for a small oversampling ratio. Also, the proposed architecture uses a monotonic approximation procedure, which requires fewer conversion steps than for a conventional SAR ADCs. The ADC was fabricated in 0.18 um CMOS technology. For a 2 kHz signal bandwidth, it achieved a 78.8 dB SNDR. It consumes 74.2 mW power from a 1.5 V power supply. The performance can be drastically improved by introducing noise mitigation schemes and higher-order noise shaping. These topics will also be discussed.
Lecture 2 (11:10am – 12:00pm): Noise Filtering and Linearization of Single-Ended Circuits
Speakers: Gabor C. Temes et al.
School of EECS, Oregon State University
Abstract: The performance of analog integrated circuits is often limited by the noise generated in its components. Several circuit techniques exist for suppressing the effects of the low-frequency noise. In this paper, existing techniques are described for noise mitigation. Also, a novel approach is proposed, which can suppress low-frequency noise. In addition, the new process will also reduce even-order distortion, another major limitation of analog circuits. Finally, it may allow the use of single-ended circuits in applications where usually differential structures are needed.
Biography: Gabor C. Temes received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Ottawa, ON, Canada, in 1961, and an honorary doctorate from the Technical University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary, in 1991. He held academic positions at the Technical University of Budapest, Stanford University and the University of California at Los Angeles. He worked in industry at Northern Electric R&D Laboratories and at Ampex Corp. He is now a Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Oregon State University.
Dr. Temes received the IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award in 1998, and the IEEE Millennium Medal in 2000. He was the 2006 recipient of the IEEE Gustav Robert Kirchhoff Award, and the 2009 IEEE CAS Mac Valkenburg Award. He received the 2017 Semiconductor Industry Association-SRC University Researcher Award. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

Transportation, Energy, Information and Humanity
2018-08-17 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | Bahen Center of Information Technology
Friday, August 17th 2018, the IEEE Toronto Section, Power Electronics and Consumer Electronics joint Chapter invites you to the Lecture on: “Transportation, Energy, Information and Humanity” by Prof. C.C. Chan, Chinese Academy of Engineering.
Day & Time: Friday August 17th, 2018
11:00 a.m. ‐ 12:00 p.m.
Speaker: Prof. C.C. Chan, Chinese Academy of Engineering, Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering, Founding President, World Electric Vehicle Association, Past President, Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
Organizers: IEEE Toronto Section, Power Electronics and Consumer Electronics joint Chapter
Location: University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5S 2E4
Bahen Center of Information Technology
Room Number: Room BA1210
Register: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_registration/register/175871
Abstract: To cope with the current complex economical, societal and technical challenges in the new era, it is vital to be open-minded. Namely, to integrate the Chinese ancient civilization and the western modern civilization, to uphold the spirit of renaissance. This keynote speech will discuss the challenges and key issues related to the commercialization of electric vehicles, the integration of intelligent transport, intelligent energy, intelligent information and intelligent humanities. Proposed energy internet based on the correlation between energy and information and nano energy structure.
Biography: Prof. C. C. Chan holds BSc, MSc, PhD, HonDSc, HonDTech degrees. Honorary Professor and Former Head of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Hong Kong; Visiting Professor of MIT, University of Cambridge, etc; Founding President of the World Electric Vehicle Association; Senior Consultant to governments, Strategic Adviser or Independent Director of public companies and industries; Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, U.K., Chinese Academy of Engineering, IEEE, IET and HKIE. Recipient of the Royal Academy of Engineering Prince Philip Medal; Chinese Academy of Engineering Guang-Hua Prize, World Federation of Engineering (WFEO) Medal of Engineering Excellence; Gold Medal of Hong Kong Institution of Engineers; IEEE Transportation Technologies Award; IEE International Lecture Medal; “Asia’s Best Technology Pioneers” by Asiaweek; “Father of Asian Electric Vehicles” by Magazine Global View; “Pitamaha (Grandfather) of Electric Vehicle Technology” in India; “Environmental Excellence in Transportation Award” by Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE); His major research includes advanced electric drives and energy systems, intelligent electric vehicles and correlation between energy and information. He has published 11 books, over 300 technical papers and holds 9 patents.

Differential Microstrip Antennas
2018-08-23 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Toronto) | Bahen Center of Information Technology, 40 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2E4
Thursday, August 23rd 2018, Prof. Yueping Zhang at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, is presenting an Electromagnetics and Radiation IEEE Distinguished Lecture “Differential Microstrip Antennas”.
Day & Time: Thursday August 23rd, 2018
3:00 p.m. ‐ 4:00 p.m.
Speaker: Prof. Yueping Zhang at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Organizers: IEEE Toronto Electromagnetics & Radiation Chapter
Location: Bahen Center of Information Technology, Room BA1230
40 St George Street
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5S 2E4
Contact: Costas Sarris
Abstract: The earliest antennas implemented by Hertz for the discovery of radio waves were dipole and loop. They are differential. It was Marconi who introduced the ground concept into antennas and realized single-ended monopole antennas for wireless transmission. Compared with differential antennas, single-ended antennas have smaller size and therefore single-ended antennas have dominated in antenna designs. Compared with single-ended circuits, differential circuits permit higher linearity and lower offset and make them immune to power supply variations, temperature changes, and substrate noise. As a result, differential circuits have dominated in integrated circuit designs. Differential circuits call for differential antennas. This is particularly essential in highly-integrated system-on-chip and system-in-package solutions where the system ground plane may be much smaller than one free-space wavelength. Differential antennas perfectly marry (match) with differential circuits. No lossy balanced/unbalanced conversion circuit is needed. As a result, the receiver noise performance and transmitter power efficiency are improved.
In this lecture, I present differential microstrip antennas with an emphasis on the comparison of them with single-ended counterparts. First, I extend the well-known cavity model for the single-ended microstrip antennas to analyze the input impedance and radiation characteristics of differential microstrip antennas. Then I examine the design formulas to determine the patch dimensions and the location of the feed point for single-ended microstrip antennas to design differential microstrip antennas. It is shown that the patch length can still be designed using the formulas for the required resonant frequency but the patch width calculated by the formula usually needs to be widen to ensure the excitation of the fundamental mode using the probe feeds. The condition that links the patch width, the locations of the probe feeds, and the excitation of the fundamental mode is the electrical separation, which is a new and unique concept specifically conceived for the design of differential microstrip antennas. Next, I turn to the miniaturization of differential microstrip antennas and discuss some latest achievements. Finally, I summarize the lecture and provide recommendations.
Biography: ZHANG Yueping is a full Professor of Electronic Engineering with the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (IEEE AP-S), and a Fellow of IEEE.
Prof. Zhang was a Member of the Field Award Committee of the IEEE AP-S (2015-2017), an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation (2010-2016), and the Chair of the IEEE Singapore MTT/AP joint Chapter (2012). Prof. Zhang was selected by the Recruitment Program of Global Experts of China as a Qianren Scholar at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2012). He was awarded a William Mong Visiting Fellowship (2005) and appointed as a Visiting Professor (2014) by the University of Hong Kong.
Prof. Zhang has published numerous papers, including two invited papers in the Proceedings of the IEEE and one invited paper in the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. He holds 7 US patents. He received the Best Paper Award from the 2nd IEEE/IET International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing, July 18–20, 2000, Bournemouth, U.K., the Best Paper Prize from the 3rd IEEE International Workshop on Antenna Technology, March 21–23, 2007, Cambridge, U.K., and the Best Paper Award from the 10th IEEE Global Symposium on Millimeter-Waves, May 24–26, 2017, Hong Kong, China. He received the prestigious IEEE AP-S Sergei A. Schelkunoff Prize Paper Award in 2012.
Prof. Zhang has made pioneering and significant contributions to the development of the antenna-in-package (AiP) technology that has been widely adopted by chipmakers for millimeter-wave applications. His current research interests include the development of antenna-on-chip (AoC) technology and characterization of chip-scale propagation channels at terahertz for wireless chip area network (WCAN).

IEEE WIE ILS 2018 Toronto
2018-09-15 - 2018-09-16
IEEE Women in Engineering International Leadership Summit (WIE ILS) is here for the first time in Toronto, Canada!
IEEE Canada WIE is delighted to invite you to meet us on September 15th and 16th, 2018 at the Hilton Mississauga Meadowvale and participate in our 2-day summit. With “STEMpowered Leadership” as the theme, the summit aims at inspiring, engaging, and empowering women in STEM.
IEEE WIE International Leadership Summit is launched as a part of IEEE WIE’s portfolio of global initiatives that provide opportunities for networking, mentorship, and collaboration. Past IEEE WIE Summits have been extremely successful and have made an outstanding impact on communities around the globe!
Learn more and register at http://site.ieee.org/wieils-toronto-2018/.

Silicon Photonics: High-Density Integration for Novel Functionality
2018-09-24 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Toronto) | Room SFB 560, 10 King’s College Rd, Toronto, ON M5S 3G4
Monday, September 24th 2018, Wei Jiang, Professor in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Nanjing University, and an Associate Director of Optical Communications Systems & Network Engineering Research Center of Jiangsu Province will be presenting “Silicon Photonics: High-Density Integration for Novel Functionality”.
Day & Time: Monday September 24th, 2018
2:00 p.m. ‐ 3:00 p.m.
Speaker: Wei Jiang
Professor in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Nanjing University,
Associate Director of Optical Communications Systems & Network Engineering Research Center of Jiangsu Province
Organizers: Amr S. Helmy and IEEE Toronto Circuits & Devices Chapter
Location: Room SFB 560
10 King’s College Rd,
Toronto, ON M5S 3G4
Contact: Mengqi Wang
Abstract: Silicon photonics can potentially transform the photonics technology owing to its low-cost fabrication and large-scale integration advantages. Integration can open up new opportunities, such as solid-state LIDARs for autonomous vehicles and chip-scale optical interconnects. To realize these opportunities, reducing device size and increasing integration density will be crucial. Towards these directions, this talk will discuss our recent experimental work on novel micro/nano-photonic structures, including photonic crystals, waveguide superlattices, and free-form structures. (1) A waveguide superlattice is introduced to enable low-crosstalk, high-density waveguide integration at half-wavelength pitches, which opens the door to high-performance optical phased arrays, next-generation LIDARs, and high-density space-division multiplexing. (2) Novel free-form structures are explored to create an ultra-short waveguide “taper”. Interestingly, the evolutionary algorithm yields an optimal structure with anomalous shapes. Through wavefront analysis, the role of a subtle “semi-lens” is identified. (3) Further opportunities in slow-light photonic crystal switches/modulators will also be briefly discussed. In many cases, underpinning physics needs to be fully understood first, and then be formulated into precise theory to guide experiments and achieve viable results.
Biography: Wei Jiang is a professor in the college of engineering and applied sciences at Nanjing University, and an associate director of Optical Communications Systems & Network Engineering Research Center of Jiangsu Province. Prior to working at NJU, he was an associate professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, USA. His current research interests include silicon photonics, photonic crystals, nanophotonics, and their applications in optical interconnects, communications, sensing, and computing. He contributed to the fundamental understanding of silicon electro-optic and thermo-optic devices, high-density waveguide integration, slow light, superprism effects, and photonic crystal interface properties. He received his B.S. degree in physics from Nanjing University, and his M.A. degree in physics and his Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Texas, Austin. Prof. Jiang received the DARPA Young Faculty Award, and IEEE Region I Outstanding Teaching Award, among other honors.

IEEE Canada Women in Engineering Panel: “Creating a Diverse Smart Grid Sector: Challenges and Opportunities”
2018-10-11 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Toronto) | 350 Victoria St Toronto, Ontario Canada M5B 2K3
Thursday, October 11th 2018, Jessie Ma, Neetika Sathe, Shadi Chuangpishit, and Sheldon Williamson will be participating on the IEEE Canada Women in Engineering Panel – “Creating a Diverse Smart Grid Sector: Challenges and Opportunities”.
Day & Time: Thursday October 11th, 2018
5:00 p.m. ‐ 6:00 p.m.
Speakers: Jessie Ma
Senior Research Fellow, Ryerson Centre for Urban Energy
Neetika Sathe
Vice President, Advanced Planning at Alectra
Shadi Chuangpishit
Senior Consultant at Quanta Technology
Sheldon Williamson
Professor and NSERC Canada Research Chair in Electrical Energy Storage Systems for Transportation Electrification, University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Organizers: IEEE Toronto Women in Engineering
Location: Library Building, Library Lecture Hall – LIB72, Ryerson University
350 Victoria St
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5B 2K3
Contact: Manar Jammal
Register for Free: https://goo.gl/7cwkqv

Iguana Interface Engine, A day in the life of an integration engineer
2018-10-12 10:30 - 11:30 (America/Toronto) | Centennial College, Progress Campus, Room A3-15
Iguana interface engine allows integration with EHRs and other healthcare applications. Several EHRs systems can be connected via Iguana: Epic, Allscrips, Meditech, athenahealth, Cerner, etc. Iguana can process any data format and supports all protocols.
Date & Time: Friday, October 12, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Speakers: Amandeep Aujla, Integration Engineer at iNTERFACEWARE
Location: Centennial College, Progress Campus, Room A3-15
Organizer: Education Committee, IEEE Toronto Section
Contact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour

Control of Power Electronics Systems Using Predictive Switching Sequences and Switching Transitions
2018-10-12 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto) | BA 4287, Bahen Centre for Information Technology, 40 St. George Street Toronto, ON M5S2E4
Friday, October 12th 2018, Sudip K. Mazumder of University of Illinois at Chicago, will be presenting “Control of Power Electronics Systems Using Predictive Switching Sequences and Switching Transitions”.
Day & Time: Friday October 12th, 2018
4:00 p.m. ‐ 5:00 p.m.
Speaker: Sudip K. Mazumder
Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago
Organizers: IEEE Toronto Power Electronics Chapter
Location: Room Number: BA 4287
Building: Bahen Centre for Information Technology
University of Toronto 40 St. George Street
Toronto, ON M5S2E4
Contact: Mahdieh Taghizadeh
RVSP: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/176071
Abstract: This presentation provides a fundamentally different perspective to the control of solid-state semiconductor-device-based switching power-electronic systems (PESs). It is based on controlling the time evolution of the feasible switching sequences and controlling the switching transitions of PESs. The former – that is, the switching-sequence-based control (SBC) – yields rapid response under transient condition, optimal equilibrium response, and yields seamless transition between the two dynamical modes. Further, by enabling integration of modulation and control, SBC precludes the need for ad-hoc offline modulation synthesis. In other words, an optimal switching sequence for a PES is generated dynamically without the need for prior determination of a modulation scheme (which generates a pre-determined switching sequence) as evident in most conventional approaches. This presentation will provide the mechanism to carry out SBC synthesis and how it leads to multi-scale optimality leading to enhanced PES performance. Subsequent to the outline of SBC, the presentation will focus on switching-transition control (STC). The primary objective of STC is to demonstrate how key PES parameters including and stress, switching loss, electromagnetic noise emission can be controlled dynamically by modulating the dynamics of the power semiconductor devices. Both electrical and newly developed optical-control mechanisms to achieve STC will be briefly outlined. Finally, envisioned mechanism for monolithic integration of SBC and STC will be illustrated. This presentation will demonstrate, along with results, multiple practical applications (currently of high priority in the power/energy space) where the radically new control concepts make a tangible and substantive difference.
Biography: Sudip K. Mazumder received his Ph.D. degree from Virginia Tech in 2001. He is a Professor and the Director of Laboratory for Energy and Switching-Electronics Systems in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He also serves as the President of the small business NextWatt LLC. He has over 25 years of professional experience and has held R&D and design positions in leading industrial organizations and has served as a Technical Consultant for several industries. His current areas of interests are switching-sequence and switching-transition based control of power-electronics systems and interactive-power networks; power electronics for renewable energy, micro/smart grids, energy storage; wide-bandgap (GaN/SiC) power electronics; and optically-triggered wide-bandgap power semiconductor devices. His research has attracted about 50 sponsored-research projects from leading federal agencies and industries, and yielded over 210 peer-reviewed publications in prestigious tier-one international journals and conferences, 10 patents, 10 book chapters and 1 book, and 88 invited/plenary/keynote lectures and presentations. He has guided/guiding 11 post-doctoral researchers and 16 Ph.D. and 11 M.S. students. He is the recipient of University of Illinois at Chicago’s Inventor of the Year Award (2014), University of Illinois’ University Scholar Award – university’s highest award (2013), IEEE International Future Energy Challenge Award (2005), ONR Young Investigator Award (2005), NSF CAREER Award (2003), and IEEE PELS Transaction Paper Award (2002). In 2016, he was elevated to the rank of an IEEE Fellow and he was invited to serve as a Distinguished Lecturer for IEEE PELS beginning in 2016. He served/serving as the Guest Editor-in-Chief/Editor for IEEE PELS/IES Transactions between 2013-2014 and 2016-2017, as the first Editor-in-Chief for Advances in Power Electronics (2006-2009), and as an Associate Editor for IEEE IES/PELS/TAES/TII/JESTPE Transactions (2003-/2009-/2008-/2016-/2016-). Currently, he serves as the Chair for IEEE PELS TC on Sustainable Energy Systems. He is also the incoming (starting 2019) Editor-at-Large for IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. He is the Chair for IEEE PEDG’21, the TPC Chair for IEEE DEAS’19, and the Tutorial Chair for ECCE’19.

Audio and Acoustics Signal Processing: The Quest for High Fidelity Continues
2018-10-16 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Room BA 4287, Bahen Centre for Information Technology, 40 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S2E4
Tuesday, October 16th 2018, Dr. Karlheinz Brandenburg, Professor at the Institute for Media Technology, Technische Universität Ilmenau, will be presenting “Audio and Acoustics Signal Processing: The Quest for High Fidelity Continues”.
Day & Time: Tuesday October 16th, 2018
4:00 p.m. ‐ 5:00 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Karlheinz Brandenburg
Professor at the Institute for Media Technology, Technische Universität Ilmenau
Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT, Ilmenau
Organizers: IEEE Toronto Industry Application Society (IAS)
Location: Room Number: BA 4287
Building: Bahen Centre for Information Technology
University of Toronto 40 St. George Street
Toronto, ON M5S2E4
Contact: Sanaz Kanani
RVSP: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/176976
Abstract: The dream of high fidelity continues since more than 100 years. In the last decades, signal processing has contributed many new solutions and a vast amount of additional knowledge to this field. These include:
– Simple solutions like matrix multichannel systems.
– Audio coding which changed the world of music distribution and listening habits.
– Active noise control.
– Active modification of room acoustics.
– Search and recommendation technologies to find your favourite music.
and many more …
So are there any problems left to be solved? Among others, I see two main research areas:
– Music Information Retrieval (MIR), helping us to find and organise music, or teaching playing musical instruments.
– Immersive technologies for movie theatres and eventually our homes, creating the illusion of being at some other place.
For such systems we use our knowledge about hearing, especially how ear and brain work together to form the sensation of sound. However, our knowledge about hearing, about psychoacoustics is still far from complete. In fact, just in the last few years we have learned a lot about what we don’t know.
The talk will touch on a number of the subjects above, explain some current work and its applications and finally talk about open research questions regarding psychoacoustics and the evaluation of audio quality.
Biography: Dr. Karlheinz Brandenburg has been a driving force behind some of today’s most innovative digital audio technology, notably the mp3 and MPEG-AAC audio coding standards. He is acclaimed for pioneering work in digital audio coding, psychoacoustics and 3D-Audio
His honors include the AES Silver Medal and the “IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronic Award”, Furthermore he is member in the “Hall of Fame” of the Consumer Electronics Association and of the Internet Society. He holds three honorary Ph.D. degrees.
Dr. Brandenburg holds about 100 patents. He is professor at the Institute for Media Technology, Technische Universität Ilmenau, and director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT in Ilmenau, Germany

Surgical Robots: Innovation, Opportunities, Challenges
2018-10-17 14:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Autodesk Toronto, 661 University Avenue Toronto, ON M5G 1M1
Wednesday, October 17th 2018, the GYBO Robotics Network will be hosting a symposium “Surgical Robots: Innovation, Opportunities, Challenges”.
Day & Time: Wednesday October 17th, 2018
2:00 p.m. ‐ 5:00 p.m.
Organizers: GYBO Robotics Network, IEEE Toronto Women in Engineering, IEEE Toronto Instrumentation & Measurement – Robotics & Automation Chapter, Autodesk, Synaptive
Location: Autodesk Toronto
661 University Avenue
Toronto, ON M5G 1M1
RVSP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/surgical-robots-innovation-opportunities-challenges-registration-50073521250?discount=IEEEWIE
Description: Canada is home to numerous initiatives in surgical robotics technologies including the commercialized work of Synaptive Medical, the research on KidsArm at Sick Kids and investment in innovation centres such as the CSTAR research group.
With its world-leading hubs in health research and innovation, Canada has a unique opportunity to combine key assets for innovation leadership; a highly concentrated health innovation cluster, engineering and technical talent to create the solutions of the future, and a single-payer system to support their larger scale adoption.
The symposium will explore home-grown Canadian innovations, invite technology users and adopters to highlight what opportunities exist for these technologies, and host a discussion on the challenges in bringing these technologies to market, including their validation, adoption, policy innovation and how they will transform the healthcare system and practice.
Agenda:
2:00 pm Networking
2:15 pm Surgical Robotic Technology Innovation in Canada – Technical Talks
– Leila Kheradpir​, M.Sc., P.Eng, Director, Hardware Engineering, Synaptive Medical
– Tim Fielding, Medical Product Development Manager, MDA
– Thomas Looi, Program Director, Centre for Image Guided Innovation and Therapeutic Intervention, Hospital for Sick Children
– Rajni Patel, Director of Engineering, Canadian Surgical Technologies and Advanced Robotics and Canada Research Chair in Advanced Robotics and Control, Western University
3:20 pm Surgical Robots: Needs, Opportunities and Gaps – User Talks
– Dr. Taymaa May, Gynaecologist, Oncologist, and Surgical Scientist, UHN Princess Margaret Hospital, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
3:50 pm Networking
4:10 pm Panel Discussion
– Cameron Piron, CoFounder and Member of the Board, Synaptive Medical
– Tim Reedman, Director, Commercial Systems, MDA Robotics
– Rajni Patel, Director of Engineering, Canadian Surgical Technologies and Advanced Robotics and Canada Research Chair in Advanced Robotics and Control, Western University
– Leila Kheradpir​, M.Sc., P.Eng, Director, Hardware Engineering, Synaptive Medical
4:50 pm Closing Remarks
5:00 pm Networking

Utility Protection Relay Fundamentals
2018-10-17 17:30 - 19:30 (America/Toronto) | Ryerson University 341 Yonge St, Toronto M5B 1S1
Wednesday, October 17th 2018, Eric Stark, Sr. Engineering Training & Consulting with RNItechnology, will be presenting “Utility Protection Relay Fundamentals”.
Day & Time: Wednesday October 17th, 2018
5:30 p.m. ‐ 7:30 p.m.
Speaker: Eric Stark
Sr. Engineering Training & Consulting with RNItechnology
Organizers: IEEE Toronto & IEEE Ryerson
Location: Ryerson University 341 Yonge St
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5B 1S1
Building: Student Learning Centre (SLC)
Room Number: Collaboratory Zone (3rd Floor)
Contact: Sadeed Bari
Register: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/177825
Biography: Eric Stark is currently a Sr. Engineering Training & Consulting with RNItechnology. Eric’s mission is to educate the masses on how to protect a smart grid, something he is more than qualified for considering his 31 years of experience in electrical engineering, control, automation and protection. He is a sought after expert and trainer for Protection & Control, Engineering and Project management with expert knowledge in Protection & Control relays and SCADA. In addition, Eric has organized, consulted and delivered successfully, achieving 100% customer satisfaction on numerous engineering events and training around the globe like USA, Canada, Malaysia, South Africa, Nigeria, Uganda, Ghana and Middle East.

IESO Operating the Power System: New Challenges Call for New Approaches
2018-10-19 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Toronto) | Room Number: BA1230, 40 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 2E4
Friday, October 19th 2018, David Short, Director of Power System Assessments for the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), will be presenting “IESO Operating the Power System: New Challenges Call for New Approaches”.
Day & Time: Friday October 19th, 2018
5:00 p.m. ‐ 6:00 p.m.
Speaker: David Short
Director, Power System Assessments for the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)
Organizers: IEEE Toronto Industry Application Society (IAS), IEEE Toronto Women in Engineering
Location: Room Number: BA1230
Building: Bahen Centre for Information Technology
University of Toronto 40 St. George Street
Toronto, ON M5S2E4
Contact: Hoda Youssef
Abstract: Distributed energy resources. Changing supply and demand patterns. Advanced grid technologies. The complexities of operating the system have never been greater – but with new challenges come new opportunities to help shape the province’s electricity sector. From leveraging innovation to drive cost-effectiveness and efficiency, to building a market that will meet system and consumer needs at the lowest cost, learn about the IESO’s experience in operating today’s system and how we are laying the foundation for an evolving energy landscape.
Biography: David Short holds the position of Director, Power System Assessments for the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO). In this role, his teams are responsible for managing power system changes within the IESO, operational analysis, and engineering studies that define our system models and operating orders. Mr. Short has over 25 years of industry experience in Ontario and British Columbia. He holds a Bachelor of Science (Electrical Engineering) from Queen’s University and is a registered Professional Engineer in Ontario. He also holds the Certificate of Authorization for engineering services at the IESO.

Working at Hydro One – Professional Event by IEEE Industry Applications
2018-10-26 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Toronto) | BA 1230, Bahen Centre for Information Technology, 40 St. George Street Toronto, ON M5S2E4
Friday, October 26th 2018, Bruno Jesus of Hydro One, will be presenting “Working at Hydro One – Professional Event by IEEE Industry Applications”.
Day & Time: Friday October 26th, 2018
5:00 p.m. ‐ 6:00 p.m.
Speaker: Bruno Jesus
Director of Strategy and Integrated Planning at Hydro One Networks Inc.
Organizers: IEEE Toronto Industry Applications
Location: Room Number: BA 1230
Building: Bahen Centre for Information Technology
University of Toronto 40 St. George Street
Toronto, ON M5S2E4
Contact: Hoda Youssef
RVSP: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/176071
Abstract: Bruno Jesus, the Director of Strategy and Integrated Planning at Hydro One Networks Inc., will provide an overview of what it is like working at Hydro One, the strong culture that is embraced across the organization as well as the training and development opportunities that are available. By diving into the history of Hydro One’s transmission and distribution business as well as taking a look at where we are today, Bruno will be able to speak to the broad range of opportunities for all types of engineers across Hydro One.
Biography: Bruno Jesus is the Director of Strategy and Integrated Planning at Hydro One Networks Inc. With over 30 years of experience, Bruno has had the opportunity to work in various groups within Planning and Operations such as Asset Strategies and Standards as well as Station Sustainment Capital Planning. Bruno’s current accountabilities include developing transmission and distribution strategies, investment planning, business processes, secondary land use, joint use wire agreements, new technology and innovation (R&D) and reliability reporting. Bruno graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering in 1987 and is a registered Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario.

DEWCOM 2018: The 3rd International Workshop on Dew Computing
2018-10-29 - 2018-10-30 | Hilton Toronto / Markham Suites Conference Center and Spa, Meeting Room Elm 1., 8500 Warden Avenue, Markham, Canada L6G 1A5
Dew computing is a new computing model appeared after the wide acceptance of cloud computing. While cloud computing uses centralized servers to provide various services, dew computing uses on-premises computers to provide decentralized, cloud-friendly, and collaborative micro services to end-users. Dew computing is an on-premises computer software-hardware organization paradigm in the cloud computing environment, which is complementary to cloud computing. The key features of dew computing are that on-premises computers provide functionality independent of cloud services and they also collaborate with cloud services.
This year, DEWCOM 2018 will be held at the same venue with the 28th Annual International Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering (CASCON 2018). One of the goals of this arrangement is for Dew Computing researchers to exchange ideas with industry partners. Welcome researchers, professionals, and students currently working in any areas to participate this event and to be pioneers of this new research area.
Day & Time: October 29th – 30th, 2018
Organizers: IEEE Computer Society Dew Computing Special Technical Community (DewCom STC), IEEE Toronto WIE
Location: Hilton Toronto / Markham Suites Conference Center and Spa, Meeting Room Elm 1.
8500 Warden Avenue, Markham, Canada L6G 1A5
Parking voucher is available upon request.
Register: http://www.dewcomputing.org/index.php/dewcom-2018/
Contact: dewcom2018@easychair.org
Schedule:
Session 1 (Tutorial/Presentations): Oct. 29, 3:15 – 5:15pm.
Session 2 (Presentations): Oct. 30, 8:30 – 10:00am
Nutrition Break: 10:00 – 10:15am.
Session 3 (Presentations): Oct. 30, 10:15am. – 12:00pm
Lunch: 12:00 -1:00pm.
Session 4 (Presentations/DewCom STC Committee Meeting): Oct.30, 1:00 – 3:00pm.
Nutrition Break: 3:00 – 3:15pm.
Session 5 (DewCom STC Committee Meeting): 3:15 – 5:15pm.

App-a-thon
2018-11-10 10:00 - 2018-11-11 10:00 (America/Toronto) | Room ENG 303 – George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre Ryerson University Toronto, ON M5B 1Z4
Saturday November 10th, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. the “App-a-thon” is starting – a competition in which students are challenged to create a Mobile Application within a span of 24-hours. This is an open-ended hackathon where creativity and technical skills are encouraged to develop a unique App.
Day & Time: 10:00 a.m. Saturday November 10th – 10:00 a.m. Sunday November 11th, 2018
Organizers: IEEE Ryerson Student Branch, IEEE Toronto WIE
Location: Room ENG 303
George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre
Ryerson University
Toronto, ON M5B 1Z4
Register: https://goo.gl/qEKyU4
Contact: ieee.ryersonu@gmail.com
For regular updates checkout, the Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/203391940542115/

IEEE Toronto Section Annual General Meeting 2018
2018-11-10 18:00 - 22:00 (America/Toronto) | Room Brûlé C, 21 Old Mill Rd, Toronto, ON, Canada
On behalf of the IEEE Toronto Section, you are cordially invited to join us in our annual IEEE Toronto Section AGM/Dinner event. The AGM is a special occasion to celebrate the achievements of the Toronto Section, made possible by its dedicated volunteers and members.
Date: Saturday, November 10, 2018
Time: 6:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
Location: Room Brûlé C, 21 Old Mill Rd, Toronto, ON, Canada
FREE Registrations (by Oct. 25): Please fill out the registration HERE – space is limited and we anticipate a high demand.
– Each Chapter/Affinity group should register two representatives for the AGM (typically the Chair and Vice-Chair or other team member) and two guests of your choice.
– Each student branch should register two students representatives for the the AGM and two guests of your choice, in addition to the Branch counsellor and one guest.
– Please fill out a single registration form for you and your guest.
– You may also register for free if you have received a personal invitation from the Section Officers.
– Since space is very limited please do not register unless you are committed to attend.
PAID registrations: Additional tickets may be available in limited supply; please contact Maryam Davoudpour for special requests.
Keynote Speaker: We are delighted to announce that this year’s keynote speaker is Mr. Jim Balsillie’s, one of the most prominent tech entrepreneurs in Canadian history. This is a unique opportunity to hear his insights on the global tech landscape.
Biography: Jim Balsillie’s career is unique in Canadian business. He is a former Chairman and co-CEO of Research In Motion (BlackBerry), a Canadian technology company he scaled from an idea to $20 billion in sales globally.
He is a co-founder of the Institute for New Economic Thinking based in New York City and the Council of Canadian Innovators (CCI) based in Toronto. He currently chairs the Board of Directors of Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) and CCI. He is also the founder of the Centre for International Governance Innovation, the Balsillie School of International Affairs and Arctic Research Foundation and founding co-chair of the CIO Strategy Council.
Mr. Balsillie was the only Canadian ever appointed to US Business Council and the sole private sector representative on the UN Secretary General’s High Panel for Sustainability. He is the only Canadian member of the US Council on Competitiveness and an internationally renowned voice on innovation strategy, competitiveness and international economic policy. He testified to the US Senate on America Innovates Act, a landmark legislation for management of intellectual property.
His awards include: several honorary degrees, Canadian Business Hall of Fame, Mobile World Congress Lifetime Achievement Award, Time Magazine’s World’s 100 Most Influential People and three times Barron’s list of “World’s Top CEOs.

We look forward to seeing you all on November 10, 2018!

Voith Hydro Coil Factory Tour
2018-11-14 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Toronto) | 2185 N Sheridan Way Mississauga, Ontario Canada L5K 1A4
IEEE Dielectric and Electrical Insulation Ontario has arranged a facility tour of Voith Hydro Coil Factory in Mississauga on Wednesday, November 14th, 2018.
Day & Time: Wednesday November 14th, 2018
12:00 p.m. ‐ 2:00 p.m.
Organizers: IEEE Toronto Dielectrics & Electrical Insulation Chapter
Location: 2185 N Sheridan Way
Mississauga, Ontario
Canada L5K 1A4
Contact: Ali Naderian, PhD., P.Eng., SM IEEE
Register: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/177080
Abstract: Voith Hydro Mississauga has been serving many customers and all Voith Hydro locations worldwide by manufacturing coils and delivering distinctive services. The location combines both a high-tech facility, which was completely modernized in 2009, and highly experienced and specialized staff. The forward-looking decision in 1990 to relocate the old Westinghouse Hydro Generation Service to Mississauga was a great success. This helped us to innovate our products and create new jobs”, explains Peter MacLennan, COO of Voith Hydro Mississauga.
Please register by Oct 2 2018 in order to attend.

SSCS Distinguished Lecture: Considerations and Implementations For High Data Rate Interconnect
2018-11-15 13:30 - 14:30 (America/Toronto) | Bahen Centre Room B024, 40 St. George Street Toronto, ON M5S 2E4
Thursday Nov 15, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. Dr. Daniel Friedman, Distinguished Research Staff Member, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, will be presenting “SSCS Distinguished Lecture: Considerations and Implementations For High Data Rate Interconnect”.
Day & Time: Thursday November 15th, 2018
1:30 p.m. ‐ 2:30 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Daniel Friedman
Distinguished Research Staff Member
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Organizers: IEEE Toronto Solid-State Circuits Society
Location: Bahen Centre Room B024
40 St. George Street
Toronto, ON M5S 2E4
Contact: Dustin Dunwell
Abstract: Cloud computing requires many different interconnects. These links provide connectivity between and among CPUs, accelerators, memory, and switches; each link comes with its own distance and bandwidth requirements. Wireline transceivers are responsible for sending and receiving data from one chip to and from another, thus enabling required connectivity. Key specifications for such designs include data rate, power consumption, area, and connection distance. Distance and data rate specifications, in particular, drive the choice of physical channel to be used for the connection, which in turn drives requirements including the equalization capabilities of the transceiver. For short chip-to-chip channels with limited frequency-dependent loss, simple transceivers with little or no integrated equalization are appropriate, while for longer channels crossing backplanes and involving multiple transitions through connectors, complex transceivers with adaptive transmit and receive equalization are the right choice. As connection distances grow even longer, optical interconnect becomes an attractive option. In this talk, a framework for understanding serial link design will be presented, including a discussion of basic equalization strategies and key challenges. Next, several design examples will be presented, covering approaches to key classes of interconnect, from short reach channels to backplane channels to enabling highly integrated optical approaches. The talk will conclude with a discussion of emerging directions in this field.
Biography: Daniel Friedman is currently a Distinguished Research Staff Member and Senior Manager of the Communication Circuits and Systems department of the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center. He received his doctorate from Harvard University in 1992 and subsequently completed post-doctoral work at Harvard and consulting work at MIT Lincoln labs, broadly in the area of image sensor design. After joining IBM in 1994, he initially developed field-powered RFID tags before turning to high data rate wireline and wireless communication. His current research interests include high-speed I/O design, PLL design, mmWave circuits and systems, and circuit/system approaches to enabling new computing paradigms. He was a co-recipient of the Beatrice Winner Award for Editorial Excellence at the 2009 ISSCC, the 2009 JSSC Best Paper Award (given in 2011), and the 2017 ISSCC Lewis Winner Outstanding Paper Award; he holds more than 50 patents and has authored or co-authored more than 75 publications. He was a member of the BCTM technical program committee from 2003-2008 and of the ISSCC international technical program committee from ISSCC 2009 through ISSCC 2016; he served as the Wireline sub-committee chair from ISSCC 2012 through ISSCC 2016. He has served as the Short Course Chair from ISSCC 2017 to the present and is a member of the SSCS Adcom since 2018.

Experience with an on-line hydro generator expert system monitoring system
2018-11-15 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Toronto) | Bahen Centre for Information Technology, 40 St George St, Toronto, ON M5S 2E4, Canada
Thursday, November 15th 2018, IEEE Toronto Industry Application Society will be hosting a talk on “Experience with an on-line hydro generator expert system monitoring system”.
Day & Time: Thursday November 15th, 2018
6:00 p.m. ‐ 7:00 p.m.
Organizer: IEEE Toronto Industry Application Society
Location: Building: Bahen Centre for Information Technology
University of Toronto
40 St. George Street
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5S2E4
Contact: Hoda Youssef
Register: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/178319
Abstract: Current technological advances in condition monitoring are employing an increasing number of complex sensors and advanced monitors to diagnose the operating status and condition of hydro generators and turbines. Advanced systems routinely employed may include bearing vibration, air gap, shaft voltage, and current monitoring, partial discharge, and flux monitoring. Proper interpretation of this often complex information can lower operating and maintenance expenses, in addition to reducing unscheduled outages and catastrophic failures. However, the volume of available data from these monitors, and the extensive interpretation necessary to evaluate the complex waveforms and spectrums can overwhelm plant personnel and resources. Sophisticated software and algorithms are often necessary to correlate and interpret this data to establish the overall generator and drive train condition. HydroX™ (for Hydro Expert) is a commercial knowledge-based expert system program for on-line monitoring of hydro-generators. Working with the New York Power Authority, the system was developed over five years by Iris Power and GE -Bently Nevada. After a further two years of prototype evaluation at NYPA’s St. Lawrence Power Project on two 60MVA generators, the validated system is now commercially available and will be described.
