IEEE Toronto Section

Providing Better Customer Value and Benefits and IT Solutions
2018-02-15 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Toronto) | Centennial College – Progress Campus, room A3-17
Thursday, February 15th at 12:30 p.m., Jeremy Gervais, Software Engineer at Amazon, will be presenting “Providing Better Customer Value and Benefits and IT Solutions”.
Day & Time: Thursday, February 15, 2018 – 12:30 p.m.
Speaker: Jeremy Gervais
Software Engineer, Amazon
Location: Centennial College – Progress Campus, room A3-17
Contact: Nicoleta Zouri
Organizer: IEEE Toronto Women in Engineering, IEEE Toronto Instrumentation-Measurement/Robotics-Automation
Abstract: Amazon is striving to create new services, user work flows and products. Some aspects that contribute to better customer value and benefits are a reduction of payment friction and reducing costs through efficient workflow.

Hybrid Biomedical Optics Imaging and Instrumentation
2018-02-16 12:00 - 13:30 | Room: ENG 210, George Vari Centre for Computing and Engineering, 245 Church Street, Toronto, Ontario M5B 2K3
Friday, February 16th at 12:15 p.m., Nima Tabatabaei, Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Director of Hybrid Biomedical Optics Laboratory at York University, will be presenting “Hybrid Biomedical Optics Imaging and Instrumentation”.
Day & Time: Friday, February 16, 2018
12:15 p.m. ‐ 1:15 p.m.
Speaker: Nima Tabatabaei
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Director, Hybrid Biomedical Optics Laboratory
York University, Canada
Location: Room: ENG 210, George Vari Centre for Computing and Engineering
245 Church Street
Toronto, Ontario M5B 2K3
Contact: Saba Sedghizade, Maryam Davoudpour
Organizer: WIE IEEE Toronto, IEEE Ryerson Student Chapter, Instrumentation-Measurement/Robotics-Automation, Magnetics, and Computer Science Department of Ryerson University
Abstract: The focus of professor Tabatabaei’s research is on the design and instrumentation of thermal and optical imaging technologies and devices with applications in medical diagnosis and screening. Optics-based medical devices are of particular interest to him due to their intrinsic ability of revealing malignancies in early stages. The early diagnosis of diseases improves the effectiveness of treatments, promotes prevention rather than medical intervention, and is probably the only approach for us to win the war on cancer. However, one of the major challenges in optical imaging of endogenous tissue contrast is the poor specificity due to background signals from healthy tissues. Professor Tabatabaei’s research vision is to overcome this shortcoming by separating excitation and detection channels using Hybrid methods. In this scenario, crosstalk between the channels, selectively, takes place by energy conversion at malignant sites that are sensitive to the excitation thus minimizing (if not eliminating) the signals originating form background health tissues.
Biography: Nima Tabatabaei is an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the director of Hybrid Biomedical Optics laboratory (http://www.HBOLab.ca) at the York University (Canada). He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Materials Science and Engineering and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (University of Toronto; 2012) before carrying out research at the Harvard Medical School and Wellman Center for Photomedicine as postdoctoral fellow. His research interests are design and development of hybrid biomedical optics imaging technologies for applications in early disease diagnosis and screening.

Electrical Grid Educational Seminar: Microgrids
2018-02-23 17:30 - 19:30 | Galbraith Building, Room 220, 35 St George St., Toronto
Friday, February 23rd at 5:30 p.m., Shuvo Chowdhury, Manager of Microgrid Technologies at Alectra Energy Solutions Inc., will be presenting “Electrical Grid Educational Seminar: Microgrids”.
Day & Time: Friday, February 23, 2018
5:30 p.m. ‐ 7:30 p.m.
Speaker: Shuvo Chowdhury
Manager of Microgrid Technologies at Alectra Energy Solutions Inc.
Location: Galbraith Building, Room 220
35 St George St.
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5S 1A4
Contact: Maryam Alsomahi
Organizer: IEEE Toronto Industry Relations Committee, IEEE Toronto Power & Energy Chapter, IEEE University of Toronto Student Branch
Register: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/161050
Light refreshments will be provided.
Abstract: Access to electricity is a critical factor in ensuring high quality of life, economic growth, educational advancement and social development. However, often, access to electricity is taken for granted. We don’t think about the complexity of the electrical grid and the amount of impressive sophisticated engineering designs that go into it.
IEEE Toronto’s Industrial Relations Committee is excited to be hosting a series of educational seminars that aim to give participants an insight into the planning, designing and work that go into operating the grid to make sure we have a reliable access to electricity every minute of every day.
The Topic of the seminar on February 23rd is Microgrids. The global demand for electricity will increase by 28% by 2040. At the same time the availability of electricity is hampered by increasing adverse weather events, price fluctuations and emerging technologies and business models. Microgrids are in the front line to tackle these new challenges. But what are microgrids and why do they matter? This seminar will answer these questions and more by looking at specific examples of microgrid deployments and business cases that have been undertaken by Alectra Utilities; one of the largest municipally owned utilities in North America, serving almost a million customers in the GTA.
Biography: Shuvo Chowdhury serves as a the Manager of Microgrid Technologies at Alectra Energy Solutions Inc. His particular focus is in utility grid, commercial/industrial and residential scale microgrids that incorporate battery energy storage technologies and their accompanying Energy Management Systems. Shuvo has a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on Mechatronics from the University of Toronto.
Prior to joining the Alectra Energy Solutions team at, he was employed by Quanta Technology. In his capacity as senior engineer at Quanta, he worked on R&D & pilot projects for a number of North American Utilities such as SDG&E, Xcel Energy and National Grid.

Introduction to Vehicle Safety, Simulation Tools for Autonomous Transportation and human-machine interface (HMI)
2018-02-26 11:00 - 15:00 | University of Ontario Institute of Technology, 2000 Simcoe St N, Oshawa, ON L1H 7K4, Canada
Monday, February 26th at 11:00 a.m., come to the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) to learn about vehicle safety and relevant restraint systems and more at the “Introduction to Vehicle Safety, Simulation Tools for Autonomous Transportation and human-machine interface (HMI)” seminar.
Day & Time: Monday, February 26, 2018
11:00 a.m. ‐ 12:30 p.m.: UB2080
12:30 p.m. ‐ 3:00 p.m.: SIRC 2020A
Speakers:
Dr. Stefan Dominico
Professor, Engineering mechanics and simulations, Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Frankfurt, Germany
Mr. Mohsen Tayefeh, M. Eng.
Regional Sales Manager, SimuTech Group
Mr. Roman Duplak P.Eng., M.Eng.
Business Development Manager, SimuTech Group
Dr. Moustafa El-Gindy, PEng
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Automotive and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Mr. Walter Hearn
Area Director, ANSYS, Inc.
Location: University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT)
2000 Simcoe St N
Oshawa, ON L1H 7K4
Contact: Dr. Ahmad Barari, PEng
Register: http://go.simutechgroup.com/autonomous-systems-uoit
Organizer: IEEE Toronto Women in Engineering, IEEE Toronto Instrumentation-Measurement/Robotics-Automation, IEEE Toronto Magnetics
Abstract: Reducing the number of people killed in road accidents is an important and challenging task. Beside other aspects improving the vehicle safety helps to achieve this goal. A lot of effort is being made by car manufacturers all over the world to improve the so-called safety performance of newly developed vehicles.
This workshop will give a short introduction to vehicle safety and relevant restraint systems with a focus on the deployment of the restraint systems (“airbag sensing”) used to improve the protection of people (e.g. vehicle occupants) involved in a vehicle accident. Also, special focus will be on broad capabilities for simulating autonomous vehicles and advanced driver assistance systems — everything from high-fidelity, physics-based sensor modeling to ISO26262 and AUTOSAR compliant embedded software and human-machine interface development tools.
The following topics will be covered:
Introduction to Vehicle Safety
Engineering Simulation for Safety
– Driving scenarios
– Virtual road test autonomous vehicles
Restraint Systems and Airbag Sensing
– Restraint Systems
– Introduction to Airbag Sensing
– Airbag Sensing (Calibration) Development
– The future of Airbag Sensing
– Lessons Learned (for real live)
Vehicle Dynamics and Crash Simulation Research
Future Trends
– The race to develop autonomous vehicles (AV)
– Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS)
– Autonomous driving technology — involving radar, lidar, V2X communication, sensor fusion and deep learning
– Safe automated driving
Biography:
Dr. Stefan Dominico
Dr. Dominico has extensive working experience in German auto-industries including vehicle safety development for Adam Opel AG, and simulation at an engineering supplier (IHF – Ingenieurbüro Huß & Feickert), and several years research experience on nonlinear finite element simulations at the Universität Kassel.
Mr. Mohsen Tayefeh, M. Eng.
Mr. Tayefeh has been consultant to various industries in implementation of advanced technologies through partnership strategies for many years. He is an expert in computer aided engineering, finite element analysis and simulation. He also has extensive experience to design and manufacturing in automotive sector.
Mr. Roman Duplak P.Eng., M.Eng.
As a trusted advisor Roman helps companies to implement high technologies. Prior to this he worked as a Business Segment Director for the largest Bus Manufacturer in North America (i.e. New Flyer Industries) and as a Program Manager for Boeing. Moreover, his technical background consisted of working as a Chief Engineer in electromechanical actuation technologies, which brings lots of added value to this seminar.
Dr. Moustafa El-Gindy, PEng
Dr. El-Gindy is a leading researcher on vehicle safety and crash worthiness analysis. His research interests includes articulated heavy vehicles, bus testing and simulation, crash testing and simulations, high-velocity impact and ballistics simulation, self-steering axles simulation, Tire mechanics, and virtual human modelling.
Mr. Walter Hearn
Mr. Hearn has been in leadership roles with ANSYS for more than 10 years. Currently he is directing multiple direct and indirect teams across the Central U.S. and Canada. His successful strategies in supervising partnerships with companies will bring significant added value and we will learn many practical success stories from him during this seminar.

Visit Hamilton’s Innovative Technology Companies and Researchers
2018-02-26 14:00 - 17:00 | 175 Longwood Rd S, Hamilton ON L8P 0A1
Update: This event has been postponed, the new date and time will be determined at a future date.
Students are invited to join a tour of McMaster Innovation Park, where innovators will be giving talks and workshops displaying their products, services and research.
Day & Time: Postponed, New Day & Time TBD
Location: 175 Longwood Rd S, Hamilton
ON L8P 0A1
Contact & Register: To register, email Zac at zachariahabrahams@mohawkcollege.ca
Organizer: IEEE Toronto Women in Engineering, IEEE Toronto Instrumentation-Measurement/Robotics-Automation

Siemens Seminar: Drivers to Clean Air – Blue GIS Using Vacuum Interrupting Technology and Clean Air Insulation for CO2-Neutral Footprint
2018-02-26 16:30 - 18:30 | Niagara Conference Hall, 1st Floor, Siemens Canada Limited Corporate Office, 1577 North Service Rd E Oakville, Ontario Canada L6H 0H6
Monday, February 26th at 4:30 p.m., Firas Jnidi will be presenting “Siemens Seminar: Drivers to Clean Air – Blue GIS Using Vacuum Interrupting Technology and Clean Air Insulation for CO2-Neutral Footprint”.
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Day & Time: Monday, February 26, 2018
4:30 p.m. ‐ 6:30 p.m.
Speaker: Firas Jnidi
Location: Niagara Conference Hall, 1st Floor, Siemens Canada Limited Corporate Office
1577 North Service Rd E
Oakville, Ontario
Canada L6H 0H6
Contact: Omid Alizadeh
Organizer: Siemens Canada IEEE Committee, IEEE Toronto Power & Energy Society
Register: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/159950
Light refreshments will be provided.
Abstract: Environmental awareness and resource efficiency require new technologies. To minimize the emission of fluorinated gases (F-gases), Siemens has developed innovative solutions using alternative technologies that enable the F-Gas-free, easy, and secure transmission of electrical power.
The new 8VN1 vacuum clean air gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) for up to 145 kV combines proven vacuum-switching technology with the advantages of clean air as the insulation medium.
Vacuum interrupting technology allows clean air to be used as the insulating medium in gas-insulated switchgear up to 145 kV. Clean air technology from Siemens is the first F-gas-free insulation for high-voltage GIS, and it supports the company’s goal to develop completely environmentally friendly technologies. Clean air technology has a Global Warming Potential (GWP) of 0. Clean air is composed of 80 percent N2 and 20 percent O2, cleaned and free of humidity.
Biography: Firas Jnidi is holding a Bachelor degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering since 1999. He is committed to work in technological related business, with an ongoing learning and multinational exposure.
He started his career in projects execution as a technical solution provider. SIEMENS was an important step in his professional career, where he was able to develop his technical experience and enhancing his skills in many market segments (e.g Oil & Gas, Utilities, petrochemicals).
Firas has a responsibility to develop the High Voltage product business in Canada.

Electrical Grid Educational Seminar: Distributed Generation and Introduction to Smart Grid
2018-03-02 18:30 - 20:30 | Galbraith Building, Room 220 – 35 St George St., Toronto, M5S 1A4
Friday, March 2nd at 6:30 p.m., Hugo Sanchez-Reategui, consultant of Alectra Utilities (formerly PowerStream Inc.), will be presenting “Electrical Grid Educational Seminar: Distributed Generation and Introduction to Smart Grid”.
Day & Time: Friday, March 2, 2018
6:30 p.m. ‐ 8:30 p.m.
Speaker: Hugo Sanchez-Reategui
Consultant of Alectra Utilities (formerly PowerStream Inc.)
Location: Galbraith Building, Room 220
35 St George St.
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5S 1A4
Contact: Maryam Alsomahi
Organizer: IEEE Toronto Industry Relations Committee, IEEE Toronto Power & Energy Chapter, IEEE University of Toronto Student Branch
Register: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/160826
Light refreshments will be provided.
Abstract: Access to electricity is a critical factor in ensuring high quality of life, economic growth, educational advancement and social development. However, often, access to electricity is taken for granted. We don’t think about the complexity of the electrical grid and the amount of impressive sophisticated engineering designs that go into it.
IEEE Industrial Relations Committee is excited to be hosting a series of educational seminars that aim to give participants an insight into the planning, designing and work that go into operating the grid to make sure we have a reliable access to electricity every minute of every day.
The Topic of this seminar is Distributed Generation and Introduction to Smart Grid. The objective of this seminar is to provide an overview of the current practices to connect Embedded Distributed Generators i.e. solar, wind, geothermal, etc. to the distribution grid. Also, this seminar will discuss the successes and challenges of new technological advances in the current Smart Grid.
The presentation will provide:
– An overview of the traditional and future power grid
– A review of government initiatives around the world and in Ontario
– An evaluation of the impact of distributed generators
– Model distributed generators & predict the increased short circuit levels, voltage profiles change along the network
– Brief overview of interconnection standards i.e. IEEE 1547
– Review of connection processes for utilities in Ontario and interconnection requirements
– An introduction to Smart Grid Technologies
Biography: Hugo Sanchez-Reategui has been a consultant of Alectra Utilities (formerly PowerStream Inc.) for the past 8 years confirming capacity for Embedded Distributed Generators dealing with stakeholders, developers, utilities and government agencies.
Hugo is a current member of Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO), past member and past Vice President of Public Relations of Toastmasters International (Public Speaking).
He earned a Bachelor of Engineering at National University of Callao, Peru and IEEQB Program Certificate at Ryerson University in 2010.
Hugo is currently the Industry Relations Committee Chair of IEEE Toronto (largest IEEE section in Canada) managing a selected group of 10 volunteers to work on hot technology topics i.e. Cyber Security, Smart Grid and other emerging technologies showing the awareness of these topics and promoting the IEEE brand as a technology leader in Canada and North America.
As part of this important role, he also works on establishing partnerships with other organizations in events to add more value to IEEE membership and better opportunities to members and public.
In addition, Hugo mentors undergrad students and some international engineers.
His technical interests include Smart Grid Technologies, Distribution Operations, Substation Communications and Protection of Distribution Systems.

IEEE Ryerson Python Workshop 3
2018-03-05 18:00 - 20:00 | Ryerson University (Victoria Building, Room VIC 301)
IEEE Ryerson Student Branch, IEEE Ryerson Computer Chapter, WIE IEEE Toronto, IEEE Computational Intelligence Chapter, and Robotics/ Automation Chapter are Please to announce the third workshop of their series of python workshops. A series of 6 workshops will give the participants the ability to use the basics of python to help them in their study or workplace. At the end of these workshops there will be a certificate given to participants who attended these workshops.
Day & Time: Monday, March 5, 2018
6:00 p.m. ‐ 8:00 p.m.
Location: Ryerson University (Victoria Building, Room VIC 301)
Contact: ieee.ryersonu@gmail.com
Organizer: IEEE Ryerson Student Branch, IEEE Ryerson Computer Chapter, IEEE Computational Intelligence Chapter, WIE IEEE Toronto, Instrumentation-Measurement/Robotics-Automation
Register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ieee-ryerson-python-workshop-3-tickets-43189931247

Innovation4D Professional Networking Night
2018-03-06 17:30 - 20:30 | Xerox Research Centre of Canada, 2660 Speakman Dr, Mississauga, ON L5K 2L1, Canada
Tuesday, March 6th at 5:30 p.m., join us for a night of networking and facility tours at the Xerox Research Centre of Canada with Innovation4D host organizations Xerox Research Centre of Canada,GreenCentre Canada, and Research, Innovation and Commercialization Centre. Open to members of IntelliFLEX, IEEE, and the Chemical Institute of Canada professional associations.
Transportation to and from downtown Toronto is available on a first-come-first-served basis.
Proof of membership may be requested at the door.
IntelliFLEX will also be hosting a day-course on printable, flexible, and hybrid electronics from 8:00 – 16:30 on March 6th. Registration is discounted for CIC, IEEE, and intelliFLEX members and will include admission to the networking event.
Day & Time: Tuesday, March 6, 2018
5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Location: Xerox Research Centre of Canada
2660 Speakman Drive
Mississauga, ON L5K 2L1
Register: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/innovation4d-professional-networking-night-tickets-42468739142
Organizers: The Industry Relations Committee of IEEE Toronto is supporting collaboration with the Intelliflex (former CPEIA) finding ways to promote more opportunities to our members specially undergraduate and graduate students.
Schedule of Events:
5:30-6:15 pm – Arrival and registration
6:15 pm – Welcome and opening remarks (Pake Auditorium)
6:20 pm – Facility tour – first group
6:45 pm – Host organizations overviews (XRCC, RICC, GCC) and Innovation Hub – Client Case Study – Anomera
7:00 pm – Facility tour – second group
7:30 pm – Professional association overviews (CIC, IEEE, IntelliFlex)
7:45 pm – Facility tour – third group
8:25 pm – Closing Remarks
8:30 pm – Adjourn

Symposium on Smart Cities and Transportation
2018-03-07 18:00 - 20:30 | Room 2106, Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St George St, Toronto, ON M5S 3G3
Wednesday, March 7th at 6:00 p.m., join us to hear from expert speakers providing us with an introduction to smart cities and a great overview on the plans and current projects that the city of Toronto is implementing in order to make our community more efficient and one of the top technological cities in North America.

Day & Time: Wednesday, March 7, 2018
6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Speakers:
Lucia Casacia – Presentation Slides
Vice President, Cities and Infrastructure Projects, Siemens Canada
Dr. Tom Murad
Country Lead – Engineering, Technology & Academic Relations, Siemens Canada
Gregg Loane – Presentation Slides
Manager, ITS Capital Delivery for the City of Toronto
Fahad Khan – Presentation Slides
Project Lead, City of Toronto
Natasha Apollonova – Presentation Slides
Associate Vice President, Policy, Toronto Board of Trade
Location: Room 2106, Sidney Smith Hall, University of Toronto
100 St George St, Toronto, ON M5S 3G3
Contact: Omid Alizadeh
Register: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/168324
Organizer: This seminar is organized by IEEE Toronto’s Industry Relations Committee and the Power & Energy Chapter, in collaboration with Siemens Canada IEEE Committee and Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE), and IEEE University of Toronto Student Branch.
Light refreshments will be provided.
Abstract & Agenda:
Intelligent infrastructure paves the way for smarter, more integrated systems that keep economies running and contribute to economic success, efficiency savings, and economics of scales. Buildings not only offer space for working and living, they are also capital investments. Their value can be maintained only if they are operated cost-effectively. A constant reliable energy supply is central for economic growth and stability, as well as social wellbeing. However today’s grids were not designed to handle the growing power requirements or the increasing proportion of fluctuating power generated from renewable sources. Transportation of people and goods is a top priority for metropolitan areas. Population growth, congestion and the growing demand for mobility all place increasing burdens on transport systems with negative impacts for businesses, residents and overall quality of life. A Smart City applies state-of-the-art solutions enabled and improved by holistic Integration for the sake of the people, of the administration, of the business as well as of the environment.
6:00 pm-6:30 pm: Opening
6:30 pm-7:00 pm: Introduction to Smart Cities by Lucia Casacia, Vice President, Cities and Infrastructure Projects, Siemens Canada & Dr. Tom Murad, Country Lead – Engineering, Technology & Academic Relations, Siemens Canada
7:00 pm-7:20 pm: Transportation Initiatives and Vision of the City of Toronto by Gregg Loanne, Manager of ITS, City of Toronto
7:20 pm-7:40 pm: Preparing for Automated Vehicles at the City of Toronto by Fahad Khan, Project Lead, City of Toronto
7:40 pm-8:00 pm: Focusing on Smart to Move Toronto from Good to Great by Natasha Apollonova, Associate Vice President, Policy, Toronto Board of Trade
8:00 pm-8:10 pm: Open Panel Discussion on Job Opportunities in Technology Infrastructure and Smart Cities
8:10 pm-8:20 pm: Q&A
8:20 pm-8:30 pm: Closing
Biography:
Lucia Casacia
As the Vice President, Cities and Infrastructure Projects, Lucia leads Siemens Canada’s strategic focus on cities account management in order to leverage federal, provincial and municipal government infrastructure investment in cities across Canada. Lucia brings to Siemens extensive experience in the areas of engineering, construction management and commissioning of capital expansion projects. She is a valued member of Siemens Canada’s leadership team, most recently as the head of the Low Voltage & Products business unit in the Energy Management division.
Lucia is a graduate of McMaster University and has a Masters Certi_cate in Strategic Leadership from the Schulich School of Business in Toronto. Other areas of certi_cation include Operational Excellence and Lean Manufacturing (5S).
Dr. Tom Murad
Tom is a respected leader, thinker, and distinguished speaker on the topics of Engineering, Technology and Technical talents development and education and a member of PEO Engineering Order of Honour. Tom joined Siemens Canada in 2010, he is the founder of the Siemens Canada Engineering and Technology Academy “SCETA”, that he established and directed since October 2014. He is also serving as a member of various advisory Boards of Directors in the Industry and Academia. Tom has about 40 years of Professional Engineering and Technical Operations Executive Management including Academic and R&D work in Electrical power, Industrial Controls and Automation. Dr. Murad holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical & Electronics), and a Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Power Electronics and Industrial Controls from Loughborough University of Technology in the UK, with a Leadership Program Certificate from Schulich Business School, York University in Ontario, Canada. Dr. Murad is a Fellow of Engineers Canada, a licensed (P.Eng.) member of The Professional Engineering Ontario (PEO); APEGA in Alberta, and NAPEG in the North Western Territories. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, and is member of Board of Directors – IEEE Canada, past chair of Executive Committee – IEEE Toronto Section, member of Board of Directors – Canadian-German Centre for Innovation and Research, member of the PEO Licensing “Engineering Experience Review” – ERC Committee since 2002, member of OSPE’s Hamilton – Halton Engineering week Committee, and he is serving on various Advisory Boards in the Industry and the Academia.
Gregg Loane
Gregg is currently the Manager – ITS Capital Delivery for the City of Toronto. He has over 25 years of ITS experience, split evenly between the public and private sectors, with a focus on connecting client / user needs with appropriate transportation technology solutions, as well as education in the field of ITS. His current responsibilities include deploying ITS for a variety of municipal applications (e.g. signal control, incident management, traveller information, etc.), and for providing technical representation on Toronto’s Autonomous Vehicle Preparation and Unattended Aerial Vehicle Working Groups. In the private sector, he led large-scale ATIS deployments (e.g. the Los Angeles and Florida 511 systems). These experiences built his strengths in project management, project finance, and personnel management, and have provided insight into a wide range of ITS-related user needs.
Fahad Khan
Fahad is the Project Lead for Automated and Autonomous Vehicles with the City of Toronto. He is the first person in North America to be hired by a leading municipality tasked with the sole purpose of investigating and preparing for automated vehicles. Being a deep car lover and a person known for pushing boundaries, Fahad has worked hard to push Toronto’s transportation system to new levels of innovation and technology.
Natasha Apollonova
Natasha is the Assistant Vice President, Policy with Toronto Region Board of Trade (the Board). The Board is the chamber of commerce for Canada’s largest urban centre representing 12,000 Members and connecting more than 250,000 business professionals and influencers throughout the Toronto region. The Board is an influential thought leader on key business and public policy issues impacting the Toronto region’s globally competitive economy. Over the past eight years, Natasha has been actively engaged in the Board’s municipal and provincial campaigns. She has also been instrumental in raising the profile of Toronto as an international city region by leading the Board’s benchmarking analysis and liaising with key stakeholders including all three levels of government and business leaders. Natasha currently leads the Board’s Smart Cities Initiative and the Movement of Goods files. Natasha holds a Master degree in Business Economics from Wilfrid Laurier University, an Honours degree in Economics from the University of Western Ontario and is fluent in Russian. She is on the Board of Directors for Toronto Association for Business Economics (TABE) and mentors several young women professionals through Women in Capital Markets and TABE.

IEEE Ryerson Python Workshop 4
2018-03-12 18:00 - 20:00 | Ryerson University (Victoria Building, Room VIC 301)
IEEE Ryerson Student Branch, IEEE Ryerson Computer Chapter, WIE IEEE Toronto, IEEE Computational Intelligence Chapter, and Robotics/ Automation Chapter are Please to announce the fourth workshop of their series of python workshops. A series of 6 workshops will give the participants the ability to use the basics of python to help them in their study or workplace. At the end of these workshops there will be a certificate given to participants who attended these workshops.
Day & Time: Monday, March 12, 2018
6:00 p.m. ‐ 8:00 p.m.
Location: Ryerson University (Victoria Building, Room VIC 301)
Contact: ieee.ryersonu@gmail.com
Organizer: IEEE Ryerson Student Branch, IEEE Ryerson Computer Chapter, IEEE Computational Intelligence Chapter, WIE IEEE Toronto, Instrumentation-Measurement/Robotics-Automation

Privacy in Health Overview and Privacy by Design Concept
2018-03-20 12:30 - 13:30 | Room A3-13, Centennial College, Progress Campus 941 Progress Ave., Toronto, Ontario, M1G 3T8
Tuesday, March 20th at 12:30 p.m., Patrick Lu, CEO at Privacy Horizon, will be presenting “Privacy in Health Overview and Privacy by Design Concept”.
Day & Time: Tuesday, March 20, 2018
12:30 p.m.
Speaker: Patrick Lu, CEO
Privacy Horizon
Location: Room A3-13
Centennial College, Progress Campus
941 Progress Ave., Toronto, Ontario, M1G 3T8
Contact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour
Organizer: IEEE Toronto WIE, Instrumentation/ Measurement – Robotics Automation Chapters
Abstract: A privacy management program ensures that an organization has the necessary infrastructure in place to protect personal information from loss or theft, or from unauthorized access, modification, copying, collection, use, disclosure or retention. This presentation will discuss the essential elements of a privacy management program.

Cybersecurity Challenges in Today’s Big Data Obsessed Environment
2018-03-22 12:30 - 13:30 | Room A3-13, Centennial College, Progress Campus 941 Progress Ave., Toronto, Ontario, M1G 3T8
Thursday, March 22nd at 12:30 p.m., Sean Duchstein, Cyber Security Professional, will be presenting “Cybersecurity Challenges in Today’s Big Data Obsessed Environment”.
Day & Time: Thursday, March 22, 2018
12:30 p.m.
Speaker: Sean Duchstein, Cyber Security Professional
Paladion
Location: Room A3-13
Centennial College, Progress Campus
941 Progress Ave., Toronto, Ontario, M1G 3T8
Contact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour
Organizer: IEEE Toronto WIE, Instrumentation/ Measurement – Robotics Automation Chapters
Abstract: Ability to timely detect security breaches and respond adequately is essential for business continuity. Paladion cyber defense strategies and mechanisms help companies staying ahead of cyber attacks.

ComSoc Seminar: “Coding Near Shannon-Theoretic Limits in Control”
2018-03-23 11:00 - 12:00 | Room GB221, Galbraith Building, University of Toronto, 5 St George St, Toronto, ON M5S 1A4
Friday, March 23rd at 11:00 a.m., Professor Victoria Kostina, California Institute of Technology, will be presenting an IEEE ComSoc seminar: “Coding Near Shannon-Theoretic Limits in Control”.
Day & Time: Friday, March 23, 2018
11:00 a.m. ‐ 12:00 p.m.
Speaker: Professor Victoria Kostina
California Institute of Technology
Location: Room GB221, Galbraith Building, University of Toronto
35 St George St, Toronto, ON M5S 1A4
Contact: Toronto_Chapter@comsoc.org
Organizer: IEEE Toronto Communications Society
Abstract: We adopt a Shannon-theoretic view of remote stochastic linear control, showing coding theorems linking the amount of information passed through the feedback loop to several operational scenarios of interest. The controller aims to minimize a quadratic cost function in the state variables and control signal, known as the linear quadratic regulator (LQR), while communicating to the system via a rate-limited channel. For several channels of interest, namely, variable-length rate-limited noiseless channels, rate-limited packet drop channels, Gaussian channels, and biomolecular channels, we propose coding strategies that can approach these information-theoretic limits.
Based on joint works with B. Hassibi, A. Khina, A. Khisti, E.R. Gårding, G. M. Pettersson, Y. Nakahira, F. Xiao, J. C. Doyle.
Biography: Victoria Kostina joined Caltech as an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering in the fall of 2014. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from Moscow institute of Physics and Technology (2004), where she was affiliated with the Institute for Information Transmission Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a Master’s degree from University of Ottawa (2006), and a PhD from Princeton University (2013). She is a recipient of the 2013 Princeton Electrical Engineering Best Dissertation Award, the 2015 Simons-Berkeley research fellowship, and the 2017 NSF CAREER award. Her research interests lie in information theory, theory of random processes, coding, wireless communications, and control.

IEEE Ryerson – IOT Smart City Hackathon
2018-03-24 09:00 - 2018-03-25 13:00 | George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre, 245 Church St, Toronto, ON M5B 1Z4, Canada
IEEE Ryerson presents IOT for Smart Cities Hackathon. It is a 24 hour hackathon happening on March 24th. Attendees can join as a team of 3 or we can place you in a team. It’s an open Hackathon, so anyone from any department and any institution can attend; doesn’t matter about your skill level and experience. Teams will present their final projects in front of a panel of judges for a chance to win prize money and an exciting opportunity to network with variety of industry personnel. Materials will be provided on the day of the hackathon.
1st Place: $750
2nd Place: $500
3rd Place: $250
Day & Time: 9:00 a.m. Saturday, March 24, 2018 – 1:00 p.m. Sunday, March 25, 2018
Location: George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre
245 Church St., Toronto, Ontario
Contact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour
Organizer: IEEE Ryerson, IEEE Toronto WIE, IEEE Toronto Instrumentation & Measurement – Robotics & Automation
Hardware, such as Micrcontrollers, a variety of sensors, and other peripherals etc. will be provided and you are free to use to the web as a resource!
Prizes will be awarded for the first 3 teams, and professional from IBM, City of Brampton will be present!
Apply at: https://www.iotsmartcityhack.tech by Sunday, March 18th!
Acceptance applicant will be required to pay $10 fee.

Electrical Grid Educational Seminar: Distribution Planning
2018-03-29 18:30 - 20:00 | Sandford Fleming Building, Room 2202 University of Toronto, 10 King’s College Rd, Toronto, ON M5S 3G8
Thursday, March 29th at 6:30 p.m., Joe Bonadie, Manager of Engineering Services (Ontario Hydro/Hydro One), will be presenting “Electrical Grid Educational Seminar: Distribution Planning”.
Day & Time: Thursday, March 29, 2018
6:30 p.m. ‐ 8:00 p.m.
Speaker: Joe Bonadie
Manager of Engineering Services (Ontario Hydro/Hydro One)
Location: Sandford Fleming Building, Room 2202
University of Toronto
10 King’s College Rd, Toronto, ON M5S 3G8
Contact: Maryam Alsomahi
Organizer: IEEE Toronto’s Industry Relations Committee, IEEE Toronto Power & Energy Society, IEEE University of Toronto Student Branch
Register: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/160154
Light refreshments will be served.
Abstract: Access to electricity is a critical factor in ensuring high quality of life, economic growth, educational advancement and social development. However, often, access to electricity is taken for granted. We don’t think about the complexity of the electrical grid and the amount of impressive sophisticated engineering designs that go into it.
IEEE Industrial Relations Committee is excited to be hosting a series of educational seminars that aim to give participants an insight into the planning, designing and work that goes into operating the grid to make sure we have a reliable access to electricity every minute of every day.
The Topic of the first seminar on Thursday, March 29, 2018, is ‘Distribution Planning’. The fundamental objective of Distribution Planning is to provide an orderly and economic plan for additions to, and changes in the power system’s equipment and facilities so that it can continue to meet future electrical demands with an acceptable level of reliability and at the lowest possible cost.
The seminar will provide:
– An overview of Ontario’s Power System
– A detailed overview of the Planning Process
– Review of the Utility’s Loading & Outage Reports
– Documentation of stations, feeder and system peak loading
– Load Growth Rate
– Model of distribution system & predict expected system deficiencies in accordance with established planning criteria
– Identify supply options to mitigate system deficiencies
– Evaluate and rank the supply options in terms of economic and technical merits
– Obtain approval for the recommended option
– Provide Planning Specifications for the preferred option
– Issue project for implementation
Biography: Joe Bonadie, has over 30 years of experience in the Electrical Distribution business. He has worked for a number of Ontario’s Local Distribution Companies (LDC’s) in various capacities including System Planning Engineer, Supervising Project Engineer, Senior Distribution. Performance Engineer and Manager of Engineering Services and Contracts.
As manager of Engineering Services (Ontario Hydro/Hydro One) Joe’s responsibility included the Voltage Conversion Program for Ontario with an initial budget of $20M.
Joe Co-Authored an IEEE technical paper on “Series Capacitors, Application on Distribution Systems” and was presented at the IEEE winter meeting in Atlanta in 1990. Most recently, Engineers Canada bestowed Joe with the title of “Fellow Engineers Canada (FEC)“ for advancing the Profession through some 25 years of volunteer work with the Association of Professional Engineers Ontario.
Joe has thorough knowledge and understanding of the planning, design, construction, and operation of the distribution system including the appropriate standards for both underground and overhead distribution system.

Women in Robotics: Early Careers in Robotics, Hardware and AI
2018-04-04 18:00 - 21:00 | 100 College St, Toronto, ON M5G 1L5, Canada
Wednesday, April 4th at 6:00 p.m., come and hear from a group of young engineers as they share their experiences finding jobs, where they see opportunities, and what they wish they knew when they first started out – “Women in Robotics: Early Careers in Robotics, Hardware and AI”.
Day & Time: Wednesday, April 4, 2018
6:00 p.m. ‐ 9:00 p.m.
Speakers:
Fiona Chui, UAS Intelligence Developer, SkyX Systems Corp
Geneviève Foley, Senior Research Engineer, Medical Robotics, Kinova
Kirusha Srimohanarajah, Technology Transfer Developer, Synaptive Medical
Location: OnRamp, Suite 150
100 College Street, Toronto ON M5G 1L5
RVSP: https://www.meetup.com/GYBORobotics/events/249241506
Organizer: IEEE Toronto Women in Engineering, Instrumentation & Measurement – Robotics & Automation Chapter
Abstract: In celebration of National Engineering Month, March 2018 and International Women’s Day, March 8, 2018, come and hear from a group of young engineers as they share their experiences finding jobs, where they see opportunities, and what they wish they knew when they first started out. The speakers will also share some of their work.
This event is produced by the GYBO Robotics Network in partnership with the Society of Women Engineers Toronto and the IEEE Women in Engineering Toronto Chapter.

Data Security and Privacy in Healthcare
2018-04-09 12:30 - 13:30 | Room A3-13, Centennial College, Progress Campus 941 Progress Ave., Toronto, Ontario, M1G 3T8
Monday, April 9th at 12:30 p.m., Dave Rajnauth, will be presenting “Data Security and Privacy in Healthcare”.
Day & Time: Monday, April 9, 2018
12:30 p.m.
Speaker: Dave Rajnauth
GRA Consultants
Location: Room A3-13
Centennial College, Progress Campus
941 Progress Ave., Toronto, Ontario, M1G 3T8
Contact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour
Organizer: IEEE Toronto WIE, Instrumentation/ Measurement – Robotics Automation Chapters
Abstract: Complex challenges of data security and privacy in healthcare requires innovative and cost effective solutions for healthcare organizations. A good understanding of these challenges and the complex task of protecting data privacy is essential in preventing data breaches. This presentation is an overview of the cybersecurity challenges face by health care organizations.

Engineering a Greener Tomorrow
2018-04-09 18:00 - 19:00 | Bahen Center of Information Technology, Room BA4287, 40 St George St.
Monday, April 9th at 6:00 p.m., Dr. Damir Novosel, IEEE PES Immediate Past President and now President of Quanta Technology LLC, will be presenting “Engineering a Greener Tomorrow”.
Day & Time: Monday, April 9, 2018
6:00 p.m. ‐ 7:00 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Damir Novosel
IEEE PES Immediate Past President
President, Quanta Technology LLC
Location: Bahen Center of Information Technology, Room BA4287
40 St George St.
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5S 2E4
Contact: Hoda Youssef
Organizer: IEEE Toronto Industry Applications & Power Electronics Society Join Chapter
RVSP: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/168257
Abstract: Reliable and efficient electrical grid operation is critical to society. The electrical power and energy industry in the next decades is changing rapidly to meet the demands of the society and address challenges. New technology trends include development of more efficient, reliable, and cost-effective renewable generation and Distributed Energy Resources (DER), energy storage technologies, Electric Vehicles (EV), monitoring, protection, automation, and control devices, and communications that offer significant opportunities for realizing a sustainable and greener energy future. We are at a crossroads in making business and technical decisions that will allow us to optimally and cost-effectively manage the greener tomorrow.
The presentation will address some of the challenges and opportunities facing modern grids and how industry trends and innovation will shape the future grid. Topics included are:
• Industry Trends and Transformation Drivers
• Opportunities and challenges with distributed energy resources, microgrids, electrical vehicles and the role of storage
• Technologies for the changing nature of the grid
• Grid modernization roadmap
• Education and workforce needs
• Key success factors to prepare for the greener future
Biography: Dr. Damir Novosel is president of Quanta Technology, a subsidiary of Quanta Services, a Fortune 500 company. Previously, he was vice president of ABB Automation Products and president of KEMA T&D US.
Damir is elected to National Academy of Engineers in 2014. He served as IEEE Power and Energy Society President (2016-2017) and Vice President of Technical Activities (2011-2012) and is a member of the IEEE Standards Board. He is also a member of the CIGRE US National Committee and received the CIGRE Attwood Associate award.
Damir holds 17 US and international patents and published over 100 articles and was leading and participating in developing industry standards and guides, receiving IEEE PES 2011 and 2013 Prize Paper Awards. Dr. Novosel is also an adjunct professors of Electrical Engineering at North Carolina State University.
He holds PhD and MSc, BSc degrees in electrical engineering from Mississippi State University (where he was a Fulbright scholar), the University of Zagreb, Croatia, and the University of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, respectively. Dr. Novosel was selected Mississippi State University Distinguished Engineering Fellow in 2015.

Iris Matching and De-Duplication of Voter Registration Lists
2018-04-13 10:00 - 11:00 | Room BA-4287, Bahen Centre for Information Technology, University of Toronto, M5S 2E4
Friday, April 13th at 10:00 a.m., Schubmehl-Prein Professor Kevin W. Bowyer, will be presenting an IEEE Signal Processing Society Distinguished Lecture “Iris Matching and De-Duplication of Voter Registration Lists”.
Day & Time: Friday, April 13, 2018
10:00 a.m. ‐ 11:00 a.m.
Speaker: Schubmehl-Prein Professor Kevin W. Bowyer
Department of Computer Science & Engineering University of Notre Dame, IN, US
Location: Room BA-4287, University of Toronto
http://map.utoronto.ca/building/080
Contact: Mehrnaz Shokrollahi, Yashodhan Athavale
Organizer: IEEE Signal Processing Chapter Toronto Section
Abstract: Fingerprint, face and iris are widely used as biometrics to verify a person’s identity. One important application of biometrics is to ensure that each person is enrolled only once on a list of eligible voters. Keeping someone from voting multiple times under different identitiesis referred to as “de-duplicating” the voting register. This talk will present results of a de-duplication trial performed for the country of Somaliland. The talk will cover how iris recognition works, what level of matching accuracy can be expected, what the matching accuracy suggests in terms of expected number of false matches and false non-matches, and some “special case” example images. (You should not need any prior experience with iris recognition tounderstand this talk.)
Biography: Kevin Bowyer is the Schubmehl-Prein Family Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame and also serves as Director of International Summer Engineering Programs. Professor Bowyer’s research interests range broadly over computer vision and pattern recognition, including biometrics and data mining. Professor Bowyer received a 2014 Technical Achievement Award from the IEEE Computer Society, with the citation “For pioneering contributions to the science and engineering of biometrics”. Professor Bowyer is a Fellow of the IEEE, “for contributions to algorithms for recognizing objects in images”; a Fellow of the IAPR, “for contributions to computer vision, pattern recognition and biometrics”; and a Golden Core Member of the IEEE Computer Society. Professor Bowyer is serving as General Chair of the 2019 IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision; has served as Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence and as Editor-In-Chief of the IEEE Biometrics Compendium; and is currently serving on the editorial board of IEEE Access. Professor Bowyer’s most recent book is the Handbook of Iris Recognition, edited with Dr. Mark Burge.

The Future of Power and Energy Infrastructure
2018-04-17 11:00 - 12:00 | Room BA4287, 40 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 2E4
Tuesday, April 17th at 11:00 a.m., Dr. Martin Ordonez, Canada Research Chair in Power Converters for Renewable Energy Systems, will be presenting “The Future of Power and Energy Infrastructure”.
Day & Time: Tuesday, April 17th, 2018
11:00 a.m. ‐ 12:00 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Martin Ordonez
Canada Research Chair in Power Converters for Renewable Energy Systems
Associate Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of British Columbia
Location: Room BA4287, Bahen Center of Information Technology
40 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 2E4
Contact: hoda.youssef@ieee.org
Organizer: IEEE Toronto IAS & PELS Joint Chapter
Register: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/171254
Abstract: The incorporation of distributed renewable energy generation, smart control systems, and electric/hybrid vehicles into the existing grid infrastructure are challenging but necessary steps towards a more sustainable future. This presentation will describe key technologies and techniques that are necessary to modernize electrical generation, distribution and consumption. The work that is currently ongoing at the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) campus will be used to illustrate some modern and future implementations. Techniques such as load shedding, peak shifting, active power factor correction, and backup will be discussed. The technical challenges and solutions associated with implementing these sustainable solutions will be addressed.
Biography: Dr. Martin Ordonez is the Canada Research Chair in Power Converters for Renewable Energy Systems and Associate Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. He is also the holder of the Fred Kaiser Professorship on Power Conversion and Sustainability at UBC. He was an Adjunct Professor with Simon Fraser University and Memorial University of Newfoundland. His industrial experience in power conversion includes research and development at Xantrex Technology Inc./Elgar Electronics Corp. (now AMETEK Programmable Power), where he developed high-density power converters and advanced controllers.
He is the principal investigator of several power conversion grants and has developed partnerships with various companies in the sector. With the support of industrial funds and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), he contributed more than 140 publications and R&D reports in the power area. Dr. Ordonez is an Associate Editor of the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER ELECTRONICS, a Guest Editor for IEEE JOURNAL OF EMERGING AND SELECTED TOPICS IN POWER ELECTRONICS, an Editor for IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SUSTAINABLE ENERGY serves on several IEEE committees, and reviews widely for IEEE/IET journals and international conferences. He was awarded the David Dunsiger Award for Excellence in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science (2009) and the Chancellors Graduate Award/Birks Graduate Medal (2006), and became a Fellow of the School of Graduate Studies, Memorial University.

Achieving Balance Between Convergence and Diversity in Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization
2018-04-23 10:00 - 11:00 | UOIT (2000 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa L1H7K4 ON) Room: UA2130
Monday, April 23rd at 10:00 a.m., Dr. Kwong Tak Wu Sam, Professor, City University of Hong Kong, will be presenting “Achieving Balance Between Convergence and Diversity in Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization”.
Day & Time: Monday, April 23rd, 2018
10:00 a.m. ‐ 11:00 a.m.
Speaker: Dr. Kwong Tak Wu Sam, Professor
City University of Hong Kong
Location: UOIT (2000 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa L1H7K4 ON)
Room: UA2130
Contact: hossam.gabbar@ieee.org
Abstract: Nowadays, many real world problems are multi-objective in nature in the sense that multiple conflicting criteria need to be optimized simultaneously. As a consequence, instead of a global optimal solution in the case of single-objective optimization, usually, the optimum of multi-objective optimization corresponds to a set of so called Pareto optimal solutions for which no solutions can win in all objectives, due to the conflict between objectives. Evolutionary Multi-objective Optimization (EMO) algorithms have been widely used in practice for solving these multi-objective optimization problems for several reasons. At first, EMO approaches can tackle problems with nonlinear, non-differentiable, or noisy objective functions. Secondly, the population based search manner opens new opportunities in dealing with multi-objective optimization problems by searching for multiple alternatives simultaneously. Therefore, EMO has become one of the most active research areas in evolutionary computation. In this talk, I will first give an in–depth introduction to the EMO field and subsequently presented ourrecent developments which are 1) Adaptive Operator Selection (AOS)aims to provide the on-line autonomous control of the operator that should be applied at each instant of the search.This work proposes a bandit based AOS method, Fitness-Rate-Rank-based Multi-Armed Bandit (FRRMAB) to track the dynamics of the search process, it uses a sliding window to record the recent fitness improvement rates achieved by the operators, while employing a decaying mechanism to increase the selection probability of the best operator. Our experimental results demonstrate that FRRMAB is robust and its operator selection is reasonable,and 2) Asimple and effective stable matching (STM) model to coordinate the selection processinMultiobjective Evolutionary Algorithm based on DecompositionMOEA/D. In this model, subproblem agents can express their preferences over the solution agents, and vice versa. The stable outcome produced by the STM model matches each subproblem with onesingle solution, and it tradeoffs convergence and diversity of the evolutionary search. In addition, a two-level stable matching-based selection is proposed to further guarantee the diversity of the population. More specifically, the first level of stable matching only matches a solution to one of its most preferred subproblems and the second level of stable matching is responsible for matching the solutions to the remaining subproblems. Experimental studies demonstrate that the proposed selection scheme is effective and competitive comparing to other state-of-the-art selection schemes for MOEA/D.In both works, the techniques for achieving balance between convergence and diversity in evolutionary multiobjective optimizationare presented.
Biography: Sam Kwong received the B.Sc. degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, in 1983, the M.A.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, in 1985, and the Ph.D. degree from the Fernuniversität Hagen, Hagen, Germany, in 1996. From 1985 to 1987, he was a Diagnostic Engineer with Control Data Canada, where he designed the diagnostic software to detect the manufacture faults of the VLSI chips in the Cyber 430 machine. He later joined the Bell Northern Research Canada as a Member of Scientific Staff, where he worked on both the DMS-100 voice network and the DPN-100 data network project. In 1990, he joined the City University of Hong Kong as a Lecturer in the Department of Electronic Engineering. He iscurrently an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science. He was responsible of the software design of the first handheld GSM mobile phone consultancy project in which it was one of the largest consultancy projects at the City University of Hong Kong in 1996. He coauthored three research books on genetic algorithms, eight book chapters, and over 200 technical papers. He has been a consultant to several companies in telecommunications. Prof. Kwong was awarded the Best Paper Award for his paperentitled “Multiobjective Optimization of Radio-to-Fiber Repeater Placement Using a Jumping Gene Algorithm” at the IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT’05), Hong Kong, in 2005. In addition, he received the Best Paper Award at the 1999 BioInformatics Workshop, Tokyo, for the paper entitled “A Compression Algorithm for DNA Sequences and Its Application in Genome Comparison” in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the conference. Currently, he is the Associate Editor for the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS, the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL electronics, IEEE transactions on Evolutionary Computation, the Journal of Information Science. Currently, he is the Head and Professor of the department of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong. Prof. Kwong was elevated to IEEE fellow for his contributions on Optimization Techniques for Cybernetics and Video coding in 2014.

ComSoc Seminar: Beef Up the Edge, How to Build a More Powerful IOT System
2018-05-04 11:00 - 12:00 | Room Number: ENG460, George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre, 245 Church Street., Toronto, ON M5B 2K3
Friday, May 4th at 11:00 a.m., Prof. Yuguang “Michael” Fang, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida and fellow of the IEEE, will be presenting a communications seminar: “Beef Up the Edge, How to Build a More Powerful IOT System”.
Day & Time: Friday, May 4, 2018
11:00 a.m. ‐ 12:00 p.m.
Speaker: Prof. Yuguang “Michael” Fang
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida
Fellow of the IEEE
Location: Room Number: ENG460
George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre
245 Church Street., Toronto, ON M5B 2K3
Contact: Eman Hammad
Organizer: Communications Society, Ryerson University
Abstract: Connected things in various cyber-physical systems (CPSs), namely IoTs, enable us to sense physical environments, extract intelligent information, and better regulate physical systems we heavily depend on in our daily life. Unfortunately, how to design effective and efficient systems to meet specific applications with diverse quality of service requirements is of paramount importance but highly challenging due to the spatial and temporal variations of user traffic, network spectrum resource, computing capability, storage, and device types. One holistic design approach from the end-to-end perspective seems to be in dire need.
In this talk, the speaker will discuss various related problems and challenges in a connected world and then present a novel collaborative network architecture to enabling connected things to effectively harvest in-network capability (spectrum, energy, storage, and computing power) in a cognitive fashion and intelligently manage the spectrum efficiency, energy efficiency, and yes, security! By pushing in-network capability in communications, computing, and storage to the edge, this network architecture provides an effective and robust approach to IoT.
Biography: Dr. Yuguang “Michael” Fang received MS degree from Qufu Normal University, Shandong, China in 1987, PhD degree from Case Western Reserve University in 1994 and PhD degree from Boston University in 1997. He was an assistant professor in Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology from 1998 to 2000. He then joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Florida in 2000 and has been a full professor since 2005. He held a University of Florida Research Foundation (UFRF) Professorship (2006-2009, 2017-2020), a University of Florida Term Professorship (2017-2019) and Changjiang Scholar Chair Professorship awarded by the Ministry of Education of China (is currently affiliated with Dalian Maritime University).
Dr. Fang received the US National Science Foundation Career Award in 2001 and the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award in 2002, 2015 IEEE Communications Society CISTC Technical Recognition Award, 2014 IEEE Communications Society WTC Recognition Award, and multiple Best Paper Awards from IEEE Globecom (2015, 2011 and 2002) and IEEE ICNP (2006). He has also received 2010-2011 UF Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award, 2011 Florida Blue Key/UF Homecoming Distinguished Faculty Award, and the 2009 UF College of Engineering Faculty Mentoring Award. He was the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (2013-2017), the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Wireless Communications (2009-2012), and serves/served on several editorial boards of journals including IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (2003-2008, 2011-2016), IEEE Transactions on Communications (2000-2011), and IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (2002-2009). He has been actively participating in conference organizations such as serving as the Technical Program Co-Chair for IEEE INFOCOM’2014 and the Technical Program Vice-Chair for IEEE INFOCOM’2005. He is a fellow of the IEEE (2008) and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2015).

ComSoc Distinguished Lecture: Advances and Challenges in 5G Wireless Security
2018-05-04 13:00 - 14:00 | Room Number: ENG LG02, George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre, 245 Church Street., Toronto, ON M5B 2K3
Friday, May 4th at 1:00 p.m., Prof. Yi Qian, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Nebraska‐Lincoln will be presenting a distinguished lecture: “Advances and Challenges in 5G Wireless Security”.
Day & Time: Friday, May 4, 2018
1:00 p.m. ‐ 2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Prof. Yi Qian
Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Nebraska‐Lincoln, USA
Location: Room Number: ENG LG02
George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre
245 Church Street., Toronto, ON M5B 2K3
Contact: Eman Hammad
Organizer: Communications Society, Ryerson University
Abstract: Wireless communication technologies are ubiquitous nowadays. Most of the smart devices have Cellular, Wi‐Fi, Bluetooth connections. These technologies have been developed for many years; nonetheless, they are still being enhanced. More development can be expected in the next 5 years, such as faster transmission data rate, more efficient spectrum usage, lower power consumption, etc. Similarly, cellular networks have been evolved for several generations. For example, GSM as part of 2G family, UMTS as part of the 3G family, and LTE as part of 4G family. In the next few years, 5G cellular network systems will continue the evolution to keep up with the fast‐growing needs of customers. Secure wireless communications will certainly be part of other advances in the industry such as multimedia streaming, data storage and sharing in clouds, mobile cloud computing services, etc. This talk covers the topics on security for next generation mobile wireless networks, with focusing on 5G mobile wireless network systems, followed by a discussion on the challenges and open research issues in the area.
Biography: Dr. Yi Qian received a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Clemson University. He is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Nebraska‐Lincoln (UNL). Prior to joining UNL, he worked in the telecommunications industry, academia, and the government. Some of his previous professional positions include serving as a senior member of scientific staff and a technical advisor at Nortel Networks, a senior systems engineer and a technical advisor at several start‐up companies, an assistant professor at University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, and a senior researcher at National Institute of Standards and Technology. His research interests include information assurance and network security, network design, network modeling, simulation and performance analysis for next generation wireless networks, wireless ad‐hoc and sensor networks, vehicular networks, smart grid communication networks, broadband satellite networks, optical networks, high‐speed networks and the Internet. He has a successful track record to lead research teams and to publish research results in leading scientific journals and conferences. Dr. Yi Qian is a member of ACM and a senior member of IEEE. He is serving on the editorial board for several international journals and magazines, including serving as the Associate Editor‐in‐Chief for IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine. He is a Distinguished Lecturer for IEEE Vehicular Technology Society and IEEE Communications Society. He is serving as the Technical Program Committee Chair for IEEE International Conference on Communications 2018.

ComSoc Distinguished Lecture: Machine Learning in Digital Medicine
2018-05-07 15:00 - 16:00 | Room BA1210, Bahen Centre for Information Technology, 40 St George St., Toronto, ON M5S 2E4
Monday, May 7th at 3:00 p.m., Dr. Giorgio Quer, Sr. Research Scientist at the Scripps Research Institute and Director of Artificial Intelligence at the Scripps Translational Science Institute will be presenting a distinguished lecture: “Machine Learning in Digital Medicine”.
Day & Time: Monday, May 7, 2018
3:00 p.m. ‐ 4:00 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Giorgio Quer
Sr. Research Scientist, Scripps Research Institute, San Diego, California
Director of Artificial Intelligence, Scripps Translational Science Institute
Senior Member of the IEEE, Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Communications society
Location: Room BA1210
Bahen Centre for Information Technology
40 St George St., Toronto, ON M5S 2E4
Contact: Eman Hammad
Organizer: Communications Society
Abstract: Digitalize human beings using biosensors to track our complex physiologic system, process the large amount of data generated with artificial intelligence (AI) and change clinical practice towards individualized medicine: these are the goals of digital medicine. At Scripps, we promote a strong collaboration between computer scientist, engineers, and clinical researchers, as well as a direct partnership with health industry leaders. We propose new solutions to analyze large longitudinal data using statistical learning and deep convolutional neural networks to address different cardiovascular health issues. Among them, one of the greatest contributors to premature morbidity and mortality worldwide is hypertension. It is known that lowering blood pressure (BP) by just a few mmHg can bring substantial clinical benefits, but the assessment of the “true” BP for an individual is non-trivial, as the individual BP can fluctuate significantly. We analyze a large dataset of more than 16 million BP measurements taken at home with commercial BP monitoring devices, in order to unveil the BP patterns and provide insights on the clinical relevance of these changes. Another prevalent health issue we investigated is atrial fibrillation (AFib), one of the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia, which is associated with stroke, hospitalization, heart failure and coronary artery disease. AFib detection from single-lead electrocardiography (ECG) recordings is still an open problem, as AFib events may be episodic and the signal noisy. We conduct a thoughtful analysis of recent deep network architectures developed in the computer vision field, redesigned to be suitable for a one-dimensional signal, and we evaluate their performance for the AFib detection problem using 200 thousand seconds of ECG recording, highlighting the potential of this technology. Looking to the future, we are investigating new applications of existing wearable devices, requiring advanced processing and clinical validation, and we are participating to the All of Us research program, an unprecedented research effort to gather data from one million people in the USA to accelerate the advent of precision medicine.
Biography: Dr. Giorgio Quer is a Sr. Research Scientist at the Scripps Research Institute in San Diego, California, and he is the Director of Artificial Intelligence at the Scripps Translational Science Institute.
He received the B.Sc. degree, the M.Sc. degree (with honors) in Telecommunications Engineering and the Ph.D. degree (2011) in Information Engineering from University of Padova, Italy. In 2007, he was a visiting researcher at the Centre for Wireless Communication at the University of Oulu, Finland. During his Ph.D., he proposed a solution for the distributed compression of wireless sensor networks signals, based on the joint exploitation of Compressive Sensing and Principal Component Analysis. From 2010 to 2017, he was a visiting scholar at the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology and then a postdoc at the Qualcomm Institute, University of California San Diego (UCSD), working on cognitive networks protocols and implementation.
He is a Senior Member of the IEEE, a member of the American Heart Association (AHA), and a Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Communications society. His research interests include wireless sensor networks, network optimization, compressive sensing, probabilistic models, deep convolutional networks, wearable sensors, physiological signal processing, and digital medicine.

S&C Electric Factory Tour
2018-05-14 14:00 - 16:00 | 90 Belfield Rd, Etobicoke, ON M9W 1G4
Monday, May 14th at 2:00 p.m., IEEE Dielectric and Electrical Insulation Toronto together with PES chapter has arranged a facility tour of S&C Electric in Etobikoe.
Day & Time: Monday, May 14, 2018
2:00 p.m. ‐ 4:00 p.m.
Location: 90 Belfield Rd
Etobicoke, ON M9W 1G4
Contact: Ali Naderian
Organizer: IEEE Toronto DEIS Chapter, PES Chapter
Register: https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/170929
Abstract: IEEE Dielectric and Electrical Insulation Toronto together with PES chapter has arranged a facility tour of S&C Electric in Etobicoke.
Attendees are couraged to bring their own safety shoes and glasses.
S&C specializes in the switching, protection, and control of electric power systems. This started with a single product in 1909, the Liquid Power Fuse, which was the first reliable power fuse able to protect against the high currents in distribution substations. Its invention helped pioneer the widespread adoption and spread of electricity. S&C has invented many innovative products and pioneered new applications in the power industry. SMD® Power Fuses, Loadbuster®, Circuit Switcher, Pad-Mounted Gear, VISTA® SF6 insulated switchgear, Fault Fiter® Electronic Power Fuses, and Scada-Mate Switching systems are just a few of the S&C products that have significantly changed power system design and operating practices.

Shielded Enclosure Metrics
2018-05-15 16:00 - 17:00 | Room BA2185, 40 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 2E4
Tuesday, May 15th at 4:00 p.m., Prof. Andy Marvin, IEEE Life Fellow and Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering, will be presenting “Shielded Enclosure Metrics”.
Day & Time: Tuesday, May 15th, 2018
4:00 p.m. ‐ 5:00 p.m.
Speaker: Prof. Andy Marvin
IEEE Life Fellow, Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering
Professor Emeritus, Department of Electronic Engineering,
University of York, York, UK.
Location: Room BA2185, Bahen Center of Information Technology
40 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 2E4
Contact: gelefth@ece.utoronto.ca
Organizer: IEEE Toronto Electromagnetics & Radiation Chapter
Abstract: The lecture describes the author’s research over the past decade investigating better ways of defining and assessing the shielding performance of equipment enclosures. The definition of enclosure Shielding Effectiveness and its limitations are reviewed.
Then recent research on the use of surrogate contents to replicate real electronic enclosure contents is described leading to alternative definitions of enclosure shielding performance. Latterly, the work has concentrated on shielding of equipment enclosures in the microwave frequency range. Measurement techniques exploiting the reverberant nature of the enclosures are described.
The work has contributed to the recently released IEEE Std 299.1 on the measurement of equipment enclosure shielding. The HUAWEI Corporation has sponsored the research since 2014.
Biography: Andy Marvin is Professor Emeritus in the University of York’s Department of Electronic Engineering. He received his BEng, MEng and PhD degrees in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Sheffield between 1972 and 1979. From 1977 to 1979 he was with the British Aircraft Corporation at Filton, Bristol, UK working on antenna design and EMC.
He was appointed to a Lectureship in Electronics at the University of York in the UK in 1979 and promoted to Professor of Applied Electromagnetics in 1995. He retired in December 2017 and was appointed as Professor Emeritus in February 2018.
He was appointed as Technical Director of York EMC Services at its founding in 1995. He resigned his directorship when the company was acquired by Eurofins in June 2017.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and an IEEE Life Fellow.
He was Vice-Chairman of the IEEE Std-299 Working Group on Shielding Effectiveness Measurement, and is currently Vice-Chairman of the IEEE EMC Society Standards Advisory and Co-ordination Committee. From 1994 to 2015 he was an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on EMC.
He was a member of the UK National Measurement System Advisory Panels on Innovation Research and Development and Materials and Modelling from 2008 to 2015. He has contributed lectures on Antennas and on Shielding to the IEEE EMCS Global University and Chaired its Faculty in 2010.
His main research interests are EMC measurement and modelling techniques, EMC antennas and electromagnetic shielding measurement and modelling. To date, starting in 1976, he is author over 300 papers. In 1992, he and Dr Stuart Porter invented the Bilog EMC measurement antenna.
He is a founder member of the International Steering Committee of EMC Europe conferences, Conference Chair of EMC Europe 2011 (York) and Chair of the EMC Europe International Steering Committee for 2015 – 2018. He was President of the York Society of Engineers (2014/16) and is Chief Flying Instructor at the York Gliding Centre.

Practical Power Flow Controller Brings Benefits of Power Electronics to the Grid
2018-05-18 15:00 - 16:00 | Room BA4287, 40 St George St., Toronto, Ontario M5S 2E4
Friday, May 18th at 3:00 p.m., Kalyan Sen, Fulbright Scholar and Chief Technology Officer of Sen Engineering Solutions Inc., will be presenting “Practical Power Flow Controller Brings Benefits of Power Electronics to the Grid”.
Day & Time: Friday, May 18, 2018
3:00 p.m. ‐ 4:00 p.m.
Speaker: Kalyan Sen
Chief Technology Officer of Sen Engineering Solutions Inc.
Fulbright Scholar
Senior Member of IEEE
Location: Room BA4287, Bahen Center of Information Technology University of Toronto
40 St George St., Toronto
Ontario M5S 2E4
Contact: Sanaz Kanani
Organizer: IEEE Toronto Industry Applications & Power Electronics Society Join Chapter
RVSP: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/169041
Abstract: Power flow control techniques have been practiced, from using inductors, capacitors, transformers and load tap changers in the earlier days of electrical engineering to power electronics-based solutions in recent years. Even though the costs and complexities of the available solutions vary widely, the basic underlying theory of power flow control is still the same as it always has been. The question is which solution one should employ. The answer depends on knowing what the true need is. The power industry’s pressing need for the most economical ways to transfer bulk power along a desired path may be met by building new transmission lines, which is a long and costly process. Alternately, it may be quicker and cheaper to utilize the existing transmission lines more efficiently. The key is to identify the underutilized transmission lines and harness their dormant capacity to increase the power flows to the lines’ thermal limits.
Since the commissioning of the first commercial power electronics-based Flexible Alternating Current Transmission Systems (FACTS) controller two decades ago, a great deal has been learned about the true needs of a utility for its everyday use and they are high reliability, high efficiency, low installation and operating costs, component non-obsolescence, fast enough response for utility applications, high power density, interoperability, and easy relocation to adapt to changing power system’s needs while providing the optimal power flow control capability. This was the motivation to develop a SMART Power Flow Controller (SPFC) that enhances the controllability in an electric power transmission system by using functional requirements and cost-effective solutions.
The presentation is designed to provide the basic principles of power flow control theory, an overview of the most commonly used power flow controllers, and future trends. The presentation will be of particular interest to all utility power engineering professionals. The required background is an equivalent of an Electrical Engineering degree with familiarity in power engineering terminology. The audience will hear from an expert who actually designed and commissioned a number of power electronics-based FACTS controllers since its inception in the 1990s.
Biography: Kalyan Sen, a newly selected Fulbright Scholar, is the Chief Technology Officer of Sen Engineering Solutions, Inc. that specializes in developing SMART power flow controllers—a functional requirements-based and cost-effective solution. He spent 30 years in academia and industry and became a Westinghouse Fellow Engineer. He was a key member of the Flexible Alternating Current Transmission Systems (FACTS) development team at the Westinghouse Science & Technology Center in Pittsburgh. He contributed in all aspects (conception, simulation, design, and commissioning) of FACTS projects at Westinghouse. He conceived some of the basic concepts in FACTS technology. He has authored or coauthored more than 25 peer-reviewed publications, 8 issued patents, a book and 4 book chapters in the areas of FACTS and power electronics. He is the coauthor of the book titled, Introduction to FACTS Controllers: Theory, Modeling, and Applications, IEEE Press and John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2009, which is also published in Chinese and Indian paperback editions. He is the co-inventor of Sen Transformer. He received BEE, MSEE, and PhD degrees, all in Electrical Engineering, from Jadavpur University, India, Tuskegee University, USA, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA, respectively. He also received an MBA from Robert Morris University, USA. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He is a Distinguished Toastmaster who led District 13 of Toastmasters International as its Governor to be the 10th-ranking District in the world in 2007-8.
Kalyan, a Senior Member of IEEE, has served the organization in many positions. Under his leadership, IEEE Pittsburgh Section and its three chapters (PES, IAS and PELS) received Best Section and Chapter Awards. His other past positions included Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery (2002 – 2007), Technical Program Chair of the 2008 PES General Meeting in Pittsburgh, Chapters and Sections Activities Track Chair of the 2008 IEEE Sections Congress in Quebec City, Canada, PES R2 Representative (2010 and 2011) and Member of the IEEE Center for Leadership Excellence (CLE) Committee (2013, 2014). He has been serving as an IEEE PES Distinguished Lecturer since 2002. In that capacity, he has given presentations on power flow control technology more than 100 times in 15 countries. He is an inaugural class (2013) graduate of the IEEE CLE Volunteer Leadership Training (VOLT) program. Kalyan is the recepient of the IEEE Pittsburgh Section PES Outstanding Engineer Award (2004) and Outstanding Volunteer Service Award for reviving the local Chapters of PES and IAS from inactivity to world-class performance (2004). He has been serving as the Special Events Coordinator of the IEEE Pittsburgh Section for the last decade. He is the Region 1-3 & 7 Coordinator of Power Electronics Society.

Introduction To Robotics and Automation
2018-05-28
Welcome to IEEE Introduction to Robotics and Automation. This course develops students’ skills and self-confidence in common automation practices. The student will learn the parts of a robot, how they work together and the theory and code used to control them.
Date & Time: Monday May 28th, 2018
2:30 p.m.
Location: Humber North Campus, J Building
Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE, IEEE Toronto Robotics Chapter, IEEE Humber Student Affinity Group
For information, please contact: maryam.davoudpour@ieee.org

RF in Medicine: Current Status and Challenges of Antennas and Wireless Power
2018-05-31 16:00 - 17:00 | Room Number: BA 1180 Bahen Centre for Information Technology 40 St George St, Toronto, ON M5S 2E4
Thursday, May 31st at 4:00 p.m., Dr Yongxin Guo, National University of Singapore, Singapore, will be presenting a distinguished lecture: “RF in Medicine: Current Status and Challenges of Antennas and Wireless Power”.
Day & Time: Thursday, May 31, 2018
4:00 p.m. ‐ 5:00 p.m.
Speaker: Dr Yongxin Guo
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Location: Room Number: BA 1180
Bahen Centre for Information Technology
40 St George St, Toronto, ON M5S 2E4
Contact: George V. Eleftheriades
Organizer: IEEE Toronto Electromagnetics & Radiation Chapter
Abstract: Wireless power and data telemetry technologies for biomedical and healthcare applications have received a lot of attention recently. Numerous applications in medical diagnostics and therapeutics ranging from cardiac pacemakers to emerging devices in visual prosthesis, brain computer interfaces and body area networks have spurred electronic engineers to propose new wireless medical devices. In the meantime, the ageing population poses many challenges to healthcare systems, especially on chronic illness management. In this talk, I would mainly cover our recent research progress on wearable/implantable antennas and wireless power for biomedical applications. A few related ongoing biomedical projects for on-body and in-body applications will be addressed. In addition, I would also briefly introduce my other related research activities.
Biography: Yong-Xin Guo received his Ph.D. degree from City University of Hong Kong in 2001. From September 2001 to January 2009, he was with the Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore, as a Research Scientist. He joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore (NUS), as an Assistant Professor in February 2009 and was promoted to a tenured Associate Professor in Jan 2013. He has authored or co-authored 206 international journal papers and ~200 international conference papers. Thus far, his publications have been cited more than 6200 times and the H-index is 44 (source: Google Scholar). He holds 8 granted/filed Patents in U.S. or China. His current research interests include antennas for wireless communications and biomedical applications, wireless power for biomedical and IoTs, and MMIC modelling and design. He has graduated 12 PhD students at NUS.
Dr Guo was the General Chair/Co-Chair for AWPT 2017, ACES-China 2017, IEEE IMWS-AMP 2015 and IEEE IMWS-Bio 2013. He served as a Technical Program Committee (TPC) Co-Chair for IEEE IMWS-AMP 2017 and RFIT2009. He is serving as Associate Editors for IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF and Microwave in Medicine and Biology, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, and Electronics Letters. He was a recipient of the Young Investigator Award 2009, National University of Singapore. He received 2013 Raj Mittra Travel Grant Senior Researcher Award. He is an IEEE Fellow.
