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IEEE VDL: Intelligent Reflected Surfaces for Future Wireless Systems
2021-06-21 11:00 - 12:30 UTC | Virtual – Zoom
Join the IEEE Kingston ComSoc and IEEE Toronto ComSoc for the Virtual Distinguished Lecture “Intelligent Reflected Surfaces for Future Wireless Systems”, presented by Dr. Shahid Mumtaz.
Contact: IEEE Kingston ComSoc
Abstract:
As we have finalized the research for 5G, now there is a race for technologies that will conquer 6G. The 6G technologies will achieve much better latency and computation efficiency as compared to 5G. From 1G to 5G, almost all research and standardization randomly model the wireless channel between transmitter and receiver. There is no control of humans over a wireless medium, as it is given by nature. In 6G, we will break this assumption and go from random wireless channels to controllable wireless. Thanks to Intelligent Reflected Surfaces for Future Wireless System(IRS). This talk will explain in detail the physics of metasurface and the progress of IRS till today. This talk will also present different use case, study cases, signal processing and communication techniques for IRS, standardization, Prototype and testbed, and the open research challenges.
Speaker(s): Dr. Shahid Mumtaz
Biography:
Shahid Mumtaz is an IET Fellow, IEEE ComSoc and ACM Distinguished speaker, recipient of IEEE ComSoC Young Researcher Award (2020), IEEE Senior member, founder and EiC of IET “Journal of Quantum communication”, Vice-Chair: Europe/Africa Region- IEEE ComSoc: Green Communications & Computing society and Vice-chair for IEEE standard on P1932.1: Standard for Licensed/Unlicensed Spectrum Interoperability in Wireless Mobile Networks.
He has more than 15 years of wireless industry/academic experience. He has received his Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden, and University of Aveiro, Portugal in 2006 and 2011, respectively. From 2002 to 2003, he worked for Pak Telecom as System Engineer and from 2005 to 2006 for Ericsson and Huawei at Research Labs in Sweden. He has been with Instituto de Telecomunicações since 2011 where he currently holds the position of Auxiliary Researcher and adjunct positions with several universities across the Europe-Asian Region.
He is the author of 4 technical books, 12 book chapters, 250+ technical papers (170+ Journal/transaction, 90+ conference, 2 IEEE best paper award- in the area of mobile communications. He had/has supervised/co-supervising several Ph.D. and Master Students. He uses mathematical and system-level tools to model and analyze emerging wireless communication architectures, leading to innovative theoretically optimal new communication techniques. He is working closely with leading R&D groups in the industry to transition these ideas to practice. He secures the funding of around 2M Euro.

Overview of Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) and Identification Friend/Foe (IFF) Systems - Part I - Virtual Lecture - CEU/PDH Available
2021-06-22 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | Virtual
The lecture is composed of two one-hour parts.
In Part I a general overview of SSR/IFF is presented which includes a review of terms and definitions. From there, a historical timeline of SSR/IFF is summarized beginning with early implementations and ending with modern day systems. Then system architectures are reviewed starting with block diagrams and the challenges of scanning airspace. System-level features discussed include sidelobe suppression, antenna dwell time, azimuth determination and RF link budgets. In addition, the trade-offs between 2-channel and 3-channel systems are reviewed.
Link to virtual event will be provided after registration.
Contact: IEEE Long Island CAS Society
Speaker(s): Frank Messina
Biography:
Frank Messina is the Chief Engineer of the SSR and IFF products for Telephonics. Frank has 50 years of experience in the design, development, and fielding of innovative IFF and SSR products for Military and Civil use. Frank is the lead IFF Interrogator Systems Engineer for the world’s fleet of AWACS aircraft, US Navy P8-A Multi-Mission Aircraft (MMA), US Navy MH-60R aircraft, Canadian Maritime Patrol Aircraft (CP140), Canadian Maritime Helicopter (MHP), Canadian Frigate Upgrade, USMC G/ATOR, USAF D-RAPCON, Mode 5 Operational Autonomous Surveillance (M5 OAS), SAAB Giraffe Mobile Platforms and other ground, shipboard and airborne based products at Telephonics.
Earlier in his career, Frank was the lead engineer for the FAA Common Digitizer 2 (CD-2) SSR Beacon Extractor System. Frank was also instrumental in adding full Mode S interrogator capability to the NATO AWACS, which represents the first military IFF interrogator system to integrate the high-priority AEW Military IFF Modes with Mode S. He was also the IFF team leader for the design and development of the AN/APS-147 and AN/APS-153 IFF interrogator system – the first integrated and tightly-coupled Multi-Mode Radar and IFF interrogator fusion system. More recently, Frank lead the design and development of the AN/UPR-4(V) Passive Detection and Reporting System (PDRS) and Small Form Factor SFF-44 All-Mode Active and Passive IFF system.

IEEE VDL: Learning to Learn to Communicate
2021-06-24 11:00 - 12:30 UTC | Virtual – Zoom
Join us on Thursday, June 24, 2021 for the IEEE VDL: Learning to Learn to Communicate, presented by Prof. Osvaldo Simeone.
Contact: IEEE Kingston ComSoc
Abstract:
The application of supervised learning techniques for the design of the physical layer of a communication link is often impaired by the limited amount of pilot data available for each device; while the use of unsupervised learning is typically limited by the need to carry out a large number of training iterations. In this talk, meta-learning, or learning-to-learn, is introduced as a tool to alleviate these problems. The talk will consider an Internet-of-Things (IoT) scenario in which devices transmit sporadically using short packets with few pilot symbols over a fading channel. The number of pilots is generally insufficient to obtain an accurate estimate of the end-to-end channel, which includes the effects of fading and of the transmission-side distortion. To tackle this problem, pilots from previous IoT transmissions are used as meta-training data in order to train a demodulator that is able to quickly adapt to new end-to-end channel conditions from few pilots. Various state-of-the-art meta-learning schemes are adapted to the problem at hand and evaluated, including MAML, FOMAML, REPTILE, and CAVIA. Both offline and online solutions are developed.
Speaker(s): Prof. Osvaldo Simeone
Biography:
Osvaldo Simeone is a Professor of Information Engineering with the Centre for Telecommunications Research at the Department of Engineering of King’s College London, where he directs the King’s Communications, Learning and Information Processing lab. He received an M.Sc. degree (with honors) and a Ph.D. degree in information engineering from Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy, in 2001 and 2005, respectively. From 2006 to 2017, he was a faculty member of the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), where he was affiliated with the Center for Wireless Information Processing (CWiP). His research interests include information theory, machine learning, wireless communications, and neuromorphic computing. Dr Simeone is a co-recipient of the 2019 IEEE Communication Society Best Tutorial Paper Award, the 2018 IEEE Signal Processing Best Paper Award, the 2017 JCN Best Paper Award, the 2015 IEEE Communication Society Best Tutorial Paper Award and of the Best Paper Awards of IEEE SPAWC 2007 and IEEE WRECOM 2007. He was awarded a Consolidator grant by the European Research Council (ERC) in 2016. His research has been supported by the U.S. NSF, the ERC, the Vienna Science and Technology Fund, as well as by a number of industrial collaborations. He currently serves in the editorial board of the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine and is the vice-chair of the Signal Processing for Communications and Networking Technical Committee of the IEEE Signal Processing Society. He was a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Information Theory Society in 2017 and 2018. Dr Simeone is a co-author of two monographs, two edited books published by Cambridge University Press, and more than one hundred research journal papers. He is a Fellow of the IET and of the IEEE.

IEEE VDL: Machine Learning for Wireless Communications and Networking: Motivations, Case Studies, and Open Problems
2021-06-28 18:00 - 19:30 UTC | Virtual – Zoom
On Monday, June 28, 2021, come listen to Dr. Shiwen Mao present the IEEE ComSoc VDL: Machine Learning for Wireless Communications and Networking: Motivations, Case Studies, and Open Problems.
ZOOM link will be provided to attendees.
Contact: IEEE Denver ComSoc
Abstract:
While 5G deployment is being carried out in many places of the world, there has been great interest in the prospects of 5G beyond and the next generation. Among the various visions, a common theme is that artificial intelligence will play a key role, as evidenced by the great interest and advances in machine learning enabled wireless communications and networking. In this talk, we will discuss the motivation, potential, and challenges of incorporating machine learning in wireless communications and networking for 5G and beyond systems.
We will start with two motivating examples, i.e., channel estimation and mobile edge computing, to show why machine learning could be helpful. We will share our experience of several case studies, including (i) a hybrid approach to the classical energy efficiency maximization problem, where traditional models could be used to train a deep learning model; (ii) data augmentation for convolutional neural network (CNN) based automatic modulation classification (AMC), where a conditional generative adversarial network (CGAN) is utilized to generate synthesized training data; and (iii) and an adaptive model for RFID-based 3D human skeleton tracking, which utilizes meta-learning and few-shot fine-tuning to achieve high adaptability to new environments. We will conclude this talk with a discussion of challenges and open problems.
Speaker(s): Dr. Shiwen Mao
Biography:

Shiwen Mao [S’99-M’04-SM’09-F’19] received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY in 2004. He was a postdoc at Virginia Tech from 2004 to 2006, and joined Auburn University, Auburn, AL as an assistant professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2006. He held the McWane Endowed Professorship from 2012 to 2015 and the Samuel Ginn Endowed Professorship from 2015 to 2020. Currently, he is a professor and Earle C. Williams Eminent Scholar Chair, and Director of the Wireless Engineering Research and Education Center at Auburn University. His research interest includes wireless networks, multimedia communications, and smart grid. He is on the editorial board of several IEEE and ACM journals. He is a Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE Communications Society and IEEE Council of RFID, and a Distinguished Speaker of IEEE Vehicular Technology Society. He received the IEEE ComSoc TC-CSR Distinguished Technical Achievement Award in 2019 and NSF CAREER Award in 2010. He is a co-recipient of the 2021 IEEE Communications Society Outstanding Paper Award and the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society 2020 Jack Neubauer Memorial Award.
Agenda:
6pm (MT) – Introductions
6:10-7:15 – VDL Presentation
7:15-7:30 – Q&A

From an Idea to a Startup
2021-07-08 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual – Zoom
We are living in the age of innovation. Every day, innovators are solving many problems that people are facing in life. In the process of innovation, there are many questions about how we can find problems. What is innovation exactly? How can we find solutions? And how can we learn the innovation process?
I am Masoud Valinejad, CEO-Director of technology in NovoSolTech Company, and innovation mentor with more than five-year experience, with 10 USA patents, and more than five national and international special prizes in innovation competitions. In this webinar, I want to show you how you can become an innovator and entrepreneur through some steps and practices.
Contact: Ayda Naserialiabadi

Introduction to Python programming - Registration
2021-07-12 18:00 - 2021-07-16 21:00 UTC | Virtual
This is an introduction to Python programming for students without any prior programming knowledge or experience. The proposed 5-day course covers the fundamental aspects of programming, which include data types, various operators, input/output, conditions, control flow, functions, and algorithms. The learning experience is enhanced by a number of examples and problem sets (data, strings, file processing and simple graphics) that will be solved interactively during the lecture with the participation of the students. The course format includes 3 hours of daily lectures (2 hours of lecture and 1 hour of lab). A certificate of completions will be given to the student who successfully complete the course and pass a short exam at the end of the course to evaluate their knowledge. Electronic copies of the course materials will be provided to the students. The students will also be provided with career advice, and skills development.
The course is delivered online and limited space (25 spots) is available. Please register by July 11. After the registration, applicants will be contacted with the virtual meeting information and course material prior to the start of the course.
Fees:
– $250 CAD (IEEE or OSPE Members)
– $350 CAD (Non-members)
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Course Objective: Attendees will gain a solid understanding of principles of programing using Python; they can progress to more advanced programming topics and explores algorithms that are integral parts of more sophisticated methodologies, e.g., Artificial Intelligence. Attendees will have the knowledge to write various Python programs, and to design algorithms manipulating files and different types of data including numbers, and text.
Note: This course is designed to be offered online, and it requires the attendees to use their personal computers/laptops. Details to Join in will be forwarded to Registered Attendees
Who should attend: Students, second career trainees, engineers, scientists, clinicians, and in general specialists in variety of non-STEM fields.
What will you receive after completion: A certificate of completion will be given to the students who successfully complete the course and pass a short exam. Electronic copies of the course materials. Attendees will also be provided with career, and skills development advice.
Speaker
Dr. Alireza Sadeghian
Dr. Alireza Sadeghian has been with the Department of Computer Science at Ryerson University since 1999, where he holds the position of the Professor. He is also an Affiliate Scientist at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, and serves as the AI research Theme Lead in Healthcare and Analytics at the Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Technology.
Dr. Sadeghian was the Chair of the Department of Computer Science from 2005 to 2015. He is the founding Director of the Advanced Artificial Intelligence Initiative (AI2) Laboratory and has extensive expertise in the areas of AI, machine learning, and Deep Learning particularly related to industrial and medical applications. He has supervised 9 postdoctoral fellows, 8 PhD, and 24 Master’s students, as well as 60 research assistants. He has published over 150 journal manuscripts, refereed conference papers, and book chapters, as well as two edited books. He has 2 invention disclosures and 2 patents.
Dr. Sadeghian has been actively involved with a number of international professional and academic boards including IEEE Education Activity Board. Presently, he is the Chair of IEEE Computational Intelligence Technical Society Chapter, Toronto Section. Dr. Sadeghian is also on the Editorial Board of Applied Soft Computing Journal and serves as an Associate Editor of IEEE Access, Information Sciences, and Expert Systems Journal.
Email: dr.alireza.sadeghian@ieee.org
Agenda
Day 1 – June 7, 2021, 6:00-9:00 pm: Introduction to computer systems, hardware architecture, CPU, memory, compilation, high level vs. low-level programming language, data representation, Python and PyCharm interactive IDE installation, writing/editing/saving/retrieving and running a simple program, basic data types, variables, assignments, comments, and expressions. The material learned will be reinforced through examples provided during the lecture.
Day 2 – June 8, 2021, 6:00-9:00 pm: The following topics will be discussed: conditions, operators (arithmetic, logic, and comparison), control statements (if and if-else), and loops (for and while). The material learned will be reinforced through examples provided during the lecture.
Day 3 – June 9, 2021, 6:00-9:00 pm: Students will be introduced to Strings and text files in Python. They will learn how to work with files, reading/writing text and numbers from/to a file, string manipulation, indexing, and string slicing. The material learned will be reinforced through examples provided during the lecture.
Day 4 – June 10, 2021, 6:00-9:00 pm: Functions, arguments, and return values will be discussed. The material learned will be reinforced through examples provided during the lecture.
Day 5 – June 11, 2021, 6:00-9:00 pm: The topics of lists and dictionaries will be discussed. Students will learn about the basic operators, creating, accessing, slicing, adding, removing, replacing, and iteration methods for lists and dictionaries. The material learned will be reinforced through examples provided during the lecture.

FRDM-K64 & MBED Workshop
2021-07-17 13:00 - 14:00 UTC | Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/276197
The FRDM-K64 board is a development board designed around the Kinetis K64 MCU. This IEEE Seneca workshop is intended to demonstrate some of the basic functionality of the ARM Mbed platform and to offer assistance with Seneca course content related to microcontrollers and embedded systems. Bring your code, design ideas, or technical problems and discuss the best path forward with the workshop host and your fellow students.
Speaker(s): John Hooper, Adi Malihi
Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/276197

Distributed Machine Learning 101
2021-07-19 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/276938
Machine Learning is an indispensable part of data science, and there is no need to have a thorough programming background to benefit from it. Machine Learning (ML) and statistical techniques have provided a new era that enables us to convert the data into information and transform it into actionable knowledge. SciKit and TensorFlow are two states of the art libraries that can be used in Python, and this seminar will open the gate to know their bases. The first seminar is about “Hello World!” Machine Learning program, using the python language and SciKit learn library.
Speaker(s): Dr. Reza Dibaj
Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/276938

Product Lifecycle Management
2021-07-19 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/275555
Product Lifecycle Management is a process used to manage all of the business and technical aspects in the life of a product business, from early stage concept to product retirement. It is used extensively by most Global MultiNational Corporations but it serves small startup businesses very well also. It deals with and includes participation from all of the important business organisations. As such it is very relevant to engineers involved in any aspect of product development. Marto Hoary has worked with a number of multinationals in the USA and Europe where in he has observed and learned the use of this process first hand.
Speaker(s): Marto J Hoary, Sr MIEEE, M. Eng.
Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/275555

Sustainable Service Pricing in Cloud Ecosystems
2021-07-26 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/276942
Energy efficiency, which has emerged as a top priority in cloud ecosystems, is the outcome of appropriate pricing mechanisms and resource allocations. Static pricing mechanisms are the most dominant approach among all the others. They are simple to implement for the service providers and easy to understand for the service users. Inaccurate price calculation and low efficient resource allocation in static pricing mechanisms made researchers discover other solutions to overcome these issues. Double auction mechanisms are among the most appropriate dynamic models. The main challenge of conventional double auction mechanisms is not considering the cloud ecosystems’ specifications, such as dynamic online features. The term dynamic refers to the many variable parameters in cloud ecosystems, and they constantly change. Conventional static offline pricing solutions are set based on a series of parameters before running the process. In dynamic online methods, we customize our pricing models based on dynamic and current parameters. Also, we continuously optimize these methods to attain optimal results. In this seminar, firstly, we define a Dynamic Online Double Auction Mechanism (DODAM) for the IaaS environment, which covers a broader range of IaaS parameters by considering the dynamic online features of such markets. Considering the features of cloud dynamic online ecosystems, DODAM provides an appropriate price scheduling for service providers and service users. Cloud secondary market is a new paradigm in IaaS ecosystems. In these markets, brokers and reseller buyers have attained their resources from service providers of the cloud primary markets in the form of timed packages and repackage them into smaller chunks. As unsold packages do not transfer to the next intervals, brokers and reseller buyers need to sell their packages as much as possible. We develop a mechanical design that includes a market-based pricing model and a resource allocation algorithm in such markets as our second contribution. Next, by formulating the inherent competitive features in cloud secondary markets, we improve the pricing and resource allocation mechanisms in such competitive ecosystems. In the last contribution, we proposed a Priority-based Dynamic Online Double Auction Model (PB-DODAM), considering the perishability and time constraints of traded resources in IaaS secondary markets. The provided experimental results show that all proposed mechanisms drastically increase resource utilization and the overall utility.
Speaker(s): Dr. Reza Dibaj
Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/276942

Flexible Radio Access Beyond 5G: A Future Projection
2021-07-26 12:00 - 13:30 UTC | Atlanta, Georgia, United States, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/277084
Dr Arslan has graciously offered to continue the discussion on 5G technologies. The topic is Flexible Radio Access Beyond 5G: A Future Projection.
Abstract:
Today’s wireless services and systems have come a long way since the rollout of the conventional voice-centric cellular systems. The demand for wireless access in voice and multi-media applications has increased tremendously. The trend on the variety and the number of mobile devices along with the mobile applications will certainly continue beyond 5G, creating a wide range of technical challenges. One of the biggest challenges is the security of the communication beyond the classical crypto based approaches which secure the information. In this talk, security aspects of the physical communication and also physical signal which is called Physical Layer Security (PHY Security) will be discussed. Latest trends, threats, and techniques to improve the security of the physical signal will be discussed. The tentative outline of the talk will be as follows:

Wireless Communication trends, requirements
Importance of secure communication
Classification of communication security
PHY security: Communication and REM
PHY security: Eavesdropping, Spoofing & Jamming
Anti-jamming capable communication
Cross-layer security – Secure communication & other advanced radio access technologies

Case- studies
a- Security in URLLC (URLL & Secure communication)
b- Security in vehicular network (V2V and V2I)
c- Security in NOMA d- Security in LIS
Speaker(s): Dr. Arslan Arslan

Integrated Access and Backhaul for 5G and Beyond
2021-07-30 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Toronto) | Virtual – Zoom
Note: Virtual platform will be delivered to registrants a couple of hours before starting the event.
Contact: IEEE Montreal Section Young Professionals
Abstract: The number of devices requesting for wireless communications is growing exponentially. Network densification via the deployment of many base stations (BSs) of different types is one of the mechanisms that can be employed to satisfy the ever-increasing demand for bandwidth/capacity in wireless networks. However, deploying fiber to the small cells may be expensive and impractical when the number of small cells increases. For this reason, as well as because of the traffic jams and infrastructure displacements caused by fiber optic installation, millimeter wave (mmw)-based wireless backhaul is currently considered as an alternative, providing (almost) the same rate as fiber optic with significantly less price and no digging. With this background, integrated access and backhaul (IAB) networks, where the operator can utilize part of the radio resources for wireless backhauling, has recently received considerable attention. The purpose of IAB is to replace existing backhaul systems with flexible wireless backhaul using the existing 3GPP bands providing not only backhaul but also existing cellular services in the same node. This creates more flexibility and reduces the implementation cost. For 5G NR, IAB is currently considered as a work item in 3GPP, and it is known as one of the main novelties of 5G. In this talk, we review the main backhauling techniques, and present the main motivations/standardization agreements on IAB. Moreover, We present comparisons between the IAB networks and the cases where all or part of the small access points are fiber-connected. Finally, we study the robustness of IAB networks to environmental effects and verify the effect of the blockage, the tree foliage, the rain as well as the antenna height/gain on the coverage rate of IAB setups, as the key differences between the fiber-connected and IAB networks. As we show, IAB is an attractive setup enabling 5G and beyond.

Basics of Programming in Python
2021-08-27 14:00 - 15:30 UTC | Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/277447
Workshop Description: In the workshop, first the attendees will revisit the basic concepts of Python programming related to (1) writing and executing Python scripts to perform basic tasks, (2) entering and executing basic Python commands in a Jupyter Notebook, and (3) creating objects, data types such as strings, integers, Booleans, variables, lists, loops, coordinate system, if-statements, inequalities, etc.
Later, this workshop will discuss the implementation of random variables and probability models in Python. In particular, we will introduce numpy that includes the basic understanding of arrays, matrices, matrices operations, random data generation and exercises. Furthermore, since understanding of Matplotlib is necessary to iplot functions and models in Python, we will explore basic strategies to plot using matplotlib
Speaker(s): Taha Sajjad

Engineering Skills and Education for the Digital Era
2021-09-08 17:30 - 18:30 UTC | Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/278972
The IEEE Toronto Chapter (ComSoc/BTS), the IEEE Ottawa Joint Chapter of Communications Society, Consumer Technology Society, and Broadcast Technology Society (ComSoc/CTSoc/BTS), IEEE ComSoc Montreal Chapter (ComSoc), IEEE Ottawa and Toronto Women In Engineering (WIE) Chapters along with the IEEE Ottawa, Southern Alberta and Canadian Atlantic Young Professionals (YP) Chapters are thrilled to host Dr. Tom Murad, the Vice Chair, Ontario Society of Professional Engineers Board of Directors. Dr. Murad is currently the Country Lead for Engineering and Technology for Siemens Mobility. In this talk, we look forward to Dr. Murad as he shares his reflections on the fundamental engineering skills and education requirements for the digital era.
Speaker(s): Dr. Tom Murad

IEEE CCECE WIE Panel
2021-09-16 15:30 - 16:30 UTC | Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/281734
Learn from WIE professionals from across Canada about how to create a successful award application and how to move upward in your membership with IEEE.
Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/281734

Internships for Graduate and Undergraduate Students
2021-09-16 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/281467
Not sure how to find an internship? Unclear about how internships are structured? Join a Ryerson University Career & Co-op Centre, IEEE, and IEEE Women in Engineering collaboration for this informative workshop to learn about internship opportunities available for undergraduate and graduate students on Sept. 16 from 6-7 pm.

Advanced OrCad Workshop
2021-09-21 17:00 - 18:00 UTC | Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/281787
IEEE Seneca is offering an advanced OrCad Workshop.
We will be reinforcing ETD555 concepts and learn about following topics:

Transistor circuits (PNP, NPN, Darlington and MOSFETS)
Components such as IRF840, IRF9510, TIP122, TIP127, 2N3904, and 2N3906

To amplify the experience, please have OrCad installed or using virual commons to follow through the instructions.
Speaker(s): Gabriel Chen, Adi Malihi

Basic OrCad Workshop
2021-09-22 17:00 - 18:00 UTC | Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/281788
IEEE Seneca is offering a basic OrCad Workshop.
We will be reinforcing ETY155 concepts and learn about following topics:

Simple resistor circuits
Voltage divider
Current divider concepts
Parallel circuits vs series circuits

To amplify the experience, please have OrCad installed or use virual commons by Seneca to follow through the instruction.
Speaker(s): Gabriel Chen, Adi Malihi

Fundamentals of Probability in Python
2021-09-27 14:00 - 15:30 UTC | Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/277449
In this workshop, we first provide a brief review of probability theory making sure that attendees understand probability models and applications. Later in this workshop, we will discuss basic probability models and their implementation in python, how to deal with various aspects of conditional probability like total probability theorem, conditional independence, Bayes Rule, etc. Then, we will discuss the implementation of discrete random variables as well as continuous random variable like Bernoulli variables, geometric variables, uniform, exponential and gaussian distribution. Afterwards, fundamental law of large numbers related programming concepts will be covered along with sample mean and variance of famous probability distributions. Speaker(s): Taha Sajjad, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/277449

Applications of Probability in Python
2021-10-01 14:00 - 15:30 UTC | Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/277453
This workshop will cover an example project on Bayes Classifier, multiple random variables, and estimation. We will learn the implementation of multivariate Gaussian distribution, classification and regression problems in Python. Later we will see that how to define parametric distribution in python and will further explore estimation concepts like maximum likelihood ratio, maximum posteriori classification, loglikelihood and logistic regression. Speaker(s): Taha Sajjad, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/277453

UofT IEEE AP-S General Meeting
2021-10-01 16:00 - 17:00 UTC | toronto, Ontario, Canada, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/285360
Encouraging chapter involvement and IEEE membership among new students toronto, Ontario, Canada, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/285360

A security-aware container-based architecture for connected vehicles
2021-10-04 19:00 - 20:00 UTC | Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/283789
Cyberattack is a growing concern in connected vehicles because of the possibility of accessing, changing, or destroying sensitive information. On the other hand, many existing security protocols are infeasible to apply because of high resource consumption. Containers are a method of providing added security through virtualization. Advantages of containers include increasing utilization of bare-metal resources, and adding security isolation properties to various types of systems. These advantages make containers well-suited for the connected vehicle software. This paper describes a specific consideration in the development of a container architecture pattern for embedded systems, aimed at enforcing multiple modes of application functionality. Speaker(s): Dr. Akramul Azim, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/283789

Building and Leveraging Your Professional Network Using LinkedIn
2021-10-07 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/281919
Not sure how to market yourself effectively online using LinkedIn? Unclear about how to establish and maintain professional contacts? In this webinar, you will learn how to raise your profile and leverage the power of your personal network to advance your career goals. Register at: https://bit.ly/IEEESession2 Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/281919

Fall Electronics session 2021
2021-10-09 09:00 - 11:00 UTC | Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/285740
Easy circuit to transmit and receive audio through an LED We are using the 555 chip to make an oscillator (Osc). Our audio signal changes the frequency of the Osc. This signal drives a transistor with Infrared LED collector load…….. We think any voltage controlled oscillator circuit will do. We think so On the receiver side, a photodiode converts this light back to current. Circuit then followed with an I-V converter (a simple resistor)……. And rest is audio..It works Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/285740

Partial discharge measurement for power transformers- UHF PD Measurement Method
2021-10-19 06:00 - 08:00 UTC | Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/285677
The course is intended for utility engineers, manufacturers of transformers, transformer components, monitoring systems, sensors, etc., students and anyone wishing to understand the scientific foundation of PD measurement, anyone interested in a deeper awareness of partial discharge measurement and interpretation, staff who are responsible for transformers and want them to be more operational and efficient. ttend the session if you want to get familiar with: – Principle of measurement – Types of sensors for UHF PD Measurement – Calibration of UHF sensors and measurement system – Installation of UHF sensors Co-sponsored by: Transformer Magazine Speaker(s): Dr. Stefan Tenbohlen, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/285677

Live circuit demonstrations & Semiconductors Workshop
2021-10-24 13:00 - 14:00 UTC | Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/285953
During this one-hour workshop, the host will introduce three different common input and output devices in digital electronics: the rotary encoder, the button, and the stepper motor. The following will be covered. Circuits and designs that use the elements with analysis and discussion Live circuit demonstrations and feedback Background topics on semiconductor components and topologies Anyone is welcome to attend, but it is recommended that those who are interested have some fundamental knowledge of electronic theory and semiconductors. There will be information available about future IEEE events and how to sign up and register. Speaker(s): John Hooper, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/285953

Surface Electromagnetics: Physics Exploration and Engineering Applications
2021-10-28 09:00 - 10:00 UTC | Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/286143
Abstract: From frequency selective surfaces to Huygens metasurfaces, novel electromagnetic surfaces have been emerging in both scientific exploration and engineering applications. Many intriguing phenomena occur on these surfaces, and novel devices and applications have been proposed accordingly, which have created an exciting paradigm in electromagnetics, the so-called “Surface Electromagnetics (SEM)”. This presentation will review the development of various electromagnetic surfaces, as well as state-of-the-art concepts and designs. The fundamentals of SEM will be summarized and the frontier topics will be prospected, including their promising applications in microwaves, THz, and optic regimes. Speaker(s): Prof. Fan Yang, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/286143

IEEE Canada WIE Panel: Awards Applications and Membership Advancements
2021-10-28 19:00 - 20:00 UTC | Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/285102
Learn from WIE professionals from across Canada about how to create a successful award application and how to move upward in your membership with IEEE
Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/285102

Dielectric Materials for Generators and Large Motors
2021-10-29 13:00 - 14:00 UTC | Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/286734
The focus of this presentation is the fundamental aspects of electrical insulation materials, specifically for rotating equipment – generators and large motors. This talk will cover basic components of an insulation system, material selection criteria, review of intrinsic properties as well as aging parameters. Major test methodologies and standards used in selecting and qualifying insulation systems will be discussed. It is intended that this presentation help the audience to understand the critical working aspects of electrical insulation materials. The “why” of dielectrics for their specific applications. This knowledge can aid in maintenance decision processes, equipment repair decisions, as well as educate those in the industry understand the tradeoffs in the dielectric materials selection process. Speaker(s): Dr. Nancy Frost, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/286734

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Distinguished Lecture - Prof. Levent Sevgi
2021-10-29 15:00 - 16:00 UTC | Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S3G4, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/282006
EM diffraction is critical in many applications including antennas and propagation. Understanding and visualizing EM wave – object interaction is crucial in designing new antenna systems, in predicting path losses through complex propagation paths, etc. In order to do that wave pieces such as diffracted waves, Fringe waves, etc., should first be studied on canonical structures. Then, complex objects can be investigated by using HFA as well as numerical methods in hybrid form intelligently. EM wave scattering from waves – objects interaction has long been investigated. Interesting wave phenomena, diffraction, occur when objects have sharp edges and tips. Methods known as High Frequency Asymptotics, such as Geometric optics (GO), Physical Optics, (PO), Geometrical Theory of Diffraction, (GTD), Uniform Theory of Diffraction (UTD), Physical Theory of Diffraction (PTD) and Theory of Edge Diffraction (TED) have been successfully applied to variety of EM problems. Recently, numerical methods, such as Finite Difference time Domain (FDTD), Method of Moments (MoM) and Finite Element Method (FEM) have also been used in modeling EM diffraction. These powerful methods, together with novel approaches, have shown to be successful not only in modeling EM diffraction but also in distinguishing wave pieces such as scattered waves, diffracted waves, Fringe waves, etc., which is very important in visualizing and understanding complex wave – object interaction. This talk will review all these approaches, use recently developed EM virtual tools and present comparisons through canonical examples. Speaker(s): Levent Sevgi, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S3G4, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/282006
