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SUMMARY:IEEE Ryerson Python Workshop 2
DESCRIPTION:IEEE Ryerson Student Branch\, IEEE Ryerson Computer Chapter\, WIE IEEE Toronto\, IEEE Computational Intelligence Chapter\, and Robotics/ Automation Chapter are Please to announce the second 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. \nDay & Time: Monday\, February 12\, 2018\n6:00 p.m. ‐ 8:00 p.m. \nLocation: Ryerson University (Victoria Building\, Room VIC 301) \nContact: ieee.ryersonu@gmail.com \nOrganizer: IEEE Ryerson Student Branch\, IEEE Ryerson Computer Chapter\, IEEE Computational Intelligence Chapter\, WIE IEEE Toronto\, Instrumentation-Measurement/Robotics-Automation \nRegister at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ieee-ryerson-python-workshop-2-tickets-42931234478
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/ieee-ryerson-python-workshop-2/
LOCATION:Ryerson University (Victoria Building\, Room VIC 301)
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Signals & Computational Intelligence,Women in Engineering
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180209
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180211
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SUMMARY:Big Data Hackathon
DESCRIPTION:IEEE Ryerson Student Chapter\, IEEE Ryerson Computer Chapter and IEEE Woman In Engineering are proud to present our first Big Data Hackathon\, in collaboration with the Clean Energy Zone. \nThis hackathon will bring the state of art techniques to energy forecasting\, bridge the academic research and industry practice\, elevate data analytics in power engineering education\, and engage the industry in smart grid energy forecasting challenges. The winner of this hackathon will get an exciting opportunity to work with the Clean Energy Zone to implement their solution in real life.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/big-data-hackathon/
LOCATION:Ryerson University
CATEGORIES:Women in Engineering
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180208T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180208T173000
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SUMMARY:Canada’s Robotics Moment
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an in depth discussion on Canada’s place amidst global trends and opportunities in the robotics market.\nCanada has a unique opportunity to leverage its international reputation in AI (artificial intelligence) to tap into the fast-growing commercial robotics market. Canada invested early and wisely in AI\, culminating in the recent explosion in investment\, commercial activity and global recognition. \nRobotics is the next frontier for innovation and investment. The Canadarm delivered international profile for executing high-stakes feats of robotic ingenuity. That success has been repeated in field after field without similar recognition. It’s time to bring thought leaders and stakeholders together to shape a comprehensive national robotics strategy. \nLed by Andra Keay\, Managing Director\, Silicon Valley Robotics\, speakers will explore the collaborations\, supports and partnerships needed to establish Canada as a global player in the commercial robotics market. A panel from industry\, government and academia will discuss Canada’s strengths and how to capitalize on them to build a vibrant robotics industry. Speakers include: \nAndra Keay\, Managing Director\, Silicon Valley Robotics\nDr. Molly Schoichet\, OC\, OOnt\, Chief Scientist\, Ontario\nHallie Siegel\, Innovation Strategist\nDr. Farzad Rayegani\, Dean of Applied Technology\, Humber College\nDr. William Melek\, Director of Mechatronics Engineering\, University of Waterloo \nDay & Time: Thursday\, February 8\, 2018\n2:30 p.m. ‐ 5:30 p.m. \nLocation: Autodesk Technology Centre\n661 University Avenue\, Suite 100\, MaRS Discovery District \nContact: Maryam Davoudpour \nOrganizer: WIE IEEE Toronto\, Instrumentation-Measurement/Robotics-Automation \nRVSP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/canadas-robotics-moment-tickets-42391575343?aff=AIPromo \nAgenda: \n2:30 pm. Welcome\, Adriana Ieraci\, Founder\, GYBO Robotics Network \n2:35 pm. A National Robotics Strategy for Canada\, Hallie Siegel\, Innovation Strategist \n2:50 pm. Global Trends and Opportunities\, Andra Keay\, Managing Director\, Silicon Valley Robotics \n4:05 pm. Panel Discussion: Making it Happen \n5:00 pm. Networking \nSee the event brief for speaker bios and details.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/canadas-robotics-moment/
LOCATION:Autodesk Technology Centre\, 661 University Avenue\, Suite 100\, MaRS Discovery District
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Women in Engineering
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180205T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180205T200000
DTSTAMP:20260424T040756
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Python Workshop
DESCRIPTION:IEEE Ryerson Student Branch\, IEEE Ryerson Computer Chapter\, IEEE WIE\, IEEE Computational Intelligence Chapter\, and Robotics/ Automation Chapter are Please to announce the start of their series of python workshops. A series of 6 workshops will give the participants the ability to use the basics of python as well as Machine learning 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. \nDay & Time: Monday\, February 5\, 2018\n6:00 p.m. ‐ 8:00 p.m. \nLocation: Ryerson University (Victoria Building\, Room VIC 301) \nContact: ieee.ryersonu@gmail.com \nOrganizer: IEEE Ryerson Student Branch\, IEEE Ryerson Computer Chapter\, IEEE Computational Intelligence Chapter\, WIE IEEE Toronto\, Instrumentation-Measurement/Robotics-Automation \nRVSP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ieee-ryerson-intro-to-python-workshop-tickets-42588313793
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/introduction-to-python-workshop/
LOCATION:Ryerson University (Victoria Building\, Room VIC 301)
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Signals & Computational Intelligence,Women in Engineering
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180202T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180202T131500
DTSTAMP:20260424T040756
CREATED:20210430T012928Z
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SUMMARY:High Throughput CMOS Sensors and Actuators: An Emerging Technology for Automation of Biological Laboratories
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, February 2nd at 12:15 p.m.\, Dr. Ebrahim Ghafar-Zadeh (PhD\, P.Eng)\, Director of Biologically Inspired Sensors and Actuators Laboratory\, will be presenting “High Throughput CMOS Sensors and Actuators: An Emerging Technology for Automation of Biological Laboratories”. \nDay & Time: Friday\, February 2\, 2018\n12:15 p.m. ‐ 1:15 p.m. \nSpeaker: Dr. Ebrahim Ghafar-Zadeh\nBiologically Inspired Sebsors and Actuators ( BioSA)\nDept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science\nLassonde School of Engineering\nYork University \nLocation: Room: ENG 288\, George Vari Centre for Computing and Engineering\n245 Church Street\nToronto\, Ontario M5B 2K3 \nContact: Maryam Davoudpour \nOrganizer: WIE IEEE Toronto\, IEEE Ryerson Student Chapter\, Instrumentation-Measurement/Robotics-Automation\, Magnetics\, and Computer Science Department of Ryerson University \nAbstract: Recent advances of Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) Lab-on-Chip (LoC) technologies have greatly attracted the attentions for a variety of life science applications including DNA sequencing\, drug discovery and automation of biological laboratories. A CMOS based LoC consists of a microfluidic device for directing the biological/chemical samples towards sensors (e.g. magnetic\, optical or capacitive sensors) or actuators (e.g. magnetic or electrical actuators). An array of sensors or actuators can be realized on the top of CMOS integrated circuits (IC) for accurately measurement of chemical and/or biological signals. High throughput microfluidic/CMOS technology for cellular and molecular analysis is in a very early stage of development and there are several critical challenges that must be investigated and resolved. In this talk\, professor Ghafar-Zadeh will discuss new perspectives and challenges for the design and implementation of hybrid microfluidic CMOS sensors and actuators. Also he will demonstrate and discuss his recent research achievements in this emerging field of research. \nBiography: Ebrahim Ghafar-Zadeh (PhD\, P.Eng) received his BSc ( KNT University\, Tehran Iran)\, MSc (University of Tehran\, Iran) and PhD ( Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal\, Canada) degrees in Electrical Engineering in 1992\, 1994 and 2008 respectively. In recognition of his innovative research in the topic of hybrid microfluidic/microelectronic systems\, Dr. Ghafar-Zadeh received several postdoctoral fellowship awards including NSERC PDF and FRQNT PDF and he perused two postdoctoral fellows in the Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering\, McGill University; and the Dept. of Bio-engineering\, University of California\, Berkeley. Dr. Ghafar-Zadeh has published more than 100 journal and conference papers and a book titled CMOS Capacitive Sensors for Lab-on-Chip applications. Since 2013\, he has been an assistant Professor\, in the Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science\, York University\, Toronto\, Canada. Dr. Ghafar-Zadeh is the director of Biologically Inspired Sensors and Actuators Laboratory.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/high-throughput-cmos-sensors-and-actuators-an-emerging-technology-for-automation-of-biological-laboratories/
LOCATION:Room: ENG 288\, George Vari Centre for Computing and Engineering
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Magnetics,Women in Engineering
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180129T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180129T133000
DTSTAMP:20260424T040756
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SUMMARY:Technical Seminar: PEM Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers for Clean Energy
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, January 29th at 12:00 p.m.\, Prof. Aimy Bazylak\, Canada Research Chair in Thermofluidics for Clean Energy\, will be presenting “Technical Seminar: PEM Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers for Clean Energy”. \nDay & Time: Monday\, January 29\, 2018\n12:00 p.m. ‐ 1:30 p.m. \nSpeaker: Prof. Aimy Bazylak\nCanada Research Chair in Thermofluidics for Clean Energy\nDirector of the University of Toronto Institute for Sustainable Energy\nAssociate Professor in Mechanical & Industrial Engineering \nLocation: Peter Bronfman Learning Centre\, 7th Floor\, Heaslip House\, Ryerson University\n297 Victoria Street\, Toronto\,\nM5B 1W1\, ON\, Canada \nContact: Omid Alizadeh \nOrganizer: IEEE Toronto Power & Energy Society \nAgenda: 12:00 pm – Arrival and registration\n12:15 pm – Welcome and introduction\n12:20 pm – Talk\n1:05 pm – Q&A\n1:30 pm – 2:00 pm – Closing and networking \nLight refreshments will be served. \nAbstract: The hydrogen polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell provides enormous potential for a future with clean energy. However\, PEM fuel cells and electrolyzers have not yet reached widespread commercial adoption\, and key barriers are related to inefficient heat and mass transport in microscale porous materials. Mass transport limitations arising from liquid water flooding in low temperature PEM fuel cells and oxygen gas bubble accumulation in PEM electrolyzers leads to significant inefficiencies. If these issues become resolved\, smaller and more reliable devices could be produced at a lower cost. Mass transport limitations can be minimized through the development of optimized materials\, which have tailored pore structures\, connectivities\, conductivities\, and surface wettabilities. The porous materials could be customized for mass transport with detailed information about their structure and the dominating mass transport mechanisms that result from these structures. I will discuss X-ray based visualization techniques\, such as microcomputed tomography\, synchrotron X-ray radiography\, and neutron radiography\, for investigating multiphase transport in PEM fuel cells and electrolyzers. \nBiography: Prof. Aimy Bazylak is the Canada Research Chair in Thermofluidics for Clean Energy; Director of the University of Toronto Institute for Sustainable Energy; and an Associate Professor in Mechanical & Industrial Engineering. Her research is focused on studying microscale and nanoscale materials for tailored heat and mass transport for clean electrochemical energy conversion technologies. In 2014 she became a Fellow of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering\, and she was recognized as an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow in Germany in 2015.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/technical-seminar-pem-fuel-cells-and-electrolyzers-for-clean-energy/
LOCATION:Peter Bronfman Learning Centre\, 7th Floor\, Heaslip House\, Ryerson University 297 Victoria Street\, Toronto
CATEGORIES:Power & Energy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20171127T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20171127T180000
DTSTAMP:20260424T040756
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SUMMARY:Hatching A Tech Startup
DESCRIPTION:Tech startups have special challenges. Founders need to keep an eye on technology disruption\, they have to find\, recruit and keep the best talent\, and they have to stay ahead of their competition. In the early stages there are no funds and never enough resources or time. In spite of this tech startup founders find a way to stand up their first product and land their first customers. \nJoin us for an afternoon with tech startup founders Melinda Jacobs\, Cofounder\, Lucent Sky\, Maria Karam\, Founder\, Tactile Audio Displays Inc and the Inventor’s Nest\, and Eddy Song Fonder of Inlighten Co as they share their own stories of the early stages of their businesses. \nCome and hear how they do it and how they turn their ideas into products customers want. \nDay & Time: Monday November 27th\, 2017\n3:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. \nSpeakers: Melinda Jacobs\, Cofounder\, Lucent Sky\nDr. Maria Karam\, Founder\, Tactile Audio Displays Inc & Inventor’s Nest\nEddy Song\, Founder\, Inlighten Co. \nLocation: Room: ENG 288\, George Vari Centre for Computing and Engineering\n245 Church Street\nToronto\, Ontario M5B 2K3 \nRVSP: https://www.meetup.com/Get-Your-Bot-On-Robotics-Hackathon/events/245069438/ \nContact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour \nOrganizer: Get Your Bot On!\, WIE IEEE Toronto\, Instrumentation-Measurement/Robotics-Automation\, Magnetics\, and Computer Science Department of Ryerson University. \nAgenda: 3:30 p.m. – Doors Open and Networking\n4:00 p.m. – Welcome and Speakers\n4:50 p.m. – Panel and Q&A\n5:30 p.m. – Closing Remarks\n6:00 p.m. – Close \nBiography: Melinda Jacobs is cofounder of Lucent Sky\, an application security vendor based in San Francisco and Taipei. Originally from Fredericton\, Melinda studied as a Loran Scholar at the University of Toronto and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the University of Toronto Alumni Association (UTAA). Last year Melinda presented a keynote at the Lean Startup conference in San Francisco and is a frequent presenter on social entrepreneurship\, security and risk. She was recently named a Senior Fellow of the Canadian International Council and now resides in Toronto. \nDr. Karam is the inventor and President of Tactile Audio Displays inc.\, and a Senior visiting research fellow at Kings College London UK. Dr. Karam’s specializes in the research and development of tactile communication systems and multi sensory technology integration in luxury autonomous vehicles\, accessibility\, and immersive entertainment environments. Maria is also the founder of the Inventors Nest\, a new innovation and collaboration hub for artists\, scientists\, and techies. (please shorten or select the parts you think are relevant). I have also been a member of the IEEE since 2005. \nEddy Song is the founder of Inlighten Co. Inlighten makes fashionable clothing from fibre optic textiles. Their first products are popular with the EDM community.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/hatching-a-tech-startup/
LOCATION:Room: ENG 288\, George Vari Centre for Computing and Engineering
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Magnetics,Women in Engineering
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20171127T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20171127T170000
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SUMMARY:System of Systems Engineering – Systems Analysis and Policy Optimization
DESCRIPTION:Monday November 27\, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. Kyarash Shahriari will be presenting “System of Systems Engineering – Systems Analysis and Policy Optimization”. \nDay & Time: Monday November 27\, 2017\n3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. \nSpeaker: Kyarash Shahriari \nLocation: Room ENG 210\nGeorge Vari Engineering and Computing Centre\n245 Church Street\, Toronto\, ON M5B 1Z4 \nContact: Mehrdad Tirandazian \nOrganizers: IEEE Toronto Systems Chapter\, IEEE Toronto Aerospace & Electronic Systems Chapter \nAbstract: The new social/economical/environmental context we are living in necessitates ever-increasing complex and collaborative systems. This has given birth to a new category of systems called System of Systems (SoS). SoS is a collection of interconnected complex systems each of which are independent in structure and governance\, occasionally competitors in their activities\, but collaborate together\, by force or in a volunteer basis\, to achieve specific objectives and to look for emergent properties which are not otherwise achievable. Examples of the SoS are System of financial institutions in a country; a regional electrical grid including distributed power generators operating together in an open energy market; or transportation network in provincial\, federal\, or international level. Treating the previously known complex systems in SoS context implies new modeling\, simulation\, and analysis engineering tools together with new optimization methodologies. The main benefits\, especially for policy makers and authorities\, would then be the simplicity of analysis and adjustments of policies which results in costs reduction for both authorities and stakeholders. In this talk we review the concept of SoS\, the differences between SoS and previously known complex systems\, and the state of the engineering tools for these systems. \nBiography: Kyarash received his B.Sc.’2000 in Electronics Engineering\, and MSc’2003 and PhD’2007 in Control Systems Engineering respectively from Institute National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG) and Universite Joseph Fourier\, Grenoble\, France. He started his professional career with Atkins Rail\, London\, UK\, as Systems Research Engineer where he worked on developing integrated system-oriented frameworks for Safety\, Security\, and Sustainability Analysis. After moving to Canada in 2008\, he joined LACM laboratory\, Laval University\, as research fellow and Centre de recherche industrielle du Quebec (CRIQ)\, Quebec City\, a year after\, as Research Officer with the main focus on Complex Dynamic Systems Control\, System of Systems Engineering\, Energy Efficiency and Continuous Improvement in energy intensive industries. To accept new challenges\, Kyarash moved to aerospace industry in 2013 and joined Aversan Inc. / Honeywell Aerospace as Control Systems Design Engineer where he work on Environmental Control Systems (ECS) in aircrafts. \nKyarash is a Senior Member of the IEEE\, he was the founder chair of Young Professional Affinity Group\, Quebec City Section\, and is currently holding Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AESS) chapter chair\, Toronto Section. He is also registered professional engineer in Quebec and in Ontario Provinces. \nKyarash’s main field or interests are System of Systems\, Advanced Control Systems\, and Energy Efficiency.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/system-of-systems-engineering-systems-analysis-and-policy-optimization/
LOCATION:Room ENG 210\, 245 Church Street\, Toronto\, ON M5B 2K3
CATEGORIES:Aerospace & Electronic Systems,Systems
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20171127T113000
DTSTAMP:20260424T040756
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SUMMARY:Why Deep Learning Works So Well?
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, November 27th at 10:30 a.m.\, Prof. C.-C. Jay Kuo\, Fellow of IEEE and Dean’s Professor in Electrical Engineering-Systems\, University of Southern California\, will be presenting “Why Deep Learning Works So Well?”. \nDay & Time: Monday\, November 27\, 2017\n10:30 a.m. ‐ 11:30 a.m. \nSpeaker: Prof. C.-C. Jay Kuo\, Fellow of IEEE\, AAAS\, SPIE\nDean’s Professor in Electrical Engineering-Systems\, University of Southern California \nLocation: Room ENG 358\nGeorge Vari Engineering Building (Intersection of Church & Gould)\nRyerson University\n245 Church St\, Toronto\, M5B 1Z4 \nContact: Xiao-Ping Zhang\, Alireza Sadeghian\, Alex Dela Cruz \nOrganizer: Electrical and Computer Engineering and CASPAL Ryerson\nSignals & Computational Intelligence Chapter \nAbstract: Deep learning networks\, including convolution and recurrent neural networks (CNN and RNN)\, provide a powerful tool for image\, video and speech processing and understanding nowadays. However\, their superior performance has not been well understood. In this talk\, I will unveil the myth of the superior performance of CNNs. To begin with\, I will describe network architectural evolution in three generations: first\, the McClulloch and Pitts (M-P) neuron model and simple networks (1940-1980); second\, the artificial neural network (ANN) (1980-2000); and\, third\, the modern CNN (2000-Present). The differences between these three generations will be clearly explained. Next\, theoretical foundations of CNNs have been studied from the approximation\, the optimization and the signal representation viewpoints\, and I will present main results from the signal processing viewpoints. I will use an intuitive way to explain the complicated operations of the CNN systems. \nBiography: Dr. C.-C. Jay Kuo received his Ph.D. degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1987. He is now with the University of Southern California (USC) as Director of the Media Communications Laboratory and Dean’s Professor in Electrical Engineering-Systems. His research interests are in the areas of digital media processing\, compression\, communication and networking technologies. Dr. Kuo was the Editor-in-Chief for the IEEE Trans. on Information Forensics and Security in 2012-2014. He was the Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation in 1997-2011\, and served as Editor for 10 other international journals. Dr. Kuo received the 1992 National Science Foundation Young Investigator (NYI) Award\, the 1993 National Science Foundation Presidential Faculty Fellow (PFF) Award\, the 2010 Electronic Imaging Scientist of the Year Award\, the 2010-11 Fulbright-Nokia Distinguished Chair in Information and Communications Technologies\, the 2011 Pan Wen-Yuan Outstanding Research Award\, the 2014 USC Northrop Grumman Excellence in Teaching Award\, the 2016 USC Associates Award for Excellence in Teaching\, the 2016 IEEE Computer Society Taylor L. Booth Education Award\, the 2016 IEEE Circuits and Systems Society John Choma Education Award\, the 2016 IS&T Raymond C. Bowman Award\, and the 2017 IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award. Dr. Kuo is a Fellow of AAAS\, IEEE and SPIE. He has guided 140 students to their Ph.D. degrees and supervised 25 postdoctoral research fellows. Dr. Kuo is a co-author of about 250 journal papers\, 900 conference papers and 14 books.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/why-deep-learning-works-so-well/
LOCATION:Room ENG 358\, 245 Church St\, Toronto\, M5B 1Z4
CATEGORIES:Signals & Computational Intelligence
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20171121T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20171121T180000
DTSTAMP:20260424T040756
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SUMMARY:Data-Driven Care: Enabling Science and Technologies
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, November 21st at 5:00 p.m.\, Dr. Philip Asare\, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Bucknell University\, will be presenting “Data-Driven Care: Enabling Science and Technologies”. \nDay & Time: Tuesday November 21st\, 2017\n5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. \nSpeaker: Dr. Philip Asare\nAssistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering\nSwanson Fellow in Sciences and Engineering\nMulticultural Student Services Faculty Fellow (Fall 2015)\nBucknell University \nLocation: Room ENG-LG 12\nGeorge Vari Engineering Building (Intersection of Church & Gould)\nRyerson University\n245 Church St\, Toronto\, M5B 1Z4 \nContact: Alireza Sadeghian\, Alex Dela Cruz \nOrganizer: Signals & Computational Intelligence Chapter \nAbstract: Recent advances in medical technologies provide an opportunity to collect and use a variety of data to assist in the delivery of care to patients in and out of the clinic. In the clinic\, tools can be developed that provide insights into patient state that were not previously possible. In some cases various actions can be automated to assist clinicians in delivering care. Outside the clinic\, patients can be empowered to manage their own care as they go about their daily lives without being confined to the hospital. Quite a number of impressive technologies have been demonstrated in the research space with a few emerging as commercial projects on the market; however\, there are a number of challenges to overcome in order to realize the full potential of these technological advances. This talk will describe past and on-going work in this area by the speaker and others to ensure that the data are trustworthy\, the tools that depend on the data are robust and safe\, and the technologies are more likely to be adopted by the healthcare ecosystem. These would hopefully lead to the greatest possible impact for patients and their care providers. \nBiography: Philip Asare is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Swanson Fellow in the Sciences and Engineering at Bucknell University\, in Lewisburg\, Pennsylvania\, in the USA. He is currently a Visiting Scholar/Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Ryerson University during his leave from Bucknell for the 2017-18 academic year. His research interests are in the general are of cyber-physical systems with medicine being one of his primary application areas. He was a Scholar-in-Residence at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the 2012-13 academic year working with researchers in the Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories on regulatory approaches for emerging mobile connected medical devices. His work in this area has received a best student paper and best paper award at the Interncation Conference on Body Area Networks (BodyNets). He most recently co-organize the Prototype to Patient Treatment workshop as part of the 2016 Annual Wireless Health Conference through the National Science Foundation Nanosystems Engineering Research Center (NERC) for Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST). Asare is a member of the IEEE and its Computer Society and Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS). He is also a member of the ACM and its Special Interest Group on Embedded Systems (SIGBED).
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/data-driven-care-enabling-science-and-technologies/
LOCATION:Room ENG-LG 12\, George Vari Engineering Building\, Ryerson University
CATEGORIES:Signals & Computational Intelligence
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20171121T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20171121T150000
DTSTAMP:20260424T040756
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SUMMARY:ComSoc Tutorial: “Cooperative Self-Driving Vehicles”
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, November 21st at 1:00 p.m.\, Shahrokh Valaee\, Professor in the Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto\, will be presenting “ComSoc Tutorial: Cooperative Self-Driving Vehicles”. \nDay & Time: Tuesday\, November 21\, 2017\n1:00 p.m. ‐ 3:00 p.m. \nSpeaker: Shahrokh Valaee\nProfessor\, Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering\, University of Toronto \nLocation: Room SF (B560) Basement\nSandford Fleming Building\n10 King’s College Road\, Toronto\, M5S 3G8 \nContact: Eman Hammad \nOrganizer: Communications Society \nAbstract: We are witnessing the emergence of autonomous Vehicles\, which intend to be an assistant to\, or completely replace the driver. Unfortunately\, we also notice accidents that such self-driving vehicles are involved in. Engineers wonder whether autonomous driving can provide a safe driving experience. In this talk\, we will show that autonomous driving will indeed be the start of a new chapter for automobiles that will pave the path for the more advanced Connected Car technology. Autonomous vehicles use advance sensing to enhance safe driving. However\, sensing quickly loses its effectiveness in high speeds\, severe weather conditions\, and non-line-of-sight. In a recent tragedy\, a Tesla car could not detect a truck and crashed into it resulting in fatal accident. Most of such accidents can be prevented if wireless communication and networking is available for vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communication. But\, what is the most appropriate communication technology that can be used in cars and also be attractive for future buyers? In this talk\, we will review the techniques and challenges for cooperative communication in Connected Vehicles. We will discuss the IEEE1609 and IEEE802.11p suite of standards\, and C-V2X. The talk will discuss the shortcoming of these technologies in addressing the most challenging problem of interference management in vehicular communication. We will show how the concept of pseudo-orthogonality\, network coding and compressive sensing can reduce congestion on the wireless channel. \nBiography: Shahrokh Valaee is a Professor in the Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto. He is the founder and the Director of the Wireless and Internet Research Laboratory (WIRLab) at the University of Toronto. Professor Valaee is the Lead TPC Chair of PIMRC 2017\, and has served as Networks Track Co-Chair of WCNC 2015\, TPC Co-Chair of ICT 2014\, Tutorial Chair of PIMRC2014\, Co-Chair of the Wireless Networks Track of WPMC 2012\, and the TPC chair of PIMRC 2011\, among other conference chairing activities. He has served as an Editor of IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications\, and IEEE Signal Processing Letters\, and as a guest editor for several journals including IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine\, Wiley Journal on Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing\, and EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing. He is currently serving as an Editor of Journal of Computer and System Science and the Area Editor of Localization and Location Based Services of Springer Encyclopedia of Wireless Networks. Professor Valaee is a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada. His research includes\, vehicular networks\, localization and tracking\, and cellular systems.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/comsoc-tutorial-cooperative-self-driving-vehicles/
LOCATION:Room SF (B560)\, 10 King’s College Road\, Toronto\, M5S 3G8
CATEGORIES:Communications
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20171116T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20171116T170000
DTSTAMP:20260424T040756
CREATED:20210430T012926Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T215619Z
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SUMMARY:ComSoc Technical Seminar: Through-the-Earth Mine Communications Theory & Practice
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, November 16th at 4:00 p.m. Ekaterina Korolkova\, senior teacher in the Siberian Federal University in the Department of Radio Electronics\, will be presenting “ComSoc Technical Seminar: Through-the-Earth Mine Communications Theory & Practice”. \nDay & Time: Thursday\, November 16th\, 2017\n4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. \nSpeaker: Ekaterina Korolkova\nSenior Teacher\, Department of Radio Electronics\, Siberian Federal University\nLead Engineer in Research and Manufacturing Company “Iridium” (Russian Federation) \nLocation: Room ENG 460\, Ryerson University\n245 Church St\, Toronto\, ON M5B 1Z4 \nContact: Eman Hammad \nOrganizer: IEEE Toronto Communication Society \nAbstract: Safety is an important factor in the mining industry. Through-The-Earth technology can provide communication both in everyday usage and in a case of emergency. Developing the TTE communication systems raises a lot of questions about main system specifications such as a transmitting frequency\, current and antenna geometry. This talk is about TTE system experiment in the Republic of Kazakhstan (“Irtishskaya mine”)\, researches in finding appropriate system specifications and antenna geometry\, and finally the implementation of designed system in October 2017. Also we will speak about some propagation difficulties in the real mine and some engineering difficulties connected with mine electromagnetic environment. \nIn this talk we will represent experimental and numerical modeling results. We compare widely used loop antenna and grounded dipole antenna. One of the most interesting novel results is the influence of the antenna grounding depth to the signal level in the mine. \nBiography: Ekaterina Korolkova is a senior teacher in the Siberian Federal University in the Department of Radio electronics teaching “Power supply of electrical systems”\, “Networks and radio systems and information protection” and “Computer networks and Internet technologies”. Also she is a lead engineer in Research and Manufacturing Company “Iridium” which is designing radio electronics and doing research works in the field of seismic prospecting and seismic communications. She graduated from Irkutsk state university of railways in 2011 and for 5 years has been working in JSC “Russian Railways” projecting different telecommunication systems for the railways. In 2011-2015 completed Postgraduate studies in the field of system analysis\, management and information processing. In 2013 had a title of “Engineer of a year 2013” nomination in “Youth engineering”. Now she is working on the designing the TTE mine communication system which in October 2017 was successfully implemented in the Republic of Kazakhstan in the mine “Irtishskiy”. Ekaterina’s research interests are in areas of mine and cell communication systems\, radio electronics\, signal propagation and through-the-earth communication systems.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/comsoc-technical-seminar-through-the-earth-mine-communications-theory-practice/
LOCATION:Room ENG 460\, Ryerson University\, 245 Church St\, Toronto\, ON M5B 1Z4
CATEGORIES:Communications
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20171115T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20171115T130000
DTSTAMP:20260424T040756
CREATED:20210430T012925Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T215603Z
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SUMMARY:Global\, Regional and Local Impacts of Climate Change – A European Union Perspective
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Tsanis\, Full Professor in the School of Environmental Engineering at the Technical University of Crete\, will be presenting “Global\, Regional and Local Impacts of Climate Change – A European Union Perspective”. \nDay & Time: Wednesday November 15th\, 2017\n12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. \nSpeaker: Dr. Tsanis\nFull Professor\, School of Environmental Engineering\, Technical University of Crete (TUC)\, Greece\nDirector\, Water Resources Management and Coastal Engineering Laboratory\, TUC\nAssociate Member\, Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS)\nProfessor Emeritus\, Department of Civil Engineering\, McMaster University \nLocation: Conference Room at the Centre for Urban Energy\n147 Dalhousie St\nToronto\, ON M5B 2R2 \nContact: Omid Alizadeh \nOrganizer: Power & Energy Chapter \nAbstract: Following an introduction on European Union (EU) climate change projects and possibilities of international research collaboration\, this presentation will focus on climate change impact assessment applications at global\, regional (EU) and local scale (island of Crete). Climate change impacts on water resources (supply-demand)\, hydrometeorological extremes (floods and droughts) and on various sectors such as tourism\, cities and energy (PV) will be presented. Climate change impact assessment models can ensure that a wide range of important factors are taken into consideration in improving the engineering practices and plannings\, also from an energy perspective. \nBiography: Dr. Tsanis is a Full Professor in the School of Environmental Engineering at the Technical University of Crete (TUC)\, Greece\, a Director of the Water Resources Management and Coastal Engineering Laboratory at TUC\, an Associate Member of Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS) and a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Civil Engineering at McMaster University. \nDr. Tsanis is a graduate of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki\, Greece (Dipl. Civ. Eng.) and University of Toronto (M.A.Sc. and Ph.D.\, Civil Engineering). After receiving his Ph.D. he worked as a NSERC Visiting Fellow in the National Water Research Institute (NWRI) in Burlington and as a University Research Fellow and Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at McMaster University. \nDr. Tsanis is currently participating in several international research projects (NSERC\, FP7 & H2020\, ESA\, EEA) studying the impact of climate change on extreme events (droughts and floods)\, ecosystem tipping points\, agriculture\, cities\, tourism\, energy and climate change adaptation and governance in water management and forecasting of hydrometeorological extremes that produce floods with radar and satellite remote sensing and lightning activity.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/global-regional-and-local-impacts-of-climate-change-a-european-union-perspective/
LOCATION:Conference Room\, Centre for Urban Energy\, 147 Dalhousie St\, Toronto\, ON M5B 2R2
CATEGORIES:Power & Energy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20171113T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20171113T170000
DTSTAMP:20260424T040756
CREATED:20210430T012925Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T215543Z
UID:10000158-1510588800-1510592400@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Overview of Blockchain Technology
DESCRIPTION:Omid Sadeghi\, serial entrepreneur and technology advisor\, will be presenting “Overview of Blockchain Technology”. \nDay & Time: Monday November 13th\, 2017\n4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. \nSpeaker: Omid Sadeghi\nDirector of BlockchainHub at York University \nLocation: Room: ENG 288\, George Vari Centre for Computing and Engineering\n245 Church Street\nToronto\, Ontario M5B 2K3 \nContact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour \nOrganizer: WIE IEEE Toronto\, Instrumentation-Measurement/Robotics-Automation\, Magnetics\, and Computer Science Department of Ryerson University. \nAbstract: Blockchain protocol and technology are said by many to be among the greatest accomplishments of human intellect since the Internet. Blockchain is the software technology underlying what is commonly known as Bitcoin\, however\, the technology is not exclusive to Bitcoin. Swarms of innovators are working feverishly to design and deploy new business platforms that incorporate blockchain technology. \nIn this session\, we learn about the concepts of cryptocurrency and blockchain\, what are the potential for this technology and when a blockchain solution would be applicable to an enterprise. \nBiography: Omid Sadeghi is a serial entrepreneur and technology advisor with domain expertise in commercialization and developing customer-centric products. Omid holds an undergraduate degree in Design Engineering and an MBA degree from Schulich School of business (Winner of more than $40\,000 student awards). \nHe is the director of BlockchainHub at York University to connect Research\, education\, and commercialization in Blockchain space. BlockchainHub currently run numerous educational programs and run various projects including setting up a state of the art Blockchain-based certification system for York University. \nOmid is active in building and supporting technology and engineering communities\, especially in Toronto. He is on the advisory board of different blockchain initiatives and a board member of Professional Engineers of Ontario-ETC.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/overview-of-blockchain-technology/
LOCATION:Room: ENG 288\, George Vari Centre for Computing and Engineering
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Magnetics,Women in Engineering
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20171113T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20171113T170000
DTSTAMP:20260424T040756
CREATED:20210430T012925Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T215525Z
UID:10000156-1510585200-1510592400@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Fingerprints of Black-Box Optimization in Science and Engineering
DESCRIPTION:Monday November 13\, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. Dr. Shahryar Rahnamayan will be presenting “Fingerprints of Black-Box Optimization in Science and Engineering”. \nDay & Time: Monday November 13\, 2017\n3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. \nSpeaker: Dr. Shahryar Rahnamayan \nLocation: Room ENG 210\nGeorge Vari Engineering and Computing Centre\n245 Church Street\, Toronto\, ON M5B 1Z4 \nContact: Mehrdad Tirandazian \nOrganizers: IEEE Toronto Systems Chapter \nAbstract: In this research seminar\, the speaker will discuss his recent optimization research works and accomplishments\, categorized in the following two main groups of contributions: theoretical/developmental and practical. The first group will cover his contributions in large-scale optimization\, opposition-based computation\, many-objective optimization\, image-based large-scale visualization and interaction\, incremental cooperative coevolution\, micro-differential evolution\, 3D visualization of many-objective Pareto-front\, innovation\, preserving constraint handling\, decision making in high-dimensional objective space\, and multi-modal optimization. In the practical category\, the speaker will explain several real-world applications to demonstrate contributions of optimization in medical image processing\, renewable energy systems\, forensic science\, vibration\, scheduling\, and wireless sensors network. In this talk\, the essential role of complex black-box optimization in since and engineering will be highlighted. This seminar would be beneficial for faculty members and students who conduct “research in optimization” or “optimization in research”. \nBiography: Dr. Shahryar Rahnamayan received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees both with honors in software engineering. In 2007\, he received his Ph.D. degree in the field of evolutionary computation from the University of Waterloo (UW)\, Canada. Since 2008\, he is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical\, Computer\, and Software Engineering\, University of Ontario Institute of Technology. He is a faculty member of the BEACON Center (an NSF center for study of evolution in action) since 2014; and also adjunct professor at the Systems Design Engineering\, University of Waterloo\, since 2009. Dr. Rahnamayan was a postdoctoral fellow at the School of Engineering\, Simon Fraser University\, in 2008. His research is mainly focused on evolutionary computation and its real-world applications. Dr. Rahnamayan has 139 peer-reviewed publications mostly in evolutionary optimization areas\, which received 3700 citations (h-index: 24); one of his high-impact journal papers in optimization ranked 23rd out of 194\,000 in term of number of citations\, 2008-2017. Dr. Rahnamayan co-founded Segasist Technologies Inc.\, which develops segmentation solutions for medical image analysis and radiation planning; the company raised over $2M and secured the FDA approval. Dr. Rahnamayan has been awarded several prestigious research grants\, including\, NSERC Discovery Grant and Applied Research and Commercialization Initiative Fund. He recently conducted research as a visiting associate professor at Michigan State University (MI\, USA) for two years (2014-2016). Dr. Rahnamayan is an active reviewer for more than thirty international conference and journal papers. He has been awarded the UOIT Research Excellence Award in 2017.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/fingerprints-of-black-box-optimization-in-science-and-engineering/
LOCATION:Room ENG 210\, George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre\, 245 Church Street\, Toronto\, ON M5B 2K3
CATEGORIES:Systems
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20171107T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20171107T210000
DTSTAMP:20260424T040756
CREATED:20210430T012924Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T215506Z
UID:10000154-1510079400-1510088400@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Women in Robotics: Roboticist Dr. AJung Moon\, Open Roboethics Institute
DESCRIPTION:Join us on November 7 to hear about the work of Dr. AJung Moon\, founder and CEO of Generation R\, and founder and Director of the Open Roboethics Institute (ORI). Dr. Moon has been speaking and advising internationally on roboethics issues since 2012. Her company\, Generation R is the first consulting firm in the world to deliver ethics assessments of predictive algorithms for today’s businesses. \nCome and hear about her experiences working with the private sector\, helping them assess their ethical risk as they implement these advanced technologies. \nDay & Time: Tuesday\, November 7th\, 2017\n6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. \nSpeaker: Dr. AJung Moon\nFounder and CEO of Generation R\nFounder and Director of the Open Roboethics Institute (ORI) \nLocation: Normative (2nd Floor)\n91 Oxford Street\, Toronto\, ON \nRVSP: https://www.meetup.com/Get-Your-Bot-On-Robotics-Hackathon/events/244379955/?_cookie-check=httj7lc1eoP6sV0S \nContact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour \nOrganizer: IEEE Women in Engineering\, Instrumentation/Robotics\, Get Your Bot On! and more. \nAbstract: Ethics is increasingly becoming a buzz word in AI and robotics. Machine learning algorithms and robotics systems have been developed and used for years\, but never before has the discussion about ethics of the technologies been getting so much attention. What is all this AI ethics and roboethics discussion all about? What ethical risks do you and your organization end up (often unknowingly) taking on as you increasingly implement machine autonomy into your organization? Most importantly\, what can you do about them? Small and large companies today are struggling to innovate their operations with data-driven\, predictive algorithms without the full understanding of what undesirable effects these algorithms can have on their organization and our society. As applications of robotics extend to areas outside of industrial environments\, roboticists are increasingly noticing the importance for designers and policy makers to address the question of “What should a robot do?” It turns out that discussions about ethics becomes quite sexy when mixed with autonomous\, intelligent technologies. \nDr. Moon will share relevant studies and examples (from right here in Canada!) to paint a broad landscape of the fascinating world of AI ethics and roboethics. \nNote: Dr. Moon will also give an academic talk at the University of Toronto Institute for Robotics and Mechatronics on Nov 7 at 5pm where she will present technical and non-technical approaches to integrating ethics in the design of technological systems. \nAgenda:\n6:30 pm – Networking\n7:00 pm – Speaker and Q & A\n8:00 pm – Networking\n9:00 pm – Close \nBiography: Dr. AJung Moon is a roboticist on a mission to make ethics a core part of AI and robotics technologies. She is a founder and CEO of Generation R\, the first consulting firm in the world to deliver ethics assessment of predictive algorithms for today’s businesses. She is also a founder and Director of the Open Roboethics Institute (ORI)\, an international think tank that has been spearheading open discussions on roboethics topics since 2012. She holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering (Vanier Scholar) from the University of British Columbia with a specialization in the design of human-inspired interactive robot behaviours and roboethics. \nShe advises numerous national and international organizations on ethical and societal implications of AI and robotics\, including the OECD\, ICRC\, and the United Nations Convention on Conventional Weapons. She serves on the Executive Committee of The IEEE Global Initiative for Ethical Considerations in AI and Autonomous Systems and served as a founder and co-chair of the IEEE Global Initiative’s committee on embedding values into autonomous intelligent systems. She is a co-chair of the Canadian Robotics Strategy\, and a panelist of the International Panel on the Regulation of Autonomous Weapons (IPRAW). Now she is excited to be on the program committee of the new\, AAAI/ACM Conference on AI\, Ethics\, and Society.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/women-in-robotics-roboticist-dr-ajung-moon-open-roboethics-institute/
LOCATION:Normative (2nd Floor)\, 91 Oxford Street\, Toronto\, ON
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Women in Engineering
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20171106T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20171106T210000
DTSTAMP:20260424T040756
CREATED:20210430T012924Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T215438Z
UID:10000152-1509991200-1510002000@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Energy Poverty and Sustainable Solar
DESCRIPTION:Monday November 6\, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. Lisa Oelke and Tanya Deer from Solar Majengo will be presenting “Energy Poverty and Sustainable Solar”. \nDay & Time: Monday November 6\, 2017\n6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. \nSpeaker: Lisa Oelke\nSolar Majengo in Lights & Electricity Program Manager\nFormer Manager Marketing and Business Development hb Solar Canada\nCurrently Regional Sales Manager for Almita Piling \nTanya Deer\nPresident of Relsol Inc.\nTechnical Project Manager for Solar Majengo in Lights & Electricity \nLocation: Room 202\, Galbraith Building\n35 St George St\, Toronto \nContact: Vasily Grigorovsky \nOrganizers: IEEE Toronto Young Professionals \nRegister: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/47693 \nAbstract: This talk illustrates a model for creating sustainable energy projects in developing countries\, utilizing the presenter’s recent experience with an off-grid solar installation in Africa. \nMajengo Children’s Home\, Tanzania\, East Africa is the site of a 6.25 kilowatt off-grid rooftop solar system. \nThe presenters will draw on their experience of designing a solar system for sub-Saharan Africa to supply the electrical load requirements for 85 orphaned children and 20 staff. They will touch on the 2.5-year process of raising the funds\, sourcing a partner in Tanzania to supply the components\, and maximizing local involvement. \nThe financing model used for this project will be explored in addition to the methods currently being used in other projects to enhance sustainable solar projects in communities at risk in both the developing world and within our own Indigenous communities. \nBiography: Ms. Oelke brings international experience in her present role as Manager Marketing and Business Development for hb solar Canada having lived in Canada\, France and Jamaica and travelled extensively throughout her career. Her work with at risk teens in Jamaica W.I. in 2004 and volunteering with the Majengo Children’s Home\, Tanzania in 2013\, were the inspiration for the Solar Majengo project. Ms. Oelke is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario. This is her eighth year in the solar industry. In August she will travel to Iqaluit to do research in identifying a future not for profit solar project in Nunavut. \nHaving established the first photovoltaic certification lab in Canada\, Ms. Deer is a veteran of the solar industry\, with experience spanning from testing products to qualifying solar systems of various sizes. Ms. Deer was responsible for the technical aspects of the Majengo Children’s Home Off-grid PV System\, including interacting with suppliers and on-site personnel for the design\, component sourcing\, and installation of the off-grid system. She is heavily involved with standards development to increase the reliability of PV systems\, including those for off-grid and rural applications.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/energy-poverty-and-sustainable-solar/
LOCATION:Room 202\, Galbraith Building\, 35 St George St\, Toronto.
CATEGORIES:Young Professionals
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20171102T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20171102T113000
DTSTAMP:20260424T040756
CREATED:20210430T012924Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T215422Z
UID:10000150-1509615000-1509622200@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Manufacturing Facility Tour of SIEMENS RuggedCom in Vaughan
DESCRIPTION:IEEE Toronto and SIEMENS Canada are proud to present a manufacturing facility tour of SIEMENS RuggedCom in Vaughan. \nDay & Time: Thursday\, November 2\, 2017\n9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. \nLocation: 300 Applewood Crescent\, Vaughan\nON L4K 4E5\, Canada \nContact: Omid Alizadeh \nOrganizers: IEEE Toronto’s Siemens and Industry Relations Committees and Power & Energy Chapter. \nRVSP: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/47702\n* Please register to reserve your spot and ensure to include your affiliation in the ‘Special Request’ box. \nCost: No charge! \nAbstract: RuggedCom designs and manufactures rugged communications networks for mission critical applications in harsh environments. RuggedCom is a “Center of Excellence” for Industrial Switches and Routers for harsh environments and critical infrastructure (based on IEC61850). Our products perform reliably in virtually all types of mission-critical networks – in substation automation\, self-healing power grids and “smart grid” systems\, in intelligent transportation systems for traffic management and railway control systems\, as well as in process control and manufacturing automation systems used across multiple industrial sectors. \nIEEE Toronto’s Industry Relations Committee and Power & Energy Chapter would like to thank Siemens RuggedCom for hosting this very successful tour and their amazing hospitality.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/manufacturing-facility-tour-of-siemens-ruggedcom-in-vaughan/
LOCATION:300 Applewood Crescent\, Vaughan\, ON L4K\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Power & Energy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20171026T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20171026T193000
DTSTAMP:20260424T040756
CREATED:20210430T012924Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T215341Z
UID:10000148-1509039000-1509046200@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:History of Technological Innovation: The First Revolution in Information Technology
DESCRIPTION:Thursday October 26\, 2017 at 5:30 p.m. Ken Bousfield\, Partner at Bereskin & Parr LLP\, will be presenting “History of Technological Innovation: The First Revolution in Information Technology”. \nDay & Time: Thursday October 26\, 2017\n5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. \nSpeaker: Ken Bousfield\, B.A.Sc.\, LL.B\nPartner at Bereskin & Parr LLP \nLocation: Sidney Smith Hall\, Room 1074\nUniversity of Toronto\n100 St. George Street\, Toronto\, M5S 3G3 \nContact: Emanuel Istrate \nOrganizers: IEEE Toronto Engineering and Human Environment Chapter in collaboration with the Impact Centre at the University of Toronto \nAbstract: Using the invention of the printing press as a starting point\, this fast-paced presentation traces technological developments in the spread of information\, and the larger economic consequences flowing from that development. \nMore than five hundred years ago\, an inventor in the information technology sector saw a business opportunity in an unmet economic need. The IT start-up he founded became an agent of profound change. The obstacles encountered by the inventor continue to face IT start-up ventures today. \nThe rapid spread of printing transformed the process of accumulation\, organisation\, preservation and dissemination of knowledge. It had\, and still has\, effects on every field of human endeavour\, whether in commerce\, education\, science and engineering\, or arts and literature. This presentation discusses the pre-existing technology\, the change in technology\, the further changes driven by the original innovation\, and the effects of that technological change. \nJoin us for an entertaining\, thought-provoking presentation that identifies important lessons for innovation in a knowledge-based society. \nBiography: Ken Bousfield\, P.Eng.\, LL.B (Toronto); B.A. Sc. (Mech. Eng.\, Waterloo) is a partner at Bereskin & Parr\, a firm specializing in Intellectual Property Law. He has been a patent lawyer for 23 years. He has had a life-long interest in the history of technological innovation.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/history-of-technological-innovation-the-first-revolution-in-information-technology/
LOCATION:Sidney Smith Hall\, Room 1074\, 100 St. George Street\, Toronto\, M5S 3G3
CATEGORIES:Engineering & Human Environment
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20171021T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20171021T220000
DTSTAMP:20260424T040756
CREATED:20210430T012923Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T215311Z
UID:10000144-1508610600-1508623200@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:IEEE Toronto Section Annual General Meeting 2017
DESCRIPTION:All members\, along with their guest\, are invited to attend the IEEE Toronto Section Annual General Meeting (AGM). The AGM is an occasion to celebrate the achievements of the Toronto Section\, made possible by its dedicated volunteers and members. \nThis year\, the AGM will also include elections for a new set of Section Officers\, to serve in 2018 – 2019. \nDate: Saturday\, October 21\, 2017\nTime: 6:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. \nRVSP: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/47392 \nCost: Life members (inc. one guest): $50.00 CAD. Other members (inc. one guest): $70.00 CAD.\nContact our section secretary\, Ali Nabavi for details. \nLocation: 21 Old Mill Rd\, Toronto\, ON\, Canada\nBuilding: Brûlé C \nPlease notice the following:\n• Dress code is Elegant Casual.\n• Seats are limited; RSVP is mandatory. \nWe look forward to seeing you all on October 21\, 2017!
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/ieee-toronto-section-annual-general-meeting-2017/
LOCATION:21 Old Mill Rd\, Toronto\, ON\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20171021T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20171022T160000
DTSTAMP:20260424T040756
CREATED:20210430T012923Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T215253Z
UID:10000146-1508580000-1508688000@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Cyber Security of the Digital Substation: Hands-on Training
DESCRIPTION:IEEE Toronto Industrial Relationships\, Communication Society chapter and University of Toronto Electrical Engineering Department are excited to invite all interested to a two-days hands-on workshop on: \nCyber Security of the Digital Substation: Hands-on Training\nFacilitated by Steel McCreery\, Integration Application Specialist II Communications\, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories \nDay & Time: Saturday & Sunday\, October 21-22\, 2017\n4-hour workshop (10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.) on Saturday\n6-hour workshop (9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.) on Sunday \nLocation: Room BA 7180\nBahen Centre for Information Technology\n40 St George St\, Toronto\, ON M5S 2E4 \nCost: $10.00 + Tax (event is of limited capacity to 24 seats because of equipment limitations).\nRegister at https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/47504. \nRequirements: Participants should bring their own laptop that has a 10/100 Base T Ethernet port and have administrator rights for their computer to configure the Ethernet port IP address. \nWorkshop Agenda: Saturday Oct. 21 (10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.) – Ethernet Fundamentals\nThis four hour session will focus on the practical aspects of implementing Ethernet-based LANs within the substation.\nTopics include:\n– OSI model\n– Ethernet media and topologies commonly used within substations\n– Ethernet hub operation and CSMA/CD\n– Switch learning and operation\n– SEL-2730M Managed 24-Port Ethernet Switch hardware overview and ordering options\n– Hands-on lab exercises using the SEL-2730M Switches include:\n– Login and account management\n– Configuration of QoS (VLANs and priority)\n– Configuration and testing of Rapid Spanning Tree protocol (RSTP)\n– Time permitting the class will have a brief overview of the routing process: ( IPv4 addressing \, DHCP \, DNS\, ARP\, routing process) \nSunday Oct. 22 (9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.) – Cyber security\nIn this session\, participants will:\n– Discover that sensible cybersecurity is not difficult.\n– Learn how to set up a virtual private network (VPN) to provide confidential communications and maintain data integrity.\n– Understand the importance of authentication.\n– Configure firewall rules to prevent malicious traffic from entering or exiting private networks to protect cyber assets.\n– Understand the role of syslog to report and collect device events.\n– Learn the methods to secure both Ethernet and wireless communications. \nTrainer Biography: Steel McCreery \nIntegration Application Specialist II Communications with Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories since May 2012. McCreery provides communications and automation applications engineering support to sales\, consultants\, utility and industrial customers in addition to SEL’s internal Engineering Services team. \nProfessional Experience Summary:\n– Professional with thirty three years of applications experience in the areas of data communication\, automation and training.\n– Developed national and international training centres for GE Multilin\, Siemens and Omron.\n– The Sales Applications Engineer for Data Communications\, Automation and Networking products.\n– Extensive experience in the design and commissioning of control systems and communication networks for industrial and electrical power utility applications.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/cyber-security-of-the-digital-substation-hands-on-training/
LOCATION:Room BA 7180\, Bahen Centre for Information Technology\, 40 St George St
CATEGORIES:Communications
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20171012T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20171012T113000
DTSTAMP:20260424T040756
CREATED:20210430T012922Z
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SUMMARY:Industrial Relations and Toronto ComSoc Chapter: Site Visit G&W/Survalent
DESCRIPTION:Note: This event has been rescheduled from the original date. The new day and time is Thursday\, October 12\, 2017. \nIEEE Toronto is thrilled to present a tour of the Manufacturing Facility of G&W Canada and Survalent in Brampton. This event is a joint event between IEEE Toronto Industrial Relations and Toronto ComSoc Chapter. \nDay & Time: Thursday\, October 12\, 2017\n9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. \nLocation: 7965 Heritage Rd\, Brampton\, ON L6Y 0B3 \nContact: Maryam Alsomahi \nOrganizers: Industrial Relations\, Communication Society Chapter \nRVSP: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/47131 \nAbstract: G&W Electric has been a global supplier of electric power equipment since 1905. Our product offerings include overhead and underground distribution switches\, Lazer® Automation solutions\, reclosers\, distribution and transmission cable accessories\, and current limiting system protection devices. Combining cutting-edge design and manufacturing technology with world-class ISO certified quality systems; G&W specializes in custom solutions to meet specific customer requirements. \nSo whether you are searching for cable terminations and joints\, simple manual switching\, automation for smart grid applications\, or the latest in renewable energy solutions\, join G&W for a tour of their SF6 and Solid Dielectric manufacturing process. \nFees & Notes:\n$10 for non-IEEE members and free for IEEE members.\n1. Attendees are required to bring their own safety shoes and glasses. However\, G&W can loan glasses and toe caps for those who don’t have them. For safety purposes\, attendees are not allowed to wear shorts or open shoes.\n2. Please add a note if you are able to drive/carpool or if you need a ride.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/industrial-relations-and-toronto-comsoc-chapter-site-visit-gw-survalent/
LOCATION:7965 Heritage Rd\, Brampton\, ON L6Y 0B3
CATEGORIES:Communications
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20171010T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20171010T170000
DTSTAMP:20260424T040756
CREATED:20210430T012922Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T215133Z
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SUMMARY:Thales Project Arduino Competition
DESCRIPTION:You probably know all about the Arduino open-source electronics prototyping platform already. Maybe you’ve used one before or perhaps you’re just interested in getting your hands on one to see just how innovative you can be. Now’s your chance! \nRegister for the Arduino Workshop and you could soon be exploring the powerful capabilities of Arduino\, with a Thales expert on hand to show you the ropes\, and the chance to win some great prizes including a fitbit altaHR and the opportunity to visit a Thales Research Centre in one of the participating regions. \nDay & Time: Tuesday October 10\, 2017\n12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. \nLocation: Ryerson University\nToronto\, ON \nContact: Maryam Davoudpour \nOrganizers: IEEE Toronto WIE & Instrumentation/Measurement Chapter\, Girls on the Move \nRegister: https://www.thalesarduino.com/arduino
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/thales-project-arduino-competition/
LOCATION:Ryerson University\, Toronto\, ON
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Women in Engineering
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20170927T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20170927T170000
DTSTAMP:20260424T040756
CREATED:20210430T012919Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T214729Z
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SUMMARY:An Introduction to Free-Field Measurements of Wireless Devices in Reverberation Chambers
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday September 27\, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. Dr. Kate A. Remley\, leader of the Metrology for Wireless Systems Group at NIST\, will be presenting “An Introduction to Free-Field Measurements of Wireless Devices in Reverberation Chambers”. \nDay & Time: Wednesday September 27\, 2017\n4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. \nSpeaker: Dr. Kate A. Remley\nMetrology for Wireless Systems Group at NIST \nLocation: University College\n15 King’s College Circle\nToronto\, Ontario\nRoom: 179 \nContact: George V. Eleftheriades \nOrganizers: EM & Radiation Chapter\, IEEE Toronto \nAbstract: When the antenna is integrated into the body of a wireless device\, as it is for cell phones and many other portable devices\, performance testing is typically done under free-field conditions. In this overview presentation\, we will discuss free-field characterization of some key wireless-device parameters by use of reverberation chambers. We will discuss recent research and some of the issues related to the use of these chambers for testing devices that transmit modulated signals. \nBiography: Kate A. Remley (S’92-M’99-SM’06-F’13) was born in Ann Arbor\, MI. She received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Oregon State University\, Corvallis\, in 1999. From 1983 to 1992\, she was a Broadcast Engineer in Eugene\, OR\, serving as Chief Engineer of an AM/FM broadcast station from 1989-1991. In 1999\, she joined the RF Technology Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)\, Boulder\, CO\, as an Electronics Engineer. She is currently the leader of the Metrology for Wireless Systems Group at NIST\, where her research activities include development of calibrated measurements for microwave and millimeter-wave wireless systems\, characterizing the link between nonlinear circuits and system performance\, and developing standardized test methods for RF equipment used by the public-safety community. \nDr. Remley was the recipient of the Department of Commerce Bronze and Silver Medals\, an ARFTG Best Paper Award\, and is a member of the Oregon State University Academy of Distinguished Engineers. She was the Chair of the MTT-11 Technical Committee on Microwave Measurements from 2008 – 2010 and the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Microwave Magazine from 2009 – 2011\, and is the Chair of the MTT Fellow Nominating Committee.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/an-introduction-to-free-field-measurements-of-wireless-devices-in-reverberation-chambers/
LOCATION:University College\, 15 King’s College Circle\, Toronto\, Ontario. Room: 179
CATEGORIES:Electromagnetics & Radiation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20170927T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20170927T130000
DTSTAMP:20260424T040756
CREATED:20210430T012921Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T214617Z
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SUMMARY:Molecular Bringing Precision to Measurements for Millimeter-wave 5G Wireless: Conducted and free-field modulated-signal measurements
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday September 27\, 2017 at 12:00 p.m. Dr. Kate A. Remley from Wireless Systems Group\, NIST\, will be presenting “Molecular Bringing Precision to Measurements for Millimeter-wave 5G Wireless: Conducted and free-field modulated-signal measurements”. \nDay & Time: Wednesday September 27\, 2017\n12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. (Light lunch will be served) \nSpeaker: Dr. Kate A. Remley\nWireless Systems Group\, NIST \nLocation: Room BA 4287\nBahen Centre for Information Technology\n40 St George St\, Toronto\, ON M5S 2E4 \nContact: Arin Minasian \nOrganizers: IEEE Communications Society \nEvent Link: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/47045 \nAbstract: At millimeter-wave frequencies and for wide modulation bandwidths\, the hardware performance of both modulated-signal sources and vector receivers becomes increasingly nonideal. These nonidealities make test and validation of devices\, circuits and systems not only more important\, but also more difficult. This is especially true because future systems will likely push the limits of modulation complexity and bandwidth to increase data throughput. We will discuss calibration and measurement techniques to correct millimeter-wave modulated-signal measurements illustrating that traditional assumptions at microwave frequencies may not be adequate at millimeter-wave frequencies. \nBiography: Kate A. Remley (S’92-M’99-SM’06-F’13) was born in Ann Arbor\, MI. She received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Oregon State University\, Corvallis\, in 1999. From 1983 to 1992\, she was a Broadcast Engineer in Eugene\, OR\, serving as Chief Engineer of an AM/FM broadcast station from 1989-1991. In 1999\, she joined the RF Technology Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)\, Boulder\, CO\, as an Electronics Engineer. She is currently the leader of the Metrology for Wireless Systems Group at NIST\, where her research activities include development of calibrated measurements for microwave and millimeter-wave wireless systems\, characterizing the link between nonlinear circuits and system performance\, and developing standardized test methods for RF equipment used by the public-safety community. \nDr. Remley was the recipient of the Department of Commerce Bronze and Silver Medals\, an ARFTG Best Paper Award\, and is a member of the Oregon State University Academy of Distinguished Engineers. She was the Chair of the MTT-11 Technical Committee on Microwave Measurements from 2008 – 2010 and the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Microwave Magazine from 2009 – 2011\, and is the Chair of the MTT Fellow Nominating Committee.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/molecular-bringing-precision-to-measurements-for-millimeter-wave-5g-wireless-conducted-and-free-field-modulated-signal-measurements/
LOCATION:Room BA 4287\, 40 St George St\, Toronto M5S 2E4
CATEGORIES:Communications
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20170926T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20170926T160000
DTSTAMP:20260424T040756
CREATED:20210430T012921Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T214451Z
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SUMMARY:Molecular Communication in Mobile Systems
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday September 26\, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. Professor Robert Schober\, Institute for Digital Communications\, will be presenting “Molecular Communication in Mobile Systems”. \nDay & Time: Tuesday September 26\, 2017\n3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. \nSpeaker: Professor Robert Schober\nInstitute for Digital Communications\nFriedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg\, Germany \nLocation: Room BA 2165\nBahen Centre for Information Technology\n40 St George St\, Toronto\, ON M5S 2E4 \nContact: Arin Minasian \nOrganizers: IEEE Communications Society \nEvent Link: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/47028 \nAbstract: Molecular communication (MC) is an emerging research area offering many interesting and challenging new research problems for communication engineers\, biologists\, chemists\, and physicists. MC is widely considered to be an attractive option for communication between nanodevices such as (possibly artificial) cells and nanosensors. Possible applications of the resulting nanonetworks include targeted drug delivery\, health monitoring\, environmental monitoring\, and “bottom-up” manufacturing. \nIn this talk\, we give first a brief introduction to MC and nanonetworking. The main focus of the talk is on stochastic channel modelling for mobile MC systems where the transmitter and/or receiver are not fixed but move subject to diffusion and flow. Metrics such as the mean\, autocorrelation function\, and probability density function of the channel impulse response will be investigated and the notion of coherence time in MC is introduced. Subsequently\, the implications of time-variant channels for MC system design are studied\, and corresponding channel estimation and non-coherent detection schemes are developed. The talk concludes with a summary of potential topics for future work. \nBiography: Robert Schober (S’98\, M’01\, SM’08\, F’10) was born in Neuendettelsau\, Germany\, in 1971. He received the Diplom (Univ.) and the Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Friedrich-AlexanderUniversity of Erlangen-Nurnberg (FAU)\, Germany\, in 1997 and 2000\, respectively. From May 2001 to April 2002 he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto\, Canada\, sponsored by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). From 2002-2011\, he was a Professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC)\, Vancouver\, Canada. Since January 2012 he is an Alexander von Humboldt Professor and the Chair for Digital Communication at FAU. His research interests fall into the broad areas of Communication Theory\, Wireless Communications\, and Statistical Signal Processing. \nDr. Schober received several awards for his work including the 2002 Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Award of the German Science Foundation (DFG)\, the 2004 Innovations Award of the Vodafone Foundation for Research in Mobile Communications\, the 2006 UBC Killam Research Prize\, the 2007 Wilhelm Friedrich Bessel Research Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation\, the 2008 Charles McDowell Award for Excellence in Research from UBC\, a 2011 Alexander von Humboldt Professorship\, and a 2012 NSERC E.W.R. Stacie Fellowship. In addition\, he received several best paper awards. Dr. Schober is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada. From 2012-2015 he served as Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Communications. He is currently the Chair of the Steering Committee of the new Communication Society (ComSoc) journal IEEE Transactions on Molecular\, Biological and Multiscale Communication and serves on the Editorial Board of the Proceedings of the IEEE. Furthermore\, he is a Member-at-Large of the Board of Governors and a Distinguished Lecturer of ComSoc.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/molecular-communication-in-mobile-systems/
LOCATION:Room BA 2165\, 40 St George St\, Toronto\, M5S 2E4
CATEGORIES:Communications
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170925
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170929
DTSTAMP:20260424T040756
CREATED:20210430T012920Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T212815Z
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SUMMARY:Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show 2017
DESCRIPTION:September 25-28\, 2017\, the national Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show 2017 offers a diverse mix of live technology on display\, with unrivaled keynotes\, panel discussions and technical sessions. CMTS includes several signature networking events where the industry comes together to connect\, share and celebrate manufacturing. \nDay & Time: September 25-28\, 2017\nSeptember 25: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.\nSeptember 26: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.\nSeptember 27: 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.\nSeptember 28: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. \nLocation: The International Centre\nMississauga (Toronto)\, ON\, Canada \nRegister to Attend: http://cmts.ca/
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/canadian-manufacturing-technology-show-2017-2/
LOCATION:The International Centre\, Mississauga (Toronto)\, ON\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20170914T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20170930T170000
DTSTAMP:20260424T040756
CREATED:20210430T012919Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T212736Z
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SUMMARY:Engineering Employment Events
DESCRIPTION:OSPE will be running Engineering Employment Events on September 14\, 2017 and September 30\, 2017. The September 14th E3 is in partnership with OACETT and will focus on recent grads\, associates and individuals with EIT\, P.Eng.\, C.E.T. and C.Tech. designations. The September 30th E3 is in partnership with Transport Canada and will focus on recent grads\, associates and individuals with EIT and P.Eng. designations. \nThursday September 14\, 2017 Session\nRegistration Link: https://www.ospe.on.ca/events#521/E3-EMP-0917\nTime: 11:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M.\nLocation: Parkview Manor\, 55 Barber Greene Rd\, Toronto. \nSaturday September 30\, 2017 Session\nRegistration Link: https://www.ospe.on.ca/events#911/TCE3-JSK-0930\nTime: 9:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M.\nLocation: Corporate Event Centre at CHSI – 5110 Creekbank Road\, Mississauga\, Ontario
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/engineering-employment-events/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20170908T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20170908T110000
DTSTAMP:20260424T040756
CREATED:20210430T012919Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T212408Z
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SUMMARY:On System-Level Analysis & Design of Cellular Networks: The Magic of Stochastic Geometry
DESCRIPTION:Friday September 8\, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. Professor Marco Di Renzo from Paris-Saclay University/CNRS\, will be presenting “On System-Level Analysis & Design of Cellular Networks: The Magic of Stochastic Geometry”. \nDay & Time: Friday September 8\, 2017\n10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. \nSpeaker: Professor Marco Di Renzo\nParis-Saclay University/CNRS\, France \nLocation: Room ENG288\nGeorge Vari Engineering Building (Intersection of Church & Gould)\nRyerson University\n245 Church St\, Toronto\, M5B 1Z4 \nContact: Alireza Sadeghian\, Alex Dela Cruz \nOrganizers: Signals & Computational Intelligence Chapter \nAbstract: This talk is aimed to provide a comprehensive crash course on the critical and essential importance of spatial models for an accurate system-level analysis and optimization of emerging 5G ultra-dense and heterogeneous cellular networks. Due to the increased heterogeneity and deployment density\, new flexible and scalable approaches for modeling\, simulating\, analyzing and optimizing cellular networks are needed. Recently\, a new approach has been proposed: it is based on the theory of point processes and it leverages tools from stochastic geometry for tractable system-level modeling\, performance evaluation and optimization. The potential of stochastic geometry for modeling and analyzing cellular networks will be investigated for application to several emerging case studies\, including massive MIMO\, mmWave communication\, and wireless power transfer. In addition\, the accuracy of this emerging abstraction for modeling cellular networks will be experimentally validated by using base station locations and building footprints from two publicly available databases in the United Kingdom (OFCOM and Ordnance Survey). This topic is highly relevant to graduate students and researchers from academia and industry\, who are highly interested in understanding the potential of a variety of candidate communication technologies for 5G networks. \nBiography: Marco Di Renzo received the “Laurea” and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Information Engineering from the University of L’Aquila\, Italy\, in 2003 and 2007\, respectively. In October 2013\, he received the Doctor of Science degree from the University Paris-Sud\, France. Since 2010\, he has been a “Chargé de Recherche Titulaire” CNRS (CNRS Associate Professor) in the Laboratory of Signals and Systems of Paris-Saclay University – CNRS\, CentraleSupélec\, Univ Paris Sud\, France. He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Technology Sydney\, Australia\, a Visiting Professor at the University of L’Aquila\, Italy\, and a co-founder of the university spin-off company WEST Aquila s.r.l.\, Italy. He serves as the Associate Editor-in-Chief of IEEE COMMUNICATIONS LETTERS\, and as an Editor of IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS and IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS. He is a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society and IEEE Communications Society. He is a recipient of several awards\, and a frequent tutorial and invited speaker at IEEE conferences.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/on-system-level-analysis-design-of-cellular-networks-the-magic-of-stochastic-geometry/
LOCATION:Room ENG288\, George Vari Engineering Building\, 245 Church St\, Toronto\, M5B 1Z4
CATEGORIES:Signals & Computational Intelligence
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20170825T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20170825T150000
DTSTAMP:20260424T040756
CREATED:20210430T012918Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T212341Z
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SUMMARY:Response of voltage source HVDC systems to DC-side faults\, HVDC fault characterisation and DC protection options
DESCRIPTION:Friday August 25\, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. Prof. Stephen Finney of University of Edinburgh School of Engineering\, will be presenting “Response of voltage source HVDC systems to DC-side faults\, HVDC fault characterisation and DC protection options”. \nDay & Time: Friday August 25\, 2017\n2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. \nSpeaker: Prof. Stephen Finney\nUniversity of Edinburgh School of Engineering \nLocation: Bahen Centre\, Room BA 7180\n40 St George St\, Toronto\, ON M5S 2E4 \nContact: Sanaz Kanani \nOrganizers: IAS & PELS Joint Chapter \nRegister: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_registration/register/45918 \nAgenda: 2:00 pm: Light Refreshment\n2:10-2:50 pm: Presentation (40min)\n2:50 pm – Q&A (20min) \nAbstract: The emergence of high performance\, high voltage\, voltage source converters (VSC) such as the modular multi-level converter (MMC ) has resulted in increased deployment of voltage source HVDC transmission both for interconnection of AC networks and integration of remote and offshore renewable energy resources. The improved functionality and suitability for networked operation make VSC-HVDC attractive for future power networks. However\, the low impedance of voltage source HVDC makes is highly susceptible dc faults\, resulting in rapid collapse of system voltage and extreme over currents. For the majority of converter topologies\, fault current cannot be controlled by the converter switching with the potential for high current flows in the anti-parallel diodes. Protection devices are\, therefore\, required to operate with sufficient speed to avoid device failure. In current point-point connections this may be achieved through shunt protection of converter diodes coupled with AC side fault clearance which must be activated at all VSC terminals. \nThere is growing interest in the exploitation of VSC-HVDC in multi-terminal configurations\, with a number of large scale pilot projects. (For example the Zhoushan 5 terminal scheme). \nConductor faults in such VSC-HVDC networks will result in rapid network-wide voltage collapse and over currents. In these cases the application of proven point-point protection with AC fault clearance\, whilst effective\, will result in the loss of power flows at all converter stations. This may be avoided by the use of DC circuit breakers (DCCB)\, however implementation of such circuit breakers presents challenging compromises in speed\, complexity and losses. \nBiography: Prof. Stephen Jon Finney graduated with a Master’s degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Loughborough University in 1988. He worked for the (U.K) Electricity Council research Centre Laboratories before joining the Power Electronics research team at Heriot-Watt University in 1990\, obtaining his PhD in 1994. In 2005 he transferred to the University of Strathclyde where he contributed to the formation of the power electronics\, drives and energy conversion group. This research group now includes 4 academic staff\, five postdoctoral research fellows and 14 postgraduate researchers. The group’s research spans power semiconductor devices\, circuits and system level applications. His work in the area of power electronics has resulted in the supervision 15 PhD completions and publication of over 150 research papers with over 30 in IEEE Transactions. \nDuring his time at Strathclyde Professor Finney has been responsible for developing research into the application of power electronic systems energy systems. Work in this field includes HVDC transmission\, Multi-terminal HVDC\, Renewable generator interface and Energy collection architectures. The group recently completed work on the European Union funded ‘Twenties’ program\, a multi-partner project which investigated the use of HVDC for the integration of large scale wind generation. This work will be extended through a number of successor projects focusing on overcoming technical barriers to HVDC networks offshore wind integration. \nBesides HVDC Professor Finney’s team is involved in a broad range of Power Electronics research which include work on High Voltage IGBT Modules and advanced gate drives and U.K China Collaboration on Power Electronic Devices for the Network Integration of Electric Vehicles.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/response-of-voltage-source-hvdc-systems-to-dc-side-faults-hvdc-fault-characterisation-and-dc-protection-options/
LOCATION:Bahen Centre\, Room BA 7180\, 40 St George St\, Toronto\, M5S 2E4
CATEGORIES:Industry Applications
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