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SUMMARY:Working at Hydro One – Professional Event by IEEE Industry Applications
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, October 26th 2018\, Bruno Jesus of Hydro One\, will be presenting “Working at Hydro One – Professional Event by IEEE Industry Applications”. \nDay & Time: Friday October 26th\, 2018\n5:00 p.m. ‐ 6:00 p.m. \nSpeaker: Bruno Jesus\nDirector of Strategy and Integrated Planning at Hydro One Networks Inc. \nOrganizers: IEEE Toronto Industry Applications \nLocation: Room Number: BA 1230\nBuilding: Bahen Centre for Information Technology\nUniversity of Toronto 40 St. George Street\nToronto\, ON M5S2E4 \nContact: Hoda Youssef \nRVSP: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/176071 \nAbstract: Bruno Jesus\, the Director of Strategy and Integrated Planning at Hydro One Networks Inc.\, will provide an overview of what it is like working at Hydro One\, the strong culture that is embraced across the organization as well as the training and development opportunities that are available. By diving into the history of Hydro One’s transmission and distribution business as well as taking a look at where we are today\, Bruno will be able to speak to the broad range of opportunities for all types of engineers across Hydro One. \nBiography: Bruno Jesus is the Director of Strategy and Integrated Planning at Hydro One Networks Inc. With over 30 years of experience\, Bruno has had the opportunity to work in various groups within Planning and Operations such as Asset Strategies and Standards as well as Station Sustainment Capital Planning. Bruno’s current accountabilities include developing transmission and distribution strategies\, investment planning\, business processes\, secondary land use\, joint use wire agreements\, new technology and innovation (R&D) and reliability reporting. Bruno graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering in 1987 and is a registered Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/working-at-hydro-one-professional-event-by-ieee-industry-applications/
LOCATION:BA 1230\, Bahen Centre for Information Technology\, 40 St. George Street Toronto\, ON M5S2E4
CATEGORIES:Industry Applications
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20181019T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20181019T180000
DTSTAMP:20260423T194637
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SUMMARY:IESO Operating the Power System: New Challenges Call for New Approaches
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, October 19th 2018\, David Short\, Director of Power System Assessments for the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)\, will be presenting “IESO Operating the Power System: New Challenges Call for New Approaches”. \nDay & Time: Friday October 19th\, 2018\n5:00 p.m. ‐ 6:00 p.m. \nSpeaker: David Short\nDirector\, Power System Assessments for the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) \nOrganizers: IEEE Toronto Industry Application Society (IAS)\, IEEE Toronto Women in Engineering \nLocation: Room Number: BA1230\nBuilding: Bahen Centre for Information Technology\nUniversity of Toronto 40 St. George Street\nToronto\, ON M5S2E4 \nContact: Hoda Youssef \nAbstract: Distributed energy resources. Changing supply and demand patterns. Advanced grid technologies. The complexities of operating the system have never been greater – but with new challenges come new opportunities to help shape the province’s electricity sector. From leveraging innovation to drive cost-effectiveness and efficiency\, to building a market that will meet system and consumer needs at the lowest cost\, learn about the IESO’s experience in operating today’s system and how we are laying the foundation for an evolving energy landscape. \nBiography: David Short holds the position of Director\, Power System Assessments for the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO). In this role\, his teams are responsible for managing power system changes within the IESO\, operational analysis\, and engineering studies that define our system models and operating orders. Mr. Short has over 25 years of industry experience in Ontario and British Columbia. He holds a Bachelor of Science (Electrical Engineering) from Queen’s University and is a registered Professional Engineer in Ontario. He also holds the Certificate of Authorization for engineering services at the IESO.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/ieso-operating-the-power-system-new-challenges-call-for-new-approaches/
LOCATION:Room Number: BA1230\,  40 St. George Street\, Toronto\, ON M5S 2E4
CATEGORIES:Industry Applications
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20181017T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20181017T193000
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SUMMARY:Utility Protection Relay Fundamentals
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, October 17th 2018\, Eric Stark\, Sr. Engineering Training & Consulting with RNItechnology\, will be presenting “Utility Protection Relay Fundamentals”. \nDay & Time: Wednesday October 17th\, 2018\n5:30 p.m. ‐ 7:30 p.m. \nSpeaker: Eric Stark\nSr. Engineering Training & Consulting with RNItechnology \nOrganizers: IEEE Toronto & IEEE Ryerson \nLocation: Ryerson University 341 Yonge St\nToronto\, Ontario\nCanada M5B 1S1\nBuilding: Student Learning Centre (SLC)\nRoom Number: Collaboratory Zone (3rd Floor) \nContact: Sadeed Bari \nRegister: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/177825 \nBiography: Eric Stark is currently a Sr. Engineering Training & Consulting with RNItechnology. Eric’s mission is to educate the masses on how to protect a smart grid\, something he is more than qualified for considering his 31 years of experience in electrical engineering\, control\, automation and protection. He is a sought after expert and trainer for Protection & Control\, Engineering and Project management with expert knowledge in Protection & Control relays and SCADA. In addition\, Eric has organized\, consulted and delivered successfully\, achieving 100% customer satisfaction on numerous engineering events and training around the globe like USA\, Canada\, Malaysia\, South Africa\, Nigeria\, Uganda\, Ghana and Middle East.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/utility-protection-relay-fundamentals/
LOCATION:Ryerson University 341 Yonge St\, Toronto M5B 1S1
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20181017T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20181017T170000
DTSTAMP:20260423T194637
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SUMMARY:Surgical Robots: Innovation\, Opportunities\, Challenges
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, October 17th 2018\, the GYBO Robotics Network will be hosting a symposium “Surgical Robots: Innovation\, Opportunities\, Challenges”. \nDay & Time: Wednesday October 17th\, 2018\n2:00 p.m. ‐ 5:00 p.m. \nOrganizers: GYBO Robotics Network\, IEEE Toronto Women in Engineering\, IEEE Toronto Instrumentation & Measurement – Robotics & Automation Chapter\, Autodesk\, Synaptive \nLocation: Autodesk Toronto\n661 University Avenue\nToronto\, ON M5G 1M1 \nRVSP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/surgical-robots-innovation-opportunities-challenges-registration-50073521250?discount=IEEEWIE \nDescription: Canada is home to numerous initiatives in surgical robotics technologies including the commercialized work of Synaptive Medical\, the research on KidsArm at Sick Kids and investment in innovation centres such as the CSTAR research group. \nWith its world-leading hubs in health research and innovation\, Canada has a unique opportunity to combine key assets for innovation leadership; a highly concentrated health innovation cluster\, engineering and technical talent to create the solutions of the future\, and a single-payer system to support their larger scale adoption. \nThe symposium will explore home-grown Canadian innovations\, invite technology users and adopters to highlight what opportunities exist for these technologies\, and host a discussion on the challenges in bringing these technologies to market\, including their validation\, adoption\, policy innovation and how they will transform the healthcare system and practice. \nAgenda: \n2:00 pm Networking \n2:15 pm Surgical Robotic Technology Innovation in Canada – Technical Talks\n– Leila Kheradpir​\, M.Sc.\, P.Eng\, Director\, Hardware Engineering\, Synaptive Medical\n– Tim Fielding\, Medical Product Development Manager\, MDA\n– Thomas Looi\, Program Director\, Centre for Image Guided Innovation and Therapeutic Intervention\, Hospital for Sick Children\n– Rajni Patel\, Director of Engineering\, Canadian Surgical Technologies and Advanced Robotics and Canada Research Chair in Advanced Robotics and Control\, Western University \n3:20 pm Surgical Robots: Needs\, Opportunities and Gaps – User Talks\n– Dr. Taymaa May\, Gynaecologist\, Oncologist\, and Surgical Scientist\, UHN Princess Margaret Hospital\, Assistant Professor\, University of Toronto \n3:50 pm Networking \n4:10 pm Panel Discussion\n– Cameron Piron\, CoFounder and Member of the Board\, Synaptive Medical\n– Tim Reedman\, Director\, Commercial Systems\, MDA Robotics\n– Rajni Patel\, Director of Engineering\, Canadian Surgical Technologies and Advanced Robotics and Canada Research Chair in Advanced Robotics and Control\, Western University\n– Leila Kheradpir​\, M.Sc.\, P.Eng\, Director\, Hardware Engineering\, Synaptive Medical \n4:50 pm Closing Remarks \n5:00 pm Networking
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/surgical-robots-innovation-opportunities-challenges/
LOCATION:Autodesk Toronto\, 661 University Avenue Toronto\, ON M5G 1M1
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Women in Engineering
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SUMMARY:Audio and Acoustics Signal Processing: The Quest for High Fidelity Continues
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, October 16th 2018\, Dr. Karlheinz Brandenburg\, Professor at the Institute for Media Technology\, Technische Universität Ilmenau\, will be presenting “Audio and Acoustics Signal Processing: The Quest for High Fidelity Continues”. \nDay & Time: Tuesday October 16th\, 2018\n4:00 p.m. ‐ 5:00 p.m. \nSpeaker: Dr. Karlheinz Brandenburg\nProfessor at the Institute for Media Technology\, Technische Universität Ilmenau\nDirector of the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT\, Ilmenau \nOrganizers: IEEE Toronto Industry Application Society (IAS) \nLocation: Room Number: BA 4287\nBuilding: Bahen Centre for Information Technology\nUniversity of Toronto 40 St. George Street\nToronto\, ON M5S2E4 \nContact: Sanaz Kanani \nRVSP: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/176976 \nAbstract: The dream of high fidelity continues since more than 100 years. In the last decades\, signal processing has contributed many new solutions and a vast amount of additional knowledge to this field. These include: \n– Simple solutions like matrix multichannel systems.\n– Audio coding which changed the world of music distribution and listening habits.\n– Active noise control.\n– Active modification of room acoustics.\n– Search and recommendation technologies to find your favourite music.\nand many more … \nSo are there any problems left to be solved? Among others\, I see two main research areas: \n– Music Information Retrieval (MIR)\, helping us to find and organise music\, or teaching playing musical instruments.\n– Immersive technologies for movie theatres and eventually our homes\, creating the illusion of being at some other place. \nFor such systems we use our knowledge about hearing\, especially how ear and brain work together to form the sensation of sound. However\, our knowledge about hearing\, about psychoacoustics is still far from complete. In fact\, just in the last few years we have learned a lot about what we don’t know. \nThe talk will touch on a number of the subjects above\, explain some current work and its applications and finally talk about open research questions regarding psychoacoustics and the evaluation of audio quality. \nBiography: Dr. Karlheinz Brandenburg has been a driving force behind some of today’s most innovative digital audio technology\, notably the mp3 and MPEG-AAC audio coding standards. He is acclaimed for pioneering work in digital audio coding\, psychoacoustics and 3D-Audio \nHis honors include the AES Silver Medal and the “IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronic Award”\, Furthermore he is member in the “Hall of Fame” of the Consumer Electronics Association and of the Internet Society. He holds three honorary Ph.D. degrees. \nDr. Brandenburg holds about 100 patents. He is professor at the Institute for Media Technology\, Technische Universität Ilmenau\, and director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT in Ilmenau\, Germany
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/audio-and-acoustics-signal-processing-the-quest-for-high-fidelity-continues/
LOCATION:Room BA 4287\, Bahen Centre for Information Technology\, 40 St. George Street\, Toronto\, Ontario M5S2E4
CATEGORIES:Industry Applications
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20181012T160000
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SUMMARY:Control of Power Electronics Systems Using Predictive Switching Sequences and Switching Transitions
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, October 12th 2018\, Sudip K. Mazumder of University of Illinois at Chicago\, will be presenting “Control of Power Electronics Systems Using Predictive Switching Sequences and Switching Transitions”. \nDay & Time: Friday October 12th\, 2018\n4:00 p.m. ‐ 5:00 p.m. \nSpeaker: Sudip K. Mazumder\nProfessor at the University of Illinois at Chicago \nOrganizers: IEEE Toronto Power Electronics Chapter \nLocation: Room Number: BA 4287\nBuilding: Bahen Centre for Information Technology\nUniversity of Toronto 40 St. George Street\nToronto\, ON M5S2E4 \nContact: Mahdieh Taghizadeh \nRVSP: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/176071 \nAbstract: This presentation provides a fundamentally different perspective to the control of solid-state semiconductor-device-based switching power-electronic systems (PESs). It is based on controlling the time evolution of the feasible switching sequences and controlling the switching transitions of PESs. The former – that is\, the switching-sequence-based control (SBC) – yields rapid response under transient condition\, optimal equilibrium response\, and yields seamless transition between the two dynamical modes. Further\, by enabling integration of modulation and control\, SBC precludes the need for ad-hoc offline modulation synthesis. In other words\, an optimal switching sequence for a PES is generated dynamically without the need for prior determination of a modulation scheme (which generates a pre-determined switching sequence) as evident in most conventional approaches. This presentation will provide the mechanism to carry out SBC synthesis and how it leads to multi-scale optimality leading to enhanced PES performance. Subsequent to the outline of SBC\, the presentation will focus on switching-transition control (STC). The primary objective of STC is to demonstrate how key PES parameters including and stress\, switching loss\, electromagnetic noise emission can be controlled dynamically by modulating the dynamics of the power semiconductor devices. Both electrical and newly developed optical-control mechanisms to achieve STC will be briefly outlined. Finally\, envisioned mechanism for monolithic integration of SBC and STC will be illustrated. This presentation will demonstrate\, along with results\, multiple practical applications (currently of high priority in the power/energy space) where the radically new control concepts make a tangible and substantive difference. \nBiography: Sudip K. Mazumder received his Ph.D. degree from Virginia Tech in 2001. He is a Professor and the Director of Laboratory for Energy and Switching-Electronics Systems in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He also serves as the President of the small business NextWatt LLC. He has over 25 years of professional experience and has held R&D and design positions in leading industrial organizations and has served as a Technical Consultant for several industries. His current areas of interests are switching-sequence and switching-transition based control of power-electronics systems and interactive-power networks; power electronics for renewable energy\, micro/smart grids\, energy storage; wide-bandgap (GaN/SiC) power electronics; and optically-triggered wide-bandgap power semiconductor devices. His research has attracted about 50 sponsored-research projects from leading federal agencies and industries\, and yielded over 210 peer-reviewed publications in prestigious tier-one international journals and conferences\, 10 patents\, 10 book chapters and 1 book\, and 88 invited/plenary/keynote lectures and presentations. He has guided/guiding 11 post-doctoral researchers and 16 Ph.D. and 11 M.S. students. He is the recipient of University of Illinois at Chicago’s Inventor of the Year Award (2014)\, University of Illinois’ University Scholar Award – university’s highest award (2013)\, IEEE International Future Energy Challenge Award (2005)\, ONR Young Investigator Award (2005)\, NSF CAREER Award (2003)\, and IEEE PELS Transaction Paper Award (2002). In 2016\, he was elevated to the rank of an IEEE Fellow and he was invited to serve as a Distinguished Lecturer for IEEE PELS beginning in 2016. He served/serving as the Guest Editor-in-Chief/Editor for IEEE PELS/IES Transactions between 2013-2014 and 2016-2017\, as the first Editor-in-Chief for Advances in Power Electronics (2006-2009)\, and as an Associate Editor for IEEE IES/PELS/TAES/TII/JESTPE Transactions (2003-/2009-/2008-/2016-/2016-). Currently\, he serves as the Chair for IEEE PELS TC on Sustainable Energy Systems. He is also the incoming (starting 2019) Editor-at-Large for IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. He is the Chair for IEEE PEDG’21\, the TPC Chair for IEEE DEAS’19\, and the Tutorial Chair for ECCE’19.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/control-of-power-electronics-systems-using-predictive-switching-sequences-and-switching-transitions/
LOCATION:BA 4287\, Bahen Centre for Information Technology\, 40 St. George Street Toronto\, ON M5S2E4
CATEGORIES:Power Electronics
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20181012T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20181012T113000
DTSTAMP:20260423T194637
CREATED:20210430T022111Z
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SUMMARY:Iguana Interface Engine\, A day in the life of an integration engineer
DESCRIPTION:Iguana interface engine allows integration with EHRs and other healthcare applications. Several EHRs systems can be connected via Iguana: Epic\, Allscrips\, Meditech\, athenahealth\, Cerner\, etc. Iguana can process any data format and supports all protocols. \nDate & Time: Friday\, October 12\, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. \nSpeakers: Amandeep Aujla\, Integration Engineer at iNTERFACEWARE \nLocation: Centennial College\, Progress Campus\, Room A3-15 \nOrganizer: Education Committee\, IEEE Toronto Section \nContact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/iguana-interface-engine-a-day-in-the-life-of-an-integration-engineer/
LOCATION:Centennial College\, Progress Campus\, Room A3-15
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Women in Engineering
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20181011T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20181011T180000
DTSTAMP:20260423T194637
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SUMMARY:IEEE Canada Women in Engineering Panel: “Creating a Diverse Smart Grid Sector: Challenges and Opportunities”
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, October 11th 2018\, Jessie Ma\, Neetika Sathe\, Shadi Chuangpishit\, and Sheldon Williamson will be participating on the IEEE Canada Women in Engineering Panel – “Creating a Diverse Smart Grid Sector: Challenges and Opportunities”. \nDay & Time: Thursday October 11th\, 2018\n5:00 p.m. ‐ 6:00 p.m. \nSpeakers: Jessie Ma\nSenior Research Fellow\, Ryerson Centre for Urban Energy \nNeetika Sathe\nVice President\, Advanced Planning at Alectra \nShadi Chuangpishit\nSenior Consultant at Quanta Technology \nSheldon Williamson\nProfessor and NSERC Canada Research Chair in Electrical Energy Storage Systems for Transportation Electrification\, University of Ontario Institute of Technology \nOrganizers: IEEE Toronto Women in Engineering \nLocation: Library Building\, Library Lecture Hall – LIB72\, Ryerson University\n350 Victoria St\nToronto\, Ontario\nCanada M5B 2K3 \nContact: Manar Jammal \nRegister for Free: https://goo.gl/7cwkqv
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/ieee-canada-women-in-engineering-panel-creating-a-diverse-smart-grid-sector-challenges-and-opportunities/
LOCATION:350 Victoria St Toronto\, Ontario Canada M5B 2K3
CATEGORIES:Women in Engineering
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180924T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180924T150000
DTSTAMP:20260423T194637
CREATED:20210430T022111Z
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SUMMARY:Silicon Photonics: High-Density Integration for Novel Functionality
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, September 24th 2018\, Wei Jiang\, Professor in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Nanjing University\, and an Associate Director of Optical Communications Systems & Network Engineering Research Center of Jiangsu Province will be presenting “Silicon Photonics: High-Density Integration for Novel Functionality”. \nDay & Time: Monday September 24th\, 2018\n2:00 p.m. ‐ 3:00 p.m. \nSpeaker: Wei Jiang\nProfessor in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Nanjing University\,\nAssociate Director of Optical Communications Systems & Network Engineering Research Center of Jiangsu Province \nOrganizers: Amr S. Helmy and IEEE Toronto Circuits & Devices Chapter \nLocation: Room SFB 560\n10 King’s College Rd\,\nToronto\, ON M5S 3G4 \nContact: Mengqi Wang \nAbstract: Silicon photonics can potentially transform the photonics technology owing to its low-cost fabrication and large-scale integration advantages. Integration can open up new opportunities\, such as solid-state LIDARs for autonomous vehicles and chip-scale optical interconnects. To realize these opportunities\, reducing device size and increasing integration density will be crucial. Towards these directions\, this talk will discuss our recent experimental work on novel micro/nano-photonic structures\, including photonic crystals\, waveguide superlattices\, and free-form structures. (1) A waveguide superlattice is introduced to enable low-crosstalk\, high-density waveguide integration at half-wavelength pitches\, which opens the door to high-performance optical phased arrays\, next-generation LIDARs\, and high-density space-division multiplexing. (2) Novel free-form structures are explored to create an ultra-short waveguide “taper”. Interestingly\, the evolutionary algorithm yields an optimal structure with anomalous shapes. Through wavefront analysis\, the role of a subtle “semi-lens” is identified. (3) Further opportunities in slow-light photonic crystal switches/modulators will also be briefly discussed. In many cases\, underpinning physics needs to be fully understood first\, and then be formulated into precise theory to guide experiments and achieve viable results. \nBiography: Wei Jiang is a professor in the college of engineering and applied sciences at Nanjing University\, and an associate director of Optical Communications Systems & Network Engineering Research Center of Jiangsu Province. Prior to working at NJU\, he was an associate professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering at Rutgers\, the State University of New Jersey\, USA. His current research interests include silicon photonics\, photonic crystals\, nanophotonics\, and their applications in optical interconnects\, communications\, sensing\, and computing. He contributed to the fundamental understanding of silicon electro-optic and thermo-optic devices\, high-density waveguide integration\, slow light\, superprism effects\, and photonic crystal interface properties. He received his B.S. degree in physics from Nanjing University\, and his M.A. degree in physics and his Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Texas\, Austin. Prof. Jiang received the DARPA Young Faculty Award\, and IEEE Region I Outstanding Teaching Award\, among other honors.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/silicon-photonics-high-density-integration-for-novel-functionality/
LOCATION:Room SFB 560\, 10 King’s College Rd\, Toronto\, ON M5S 3G4
CATEGORIES:Circuits & Devices
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180915
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180917
DTSTAMP:20260423T194637
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SUMMARY:IEEE WIE ILS 2018 Toronto
DESCRIPTION:IEEE Women in Engineering International Leadership Summit (WIE ILS) is here for the first time in Toronto\, Canada! \nIEEE Canada WIE is delighted to invite you to meet us on September 15th and 16th\, 2018 at the Hilton Mississauga Meadowvale and participate in our 2-day summit. With “STEMpowered Leadership” as the theme\, the summit aims at inspiring\, engaging\, and empowering women in STEM. \nIEEE WIE International Leadership Summit is launched as a part of IEEE WIE’s portfolio of global initiatives that provide opportunities for networking\, mentorship\, and collaboration. Past IEEE WIE Summits have been extremely successful and have made an outstanding impact on communities around the globe! \nLearn more and register at http://site.ieee.org/wieils-toronto-2018/.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/ieee-wie-ils-2018-toronto/
CATEGORIES:Women in Engineering
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180823T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180823T160000
DTSTAMP:20260423T194637
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SUMMARY:Differential Microstrip Antennas
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, August 23rd 2018\, Prof. Yueping Zhang at Nanyang Technological University\, Singapore\, is presenting an Electromagnetics and Radiation IEEE Distinguished Lecture “Differential Microstrip Antennas”. \nDay & Time: Thursday August 23rd\, 2018\n3:00 p.m. ‐ 4:00 p.m. \nSpeaker: Prof. Yueping Zhang at Nanyang Technological University\, Singapore \nOrganizers: IEEE Toronto Electromagnetics & Radiation Chapter \nLocation: Bahen Center of Information Technology\, Room BA1230\n40 St George Street\nToronto\, Ontario\nCanada M5S 2E4 \nContact: Costas Sarris \nAbstract: The earliest antennas implemented by Hertz for the discovery of radio waves were dipole and loop. They are differential. It was Marconi who introduced the ground concept into antennas and realized single-ended monopole antennas for wireless transmission. Compared with differential antennas\, single-ended antennas have smaller size and therefore single-ended antennas have dominated in antenna designs. Compared with single-ended circuits\, differential circuits permit higher linearity and lower offset and make them immune to power supply variations\, temperature changes\, and substrate noise. As a result\, differential circuits have dominated in integrated circuit designs. Differential circuits call for differential antennas. This is particularly essential in highly-integrated system-on-chip and system-in-package solutions where the system ground plane may be much smaller than one free-space wavelength. Differential antennas perfectly marry (match) with differential circuits. No lossy balanced/unbalanced conversion circuit is needed. As a result\, the receiver noise performance and transmitter power efficiency are improved. \nIn this lecture\, I present differential microstrip antennas with an emphasis on the comparison of them with single-ended counterparts. First\, I extend the well-known cavity model for the single-ended microstrip antennas to analyze the input impedance and radiation characteristics of differential microstrip antennas. Then I examine the design formulas to determine the patch dimensions and the location of the feed point for single-ended microstrip antennas to design differential microstrip antennas. It is shown that the patch length can still be designed using the formulas for the required resonant frequency but the patch width calculated by the formula usually needs to be widen to ensure the excitation of the fundamental mode using the probe feeds. The condition that links the patch width\, the locations of the probe feeds\, and the excitation of the fundamental mode is the electrical separation\, which is a new and unique concept specifically conceived for the design of differential microstrip antennas. Next\, I turn to the miniaturization of differential microstrip antennas and discuss some latest achievements. Finally\, I summarize the lecture and provide recommendations. \nBiography: ZHANG Yueping is a full Professor of Electronic Engineering with the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Nanyang Technological University\, Singapore\, a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (IEEE AP-S)\, and a Fellow of IEEE. \nProf. Zhang was a Member of the Field Award Committee of the IEEE AP-S (2015-2017)\, an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation (2010-2016)\, and the Chair of the IEEE Singapore MTT/AP joint Chapter (2012). Prof. Zhang was selected by the Recruitment Program of Global Experts of China as a Qianren Scholar at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2012). He was awarded a William Mong Visiting Fellowship (2005) and appointed as a Visiting Professor (2014) by the University of Hong Kong. \nProf. Zhang has published numerous papers\, including two invited papers in the Proceedings of the IEEE and one invited paper in the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. He holds 7 US patents. He received the Best Paper Award from the 2nd IEEE/IET International Symposium on Communication Systems\, Networks and Digital Signal Processing\, July 18–20\, 2000\, Bournemouth\, U.K.\, the Best Paper Prize from the 3rd IEEE International Workshop on Antenna Technology\, March 21–23\, 2007\, Cambridge\, U.K.\, and the Best Paper Award from the 10th IEEE Global Symposium on Millimeter-Waves\, May 24–26\, 2017\, Hong Kong\, China. He received the prestigious IEEE AP-S Sergei A. Schelkunoff Prize Paper Award in 2012. \nProf. Zhang has made pioneering and significant contributions to the development of the antenna-in-package (AiP) technology that has been widely adopted by chipmakers for millimeter-wave applications. His current research interests include the development of antenna-on-chip (AoC) technology and characterization of chip-scale propagation channels at terahertz for wireless chip area network (WCAN).
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/differential-microstrip-antennas/
LOCATION:Bahen Center of Information Technology\, 40 St George Street\, Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada M5S 2E4
CATEGORIES:Electromagnetics & Radiation
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180817T120000
DTSTAMP:20260423T194637
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SUMMARY:Transportation\, Energy\, Information and Humanity
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, August 17th 2018\, the IEEE Toronto Section\, Power Electronics and Consumer Electronics joint Chapter invites you to the Lecture on: “Transportation\, Energy\, Information and Humanity” by Prof. C.C. Chan\, Chinese Academy of Engineering. \nDay & Time: Friday August 17th\, 2018\n11:00 a.m. ‐ 12:00 p.m. \nSpeaker: Prof. C.C. Chan\, Chinese Academy of Engineering\, Fellow\, Royal Academy of Engineering\, Founding President\, World Electric Vehicle Association\, Past President\, Hong Kong Institution of Engineers \nOrganizers: IEEE Toronto Section\, Power Electronics and Consumer Electronics joint Chapter \nLocation: University of Toronto\nToronto\, Ontario\nCanada M5S 2E4\nBahen Center of Information Technology\nRoom Number: Room BA1210 \nRegister: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_registration/register/175871 \nAbstract: To cope with the current complex economical\, societal and technical challenges in the new era\, it is vital to be open-minded. Namely\, to integrate the Chinese ancient civilization and the western modern civilization\, to uphold the spirit of renaissance. This keynote speech will discuss the challenges and key issues related to the commercialization of electric vehicles\, the integration of intelligent transport\, intelligent energy\, intelligent information and intelligent humanities. Proposed energy internet based on the correlation between energy and information and nano energy structure. \nBiography: Prof. C. C. Chan holds BSc\, MSc\, PhD\, HonDSc\, HonDTech degrees. Honorary Professor and Former Head of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Hong Kong; Visiting Professor of MIT\, University of Cambridge\, etc; Founding President of the World Electric Vehicle Association; Senior Consultant to governments\, Strategic Adviser or Independent Director of public companies and industries; Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering\, U.K.\, Chinese Academy of Engineering\, IEEE\, IET and HKIE. Recipient of the Royal Academy of Engineering Prince Philip Medal; Chinese Academy of Engineering Guang-Hua Prize\, World Federation of Engineering (WFEO) Medal of Engineering Excellence; Gold Medal of Hong Kong Institution of Engineers; IEEE Transportation Technologies Award; IEE International Lecture Medal; “Asia’s Best Technology Pioneers” by Asiaweek; “Father of Asian Electric Vehicles” by Magazine Global View; “Pitamaha (Grandfather) of Electric Vehicle Technology” in India; “Environmental Excellence in Transportation Award” by Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE); His major research includes advanced electric drives and energy systems\, intelligent electric vehicles and correlation between energy and information. He has published 11 books\, over 300 technical papers and holds 9 patents.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/transportation-energy-information-and-humanity/
LOCATION:Bahen Center of Information Technology
CATEGORIES:Power Electronics
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180810T120000
DTSTAMP:20260423T194637
CREATED:20210430T014030Z
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SUMMARY:IEEE SSCS/CAS Distinguished Lecture Series – Dr. Gabor Temes
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, August 10th 2018\, the IEEE Toronto SSCS/CAS invites you to the IEEE SSCS/CAS Distinguished Lecture Series on: “A 13b ENOB Noise-Shaping SAR ADC with a Two-Capacitor DAC” by Lukang Shi and Gabor C. Temes\, and “Noise Filtering and Linearization of Single-Ended Circuits” by Gabor C. Temes et al.\, School of EECS\, Oregon State University. \nDate: Friday August 10th\, 2018 \nOrganizers: IEEE Toronto SSCS/CAS \nLocation: Bahen Centre Room BA1210 \nLecture 1 (10:10am – 11:00am): A 13b ENOB Noise-Shaping SAR ADC with a Two-Capacitor DAC \nSpeakers: Lukang Shi and Gabor C. Temes\nSchool of EECS\, Oregon State University \nAbstract: An active noise-shaping successive-approximation-register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter is described. Instead of binary-weighted capacitors\, it uses two equal-valued capacitors as the embedded digital-to-analog converter (DAC). Thus\, the capacitance spread in the DAC is much smaller than that of the conventional binary-weighted capacitor array\, and the mismatch error can be greatly reduced. The circuit provides first-order noise shaping\, which can improve the ADC’s linearity even for a small oversampling ratio. Also\, the proposed architecture uses a monotonic approximation procedure\, which requires fewer conversion steps than for a conventional SAR ADCs. The ADC was fabricated in 0.18 um CMOS technology. For a 2 kHz signal bandwidth\, it achieved a 78.8 dB SNDR. It consumes 74.2 mW power from a 1.5 V power supply. The performance can be drastically improved by introducing noise mitigation schemes and higher-order noise shaping. These topics will also be discussed. \nLecture 2 (11:10am – 12:00pm): Noise Filtering and Linearization of Single-Ended Circuits \nSpeakers: Gabor C. Temes et al.\nSchool of EECS\, Oregon State University \nAbstract: The performance of analog integrated circuits is often limited by the noise generated in its components. Several circuit techniques exist for suppressing the effects of the low-frequency noise. In this paper\, existing techniques are described for noise mitigation. Also\, a novel approach is proposed\, which can suppress low-frequency noise. In addition\, the new process will also reduce even-order distortion\, another major limitation of analog circuits. Finally\, it may allow the use of single-ended circuits in applications where usually differential structures are needed. \nBiography: Gabor C. Temes received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Ottawa\, ON\, Canada\, in 1961\, and an honorary doctorate from the Technical University of Budapest\, Budapest\, Hungary\, in 1991. He held academic positions at the Technical University of Budapest\, Stanford University and the University of California at Los Angeles. He worked in industry at Northern Electric R&D Laboratories and at Ampex Corp. He is now a Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Oregon State University. \nDr. Temes received the IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award in 1998\, and the IEEE Millennium Medal in 2000. He was the 2006 recipient of the IEEE Gustav Robert Kirchhoff Award\, and the 2009 IEEE CAS Mac Valkenburg Award. He received the 2017 Semiconductor Industry Association-SRC University Researcher Award. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/ieee-sscs-cas-distinguished-lecture-series-dr-gabor-temes/
LOCATION:Bahen Centre for Information Technology\, St George St\, Toronto\, ON M5S 2E4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Solid-State Circuits
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180809T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180809T120000
DTSTAMP:20260423T194637
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LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T224230Z
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SUMMARY:Convergence between Broadcast and Mobile Broadband
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, August 9th at 11:00 a.m.\, the IEEE Toronto Section\, Consumer Electronics Chapter invites you to the IEEE CESoc Distinguished Lecture on: “Convergence between Broadcast and Mobile Broadband” by Dr. Ulrich Reimers\, IEEE CESoc Renowned Distinguished Speaker\, and Professor Institut fuer Nachrichtentechnik (IfN)\, Technische Universitaet Braunschweig\, Germany. \nDay & Time: Thursday\, August 9\, 2018\n11:00 a.m. ‐ 12:00 p.m. \nSpeaker: Dr. Ulrich Reimers\nIEEE CESoc Renowned Distinguished Speaker\nProfessor Institut fuer Nachrichtentechnik (IfN)\, Technische Universitaet Braunschweig\, Germany \nLocation: 40 St George Street\nToronto\, Ontario\nCanada M5S 2E4\nBuilding: Bahen Centre for Information Technology\nRoom Number: BA7180 \nContact: Mahdieh Taghizadeh \nOrganizer: IEEE Toronto Section\, Consumer Electronics Chapter \nRVSP: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/174204 \nAbstract: The mobile industry has been testing the feasibility of evolved Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (eMBMS)\, an LTE embedded broadcast approach to support a growing mobile video/TV consumption and the delivery of other highly popular data services. But\, eMBMS has so far only been used in small scale scenarios with local coverage. When it comes to large scale service areas with regional or even national coverage\, the cellular nature of eMBMS has not proven to be attractive for cost efficient LTE broadcast content distribution. Adapting LTE broadcast to traditional High Tower High Power (HTHP) broadcasting towers and introducing this as a third service layer\, i.e. as an extension of LTE unicast and eMBMS can resolve this issue as it reduces network load\, energy consumption and network costs for such popular services. Additionally\, it creates the possibility of cooperation between the cellular and broadcasting networks enabling a cooperative spectrum usage. \nThe term “Tower Overlay over LTE-Advanced+ (TOoL+)” describes the transmission of an extension of LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) offering broadcast services\, especially live video\, from a traditional High Tower High Power (HTHP) broadcast infrastructure\, rather than in a cellular LTE-A network. TOoL+ was invented and developed by IfN. Since LTE-A is optimized for the Low Tower Low Power (LTLP) environment of cellular networks\, the use of a HTHP environment requires some modifications of the LTE-A standard\, e.g. the definition of a dedicated broadcast carrier and of additional OFDM parameters with longer cyclic prefixes. These modifications are represented by the term LTE-A+. In one of the modes\, TOoL+ even supports a cooperative spectrum use by DVB-T2 (or ATSC 3.0 in the future) and LTE-A+ if this is attractive to market players. IfN developed a Software Defined Radio (SDR) based TOoL+ implementation to demonstrate the technological feasibility of this approach. An extended version of this demo has been used during two field trials conducted in Paris\, France and in the Aosta Valley\, Italy to evaluate the proposed modifications and the cooperative spectrum use in a real environment. The analysis shows that LTE-A+ is a suitable technology for HTHP broadcast to mobile devices as its coverage area is similar to that of DVB-T2. \nIn line with the ideas underlying TOoL+\, 3GPP has recently specified FeMBMS (Further evolved Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service) in Release 14. FeMBMS supports a long cyclic prefix and thus makes larger network cells feasible. At IfN we have already implemented FeMBMS and by the time of the lectures in Canada will have carried out a field trial in at least one European country. \nBiography: Prof. Ulrich H. Reimers studied communication engineering at Technische Universitaet Braunschweig\, Germany. Following research at the university’s Institut fuer Nachrichtentechnik (IfN – Institute for Communications Technology) he joined BTS Broadcast Television Systems in Darmstadt. Between 1989 and 1993 he was Technical Director of Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) in Hamburg – one of the major public broadcasters in Germany. Since 1993 he has been a Professor at Technische Universitaet Braunschweig and Managing Director of the Institut fuer Nachrichtentechnik (Institute for Communications Technology). Prof. Reimers was chairman of the Technical Module within the DVB Project from 1993 to 2012. Since 2012 he is Vice President Strategic Development and Technology Transfer of Technische Universitaet Braunschweig. He is the author of more than 120 publications\, among others of various text books on DVB. Prof. Reimers received a significant number of international and national awards. He is an IEEE Life Fellow and the recipient of the IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award. Recently Prof. Reimers and the research teams at IfN invented innovative solutions for the co-existence of broadcast and wireless broadband such as “Dynamic Broadcast”\, “Tower Overlay over LTE-A+ (TOoL+)”\, or “Redundancy on Demand”. \nProf. Reimers is a Renowned Distinguished Speaker of the IEEE Consumer Electronics Society (CESoc).
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/convergence-between-broadcast-and-mobile-broadband/
LOCATION:Bahen Centre for Information Technology\, St George St\, Toronto\, ON M5S 2E4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Power Electronics
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180726T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180726T150000
DTSTAMP:20260423T194637
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SUMMARY:More/All Electric Aircraft
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, July 26th at 2:00 p.m.\, Dr. Hassan Kojori\, PhD\, Senior Principal Engineer with Honeywell\, will be presenting “More/All Electric Aircraft”. \nDay & Time: Thursday\, July 26\, 2018\n2:00 p.m. ‐ 3:00 p.m. \nSpeaker: Dr. Hassan Kojori\, PhD\nSenior Principal Engineer with Honeywell \nLocation: 5 King’s College Rd.\nToronto\, Ontario\nCanada M5S 3G8\nBuilding: Mechanical Engineering Building\nRoom Number: RM 331 \nContact: Kyarash Shahriari\, Omid Alizadeh \nOrganizer: IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AESS)\, Power & Energy Chapter \nRegister: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/174543 \nAbstract: The More Electric Aircraft (MEA) is based on the concept of utilizing electrical power for driving aircraft subsystems currently powered by hydraulic\, pneumatic or mechanical means including utility and flight control actuation\, environmental control system\, lubrication and fuel pumps\, and numerous other utility functions. In this seminar\, Dr. Kojori begins with an overview of the More Electric Aircraft and will discuss how various technologies developed over the past three decades have helped reduce the size\, weight and life-cycle-cost of the overall system\, significantly improve reliability and ease manufacturing and maintenance. Next he will cover emerging advanced technologies for All Electric Aircraft for urban transportation and discuss some of the main opportunities and challenges. \nBiography: Dr. Hassan Kojori holds a PhD from the University of Toronto and is an IEEE Fellow and licensed Professional Engineer. He has over 30 years of experience in power electronics\, Li-ion batteries\, energy optimization and systems control for aerospace\, automotive and utility industries. His original work on many technology firsts has resulted in 48 patent disclosures (27 granted)\, several trade secrets and more than 50 technical papers and proprietary reports. Currently\, as a Senior Principal Engineer with Honeywell\, he is the Conversion Portfolio Leader in the Aero Advanced Tech and Responsible for R&D for More Electric Aircraft and tactical vehicles. He has been actively engaged in collaborative research with leading local and international universities. He was adjunct professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of Toronto and Ryerson University (2000-2012) and an industry professor in the Institute for Automotive Research and Technology at McMaster University (2012-2017). Currently\, he is Associate Editor\, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification\, a board member of the Advisory Council for ECE department at Ryerson University and University of Toronto Institute for Multidisciplinary Design & Innovation and represents Honeywell at The Downsview Aerospace Innovation and Research Consortium.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/more-all-electric-aircraft/
LOCATION:Mechanical Engineering Building\, RM 331\, 5 King’s College Rd.\, Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada M5S 3G8
CATEGORIES:Aerospace & Electronic Systems,Power & Energy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180724T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180724T143000
DTSTAMP:20260423T194637
CREATED:20210430T014029Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T224050Z
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SUMMARY:Engineering Gateways: Communicating for Success as Women in Engineering
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, July 24th at 1:00 p.m.\, come join IEEE Canada Women in Engineering (WIE) and IEEE Toronto WIE Group for “Engineering Gateways: Communicating for Success as Women in Engineering” Panel at the IEEE Professional Communication 2018 (ProComm’18). Diverse perspectives will be brought to this panel on topics such as communications\, self-promotion\, professional branding\, and strategies for intervention. \nDay & Time: Tuesday\, July 24\, 2018\n1:00 p.m. ‐ 2:15 p.m. \nSpeakers: Namir Anani\nPresident and CEO of Information and Communications Technology Council \nChristine Laperriere\nLead Coach and Executive Director of the Women of Influence Advancement Centre \nTeresa Sing\nVP Business Development\, Refine Recruitment \nJennifer van Amerom\nFounder and CEO\, Refine Recruitment \nDeborah-Tihanyi\nAssociate Professor\, Teaching Stream\, Director\, and Communication Coordinator\nUniversity of Toronto \nLocation: Bahen Centre for Information Technology\nUniversity of Toronto\n40 St. George Street\, Toronto\nCanada M5S 2E4 \nRegister: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/173431 \nContact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour \nOrganizer: IEEE Canada Women in Engineering (WIE) and IEEE Toronto WIE Group
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/engineering-gateways-communicating-for-success-as-women-in-engineering/
LOCATION:Bahen Centre for Information Technology\, University of Toronto\, 40 St. George Street\, Toronto
CATEGORIES:Women in Engineering
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180723T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180723T193000
DTSTAMP:20260423T194637
CREATED:20210430T014029Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210501T004418Z
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SUMMARY:Arduino Microcontroller Programming
DESCRIPTION:The workshop is to continue learning Ardunio microcontroller programming. \nIn this workshop\, continue the discussion about 7 segment LED \, learning about Shift register and the application with Arduino board and keypad integration. The workshop involves hardware and software. \nDate & Time: Monday July 23rd\, 2018\n6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. \nOrganizers: IEEE Toronto WIE\, IEEE Toronto Instrumentation Measurement – Robotics Automation Chapter\, IEEE Humber Student Affinity Group \nLocation: Humber North Campus\, J Building \nFor information\, please contact: Zahraa Khalil
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/arduino-microcontroller-programming/
LOCATION:Humber North Campus\, J Building
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Women in Engineering
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180720T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180720T120000
DTSTAMP:20260423T194637
CREATED:20210430T014028Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T223950Z
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SUMMARY:Integration of Electric Vehicles in Smart Grids
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, July 20th at 11:00 a.m.\, The IEEE Toronto ComSoc Chapter and University of Toronto – ECE are inviting all interested to the distinguished lecture titled: “Integration of Electric Vehicles in Smart Grids”. \nDay & Time: Friday\, July 20\, 2018\n11:00 a.m. ‐ 12:00 p.m. \nSpeaker: Prof. Ying-Jun Angela Zhang\nChinese University of Hong Kong \nLocation: 40 St George Street\nToronto\, Ontario\nCanada M5S 2E4\nBuilding: Bahen Centre for Information Technology\nRoom Number: BA4164 \nContact: Eman Hammad \nOrganizer: IEEE Toronto Communication Society \nAbstract: The recent surge in electric vehicle adoption worldwide brings both challenges and opportunities to the electricity power grid. In this talk\, we will first introduce our recent work on coordinated electric vehicle charging when the knowledge of future events is unknown. We will then show how the battery systems in electric vehicles can contribute to stabilizing the grid frequency. \nBiography: Ying-Jun Angela Zhang (S’00-M’05-SM’10) received her PhD degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology\, Hong Kong in 2004. Since 2005\, she has been with Department of Information Engineering\, The Chinese University of Hong Kong\, where she is currently an Associate Professor. Her research interests include mainly wireless communications systems and smart power systems\, in particular optimization techniques for such systems. She serves as the Chair of the Executive Editor Committee of the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. Previously\, she served many years as an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications\, IEEE Transactions on Communications\, Security and Communications Networks (Wiley)\, and a Feature Topic in the IEEE Communications Magazine. She has served on the organizing committee of major IEEE conferences including ICC\, GLOBECOM\, SmartgridComm\, VTC\, CCNC\, ICCC\, MASS\, etc.. She is now the Chair of IEEE ComSoc Emerging Technical Committee on Smart Grid. She was a Co-Chair of the IEEE ComSoc Multimedia Communications Technical Committee and the IEEE Communication Society GOLD Coordinator. She was the co-recipient of the 2014 IEEE ComSoc APB Outstanding Paper Award\, the 2013 IEEE SmartgridComm Best Paper Award\, and the 2011 IEEE Marconi Prize Paper Award on Wireless Communications. She was the recipient of the Young Researcher Award from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2011. As the only winner from engineering science\, she has won the Hong Kong Young Scientist Award 2006\, conferred by the Hong Kong Institution of Science. Dr. Zhang is a Fellow of IET and a Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE ComSoc.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/integration-of-electric-vehicles-in-smart-grids/
LOCATION:40 St George St\, Toronto\, ON M5S 2E4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Communications
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180717T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180717T160000
DTSTAMP:20260423T194637
CREATED:20210430T014028Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T223929Z
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SUMMARY:EMC and Frequency Selective Surfaces for 5G Communications
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, July 17th at 3:00 p.m.\, Professor Erping Li\, Zhejiang University\, China\, will be presenting “EMC and Frequency Selective Surfaces for 5G Communications”. \nDay & Time: Tuesday\, July 17\, 2018\n3:00 p.m. ‐ 4:00 p.m. \nSpeaker: Professor Erping Li\, Zhejiang University\, China \nLocation: 40 St George Street\nToronto\, Ontario\nCanada M5S 2E4\nBuilding: Bahen Centre for Information Technology\nRoom Number: BA1240 \nContact: Costas Sarris \nOrganizer: IEEE Toronto Electromagnetics & Radiation Chapter \nAbstract: The spectrum in the range of 28 GHz is sued for adoption of 5G wireless communication. The novel wideband frequency selective surfaces (FSSs) are explored for the extensive applications in 5G communication such as antenna reflectors\, radomes to system level electromagnetic structures. This presentation will touch on a novel broadband bandpass frequency selective surface (FSS) designed for fifth generation (5G) communication. The new structure design employs the vertical vias in the two-dimensional (2-D) periodic arrays\, which demonstrates that such a single 2.5-dimensional (2.5-D) periodic layer of via_based structure produces a highly stable angular response up to 75 degrees for both the TE and TM incident angles. The proposed FSS is a good candidate for 5G communication applications. \nBiography: Erping Li holds the appointment of Changjiang-Qianren Distinguished Professor in Zhejiang University\, China\, Dean for Zhejiang University-UIUC Institute. Prior that he worked for Singapore A*STAR Institute of High Performance Computing as a Principal Scientist\, Director of Photonic Department\, Associate Professor at National University of Singapore and adjunct Professor at Singapore Nanyang Technological University. Dr Li’s research interests include advanced computational electromagnetics\, electromagnetics in micro-nanoelectronics\, electromagnetics in 5G communication\, nano-plasmonics for microwave and mmwave. He authored or co-authored over 400 papers published in the referred international journals and conferences\, authored two books published at John-Wiley Press(2012) and Cambridge University Press(2014). Dr Li is a Fellow of IEEE\, and a Fellow of MITElectromagnetics Academy\, USA. He received numerous international awards including the IEEE EMC Richard Stoddard Award in 2015\, IEEE EMC Technical Achievement Award\, and Changjiang Chair Professorship Award from the Ministry of Education in China. He has served as General Chair and Technical Program Chair for more than 10 prestigious international conferences and delivered over 80 invited talks and plenary speeches at various international conferences and forums.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/emc-and-frequency-selective-surfaces-for-5g-communications/
LOCATION:Bahen Centre for Information Technology\, BA1240\, 40 St George Street\, Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada M5S 2E4
CATEGORIES:Electromagnetics & Radiation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180716T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180716T210000
DTSTAMP:20260423T194637
CREATED:20210501T004231Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210501T004447Z
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SUMMARY:Arduino Microcontroller Programming
DESCRIPTION:The workshop is to continue learning Ardunio microcontroller programming\, a way to get the knowledge about microcontrollers. This involves learning\nhardware component and software component. \nIn this workshop\, we are going to introduce Pulse with Modulation concept and program Arduino to see it. Introducing 7 segment LED ( common cathode and anode) and going through wiring and programming. \nDate & Time: Monday July 16th\, 2018\n7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. \nOrganizers: IEEE Toronto WIE\, IEEE Toronto Instrumentation Measurement – Robotics Automation Chapter\, IEEE Humber Student Affinity Group \nLocation: Humber North Campus\, J Building \nFor information\, please contact: Zahraa Khalil
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/arduino-microcontroller-programming-2/
LOCATION:Humber College North Campus\, J Building
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Women in Engineering
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180710T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180710T180000
DTSTAMP:20260423T194637
CREATED:20210430T014028Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T223856Z
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SUMMARY:Motor Control with Arduino
DESCRIPTION:-Introduction\n-Basic information about DC motor\, stepper motor and servo motor\n-How to make them run (ON/OFF)\n-How to control speed\n* Basic information about PID control (I will not make the whole calculation but still I want to mention about the idea to show where it comes from)\n-How to control direction\n– How and where can we use them \nSpeaker: Seda Erturk \nDate & Time: Tuesday July 10th\, 2018\n5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. \nOrganizers: IEEE Toronto WIE\, IEEE Toronto Robotics Chapter\, IEEE Humber Student Affinity Group \nLocation: Prototype Lab (J232 Humber College North Campus) \nFor information\, please contact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/motor-control-with-arduino/
LOCATION:Prototype Lab (J232 Humber College North Campus)
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Women in Engineering
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180625T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180625T163000
DTSTAMP:20260423T194637
CREATED:20210430T014028Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T223817Z
UID:10000212-1529940600-1529944200@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Introduction to Robotics Class 5
DESCRIPTION:Students will learn the basic robot building blocks through hands on examples. By the end of the lesson students will precisely control a motor through Arduino code. The flow of information and signals will be examined. Students should read online tutorials on:\n1. How to control a servo motor via Arduino\n2. How a rotary encoder sensor works and how to use them via Arduino. \nOrganizers: IEEE Toronto WIE\, IEEE Toronto Robotics Chapter\, IEEE Humber Student Affinity Group \nDate & Time: Monday June 25th\, 2018\n3:30 p.m. \nLocation: Humber North Campus\, J Building \nFor information\, please contact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/introduction-to-robotics-class-5/
LOCATION:Humber North Campus\, J Building
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Women in Engineering
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180618T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180618T163000
DTSTAMP:20260423T194637
CREATED:20210430T014027Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T223755Z
UID:10000210-1529335800-1529339400@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Introduction to Robotics Class 4
DESCRIPTION:Students will learn the basic robot building blocks through hands on examples. By the end of the lesson students will precisely control a motor through Arduino code. The flow of information and signals will be examined. Students should read online tutorials on:\n1. How to control a servo motor via Arduino\n2. How a rotary encoder sensor works and how to use them via Arduino. \nDate & Time: Monday June 18th\, 2018\n3:30 p.m. \nOrganizers: IEEE Toronto WIE\, IEEE Toronto Robotics Chapter\, IEEE Humber Student Affinity Group \nLocation: Humber North Campus\, J Building \nFor information\, please contact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/introduction-to-robotics-class-4/
LOCATION:Humber North Campus\, J Building
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Women in Engineering
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180614T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180614T123000
DTSTAMP:20260423T194637
CREATED:20210430T014027Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T223732Z
UID:10000209-1528974000-1528979400@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Advanced Sensor Concepts\, Exploitation\, Signal Processing and Systems Engineering
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, June 14th at 11:00 a.m.\, IEEE AESS and SC Distinguished Lecturer Michael C. Wicks\, Ph.D.\, will be presenting “Advanced Sensor Concepts\, Exploitation\, Signal Processing and Systems Engineering”. \nDay & Time: Thursday\, June 14\, 2018\n11:00 a.m. ‐ 12:30 p.m. \nSpeaker: Michael C. Wicks\, Ph.D.\nDIEEE AESS and SC Distinguished Lecturer\nEndowed Chair and Professor of Electrical Engineering\nUniversity of Dayton\, Dayton OH 45469 USA \nHost: Dr. Raviraj Adve\nElectrical and Computer Engineering\nUniversity of Toronto \nLocation: BA 1200 (Bahen Center)\nUniversity of Toronto\n40 St. George Street\, Toronto\nCanada M5S 2E4 \nContact: Dr. Mehrdad Tirandazian \nOrganizer: Aerospace and Systems\, Man and Cybernetics IEEE Toronto Section \nAbstract: In this talk\, a number of concepts and technologies forming the foundation for the exploitation of sensors from a Big Data perspective are presented. A signal processing and systems engineering approach is discussed\, and heuristic techniques are presented as being critical to leap ahead advances in sensor exploitation. While radar centric in nature\, the foundation for a more general sensors approach to Big Data exploitation is discussed. Archival data is considered to be essential to the optimal exploitation of sensor phenomena\, as humans are unable to fully observe or even comprehend the volumes of rapidly changing data available today. Topics as diverse as radio frequency tomography for below ground imaging\, millimeter wave sensing for exquisite feature extraction\, target resonance and dynamic imaging of targets obscured by clutter and cover\, as well as space-time adaptive processing are presented. The integrating theme of Big Data exploitation in the Internet of Radar is discussed within the context of these enabling sensor technologies as is the “Velocity of Sensor Data.” \nBiography: Dr. Wicks is a leading research scientist in remote sensing\, signal processing and systems engineering\, with a current focus on distributed sensing and radio frequency technology. He has pursued a variety of research interests in his career\, including: cognitive radar\, radio frequency tomographic radar\, counter explosive sensor technology\, cognitive radar and radio\, space object sensing\, missile defense\, deep earth probing radar\, multi-dimensional adaptive processing for airborne and space based radar\, ultra-wideband radio and radar\, passive and active multi-static systems\, and concealed weapons / contraband detection and carrier identification. He pioneered the concept of knowledge-based signal processing and waveform diversity\, and has led national and international research teams on the design\, development and fielding of novel algorithms\, architectures and systems for remote sensing from space\, air and surface platforms. \nSponsored research is currently focused on advanced algorithms for the detection and track processing of airborne targets obscured by wind farm clutter\, as is research on spatially and spectrally diverse sensing for the automatic detection\, identification\, and feature exploitation of objects under cover\, e.g. below ground\, inside structures\, or under foliage. Space object identification is also a topic of current research. The design and analysis of distributed radar for exoatmospheric surveillance is complimented by analysis and experiments for side-looking imaging and surface moving target indication radar. Recent research has resulted in the development of a mobile waveform diverse distributed MIMO radar system and a radio frequency tomography test bed at the University of Dayton. Research on integrated close-in sensing and long range wide area surveillance radar is addressing feature extraction\, in addition to detection processing and track formation. Algorithms and architectures for the numerical and symbolic (heuristic) processing of sensor data is a primary focus of this research.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/advanced-sensor-concepts-exploitation-signal-processing-and-systems-engineering/
LOCATION:BA 1200 (Bahen Center)\, University of Toronto\, 40 St. George Street\, Toronto\, Canada M5S 2E4
CATEGORIES:Aerospace & Electronic Systems
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180613T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180613T153000
DTSTAMP:20260423T194637
CREATED:20210430T014027Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T223702Z
UID:10000208-1528900200-1528903800@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Introduction to Microcontrollers
DESCRIPTION:The workshop is to introduce students to Ardunio microcontroller programming\, a way to get the knowledge about microcontrollers. This involves hardware component and software components. \nDate & Time: Wednesday June 13th\, 2018\n2:30 p.m. \nOrganizers: IEEE Toronto WIE\, IEEE Toronto Robotics Chapter\, IEEE Humber Student Affinity Group \nLocation: Humber North Campus\, J Building \nFor information\, please contact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/introduction-to-microcontrollers/
LOCATION:Humber North Campus\, J Building
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Women in Engineering
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180611T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180611T163000
DTSTAMP:20260423T194637
CREATED:20210430T014026Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T223614Z
UID:10000207-1528731000-1528734600@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Introduction to Robotics Class 3: Introduction to Encoders and Feedback
DESCRIPTION:Students will learn the basic robot building blocks through hands on examples. By the end of the lesson students will precisely control a motor through Arduino code. The flow of information and signals will be examined. Students should read online tutorials on:\n1. How to control a servo motor via Arduino\n2. How a rotary encoder sensor works and how to use them via Arduino. \nDate & Time: Monday June 11th\, 2018\n3:30 p.m. \nOrganizers: IEEE Toronto WIE\, IEEE Toronto Robotics Chapter\, IEEE Humber Student Affinity Group \nLocation: Humber North Campus\, J Building \nFor information\, please contact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/introduction-to-robotics-class-3-introduction-to-encoders-and-feedback/
LOCATION:Humber North Campus\, J Building
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Women in Engineering
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180606T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180606T200000
DTSTAMP:20260423T194637
CREATED:20210430T014026Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T223552Z
UID:10000205-1528308000-1528315200@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Dr. Prabha Kundur’s Seminar on Sustainable Electric Power Systems in the 21st Century
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, June 6th at 6:00 p.m.\, Dr. Prabha Kundur\, President of Kundur Power Systems Solutions Inc.\, will be presenting a seminar on “Sustainable Electric Power Systems in the 21st Century”. \nDay & Time: Wednesday\, June 6\, 2018\n6:00 p.m. ‐ 8:00 p.m. \nSpeaker: Dr. Prabha Kundur\nPresident of Kundur Power Systems Solutions Inc. \nLocation: 10 King’s College Rd\nToronto\, Ontario\nCanada M5S 3G8\nBuilding: Sanford Fleming building\nRoom Number: Room 1105 \nContact: Omid Alizadeh \nOrganizer: Power & Energy Chapter\, University of Toronto Student Branch \nRegister: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/172987 \nAbstract: IEEE Toronto is honoured to have Dr. Prabha S. Kundur give a presentation on Sustainable Electric Power Systems in the 21st Century: Requirements\, Challenges and the Role of Intelligent Systems Technologies\, on Wednesday\, June 6th\, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm\, Room 1105 at Sanford Fleming building\, University of Toronto. \nSustainability of electric power systems requires balancing the business across three areas: economic\, social and environmental. This will have a profound impact on how power systems are planned\, built and operated in the future. In the evolving electricity supply industry environment\, the challenges are to produce\, transmit\, and use energy in an environmentally friendly manner\, to reduce costs by improving operating efficiency and business practices\, and enhance the reliability and quality of power supply. In particular\, there will be increased focus on improving the security and reliability of power systems while addressing environmental concerns\, such as greenhouse gas emissions and global warming issues. There will also be greater emphasis on “smart” use of energy. Research\, development and application of intelligent systems technologies will play a major role in shaping the future directions of power systems in this regard. \nThis presentation will describe these changes affecting the electric power industry and highlight new technologies that will influence the changes. \nLight refreshments will be provided. \nBiography: Prabha Kundur holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto and has over 40 years of experience in the electric power industry. He is currently the President of Kundur Power system Solutions Inc.\, Toronto\, Ontario. He served as the President and CEO of Powertech Labs Inc.\, the research and technology subsidiary of BC Hydro\, from 1994 to 2006. Prior to joining Powertech\, he worked at Ontario Hydro for nearly 25 years and held senior positions involving power system planning and design. \nHe has also served as Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto from 1979 to 2017 and at the University of British Columbia from1994 to 2006. He is the author of the book Power System Stability and Control (McGraw-Hill\, 1994)\, which is a standard modern reference for the subject. He has performed extensive international consulting related to power system planning and design\, and has delivered advanced level technical courses for utilities\, manufacturers and universities around the world. \nDr. Kundur has a long record of service and leadership in the IEEE. He has chaired numerous committees and working groups of the IEEE Power & Energy Society and was elected a Fellow of the IEEE in 1985. He served as the Chair of the IEEE Power System Dynamic Performance Committee from 2001 to 2003. From 2004 to 2010\, he served as a member of the IEEE PES Executive Committee and as the PES Vice-President for Education. He is the recipient of several IEEE awards\, including the 1997 IEEE Nikola Tesla Award\, 2005 IEEE PES Charles Concordia Power System Engineering Award\, and the 2010 IEEE Medal in Power Engineering. \nDr. Kundur was elected as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering in 2003 and as a Foreign Member of the US National Academy of Engineering in 2011. \nHe has been awarded two honorary degrees: Doctor Honoris Causa by the University Politechnica of Bucharest\, Romania in 2003\, and Doctor of Engineering\, Honoris Causa by the University of Waterloo\, Canada in 2004.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/dr-prabha-kundurs-seminar-on-sustainable-electric-power-systems-in-the-21st-century/
LOCATION:Room 1105\, Sanford Fleming building\, 10 King’s College Rd\, Toronto\, Ontario M5S 3G8
CATEGORIES:Power & Energy
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180606
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180608
DTSTAMP:20260423T194637
CREATED:20210430T014026Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T223528Z
UID:10000206-1528243200-1528415999@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:29th Biennial Symposium on Communications – BSC 2018 (Toronto)
DESCRIPTION:BSC 2018 will take place in Toronto\, Ontario from June 6 to 7\, 2018. Find out more information at http://infotheory.ca/bsc2018/
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/29th-biennial-symposium-on-communications-bsc-2018-toronto/
LOCATION:Toronto\, ON\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Conference,Instrumentation & Measurement,Women in Engineering
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180604T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180604T163000
DTSTAMP:20260423T194637
CREATED:20210430T014025Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T223445Z
UID:10000204-1528126200-1528129800@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Introduction To Robotics Class 2: Practical Introduction to Robot Subsystems
DESCRIPTION:Students will learn the basic robot building blocks through hands on examples. By the end of the lesson students will precisely control a motor through Arduino code. The flow of information and signals will be examined. Students should read online tutorials on:\n1. How to control a servo motor via Arduino\n2. How a rotary encoder sensor works and how to use them via Arduino. \nDate & Time: Monday June 4th\, 2018\n3:30 p.m. \nLocation: Humber North Campus\, J Building \nOrganizers: IEEE Toronto WIE\, IEEE Toronto Robotics Chapter\, IEEE Humber Student Affinity Group \nFor information\, please contact: Dr Maryam Davoudpour
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/introduction-to-robotics-class-2-practical-introduction-to-robot-subsystems/
LOCATION:Humber College North Campus\, J Building
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Women in Engineering
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180531T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180531T210000
DTSTAMP:20260423T194637
CREATED:20210430T014025Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T223411Z
UID:10000203-1527789600-1527800400@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Big Data Based Recommendation Approaches for Healthcare
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 31st at 6:00 p.m.\, Samee U. Khan\, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the North Dakota State University\, will be presenting “Big Data Based Recommendation Approaches for Healthcare”. \nDay & Time: Thursday\, May 31\, 2018\n6:00 p.m. ‐ 9:00 p.m. \nSpeaker: Samee U. Khan\nDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering\nNorth Dakota State University \nLocation: Room GB405\, University of Toronto (Galbraith Building)\n35 St George St.\, Toronto\nOntario M5S 1A4 \nContact: Dennis Cecic \nOrganizer: IEEE Toronto Computer Society \nRVSP: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/162924 \nFees: IEEE Members: Free\nNon-Member (Professional): $10 + 13% HST \nAbstract: Recommender systems have attained widespread acceptance and have attracted the increased attention by the masses for over a decade. Recommender systems alleviate the complexities of products and services selection tasks and are meant to overcome the issuesof information overload. Just like the recommender systems’ prospects in e-commerce and several other business domains\,recommender systems have also been developed to offer recommendations about healthcare services and products. Considering the high volumes and dimensionality of healthcare data\, utilization of efficient techniques to manage the big data is inevitable. \nIn this talk\, we describe the need and rationale for using the big data enabled techniques for healthcare data. As case studies\, we will detail our work on developing recommendation systems for: (a) health insurance products recommendation\, (b) health expert recommendation from social media\, (c) identification of influential doctors from Twitter\, and (d) disease risk assessment services. During the discussion on the cases studies\, we will discuss the following issues that are particular to the recommender systems: (a) cold start\, (b) long-tail problem\, and (c) scalability. \nBiography: Samee U. Khan received a BS degree in 1999 from Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology\, Topi\, Pakistan\, and a PhD in 2007 from the University of Texas\, Arlington\, TX\, USA. Currently\, he is Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the North Dakota State University\, Fargo\, ND\, USA. Prof. Khan’s research interests include optimization\, robustness\, and security of systems. His work hasappeared in over 300 publications. He is on the editorial boards of leading journals\, such as IEEE Access\, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials\, and IEEE IT Pro. He is an ACM Distinguished Speaker\, an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer\, a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET\, formerly IEE)\, and a Fellow of the British Computer Society (BCS).
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/big-data-based-recommendation-approaches-for-healthcare/
LOCATION:Room GB405\, University of Toronto (Galbraith Building)\, 35 St George St.\, Toronto Ontario M5S 1A4
CATEGORIES:Computer
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