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SUMMARY:The Bitcoin Blockchain
DESCRIPTION:Join us to learn about the basics of the Bitcoin blockchain\, how mining works\, and what hashes are. The Bitcoin blockchain was the first cryptocurrency\, but not the first use of blockchain; blockchain was invented much earlier than the Bitcoin creation. Both Bitcoin and blockchain topics will be covered over the course of this session. At the end of the workshop we will have a Q&A section to answer any questions. \nSpeaker(s): Adi Malihi \nClick here to register.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/the-bitcoin-blockchain/
LOCATION:Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/299554
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211216T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211216T130000
DTSTAMP:20260417T222707
CREATED:20211125T133529Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220105T232652Z
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SUMMARY:Introduction to CPI’s Satcom & Medical Products
DESCRIPTION:Founded in 1948\, CPI is a global manufacturer of electronic components and subsystems focused primarily on communications and defense markets. The company develops\, manufactures\, and globally distributes innovative and reliable technology solutions used in the generation\, amplification\, transmission\, and reception of microwave signals for commercial and military applications. CPI serves customers in the communications\, defense\, medical\, industrial\, and scientific markets. \nThe Satcom & Medical Products Division of CPI is located in Georgetown\, Ontario. This presentation introduces some of the CPI products\, basic technical background\, and the application of High Voltage for such medical and Satcom products. \nSpeaker(s): Mahdi Khanali \nAgenda: Registration is mandatory. \nRegister: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/291432
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/introduction-to-cpis-satcom-medical-products/
LOCATION:Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211214T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211214T183000
DTSTAMP:20260417T222707
CREATED:20211109T123536Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220105T094814Z
UID:10000489-1639501200-1639506600@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Ethics: How might the machine learning make the world a better place? How might it make the world worse?
DESCRIPTION:How might the machine learning make the world a better place?\nHow might it make the world worse?\nI have some thoughts. Likely you do too.\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/289243
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/ethics-how-might-the-machine-learning-make-the-world-a-better-place-how-might-it-make-the-world-worse/
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/289243
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Women in Engineering
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211212T093000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211212T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T222707
CREATED:20211022T100329Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220105T232818Z
UID:10000316-1639301400-1639324800@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:IEEE Toronto Member Appreciation at The Toronto Zoo
DESCRIPTION:The IEEE Toronto would like to thank all of our members for sticking with us through the pandemic. As our way of saying thank you\, we would like to invite you and your family (or friends) to join us for lunch and wild times at the Toronto Zoo! \nIncluded in the $10 per person registration fee: \n\nOne general admission ticket to the Toronto Zoo\nIEEE-Toronto branded swag\nLunch at the Special Events Centre (inside the Zoo)\n\nAt least one IEEE member number must be provided for each registration. Each IEEE member may bring up to 3 additional friend or family members. \nPlease note that all participants in the event must adhere to the Toronto Zoo mask and vaccination policies.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/ieee-toronto-member-appreciation-at-the-toronto-zoo/
LOCATION:The Toronto Zoo\, 2000 Meadowvale Rd\, Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada\, M1B 5K7\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/286646
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211211T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211211T190000
DTSTAMP:20260417T222707
CREATED:20211205T071803Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220105T232859Z
UID:10000495-1639242000-1639249200@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Introduction to Web Development with HTML and CSS Part 3
DESCRIPTION:Ieee Programming HTML and CSS workshops from Saturday 27 November to 18 December \nCo-sponsored by: Professor Arman Hamzehlou Kahrizi \nAgenda: It is a hands-on workshop aiming to introduce the basics of web design using HTML5 and CSS. In this series of workshops\, we will step-by-step\, create and publish a simple and responsive website to a web-hosting service and finally optimize our website for search engines (SEO) so the website is better picked up by the search engine during a search query. \nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/293260
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/introduction-to-web-development-with-html-and-css-part-3/
LOCATION:Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/293260
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211211T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211211T110000
DTSTAMP:20260417T222707
CREATED:20211211T074913Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220105T232933Z
UID:10000496-1639216800-1639220400@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Machine Learning Applications in Cybersecurity Domain.
DESCRIPTION:Internet is the baseline for cyberspace\, where technology infrastructure can be autonomous. It is a virtual space that can be accessed via different interconnected network devices. Cyber-security can be described as a set of measures that makes cyberspace safe. Identifying threats and predicting vulnerabilities in this environment are the key components of the security mechanism. The main cause of security violations is the intrusion of an attacker into the network or electronic devices. Machine learning can be used to increase the accuracy level of detection of threats to improve system efficiency and performance. In this talk\, we present how machine learning can help detect and mitigate cyber threats in the systems. \nSpeaker(s): Dr. Mizanur Rahman \nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/294505
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/machine-learning-applications-in-cybersecurity-domain/
LOCATION:Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/294505
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211207T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211207T183000
DTSTAMP:20260417T222707
CREATED:20211109T123536Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220105T233027Z
UID:10000488-1638896400-1638901800@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Generative Adversarial Networks: Used for understanding and producing a random data item
DESCRIPTION:Prerequisites: You do not need to have attended the earlier talks. If you know zero math and zero machine learning\, then this talk is for you. Jeff will do his best to explain fairly hard mathematics to you. If you know a bunch of math and/or a bunch machine learning\, then these talks are for you. Jeff tries to spin the ideas in new ways. \nLonger Abstract: Suppose you have a distributions of random images of cats. Suppose you want to learn a neural network that takes uniformly random bits as input and outputs an image of a cat according to this same distribution. One fun thing is that this neural network won’t be perfect and hence it will output images of “cats” that it has never seen before. Also you can make small changes in the network input bits and see how it changes the resulting image of a cat. The way we do this is with Generative Adversarial Networks. This is formed by having two competing agents. The task of the first agent\, as described above\, is to output random images of cats. The task of the second is to discern whether a given image was produced by the true random distribution or by the first agent. By competing\, they learn. If we have more time in the talk then we will talk about Convolutional & Recurrent Networks which are used for learning images and sound that are invariant over location and time. \nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/289241
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/generative-adversarial-networks-used-for-understanding-and-producing-a-random-data-item/
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/289241
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Women in Engineering
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211204T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211204T200000
DTSTAMP:20260417T222707
CREATED:20211030T112020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220105T233546Z
UID:10000482-1638640800-1638648000@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:IEEE CIC x GMU Indie Game Jam: Finishing up & QnA
DESCRIPTION:This series of 5 beginner friendly workshops will teach students how to create their own indie game in Unity. \nWe will teach the building blocks and best practices to create a shooter including creating the player\, creating enemies\, collectibles\, effects\, and more! \nAll who attend all five sessions will get a certificate from IEEE WIE and can submit their 2D game into a showcase with small prizes at the end of the workshop series. \n\nQuick review of last week’s progress (10 minutes)\nIntroduction to the Package Manager & Post Processing package (10 minutes) ● Apply post processing effects to camera (20 minutes)\nImplement camera shaking (20 minutes)\nBreak (10 minutes)\nBuilding our project (10 minutes)\nQnA (40 minutes)\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/287758
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/ieee-cic-x-gmu-indie-game-jam-finishing-up-qna/
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/287758
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Women in Engineering
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211204T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211204T190000
DTSTAMP:20260417T222707
CREATED:20211130T140258Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220105T233218Z
UID:10000494-1638637200-1638644400@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Introduction to Web Development with HTML and CSS
DESCRIPTION:Ieee Programming HTML and CSS workshops from Saturday 27 November to 18 December \nCo-sponsored by: Professor Arman Hamzehlou Kahrizi \nAgenda: It is a hands-on workshop aiming to introduce the basics of web design using HTML5 and CSS. In this series of workshops\, we will step-by-step\, create and publish a simple and responsive website to a web-hosting service and finally optimize our website for search engines (SEO) so the website is better picked up by the search engine during a search query. \nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/292234
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/introduction-to-web-development-with-html-and-css-2/
LOCATION:Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/292234
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211203T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211203T170000
DTSTAMP:20260417T222707
CREATED:20211125T133527Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220105T233709Z
UID:10000492-1638547200-1638550800@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:"Advances in Microwave Planar Sensors Using Active Circuitry" by Mohammad Abdolrazzaghi
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for an upcoming talk on Dec 03\, 4-5 pm (Eastern Time) by Mohammad Abdolrazzaghi titled “Advances in Microwave Planar Sensors Using Active Circuitry”\, as part of the 2020-2021 IEEE AP-S seminar series. \nAbstract: Nowadays\, electromagnetism (EM) is being extensively investigated as a leading technology on noninvasive sensing. EM sensors make use of metallic elements\, including split-ring resonators (SRRs) and complementary SRRs\, to both radiate or receive EM waves. Using EM sensors to monitor changes in a medium\, e.g. human body\, is based on interrogation of a medium with EM waves that reveals valuable information about its properties. EM-based technologies enable compact\, low-profile\, yet highly sensitive sensors for cutting-edge sensors. In this talk\, a variety of microwave planar sensors will be presented that exhibit high sensitivity for material characterization\, focusing on high-performance sensors aided with active circuitry. Emerging technologies such as machine learning will be introduced that enhances the sensor robustness. Last\, the potential capabilities of the microwave sensors in microwave and mm-wave frequencies will be discussed to conclude the talk. \nSpeaker: Mohammad Abdolrazzaghi received the B.Sc. degree from the Iran University of Science and Technology\, Tehran\, Iran\, in 2009\, and M.Sc. degree from the University of Alberta\, Edmonton\, AB\, Canada\, in 2017\, all in electrical and computer engineering. He then became involved as a research assistant of Microwave and Millimeter Wave Lab (M2M) at the University of Alberta and Electromagnetics Lead at the Phase Advanced Sensors Corp. in Edmonton\, AB. He joined University of Toronto community in 2020 as a PhD student in Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. His research interest includes: Analog Circuit Design\, RF Circuits and Microwave Active Sensors\, Machine learning\, Wireless Power Transfer\, and Phased Arrays. He was awarded Alberta Innovates Technology Futures (AITF) Scholarship from University of Alberta (2015)\, got the first place in for CMC Microsystems’s National Research Council Industrial Collaboration Award in 2015\, and Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2021). \nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/291426
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/advances-in-microwave-planar-sensors-using-active-circuitry-by-mohammad-abdolrazzaghi/
LOCATION:Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/291426
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211202T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211202T200000
DTSTAMP:20260417T222707
CREATED:20211107T122059Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220101T093308Z
UID:10000484-1638468000-1638475200@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Six Sigma Quality
DESCRIPTION:Six Sigma is a management philosophy and set of methods introduced by Motorola and General Electric to eliminate defects in their products and processes. Six Sigma views variation as the enemy and provides with a goal of having less than 3.4 defects per million opportunities. This methodology prescribes project-oriented improvement phases known as Define\, Measure\, Analyze\, Improve and Control (DMAIC). The most important focus of the Six Sigma methodology is that it propagates companies to become customer centric and deliver customers the products and services in the exact specification\, highest quality\, exact delivery time and quantity  Speaker(s): Omar Malik \,   Agenda:  – Introduction  – Bio of the presenter  – Presentation of the Webinar  – Q & A  Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/288981
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/six-sigma-quality/
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/288981
CATEGORIES:Industrial Electronics
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211130T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211130T183000
DTSTAMP:20260417T222707
CREATED:20211109T123535Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211230T092235Z
UID:10000487-1638291600-1638297000@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Dimension Reduction & Maximum Likelihood: How to compress your data while retaining the key features
DESCRIPTION:Prerequisites: You do not need to have attended the earlier talks. If you know zero math and zero machine learning\, then this talk is for you. Jeff will do his best to explain fairly hard mathematics to you. If you know a bunch of math and/or a bunch machine learning\, then these talks are for you. Jeff tries to spin the ideas in new ways. Longer Abstract: A randomly chosen bit string cannot be compressed at all. But if there is a pattern to it\, eg it represents an image\, then maybe it can be compressed. Each pixel of an image is specified by one (or three) real numbers. If an image has thousands/millions of pixels\, then each of these acts as a coordinate of the point where the image sits in a very high dimensional space. A set of such images then corresponds to a set of these points. We can understand the pattern of points/images as follows. Maximum Likelihood assumes that the given set of points/images were randomly chosen according a multi-dimensional normal distribution and then adjusts the parameters of this normal distribution in the way that maximizes the probability of getting the images that we have. The obtained parameters effectively fits an ellipse around the points/images in this high dimensional space. We then reduce the number of dimensions in our space by collapsing this ellipse along its least significant axises. Projecting each point/image to this lower dimensional space compresses the amount of information needed to represent each image.  Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/289240
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/dimension-reduction-maximum-likelihood-how-to-compress-your-data-while-retaining-the-key-features/
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/289240
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Women in Engineering
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211129T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211129T130000
DTSTAMP:20260417T222707
CREATED:20211121T133554Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211229T092505Z
UID:10000490-1638187200-1638190800@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:BorealisAI presents: Machine Learning Product Development & Business Value
DESCRIPTION:IEEE Canada Region and IEEE Toronto Section Industry Engagement Committees are pleased to announce an exceptional talk by Calvin Gerus\, Director of Product at BorealisAI. The talk is titled “Machine Learning Product Development & Business Value”.  Co-sponsored by: BorealisAI  Speaker(s): Calvin Gerus\,   Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/290691
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/borealisai-presents-machine-learning-product-development-business-value/
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/290691
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211127T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211127T180000
DTSTAMP:20260417T222707
CREATED:20211124T133623Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211227T091802Z
UID:10000491-1638032400-1638036000@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Introduction to Web Development with HTML and CSS
DESCRIPTION:Ieee Programming HTML and CSS workshops from Saturday 27 November to 18 December  Co-sponsored by: Professor Arman Hamzehlou Kahrizi  Agenda:  It is a hands-on workshop aiming to introduce the basics of web design using HTML5 and CSS. In this series of workshops\, we will step-by-step\, create and publish a simple and responsive website to a web-hosting service and finally optimize our website for search engines (SEO) so the website is better picked up by the search engine during a search query.  Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/291174
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/introduction-to-web-development-with-html-and-css/
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/291174
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211125T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211125T200000
DTSTAMP:20260417T222707
CREATED:20211030T112020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211225T090309Z
UID:10000481-1637863200-1637870400@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:IEEE CIC x GMU Indie Game Jam: UI & Game Controller
DESCRIPTION:This series of 5 beginner friendly workshops will teach students how to create their own indie game in Unity.  We will teach the building blocks and best practices to create a shooter including creating the player\, creating enemies\, collectibles\, effects\, and more!  All who attend all five sessions will get a certificate from IEEE WIE and can submit their 2D game into a showcase with small prizes at the end of the workshop series.  –  Quick review of last week’s progress (10 minutes) –  Introduction to the Package Manager & Post Processing package (10 minutes) ● Apply post processing effects to camera (20 minutes) –  Implement camera shaking (20 minutes) –  Break (10 minutes) –  Building our project (10 minutes)  ● QnA (40 minutes)  Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/287756
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/ieee-cic-x-gmu-indie-game-jam-ui-game-controller/
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/287756
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Women in Engineering
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211123T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211123T183000
DTSTAMP:20260417T222707
CREATED:20211030T112020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211223T084823Z
UID:10000480-1637686800-1637692200@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Reinforcement Learning Game Tree / Markoff Chains
DESCRIPTION:Prerequisites: You do not need to have attended the earlier talks. If you know zero math and zero machine learning\, then this talk is for you. Jeff will do his best to explain fairly hard mathematics to you. If you know a bunch of math and/or a bunch machine learning\, then these talks are for you. Jeff tries to spin the ideas in new ways. Longer Abstract: At the risk of being non-standard\, Jeff will tell you the way he thinks about this topic. Both “Game Trees” and “Markoff Chains” represent the graph of states through which your agent will traverse a path while completing the task. Suppose we could learn for each such state a value measuring “how good” this state is for the agent. Then competing the task in an optimal way would be easy. If our current state is one within which our agent gets to choose the next action\, then she will choose the action that maximizes the value of our next state. On the other hand\, if our adversary gets to choose\, he will choose the action that minimizes this value. Finally\, if our current state is one within which the universe flips a coin\, then each edge leaving this state will be labeled with the probability of taking it. Knowing that that is how the game is played\, we can compute how good each state is. The states in which the task is complete is worth whatever reward the agent receives in the said state. These values somehow trickle backwards until we learn the value of the start state. The computational challenge is that there are way more states then we can ever look at.  Speaker(s): Prof. Jeff Edmonds\,   Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/287737
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/reinforcement-learning-game-tree-markoff-chains/
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/287737
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Women in Engineering
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211123T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211123T173000
DTSTAMP:20260417T222707
CREATED:20211109T123535Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211223T084823Z
UID:10000485-1637683200-1637688600@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Third Richard Marceau Energy Symposium
DESCRIPTION:IEEE Toronto Section will be the host for the Third Richard Marceau Energy Symposium.  Extending the success of prior events\, the Third Richard Marceau Energy Symposium is a collaboration by the Bowman Centre for Sustainable Energy\, the Canadian Academy of Engineering\, and the Canadian Society of Senior Engineers.  Agenda:  – Welcome by IEEE Toronto Section Chair– Dr. Ali Nabavi – The Continuing Legacy of Dr. Richard Marceau  – Canadian Academy of Engineering: Dr. Oskar Sigvaldason – Sigvaldason is the Project Manager for Trottier Energy Futures Project –  – CANADA: Evaluation of Three Energy System Chains  – Bowman Centre for Sustainable Energy: Marshall Kern – Marshall Kern is the President of the Bowman Centre for Sustainable Energy –  – Super-Grid to Strengthen North American Electrical Energy Security  – Canadian Society of Senior Engineers: Guy Van Uytven – Guy Van Uytven is the President of the CSSE  Please register using the link provided below.  Co-sponsored by: Ali Nabavi  Speaker(s): .\,   Agenda:  Agenda:  – Welcome by IEEE Toronto Section Chair– Dr. Ali Nabavi – The Continuing Legacy of Dr. Richard Marceau  – Canadian Academy of Engineering: Dr. Oskar Sigvaldason – Sigvaldason is the Project Manager for Trottier Energy Futures Project –  – CANADA: Evaluation of Three Energy System Chains  – Bowman Centre for Sustainable Energy: Marshall Kern – Marshall Kern is the President of the Bowman Centre for Sustainable Energy –  – Super-Grid to Strengthen North American Electrical Energy Security  – Canadian Society of Senior Engineers: Guy Van Uytven – Guy Van Uytven is the President of the CSSE  Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/289246
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/third-richard-marceau-energy-symposium/
LOCATION:Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/289246
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211123T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211123T130000
DTSTAMP:20260417T222707
CREATED:20211019T092612Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211223T084823Z
UID:10000315-1637668800-1637672400@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:3GPP Standards for 5G New Radio: from Release 15 and beyond
DESCRIPTION:Event to introduce the 3GPP standardization process and discuss the existing and future specifications for 5G New Radio.  The fifth and latest generation of cellular mobile communication protocols (5G) is meant to address use cases well beyond the next decade. The first set of technical specifications for 5G\, also referred to as “New Radio” or NR in 3GPP\, were completed as part of 3GPP Release 15. The standardization work for 5G NR continues and new features are continuously added to address more advanced use cases and verticals. This presentation will provide an overview of the standardization process in 3GPP and an overview of the technical features for Release 16 and Release 17 of the specifications. The presentation will conclude with an outlook of future wireless evolution.  Speaker(s): Benoît Pelletier\,   Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/3gpp-standards-for-5g-new-radio-from-release-15-and-beyond/
LOCATION:Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Young Professionals
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211118T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211118T200000
DTSTAMP:20260417T222707
CREATED:20211030T112020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211218T081851Z
UID:10000479-1637258400-1637265600@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:IEEE CIC x GMU Indie Game Jam: Enemy & Enemy AI
DESCRIPTION:This series of 5 beginner friendly workshops will teach students how to create their own indie game in Unity. We will teach the building blocks and best practices to create a shooter including creating the player\, creating enemies\, collectibles\, effects\, and more! All who attend all five sessions will get a certificate from IEEE WIE and can submit their 2D game into a showcase with small prizes at the end of the workshop series.  –  Quick review of last week’s progress (10 minutes) –  Add enemy object & its components (10 minutes):  ○ Rigidbody 2D (kinematic)  ○ Box Collider 2D  ○ Sprite Renderer  –  Add enemy script & implement enemy random generation (20 minutes) ● Implement enemy movement & shooting behaviour (20 minutes) –  Break (10 minutes) –  Implement bullet damaging player & enemy (20 minutes) –  Add game controller script & implement enemy spawning (20 minutes) ● Add basic player resources (health\, ammo) & player score (10 minutes)  Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/287749
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/ieee-cic-x-gmu-indie-game-jam-enemy-enemy-ai/
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/287749
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Women in Engineering
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211116T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211116T183000
DTSTAMP:20260417T222707
CREATED:20211030T112019Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211216T081306Z
UID:10000478-1637082000-1637087400@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Generalizing from Training Data
DESCRIPTION:Prerequisites: You do not need to have attended the earlier talks. If you know zero math and zero machine learning\, then this talk is for you. Jeff will do his best to explain fairly hard mathematics to you. If you know a bunch of math and/or a bunch machine learning\, then these talks are for you. Jeff tries to spin the ideas in new ways. Longer Abstract: There is some theory. If a machine is found that gives the correct answers on the randomly chosen training data without simply memorizing\, then we can prove that with high probability this same machine will also work well on never seen before instances drawn from the same distribution. The easy proof requires D>m\, where m is the number of bits needed to describe your learned machine and D is the number of train data items. A much harder proof (which we likely won’t cover) requires only D>VC\, where VC is VC-dimension (Vapnikâ€“Chervonenkis) of your machine. The second requirement is easier to meet because VC<m.  Speaker(s): Prof. Jeff Edmonds\,   Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/287720
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/generalizing-from-training-data/
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/287720
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Women in Engineering
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211116T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211116T130000
DTSTAMP:20260417T222707
CREATED:20211103T115726Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211216T081306Z
UID:10000483-1637064000-1637067600@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Accenture presents Zero Trust: A journey from theory to tactical application
DESCRIPTION:IEEE Canada Region and IEEE Toronto Section Industry Engagement Committees are pleased to announce that there will be a Cybersecurity Lunch Talk Series in collaboration with Accenture. We will kick this off with this talk titled “Zero Trust: A journey from theory to tactical application”.  Classic perimeter/defense-in-depth cybersecurity strategies are quickly becoming obsolete when protecting against well-resourced adversaries\, and not efficient when addressing insider threats. On May 12 this year\, the Biden administration issued an ‘Executive Order on improving the nation’s cybersecurity’ which made clear the need for “bold changes and significant investments” in order to defend both IT and OT across our vital institutions\, including advancing towards a ‘Zero Trust Architecture’. During the same month\, the Canadian Government recognized that in light of emerging trends in the industry and the strategic direction of the government to support user access from any device at any time\, a new security paradigm is required. That paradigm is Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA). This new approach renounces any implied trust (of users or location)\, assumes hostility within the network\, replaces the dated ideas of security based on physical location\, and moves to a dynamic user/device/application policy driven model. Contrary to previous paradigms\, Zero Trust embeds security throughout the architecture to prevent malicious personas from accessing our most critical assets. The challenge remains for many institutions to define what Zero Trust actually means for them and moreover the difficulty of articulating what tactical steps should be taken to achieve the goals or Zero Trust is a roadblock to many institutions from embarking on a Zero Trust journey. Join this session to learn: – How Zero Trust can unlock new business value – The importance of identity in a Zero Trust environment – How your organization can get started on its Zero Trust journey  Co-sponsored by: Accenture  Speaker(s): Ian Zwirek\,   Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/288411
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/accenture-presents-zero-trust-a-journey-from-theory-to-tactical-application/
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/288411
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211112T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211112T200000
DTSTAMP:20260417T222707
CREATED:20210930T150619Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211212T080306Z
UID:10000469-1636740000-1636747200@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:IEEE Toronto AGM
DESCRIPTION:It is our pleasure to announce the 2021 IEEE Toronto AGM. Features of this year’s meeting include:  1. A grand prize draw of a brand new Apple Watch (no joke!).  2. A keynote presentation from the founder and CEO of the Toronto-based company that recently went public in the biggest semiconductor IPO of all time.  3. A keynote presentation from the Director of Station Services at Hydro One.  3. The announcement of the IEEE Toronto officer election results for the 2022-2023 term.  4. Scholarship and IEEE Toronto section award announcements.  5. A chance to catch up and network with other attendees in a fun new format – details to be announced during the AGM.  We are genuinely excited for this event and hope to see many of you there!  Speaker(s): Tony Pialis\, Lorraine Gray\, P. Eng.\, MBA  Agenda:  6:00pm: Welcome Introduction  6:05pm: Welcome Message from the IEEE Toronto Chair (Ali Nabavi)  6:10pm Message from IEEE Canada President (Jason Gu)  6:15pm: Keynote Presentation #1 – Tony Pialis (Alphawave IP)  6:45pm: IEEE Toronto Awards Presentations  6:55pm: Student Scholarship Presentation  7:00pm: Keynote Presentation #2 – Lorraine Gray (Hydro One)  7:25pm: 2022-2023 Officer Election Results Announced  7:30pm: Move to Gather.Town Room for Networking and Grand Prize Draw  Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/284064
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/ieee-toronto-agm/
LOCATION:Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/284064
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211111T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211111T200000
DTSTAMP:20260417T222707
CREATED:20211030T112019Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211211T074915Z
UID:10000321-1636653600-1636660800@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:IEEE CIC x GMU Indie Game Jam: Player & Bullet
DESCRIPTION:This series of 5 beginner friendly workshops will teach students how to create their own indie game in Unity.  We will teach the building blocks and best practices to create a shooter including creating the player\, creating enemies\, collectibles\, effects\, and more!  All who attend all five sessions will get a certificate from IEEE WIE and can submit their 2D game into a showcase with small prizes at the end of the workshop series.  –  Quick review of last week’s progress (10 minutes) –  Add player game object & its components (10 minutes):  ○ Rigidbody 2D  ○ Box Collider 2D  ○ Sprite Renderer  ○ Shadow  –  Add player script & implement basic movement\, shadow positioning (10 minutes) ● Implement player mouse rotation (10 minutes) –  Introduction to the particle effects system & implement player trailing effect (20 minutes) ● Break (10 minutes) –  Prevent player from going off screen (10 minutes) –  Add bullet object & its components (10 minutes):  ○ Rigidbody 2D  ○ Box Collider 2D  ○ Sprite Renderer  –  Add bullet script & implement bullet flying movement (10 minutes) ● Implement bullet shooting (20 minutes)  Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/287748
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/ieee-cic-x-gmu-indie-game-jam-player-bullet/
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/287748
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Women in Engineering
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211111T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211111T190000
DTSTAMP:20260417T222707
CREATED:20210916T124947Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211211T074915Z
UID:10000459-1636653600-1636657200@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Writing Attention-Grabbing Resumes & Cover Letters
DESCRIPTION:Unclear about how to tailor a resume to industry jobs? Want to learn how to describe your accomplishments in an impactful manner? In this webinar\, you will learn how to gain the attention of hiring managers with well-written resumes and cover letters!  Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/281921
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/writing-attention-grabbing-resumes-cover-letters/
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/281921
CATEGORIES:Aerospace & Electronic Systems,Instrumentation & Measurement,Women in Engineering
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211109T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211109T183000
DTSTAMP:20260417T222707
CREATED:20211028T105020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211209T073407Z
UID:10000319-1636477200-1636482600@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Algebra Review: How does one best think about all of these numbers
DESCRIPTION:— Prerequisites —  You do not need to have attended the earlier talks. If you know zero math and zero machine learning\, then this talk is for you. Jeff will do his best to explain fairly hard mathematics to you. If you know a bunch of math and/or a bunch machine learning\, then these talks are for you. Jeff tries to spin the ideas in new ways.  — Longer Abstract —  An input data item\, eg a image of a cat\, is just a large tuple of real values. As such it can be thought as a point in some high dimensional vector space. Whether the image is of a cat or a dog partitions this vector space into regions. Classifying your image amounts to knowing which region the corresponding point is in. The dot product of two vectors tell us: whether our data scaled by coefficients meets a threshold; how much two lists of properties correlate; the cosine of the angle between to directions; and which side of a hyperplane your points is on. A novice reading a machine learning paper might not get that many of the symbols are not real numbers but are matrices. Hence the product of two such symbols is matrix multiplication. Computing the output of your current neural network on each of your training data items amounts to an alternation of such a matrix multiplications and of some non-linear rounding of your numbers to be closer to being 0-1 valued. Similarly\, back propagation computes the direction of steepest decent using a similar alternation\, except backwards. The matrix way of thinking about a neural network also helps us understand how a neural network effectively performs a sequence linear and non-linear transformations changing the representation of our input until the representation is one for which the answer can be determined based which side of a hyperplane your point is on. Though people say that it is “obvious”\, it was never clear to me which direction to head to get the steepest decent. Slides Covered: http://www.eecs.yorku.ca/~jeff/courses/machine-learning  /Machine_Learning_Made_Easy.pptx  – Linear Regression\, Linear Separator  – Neural Networks  – Abstract Representations  – Matrix Multiplication  – Example  – Vectors  – Back Propagation  – Sigmoid  Speaker(s): Prof. Jeff Edmonds\,   Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/287446
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/algebra-review-how-does-one-best-think-about-all-of-these-numbers/
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/287446
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Women in Engineering
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211105T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211105T200000
DTSTAMP:20260417T222707
CREATED:20210929T145551Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211205T071759Z
UID:10000467-1636138800-1636142400@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Recent Advances in Converter Control Techniques for Wind Energy Conversion System
DESCRIPTION:Over the last few decades wind energy has emerged as one of the fastest growing mainstream power technologies due to its low cost and environmentally friendly nature compared to conventional fossil fuel based power generation. Considering available options of state-of-the-art generator technologies in wind energy conversion system (WECS)\, doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) has become popular because of its economic operation\, ability to regulate in sub-synchronous or super-synchronous speed and decoupled control of active and reactive power. Harnessing regulated power supply from unpredictable wind blow\, extraction of maximum power from intermittent generation and supervision on nonlinear system dynamics of DFIG-WECS are some of the critically challenging issues for wind energy system. Maximization of the power yielded from wind turbine is possible by optimizing tip-speed ratio\, turbine rotor speed or torque and blade angle. Traditionally\, maximum power point tracking (MPPT) control algorithm is based on the Hill Climb Search (HCS) method due to its simple implementation and turbine parameter-independent scheme. Since the conventional HCS algorithm has few drawbacks such as power fluctuation and speed-efficiency trade-off\, a new adaptive step size based HCS controller is developed in this work to mitigate its deficiencies by incorporating wind speed measurement in the controller. Again\, conventional feedback linearization controllers are sensitive to system parameter variations and disturbances on grid-connected WECS\, which demands advanced control techniques for stable and efficient performance considering the nonlinear system dynamics. An adaptive backstepping based nonlinear control (ABNC) scheme with iron-loss minimization algorithm for DFIG is also developed in this work to obtain both improved dynamic performance and reduced power loss.  In order to verify the effectiveness of the proposed control schemes\, simulation models are designed using Matlab/Simulink. The proposed MPPT control\, nonlinear control for grid-connected mode of DFIG-WECS has been successfully implemented in real-time using DSP controller board DS1104 for a laboratory 350 W DFIG. In the laboratory environment a 4-quadrant dynamometer is used to emulate the wind turbine to provide variable wind speed to the generator. The performance of the proposed ABNC is also compared with the benchmark tuned proportional-integral (PI) controller under different operating conditions such variable wind speed\, grid voltage disturbance and parameter uncertainties and it exhibits excellent grip over the rotor side and grid side converter control.  Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/283915
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/recent-advances-in-converter-control-techniques-for-wind-energy-conversion-system/
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/283915
CATEGORIES:Vehicular Technology
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211105T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211105T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T222707
CREATED:20211105T121806Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211205T071758Z
UID:10000486-1636124400-1636128000@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:IEEE AP-S Student Chapter Annual Election
DESCRIPTION:The IEEE AP-S Student Chapter at the University of Toronto is holding its annual election on Nov. 5\, 2021\, 3 pm. Interested students can sign up for Chair\, co-chair\, secretary\, treasurer\, and web-master positions.  Toronto \, Ontario\, Canada\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/288669
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/ieee-ap-s-student-chapter-annual-election/
LOCATION:Toronto \, Ontario\, Canada\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/288669
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211105T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211105T130000
DTSTAMP:20260417T222707
CREATED:20211019T092612Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211205T071758Z
UID:10000313-1636113600-1636117200@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Terahertz Days: The role of Directional Terahertz Communications in the 6G era: Usage scenarios\, system concepts\, promises and challenges
DESCRIPTION:The exploitation of the THz band is expected to catalyze 6G applications\, as a solution to both wireless backhaul and fronthaul\, and integrated backhaul/fronthaul applications. However\, the utilization of THz wireless technologies comes with several challenges\, mainly associated with the very high propagation losses in the THz regime\, which require the utilization of high-gain directional antennas with strict beam alignment requirements\, and with challenging blockage scenarios\, which call for intelligent beam steering and blockage avoidance based medium access and resource allocation.  In this talk\, we first discuss critical usage scenarios and significant technology pillars defining the THz Wireless system concept. Then\, a quantitative assessment of intelligent pencil beamforming wireless access technologies is presented\, along with the impact of beam misalignment and blockage. Finally\, the benefits of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces are reported and their expected role in future THz wireless systems is discussed.  Speaker(s): Angeliki Alexiou\, Gunes Karabulut Kurt  Agenda:  11:55 AM – 12:00: Workshop opening by Mansour Naslcheraghi\, Chair of YP Montreal  12:00 AM – 12:05: Terahertz Days workshop series introduction and speaker introduction by chair of Terahertz Days\, Dr. Gunes Karabulut Kurt  12:05 AM – 12:50: Talk by Prof. Angeliki Alexiou  12:50 AM – 01:00 or more (depending on speaker’s availability): Q & A session  Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/285255
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/terahertz-days-the-role-of-directional-terahertz-communications-in-the-6g-era-usage-scenarios-system-concepts-promises-and-challenges/
LOCATION:Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/285255
CATEGORIES:Young Professionals
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211104T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211104T200000
DTSTAMP:20260417T222707
CREATED:20211030T112018Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211204T070601Z
UID:10000320-1636048800-1636056000@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:IEEE CIC x Ryerson GMU Indie Game Jam: The Basics & Tile System
DESCRIPTION:This series of 5 beginner friendly workshops will teach students how to create their own indie game in Unity. We will teach the building blocks and best practices to create a shooter including creating the player\, creating enemies\, collectibles\, effects\, and more! All who attend all five sessions will get a certificate from IEEE WIE and can submit their 2D game into a showcase with small prizes at the end of the workshop series.  Week One: (2 Hours) – The Basics & Tile System  –  Introduction to Game Development & Unity (30 Minutes) ● Review of programming (30 minutes)  ○ Variables  ○ If statements  ○ Loops  ○ Classes and methods  ○ Unity’s approach to programming  –  Break (10 minutes) –  Quick demo of final game project (10 minutes) ● Download & import assets (10 minutes) –  Introduction to the tile palette system (10 minutes) ● Draw game background using tile palette system (20 minutes)  Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/287738
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/ieee-cic-x-ryerson-gmu-indie-game-jam-the-basics-tile-system/
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/287738
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Women in Engineering
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211102T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211102T183000
DTSTAMP:20260417T222707
CREATED:20211027T103902Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211202T020122Z
UID:10000318-1635872400-1635877800@www.ieeetoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Intro to the Mathematics in Machine Learning
DESCRIPTION:Prerequisites: If you know zero math and zero machine learning\, then this talk is for you. Jeff will do his best to explain fairly hard mathematics to you. If you know a bunch of math and/or a bunch machine learning\, then these talks are for you. Jeff tries to spin the ideas in new ways. Abstract: Computers can now drive cars and find cancer in x-rays. For better or worse\, this will change the world (and the job market). Strangely designing these algorithms is not done by telling the computer what to do or even by understanding what the computer does. The computers learn themselves from lots and lots of data and lots of trial and error. This learning process is more analogous to how brains evolved over billions of years of learning. The machine itself is a neural network which models both the brain and silicon and-or-not circuits\, both of which are great for computing. The only difference with neural networks is that what they compute is determined by weights and small changes in these weights give you small changes in the result of the computation. The process for finding an optimal setting of these weights is analogous to finding the bottom of a valley. “Gradient Decent” achieves this by using the local slope of the hill (derivatives) to direct the travel down the hill\, i.e. small changes to the weights.  Speaker(s): Prof. Jeff Edmonds\,   Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/287252
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/intro-to-the-mathematics-in-machine-learning/
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/287252
CATEGORIES:Instrumentation & Measurement,Women in Engineering
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