IEEE Toronto Newsletter- December 2025

Editor Welcome Message

Welcome to the December edition of the IEEE Toronto Section Newsletter. As the year draws to a close, we celebrate the achievements, innovation, and strong sense of community across our IEEE Toronto Section. From student initiatives to faculty leadership and professional contributions, each effort has helped shape a year of meaningful impact. December is a time to reflect, connect, and look ahead with renewed energy and optimism. We thank you for your continued engagement and wish you a warm and joyful holiday season.

This month, we spotlight Dr. Waleed Ejaz and know more about his professional journey.

Enjoy reading the article; Integrated Wireless Networks for Universal Connectivity and familiarize more about cutting edge technology.

IEEE AGM 2025

The 2025 IEEE Toronto Section Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held on November 30 at Twist Gallery. More than 100 attendees gathered to celebrate a successful year and to recognize the Section’s outstanding volunteers. Welcome messages and remarks were delivered by the Section Chair, Dustin Dunwell, and the IEEE Canada President, Tom Murad. The event also featured a short presentation by the keynote speaker, Danny Christidis from Arm Canada. Following are the few highlights of the event. Read more 

Interdisciplinary Bridges

This new section is designed to highlight innovative, cross-disciplinary research led by students and early-career professionals across the globe. By showcasing work that blends engineering with fields like healthcare, sustainability, AI, and more, we aim to inspire collaboration and broaden perspectives within the student research community.

Bridging AI and Healthcare

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has brought forth a transformative and impactful change in various fields, with medicine being prime among them ...

IEEE Research Articles

Integrated Wireless Networks for Universal Connectivity

Despite significant advances in wireless communication, disparities in access to reliable infrastructure remain severe. Rural and remote communities, Indigenous populations, ...

Terahertz Nano-Bio Communication: Unlocking Wireless Networks Within the Human Body

The convergence of nanotechnology and bio-electromagnetics has opened a promising frontier in intra-body wireless communication. Among emerging modalities, the terahertz ...

IEEE Supporters

Dr. Waleed Ejaz

Dr. Waleed Ejaz is a Lakehead University Research Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering ...

IEEE Toronto Inter-Society Distinguished Lecture Day 2025

The IEEE Toronto Section, together with the Communications Society (ComSoc), Vehicular Technology Society (VTS), and Signal Processing Society (SPS) Chapters, proudly hosted the Inter-Society Distinguished Lecture Day, a day of innovation, insights, and interdisciplinary dialogue, at Toronto Metropolitan University on June 2, 2025. Read more

Women in Communications Engineering (WICE) - ICC 2025

The Women in Communication Engineering (WICE) event at ICC 2025 brought together a dynamic community of researchers, leaders, and early-career professionals to celebrate and amplify the contributions of women in the communication and engineering field. Read More

N2Women: Stars in Networking and Communications

Following are the names of the 10 people selected and honored by IEEE Communication Society:
  1. Carneiro Viana, Aline, Research Director, INRIA, France
  2. Golubchik, Leana, Professor, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  3. He, Ting, Associate Professor, Penn State University
  4. Kim, Yun Hee, Professor, Kyung Hee University,  Korea
  5. Lin, Bin, Professor, Dalian Maritime University, China
  6. Montpetit, Marie-José, Senior Digital Technology Architect, Canada
  7. Ota, Kaoru, Professor, Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan
  8. Uysal Elif, Professor, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
  9. Yu, Minlan, Professor, Harvard University, USA
  10. Zhao, Lian, Professor, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada
Details and quotes from these nominators about these outstanding women will soon be available on the website: https://n2women.comsoc.org/awards/stars/
  • IEEE Canada Blockchain Forum 2026 (4th edition)

    Ontario Investment and Trade Centre, 250 Yonge Street, 35th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5B 2L7

    The IEEE Blockchain Forum is returning for the fourth time as part of (https://www.torontotechweek.com/). The goal of this compact one-day event is to congregate BUIDLers, researchers, academics, and engineers building blockchain protocols, infrastructure, and decentralized software applications. Note: (https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/469545) counted with 200 participants and speakers from JP Morgan, the Bank of Canada, Mastercard, the Ethereum Enterprise Alliance, EY, Starknet, among others. [] Co-sponsored by: Government of Ontario Agenda: Agenda TBC Ontario Investment and Trade Centre, 250 Yonge Street, 35th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5B 2L7

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