IEEE Toronto Newsletter - Fall 2023
Editor Welcome Message
We welcome you to the September issue, Toronto section.
Lets meet Dr Dalia Hanna in IEEE supporters section and know more about her professional life.
In this issue, read research article about rescue of Dementia patients using Drones.
Enjoy event pictures for IEEE ComSoc Frontier Networking Symposium.
IEEE Research Articles
Research Articles
Optimizing Search and Rescue efforts to help finding Lost Persons with Dementia Using Drones

Understanding YOLOv8 Architecture: A Breakthrough in Real-time Artifact Detection
IEEE Supporters

Dalia Hanna, PhD, P.Eng., PMP
IEEE ComSoc FNS
IEEE PIMRC is one the flagship conference for IEEE Communications Society with a special focus on the cutting-edge wireless technology research and innovations.
For 2023, it was held in Toronto and helped wireless community reach a new milestone, that is, the International Telecom Union completed the work to define 6G wireless, which will trigger a new wave of next generation wireless technologies; which will shape our life and work for the two decades to come!
Under PIMRC, IEEE ComSoc Frontier Networking Symposium (FNS) was held, arranged and managed by IEEE Toronto section and its dedicated volunteers and members. It had technical talks, insightful panel discussions and students project exhibition. Following are the few pictures from the event:
Officers’ Meeting
Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/386126Officers' Meeting Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/386126
U of T IEEE AP-S Student Chapter Research Tips and Social Event
Room: BA1780, Bldg: Bahen Centre for Information Technology, 40 St George St. , Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 2E4With the Fall term coming to a close, some of the group will be starting to get deep into their research, while others may need a refresher on some best practices. In this meeting, we will give a short presentation on how to use Zotero, a free citation manager, and