R7 LMAG MONTHLY MEETING Oakville, Ontario, Canada, L6H 2B1, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/338448

The ITU Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) is one of the three sectors (divisions or units) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and is responsible for radio communications. Its role is to manage the international radio-frequency spectrum and satellite orbit resources and to develop standards for radiocommunication systems with the objective of ensuring the effective use of... Read more →

Monthly meeting of Vancouver Section officers, chapter chairs, affinity group chairs, and student branches officers. Room: Cedar 1040, Bldg: Cedar, 12666 72 Ave, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/342122

Human eyes have evolved over millions of years to have consistent vergence and accommodation. However, most stereoscopic AR/VR displays available today can easily cause vergence-accommodation conflict (VAC) and hence visual fatigue to users. We resolve the problem by taking a light field approach that directly projects sub-aperture views of the light field of a virtual... Read more →

Smart Buildings and Technology Summit - Hybrid Event and in-Person at BCIT Burnaby Campus There are 6 Speakers: More details coming theough shortly Co-sponsored by: British Columbia Institute of Technology Speaker(s): Bojan Andjelkovic, Rishi Gupta ***CANCELED*** Agenda: Tentative Agenda: Speaker sequence May change - Slightly: 8:30-8:40 Welcoming Remarks and Introduction to the event 8:45-9:25 Bojan... Read more →

5G requires higher data throughput due to higher numbers of users and devices, applications, and data rates. Adding the spatial domain using beamforming or Massive MIMO (MIMO) offers another resource to boost capacity. Beamforming antennas dynamically shape their main beam and null directions according to the location of their connected users and effectively reduce interference... Read more →

In conjunction with the February 15, 2023 celebration of the 50th anniversary of AESS, the IEEE AESS Chapter Summit brings together IEEE Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society chapter officers from across the US and Canada. Local volunteer leaders play a key role in engaging and serving our local members and advancing our technical interests in... Read more →

Monthly meeting of Vancouver Section officers, chapter chairs, affinity group chairs, and student branches officers. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/346939

Speaker: Glen Fox Registration is optional, but we want to know who to expect. 10:00 AM P.S.T. You can log in at 9:45 AM (12:45 PM Montreal) to check connection and say hello.All IEEE members are welcome, especially those Life Members that don't have a local Affinity Group. There was no speaker for last month,... Read more →

R7 LMAG Executive Teleconference - MONTHLY MEETING Oakville, Ontario, Canada, L6H 2B1, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/348987

Distinguished Lecture by Prof. Sara Pozzi of Michigan University. Virtual Only on Zoom, please register to attend. No charge Co-sponsored by: TRIUMF Speaker(s): Dr Sara Pozzi, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/347568

Industry Speakers Series Controls, Robotics and Cybernetics Joint Chapter of IEEE Vancouver Section Title: A Data-Driven Approach for Value Analysis of Emerging Grid-Scale Storage Technologies Speaker: Dr. Kourosh Malek, Division Head, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute for Energy and Climate Research (IEK-13), Division AI and Data Analytics, IEK-13, 52428 Jülich, Germany Date & Time: March 8th,... Read more →

Monthly meeting of Vancouver Section officers, chapter chairs, affinity group chairs, and student branches officers. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/350401

As an initiative to empower and support young professionals, students and women, IEEE WIE, YP, and SFU student branch of the Vancouver section are hosting a one-day summit of networking with industry professionals and academia. This event includes panels of industry leaders and academia discussing Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Future Technologies, and Innovation. The event also focuses... Read more →

As an initiative to empower and support young professionals, students and women, IEEE WIE, YP, and SFU student branch of the Vancouver section are hosting a one-day summit of networking with industry professionals and academia. This event includes panels of industry leaders and academia discussing Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Future Technologies, and Innovation. The event also focuses... Read more →

In this talk, a novel wireless infrastructure will be presented which includes a new stratospheric access & computing layer composed of high altitude platform station (HAPS) constellations positioned in stratosphere in addition to the legacy terrestrial layer and the emerging satellite layer. With its bird's-eye and almost-line-of-sight view of an entire metropolitan area, a HAPS... Read more →

This presentation will address the best practices for protecting intellectual property, including patents, trademarks, copyright, and trade secrets. Speaker(s): Leila Ashurov, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/350940

For efficient design, verification and validation of integrated circuits and components it is important to have an easy to customize workflow. Python has become the standard programming language for machine learning, scientific computing and engineering. In this talk we describe the gdsfactory design automation tool. GDSfactory provides you an end to end workflow that combines... Read more →

Speaker: Allen Upward Registration is optional, but we want to know who to expect. 10:00 AM P.D.T. You can log in at 9:45 AM (12:45 PM Montreal) to check connection and say hello.All IEEE members are welcome, especially those Life Members that don't have a local Affinity Group. We are looking for speakers for the... Read more →

The IEEE SFU Student Branch has organized tour to the former powerhouse facility and National Historic Site of Canada. Only 20 registration spots are available. Please register by March 12th at 12:00pm to secure a spot. About Stave falls Powerhouse: A 100 year old powerhouse and enjoy the historical displays, electricity demonstrations and many interactive... Read more →

After a few years of online Annual General Meetings, the IEEE Vancouver Section is excited to announce that we are returning to an in-person AGM and Gala for 2023. The 2023 IEEE Vancouver Section’s AGM and Gala Dinner will be held on Saturday, March 25th starting at 6 PM in Burnaby, BC at the Element... Read more →

ITS Technology Innovation Forum 2023 The objective of this forum is to bring together transportation professionals, technology providers, and researchers to leverage our collective expertise and experience to plan for regional transportation improvements. At this forum, federal, provincial, municipal, academia and private sector practitioners will come together with technology providers and industry experts to discuss... Read more →

Xanthan is one of the major polysaccharide biopolymers used in many industries due to its unique structure and physicochemical properties which gives the high degree of pseudoplasticity and functionality in different environments such as acid, high salts, and high shear stress. Due to its non- toxicity and biodegradability, it is extensively used in food industry... Read more →

This program was designed by the IEEE Seattle EMC Chapter and the Antenna Measurement Techniques Association (AMTA) to bring the latest inspired technology to the Pacific Northwest on Antenna Design as well as Antenna, 5G, EMC, and Wireless Test and Measurement Techniques for industry applications. Invited experts in industry, government, and academia will share practical... Read more →

IEEE 802.11be, which is also known as Wi-Fi 7, is the next amendment to the IEEE 802.11 standard for wireless local area networks (WLAN). This amendment is anticipated to greatly enhance the performance of indoor and outdoor WLAN operations at both stationary and pedestrian speeds in the 2.4, 5, and 6 GHz frequency bands. Wi-Fi... Read more →

April 2023 Executive Commitee meeting for Vancouver Section Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/355418

Speaker: Carl Zanon Registration is optional, but we want to know who to expect. 10:00 AM P.D.T. You can log in at 9:45 AM (12:45 PM Montreal) to check connection and say hello.All IEEE members are welcome, especially those Life Members that don't have a local Affinity Group. We are looking for speakers for the... Read more →

How much do you know about trucks? Engine brakes? Jacobs brake or Jake brake? Once a year during the Tulip festival, PACCAR Technical Center is open to the public for a few hours. It is scheduled for April 15, 2023 between 11:00am - 3:00pm. We will visit PACCAR Technical Center as an IEEE group but... Read more →

CMOS scaling maintains economic relevance with 5nm SoCs already in high-volume production for 2.5 years and 3nm well into risk production. Modest feature size reduction and design/technology innovations co-optimized primarily for logic scaling continue to offer compelling node-to-node power, performance, area, and cost benefits. In this tutorial, we start with a brief history of transistor... Read more →

The Royal Canadian Navy invites both IEEE student and graduate student members in Vancouver Section to participate in the Canadian Students at Sea program from 9-10 May 2023. On Tuesday, 9 May, participants will sail aboard the Canadian patrol frigate HMCS Ottawa from Burrard Dry Dock Pier in North Vancouver to HMC Dockyard at CFB... Read more →

Monthly executive committee meeting. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/360202

R7 LMAG Executive Teleconference - MONTHLY MEETING Oakville, Ontario, Canada, L6H 2B1, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/361212

Technological Advancements in Smart HVAC Control span four major areas, Energy Saving Systems, Smart HVAC Systems, Mobile Device Control and Advanced Analytics. New smart devices are being used to analyze environmental conditions for occupancy and high precision temperature control. Fast-acting control systems provide the exact heating and cooling necessary resulting in significant energy savings and... Read more →

Starlink orbits at about 550km, which results in lower latency, in comparison to GEO satellites which orbit around 35,786km. Each satellite features a compact, flat-panel design that minimizes volume, allowing for a dense launch stack to take full advantage of the launch capabilities of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket. join us to learn more about Starlink... Read more →

Speaker: Dr. Ahmed Hussein, Vancouver Section, IEEE Registration is optional, but we want to know who to expect. 10:00 AM P.D.T. You can log in at 9:45 AM (12:45 PM Montreal) to check connection and say hello.All IEEE members are welcome, especially those Life Members that don't have a local Affinity Group. We are looking... Read more →

Distinguished Lecturer technical seminar with the following abstract: This talk will cover practical challenges for cryogenic CMOS designs for next generation quantum computing. Starting from a roadmap level understanding and future trends, it will detail the design considerations for a non-multiplexed, semi-autonomous, transmon qubit state controller (QSC) implemented in 14nm CMOS FinFET technology. The QSC... Read more →

Monthly executive committee meeting. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/361328

Registration is optional, but we want to know who to expect. 10:00 AM P.D.T. You can log in at 9:45 AM (12:45 PM Montreal) to check connection and say hello.All IEEE members are welcome, especially those Life Members that don't have a local Affinity Group. We are looking for speakers for the rest of the... Read more →

Abstract: Photodetectors that enable weak light detection can be found in numerous applications including biomedical imaging, chemiluminescence detection and scientific spectroscopy. Photomultiplier Tubes (PMTs), Avalanche Photodiodes (APDs), and Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs) or Single Photon Avalanche Photodiodes (SPADs) have been widely used. However, bulky and power-hungry PMTs have suffered from severe temperature drift and hence, are... Read more →

In recent years, we have been observing fast social and economic development, rapidly changing industry, and continuously growing demand for bandwidth. This development raises new challenging optimization problems for the optical communication networks. These problems are often very complex not only due to the optical network configurations, but also due to their enormous traffic and... Read more →

Join us at this event to gain valuable insights into static program analysis, a crucial technique for software engineers and programmers to improve software quality and performance. Learn how static analysis can help you understand, verify, and optimize your programs, with a focus on numerical static analysis and popular abstractions. Don't miss this opportunity to... Read more →

IEEE VTS/ITSS and ITS Canada Joint Meeting EX EMERGE: A research and innovation initiative on connected and automated driving Fortunato Santucci University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy Abstract - In the challenging field of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) we present a multi-disciplinary research project (EX-EMERGE) that aims at developing and validating key technology enablers for advanced... Read more →

Monthly executive committee meeting. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/365709

This is a weekly session of the CIT Summer Series, with Dr. Rami Abielmona presenting Distilling AI: The Hitchhiker's Guide : In this talk, I will present real-world AI/ML Big Data solutions involving unique learning algorithms that allow one to process vast amounts of critical information combined with knowledge acquired from specific domains. These unique... Read more →

An important way to understand the operation of computer and electronic circuits and systems is to analyze how these circuits and systems are implemented. We will take a tour inside various chips, showing solutions from the physical level to the system level, solutions observed through reverse engineering of microprocessors, such as the Z8000, and that... Read more →

Microwave photonics (MWP) is a typical optical signal processing application for optical communications, antenna systems, and 5G/6G networks. At the same time, optical frequency combs (OFC) and programmable optical filters enable this system to be reconfigurable. There are several approaches to creating OFC lines, such as the micro-ring resonator, cascaded electro-optic modulator, and mode-locked laser... Read more →

This is a weekly session of the CIT Summer Series, with Nael Abu-Ghazaleh presenting Security challenges and opportunities at the Intersection of Architecture and ML/AI : Machine learning is an increasingly important computational workload as data-driven deep learning models are becoming increasingly important in a wide range of application spaces. Computer systems, from the architecture... Read more →

This is a weekly session of the CIT Summer Series, with David A. Bader presenting Solving Global Grand Challenges with High Performance Data Analytics : Data science aims to solve grand global challenges such as: detecting and preventing disease in human populations; revealing community structure in large social networks; protecting our elections from cyber-threats, and... Read more →

This is a weekly session of the CIT Summer Series, with David A Fisher presenting Why Software Fails and Why AI cannot Help : It was once widely believed that computers would enhance the speed, reliability, and applicability of human deductive reasoning in the physical and social sciences, much as motorized vehicles (e.g., cars, trains,... Read more →

This is a weekly session of the CIT Summer Series, with Yuhong Liu presenting Trust and Privacy Vulnerabilities of Today’s Online Social Networks : As we move further into the big data era, people are motivated in numerous ways to proactively generate, share and exchange diverse digital contents online every day. While the increasing amount... Read more →

The insatiable growth of datacenter traffic mandates increasing the capacity of cost-effective transceiver technologies to meet the foreseen demand. Competing configurations include Intensity Modulation / Direct Detection (IM/DD) and coherent transceiver architectures. In this presentation we will discuss the challenges and opportunities associated with these two options including such topics as: wavelength, reach modulation format,... Read more →

This is a weekly session of the CIT Summer Series, with David Alan Grier presenting The Generations of Computing and the Coming Data Age : If you look carefully at the development of computing, you can see clear generational cycles. These cycles are marked by a sharp change of technology and a group of young... Read more →

For efficient design, verification and validation of integrated circuits and components, it is important to have an easy-to-customize and extend workflow. Python has become the standard programming language for machine learning, scientific computing and engineering. Gdsfactory is a Python library to build chips (Photonics, Analog, Quantum, MEMs, …) that provides you with a common syntax... Read more →

Join fellow IEEE members and Section leaders to socialize, and explore opportunities to connect with the section. This event is free to attend for all IEEE Members. Family members and guests are welcome to join, with a $10 registration fee to cover the price of food and drinks. The event will be taking place at... Read more →

Controls, Robotics and Cybernetics Joint Chapter of IEEE Vancouver Section Title: Kinematically Redundant Hybrid Parallel Robots for Physical Human-Robot Interaction Speaker: Dr. Kefei Wen Date & Time: August 31st, 2023 at 3PM Pacific Time Place: Zoom and UBC Point Grey Campus Abstract: Robots that physically interact with humans are making their way into many applications... Read more →

This is a weekly session of the CIT Summer Series, with Jon Peddle presenting The History of Visual Magic in Computers: How Beautiful Images are Made in CAD, 3D, VR and AR : If you have ever looked at a fantastic adventure or science fiction movie, or an amazingly complex and rich computer game, or... Read more →

Technical Seminat by Dr. Kemal Aygün (Intel Fellow, IEEE Fellow) with the following abstract: Recently, applications such as artificial intelligence has been evolving very rapidly and bringing with it a more stringent set of requirements for system performance. One area where the performance demand has been scaling very aggressively is that for interconnecting different components... Read more →

Monthly executive committee meeting. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/370046

Mr. Bong will talk about Engineer & Copywriting - in Progressive Automations, Desk & Bed Co-sponsored by: British Columbia institute of Technlogy Speaker(s): Nathan, 3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, V5G 3H2

BCIT Club Day Recruitment Event for BCIT students. Distributing member development items, pamphlets, giveaway items, incentives for new IEEE registrants. Co-sponsored by: BCIT Student Association Room: Great Hall, Bldg: SE02, 3700 Willingdon Ave, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, V5G 3H2

Space can be a hostile environment for both space system hardware and humans. One important potential threat is the presence of charged particles and electromagnetic radiation present in outer space. Space radiation environment is characterized by a variety of sources, each contributing to a range of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation types. This presentation will go... Read more →

Speaker: Dr Ewart Blackmore, Former Head of the Accelerator Technology Division, TRIUMF Registration is optional, but we want to know who to expect. 10:00 AM P.D.T. You can log in at 9:45 AM (12:45 PM Montreal) to check connection and say hello.All IEEE members are welcome, especially those Life Members that don't have a local... Read more →

Automotive processors have become a multi-billion dollar market with ever growing demand for advanced silicon. Cars today are increasingly featured with better safety/autonomy, electrification, and connectivity. In this talk, we will cover how automotive electronics is evolving towards domain and zonal topologies to integrate more functionality, and provide a brief overview of NXP's portfolio to... Read more →

Nearly 40 years ago, Fred Brooks wrote, “The single hardest part of building a software system is deciding precisely what to build.” In the early days of agile software development, the value stream may have begun and ended with the product owner. It was just the product owner who decided precisely what to build. However,... Read more →

Join the IEEE Vancouver Section in its celebration of IEEE Day Every year, on the first Tuesday of October, members and friends of the Vancouver Section gather to celebrate the founding of the IEEE and everything it represents. IEEE Day is an opportunity to reflect on the contributions of past volunteers and look ahead to... Read more →

(https://2023.amta.org/wp-content/uploads/FINAL-Program-Sept-21.pdf) (https://2023.amta.org/boot-camp/) on Antenna and Related Measurements - Sunday, October 8 (https://2023.amta.org/student-day/) - Bring your resume! Register by Mon, Oct 2 to enter Raffle Drawing for great prize! (https://2023.amta.org/exhibitors-2/) (https://2023.amta.org/special-events-2/) (https://2023.amta.org/registration/) FOR ONE DAY OR THE FULL FIVE DAYS - Join Us! Join us at the beautiful Hyatt Regency Lake Washington to learn more about... Read more →

As the world transition to a sustainable society, electrifying the transportation sector is one of the major priorities to reach Net Zero emissions. Over 10 million Electric Vehicles (EVs) were sold globally in 2022. In 2022, 14% of all new cars sold were electric, up from a 9% in 2021 and only 5% in 2020.... Read more →

Meeting for the ex-com members to plan for the rest of the year. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/377869

Monthly executive committee meeting with a focus on annual budgets. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/377602

Mr. Youness Rashidi will speak on the folliwng topics: - What is OT Cybersecurity? - IT Cybersecurity vs. OT cybersecurity - Trends in OT Cybersecurity? - OT Cybersecurity Myths - A Real Example of an OT Cyber Attack - Best Practices for OT Cybersecurity - Future of OT Cybersecurity Speaker(s): Younes, Agenda: 2:30pm: Instroduction to... Read more →

Obtained from Web-Resources: Many industrial organizations can be divided into two distinct entities – plant operations and business operations. Plant operations produces goods for consumption whereas business operations manages the financial well being of the organization. Business operations employs traditional information and networking technology to manage daily operations. Plant operations employs operational technology such as... Read more →

Speaker: Dr. Gord Lovegrove, Associate Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Engineering The University of British Columbia | Okanagan Campus Registration is optional, but we want to know who to expect. 10:00 AM P.D.T. You can log in at 9:45 AM (12:45 PM Montreal) to check connection and say hello.All IEEE members... Read more →

Technical Seminar by Dr. Ramin Farjadrad with the following abstract: For the past 4 decades, industry has supported 2x conpute performance increase every 2 years, a trend supported by Moore’s Law. However, not only has Moore’s law come to an end, but also the exponential demand for more AI/HPC had driven the performance demand close... Read more →

Leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) has marked a significant milestone in recent months, notably with the introduction of ChatGPT in early 2023. These models have demonstrated remarkable potential in addressing straightforward queries and tasks. However, to fully exploit their capabilities in handling routine inquiries, adept prompt engineering is essential. Furthermore, the adaptability of LLMs to... Read more →

Do you want to work in the microelectronics industry? This event is for you! We have a guest speaker from ESS electronics (they make audio DACs!) to talk about how to build your resume and give you an insight on how ideas become a reality in the microelectronics industry! Schedule: Oct. 28th & Oct. 29th... Read more →

Abstract: After the first demonstration of the MOSFET in 1960 at Bell Laboratories, the understanding of its intrinsic noise mechanisms quickly followed. However, poor sensitivity of integrated lightwave receivers could not be explained based on the above analyses. To understand and push these limits of the then nascent MOS technology, discovery and understanding of a... Read more →

IEEE Communications Society Distinguished Lecture Speaker: Prof. Andrew Eckford, York University, Canada To join in-person: Location: Room 3038, Macleod Building, 2356 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada To join remotely, the Zoom meeting link is as follows: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/65786322697?pwd=WmdqSDFXTVdSd3NNb2FGMmlud09NQT09 Meeting ID: 657 8632 2697 Passcode: 225068 Abstract: 6G wireless systems are expected to offer ubiquitous connectivity in... Read more →

Tour of CBC Television Transmitter Site - Mt Seymour for UBC ComSoc student members and ELEC 411 students only. The Mt. Seymour Shuttle Bus will pick us up from the Parkgate Community Centre at 09:30 and take us up to the site. It will drop us off there after the event concludes. Co-sponsored by: UBC... Read more →

Insights into career opportunities Joint event with YP Singapore and YP Vancouver Co-sponsored by: Insights into career opportunities Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/380619

WiFi standards have had a profound impact on how we connect and communicate in the digital age. They have transformed our daily lives, enabling us to access information, connect our devices, and engage with online services seamlessly. As WiFi standards continue to evolve, we can anticipate even faster, more reliable, and secure wireless networking experiences... Read more →

IEEE Okanagan College Student Branch Annual General Meeting Co-sponsored by: IEEE Okanagan College Student Branch Speaker(s): Thais Santos Damasceno, Chair Room: TBA, Bldg: E 102, 1000 KLO Rd., Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, V1Y 4X8, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/382340

In this presentation, we will explore how supervised learning can be used for identifying the root cause of performance degradations observed in optical networks. Co-sponsored by: National Research Council, Canada. Optonique. Speaker(s): Prof. Christine Tremblay, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/381272

Monthly executive committee meeting, starting with networking with NYIT student branch. Agenda: 6:00 PM - Networking and dinner 7:00 PM - Hybrid ExCom Meeting Room: 3115, 2925 Virtual Way Suite #310, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V5M 4X5, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/380747

Tour of CBC Radio One Transmitter Site - Steveston for UBC ComSoc student members and ELEC 411 students only. Co-sponsored by: UBC Radio Science Lab | ELEC 411 - Antennas and Propagation CBC AM Transmitter Site, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

R7 LMAG Executive Teleconference - MONTHLY MEETING Oakville, Ontario, Canada, L6H 2B1, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/385102

The presentation will discuss our latest efforts in developing a picowatt cryogenic thermal detector for use in measuring the emitted optical power from NRC quantum-dot single photon sources, and linking this measurement directly to the SI. I will also discuss the application of frequency-programmable Josephson voltage standards to the direct measurement of the electrical substitution... Read more →

We are hosting a 4 session E-Workshop where we will teach you in depth on how to design schematics and PCBs, and how to order parts for it! Can’t wrap your head around the mumbo jumbos of schematics? Want to learn how to design a pcb but don’t know where to start? Got a project... Read more →

Large LEO constellations and multi-orbit satellite systems have recently emerged as complex network architectures that provide and enhance a range of satellite services e.g. ubiquitous broadband internet, direct to handheld, satellite IoT etc. The current talk reviews the current capabilities of such systems from a communication perspective and describes the challenges of applying key technological... Read more →

AP Cooperation schemes which tackle the cell-edge user problem, are expected to be in the focus of Wi-Fi 8. Among them, Coordinated Beamforming (CoBF) is expected to play a key role, mainly due to the minimal inter-AP synchronization and joint processing it requires. In this talk we will analyze CoBF from the perspective of multi-user... Read more →

A virtual talk on marine robotics, autonomy, and machine learning. Speaker(s): Dr. Mae Seto, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/387327

Abstract: In the ever-evolving landscape of corporate automation, the transition from Robotic Process Automation (RPA) to Intelligent Process Automation (IPA) is critical nowadays. Integrating Machine Learning (ML) technologies and sophisticated Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT) models reshape how financial institutions optimize their processes. This presentation delves into Intelligent Process Automation, where traditional boundaries are surpassed, unlocking... Read more →

The TT&C is a critical function that ensures the spacecraft system operates properly, by sending Telecommand, receiving Telemetry, and doing tracking for the orbit determination. Although the TT&C engineering for LEO satellites is well consolidated, when it comes to the design of TT&C subsystems for low-latency and large networks there are several open research directions.... Read more →

What is a quantum computer, and what might it be useful for? I’ll describe how a quantum computer, based on superconducting qubits, works. I’ll also describe fault-tolerant quantum computing (FTQC), and the applications where a quantum computer might vastly outperform even the largest high-performance computing facility. What might such a “utility-scale” quantum computer look like,... Read more →

Monthly executive committee meeting. Agenda: 7:00 PM - Online ExCom Meeting Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/388523

Quelques soient les produits développés en optique-photonique, la production et l’assemblage de très haute précision sont un défi pour le recrutement et la rétention de la main-d’œuvre, pour la qualité et pour la productivité. Déjà active dans le développement et l’automatisation des opérations les plus précises et délicates, Solutions Novika désire vous entendre sur vos... Read more →

An InAs/InP quantum-dash mode-locked laser (QD-MLL) with phase-locked comb lines is an excellent optical source and a microwave source for, respectively, optical and wireless transmission. In this talk, a duplex radio over fiber (RoF) link using a QD-MLL for RoF transmission is reported. A few implementation issues including phase noise impairment, MIMO transmission, and photonic... Read more →

Practical 5G use cases. When 5G was unveiled to the industry & public a few years ago, there were numerous advantages highlighted. Changing our life due to the amount of data that can be collected, processed, and analyzed. On the technical side it was promised to deliver higher data rates, less energy consumption, better latency... Read more →

Join us for a great overview of the challenges of acoustic communications underwater. Speaker(s): Ulaş Güntürkün, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/389009

Monolithic co-integration of electronics and photonics in the same silicon die is expected to enable a new realm of high-performance electro-optical systems, having applications in telecommunications, sensing and data centers. Commercial technologies where photonic devices are integrated into well-established microelectronic technologies exist, with the main drawback of a high cost because of the large area... Read more →