IEEE YP Professional Development Series: Part 10 The Professional Development Series is a 10-part series of online seminars which aims at presenting and discussing career opportunities and pathways in the engineering profession, with presenters coming from a wide range of backgrounds across Canada and the world. In Part 10, to close the series, Joseph Botros... Read more →

IEEE Power & Energy Society Vancouver Chapter is pleased to announce a technical webinar on "Quantification of Peak Demand Reduction Potential in Commercial Buildings" by Professor Dr. Saifur Rahman. Please note that this event has been set up by Canada East Representative for the Ottawa PES Chapter. The chapter kindly invites all PES members and... Read more →

Monthly meeting of Vancouver Section officers, chapter chairs, affinity group chairs, and student branches officers. Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/280431

Join us for a complimentary lunch sponsored by SteppIR and Advanced Test Equipment Corp (ATEC). Following lunch, attendees will hear FOUR experts present on modern antenna and electromagnetic measurements to boost your test efficiency, reliability, and repeatibility. In addition to the two presentations shown below, this half-day event also features speakers Zhong Chen with ETS-Lindgren... Read more →

The Chicago Chapter and co-sponsoring EMCS units welcomes everyone to this informative and entertaining presentation about the roots of our profession. The practice of electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) is generally understood as beginning with the military in the 1950s. Work in the field was mostly limited to military applications until about 1980, when the FCC in... Read more →

In celebration of IEEE Day, the Vancouver Section has organized a few short talks related to security, ethics, and standards affecting the IEEE. Privacy Issues Associated with Connected Vehicles - Prof. David Michelson Bio: Prof. David Michelson leads the AURORA Connected Vehicle Test Bed at the University of British Columbia where his research focuses on... Read more →

  Webinar: NextG Millimeter-Wave Channel Measurements Oct 26 This webinar will focus on the challenges that millimetre-wave channel measurements, models, and systems pose for Regulators and Standards Organizations, Equipment Vendors, and Research Labs, and the role that IEEE SA P2982 - Recommended Practices for Verification of Millimetre-Wave Channel Sounders - will play in addressing them.... Read more →

Vancouver Talk: Reminiscing about Early Days Saturday Nov 13th, 11:00 - 12:00 Location: Online   The IEEE Vancouver Life Members Affinity Group Presents:   Talk sessions that invite Members to express/describe their experiences to their fellow engineers. Registration is optional but recommended... we are still learning how to use events.   In this Talk Session,... Read more →

Webinar: Control and Monitoring Methods for Resilient Distributed and Networked Systems Presented by: Joint Chapter, Control Systems / Robotics / Systems Man and Cybernetics Speaker: Prof. Ahmad W. Al-Dabbagh, UBC Okanagan, BC Date: November 18th, 2021 Time: 5:00pm-6:30pm Location: Online Abstract: Examples of distributed and networked systems are many in society, such as in manufacturing... Read more →

FREE-POSITION WIRELESS CHARGERS: FUNDAMENTALS AND CHALLENGES Speakers:        Dr. Ali Saket of AIRAPOWER        Mr. Eric Goodchild of AIRAPOWER Wednesday, December 1, 2021   4:30 pm Location: Online Presented by: PEL35 Power Electronics Society, Vancouver Chapter   For additional information and registration, please visit: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/288519   Join Dr. Ali Saket and Mr. Eric Goodchild to learn... Read more →

Enhanced Wireless Technologies Using Metasurfaces Prof. Andrea Alu Date: Fri. Dec 3rd 2021 Time: 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Location: Online IEEE Solid-State Circuit Society Vancouver Chapter Presents: A Webinar by Prof. Andrea Alu, the Founding Director and Einstein Professor at the Photonics Initiative, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center and a Fellow of NAI, AAAS,... Read more →

Reminiscing About Early Days - part 2 IEEE Vancouver Life Members Affinity Group This is the second talk session that invites Members to express/describe their experiences to their fellow engineers. The first one in November ran long and we didn't get all the speakers, so they are listed again. Agenda Meeting Chair:            Carl Zanon IEEE... Read more →

IEEE NMDC 2021 sponsored by IEEE Nanotechnology Council (NTC) will be held in the Pinnacle Harbourfront Hotel located in the center of Vancouver, BC, Canada from December 12th to 15th, 2021. The conference will be co-located with another conference – (https://ceidp.org/) (Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena) sponsored by the (https://ieeedeis.org/) (DEIS). IEEE NMDC... Read more →

IEEE Okanagan Sub-Section Presents: The need for a Corporate Endpoint Security System   Date:   Dec. 23rd, 2021 Time:  17:00 - 18:00 PDT Location:   Online Speaker:    Mr. Dennis Estacion   Abstract:   Information security is to protect information from unauthorized use, disruption or destruction. There are three categories of control used to secure information: management, physical... Read more →

FUNDAMENTALS OF RF AND MM-WAVE POWER AMPLIFIER DESIGNS Date:            Jan 26, 2022 Time:           12:00 - 13:30 Location:     ONLINE Presenter: Prof. Hua Wang,  ETH Zürich Abstract: This talk presents a focused overview of mm-wave power-amplifier (PA) designs in silicon, including design fundamentals, advanced PA architectures, and state-of-the-art design examples. The talk will start with an introduction... Read more →

VANCOUVER TALK 3: KEEPING IN CONTACT Date:            Jan 29th, 2022 Time:           11:00 - 12:00 Location:      ONLINE Presented by:  IEEE Vancouver Life Members Affinity Group This is the third talk session that invites Members to express/describe their experiences to their fellow engineers. It will continue monthly. Registration is optional, but we ask you to do so. ... Read more →

Webinar: Probabilistic Movement Primitives Control via Control Barrier Functions Presenter:  Dr. Nicholas Gans, Division Head of Autonomy and Intelligent Systems, University of Texas at Arlington Research Institute. Date:          February 10th, 2022 Time:         5:00 pm to 6:30 pm Location:    ONLINE Abstract: In this seminar, Dr. Nicholas Gans will present a recent investigation into novel control... Read more →

Webinar: THE WHY, THE WHAT, AND THE HOW OF RETROFIT PLUG-IN HYBRIDIZATION   Date:           Feb. 16, 2022 Time:          18:00 - 19:30 Location:      ONLINE Presenter:    Mr. Tom Gurski,  Blue Dot Motorworks Abstract:   Blue Dot Motorworks, a Seattle-based startup, is developing a family of bolt-on retrofit systems to convert existing vehicles in to plug-in hybrids. The motivation for... Read more →

VANCOUVER TALK 4: KEEPING IN CONTACT Date: Feb 19th, 2022 Time: 11:00 - 12:00 Location: ONLINE Presented by: IEEE Vancouver Life Members Affinity Group This is the fourth talk session that invites Members to express/describe their experiences to their fellow engineers. It will continue monthly. Registration is optional, but we ask you to do so.... Read more →

IEEE Vancouver Young Professionals Affinity Group presents: Digital Skills & Readiness 101: The Skills YOU Need NOW to Prepare for the Future of Work Presenter:  Dr. Melissa Sassi, IBM   Agenda Topics: Intro & Welcome: 6 minutes Digital Skills & Readiness 101: The Skills YOU Need NOW to Prepare for the Future of Work: 20... Read more →

  Tools for research from CNDN (Canada's National Design Network) Presented by: IEEE Vancouver Electron Devices Society Chapter (IEEE EDS) March 15, 2022 2:00 pm Location:  (hybrid) online and SFU Speaker:   Mr. Gord Harling,   CMC Microsystems Abstract: CMC Microsystems is a not-for-profit created in 1984 to support research in advanced technologies including microelectronics, photonics, MEMS,... Read more →

IEEE Vancouver Life Members Affinity Group Date: March 19th Time: 11:00 AM Location: Virtual This is another of the talk sessions that invite Members to express/describe their experiences to their fellow engineers. It will continue monthly on the third Saturday. All IEEE members are welcome, especially those Life Members that don't have a local Affinity... Read more →

Towards a Trusted Database System for Supporting Verifiability and Digital Trust Date: 30 Mar 2022 Time: 04:00 PM to 05:30 PM Location: online (registration required) Presenter:  Dr. Beng Chin Abstract: The advancement of technologies has caused many organizations to re-strategize and adopt digital transformation. Along with it, transactions and interactions between organizations have been digitized.... Read more →

Annual General Meeting - 2022 The 2022 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the IEEE Vancouver Section will be held online on the evening of Wednesday March 30, beginning at 7:00 PM. The meeting will cover several business items such as the auditor's report, and the announcement of section scholarship award recipients.   All Vancouver Section... Read more →

Side Channel Analysis: A New Perspective for Vehicle Intrusion Detection System This is an online IEEE VTS Distinguished Lecturer seminar. Date: 12 Apr 2022 Time: 06:00 PM to 07:00 PM Presenter: Dr. Jiajia Liu Abstract: Intelligent connected vehicles (ICVs) have become the mainstream in the development of automobile industry. Many emerging technologies have been proposed to provide users... Read more →

  N-path Passive Mixers: Simple Circuits, Surprising Capabilities IEEE Solid State Circuits Society Distinguished Lecture Date:         April 22, 2022 Time:        12:00 - 13:00 Location:   Online Speaker:   Dr. Alyosha Molnar Abstract: In this presentation I will discuss N-phase passive mixers (and their close relative the “N-path filter”) as applied to interference tolerant radio receivers. Although known... Read more →

  Synthetic Aperture Radar for Oil Spill Observation   Date:          April 23, 2022 Time:             To be confirmed (see link below) Location:        To be confirmed (see link below) Presenter:   Dr. Maurizio Migliaccio   Marine oil pollution monitoring is a topic of great applicative and scientific relevance. Use of remotely sensed measurements is of special interest... Read more →

  Shared Spectrum in 5G and WiFi Date:          April 27, 2022 Time:         18:00 - 19:30 Location:    Online Presenter:  Dr. Rohan Grover, Federated wireless Abstract: Given the scarcity of spectrum in the U.S and the world, a new model of spectrum usage is being pioneered by the FCC for use in 5G and WiFi. Spectrum... Read more →

ISPSD 2022 - May 23-25th, 2022 The International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs (ISPSD) is the premier forum for technical discussions in all areas of power semiconductor devices and power integrated circuits. Topics include, but not limited to, device physics, modeling, design, fabrication, materials, packaging and integration, device reliability, and device/circuit interactions. The... Read more →

Knowledge Graphs 2022: Achievements, Challenges and Opportunities Date:        May 25, 2022 Time:        09:00 - 10:30 Location:   Online Presented by the IEEE Computer Society Vancouver Chapter Presenter:  Gerhard Weikum Abstract: Machines with comprehensive knowledge of the world's entities and their relationships has been a long-standing vision and challenge of AI. Over the last two... Read more →

"ELECTRON DEVICES - World of Nanoelectronics: 75th Year of Transistor" An IEEE Electron Devices Society Distinguished Lecture Date:           01 Jun 2022 Time:          11:00 AM to 12:00 PM Presenter:   Prof. Durga Misra, New Jersey Institute of Technology Abstract: Electron devices and materials has reached a crossroad with Moore’s law. While scaling (More Moore) will continue nanoelectronics... Read more →

UBC and SFU students: Join MDA and the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society for an exciting event in partnership with the SFU SAT and UBC Orbit Satellite Design Teams to celebrate our collaboration on the ALEASAT CubeSat Project and to learn how new students at UBC and SFU can become involved. Date:         June 2,... Read more →

Interconnect Meets Architecture: On-Chip Communication in the Age of Heterogeneity   Date:          June 6, 2022 Time:         16:00 - 17:30 Location:    UBC and online (hybrid)   Presented by: IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, Vancouver Chapter Abstract: Neural Networks, graph analytics, and other big-data applications have become vastly important for many domains. This has led to a... Read more →

Neural Networks, graph analytics, and other big-data applications have become vastly important for many domains. This has led to a search for proper computing systems that can efficiently utilize the tremendous amount of data parallelism that is associated with these applications. Generally, we depend on data centers and high-performance computing (HPC) clusters to run various... Read more →

IEEE Vancouver Life Members Affinity Group This is another of the talk sessions that invite Members to express/describe their experiences to their fellow engineers. It will continue monthly on the third Saturday, with a hiatus during July and August. 9:00 AM P.D.T. You can log in at 8:45 AM. All IEEE members are welcome, especially... Read more →

IEEE SFU Student Branch has organized a Tour to TRIUMF, where you can meet professionals in their work setting. You will have a chance to interact and learn from experts in the industry, improve your job prospects and explore the other end of the horizon (beyond lecture sessions). The IEEE SFU Student Branch Team would... Read more →

Monthly meeting of Vancouver Section officers, chapter chairs, affinity group chairs, and student branches officers. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/318022

The expeditious evolution of wireless technologies and their convergence with diverse applications signify the coming next wave of our increasingly connected society. With the dramatically growing data traffic, massive connected devices and diverse services to be supported, the future success of our society relies heavily on our technical capabilities in the provisioning of massive capacity/connectivity... Read more →

Topics that will be covered are: AWS Security Hub GuardDuty Inspector Config CloudTrail IoT Devise Defender Speaker(s): Farshad Abasi, Agenda: - Introduction to the speaker - Today's Security Challenges of the Cloud. - How to find out if you are being attacked - Q&A Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/320773

Monthly meeting of Vancouver Section officers, chapter chairs, affinity group chairs, and student branches officers. 3806 Kingsway, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/321902

Join members of the IEEE Vancouver Section Executive Committee at Burnaby Central Park. The event will be held at the picnic area adjacent to the parking lot off the Kingsway entrance. Drop in any time between 11 AM and 3 PM for a chance to meet with colleagues and friends in person, and stay as... Read more →

Powerex was established in 1988 as the wholly-owned electricity marketing subsidiary of BC Hydro, responsible for marketing BC Hydro’s surplus electricity in the west. Today, Powerex is a key participant in energy markets across North America, buying and supplying physical wholesale power, natural gas, ancillary services, and environmental products with an ever-expanding list of trade... Read more →

TALK #9 in the cross-Canada monthly series of Saturday-morning presentations sponsored by the Vancouver Life Member Affinity Group Speaker(s): Terry Branch, IEEE Canada Chair LMAG, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/323278

Join us in Canada wide IEEE Day 2022 celebration event which is hosted by active affinity groups and student branches across the Canada. The whole community in Canada have an opportunity to connect with IEEE President and participate in a virtual talk given by President and vice president. This year we also have a special... Read more →

Every year on 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 the future of the IEEE. IEEE Day is not just celebrated by... Read more →

Monthly meeting of Vancouver Section officers, chapter chairs, affinity group chairs, and student branches officers. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/326418

Hey there! We as the IEEE SFU SB team are inviting all the SFU students to drop in and say Hi to your fellows and get more information on the opportunities, scholarships (Canada-wide or in Vancouver Section), competitions, internships (paid internship/coop at a Canadian space company) and volunteer positions that fit you. When: Thursday, October... Read more →

Speaker's experiences in attempting to put together an automatic watering system for his garden using wireless sensors. Registration is optional, but we want to know who to expect. 9:00 AM P.D.T. You can log in at 8:45 AM (12:45 Halifax) to check connection and say hello.All IEEE members are welcome, especially those Life Members that... Read more →

R7 LMAG MONTHLY MEETING Oakville, Ontario, Canada, L6H 2B1, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/327970

As part of IEEE CSS Day 2022 The Vancouver Section Control Systems Society chapter presents: Svante Capture Technology, Business Model, and Projects Presenter: Brett Henkel, Co-Founder & VP, Strategic Accounts & Government Affairs, Svante Inc., Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada   Date: Oct 19th, 2022 Time: 18:00 - 19:00 Location: Virtual   This presentation is part... Read more →

Dear Everyone, IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS) is holding the “CSS Day” http://ieeecss.org/css-day-2022 during October 19-24. It consists of a set of events organized by IEEE CSS and local chapters around the world. All events will be free for participants and most of them are online events. Registration is required and can be completed in... Read more →

As part of IEEE CSS Day 2022 The Vancouver Section Control Systems Society chapter presents: Data-Driven Approach for Value Analysis of Emerging Grid-Scale Storage Technologies Presenter: Dr. Kourosh Malek, Division Head, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute for Energy and Climate Research   Date: Oct 20th, 2022 Time: 18:00 - 19:00 Location: Virtual This presentation is part... Read more →

Monthly meeting of Vancouver Section officers, chapter chairs, affinity group chairs, and student branches officers. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/330872

The recent advances in the nanofabrication and 3D printing technology offers robotic solutions at exceeding small scales. Microscale robots, equipped with multiple sensors and mechanical add-ons find application in various fields such as exploration of inaccessible areas, search and rescue, and most importantly inside the body. In this talk, I will review some of the... Read more →

Join us for a session with Dr. Mostafa Farrokhabadi, Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary and part-time VP of Tech. at BluWave-ai. He received the Ph.D. degree from the University of Waterloo in 2017. He has held other engineering positions with Hatch and Canadian Solar, and adjunct and postdoctoral positions with the University of... Read more →

Speaker Lorne Keyes 9:00 AM P.D.T. You can log in at 8:45 AM (12:45 Halifax) to check connection and say hello.All IEEE members are welcome, especially those Life Members that don't have a local Affinity Group. Speaker(s): Lorne Keyes, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/331008

If you would like to hear about the Career Path of an SFU Alumni, Behnam Mohammad, MASc., P.Eng., join us on Friday, December 2, 2022, at a social event hosted by IEEE SFU Student Branch. Location: GSS Lounge at Burnaby Campus (Maggie Benston Centre, 2212) *Coffee and snacks will be provided. IEEE SFU SB team... Read more →

Brain PET originally started as a quantitative technique to investigate brain metabolism and blood flow. While compared to today’s standards the studies performed in the early days would be considered technically very simple, they revolutionized our understanding of brain function as related to health, disease and personality, with related health and social impact. Rapid advancements... Read more →

Several efforts of the last decade have demonstrated a radio transceiver’s ability to simultaneously transmit and receive using the same frequency band – this is commonly referred to as in-band full duplex communication. Numerous performance challenges are presented to the analog, mixed-signal and digital IC designer when attempting to suppress the strong transmitter self-interference (SI)... Read more →

Monthly meeting of Vancouver Section officers, chapter chairs, affinity group chairs, and student branches officers. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/335550

Creating accurate predictions in the stock market has always been a great challenge in finance. With the rise of machine learning as the next level in the forecasting area, this research compares four machine learning models and their accuracy for forecasting three well-known stocks traded in the NYSE in the short term over the period... Read more →

V2X - The Cooperative Safety Revolution Despite the development of automotive safety technologies in recent years, road fatalities keep going up. In order to change this reality we need a paradigm shift towards cooperative safety. V2X is the safety network that can protect all road users and bring on a true road safety revolution that... Read more →

Small Phase Theorem: versions 1.0 and 2.0 Abstract: Is there a small phase theorem in parallel to the small gain theorem? This is of no problem for SISO LTI systems since the phase response of such a system is well defined. For MIMO LTI systems, this question becomes nontrivial since a good definition of matrix... Read more →

Speaker: Dick Scarth 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. Speaker(s): Dick Scarth, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/333743

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 →