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IEEE Ottawa News
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1. Robot-Assisted Wireless Sensor Networks: Recent Developments and Future Challenges
Speaker: Dr. Rafael Falcon
Date/Time: May 13th, 2015 / 19:30 - 21:30
Location: The Crowsnest, Naval Officer's Mess, 78 Lisgar St, Ottawa
Parking: Paid parking is available (P2 recommended)
Registration: Free registration; please email Hugh Reekie
Organizer: Hugh Reekie
Organizedby: AESS & CI/SMC & CompSoc chapters
Abstract:
This talk will focus on Wireless Sensor and Robot Networks, an emerging class of cyber-physical systems stemming from the integration of wireless sensor networks and multi-robot systems. Recently proposed solutions to two representative problems in this field (robot-assisted sensor placement and sensor relocation) will be discussed from an algorithmic perspective. The talk will outline some challenges that lie ahead in regards to real-world implementation of these systems.
Speaker Bio
Rafael Falcon is a Research Scientist for Larus Technologies Corporation, an Ottawa-based firm that specializes in high-level information fusion and decision support from a Computational Intelligence angle. His research interests are in the area of Computational Intelligence with applications to security and defense, including wireless sensor networks, robotics, maritime domain awareness and multi-sensor data fusion.
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2.IEEE Canada Industry Forum on Innovation, Technology Commercialization and Entrepreneurship
Are you attending the CCECE2015?
Are you a professor or researcher looking for commercializing your inventions or technologies?
Are you a graduating student eager to join a start-up firm or have fresh ideas to start your own?
Are you an engineer or a professional with a highly innovative technology company?
Please come and join us at the IEEE Canada Industry Forum on Innovation, Technology Commercialization and Entrepreneurship on Monday May 4th, 2015, 13:30hr – 16:30hr, Halifax World Trade and Convention Centre.
We have assembled a panel of industry leaders, technology startup entrepreneurs, government regional development and granting agency representatives, technology transfer, commercialization and investment leaders to share with you their experience and advice on technology commercialization, start-ups, investment, growing a business, and global market penetration, etc.
Program
13:30 – 13:40 Registration
13:40 – 13:45 Opening remark
13:45 – 14:45 Individual Presentations
14:45 – 15:45 Panel Discussions
15:45 – 16:00 Coffee Break and Networking
16:00 – 16:30 Continue Networking
Our Panel Speakers
- Saeed El-Darahali, President and CEO, SimplyCast
- George Palikaras, CEO of Metamaterial Technologies
- Stephen Duff, PRESIDENT & CEO of Innovacorp
- Brennan Gillis, Director, Business Development (NS), Mitacs
- Bradley Goodyear, Executive Director, Atlantic & Nunavut, Industrial Research Assistance Program, National Research Council Canada
Forum Registration
- Forum is free for all registered conference attendees
- Forum is free and open to the general public, but non-conference attendees must register here.
For further information, contact:
Kexing Liu, Ph.D., SMIEEE
IEEE Canada Industry Relations Committee Chair
Mobile: 613-769-2050
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3.iLUV (ieee Lights Up a Village) - An IHTC (IEEE Canada Humanitarian Technology Conference) Workshop
According to the World Bank and the International Energy Agency, over 1.3 billion people in the world have no access to electricity that is 18% of the world population. More than 95% of these people are either in sub-Saharan African or developing Asia and 84% are in rural areas.
The IEEE Canada Industry Relations Committee, the International Year of Light Canadian Committee, the IHTC 2015 Program Committee, and the IEEE Photonics Society Ottawa Chapter are jointly presenting a workshop on technologies and solutions for efficient, cost-effective, renewable electricity power generation and lighting. Wednesday, June 3rd 3:30pm – 5:00pm at the National Arts Center
Aspects to be discussed at the workshop include but not limited to
- Challenges and Solutions
- Partnering with Technology Providers
- Possible Funding Sources
- Training of Local Technicians
- Volunteering Opportunities
- Future Technologies
We would like to invite all those interested to participate.
For more information please contact:
iLUV Workshop Coordinator: Amir Ammar,
iLUV Workshop Chair: Kexing Liu
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Happening in May two major Conferences
- International Humanitarian and technology Conference (IHTC). Click here to register
- IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management. Click here to register.
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Ottawa, May 11-15, 2015
Shaw Centre (Ottawa Convention Centre)
We need six to twelve volunteers each day to make this conference a success.
Volunteers (or even if you are considering) are asked to indicate their desire to help the Ottawa Section succeed by filling out this volunteer form
The beginning of the week requires the most help, so please consider helping, even if for only a short while.
I promise everyone the great thanks and appreciation of everyone in the Ottawa Section and the conference attendees (and me).
Richard Hagemeyer
IM2015 Volunteer Coordinator
Remember, all conferences succeed because of the volunteers!
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Conferences
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Date
11-15 May 2015
Location
Shaw Centre, Ottawa
Please visit the website
Abstract
The 14th IFIP/IEEE Symposium on Integrated Network and Service Management (IM 2015) will be held
11-15 May 2015 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada at the Ottawa Convention Center. Held in odd-numbered years since 1989, IM 2015 follows the 27 years tradition of NOMS and IM as the primary IEEE Communications Society’s forum for technical exchange on management of information and communication technology focusing on research, development, integration, standards, service provisioning, and user communities.
IM 2015 will offer five types of sessions: technical, experience, poster, panel and dissertation. High quality will be assured through a well qualified Technical Program Committee and stringent peer review of paper submissions. A special call for demonstrations is organized to allow industry partners and researchers to demonstrate early products and prototypes.
Important Dates
- Paper Submission: September 15th, 2014
- Notification of Acceptance: November 30th, 2014
- Camera Ready Papers: February 1st, 2015
General Co-Chairs
- Dr.Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo
- Dr.Wahab Almutahadi, Algonquin College
TPC Co-Chairs
- Shingo Ata,Osaka City University, Japan
- Rémi Badonnel, TELECOM Nancy - LORIA, France
- Jin Xiao, IBM T.J. Watson, USA
For more information, please email IM
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Date
31 May-June 4 2015
Location
Shaw Centre, Ottawa
Please view our flyer.
Abstract
The 2015 IEEE International Humanitarian Technology Conference (IHTC) will be held in Ottawa, Canada, from May 31 to June 4, 2015. The conference theme is “supporting communities toward resilience.” The conference will focus on two key areas: humanitarian applications of technologies in disaster mitigation, relief, and recovery; and empowering communities to overcome adversity and achieve sustainable development.
The conference will feature outstanding keynote speakers, workshops, a student paper competition, and peer-reviewed papers. Technology-oriented papers and papers describing social and economic factors related to humanitarian technology implementation are being solicited for the conference. The technical program committee for the 2015 IEEE IHTC invites you to submit an abstract of 200-300 words on a paper demonstrating a link to the conference theme in any of the following track areas:
- Technologies to assist in disaster mitigation, relief, and recovery
- Humanitarian supply chains in preparedness, response, and rehabilitation for aid and relief
- Connectivity and communications technologies
- Psycho-social factors facilitating the effective use of technology
- Technologies for water and sanitation
- Forensic technologies for disaster and relief operations
- Mobile health (mHealth), medical technology, and telemedicine
- Social media for building resilience
- Data and personal security technologies for humanitarian and development applications
- Off-grid power, renewable energy, and resilient power grids
- Humanitarian and/or sustainable engineering programs, educational technologies, course materials, and curricula
- Community engagement and social and economic factors in humanitarian engineering
- Food security, micro-farming, and urban agriculture
High-quality papers will be published in IEEE Explore.
The abstract should be submitted online.
Important Dates
Deadline for abstract submission January 15, 2015
Notification of abstract acceptance January 31, 2015
4-page full paper (in IEEE format) due February 15, 2015
Reviewer’s feedback to authors March 15, 2015Camera-ready papers and copyright forms due April 15, 2015
If you have any questions, please contact the technical co-chairs of the conference: Dr. Pritpal Singh and Dr. Sawsan Abdul-Majid
We welcome technology-oriented papers, including papers describing social and economic factors, related to humanitarian technology implementation. Join us and contribute your skills to this multidisciplinary event.
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2016 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI)
Location
Vancouver Convention Centre, Vancouver, Canada
Date
25-29 July 2016
URL
wcci2016.org
Abstract
On behalf of the IEEE WCCI 2016 Organizing Committee, it is our great pleasure to invite you to the bi-annual IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (IEEE WCCI), which is the largest technical event in the field of computational intelligence. The IEEE WCCI 2016 will host three conferences: The 2016 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2016), the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE 2016), and the 2016 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (IEEE CEC 2016) under one roof. It encourages cross-fertilization of ideas among the three big areas and provides a forum for intellectuals from all over the world to discuss and present their research findings on computational intelligence.
IEEE WCCI 2016 will be held at the Vancouver Convention Centre, Vancouver, Canada. Vancouver is Canada's Pacific gem, offering a winning combination of world-class hotels, meeting venues, and restaurants in a setting of spectacular beauty. Few convention cities can offer such a wide range of cosmopolitan amenities in a downtown core that is safe, clean, pedestrian friendly, and stunning in its backdrop of mountains and ocean.
IJCNN is a flagship conference of the International Neural Network Society and the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society. It covers a wide range of topics in the field of neural networks, from biological neural network modeling to artificial neural computation. FUZZ-IEEE is a premier conference in the field of fuzzy systems. It covers all topics in fuzzy systems, from theory to applications. IEEE CEC is a premier event in the field of evolutionary computation, and covers all topics in evolutionary computation from theory to applications. Papers for IEEE WCCI 2016 should be submitted electronically through the congress website, and will be refereed by experts in the fields and ranked based on the criteria of originality, significance, quality and clarity.
IEEE Computational Intelligence Society has maintained its position as a leader of journals in computational intelligence. According to the 2013 Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports (JCR), CIS journals sustained their status as premier scholarly publications, earning high rankings in the Impact Factor report.
- IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems (IF: 4.370)
- IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems (IF: 6.306)
- IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation (IF: 5.545)
- IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games (IF: 1.167)
- IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development (IF: 1.348)
- IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine (IF: 2.706)
Special Sessions:
Special session proposals are invited to the 2016 IEEE WCCI. Special session proposals should include the title, aim and scope (including a list of main topics), and the names of the organizers of the special session, together with a short biography of all organizers. A list of potential contributors will be very helpful. All special sessions proposals should be submitted to the Special Sessions Chairs.
Tutorials:
The IEEE WCCI 2016 solicits proposals for tutorials aimed at researchers, students and practicing professionals. Tutorials offer a unique opportunity to disseminate in-depth information on specific topics in computational intelligence. If you are interested in proposing a tutorial, would like to recommend someone who might be interested, or have questions about tutorials, please contact one of the Tutorials Co-Chairs most appropriate to your topic (and copy your email to other Tutorials Co-Chairs).
Competitions:
Prospective competition organizers are invited to submit their proposals to the Competitions Chair. A common website for all accepted competitions will be provided on the congress website, for which a link to the homepage of each competition maintained by their organizers independently will be provided.
Workshops:
The IEEE WCCI 2016 invites proposals for workshops to be held in conjunction with the main event. The overall purpose of a workshop is to provide participants with the opportunity to present and discuss novel research ideas on active and emerging topics of Computational Intelligence. Topics of the proposed workshops should therefore be aligned with those set forth in the call for papers for the main event. Prospective workshop organizers are invited to submit their proposals to the Workshops Chair.
Important Dates
- Special Session & Workshop Proposals Deadline: 15 November 2015
- Competition & Tutorial Proposals Deadline: 15 December 2015
- Paper Submission Deadline: 15 January 2016
- Paper Acceptance Notification Date: 15 March 2016
- Final Paper Submission & Early Registration Deadline: 15 April 2016
- IEEE WCCI 2016: 25-29 July 2016
For more information on the congress, please visit: www.wcci2016.org
2016 IEEE WCCI General Co-Chairs,
Kay Chen Tan, Gary G. Yen
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2015 IFAC/IEEE Symposium on Information Control in Manufacturing (INCOM 2015)
Date
11-13 May 2015
Location
Shaw Centre, Ottawa
Please visit the website
Abstract
The 2015 Symposium on Information Control in Manufacturing (INCOM 2015) will be the 15th event in the rich tradition of triennial premiere events in manufacturing sciences and information technologies
Sponsored by the International Federation of Automatic Control and co-sponsored by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, IEEE Ottawa Section, IFIP and IFORS, the conference aims at the crossroads between scientists, researchers, decision makers, practitioners and students from all the diverse domains that impact economic development and productivity: information processing and control, robotics and automation, intelligent systems, advanced manufacturing technologies, safety and security, environmental and social aspects of manufacturing.
The general theme of INCOM 2015 is Advanced Information and Manufacturing Systems for a Sustainable Economy. This conference will provide a remarkable opportunity for the academic and industrial communities to address new challenges, share solutions and discuss future research directions. The agenda will include plenary speeches, invited/special sessions, industrial panel sessions and funding agencies panel sessions.
Important Dates
- Paper Submission
- Regular Sessions: November 1, 2014
- Invited Sessions: November 15, 2014
- Dissertation Sessions (Extended Abstracts): January 21, 2015
- Notification of Acceptance: February 1, 2015
- Camera Ready Papers: March 1, 2015
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Call for Submissions and Participation – Doctoral Consortium at INCOM 2015
Details
Doctoral Consortium organized at the 15th IFAC/IEEE Symposium on Information Control in Manufacturing (INCOM 2015).
Date
11-13 May 2015, Shaw Centre
Abstract
The Doctoral Consortium will provide an opportunity for graduate students who have started their research to:
- Gain an overview of the breadth and depth of recent research in modern manufacturing systems;
- Present their research work to an expert panel at Dissertation Sessions;
- Receive feedback and suggestions from peers and experienced faculty;
- Obtain insight into postdoctoral studies, granting and job market opportunities;
- Network with peers and future colleagues.
The consortium will also provide an extensive social program as well as awards for best dissertation papers.
Two formats of the papers will be accepted: full papers, subject to the regular review, and extended abstracts (1-2 pages). Full papers will be archived by Elsevier and considered for post-conference journal publications. Extended abstracts (the student fee applies) will appear, copyright free, in the conference CD-ROM.
Important dates:
- Full paper submission
- Paper submission: November 15, 2014
- Author notification: February 1, 2015
- Camera-ready: March 1, 2015
- Extended abstract submission
- Abstract submission: January 21, 2015
- Author notification: February 10, 2015
- Camera ready: March 1, 2015
Detailed information on the submission process can be found here .
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IEEE International Conference on Numerical Electromagnetic and Multiphysics Modeling and Optimization( NEMO)
We invite you to participate in the IEEE International Conference on Numerical Electromagnetic and Multiphysics Modeling and Optimization( NEMO) to be held in Ottawa, Canada, August 12-14, 2015.
NEMO is IEEE MTT Society’s annual focal event for reflections and advances in electromagnetics, multi-physics, modeling and optimization for microwave, millimeter-wave and terahertz applications. NEMO2015 aims to stimulate discussions and explorations of “disruptive” technologies in addition to traditional topics. The focusing theme of the event will make our technical exchange extremely effective. From young to well-known researchers, from graduate students to professors, from industry designers to software vendors, the strong common interests among all participants will make your networking highly effective and relevant. It is our pleasure to provide you with the update that, in addition to strong responses from researchers and designers in the area, we have also received confirmation from prominent software vendor executives including Dr. Jim Rautio (Sonnet), Dr. Peter Thoma (CST), Dr. Zoltan Cendes (Ansoft/Ansys), Dr. C.J. Reddy (FEKO), and software developer Dr. Fritz Arndt (WASP-NET) who have accepted our invitation to come to NEMO2015 to deliver plenary talks. We look forward to an exciting event filled with the most advanced and most forward looking in EM/multiphysics modeling and optimization.
With the dramatic technology development, and rapidly expanding role of electromagnetic/multi physics modeling and optimization, NEMO will help shape the future directions for our area and our community. Your participation in NEMO2015 will contribute to the NEMO direction, and subsequently the direction of the area for years to come.
The paper submission deadline is Feb 16. The conference website.
We look forward to your participation.
Q.J. Zhang, FIEEE, General Chair, NEMO2015
Ram Achar, FIEEE, General Co-Chair, NEMO2015
Natalia Nikolova, FIEEE, TPC Chair, NEMO2015
Zhizhang (David) Chen, FIEEE, TPC Co-Chair, NEMO2015
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Annual international conference on applications of photonic technology
Date: June 9 – June 11, 2015
Location: Shaw Center, Ottawa
Organized by: Photonics North, Canadian Photonic Industry Consortium, and IEEE Ottawa Photonics Chapter
Supported by: IEEE Canada
About the Conference:
Photonics North is an annual international conference based in Canada open to all participants. It offers a forum and an opportunity to share and exchange views and ideas about scientific and research discoveries and market needs. The program will include the participation of a stellar group of invited researchers representing the latest worldwide trends in photonic research community and in industry.
It covers the following subject areas:
- Aerospace
- Bioengineering
- Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
- Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
- Computing and Processing
- Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
- Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
- Photonics and Electrooptics
- Power, Energy and Industry Applications
- Robotics and Control Systems
- Signal Processing and Analysis
For more information please visit http://www.photonicsnorth.com/
or contact: kexing.liu@ieee.org
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No members for this month has been elevated
IEEE Senior Member Program Page:
http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/senior/index.html
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2015 IEEE Fellows from the Ottawa Section: Out of the 19 2015 IEEE fellows from R7 (~16% of R7 Fellows)
- Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, for contributions to communication protocols for distributed mobile computing and wireless sensor networks
- Ridha Touzi, Canada Center for Remote Sensing, for contributions to design and calibration of polarimetric synthetic aperture radar
- Gaozhi Xiao, National Research Council of Canada, for contributions to the development of safety and security monitoring instrumentation and measurement technologies
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Registration: IEEE Discount Code (IEEE-PEO)
Organizer: Career Coach International
Career Coach International (who gave a Personal Branding workshop for IEEE in the spring of 2014) are running a Personal Branding Workshop on 4 October 2014. This workshop is not IEEE sponsored, but CCI is offering IEEE members a 20% discount. To obtain the discount, use the promotion code "IEEE-PEO" when registering.
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Please visit www.engineergoodlife.ca (username = eic and password = goodlife) for details.
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All new higher grade IEEE members are invited to participate in a New Member Orientation Webinar session designed to help members get the most out of their membership. These live Webinars, which include a 30 minute formal presentation followed by Q&A, provide an overview of IEEE membership and access instructions for members-only benefits and services. Topics include establishing a Web account, setting up a profile on memberNet, logging into myIEEE, networking opportunities, and much more. Visit the Welcome to IEEE Web page to register for a New Member Orientation Webinar, typically held on the fourth Thursday of each month in 2011: 24 March, 28 April, 26 May, 23 June, 28 July, 25 August, 22 September, 27 October, 22 November, and 20 December.
Webinars are held at both 9:00 AM ET and 3:00 PM ET on each day. Please e-mail Adrienne Hahn for more information.
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