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IEEE Ottawa Lunch and Learn – Dr. Thomas Cameron – RF Technology for 5G Cellular Basestations
Brought to you by the IEEE Ottawa Computer Society in collaboration with March Networks and Kanata North BIA, we are pleased to announce another IEEE Ottawa Lunch and Learn Series.
IEEE Ottawa Lunch and Learn is an initiative to bridge the gap between Industry, Academia, and Government, by bringing speakers from various sectors to the heart of the Kanata Tech Hub to provide technical talks in their respective areas of expertise. This event shall serve as a place to connect, communicate, and collaborate, as well enhance and promote Ottawa tech, research, and community.
Upcoming Talk: “RF Technology for 5G Cellular Basestations” by Dr. Thomas Cameron, CTO, Communications Business Unit, Analog Devices.
DATE: Monday December 19, 2016
TIME: Refreshments, Lunch, and Networking: 11:30 a.m.; Seminar: 12:00 p.m. – 01:30 p.m.
PLACE: March Networks (Second Floor), 303 Terry Fox Drive, Kanata, K2K 3J1.
PARKING: Free parking available.
ADMISSION: Open to all, free of charge. Registration is required by e-mail. Space is limited.
REGISTRATION CONTACT: Dr. Eric Karmouch – ekarmouch@marchnetworks.com
CUHacking is the first Major League Hacking membered hackathon in Ottawa, and going to be the largest hackathon in Ottawa. Around 300 university and college students are expected to participate. The objective of this hackathon is for groups of students to come up with and create a software or hardware project in 24 hours. Prizes will be awarded to the best hacks as well as through possible challenges run by tech companies. Participation for students is free and food will also be provided.
Being a member event of Major League Hacking makes CUHacking an official worldwide hackathon. This will motivate university and college students in software, computer systems, and electrical engineering all across the world to work on side projects that can make a positive impact on society.
Launch of IEEE Ottawa Lunch & Learn (11/27/2016) a Success!
Thank you to all those that came out to March Networks for a fantastic seminar (Smart Surveillance Systems: Trends and Recent Research) given by the University of Ottawa's Dr. Robert Laganiere! Thank you to our sponsors March Networks and Kanata North BIA for allowing the initiative to take place.
IEEE Ottawa Lunch and Learn is an initiative to bridge the gap between Industry, Academia, and Government, by bringing speakers from various sectors to the heart of the Kanata Tech Hub to provide technical talks in their respective areas of expertise. This initiative serves as a place to connect, communicate, and collaborate, as well enhance and promote Ottawa tech, research, and community.
Based on the tech community turn out as well as audience questions and participation, the IEEE Ottawa Lunch & Learn initiative is well under way!
- Dr. Eric Karmouch (Chair, IEEE Ottawa Computer Society)
ORC 2017 - Call for Patrons/Sponsors
The ORC's main objective is to provide hands-on opportunities for elementary and high school students to explore STEM fields through:
- Arduino and Lego Mindstorms programming
- 3D printing
- Report writing and documentation
- Oral presentations
Students program and build robots to compete in a series of challenges on competition day. We provide year-long mentorship through our student mentors as well as several formal workshops to support students.
As past competitors in this event ourselves 8 years ago, we can honestly say that the ORC inspired us to pursue STEM fields. The skills that students gain throughout the preparation process are transferable in any future post-secondary education, career, and academic endeavours.
The ORC relies on the generosity of patrons/sponsors to continue bringing this invaluable opportunity to students in Ottawa. Attached to the newsletter is the ORC 2017 patronage/sponsorship package.
Thus, if you are interested in helping with patronage/sponsorship, please contact us at orcinfo@ieeeottawa.ca.
Finally, we wish you all and your families a happy, safe, and wonderful holiday season.
Heidi Li and David Huynh
Co-Chairs of the Ottawa Robotics Competition
The IEEE Student Branches in Ottawa are hosting the annual networking event SPAC, the Student Professional Awareness Conference. SPAC is a formal conference that bridges the gap between students, academics and professionals from industry. This coming year SPAC will be held on February 2nd 2017, at the Hellenic Meeting and Reception Centre. The event will comprise of a formal dinner, presentations from industry professionals, and a networking session. If you're interested please visit www.ieeespac.ca for more info.
The 2017 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2017) will be held in Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 14–19, 2017.
The conference is organized jointly by the International Neural Network Society and the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, and is the premiere international meeting for researchers and other professionals in neural networks and related areas. It will feature invited plenary talks by world-renowned speakers in the areas of neural network theory and applications, computational neuroscience, robotics, and distributed intelligence.
In addition to regular technical sessions with oral and poster presentations, the conference program will include special sessions, competitions, tutorials and workshops on topics of current interest.
Important Dates
Special session proposals: September 15, 2016
Competition proposals: September 15, 2016
Panel proposals: September 15, 2016
Workshop & tutorial proposals: October 15, 2016
Paper submission: November 15, 2016
Decision notification: January 20, 2017
Camera ready paper due: February 20, 2017
For more information please visit http://www.ijcnn.org/
2016 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Security and Defense Applications
