Events

Date: Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Time: 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm,

• Refreshments, and Networking: 6:30 pm – 7:00 pm
• OS-ARIS (open-source radar project): 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• Open Source Headlamp, Other items: 8:00 pm – 8:45 pm
• Planning next meeting: 8:45 pm – 9:00 pm.

Location: University of Ottawa, SITE Building, Room 5084 (& Skype)

Parking: Paid parking at and near the university; very good public transport access.

Registration: Send email to Alfredo Herrera <Alfredo.Herrera@ieee.org>

Theme: “Connect, Communicate and Collaborate”

Objectives: To help the IEEE Ottawa Section create stronger synergies and inter-dependencies by connecting, communicating and collaborating with government, industry and academia.
To build on the momentum of the Section’s previous work and determine where we need to go for the next five years (understand where we are today and where we would like to be in the future)

Date: Thursday, September 18th, 2014

Time: 6:00 to 9:00 PM

Location: Ciena, 307 Legget Dr., Kanata

Speaker(s): Technical Staff Members from National Instruments (NI) and Averna Technologies Inc.

Date/Time: Tuesday, 30 September 2014, 8:00 am – 12:00 pm

Location: Holiday Inn & Suites, Kanata Salon A, 101 Kanata Avenue, Ottawa, ON K2T 1E6

Registration: Free but Required, Seating is limited. To ensure a seat, please contact Tejinder Gill (tejinder.gill@ni.com)

Organizer: Tejinder Gill

Organizer e-mail: tejinder.gill@ni.com

Organized by: National Instruments (NI), Averna Technologies Inc., IEEE Ottawa Antennas and Propagation Society and Microwave Theory & Techniques Society (AP/MTT) Joint Chapter and IEEE Ottawa Section (OS)

Program:
8:00 – 8:30
                          Registration and Introduction
8:30 – 9:00
                          Making Fundamental RF Measurements with PXI
9:00 – 9:30
                          Phase-Coherent Signal Analyzers and Generators for MIMO Test and Prototyping
9:30 – 10:00
                          Technology: Channel Emulation/Modeling & Environmental Simulation
10:00 – 10:30
                           Radar System Design and Development from Schematic to Field Testing
10:30 – 11:00
                           Solving New RF Applications with Record & Playback for GNSS Characterization
11:00 – 11:30
                           How Spectral Stitching Can Solve Bandwidth vs. Dynamic Range Trade-offs
11:30 – 12:00
                           Bridging Design & Test in Military Communications with Software Defined Radio Platforms

Speaker(s): Prof. Donna Strickland and Ms. Maria Rey

Abstract:

1. Prof. Donna Strickland

2013 OSA (Optical Society of America) President Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo

Donna Strickland received her B. Eng. from McMaster University and her PhD from the University of Rochester. Along with her PhD supervisor, Dr. Gerard Mourou, Donna Strickland co-invented Chirped Pulse Amplification. Dr. Strickland was a research associate at the National Research Council of Canada, a physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and a member of technical staff at Princeton University. Dr. Strickland joined the physics department of the University of Waterloo in 1997. Dr. Strickland’s ultrafast laser group develops high-intensity laser systems for nonlinear optics investigations. She is a recipient of a Sloan Research Fellowship, a Premier’s Research Excellence Award, a Cottrell Scholars Award and is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America. She served as the 2013 OSA president.

2. Dr. Maria Rey

Former Director General of Defence Research and Development (DRDC) Ottawa

Date: 03-12-2014

Time: 12:00 PM

Location: 1125 Colonel By Drive, Mackenzie Building (ME) 5170

Registration: Free registration

Organizer(s): Winnie Ye, SMIEEE

Organizer Email: winnie_ye@carleton.ca

Organized by:

• IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Ottawa Chapter
• IEEE Photonics Society Ottawa Chapter,
• IEEE EMBS Ottawa Chapter,
• Carleton University Photonics and Laser Technology (PLT),
• IEEE Carleton University IEEE Student Chapter, and
• Carleton University SPIE Student Chapter

Speaker: Dr. Gabriel Wainer, Prof. Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton Univ, Ottawa

Date: 6th Oct 2014

Time: 1200-1300 hrs

Place: Mackenzie Building Room 3356, Carleton Univ

Parking: Need to pay

Admission: Free

Registration: Not required

Abstract:

Recent advances in computer technology have influenced simulation techniques to become an effective approach to understand physical systems. In recent years, grid-shaped cellular models have gained popularity in this sense. In particular, the DEVS formalism has been widely used with these purposes.

In this presentation we will show how to use the DEVS formalism and Cell-DEVS and their use in Biomedical applications. We will focus on varied examples on how to model different examples of application, and discuss open research issues in this area. We will start with an introduction to different models in physics (diffusion, binary solidification, excitable media, surface tension, etc.). We will then show some examples of the current use of the methodology in a model of heart tissue simulation, synapsin-vesicle interaction in nerve terminals and in models of artery clogging. We will focus in showing how the application of these techniques can improve model definition. We will also focus in describing how to create models that can be executed automatically in a parallel environment without any modifications to the original models, or user intervention. We will finally discuss current open topics in the area, which include advanced methods for centralized, parallel or distributed execution of the models.