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Status of the Internet in Canada and the importance of Canadian IXP’s
Jacques Latour
Chief Technology Officer, CIRA/.CA
A quick overview of the Canadian Internet exchange landscape from coast to coast to coast. Canada has its share of challenges and opportunities in building and growing the IXP infrastructure near the Canadian border, and also to support the need of the rural communities.
As an expert in developing innovative, leading-edge IT solutions, Jacques has established CIRA as a global leader among ccTLD registries. He has 25+ years of experience in the private and not-for-profit sectors and as CIRA’s CTO,is currently leading CIRA Labs, CIRA’s innovation hub and providing leadership and direction for the management and security of the .CA registry and its underlying DNS.
A visionary in the Internet community, Jacques led the development of CIRA’s Internet Performance Test, is an outspoken advocate for the adoption of IPv6 and represents the .CA registry internationally as a member of a variety of working groups and advisory groups, including being a member of ICANN’s Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC), TLDOPS standing committees and TechDay and DNSSEC Planning Program Committee.
Jacques is committed to the development of a new Canadian Internet architecture. He has served as the catalyst for the creation of a national Canadian IXP association, CA-IX, and is a member of the Manitoba Internet Exchange’s (MBIX) and the DNS-OARC Board of Directors.
Jacques holds an Electronics Engineering Technologist diploma from Algonquin College in Ottawa, is ITIL v3 Foundation certified and is a certified Agile ScrumMaster.
Agenda
11:30 – 12:00 Â Lite Lunch, Networking, and Welcoming Remarks
12:00 – 13:00Â Seminar
Date and Place: The event will be held online on September 26th and 27th, 2020.
“Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try†~ John F. Kennedy
What?
New to Hackathons? Are you also interested in participating in IEEEXtreme 14.0? IEEE WIE Ottawa presents the first ever Mock Hackathon in Ottawa! Win Exciting Prizes and get experience with us. No need to think of an idea! The questions will be given to you. Our mentors will further help you to get a head start in your hackathon journey! This is a practice event just for you! Learn more about IEEEXtreme here-> https://ieeextreme.org/
When?
September 26th and 27th, 2020
Where?
The event is fully online including the mentorship*.
Agenda
September 26th, 2020
01:00 PM The opening ceremony
02:00 PM Commencement of Hackathon
05:00 PM Final Submission
September 27th, 2020
01:00 PM Results declaration webinar
01:30 PM Prize announcement
02:00 PM The closing ceremony
For More Details Visit: https://wie.ieeeottawa.ca/hack613-the-ottawa-hackathon/
Online Talk: From bees to Drones: Exploring bio-inspired machine vision applications for precision agriculture
Bees are used as vectors for pollination and transport of agricultural chemicals in outdoor agriculture and greenhouses. However, in certain situations the use of natural pollinators is problematic. Small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) could serve as an alternate pollination vector in such situations and perform other functions. A step towards the deployment of such a tool is to bring the ability to locate, classify, and analyze flowers aboard a drone.
More info and registration: https://wie.ieeeottawa.ca/event/from-bees-to-drones-exploring-bio-inspired-machine-vision-applications-for-precision-agriculture/.
A presentation by IEEE WIE Ottawa.
