IEEE Ottawa Section presents every year at its Awards Ceremony/Annual General Meeting (AGM) the IEEE Ottawa Section Awards as a corporate recognition for industry and organizations, and also a recognition for the Section members, volunteers, chapters, affinity groups and student branches. Please take this opportunity to accomplish something good and of great value to our profession and engineering community by submitting your nominations to a company or organization, colleague, or group, for recognition by an award from our Section. This year, because of COVID-19, the Awards Ceremony will be held as a virtual event. The deadline for submitting nominations for the following Awards is Friday October 14th, 2022:

Date & Time: Tuesday October 18, 2022

Location: Hybrid Event

Admission: Free, but advance registration is encouraged
Registration: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/event/register/326133

Abstract
Channel link-level and system level modeling played a critical role in proper design and deployment of all generations of wireless network systems. Particularly, system level modeling has become an important task for network planning, network design, and network optimization of wireless cellular systems. System level simulations allow to evaluate the performance of an entire network containing many Evolved Node B (eNodeB) sectors serving a lot of user equipment (UEs) in urban, suburban, and rural environments. Design and performance of new technology features require to be accurately verified and improved before deployment into commercial systems. Therefore, real-world system performance modeling and predictions should be very reliable and should be based on repeatable measurements of how the model behaves in the actual environment. Both the wireless industry and academia have made a significant effort developing and defining new and updated channel models such as the 3GPP 3D channel model and the extended 3GPP extended channel model for milli-meter wave. New 3D geodata models with high-resolution and artificial intelligent (AI) algorithms are greatly enhancing the RF propagation modeling in line of sight (LOS) and non-line of sight (NLOS) beamformed signals and FD-MIMO antenna applications of 5G wireless network systems. In this talk, we will review some of the key 5G wideband wireless channel modeling including the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), NYU SIM, and others. We will discuss some of the general practical use cases of 5G network system modeling scenarios. Additionally, we will describe some of the practical challenges of channel and system modeling in 5G wireless systems.

Speaker’s Bio
Kafi Hassan works in the Advanced and Emerging Technology team at T-Mobile USA in Reston, Virginia. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia where he has been teaching graduate and undergraduate level courses since 2007. From 1995 to 2006, Hassan worked as a Member of Technical Staff at Bell Laboratories in Whippany, New Jersey, performing research and development in network wireless communication systems. He has been a recipient of many professional honors and recognitions, including the Bell Labs President’s Gold Award, the Bell Labs President’s Silver Award, and Sprint Network Development and Engineering Leadership award. His education background includes a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York City, and BS and MS degrees majoring in electrical engineering from University of North Carolina at Charlotte, North Carolina.

Date and Time: 21 Oct 2022, 05:30 PM to 10:15 PM
Location: Shaw Center, Trillium Ballroom
Admission: $30 for IEEE Ottawa Volunteers, $40 for Guests
Registration: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/326464  Registration closes Oct 14th at 10am (Ottawa time)

We are pleased to welcome you to the 78th Annual General Meeting of the IEEE Ottawa Section.

This annual event provides an opportunity for recognizing and honouring outstanding individuals and groups within the IEEE Ottawa Section and hearing from academia and industry leaders through keynote speeches.  

This event sells out every year and attracts 150+ members and leaders from academia, industry, and government. In addition to a great agenda, there will be plenty of time allotted for socializing, networking and enjoying a night of entertainment.

More information can be found on the event page in the registration link above.