IEEE ComSoc Student and Young Professionals Career Fair at ICC 2025
The IEEE Communications Society is hosting a Career fair at the IEEE International Conference on Communications ICC 2025 in Montreal on 10th June 2025. The event is FREE for students and Young Professionals.
Participating companies will provide sessions on important professional skills you need to kickstart your future while learning more about each company. Don't miss the opportunity to get invaluable career advice to kickstart your future!
Advanced Strategies and Technologies, Including AI, for Optimizing Optical Communication Networks
Date: June 8th, 2025
Time: 9:00 AM to 9:30 AM (EDT)
Location: IEEE ICC 2025 Conference, Room 511E, Palais de congres de Montreal, Quebec, Canada
In recent years, we have been observing fast social and economic development, rapidly changing industry, and continuously growing demand for bandwidth. This development raises new challenging optimization problems for the optical communication networks. These problems are often very complex not only due to the optical network configurations, but also due to their enormous traffic and operation al complexity thus today’s networks face complex optimization challenges due to rising traffic, operational complexity, and evolving industry needs.
To meet these demands, networks must become more adaptive and efficient. Emerging solutions include the integration of open software systems, APIs, AI, and real-time telemetry for smarter operations and service automation. This talk will feature a live demonstration from the Ciena Optophotonics Lab at Algonquin College, showcasing how optical networks can evolve and be optimized for the future. This talk will be presented by Prof. Wahab Almuhtadi Professor and Coordinator, BIT-Optical Systems and Sensors, Algonquin College, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
IEEE Mentoring Program at ICC 2025
Organized jointly by Women in Communications Engineering (WICE) and Young Professionals (YP) of IEEE Communications Society Membership and Geographic Activities Council (MGA-C) the Mentoring program will feature invited mentors with diverse backgrounds to speak on mentoring. The program would expose participants (both mentors and mentees) to benefits such as supporting career development, expanding professional network, further developing skill set or competency, seeing another person’s perspective, sharing knowledge and experiences, and enhancing a personal brand.
IEEE YP/WICE Panel Discussion on 6G Key Enablers at ICC 2025
As the demand for immersive, ultra-reliable, and low-latency communication continues to grow, 6G is envisioned to revolutionize wireless networks through a suite of disruptive technologies. This talk explores the key enablers of 6G—such as terahertz communication, ultra-massive MIMO, integrated non-terrestrial and terrestrial networks, AI-native architectures, and intelligent surfaces—and their potential to transform connectivity across industries. While these innovations promise unprecedented performance gains, their realization is challenged by technical, regulatory, and deployment complexities. This session offers a comprehensive overview of both the transformative opportunities and critical roadblocks on the path to building scalable, secure, and sustainable 6G networks.
IEEE YP/WICE Panel Discussion on Engineering in the Age of AI at ICC 2025
As artificial intelligence transforms the landscape of engineering, professionals are increasingly tasked with leveraging these technologies to drive innovation and maintain competitive advantage. This panel, "Engineering in the Age of AI: Strategies for Success and Innovation," brings together leading experts to explore the evolving role of AI in engineering disciplines, from design and development to deployment and maintenance. Discussions will focus on strategic approaches for integrating AI into engineering workflows, addressing challenges related to ethics, reliability, and workforce adaptation, and identifying opportunities for groundbreaking innovations. Attendees will gain insights into best practices, emerging trends, and future directions that will shape the next generation of engineering solutions in an AI-enabled world.
Join AP-S/MTT-S for an exclusive webinar which brings together experts from both industry and academia to share insights from their respective fields. We’ll also cover the latest technical developments related to FR3 — helping the audience understand why this band is key for the future of connectivity. The FR3 band (7.125 – 24.25 GHz) is gaining attention for its potential in the next generation of future networks.
Why Attend?
Understand what makes the FR3 different from FR1 and FR2
Learn about the technical progress and challenges
Explore use cases and implementation paths, from component-level to system-level perspectives
Hear directly from engineers, researchers, and market leaders shaping the future.
Speaker Bio
Irene de Gruijter graduated with a degree in Telecommunications Engineering from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. During her studies, she spent a year at the University of New Mexico (USA) studying Computer Science and Electrical Engineering courses. After this, she worked at Thales in the Netherlands, focusing on radiofrequency (RF) laboratory work. During this time, she took online classes at California State University - Long Beach to deepen her knowledge of communication systems and to complement her technical background with business-related courses. She then pursued a Master’s degree in Embedded Systems at ENSEEIHT-INSA in Toulouse, France. For the past two years, Irene has been contributing to Wupatec, working on the design and development of advanced RF Front-End (RFFE) solutions for telecommunications and space applications. Her work is centered on RF power amplifier development — with a focus on efficiency and wideband operation in FR1 and emerging FR3 bands.
With the advent of smart products, we are surrounded by wireless devices communicating via different technologies, like Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, LTE, 5G, etc. When designing such products, it is important to test their performance inside different indoor and outdoor environments, for both coverage and interference. WinProp offers highly accurate and fast propagation models for almost every standard technology. This presentation will give an overview of WinProp capabilities for wireless network coverage analysis, with live demonstrations.
AI-Driven Physics-based Analog Design Optimization
Analog/RF IC design has been traditionally considered an art – sometimes even a “black art” – because, contrary to digital IC design, analog/RF design combines complexity, non-linearity, conflicting design objectives and limited automation in EDA tooling. Analog/RF IC designers rely on a blend of technical expertise, intuition, accumulated experience, and creativity to meet the demanding targets of modern applications like high operating frequencies, low power, miniaturization, and shrinking design cycles.
In this webinar you will learn about the revolutionary AI-driven electromagnetic-aware methodology that automates the optimization of the floor plan of analog and RF physical layouts. Join us to discover how Ansys AI solutions can add structure to the “madness” of analog/RF design.
This webinar will be very useful for Custom (analog/RF/high-speed) IC designers and Signal Integrity engineers involved in the design and sign-off of high-speed buses on silicon interposers
Why Attend?
How the Ansys AI-driven electromagnetic-aware methodology blends with your existing custom IC design methodology and design flow
How to define goals and constraints to identify the global optimum instead of settling for locally optimal solutions
How the Ansys AI-driven optimization methodology will help you shave off several days or weeks from your design cycle
Presented by the IEEE Signal Processing Chapter:
IEEE International Day in Signal Processing: Celebrating the Past, Present and Future of Signal Processing
Date: June 16th, 2025
Time: 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM (EDT)
Location: Hub350, 350 Legget Dr, Kanata, ON K2K 3N1
A special one-hour event is being organized in celebration of the IEEE International Day in Signal Processing. Industry leader, Dr. Ahmed Medra, will deliver an engaging talk on the fascinating history of signal processing and its transformative impact on the high-tech industry. Following the presentation, enjoy a networking session with fellow professionals and enthusiasts over pizza. Don't miss this opportunity to connect, learn, and celebrate the innovative field of signal processing!
IEEE Ottawa AP-S/MTT-S Chapter won 2nd Place in the 2025 AP-S Outstanding Chapter Award!
The AP-S/MTT-S Chapter recently won 2nd place (Silver) in the 2025 AP-S Outstanding Chapter Awards out of 31 nominations and 302 chapters overall. The award is based on an assessment of criteria including the number of activities as well as membership growth and engagement.
The AP-S/MTT-S Chapter is one of the most active chapters in the Ottawa section, collaborating with YP, WIE and other technical chapters and affinity groups to bring regular events to the Ottawa area.
IEEE Ottawa Section Volunteer and Chapters Recognition
The IEEE Ottawa section is privileged to have a number of very active volunteers whose contributions have recently been recognized in several awards.
Dr. Winnie Ye has received the 2025 IEEE Canada W.S. Read Gold Medal Award in recognition of her outstanding and sustained contributions to IEEE Canada and the global IEEE community. As Chair of the IEEE Women in Engineering Committee (2025–2026) and a member of the IEEE Photonics Society Board of Governors, she continues to champion equity, diversity, and inclusion while advancing the field of photonics.
Amir Andaliby Joghataie has received the 2025 J.J.Archambault Eastern Canada Merit Award in recognition for his leadership and contributions to the IEEE Ottawa Section, IEEE Eastern Canada, and IEEE Canada both as a leader for the Ottawa section and a champion of the digital media evolution for IEEE Canada.
Congratulations to all our winners! The awards are well deserved.
Presented by the IEEE AP-S/MTT-S Ottawa Section Jt. Chapter:
IEEE AP-S News
Amateur Radio Workshop
On May 27th, IEEE AP-S/MTT-S chapter in collaboration with IEEE Ottawa Section, IEEE Signal Processing Society, IEEE WIE Ottawa Affinity Group, IEEE Ottawa YP Affinity Group, IEEE SIGHT, University of Ottawa, Carleton University and CU @ Kanata hosted an Amateur Radio Workshop presented by Roger Eagan, the President of the Ottawa Amateur Radio Club. Held at Hub350, the event drew a large number of of professionals and students interested in getting their Amateur Radio License.
Network Analyzer Applications for 225GBPS and 6G
On May 30th, IEEE AP-S/MTT-S chapter hosted a thrilling seminar on Network Analyzer applications for very high speed 6G communications using the R&S ZNA and D-band modules in collaboration with Rohde & Schwarz, Samtec, IEEE Ottawa YP Affinity, IEEE EMC Society, IEEE Ottawa WIE Affinity and CU @ Kanata.
The session included live hardware demonstration using the Rohde & Schwarz ZNA 110 GHz vector network analyzer and the Samtec 90 GHz BullsEye ISI Test Board, showcasing practical measurement workflows for broadband interconnects and evaluating channel performance in ultra-high-speed systems.
How Close Can Far-Field Be? Getting the Best Out of Your Measurement Range
On June 3rd, IEEE AP-S/MTT-S chapter hosted the IEEE Distinguished Lecture by Dr. Benoit Derat, Senior Director at Rohde & Schwarz, Munich. Dr. Derat shared cutting-edge methods and practical considerations in modern antenna and OTA measurements, with a special focus on the transition zone between near-field and far-field.
The seminar that took place a couple of days ago at Hub350/Kanata North Business Association sparked great discussions among engineers, researchers, and students alike! This event was successful thanks to the collaborative efforts of IEEE YP, R&S, Carleton University, University of Ottawa and Université du Québec en Outaouais.
Presented by the IEEE Ottawa Publications Committee:
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