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Modeling data and high power over free-space optic channels Abstract: Transmitting modulated data using different schemes along with high power light over free-space optic (FSO) channel under different weather conditions and scintillation strengths will be discussed. Multi-junction Photonic Power Converter (PPC) is used to detect the transmitted high power. Simulation results exploiting the newly added Universal FSO Channel component to OptiSystem software will be presented. New temporal scintillation models including Negative Exponential, Malag and K-model will be discussed. In addition, spatial scintillation model and its effect on the transmitted data and high power will be addressed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Modélisation de données et haute puissance sur les canaux optiques en espace libre Résumé : La transmission de données modulées à l'aide de différents schémas ainsi que d'une lumière haute puissance sur un canal optique en espace libre (FSO) dans différentes conditions météorologiques et intensités de scintillation sera discutée. Le convertisseur de puissance photonique multi-jonction (PPC) est utilisé pour détecter la puissance élevée transmise. Les résultats de simulation exploitant le composant Universal FSO Channel nouvellement ajouté au logiciel OptiSystem seront présentés. De nouveaux modèles de scintillation temporelle, notamment le modèle exponentiel négatif, Malag et K, seront discutés. De plus, le modèle de scintillation spatiale et ses effets sur les données transmises et la puissance élevée seront abordés. [] Ahmad Atieh, Optiwave About / A propos The High Throughput and Secure Networks (HTSN) Challenge program is hosting regular virtual seminar series to promote scientific information sharing, discussions, and interactions between researchers. https://nrc.canada.ca/en/research-development/research-collaboration/programs/high-throughput-secure-networks-challenge-program Le programme Réseaux Sécurisés à Haut Débit (RSHD) organise régulièrement des séries de séminaires virtuels pour promouvoir le partage d’informations scientifiques, les discussions et les interactions entre chercheurs. https://nrc.canada.ca/fr/recherche-developpement/recherche-collaboration/programmes/programme-defi-reseaux-securises-haut-debit Co-sponsored by: National Research Council, Canada. Optonique. Speaker(s): Ahmad Atieh, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/455916

Dr Yuhong Liu, 2025 IEEE Chair of Computer Society Geographic Activities Committee, will lead the Spring Sessions of “Careers in Technology” with a discussion of her career preparation and a deep dive into her own keen interests and vast experience in research including trustworthy computing and cyber security of emerging applications, such as Internet-of-things, blockchain, and online social media. She has published over 90 papers in prestigious journals and peer-reviewed conferences. Her papers have been selected as the best paper at the IEEE International Conference on Social Computing 2010. Speaker(s): Yuhong Liu, PhD Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/456307

Happy New Year everyone and welcome to the first LMAG meeting of 2025. According to the Doodle poll distributed the second week of this month the majority selected Wednesdays at 4 pm Eastern Time for our meeting. Continuing the tradition of my predecessors, it will be held during the third week of the month. WebEx Links have already been generated for the next 6 months. Agenda: - Roll Call - Last Meeting November 18 - minutes approval. - Additions to Agenda (New Business)? Coordinator Report: - Still getting up to Speed with Life Member Committee (LMC) and R7 procedures - Am attending the IEEE Operations Committee meeting in Toronto Feb 7 to 9. May learn info to pass on at our next meeting - 2025 Life Members AgeTech Conference will be June 11-13 at Tufts University, Boston (https://lifemembersconference.ieee.org/) - Thursday, 23 January 2025 3:00 - 4:30 PM ET: WEBINAR - Aging and Longevity: IEEE AgeTech Activities Go here (https://enotice.mmsend.com/link.cfm?r=2M-XmZCWrBGSR8iIWm0IMg~~&pe=0jv9lFfrNnakiODFORYCz8iaZ2CCiB1jtdUVDuvP1Tia59Kn17bMPUla1GvjUpqKea5OdG1J01sqpVzJEuSvSQ~~&t=61RfsgLpzgsuRQYiZOennA~~) to register. - From last meeting: “remind the region Sections and LMAGs officers to be preparing for full participation in the nomination process for 2025 LMC awards” - John Harris noted, at last meeting, that the nomination for Canada LMAG award is due next March, and the Regional and Group nominations are due in April. - MGA will distribute a set of Word documents to support the process. I haven’t seen those yet. Open discussions (Updates): - LMC - John - Vancouver - Carl - Southern Alberta - Bill - Northern Canada - Jim - Winnipeg - Elham - London - Murray - Hamilton-K-W - Dwight (preferred email?) - Toronto - Vijay - Peterborough - Sean - Kingston - Doug - Ottawa - Wolfram - Montreal - Anader - Canada Atlantic - Rod If you haven’t already, please send me a quick summary of your report. New Business Next meeting - Wednesday, February 19, 2024, 4 pm EST End Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/462093

​Learn to build with Arduino UNO! ⚡ A hands-on workshop where you will learn the basics of Arduino, electrical circuit, Arduino coding (Part 1), and integrate different kinds of sensor and motor (Part 2). Whether you are a beginner or an experienced maker, the workshop series is open to anyone interested in learning about Arduino and building interactive projects. No prior experience is necessary, but basic programming and electronics knowledge is helpful. BONUS: This workshop will be a great preparation for Forge McGill - a Hardware Hackathon by The Factory! Part 1: Introduction to Arduino - Location: ENGTR 0600 (Trottier Building Basement) - Time: 6PM - 8PM on January 23rd, 2024 - Topic: - Introduction to the Arduino UNO board, Arduino IDE, and the programming language. - Basics of electronics, circuit, and analog/digital signal processing. - Learn the basics of electronics through hands-on circuit building with a breadboard, resistors, LEDs, and more! Part 2: Sensors and motors - Location: ENGTR 0600 (Trottier Building Basement) - Time: 6PM - 8PM on January 30th, 2024 - Topic: How to use sensors and motors with Arduino to build an interactive circuit. You will learn how to use the following components: - Infrared Reflective (IR) - Ultrasonic - Servo motors Important Information 🚨 - Each workshop costs $5. Payment and registration via Zeffy link under Registration section below! - There pizza and drinks are provided ! 🍕🍕🍕 - Please bring your own computer with the (https://www.arduino.cc/en/software) installed. - Please bring your USB adapter that can support USB-A port. The Arduino UNO board uses USB-A to USB-B cable to work with your machine. We look forward to seeing you at the workshop! Room: 0060, Bldg: Trottier Building, 3630 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A0C6

[] Dr. Baek-Young Choi is an internationally leading scholar in the Internet of Things, 5G and beyond, cloud computing, and cybersecurity. Dr. Choi's innovative research has led to numerous Best Paper, Best Poster, and Best Video awards, as well as recognition as conferences’ keynote speaker, Distinguished Lecturer, and Associate Editor-in-Chief of the flagship magazine of the IEEE Society. She has served in many international leadership roles in her technical society, including Chair of IEEE Women in Communications Engineering, Chair of Sister societies, and a technical oversight committee of flagship conferences in IEEE, general chair, and technical program committee chair for multiple international conferences and workshops. Speaker(s): Baek-Young Choi, PhD Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/456310

[] Mr Eamon J Wall, Esq began his career as an Engineer and enjoyed the field so much, he decided to make important contributions by becoming a Patent Attorney, helping many individuals and companies to create significant value with technology innovations. Mr Wall is dedicated to advancing technology for humanity, serving the community in many important projects and programs. Speaker(s): Eamon J Wall, Esq Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/456313

IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Montreal Chapter, IEEE Solid State Circuits Society Montreal Chapter, IEEE Montreal Section, ReSMiQ – Regroupement Stratégique en Microsystèmes du Québec invite you to attend the talk by DR. YONG ZHAO. "With the rapid development of large language models (LLM) featuring low cost and high performance, they will soon be applied to robots, cars, drones etc. The so-called embodied intelligence technologies will be the next big market opportunity. However, when these robots need to conduct certain tasks, they require advanced 3D perception ability of the environment. Although various 3D perception technologies, such as LiDAR, are also developing rapidly, they, similar to some other active perception devices, have many problems and limitations. For example, it may not produce effective reflections on mirror surfaces, walls parallel to the line of sight, etc. Moreover, it only has a sparse point cloud. Besides, it lacks texture and color. Therefore, for robots serving thousands of households, binocular vision technology, similar to human vision, is one of the key technologies for robot perception. Binocular vision algorithms have experienced a leapfrog development from traditional stereo matching algorithms based on image processing to a new generation of algorithms based on learning with deep nets. Although very high performance has been achieved, the computational load is still relatively high for embedded devices. Therefore, further simplification and optimization of the stereo matching algorithms is needed to enable widespread application on low-cost mobile devices such as robots." Speaker(s): Dr. Yong ZHAO Room: 2.184, Bldg: Concordia University - EV Building, 1515 St. Catherine, West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

[] Title: Realizing Artificial Intelligence: Edge-to-Cloud-to-Exascale Abstract: Foundational models with trillions of parameters are being trained. Multi-modal GenAI and Inference Serving services are being deployed for a variety of use cases. To meet the computational demands of these AI workloads, we now have infrastructure with larger than ever GPUs and networks with ever increasing bandwidths. In this presentation, I will talk about challenges of running today’s AI workloads on extreme scale infrastructure. Hewlett Packard Labs is pursuing different research directions for building resilient, scalable and sustainable AI infrastructures. I will discuss how we are tackling the complexities of orchestrating AI/ML workloads by leveraging AI Workload simulations, GPU virtualization, performant communication collectives and novel accelerators. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/462458

Vous êtes invités pour célébrer la Journée internationale des femmes et des filles de science le 11 février 2025 à Montréal. Le thème de cette année, « Parcours de carrière avec un diplôme en génie », mettra en lumière les trajectoires variées et inspirantes des femmes dans le domaine du génie. Un panel de cinq femmes leaders issues des milieux universitaire, industriel, gouvernemental et communautaire partagera son expérience et ses perspectives. Programme de l’événement : - 11h30 - 12h00 : Accueil - 12h00 - 13h00 : Panel de discussion, lunch - 13h00 - 14h00 : Réseautage et activités informelles L’événement vise à encourager la diversité et à inspirer la prochaine génération d’ingénieures en mettant en avant des réflexions sur le leadership, la résilience et les parcours professionnels dans le domaine du génie. Co-sponsored by: LACIME. Les INGénieuses Agenda: Programme de l’événement : - 11h30 - 12h00 : Accueil - 12h00 - 13h00 : Panel de discussion, lunch - 13h00 - 14h00 : Réseautage et activités informelles Ecole de Technologie Supérieure., 1100 Notre-Dame St W , Montréal, Quebec, Canada, H3C 1K3

Dr Rui Li of will take a deep dive into the Multimodal Interaction and Affective Computing Lab (MIAC Lab) at Montclair State with a focus on Multimodal Human-Machine Interaction. This exciting work involves multimodal information processing, immersive interaction, intelligent systems for vehicles and robots. Her passion is for the interdisciplinary study of human emotion, behavior, and cognition to bring about excellent human-machine interaction and intelligent machines. Speaker(s): Dr. Rui Li PhD Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/456316