Announcements
The Latest Issue of IEEE Canadian Review is Now Available
The Spring 2024 edition of the IEEE Canadian Review is now available. You may view the entire PDF in your browser.
IEEE WIE Family Cares Grant Program
The IEEE WIE Family Cares Grant Program was established to promote and enable attendance at IEEE conferences, especially by persons whose financial obligations to care for family members may prevent their attendance, by covering the cost of their family care responsibilities (children, seniors, disabled) up to $1,000 USD.
Link: https://wie.ieee.org/grants-scholarships/family-cares-grant/- Schedule:
- Submissions Window: 3 June – 12 July 2024
- Announcement: Early September 2024
- Administration
The IEEE WIE Committee will be responsible for administering the grant. - Eligibility
This grant will be available to all IEEE members of any grade, of any gender, based on need and the desire to attend an IEEE conference and have competing family care responsibilities. These responsibilities can include but are not limited to, childcare, sick care, and elderly care. Applicants can apply each year, however, applicants who have not previously received the IEEE WIE Family Cares Grant will be given priority and a recipient may only receive this grant once every three years. - Prize Items
The grant shall be a maximum of $1,000 USD per grant recipient. Grants less than $1,000 USD may be awarded depending on the applicant’s estimated or actual expenses.
APPLY HERE.- Schedule:
Celebrate IEEE Day on 1 October 2024!
Celebrate the 15th anniversary of IEEE Day on 1 October 2024! Join technologists, engineers and innovators globally to honor the impact of technology. Host and participate in exciting events that will make this IEEE Day truly unforgettable. Mark your calendar and stay tuned for more details. Don't miss out! Follow us!
New Era World Leaders AI Summit Seattle
Come to witness how AI ignites an Innovation Renaissance in the 21st century. Don’t miss the once in a lifetime opportunity to hear historical AI breakthroughs directly from leading researchers: AI for Good Lab- Microsoft. Their revolutionary eforts have increased the cure rate of the deadliest cancers, such as pancreatic, prostate, and breast cancer, by many folds. Gates Ventures' Global Health lab breakthroughs, including AI-enabled cervical cancer and cures for uterine and lung diseases. UW Professor Blake Hannaford: Breakthrough AI assists Tactile (touch) Sensing Surgical, Bio-Robotics, and Telerobotics that can handle the super delicate tissues and most dangerous operations, such as brain tumor removal and remotely. And More… Exciting Keynotes, panels, speeches, lightening talks and over 20 AI Enablement Workshops!!! This is a unique chance to expand your knowledge and be at the forefront of AI advancement. more exciting program news to come. ($25 registration fee for IEEE members)
https://attend.ieee.org/newera/ Contact: IEEENewEraAI@gmail.com
Please join Listserv, newera-ai@listserv.ieee.org
IEEE Canadian Foundation Dr. John William Bandler Graduate Scholarship in Engineering Design
The IEEE Canadian Foundation is pleased to announce a prestigious new scholarship for PhD students and post doctoral fellows studying at a Canadian university, which has been established to honour the memory of Dr. John William Bandler, O.C., PhD, DSc(Eng), ACGI, DIC, FRSC, FCAE, LFIEEE, FEIC, P.Eng., one of Canada’s most illustrious engineering pioneers.
The “IEEE Canadian Foundation Dr. John William Bandler Graduate Scholarship in Engineering Design,” has been funded by Dr. Bandler’s wife Beth Budd Bandler to annually provide one worthy recipient a $5,000 grant to further his or her education and research. The first nominations for the scholarship will be due March 15, 2025.
A world-renowned engineer, teacher, researcher and innovator, Dr. Bandler was a professor, former dean and professor emeritus of the Faculty of Engineering at McMaster University, Ontario, Canada from 1969 until his death on September 28, 2023.
He is internationally known for pioneering “space mapping” technology a mathematical encapsulation of old fashioned common sense, which is now used across the entire spectrum of engineering. Dr. Bandler’s award-winning research revolutionized the engineering and computer-assisted design of microwave circuitry, and his practical application of space mapping, device modeling and optimization theories resulted in more than 500 publications and significant reductions in the development costs of a wide variety of electronic systems. Dr. Bandler was particularly proud of the hundreds of students he mentored over his career, many of whom now hold prestigious teaching and research positions at academic institutions around the world.
Dr. Bandler was a fellow of numerous engineering societies and the Royal Society of Canada. He was the recipient of multiple awards for his contributions to the field of microwave theory and techniques. These awards included the IEEE Canada McNaughton Gold Medal and the 2023 IEEE Electromagnetics award. He was also honoured as an Officer of the Order of Canada for his scientific contributions that have helped position Canada at the forefront of microwave engineering.
This scholarship will be awarded annually to either a graduate student in the second or subsequent year of a PhD program or a post doctoral fellow in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in a Canadian university. The recipient must have an outstanding academic record, a commendable publication record and be conducting research in one of the areas of Dr. Bandler’s scientific interests: (i) electromagnetic optimization in microwave and millimeter-wave engineering, or (ii) engineering design optimization, or (iii) space mapping with the cognitive and neuroscientific aspects thereof, or (iv) microwave/millimeter-wave imaging and inverse-scattering problems, or (v) any combination of the foregoing. Further details of the scholarship are posted: www.ieeecanadianfoundation.org/EN/bandler_scholarship.php
Friends, colleagues, and past students of Dr. Bandler are encouraged to accelerate the impact of this new scholarship by donating to the IEEE Canadian Foundation Dr. John William Bandler Graduate Scholarship in Engineering Design. Online donations through Canada Helps receive immediate tax receipts for Canadian tax purposes. Every gift has an impact and is greatly appreciated.
www.ieeecanadianfoundation.org/EN/donateonline.php
IEEE Member Benefit for June 2024
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Active members of IEEE in Canada may apply for insurance with The Personal after they have been members of IEEE for three months or more. Ongoing membership is required to remain in this specially priced insurance plan.
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Meet IEEE Volunteers
Featured Volunteer of this Month: Windhya Rankothge
Windhya Rankothge is a Research Associate at the Canadian Institute for Cyber Security (CIC), University of New Brunswick, Canada. She received her PhD in Information Technology and Communication in year 2017 from University of Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. Her research interests are Network Security, Cyber Security and Software Defined Networks. Windhya has published her research work in numerous journals and conferences, and she is an IEEE Senior member. Windhya has served for different international research communities as a reviewer, advisor and an executive committee member.
Windhya has a huge passion on “Giving back to the society”, especially in empowering women community, and believes that the IEEE is the best platform for her to reach out to the society. Currently Windhya serves as the Vice Chair of IEEE Women in Engineering Region 7, Chair of IEEE Women in Engineering New Brunswick Section and Secretary of IEEE WePower sub-committee. She has contributed to organizing many IEEE global events such as Sections Congress 2023, International Leadership Summit 2022, IEEE YESIST 2022, and etc. Windhya believes that by engaging in IEEE activities, she has been able to empower different communities in the society, and at the same time she has been able to empower herself in terms of leadership skills, communication skills and widen her community network.
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IEEE Canadian Foundation
Workplace Giving Supports the IEEE Canadian Foundation
Your employer may facilitate workplace giving to socially beneficial causes including the IEEE Canadian Foundation. Matching of your gift may also be offered year round in support of corporate social responsibility or sometimes seasonally as a year end gesture of goodwill. Gifts may be processed though HR services such as Benevity or CAF America (yes, it also covers Canada). Details will be different at each employer so ask around – your gift to the IEEE Canadian Foundation may be magnified with your employer's support.Events
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PANEL DISCUSSION: ENGAGING MORE WOMEN IN AI AND 4IR TECHNOLOGIES
Join the IEEE Canada Women in Engineering for the annual International WIE Day Celebration!
The event commemorates International WIE Day 2024 and IEEE WIE Day, under the theme ‘Engaging More Women in AI and 4IR Technologies.’ It aims to recognize the achievements of women in STEM and promote inclusivity in these fields.
The event comprises a panel discussion that highlights:
- Innovative Technologies
- Career Development
- Industry and Entrepreneurship
The panelists are: Dr. Yasaman Amannejad, Dr. Leanne Dawson, Dr. Marjan Alavi, and the panel is moderated by Dr. Windhya Rankothge.
- Date: July 11th, 2024
- Time: 6.00pm – 7.00 pm ET
- Location: Online
- Registration: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/425785
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IEEE Standards Events for July, 2024
Three weeks of technical standardization meetings will be held this July in Montreal focusing on communications technologies providing an unprecedented opportunity for Canadian participation in either the meetings, or in the concurrent tutorial and workshops.
Why are these groups relevant?- 90% of Internet traffic is carried over ITU-T SG15 infrastructure – whether xDSL, PON, OTN, or xWDM
- Most of Internet access is with IEEE 802 technologies – whether Ethernet of WiFi
- Evolution of transport networks to support IMT-2030 for 6G – Sunday, 7 July 2024.
- Ninth joint IEEE 802-ITU-T Study Group 15 workshop – Saturday, 13 July 2024.
- Fibre to the Room – Friday, 12 July 2024.
IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee - Networking standards for local, metropolitan, and other area networks:
- 15-19 July 2024 – Le Centre Sheraton Montreal – Register
IEEE 802 events:
- Tutorial (topics TBA) – July 15, 2024 – No fee
- University outreach program – July 16, 2024 – $25 Registration fee
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LEAKY-WAVE ANTENNA FOR 5G APPLICATIONS
Leaky-Wave Antenna (LWA) is a beam-scanning antenna that plays a crucial role in modern wireless communication, satellite communication, navigation systems, and autonomous drive. In this talk we will discuss the fundamentals of the LWA, its applications, and comparison with phased array antennas.
Speaker: Nima Javanbakht
Biography:
Nima Javanbakht (Member, IEEE) received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran, in 2013 and 2016, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada, in 2021. Nima is a senior RF engineer with Sanmina Corporation and adjunct professor at Carleton university since 2021. He was a Research Intern with the National Research Council Canada and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Department of Electronics, Carleton University, in 2020 and 2021, respectively. Nima is also the chair of IEEE Young Professionals Ottawa, and IEEE R7 YP representative in MTTS and ComSoc societies. He has authored more than 40 technical papers in journals and conference proceedings. His research interests include the analysis and design of leaky-wave antennas, reconfigurable antennas, scalable RF circuits and antennas, embedded RF modules, flexible microwave sensors, frequency synthesizer, and mm-wave communication devices.
- Date: 05 Jul 2024
- Time: 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM (UTC-04:00)
- Hosts:
- Registration:
- Starts: 12 June 2024 12:00 AM
- Ends: 05 July 2024 11:00 AM
- All times are (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
- No Admission Charge
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