(https://seattlein2025.org/)IEEE" target="_blank" title="https://seattlein2025.org](https://seattlein2025.org/)IEEE">https://seattlein2025.org](https://seattlein2025.org/)IEEE will be there, and you have an opportunity to attend and contribute as an IEEE member or student member alongside your peers from Seattle Section for a day, for a few days, or for the entire event. We’re hoping for a good turnout from Vancouver on the weekend: Fri, 15 August, Sat, 16 August and Sun, 17 <a href="http://August.Instructions" target="_blank" title="August.Instructions">August.Instructions for registering for the conference can be found athttps://seattlein2025.org/memberships/memberships/ .You have multiple options including day passes, full conference registration, <a href="http://etc.IEEE" target="_blank" title="etc.IEEE">etc.IEEE will have a booth at Worldcon. If you would like to volunteer to join a shift or two, please let us know!IEEE members like myself, Alon Newton, John Vertner, and Tom Coughlin (2024 President) will be at Worldcon. We hope that you can join us!In the meantime, please help us plan ahead by registering through this vTools page so that we can gauge interest and keep you informed. At this point, you’re simply expressing interest. Final confirmation won’t be required for a week or <a href="http://two.David" target="_blank" title="two.David">two.David MichelsonCounsellor, IEEE Student Branch @ UBCBldg: Summit Expansion, Seattle Convention Center, 900 Pine Street, Seattle, Washington, United States, 98101

Abstract :This talk will cover the current status of co-packaging efforts, both VCSEL- and SiPh-based, where they fit into the Ethernet switch market and the evolving Computer IO market, and how these technologies are advancing HPC, Data Center, and AI applications. The emphasis will be on new requirements and challenges driven by AI <a href="http://systems.Co-sponsored" target="_blank" title="systems.Co-sponsored">systems.Co-sponsored by: <a href="http://C2MI.Speaker(s):" target="_blank" title="C2MI.Speaker(s):">C2MI.Speaker(s): Daniel M. KuchtaAgenda: 9h45-10h30: arrival of participants on-site, coffee and networking10:30am-11:30am: Tech Talk (hybrid)11:30am-12pm: C2MI lab tour on-site for IEEE Photonics Montreal members12pm: departure and end of eventBldg: C2MI, C2MI, 45 Blvd de l'Aeroport, Bromont, Quebec, Canada, J2L 1S8, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/491772

This talk shares an independent perspective on how industry and research meet and how together they potentially shape and transform the next decade and beyond. This is outlined in the context of expected paradigm shifts in global intelligent and resilient connectivity, with multi-modal and multi-sensory immersive interaction and digital world experience, autonomous swarms, intelligent agents, and man-machine collaboration, and environmental awareness. It highlights the journey of related research topics, their transformative potentials, and the associated questions and challenges, in an end-to-end context and path, towards a seamless, inclusive, and sustainable socio-economic <a href="http://transformation.Speaker(s):" target="_blank" title="transformation.Speaker(s):">transformation.Speaker(s): Javan Erfanian, Room: 4026, Bldg: SITE, 800 King Edward Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1N 1A2

Abstract :This talk will cover the current status of co-packaging efforts, both VCSEL- and SiPh-based, where they fit into the Ethernet switch market and the evolving Computer IO market, and how these technologies are advancing HPC, Data Center, and AI applications. The emphasis will be on new requirements and challenges driven by AI <a href="http://systems.Co-sponsored" target="_blank" title="systems.Co-sponsored">systems.Co-sponsored by: McGill Optica Student ChapterSpeaker(s): Daniel M. KuchtaRoom: MD267, Bldg: Macdonald Engineering Building, McGill University, 817 Sherbrooke St W, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 0C3

Monthly Executive Team Meeting - IEEE Hamilton Section (Aug'2025)Agenda: 07:00PM - Meeting starts08:00PM - Meeting endsVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/494398

Join us for an exclusive IEEE Communications Society Distinguished Lecture featuring Prof. Houbing Herbert Song. Discover how neuro-symbolic AI merges neural networks with symbolic reasoning to unlock machines that move beyond data-driven learning to autonomously perceive, understand, reason, and learn directly from the world, ushering in the transformative Third Wave of Artificial <a href="http://Intelligence.Speaker(s):" target="_blank" title="Intelligence.Speaker(s):">Intelligence.Speaker(s): Dr. Houbing Herbert Song, Room: SB415, Bldg: Sobey Building, Saint Mary's University, 903 Robie St,Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3H 3C2, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/494412

Abstract :This talk shares an independent perspective on how industry and research meet and how together they potentially shape and transform the next decade and beyond. This is outlined in the context of expected paradigm shifts in global intelligent and resilient connectivity, with multi-modal and multi-sensory immersive interaction and digital world experience, autonomous swarms, intelligent agents, and man-machine collaboration, and environmental awareness. It highlights the journey of related research topics, their transformative potentials, and the associated questions and challenges, in an end-to-end context and path, towards a seamless, inclusive, and sustainable socio-economic <a href="http://transformation.Co-sponsored" target="_blank" title="transformation.Co-sponsored">transformation.Co-sponsored by: <a href="http://[email protected](s):" target="_blank" title="[email protected](s):">[email protected](s): Dr. Javan Erfanian, Room: EV003-309, Bldg: Electrical & Computer Engineering Department EV, Concordia University, 1515 Ste. Catherine West, MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada, H3G 1M8

Rapid advancements in collaborative computing have enabled the exponential expansion of Internet of Things (IoT) systems, supporting pervasive connectivity and intelligent task execution across heterogeneous devices. However, achieving reliable and efficient task completion in IoT systems remains challenging due to dynamic network conditions and diverse physical attributes of computing resources and tasks. To overcome these challenges, this thesis introduces a novel task-specific trust modeling and resource matching enabled by hypergraph to achieve efficient task completion in IoT networks. Firstly, a task-oriented trusted collaboration enabled by hypergraph (TTC-hypergraph) is modeled to assign tasks to suitable collaborators based on dynamic trust evaluation that integrate task-specific requirements, and resource availability. Secondly, a trusted task-resource matching (TTRM) framework is constructed by leveraging historical collaboration-based hypergraph and task hypergraph to capture device historical performances and task requirements respectively. Then, task-resource matching is performed to identify the most suitable collaborators through a novel trust-driven reweighted random walk mechanism. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed solutions achieve higher task execution efficiency, providing a robust foundation for trusted collaboration in IoT systems. The proposed frameworks hold significant practical implications, particularly in large-scale, complex IoT applications such as autonomous vehicular networks, industrial automation, and real-time healthcare systems, where efficient and reliable collaboration among devices is <a href="http://essential.Virtual:" target="_blank" title="essential.Virtual:">essential.Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/496565

You and one guest are invited to the Southern Alberta's 2025 Volunteer Appreciation BBQ. We celebrate the contributions of our volunteers and the success of our Section, Technical Chapters and Affinity Groups!The BBQ will take place on Friday, August 15 2025 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM, at Edworthy Park, Calgary, AB, Picnic Site 6. The BBQ will take place rain or <a href="http://shine.This" target="_blank" title="shine.This">shine.This IEEE Southern Alberta Special Event (BBQ) is no charge to attend and no charge for the food and beverages provided, however please register in advance so we know how much food and/or what type of meal (burger selection) to purchase of those selections offered (Regular Beef, Veggie, Chicken, Halal Beef Patties). Registration ends late on the evening of Wednesday, August 13. Please register your guest, separately, as <a href="http://well.Please" target="_blank" title="well.Please">well.Please indicate any food allergies or dietary restrictions under "Special Requests" when registering (we will do our best to accommodate, but food served will be typical BBQ fare).Please note: Pictures will be taken during the event. By registering to this event, you are consenting to the use of your portrait, picture or photograph taken during this event to be used by IEEE Southern Alberta Section in promotional material, including printed and electronic material as well as the IEEE Southern Alberta Section website and social mediaParking:Park at either the south or north Edworthy Park lots. Please refer to the map <a href="http://below.Bldg: Picnic Site 6, Edworthy Park, 5050 Spruce Dr SW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

The development of innovative cybersecurity technologies, tools, and methodologies that advance the energy system’s ability to survive cyber-attacks and incidents while sustaining critical functions is needed for the secure operation of utility and industrial systems. It is essential to verify and validate the ability of the developed solutions and methodologies so that they can be effectively used in practice. Developing solutions to mitigate cyber vulnerabilities throughout the energy delivery system is essential to protect hardware assets. It will also make systems less susceptible to cyber threats and provide reliable delivery of electricity if a cyber incident <a href="http://occurs.This" target="_blank" title="occurs.This">occurs.This talk will describe how the developed solution can protect the power grid and industrial infrastructure from cyber-attacks and build cybersecurity protection into emerging power grid components and services. This includes microgrid and demand-side management components and protecting the network (substations and productivity lines) and data infrastructure (SCADA) to increase the resilience of the energy delivery systems against cyber-attacks. These developments will also help utility security systems manage large amounts of cybersecurity risk data and cybersecurity operations. For these developments to succeed, cybersecurity testbeds and testing methodologies are necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of any proposed security <a href="http://technologies.The" target="_blank" title="technologies.The">technologies.The focus on developing cybersecurity capabilities in energy systems should span over multiple strategies: in the near term, midterm, and long term. Continuous security state monitoring across cyber-physical domains is the goal in the near term. The development of continually defending interoperable components that continue operating in degraded conditions is required in the midterm. Developing methodologies to mitigate cyber incidents to return to normal operations quickly is necessary for all system components in the long term. We will discuss R&D efforts in these areas centered on developing operational frameworks related to communication and interoperability, control, and <a href="http://protection.The" target="_blank" title="protection.The">protection.The importance of interoperability between smart grid applications and multi-vendor devices must be considered. The current grid comprises multi-vendor devices and multi-lingual applications that add to the complexity of integrating and securing the smart grid components. Standards development entities have been working with utilities, vendors, and regulatory bodies to develop standards that address smart grid interoperability. These include IEEE, IEC, NIST, ANSI, NERC, and others. In this presentation, we will conceptualize a comprehensive cyber-physical platform that involves the communication and power network sides integrating the cyber information flow, physical information flow, and the interaction between them. A data-centric communication middleware provides a common-data bus to orchestrate the system’s components, leading to an expandable multi-lingual system. We will present a hardware protocol gateway that was developed as a protocol translator capable of mapping IEC 61850 generic object-oriented substation event (GOOSE) and sampled measured value (SMV) messages into the data-centric Data Distribution Service (DDS) global data bus. This is necessary for integrating the widely used IEC 61850-based devices into an exhaustive microgrid control and security <a href="http://framework.We" target="_blank" title="framework.We">framework.We will also discuss a scalable cloud-based Multi-Agent System for controlling large-scale penetration of Electric Vehicles (EVs) and their infrastructure into the power grid. This is a system that can survive cyber-attacks while sustaining critical functions. This framework’s network will be assessed by applying contingencies and identifying the resulting signatures for detection in real-time operation. As a result, protective measures can be taken to address the dynamic threats in the foreseen grid-integrated EV parks where the developed system will have an automated response to a <a href="http://cyber-attack.In" target="_blank" title="cyber-attack.In">cyber-attack.In distributed energy management systems, the protection system must be adaptive. Communication networks assist in reacting to dynamic changes in the microgrid configurations. This presentation will also describe a newly developed protection scheme with extensive communication provided by the IEC 61850 standard for power networks to monitor the microgrid during these dynamic changes. The robustness and availability of the communication infrastructure are required for the success of protection measures. This adaptive protection scheme for AC microgrids can survive communication failures through energy storage <a href="http://systems.Co-sponsored" target="_blank" title="systems.Co-sponsored">systems.Co-sponsored by: Power Electronics/Industrial ElectronicsSpeaker(s): Osama, Room: UA1140, Bldg: UA, 2000 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, L1G7K4

The development of innovative cybersecurity technologies, tools, and methodologies that advance the energy system’s ability to survive cyber-attacks and incidents while sustaining critical functions is needed for the secure operation of utility and industrial systems. It is essential to verify and validate the ability of the developed solutions and methodologies so that they can be effectively used in practice. Developing solutions to mitigate cyber vulnerabilities throughout the energy delivery system is essential to protect hardware assets. It will also make systems less susceptible to cyber threats and provide reliable delivery of electricity if a cyber incident <a href="http://occurs.This" target="_blank" title="occurs.This">occurs.This talk will describe how the developed solution can protect the power grid and industrial infrastructure from cyber-attacks and build cybersecurity protection into emerging power grid components and services. This includes microgrid and demand-side management components and protecting the network (substations and productivity lines) and data infrastructure (SCADA) to increase the resilience of the energy delivery systems against cyber-attacks. These developments will also help utility security systems manage large amounts of cybersecurity risk data and cybersecurity operations. For these developments to succeed, cybersecurity testbeds and testing methodologies are necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of any proposed security <a href="http://technologies.The" target="_blank" title="technologies.The">technologies.The focus on developing cybersecurity capabilities in energy systems should span over multiple strategies: in the near term, midterm, and long term. Continuous security state monitoring across cyber-physical domains is the goal in the near term. The development of continually defending interoperable components that continue operating in degraded conditions is required in the midterm. Developing methodologies to mitigate cyber incidents to return to normal operations quickly is necessary for all system components in the long term. We will discuss R&D efforts in these areas centered on developing operational frameworks related to communication and interoperability, control, and <a href="http://protection.The" target="_blank" title="protection.The">protection.The importance of interoperability between smart grid applications and multi-vendor devices must be considered. The current grid comprises multi-vendor devices and multi-lingual applications that add to the complexity of integrating and securing the smart grid components. Standards development entities have been working with utilities, vendors, and regulatory bodies to develop standards that address smart grid interoperability. These include IEEE, IEC, NIST, ANSI, NERC, and others. In this presentation, we will conceptualize a comprehensive cyber-physical platform that involves the communication and power network sides integrating the cyber information flow, physical information flow, and the interaction between them. A data-centric communication middleware provides a common-data bus to orchestrate the system’s components, leading to an expandable multi-lingual system. We will present a hardware protocol gateway that was developed as a protocol translator capable of mapping IEC 61850 generic object-oriented substation event (GOOSE) and sampled measured value (SMV) messages into the data-centric Data Distribution Service (DDS) global data bus. This is necessary for integrating the widely used IEC 61850-based devices into an exhaustive microgrid control and security <a href="http://framework.We" target="_blank" title="framework.We">framework.We will also discuss a scalable cloud-based Multi-Agent System for controlling large-scale penetration of Electric Vehicles (EVs) and their infrastructure into the power grid. This is a system that can survive cyber-attacks while sustaining critical functions. This framework’s network will be assessed by applying contingencies and identifying the resulting signatures for detection in real-time operation. As a result, protective measures can be taken to address the dynamic threats in the foreseen grid-integrated EV parks where the developed system will have an automated response to a <a href="http://cyber-attack.In" target="_blank" title="cyber-attack.In">cyber-attack.In distributed energy management systems, the protection system must be adaptive. Communication networks assist in reacting to dynamic changes in the microgrid configurations. This presentation will also describe a newly developed protection scheme with extensive communication provided by the IEC 61850 standard for power networks to monitor the microgrid during these dynamic changes. The robustness and availability of the communication infrastructure are required for the success of protection measures. This adaptive protection scheme for AC microgrids can survive communication failures through energy storage <a href="http://systems.Co-sponsored" target="_blank" title="systems.Co-sponsored">systems.Co-sponsored by: IEEE Toronto PELS/IAS SectionSpeaker(s): , Osama MohammedRoom: 1140, Bldg: UA, 2000 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, L1G0C5

Abstract: There are three waves of Artificial Intelligence. The first Wave of AI is Crafted Knowledge, which includes rule-based AI systems. The second wave of AI is Statistical Learning, which includes machine becoming intelligent by using statistical methods. The third wave of AI is contextual adaptation. In the third wave, instead of learning from data, intelligent machines will understand and perceive the world on its own, and learn by understanding the world and reason with it. Neuro-symbolic AI, which combines neural networks with symbolic representations, has emerged as a promising solution of the third wave of AI. In this talk, first I will share my journey from counter-unmanned aircraft systems to explainable AI to neuro-symbolic AI. Then I will present the past, present, and future of neuro-symbolic AI. I will also share my perspective on the emerging area of neuro-symbolic <a href="http://AI.Speaker:" target="_blank" title="AI.Speaker:">AI.Speaker: Houbing Herbert Song, Ph.D., IEEE Fellow, Co-EiC of IEEE TIISpeaker(s): Prof. Houbing Herbert SongBldg: ICT 516, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada