London Life Members’ Holiday Lunch at Asher’s Restaurant, Spencer Hall
Room: Asher's Restaurant, Bldg: Ivey Spencer Leadership Centre, 551 Windermere Rd, London, Ontario, CanadaA casual holiday lunch to catch up on what our LMs are doing and gauge interest for events in 2025 - sponsored by the London Section Life Members Affinity Group. Please bring your ideas and your appetites! You can also consider this an opportunity wish each other Happy <a href="http://Holidays.Asher's" target="_blank" title="Holidays.Asher's">Holidays.Asher's Restaurant at Ivey Spencer Leadership Centre - park at the rear and the entrance is at Asher's. They have a holiday lunch buffet - menu <a href="http://below.Agenda:">below.[]Agenda: Eat, drink, and be merry!Room: Asher's Restaurant, Bldg: Ivey Spencer Leadership Centre, 551 Windermere Rd, London, Ontario, Canada
2024 HAMILTON SECTION ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – Dec. 14 (Saturday) =>Registration Deadline extended to Dec. 10. Special guests: Dr. Tom Murad, President IEEE Canada. David Whyte, IEEE Canada Foundation, Chris Norris, Keynote Speaker.
Room: /Room Name: Royal Room, Bldg: Holiday Inn & Suites Oakville @ Bronte, 2525 Wyecroft Rd., Oakville, Ontario, Canada, L6L 6P8You are cordially invited to attend the 2024 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Hamilton Section taking place at Holiday Inn & Suites Oakville @ Bronte on Saturday, December 14, 2024 starting at 5:30 <a href="http://PM.UPDATE" target="_blank" title="PM.UPDATE">PM.UPDATE Special Guests/speakers confirmed: Dr. Tom Murad, President IEEE Canada. David H. Whyte, IEEE Canada Foundation. Chris Norris, Keynote Speaker Director of Hydrogen at Siemens Energy. Past Chair, Board of Directors - Canadian Hydrogen and Fuel Cell <a href="http://Association.UPDATE" target="_blank" title="Association.UPDATE">Association.UPDATE. Extended registration deadline is December 10, 2024.Cost: $20 for IEEE members, $10 for students or graduate student members, $30 for non-IEEE member <a href="http://guest.Registration" target="_blank" title="guest.Registration">guest.Registration fees inclusive of deluxe dinner of your choice (beef, chicken, seafood, or vegetarian).Parking is available at the venue for <a href="http://free.Please" target="_blank" title="free.Please">free.Please register by the deadline and pay by credit card. Multiple registrations can be done at the same time, click "Add Another Guest" before you click "Register and Pay Now".Each attendee must register so that a name tag is created for <a href="http://you.Agenda:" target="_blank" title="you.Agenda:">you.Agenda: Program:5:30 PM: Registration, Networking, hors d'<a href="http://oeuvres.6:00" target="_blank" title="oeuvres.6:00">oeuvres.6:00 PM: Dinner <a href="http://Served.6:20" target="_blank" title="Served.6:20">Served.6:20 PM: AGM Presentations by Special Guests (while you eat).-Dr. Tom Murad, President IEEE <a href="http://Canada.-David" target="_blank" title="Canada.-David">Canada.-David H. Whyte, IEEE Canada <a href="http://Foundation.-Chris" target="_blank" title="Foundation.-Chris">Foundation.-Chris Norris, Keynote Speaker. Director of Hydrogen at Siemens Energy. Past Chair, Board of Directors - Canadian Hydrogen and Fuel Cell <a href="http://Association.7:40" target="_blank" title="Association.7:40">Association.7:40 PM: IEEE Hamilton Exec. Committee 2024 report (incl. 2025 election results).• Dress code is elegant <a href="http://casual.Room:" target="_blank" title="casual.Room:">casual.Room: /Room Name: Royal Room, Bldg: Holiday Inn & Suites Oakville @ Bronte, 2525 Wyecroft Rd., Oakville, Ontario, Canada, L6L 6P8
Machine Learning
Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/451886This event is primarily meant for high school grade 11, 12 Computer Science students in the province of Ontario, Canada. Covers the basics of ML, types, and special software with use case examples. Presentation will be followed by a Q&A session. This will be repeated at 1 p.m. EST on the same day, Dec 16.Speaker(s): , HosseinAgenda: 0. Introduction1. Land Acknowledgement2. Presentation3. Q&AVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/451886
New Era of Entrepreneurship
Room: RBCx Finance Quarter Room, Bldg: Hub 350, 350 Legget Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaJoin us in a fruitful workshop on entrepreneurship and make the most of this amazing professional networking and educational event. You can also learn from our great entrepreneurs who will share their stories with <a href="http://us.Co-sponsored">us.[]Co-sponsored by: Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Carleton University, and the Ottawa Network (TON)Room: RBCx Finance Quarter Room, Bldg: Hub 350, 350 Legget Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
SAS ExComm Meeting 2024 #5 – December 17
Room: ICT 424C, Bldg: University of Calgary Main Campus, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/444949IEEE Southern Alberta Section Executive Committee Meeting. Fifth and final meeting of 2024.Room: ICT 424C, Bldg: University of Calgary Main Campus, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/444949
IEEE Hawaii OES DL Seminar: A tutorial on Satellite Remote Sensing
Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/451121What is remote sensing ? Which are the physical principles ?In this tutorial the fundamental concepts of satellite remote sensing are illustrated as its motivations and contributes to real world <a href="http://problems.Particular" target="_blank" title="problems.Particular">problems.Particular emphasis is paid to microwave satellite remote sensing and ocean <a href="http://applications.Speaker(s):" target="_blank" title="applications.Speaker(s):">applications.Speaker(s): Maurizio MigliaccioVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/451121
An Information Theoretic approach to Conformal Prediction
Room: BA-4164, Bldg: BA-4164, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaSpeaker: Arash Behboodi, Director of Engineering at Qualcomm AI ResearchDate and Time: Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 10-11amLocation: BA-4164Abstract: Conformal Prediction (CP) is a distribution-free uncertainty estimation framework that constructs prediction sets guaranteed to contain the true answer with a user-specified probability. Intuitively, the size of the prediction set encodes a general notion of uncertainty, with larger sets associated with higher degrees of uncertainty. In this work, we leverage information theory to connect conformal prediction to other notions of uncertainty. More precisely, we prove three different ways to upper bound the intrinsic uncertainty, as described by the conditional entropy of the target variable given the inputs, by combining CP with information theoretical inequalities. Moreover, we demonstrate two direct and useful applications of such connection between conformal prediction and information theory: (i) more principled and effective conformal training objectives that generalize previous approaches and enable end-to-end training of machine learning models from scratch, and (ii) a natural mechanism to incorporate side information into conformal prediction. We empirically validate both applications in centralized and federated learning settings, showing our theoretical results translate to lower inefficiency (average prediction set size) for popular CP <a href="http://methods.Bio:" target="_blank" title="methods.Bio:">methods.Bio: Arash Behboodi is a machine learning research scientist and Director of Engineering at Qualcomm AI Research. He received the Ph.D. degree in information theory from Ecole Superieure d'Electricite (now CentraleSuplec), France, in 2012, and a master’s degree in philosophy from Pantheon-Sorbonne university, 2011. Prior to Qualcomm, Arash was a senior researcher at Institute for Theoretical Information Technology in RWTH Aachen University and TU Berlin. He has been doing research on information, machine learning and signal processing theory, and recently focusing in particular on wireless AI, inverse problems, differentiable simulations, and geometric deep learning. He has been a recipient of multiple best paper awards, and organized multiple workshops on machine learning and other related <a href="http://topics.Co-sponsored" target="_blank" title="topics.Co-sponsored">topics.Co-sponsored by: Prof. Ashish Khisti Speaker(s): Arash BehboodiRoom: BA-4164, Bldg: BA-4164, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2024
Maison Istanbul Turkish Restaurant, 600 Wyandotte St E, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, N9A 3J2The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the IEEE Windsor Section is a key gathering that brings together local IEEE members, volunteers, and leadership to review the year’s achievements, discuss ongoing initiatives, and plan future endeavors. It serves as an opportunity to highlight the Section’s accomplishments, present updates on organizational developments and finances, and recognize the contributions of dedicated members. By promoting dialogue, collaboration, and community building, the AGM helps ensure that the Windsor Section continues to advance its mission of fostering technological innovation and professional growth within the <a href="http://region.Co-sponsored" target="_blank" title="region.Co-sponsored">region.Co-sponsored by: Milad Moradi HeydarlooMaison Istanbul Turkish Restaurant, 600 Wyandotte St E, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, N9A 3J2
Winnipeg Section Annual General Meeting
Bldg: Holiday Inn - Winnipeg South, 1330 Pembina Highway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3T 2B4We are delighted to invite you to the IEEE Winnipeg Section Annual General Meeting (AGM) on December 19 at 7 PM. The meeting will be held at Holiday Inn Winnipeg South, located at 1330 Pembina Highway. This event marks an important occasion for all our valued members, as it provides an opportunity to come together, reflect on our achievements, and discuss future <a href="http://plans.Agenda:-" target="_blank" title="plans.Agenda:-">plans.Agenda:- Opening remarks form IEEE Winnipeg Section Chair- Presentation by IEEE Canada President /Representative (Virtual)- Section's activity report- Section's financial report- Introducing Section's Executives for 2025- Dinner- Closing remarksWe highly encourage you to attend the event as your presence and active participation play an integral role in shaping the future of our section. Your commitment and support have been instrumental in our section's success, and we look forward to your continued <a href="http://involvement.Dinner" target="_blank" title="involvement.Dinner">involvement.Dinner Buffet will start around 8 pm. Please register by December 13 to confirm your attendance. If you are unable to attend, kindly notify us in advance so that we can make necessary <a href="http://arrangements.We" target="_blank" title="arrangements.We">arrangements.We look forward to your presence at the Annual General <a href="http://Meeting.Bldg:" target="_blank" title="Meeting.Bldg:">Meeting.Bldg: Holiday Inn - Winnipeg South, 1330 Pembina Highway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3T 2B4
SCADA Communication Open Discussion : Why so many different protocols?
Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/452248AbstractWe are seeing different communication protocols used in different industries. With the advancement of Ethernet, many of the old protocols have disappeared and made room for a handful of protocols that are being used more commonly across multiple <a href="http://industries.On" target="_blank" title="industries.On">industries.On the other hand, with the recent expansion of the Internet in every sector of our society, we are seeing a wave of new protocols. While some of these new protocols are used for IoT applications, several others are being developed to support new industries such as renewable energy and distributed Energy <a href="http://Resources.In" target="_blank" title="Resources.In">Resources.In this presentation, we go over a few conventional protocols and open the floor for discussion on discussing new protocols that have been developed in recent <a href="http://years.Speaker(s):" target="_blank" title="years.Speaker(s):">years.Speaker(s): Matt M. Eskandar, E.E. <a href="http://Eng.Agenda:" target="_blank" title="Eng.Agenda:">Eng.Agenda: Program for Friday, Dec 20th, 2024:» 11:50 MDT Webinar open» 12:00 MDT IEEE CS&I announcements» 12:10 MDT Presentation» 12:45 MDT Q&A» 13:00 MDT Webinar closesVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/452248
End of Year Celebration – Mix & Mingle
Room: B 341, 4825 Mt Royal Gate SW, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaCome join us for an informal gathering to connect with peers, exchange ideas, and celebrate the year’s accomplishments. Don’t miss this opportunity to network and unwind with fellow <a href="http://members.Room:" target="_blank" title="members.Room:">members.Room: B 341, 4825 Mt Royal Gate SW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Practical Instruction on Ufer Grounds
Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/451776Concrete encased electrodes for grounding electrical power systems, also called Ufer grounds, are highlyeffective grounding systems when installed correctly. James will explain what constitutes a Ufer ground and how onecan be easily constructed in accordance with the IEEE Standard 142-2007 (the Green Book) and the NationalElectrical Code (NEC). He will also explain what common errors and myths surround Ufer grounds as well as an errorin the IEEE Green Book, and errors in interpreting the NEC. James will also explain how Ufer grounds are essentialto effective lightning protection systems. James’ background as an experienced construction electrician and a B.S.Civil Engineer makes him uniquely qualified to explain civil/structural concepts and practices, and how these arerelevant to Electrical <a href="http://Engineers.Co-sponsored" target="_blank" title="Engineers.Co-sponsored">Engineers.Co-sponsored by: Mehdi NarimaniSpeaker(s): , James J. MercierVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/451776