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Various Smart Textile and Wearables projects will be presented, by <a href="http://professionals.205" target="_blank" title="professionals.205">professionals.205 Humber College Blvd, J Building, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M9W 5L7

(<a href="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/event/register/557456)Ordre" target="_blank" title="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/event/register/557456)Ordre">https://events.vtools.ieee.org/event/register/557456)Ordre du jour (16h00 à 17h00) - Prière d'arriver 15 minutes à l'avance- Rapport de la Section- Progrès et défis par Marc Perron, président- Situation financière par Yves DeVillers, trésorier- Présentation des rapport de chacun des Chapitres et Groupes d'Affinités (5 mins max chaque)- Rapport Chapitre GRSS par Saeid Houmayouni- Rapport Chapitre Photonics par André Fougères- Rapport Chapitre Ordinateurs par Mehdi Adda- Rapport Chapitre Communications par Paul Fortier- Rapport Chapitre Medical par Benoit Gosselin- Rapport Groupe d'affinités WIE par Tatiana Guerrero- Rapport Groupe d'affinités YP par Michelle Janusz- Rapport Branche étudiante Amen Ouannes- Présentation du nouveau Chapitre PES par Luc Loiselle- Discussion ouverte sur questions, proposition ou nouveaux projetsConférence de M. Karem Chokmani, membre Senior IEEE, Prof INRS, suivie d'un cocktail réseautage (17h-19h)(<a href="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/event/register/557456)Room:" target="_blank" title="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/event/register/557456)Room:">https://events.vtools.ieee.org/event/register/557456)Room: Salle 2403, INRS, Centre de l'eau, de la terre et de l'environnement, 490 rue de la Couronne, Quebec, Quebec, Canada, G1K 9A9

The IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Affinity Group – Hamilton Section meets on the last Thursday of each month. We are pleased to invite you to our next monthly meeting, to be held on May 28, 2026. We warmly look forward to your participation and hope you can join <a href="http://us.Agenda:" target="_blank" title="us.Agenda:">us.Agenda: 1. Opening Remarks and Welcome2. STEAM Drawing Competition – Updates3. IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Day 2026 – Event and Activities Planning4. Volunteer Recruitment – Current Status and Next Steps5. WIE Check-In Form : Completion and Submission6. Open Discussion/Additional Items7. Closing RemarksVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/560019

How can we transform artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning capabilities into reliable, autonomous robotic systems? How can we engineer AI systems within budget constraints, certify them with respect to stakeholder requirements, and ensure that they meet the needs of the end user? Answering these questions necessitates new engineering methodologies for AI systems, as well as AI algorithms that leverage the unique characteristics of engineering problems. In this talk, I will begin by presenting methods that integrate foundation models such as large language models and vision-language-action models with frameworks and algorithms for verifiable sequential decision-making. I will then present compositional approaches to reinforcement learning, which enable independent development and testing of separate learning-enabled modules and facilitate the reliable deployment of their compositions in practice. Finally, I will present control-oriented learning algorithms that combine data with prior physics knowledge, yielding learning-enabled systems that effectively control hardware after mere minutes of data collection and training. Experiments on robotic hardware, ranging from manipulators to ground vehicles to hexacopters, demonstrate the important role that these algorithms play in the fast and reliable transfer of learning-driven algorithms to their target, real-world operating <a href="http://environments.Co-sponsored" target="_blank" title="environments.Co-sponsored">environments.Co-sponsored by: Ryozo Nagamune | [email protected] | Dejan Kihas | kihas@<a href="http://ieee.orgSpeaker(s):" target="_blank" title="ieee.orgSpeaker(s):">ieee.orgSpeaker(s): Cyrus Neary Agenda: Event Start: 3:30pmTalk and Q&A: 3:40pmEvent End: 5:00pmBldg: MacLeod Building , Room MCLD 3038, 2356 Main Mall, Vancouver , British Columbia, Canada, V6T 1Z4, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/559041

[]You've been using Claude like a search engine with manners. It's time to use it like an operating system. Agents. MCPs. Skills. Claude Code. This is where one-person companies start — and where entire industries <a href="http://shift.Most" target="_blank" title="shift.Most">shift.Most people discover Claude through the chat interface. They ask questions. They get answers. They think: "Nice. It's like a smarter Google." Then they close the tab and move <a href="http://on.They" target="_blank" title="on.They">on.They never find out that Claude can autonomously browse the web, write and execute code, manage files, connect to any app or database on the planet, coordinate multi-step workflows across tools, and operate for hours without a single human <a href="http://keystroke.They" target="_blank" title="keystroke.They">keystroke.They never find out about Claude Code — a CLI agent that can build entire products from a description. Or MCPs — a universal protocol that plugs Claude into Slack, GitHub, Notion, Figma, PostgreSQL, and thousands more. Or Skills — reusable, markdown-based "playbooks" that teach Claude any repeatable workflow you can <a href="http://describe."Claude" target="_blank" title="describe."Claude">describe."Claude Code is, with hindsight, poorly named. It's not purely a coding tool: it's a tool for general computer automation. Anything you can achieve by typing commands into a computer can now be <a href="http://automated."—" target="_blank" title="automated."—">automated."— Simon Willison, software engineer & researcherThis course gives you the full picture — from the concepts down to the commands. By the end, you will see Claude not as a chatbot, but as a platform for building the future of <a href="http://work.Speaker(s):" target="_blank" title="work.Speaker(s):">work.Speaker(s): Younes, Agenda: Module 01 - Claude Is Not a ChatbotReframe everything you know. Understand the architecture: Claude as a reasoning engine, an action-taker, and an autonomous agent — not a Q&A machine. The mental model that unlocks everything <a href="http://else.Module" target="_blank" title="else.Module">else.Module 02 - Claude Interfaces & Use CasesWeb app, desktop app, command line, VS Code, and Antigravity. We'll also cover Claude Co-Work, plugins, and how to pick the right interface for the <a href="http://job.Module" target="_blank" title="job.Module">job.Module 03 - Claude Code in the TerminalSet up and master terminal-based Claude. Explore subagents, loops, Claude management, and routines. Everything Anthropic has just added to the harness that's worth <a href="http://knowing.Module" target="_blank" title="knowing.Module">knowing.Module 04 - Memory & Context WindowsHow Claude remembers. Context window limits, memory optimization techniques, and the difference between global and local memories. Learn to make Claude remember what <a href="http://matters.Module" target="_blank" title="matters.Module">matters.Module 05 - MCP: The Universal Plugin SystemModel Context Protocol is the USB-C of AI. A universal standard that connects Claude to any tool: GitHub, Slack, Notion, Postgres, Figma, Google Drive, Shopify, and thousands more. One integration, <a href="http://everywhere.Module" target="_blank" title="everywhere.Module">everywhere.Module 06 - Skills: Reusable PlaybooksWhat Skills are, where to find them, and which ones are actually useful. Learn how to install, reuse, and build your own Markdown based Skills so Claude knows how you <a href="http://work.Module" target="_blank" title="work.Module">work.Module 07 - The Claude Ecosystem & What Comes NextBeyond the basics: token optimization, planning, harnessing, security guardrails, which tools to call (and when), best practices for memory files and orchestration. The foundation that leads to building something like OpenClaw and <a href="http://beyond.Virtual:" target="_blank" title="beyond.Virtual:">beyond.Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/553617

IEEE North Saskatchewan Section Meeting - June, 202657 Campus Dr, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, S7N 5A9, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/544436

Metasurfaces and antennas have emerged as powerful platforms for advancing wireless communications, sensing, and holographic display technologies across the electromagnetic spectrum. This talk will highlight recent developments and challenges in these areas, with a particular focus on open stopband issues in optical antenna designs. We will discuss the design and implementation of long-wave infrared (LWIR) metasurfaces and millimeter-wave (mmWave) metasurfaces featuring optical transparency and seamless thin-film integration. Special emphasis will be placed on enabling dynamic amplitude and phase tuning for next-generation reconfigurable systems in wireless, sensing, and holographic <a href="http://applications.Agenda:" target="_blank" title="applications.Agenda:">applications.Agenda: A one hour lecture by a leading expert in this field followed by a Q&A session. It will be chaired by Gavin <a href="http://Watkins.Room:" target="_blank" title="Watkins.Room:">Watkins.Room: Courtside A - EAST WING, Bldg: RA Centre, 2451 Riverside Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1H 7X7

Toronto Section ExCom meeting for mid-2026 to be held in-person and online at <a href="http://TMU.Agenda:" target="_blank" title="TMU.Agenda:">TMU.Agenda: 6:00 PM: Pizza & Refreshment• Pizza will be <a href="http://served.6:20" target="_blank" title="served.6:20">served.6:20 PM: Call to Order & Officer ReportsREMAINDER OF AGENDA TO BE ADDEDRoom: ENG 460, Bldg: George Vari Engineering Building, 245 Church St, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5B 1Z4, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/556765

This lecture offers a comprehensive introduction to wave energy, one of the planet's most reliable reservoirs of kinetic energy, distinguished by its high energy density and predictability compared to solar or wind resources. The session begins by analyzing wave formation and the transfer of energy from wind to the sea's surface, identifying geographic regions best suited for large-scale <a href="http://deployment.The" target="_blank" title="deployment.The">deployment.The core of the presentation examines the diverse landscape of Wave Energy Converters (WECs), including point absorbers, oscillating water columns, and attenuators, explaining how these technologies capture water motion to drive electrical generators. The talk also addresses the realities of offshore operations, covering engineering strategies for structural survival during extreme weather, long-term maintenance, environmental impact on marine ecosystems, and socio-economic challenges of grid <a href="http://integration.The" target="_blank" title="integration.The">integration.The lecture concludes with an outlook on the future of wave energy, reviewing current pilot projects and the potential of hybrid wind-wave offshore platforms, providing perspective on how wave energy can contribute to a resilient, diversified global energy <a href="http://portfolio.Speaker(s):" target="_blank" title="portfolio.Speaker(s):">portfolio.Speaker(s): Fernando Martínez GilAgenda: 7:00PM - Introduction of IEEE Hamilton Section7:15PM - Presentation8:00PM - Q&A8:15PM - RefreshmentsRoom: Level 5(Graduate lounge), Bldg: Engineering Technology building(ETB), , 1280 Main Street West , Hamilton,, Ontario, Canada, L8S 0A3

IEEE WIE AG Schenectady is going to organize WIE Distinguished Lecture (virtual webinar) on "Human System Engineering Initiatives: From Human Views to Human Readiness Levels" on 5 June 2026, Friday, 12-1 pm EDT. The speaker is Holly A. H. Handley, PhD, PE, the Interim Dean of the Interdisciplinary Schools and a Professor in the Engineering Management and System Engineering Department of Old Dominion University (ODU).This talk discusses the role of Human System Engineering within the System Engineering discipline. It describes two initiatives that are enabling better integration of humans and systems. The Human Views comprise a system architecture viewpoint that provides a perspective on the human roles, activities, and information flows required by a complex system. The Human Readiness Levels assess the degree to which human-focused requirements are incorporated into design decisions and the readiness of a system to interact with its human operator. Together these two efforts encourage System Engineering for the total system by supporting a comprehensive integration of the human component into the systems engineering effort, which is critical to the design, development, and operation of successful systems. Current standards and applications of both initiatives will be <a href="http://included.Speaker(s):" target="_blank" title="included.Speaker(s):">included.Speaker(s): Holly HandleyVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/550987

Monthly Executive Team Meeting - IEEE Hamilton Section (Jun'2026)Agenda: 07:00PM - Meeting starts08:00PM - Meeting endsVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/559905

[]Medical imaging, including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT), is central to modern diagnosis and treatment planning. Although contemporary radiological AI systems can achieve fast and accurate diagnoses, most offer limited user interaction within clinical workflows. This gap hinders adoption by reducing transparency, adaptability, and trust. This talk will showcase research from our Health-X Lab on building radiological AI systems designed to collaborate with clinicians through intuitive and natural interaction channels. Specifically, I will highlight three lines of work: leveraging human visual attention during radiological reading to better align AI models with expert behavior; enabling flexible, language-based interaction with medical images; and developing interactive AI agents that support real-time, user-driven analysis. Together, these approaches illustrate how integrating visual perception, language, and interaction can transform AI from passive tools into effective clinical co-pilots, enhancing usability, interpretability, and seamless workflow <a href="http://integration.Room:" target="_blank" title="integration.Room:">integration.Room: 321, Bldg: Duff Medical Building, 3775 Rue University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/558822