Co-sponsored by: IEEE Montreal Section and IEEE Montreal Industry Relations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Event Description

IEEE Montreal Section, IEEE Montreal Industry Relations, and Montreal Chapters of IEEE ComSoc and IEEE CAS invite you to participate in the 2nd IEEE Research Boost event to be held in Montreal on April 6, 2017. The aim of this event is to foster collaborative research projects and networking among the industry, government and academia, as well as to present some of the top candidates in their field of expertise. It is an evening event during which invited experts and leaders from the industry, government and academia, will present some of the state-of-the-art innovations in the fields of 5G, Smart Grids, Smart Cities, Cybersecurity, Cloud Computing, Signal, Image and Video Processing, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Circuits and Systems, and Biomedical Engineering. Two poster sessions are available to offer a great opportunity for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows to present the significance of their research to the industry and a distinguished judging panel. 

Event Subjects

• 5G
• Smart Grids
• Smart Cities
• Cybersecurity
• Cloud Computing
• Signal, Image and Video Processing
• Computer Vision
• Machine Learning
• Circuits and Systems
• Biomedical Engineering

Registration

Registration is free but the number of places is limited. To reserve your seat, please follow the instructions here: RB2017 at Eventbrite. 

Abstract Submission

• Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows who are interested to participate in the poster or demo sessions should submit an abstract of length not more than 550 words for their research work. 
• The abstract should be self-contained and discuss critically the motivation, problem statement, as well as the proposed scheme and its applications.
• The authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to submit their photos and short biographies, and they will be provided with important guidelines for the poster presentations. 
• All abstracts should be submitted through the URL of Research Boost 2017 at Microsoft conference management toolkit (CMT) website:
  https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/RB2017. Steps: (1) Create New Account. (2) Logout. (3) Login by using the URL of RB2017 at CMT. (4) Select a track, and then create a new submission.
• This chance will allow a participant to establish a research collaboration, get an internship opportunity, job offer or explore an entrepreneurship opportunity!

Important Dates

• Abstract submission deadline: March 28, 2017 @ 23:59 hr (EDT) [Note: no extension]
• Author notification: March 31, 2017

Organization Committee

• Prof. Amy Pinchuk, Chair of IEEE Montreal Section – Co-sponsor and Co-organizer
• Prof. Fabrice Labeau, Past Chair of IEEE Montreal Section and Chair of Montreal Chapter of IEEE Vehicular Technology Society
• Prof. Jean-François Boland, Directeur Département de génie électrique, ETS
• Prof. Frederic Nabki, Professeur Département de génie électrique, ETS
• Prof. Anader Benyamin-Seeyar, Chair of Montreal Chapter of IEEE Communications Society – Co-sponsor
• Prof. M. Omair Ahmad, Chair of Montreal Chapter of IEEE Circuits and Systems Society – Co-sponsor
• Dr. Mohamed Naiel, Chair of IEEE Montreal Industry Relations Committee – Co-Organizer
• Mr. Raphael Tana, Vice-Chair of IEEE Montreal Industry Relations Committee – Co-Organizer
• Dr. Sonja Hiltunen, Co-Chair of Event Planner Team, IEEE Montreal IRC – Co-Organizer
• Mr. Mostafa Darvishi, Co-Chair of Publicity Team, IEEE Montreal IRC – Co-Organizer
• Mr. Mohammad Rizwan Khan, Co-Chair of Publicity Team, IEEE Montreal IRC – Co-Organizer
• Ms. Razieh Hassanshahi, Co-Chair of Event Coordinator Team, IEEE Montreal IRC – Co-Organizer
• Mr. Omid Saatlou, Co-Chair of Event Coordinator Team, IEEE Montreal IRC – Co-Organizer

Speaker(s): Invited Keynote Speakers – Session 2, Invited Keynote Speakers – Session 4

Agenda:

Event Agenda

17:00 Registration opens, networking and refreshments 

17:00 Session 1: Demo and Poster Session “by Grad students and Postdoc Fellows“, networking and refreshments 

18:00 Session 2: Keynote Invited Speakers 

18:00 Welcome Speech by Prof. Charles Despins, Dean of Research at ETS, Prof. Kamal Al-Haddad, Department of Electrical Engineering at ETS, 
Prof. Amy Pinchuk, Chair of IEEE Montreal Section, and Mr. Raphael Tana, Chair of the Montreal Chapter TEMS and Vice-Chair of IEEE Montreal Industry Relations.

18:10 Dr. Helge Seetzen, General Partner and CEO at TandemLaunch
Talk Title: “From Invention to Mass Market – Tips for Technology Entrepreneurs“

18:30 Mr. Francois Thibodeau, System Engineer, Centre de Gestion de la Mobilité Urbaine (CGMU), Ville de Montréal
Talk title: “Montreal Integrated Corridor Management : An useful Tool to Catalyst The Collaboration in Mobility“

18:50 Dr. Benoit Gosselin, Associate Professor at ECE Dept., Laval University
Talk Title: “Collaborative R&D in Biomedical Engineering: From University to Industry“

19:10 Session 3: Demo and Poster Session “by Grad students and Postdoc Fellows“, networking and refreshments 

19:30 Session 4: Keynote Invited Speakers 

19:30 Mr. Jacques Lapointe, Manager, Senior Manager, Director – Systems Engineering, CISCO
Talk Title: “Smart! Connecting your Community Securely“

19:50 Mr. Jeremy Barnes, Chief Architect at Element AI Inc.
Talk Title: “Building Applications AI-first”

20:10 Dr. Kim Khoa Nguyen, Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, ETS
Talk Title: “Virtual Edge and Smart Community Management in a University-As-A-Hub Smart City Model”

20:30 Session 5: Closing remarks and award ceremony

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 Poster and Demo Sessions: Short bios of the participants are here. 

[1]   TRANSMISSION OF UNCOMPRESSED 4K VIDEO USING PHOTONIC BASED TERAHERTZ WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
        Kathirvel Nallappan*, Hichem Guerboukha, Chahe Nerguizian, and Maksim Skorobogatiy, Polytechnique Montreal 

[2]   SPECTRAL EFFICIENCY MAXIMIZATION OF SINGLE CELL MASSIVE MULTIUSER MIMO SYSTEMS VIA UPLINK DATA AND PILOT POWER CONTROL WITH ZF RECEIVER
       Omid Saatlou*, M. Omair Ahmad, and M.N.S. Swamy, Concordia University

[3]  COGNITIVE OPTICAL NETWORKS ENABLED BY COHERENT TECHNOLOGIES AND FILTERLESS CONCEPTS
       Stéphanie Allogba* and Christine Tremblay, École de Technologie Supérieure

[4]   RESILIENT CONTROL STRATEGIES FOR MICROGRIDS CYBER SECURITY
        Martine Chlela*, and Geza Joos, McGill University

[5]   CRYPTOCAN: AUTHENTICATION FOR FIELD BUSES
        Shabbir Hussain*, McGill University

[6]   BEHAVIOR UPDATES FOR DISTRIBUTED MOBILE SENSOR ARRAY QUORUM
        Vivek shankar Varadharajan* (1), David St-Onge (1), Carlo Pinciroli (2), and Giovanni Beltrame (1),  
       (1) Polytechnique Montreal, (2) Worcester Polytechnic Institute

[7]   MIGRATION OF LEGACY OBJECT-ORIENTED SOFTWARE TO THE CLOUD
        Manel Abdellatif* (1), Yann-gaël Géhéneuc (1), Naouel Moha (2), Hafedh Mili (2), Anas Shatnawi (2), Jean Privat (2), Ghizlane EL Boussaidi (3), and Anis Boubaker (2), 
       (1) Polytechnique Montreal, (2) Université du Québéc à Montréal, (3) Ecole de Technologie Supérieure

[8]   GRAPH SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR BIG DATA ANALYSIS
        Hamidreza Sadreazami*, Concordia University

[9]   THERMAL SIMULATION FOR LIQUID COOLING 3D INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
        Amira Aouina*, Polytechnique Montreal

[10]   USER PERFORMANCE IN INTERACTIVE MEDICAL IMAGE SEGMENTATION
        Houssem-Eddine Gueziri*, Michael McGuffin, and Catherine Laporte, École de Technologie Supérieure

[11] SLEEP RESPIRATORY EFFORT MONITORING USING UNOBTRUSIVE PRESSURE SENSOR MATTRESS
        Georges Matar*, Jean-marc Lina, and Georges Kaddoum, École de Technologie Supérieure

Location:
Room: Salle des Pas Perdus/Auditorium A-1600
Bldg: Building A
École de technologie supérieure
1100 Rue Notre-Dame O
Montreal, Quebec
H3C 1K3