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

Event Description

IEEE Montreal Section and IEEE Industry Relations invites you to participate in the first Research Boost event to be held in Montreal on September 28, 2016. 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 smart cities, intelligent transportation systems and internet of things. A special session is dedicated to a number of short-presentations to offer a great opportunity for participants, Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows, to present the significance of their research to the industry in front of a distinguished judging panel. All presentations should be in English, and the focus should be on the application(s), technology and industrial aspects, rather than mathematical equations.

Event Subjects

• Smart cities
• Intelligent transportation systems
• Internet of things

Important Dates

• Call for abstract submission:                     July 21, 2016
• Abstract submission deadline:                   August 10, 2016
• Author notification:                                    August 22, 2016
• Call for participation/registration opens: August 22, 2016
• Registration deadline:                                September 11, 2016

Registration

Registration is free but the number of places is limited. To reserve your seat, please follow the instructions here: RB2016 at Eventbrite

Abstract Submission

• Research Boost 2016 encourage interested Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows to 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 are required to submit a list of selected publications that have been carried-out in the same research problem within the past three years.
• The authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to submit their presentation slides in PDF format, their photos and short biographies, and they will be provided with important guidelines for the short presentations. 
• All abstracts should be submitted through the URL of Research Boost 2016 at Microsoft conference management toolkit (CMT) website: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/RB2016. Steps: (1) Create New Account. (2) Logout. (3) Login by using the URL of RB2016 at CMT. (4) Select a track, and then create a new submission.

Organization Committee

• Prof. Fabrice Labeau, McGill Univeristy, Chair of IEEE Montreal Section
• Mr. Mohamed Naiel, Concordia University, Chair of IEEE Montreal Industry Relations Committee
• Mr. Raphael Tana, FONEX, Vice-Chair of IEEE Montreal Industry Relations Committee

Agenda:

Event Agenda

17:30   Registration opens 

18:10   Keynote invited speakers

             Mr. Harout Chitilian, City of Montreal
             Mr. Jean-François Barsoum, IBM, Canada
             Mr. Pierre Fitzgerald, Ericsson, Canada

19:00   Break and networking

19:10   Panel discussion

19:30   Competition
              A number of short-presentations, each of duration
              three minutes, by Graduate Students and 
              Postdoctoral Fellows.

20:20   Break and networking

20:40   Closing remarks and award ceremony

Location:
Room: H.767
Bldg: Hall Building
Concordia University
1455 Boul. de Maisonneuve O.
Montreal, Quebec
H3G 1M8