Co-sponsored by: IEEE Montreal Section, IEEE Montreal Industry Relations Committee and the Montreal Chapters of IEEE ComSoc, CAS, and TEMS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Event Description

IEEE Montreal Section, IEEE Montreal Industry Relations Committee and the Montreal Chapters of IEEE ComSoc, CAS, and TEMS, are very pleased to invite you to attend the 3rd edition of IEEE Research Boost event that will take place at Concordia University, Montreal, on November 2nd, 2017, 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM. The event aims to foster collaborative research projects and networking among the industry, government and academia, as well as to present some of the top candidates in the fields of Artificial Intelligence, 5G, Cybersecurity, Smart Grids, Smart Cities, Cloud Computing, Signal, Image and Video Processing, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Circuits and Systems, and Biomedical Engineering. 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 their field of expertise. Two poster sessions are available to offer a great opportunity for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows of accepted abstracts to present the significance of their research work to the industry, government, start-up incubators and a distinguished judging panel. Three prizes of values $300, $200 and $100 will be offered to the best three participants in the poster competition. The event is of free registration, and food and refreshments will be served. Looking forward to welcome you all for an exciting event!

Event Subjects

• Artificial Intelligence
• 5G
• Cybersecurity
• Smart Grids
• Smart Cities
• 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/RB2018. Steps: (1) Create New Account. (2) Logout. (3) Login by using the URL of RB 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

• Registration opens: Oct. 1st, 2017
• Registration closes: Oct. 25th, 2017
• Abstract submission deadline: Oct. 25th, 2017 @ 23:59 hr (EDT) [No Extension]
• Author notification: Oct. 27th, 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. Wei-Ping Zhu, Concordia University, Graduate Program Director of the Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering – Co-sponsor and Co-organizer
• Prof. M. Omair Ahmad, Concordia University, Chair of Montreal Chapter of IEEE CAS – Co-sponsor and Co-organizer
• Prof. Anader Benyamin-Seeyar, Chair of Montreal Chapter of IEEE Communications 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. Hamidreza Sadreazami, Co-Chair of Event Planner Team, IEEE Montreal IRC – Co-Organizer
• Dr. Jalal Habibi, Co-Chair of Event Planner Team, IEEE Montreal IRC – Co-Organizer
• Mr. Mostafa Darvishi, Co-Chair of Publicity Team, IEEE Montreal IRC – Co-Organizer
• Dr. 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 ,

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 

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

19:30 Session 4: Keynote Invited Speakers 

20:15 Session 5: Closing remarks and award ceremony

Location:
Room: MG-9 ABCD
Bldg: John Molson Building
Concordia University
1450 Guy St.
Montreal, Quebec
H3H 0A1