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 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
• Mr. Raphael Tana, Vice-Chair of IEEE Montreal Industry Relations Committee
• Dr. Hamidreza Sadreazami, Co-Chair of Event Planner Team, IEEE Montreal IRC
• Dr. Jalal Habibi, Co-Chair of Event Planner Team, IEEE Montreal IRC
• Mr. Mostafa Darvishi, Co-Chair of Publicity Team, IEEE Montreal IRC
• Dr. Mohammad Rizwan Khan, Co-Chair of Publicity Team, IEEE Montreal IRC
• Ms. Razieh Hassanshahi, Co-Chair of Event Coordinator Team, IEEE Montreal IRC
• Mr. Omid Saatlou, Co-Chair of Event Coordinator Team, IEEE Montreal IRC
• Mr. Steve Alphonse Siani, Co-Chair of Webmasters Team, IEEE Montreal IRC
  

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

Agenda:

Event Agenda

17:00 Registration opens

17:00 Session 1: Poster session, networking and refreshments 

18:00 Session 2: Keynote Invited Speakers
          Welcome Speech by Prof. Anader Benyamin-Seeyar, IEEE Montreal Section, Prof. Wei-Ping Zhu, Concordia University, and Mr. Raphael Tana, IEEE Montreal IRC

18:10 Mr. Mohamed Musbah, Maluuba
          “Building Literate Machines at MSR Maluuba”

18:30 Dr. Maria Toeroe, Ericsson Canada
          “Enabling 5G – Are we doing MAGIC?”

18:50 Dr. Negar Ghourchian, Aerial Technologies Inc.
          “Smart Living with Internet of Things”

19:10 Ms. Lexi Kaplin, emojiHEALTH, and Ambassador, NEXT Canada
          Part I – “Chatbots: A Commercial Channel for AI”
          Part II – “NEXT AI: Global Hub for AI Innovation”

19:30 Session 3: Poster session, networking and refreshments

19:50 Session 4: Keynote Invited Speakers

19:50 Dr. Sachitha Kusaladharma, Concordia University
          “Cognitive Radio Networks”

20:05 Dr. Amanda Rossi, Mitacs
          “Mitacs Research Funds for Collaborative Innovation”

20:20 Dr. Guillermo Mendoza-Suarez, Concordia University
          “Academia-Industry Partnerships”

20:35 Session 5: Closing remarks and award ceremony

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Poster and Demo Sessions: Bios and Abstracts of the participants are here.

[1] Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access in Future 5G Networks with Correlated and Cooperative Sources,
Nazli Ahmad Khan Beigi*, and Mohammad Reza Soleymani, Concordia University

[2] User Association and Load Balancing Model in an Ultra-Dense HetNet,
Edena Rakotomanana*, École de Technologie Supérieure

[3] Reducing The Decoding Complexity of the LDPC Codes,
Sareh Majidi Ivari*, and Mohammad Reza Soleymani, Concordia University

[4] Beam Steering Components for 5G Applications,
Mohamed Ali*, Shoukry Shams, and Abdel Razik Sebak, Concordia University

[5] Model-based Correction of Ultrasound Image Deformations Due to Probe Pressure: Towards Experimental Validation,
Jawad Dahmani*, Catherine Laporte, Yvan Petit, Karelle Pageau, Matthew Brown, Mathieu Seguin, and Leonid Kuznetsov, École de Technologie Supérieure

[6] Real-time Recognition of Suicidal Attempts and Drug Overdose Behaviour Using an RGB-D Camera,
Rafik Gouiaa*, École de Technologie Supérieure

[7] Emotion-Based Intelligent Guidance Planning for Aerial Robots,
Amin Haeri*, Concordia University

[8] A Neural Network Chatbot for Farsi,
Farhood Farahnak*, Concordia University

[9] Language Model Utilization in a Persian P300 Speller,
Hessam Amini* (1), and Hadi Veisi (2)
(1) Concordia University, (2) University of Tehran

[10] Using N-gram Language Models to Identify Author’s Mother Tongue,
Elham Mohammadi*(1), Hadi Veisi (2), and Hessam Amini (1)
(1) Concordia University, (2) University of Tehran

[11] Fully-automated Tongue Detection in Ultrasound Images
Elham Karimi* (1), Catherine Laporte (1), and Lucie Ménard (2)
(1) École de Technologie Supérieure, (2) Université du Québec à Montréal

[12] Image Denoising Using Adaptive Total Variation and Tchebichef Moment as Sparse Regularizer,
Ahlad Kumar*, M. Omair Ahmad, and M.N.S. Swamy, Concordia University

[13] Fusion of Deep-learning-based Descriptors and Human Memory Model for Weakly Supervised Content-Based Image Retrieval in Large-Scale Datasets,
Farzad Sabahi*, M. Omair Ahmad, M.N.S. Swamy, and Fahimeh Rookhosh, Concordia University

[14] Simultaneous Compression of ECG, PPG and Respiratory Signals and its Application in Web-based Remote Healthcare Systems,
Sourav Mukhopadhyay*, M. Omair Ahmad, M.N.S. Swamy, Concordia University

[15] Adaptive Real-Time Feature Extraction and Matching,
Muhammad Reza Pourshahabi*, Concordia University

[16] Introduction of Adaptive Directivity Controlling Parameter for First-Order Steerable Differential Microphone Arrays,
Ali Sarafnia*, M. Omair Ahmad, and M.N.S. Swamy, Concordia University

[17] Continuous Software Integration for Robotic Swarms and IoT Devices,
Vivek Shankar Varadharajan*, David St-Onge, and Giovanni Beltrame, Polytechnique Montreal

[18] Measurement-Based Handover Method for Communication-Based Train Control Systems,
Mei Ya Chan (1), Sami Baroudi*(1), Joseph Siu (2), and Jorg Liebeherr (1)
(1) University of Toronto, (2) Thales Canada Transportation Solutions

[19] Modular Multilevel Converters for Flexible Integration of Renewable Energy Resources into Smart Grids,
Mohammad Sleiman*, and Kamal Al-Haddad, École de Technologie Supérieure

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