Speaker: Michelle Kunimoto Subject: An Exploration of Planets and Potential Planets Abstract: Michelle will talk about her work at the UBC Physics Department exploring the universe and identifying 3000 planets. Her research areas are Exoplanet detection, Exoplanet characterization, Exoplanet demographics and occurrence rates, and Astrostatistics. This is part of the TALK series organized by Carl... Read more
The Montreal Chapter of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC) Society cordially invites you to attend the following Distinguished Lecture, to be delivered by Dr. Ming Hou, from Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC), Department of National Defence (DND), Canada, on Tuesday, May 27th 2025, from 10:00am to 11:40am at Concordia University (EV-Building Room... Read more
The Montreal Chapter of the IEEE Signal Processing Society, in collaboration with STARaCom, cordially invites you to attend the following talk to be given (in presence) at McGill University by Prof. David Gesbert, Director of EURECOM (Sophia Antipolis, France, (https://www.eurecom.fr). Speaker(s): Prof. David Gesbert Room: 603, Bldg: McConnell Engineering, 3480 University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A... Read more
In this talk I will discuss a common and pernicious form of technical debt--called design debt, or architecture debt. I will briefly present the theoretical foundation behind this form of debt and present a broad set of evidence demonstrating its dramatic effects on project outcomes. That is the bad news. The good news is that... Read more
AR/VR devices promise a new era of immersive computing, where our everyday experience is augmented with helpful information (Augmented Reality), or where we are immersed in fully virtual worlds (Virtual Reality). These systems fuse the physical world, and the virtual world, through computing resources to provide these immersive experiences rendered on the user's headset. As... Read more
With the advent of smart products, we are surrounded by wireless devices communicating via different technologies, like Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, LTE, 5G, etc. When designing such products, it is important to test their performance inside different indoor and outdoor environments, for both coverage and interference. WinProp offers highly accurate and fast propagation models for almost every... Read more
Generic Large Language Models (GLLMs) are continuously being released with increased size and capabilities, promoting the abilities of these tools as universal problem solvers. While the reliability of GLLMs' responses is questionable in many situations, these are augmented/ retrofitted with external resources for different applications including cybersecurity. The talk will discuss major security concerns of... Read more
Abstract: Hybrid quantum systems offer a promising platform to study quantum phenomena that benefit from the individual strengths of their components. A new emerging hybrid quantum platform composed of spin-doped solid noble gas crystals and superconducting resonators. The noble gas crystals offer a soft, inert, predominantly spin-0 host matrix for the atomic impurities, while the... Read more
