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In this work, we compress convolutional neural network (CNN) weights post-training via transform quantization. Previous CNN quantization techniques tend to ignore the joint statistics of weights and activations, producing sub-optimal CNN performance at a given quantization bit-rate, or consider their joint statistics during training only and do not facilitate efficient compression of already trained CNN... Read more →

While 5G deployment is being carried out in many places of the world, there has been great interest in the prospects of 5G beyond and the next generation. Among the various visions, a common theme is that artificial intelligence will play a key role, as evidenced by the great interest and advances in machine learning... Read more →

Program for Tuesday, June 29th, 2021:• Team Introductions (5min)• Presentation (40min)• Q&A (15min)AbstractThe Isolated Phase bus (IPB) webinar presented by Powell will give a brief synopsis of the historical development of IPB cover the main components, applications, ratings, performance, governing standards, applications, tests requirements, installation methods with a focused on established design theory and modern... Read more →

Wound infection is a major clinical challenge that significantly extends the wound healing time and increases the treatment cost and mortality. It is estimated that ~6.5 million Americans and ~67 million people worldwide suffer from either traumatic or chronic wounds. Management of wounds and their associated complications cost ~$25 billion annually for the patients and... Read more →

The lecture is composed of two one-hour parts.In Part II, the various modes of operation are explored including civil modes A, B, C, D and S, and military modes 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Although some of these modes are no longer widely used, they are included for reference. The waveforms and data content... Read more →

Section volunteers expressed interest in learning how to use WordPress for their websites. The tutorial "Care and Feeding of a WordPress Website" provides training on the subject.Speaker(s): John Harris, Agenda: IEEE Section Website Tutorial Agenda1. What is a website?2. IEEE Websites and templates3. How to modify a webite4. Q&A sessionVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/274758

Program for Wednesday, June 30th, 2021:» 11:45 Webinar open» 12:00 IEEE South Alberta announcements» 12:05 Presentation» 13:15 Q&A» 13:30 Webinar closeSummaryWindCharger is Alberta’s first utility-scale, lithium-ion energy storage project. It uses Tesla’s Megapack technology and is the first installation of this technology in Canada’s northern climate. The design team collaborated with the Alberta Electric System... Read more →

Google Meet joining infoVideo call link: https://meet.google.com/cju-wzsn-mncAgenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MICtcfUQo-QyeYX2ZPq-M9rNUmIzt6FaoFUc4JJRKDU/edit?usp=sharingVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/275541

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To discuss the events of the past month and the events for the coming month.Windsor, Ontario, Canada, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/276285

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Monthly meeting of Vancouver Section officers, chapter chairs, affinity group chairs, and student branches officers.Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/275025

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Renewable energy resources have experienced a drastic increase in the electricity generation market because of fast-developing economies and industries. Among various types of renewable energy resources, wind and solar energy achieved higher growth thanks to their reduced environmental impact and abundance. Due to the reduction of photovoltaic (PV) panels cost, the growth rate of installation... Read more →

IEEE YP Professional Development Series: Part 5 The Professional Development Series is a 10-part series of online seminars which aims at presenting and discussing career opportunities and pathways in the engineering profession, with presenters coming from a wide range of backgrounds across Canada and the world. In Part 5, Anna Mathew will give you advice... Read more →

IEEE Canada is hosting a webinar series on Technology Leadership. We are inviting professional associations, learnt societies, think tanks, governmental agencies, and other institutions to participate and contribute speakers. This webinar series is a platform bringing our thought leaders from different stakeholders, from all walks of life to present their views and advocate their positions... Read more →

The goal of this workshop is to provide an opportunity for researchers to discuss their latest works. We invite two keynote speakers and volunteers to give talks in the area of intelligent and secure wireless communications. Four volunteers have been registered, and only one position is left. If any researcher has interest in this opportunity... Read more →

IEEE YP Professional Development Series: Part 6 The Professional Development Series is a 10-part series of online seminars which aims at presenting and discussing career opportunities and pathways in the engineering profession, with presenters coming from a wide range of backgrounds across Canada and the world. In Part 6, Ana Laura Gonzalez Rios will go... Read more →

The FRDM-K64 board is a development board designed around the Kinetis K64 MCU. This IEEE Seneca workshop is intended to demonstrate some of the basic functionality of the ARM Mbed platform and to offer assistance with Seneca course content related to microcontrollers and embedded systems. Bring your code, design ideas, or technical problems and discuss... Read more →

Machine Learning is an indispensable part of data science, and there is no need to have a thorough programming background to benefit from it. Machine Learning (ML) and statistical techniques have provided a new era that enables us to convert the data into information and transform it into actionable knowledge. SciKit and TensorFlow are two... Read more →

*** This month's meeting will be held online via WebEx. Please contact Felix Fei at ([email protected]) if you would like to join.All members are invited to attend, please RVSP to let us know you would like to join.There is a 30min window to setup equipment and mingle. The meeting will start promptly at 7:00pm and... Read more →

Modern control and protection systems of smart grids rely on the estimation of frequency, amplitude and phase-angle of voltage/current signals. It is known that estimation of the parameters of such signals is crucial for seamless operation of electronically-coupled distributed generation (DG) systems and advanced measurement sensors such as phasor measurement units (PMUs). Moreover, many robust... Read more →

IEEE YP Professional Development Series: Part 7 The Professional Development Series is a 10-part series of online seminars which aims at presenting and discussing career opportunities and pathways in the engineering profession, with presenters coming from a wide range of backgrounds across Canada and the world. In Part 7, Michael Lalonde will discuss how one... Read more →

Dr Arslan has graciously offered to continue the discussion on 5G technologies. The topic is Flexible Radio Access Beyond 5G: A Future Projection. Abstract: Today's wireless services and systems have come a long way since the rollout of the conventional voice-centric cellular systems. The demand for wireless access in voice and multi-media applications has increased... Read more →

Energy efficiency, which has emerged as a top priority in cloud ecosystems, is the outcome of appropriate pricing mechanisms and resource allocations. Static pricing mechanisms are the most dominant approach among all the others. They are simple to implement for the service providers and easy to understand for the service users. Inaccurate price calculation and... Read more →

The number of devices requesting for wireless communications is growing exponentially. Network densification via the deployment of many base stations (BSs) of different types is one of the mechanisms that can be employed to satisfy the ever-increasing demand for bandwidth/capacity in wireless networks. However, deploying fiber to the small cells may be expensive and impractical... Read more →

With more and more enabling AI technologies applied to enhance machine capabilities, the machine will become increasingly autonomous. Autonomy has been singled out as a key component of the third offset strategy for military applications, which intends to deliver leap-ahead battlefield technologies that team up soldiers with autonomous systems to enhance military capabilities. However, humans... Read more →