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32nd IEEE CCECE – 2019 1

Conference Guide

Programme de la Conférence

Sutton Place Hotel

Edmonton, Canada



Contents

IEEE Canada President’s Welcome Message ........................................................................................... 4

IEEE CCECE Chair’s Welcome Message .................................................................................................... 5

Sponsor and Supporters .......................................................................................................................... 6

Floor plan ................................................................................................................................................. 7

Program at a Glance .............................................................................................................................. 8

Program at a Glance: Monday May 6th, 2019 .................................................................................... 9

Program at a Glance: Tuesday May 7th, 2019 ........................................................................................ 9

Organizing Committee Members .......................................................................................................... 10

Members of the Technical program committee ................................................................................... 12

General information .............................................................................................................................. 13

Conference Venue ................................................................................................................................. 14

Social Functions ..................................................................................................................................... 15

Keynote Presentations .......................................................................................................................... 16

Tutorials ................................................................................................................................................. 23

Industry Sessions – May 6th and 7th ....................................................................................................... 36

Humanitarian Technology Workshop – May 6th 10AM-5PM ............................................................... 39

Women in Engineering / Young Professionals Forum – May 6th ........................................................... 42

Canada Technology Leadership Forum – May 7th 1PM-5PM ............................................................... 43

Technical Program and Sessions............................................................................................................ 44


IEEE Canada President’s Welcome Message

CCECE 2019

Energizing the Future

Welcome to CCECE 2019 in Edmonton It gives me great pleasure to extend sincere greetings to all delegates and participants attending the 32nd IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE 2019) in Edmonton, Alberta. And ‘Welcome to Canada’ for those of you who have travelled from abroad.

CCECE, this IEEE Canada conference is, by design, broad and international in scope. It brings together researchers, designers, engineers, implementers, practitioners, educators, and students from different disciplines and a variety of backgrounds: from universities, institutes, industry, and government; and from a diversity of geographical locations. CCECE is a leading forum for the exchange of research ideas and results and knowledge sharing; the conference is a catalyst for the inception of

collaborative projects and partnerships; an opportunity to develop linkages to transform ideas, research outcomes and knowledge into innovation.

Energizing the Future

CCECE 2019 challenges all of us to innovate: to transform / commercialize / deploy research results and knowledge into products and services that truly “Energize the Future” in many sectors: communication, transportation, health, education, manufacturing, food/agriculture, construction and power, to name a few. The United Nations have expressed the changes needed for a better future for humanity in the Form of the ‘Sustainable Development Goals’ (SDGs) – 17 Goals to be met by 2030. The availability of clean, low-cost, plentiful, reliable electrical power for all plays a dominant role in attaining the ‘Sustainable Development Goals’. Innovation is one of the keys to achieving these goals; commitment is another. IEEE and its members are committed to “foster technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity”. Congratulations and Thank You

On behalf of IEEE Canada, IEEE Region 7, Congratulations and ‘Thank You’ to all participants, authors, sponsors, exhibitors and patrons for their contributions to this conference. ‘Thank You’ to all the volunteers: members of the conference organizing committees, the reviewers and, especially, all the student volunteers. Thank you for your commitment.

I wish you all a very successful and enjoyable conference in beautiful Edmonton. Maike Luiken, PhD, SMIEEE, FEIC IEEE Canada President, 2018-2019 IEEE Region 7 Delegate/Director, 2018-2019


IEEE CCECE Chair’s Welcome Message

Welcome to CCECE 2019!

On behalf of the Organizing Committee of the IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, we warmly welcome you to Edmonton, Alberta’s capital city.

This 32nd edition of CCECE is the second time that IEEE Canada has held its flagship

national conference in Edmonton. The 12th edition of the CCECE was held in

Edmonton in 1999, 20 years ago, and the local Section has ever since intended

to host it again. This year, our CCECE will feature more than 200 paper

presentations, mostly from Canada but also from several other countries. These

papers, together with half-day tutorials, four special sessions, two panels, four

plenary keynote talks, and two guest speakers, are a representation of the latest

technical developments of Electrical and Computer Engineering, covering theory,

applications, and future visions.

Our Conference theme for this year, “Energizing the Future”, reflects the current

Canadian landscape of mandating energy diversification and all technological

foundation required to make it a success. Our choice of keynote speakers will

address future paradigms that will shake the utility business in electricity and

telecommunications industries. These world leading experts are contributing to

make the 32nd CCECE a memorable experience.

The CCECE 2019 organizing committee is also running two Industry Forums, a

Technology Panel, and a Women in Engineering / Young Professionals Forum with

accomplished speakers and leaders. Another highlight is the Humanitarian Technology Forum, bringing in

strong alignment with UN goals and displaying advances in Education, First Nations engagement, renewable

energy, and Artificial Intelligence. All these activities are open to conference attendees at no extra charge.

The Women in Engineering / Young Professionals panel will explore the power of a diverse engineering

workforce as a driver of technological advancement, business excellence, financial performance and

innovation that tangibly improves the human experience.

On the financial side, the IEEE Canada, IEEE Northern Canada Section and the IEEE Southern Alberta Section are the

main supporters of the conference. We also gratefully acknowledge the generous financial support from our

all our sponsors: Telus, the University of Alberta ECE, the University of Calgary ECE and all the exhibitors.

Finally, we would like to acknowledge the tremendous voluntary efforts of the Organizing Committee

members and all other volunteers, including the volunteer students of our ECE Department who have

generously donated their time and expertise. We would also like to thank the chairs of the program committee

and the reviewers. We are also grateful to the plenary keynote speakers, tutorial instructors, and forum

panelists and we thank them for helping to make the conference a success. Authors and participants are also

key elements and we thank them too.

The Committee's goal has been to make the conference a real interesting event for all the attendees. We hope

that you will enjoy the technical and social programs that we prepared. Please take some time also to stroll

around Edmonton’s attractions and enjoy its beautiful, outdoorsy region.

Alexandre Nassif and Horacio Marquez General Chairs, CCECE 2019


Sponsor and Supporters

Platinum Sponsor: TELUS

Lunch Sponsors: The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department,

University of Alberta, and the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Calgary


Floor plan


Program at a Glance


Program at a Glance: Monday May 6th, 2019

Program at a Glance: Tuesday May 7th, 2019


Organizing Committee Members General Chairs

Alexandre Nassif, ATCO Electric

Horacio J. Marquez, University of Alberta

Technical Program Chairs

Ali Khajehoddin, University of Alberta

Masoud Ardakani, University of Alberta

Tutorials Chairs

Tongwen Chen, University of Alberta

Sanjay Kumar, ATCO Electric

Publications Chair

Gregory Kish, University of Alberta

Industry Chair

Ahsan Upal, Burns and McDonnell

Publicity Chair

Jeremy Sit, University of Alberta

Finance Chair

Thomas Jones, University of Alberta

Patronage & Exhibits Chairs

Jim Ellis

Mohamad Deera

Local Arrangements Chair

Aleksandar Pecuh, City of Edmonton

Volunteers Manager

Natalie Hilbrecht, ATCO Electric

WiE/YP Forum Chairs

Tessa Ryan, EPCOR

Anna Salim, ATCO Electric

Technology Panel Chair

Kexing Liu, OSC Committee Chair


Registration Chair

Cathie Lowell, CL Consulting

IEEE Canada Representatives

Raed Abdullah, CONAC Chair

Maike Luiken, President, IEEE Canada


Members of the Technical program committee

Bioengineering Mahdi Tavakoli, University of Alberta

Kourosh Zareinia, University of Calgary

Power & Energy Circuits and Systems

Yunwei (Ryan) Li, University of Alberta

Carl Wang, Altalink LP

Communications and Networks Hao Liang, University of Alberta

Lin Cai, University of Victoria

Devices, Circuits and Systems Kambiz Moez, University of Alberta

Leonid Belostotski, University of Calgary

Signal Theory & Signal Processing

Mirinal Mandal, University of Alberta

Khan Wahid, University of Saskatchewan

Computer & Software Techniques

Hamzeh Khazaei, University of Alberta

Co-Paul Bezemer, University of Alberta

Hadi Hemmati, University of Calgary

Controls & Robotics Qing Zhao, University of Alberta

Yang Shi, University of Victoria

Photonics and Plasmas Jason Myatt, University of Alberta

Andrew Longman, University of Alberta

Electromagnetics and Microwaves

Mojgan Daneshmand, University of Alberta

Nicola De Zanche, University of Alberta


General information

Registration time

Sunday May 5th 13:00 – 17:00

Monday May 6th 08:00 – 21:00

Tuesday May 7th 08:00 – 17:00

Wednesday May 8th 08:00 – 12:00

Webpage

https://ccece2019.org/

Name Badges, Lunch, Coffee Breaks

Name badges must be worn at all time for access to the sessions, lunches, coffee breaks and social

events. Badges will be color-coded according to what access each category of registration entitles

the bearer to. Additionally, the award gala dinner ticket will be handed out to registered

participants. These tickets must be presented for administration to the dinner room and social

events.

The conference registration includes the following:

- Breakfast on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday

- Lunch on Monday and Tuesday

- Dinner on Monday

Internet Access/Wi-Fi

Free internet access on site.

Conference Proceedings

Proceedings of the conference will be available on the website in electronic form (zipped file).

Speakers Presentations

The length of presentations is 15 minutes, including Q & A (12 minutes for the main presentation,

plus 3 minutes for Questions & Answers). Failure to present the paper will result in non-inclusion in

the IEEEXplore conference proceedings.

Conference speakers should submit their presentation in .ppt and/or .pdf format along with 2-3-

line bio to the session chair by minimum 15 minutes before the start of the session. All

presentations need be loaded on presentation laptops the day before the session takes place.

Speakers must be present in the room of their session minimum 15 minutes before the start of

their session.

On site emergency number

For assistance, please contact the hotel staff. For all life-threatening emergencies, dial 911.


Conference Venue

Sutton Place Hotel The 2019 CCECE venue will be the Sutton Place Hotel Edmonton located at 10235 – 101 Street

Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3E9. The Sutton Place Hotel Edmonton, situated in the heart of downtown

and immediately adjacent to the brand-new ICE District, combines the perfect location,

convenience, and modern renovated guest rooms all into one. Connected by an indoor pedway to

Edmonton City Centre Mall, major office towers, 400 stores, and the Light Rail Transit (LRT), the

hotel is an easy 10-minute walk to Rogers Place, the new home of the Edmonton Oilers, Shaw

Conference Centre, Sir Winston Churchill Square, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Art Gallery of Alberta,

and Winspear Centre for the Performing Arts.

Joining offices, condos, a public plaza, sports, entertainment, and shopping all into one location,

the state-of-the-art ICE District is one of North America’s most vibrant urban centres. The 313

newly renovated guest rooms range in size from spacious contemporary accommodations to the

luxurious two-storey Royal Suite and the premium corporate floors.


Social Functions

1. IEEE Canada Award Banquet is taking place in the main Ballrooom on Monday evening

2. Lunch will be served in the main Ballrooom on Monday and Tuesday

3. Breakfast will be served in the main Ballroom on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday

4. All coffee breaks are to be held at the foyer (morning and afternoon Monday and Tuesday)


Keynote Presentations

May 6 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Plenary – François Blouin, Director of Innovation, ATCO

Title: Energy in a changing world

A disruptive technology is one that displaces an established technology and shakes up the industry or a ground-breaking product that creates a completely new industry. The electricity sector stands to be significantly disrupted by a number of technologies and emerging business model. This will both create opportunities and pose challenges.

This presentation will focus on several key questions:

• What are the technologies and business models that may disrupt the electric utility industry? • What factors may alter the impact and timing? • What will be the best way to respond?

Bio:

François joined ATCO in April 2016 to lead the innovation practice in the Electricity Global business unit where his focus is on utility of the future business models, new disruptive products and services. Key priorities include electrification of transportation, net zero housing and communities, energy orchestration and data platforms. François received his Electrical Engineering degree from Laval University and has been engaged in the field of Information Communications Technology and Innovation for over 25 years including 17 years at Bell-Northern Research and Nortel where he co-authored a book entitled Essentials of Real-time Networking, and has authored more than 75 internal technical reports, customer consulting reports, and external conference papers.

François was Awarded “Prolific Inventor” for contributing to Nortel’s intellectual property with twenty combined patents and filings in the area of high-performance networking, wireless technologies, real-time system design, quality of experience (QoE) & user-centered design methodologies.

Prior to Joining ATCO, François was the Director of Corporate Architecture & Innovation at VIA Rail Canada, supporting executive management in strategy formulation and digital business-technology process improvements. François created and led VIA Rail innovation program, VIA innovation lab, leveraging ideation and experimentation to continually offer new, validated product fit to evolving customer needs.


May 6 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Keynote – NSERC, Flora Marguerite and Jamie Cousineau (Program Officers)

Title: NSERC Updates & How to Apply for a Discovery Grant

Abstract:

NSERC Staff will present NSERC Updates and Discovery Grants Competitions Results 2019. Afterwards, they will give an overview of the peer review process and advice will be given on how to prepare a Discovery Grant application. The workshop will cover topics such as Discovery Grants Evaluation Groups, criteria for evaluation and ratings, tips on how to prepare an application. NSERC staff will be on site the rest of the morning following the presentation to discuss and answer additional questions.

Biographies:

Flora Marguerite joined NSERC as a Program Officer in 2017. Flora was previously a Research Facilitator and facilitated several Tri-agency projects. She comes from the research administration and management world where she advised researchers on grants and contracts in Canada but also in France within several post-secondary institutions. She is currently working with the Engineering team for the Discovery Grants program.

Jamie Cousineau obtained her BASc in Nanotechnology Engineering and her MASc in Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo. In her time at NSERC, Jamie has worked with a variety of Discovery Grant programs, including the Subatomic Physics Evaluation Section and the Engineering Research Tools & Instruments program. Most recently, Jamie has been the Program Officer for the Electrical and Computer Evaluation Group for two and a half years.


May 6 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Lunch Keynote – Dr. Maureen Kolla, Senior Manager, Alberta Innovates

Presentation Title: Innovation in Alberta’s Electricity Sector

Abstract:

How we generate and use electricity is changing. Globally, we are seeing a shift from large

centralized generation to more distributed generation being produced by residential, commercial or

industrial consumers. The need for electricity will continue to increase as industries and consumers

use more digital and data-enabled technologies. These changes will fundamentally change how the

electricity system is used and will create opportunities for innovation. During my presentation, I will

highlight the work that Alberta Innovates is doing with our partners to advance the understanding of

how grid modernization technologies can be integrated into Alberta’s distribution system, what

impacts these technologies might have on the grid and the opportunities they create through the

deployment of pilot and demonstration projects.

Biography:

Maureen Kolla is Senior Manager of Renewable Energy within the Clean Energy Division of Alberta Innovates. She leads the Renewable and Alternative Energy program and is responsible for leading initiatives, developing partnerships, evaluating technologies, and managing projects ranging from applied research to technology demonstration. She works closely with industry, technology developers, government, and other stakeholders to advance clean energy technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and diversify Alberta’s economy. Maureen has a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alberta and received her M.Sc. and Ph.D. from Ryerson University. Maureen is an avid outdoor enthusiast and an accomplished skier,

hiker, and cyclist. When not working, you will often find her seeking adventure in the mountains.


May 7 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Opening Keynote – Prof. Nader Behdad, F’IEEE, University of Winsconsin

Title: Minimally-Invasive Microwave Ablation Antennas for Thermal Treatment of Cancer

Abstract:

Microwave ablation (MWA) employs an interstitial antenna to deliver microwave energy directly into the tumor and heat it to cytotoxic temperatures. This thermoablative approach to cancer treatment is a promising alternative to surgical resection. MWA avoids the high costs, invasiveness, prolonged use of general anesthesia and other risks, and long recovery times associated with surgery. In comparison to other thermal ablation technologies such as radiofrequency ablation, MWA achieves higher temperatures, larger ablation volumes, and shorter ablation times. The vast majority of prior MWA studies have made use of frequencies below 2.5 GHz, in part due to concerns that smaller penetration depths of electromagnetic waves at higher frequencies would preclude the creation of sufficiently large ablation zones. However, we have demonstrated that these concerns are not valid and higher microwave frequencies (e.g. 10 GHz) can indeed be used to perform efficient MWA. At higher frequencies, tissue heating can be performed more rapidly and smaller antennas can be used to perform ablation. In this talk, I will present the results of our investigations in the area of high-frequency MWA and discuss the potential clinical benefits of this approach. I will also present several new types of miniature interstitial antennas recently developed in out group, which can considerably reduce the invasiveness of microwave ablation as a potential treatment for cancer and offer capabilities such as directional heating or local sensing of the tissue properties that are not available from conventional MWA antenna designs.

Bio: Nader Behdad received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology (Tehran, Iran) in 2000 and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from University of Michigan – Ann Arbor in 2003 and 2006, respectively. Currently he is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Harvey D. Spangler Faculty Scholar in the College of Engineering of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. From 2009-2013 he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Wisconsin and from 2006 to 2008, he was as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of the University of Central Florida in Orlando, FL. Dr. Behdad’s research expertise is in the area of applied electromagnetics. In particular, his research

interests include electrically-small antennas, antenna arrays, antennas for biomedical applications, biomedical applications of RF/microwaves, periodic structures, frequency selective surfaces, passive high-power microwave devices, metamaterials, and biomimetics and biologically inspired systems in electromagnetics. Over the years, Dr. Behdad’s research has been sponsored by various U.S. Federal agencies including the U.S. Navy, Air Force, National Science Foundation, and the National Institute of Health.


Dr. Behdad is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and was named the Harvey D. Spangler Faculty Scholar by the College of Engineering (2016-2019) and the H. I. Romnes Faculty Fellow (2016-2021) by the Office of Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education (OVCRGE) of the University of Wisconsin. He is the recipient of the Vilas Associates Award from the OVCRGE of UW-Madison in 2016, the 2014 R. W. P. King Prize Paper Award, and the 2012 Piergiorgio L. E. Uslenghi Letters Prize Paper Award of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society. In 2011, he received the CAREER award from the U.S. National Science Foundation, the Young Investigator Award from the United States Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and the Young Investigator Award from the United States Office of Naval Research. Prior to 2009, he received five different fellowships and awards from the Office of Naval Research, the International Union of Radio Science (URSI), and the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor among others. His graduate students were the recipients of the 13 different awards/recognitions at the IEEE AP-S/URSI Symposium (2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015), USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting (2018), IEEE Pulsed Power & Plasma Science (2013), and the Antenna Applications Symposium (2008, 2010, 2011). Dr. Behdad served serving as the general co-chair of the 4th Arab-American Frontiers in Science, Engineering, and Medicine Symposium and served as an Associate Editor for IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters (2011-2015) and as the co-chair of the technical program committee of the 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting.


May 7 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Morning Plenary – Mr. Ravinder Shergill, Principal Technology Architect, Telus

Title: Cities of the future

Abstract:

The Network is the foundation for connecting People, Machines and Things. We are at the cusp of realization of mass IoT solutions exploiting 5G and fiber based connectivity. These, and the cloud, softwarization and virtualization concepts are primed for realization of the Smart Cities vision. While the mass adoption maybe a foregone conclusion, challenges remain ranging from the business models to the security and management of massive volumes of data.

This talk will explore the next-generation city infrastructure, and the role of the broadband network for the connectivity of IoT, underpinned by next-generation networks. It will look at how the network becomes the ‘distributed’ cloud, facilitating the next wave of services in the Smart Cities domains.

Bio:

Ravinder Shergill is the Principal Architect, responsible for Smart Cities Reference Architecture. With his deep, 30 year experience in networking, he helps set the strategy for next-generation architectures that promote industry ecosystem adoption, builds cross-segment synergies between different ‘tenants’ of the network.

He has served in a variety of lead roles at TELUS, including Software Defined Networking (SDN) Strategist, Converged Core Architect, Converged Edge Architect, IPv6 Enablement Program lead, CO Rationalization – defining the next generation topology in an all-Fiber and all-IP ‘application centric’ infrastructure.

As the Chief Architect, he is presently the technical prime for the Smart Cities Architecture and Strategy for TELUS. Having lead a highly converged architecture from the core of the network to the edge over the past decade+, now he’s rationalizing Smart Cities paradigm leveraging Cloud, IOT, 5G, Virtualization and Softwarization trends, paving the way for a Smarter future.


May 7 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Lunch Keynote – Prof. Raafat Mansour, F’IEEE

Dr. Raafat Mansour (IEEE Fellow) is a Professor of Electrical and

Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo and holds Tier 1 -

Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Micro-Nano Integrated RF Systems since

2010. He held an NSERC Industrial Research Chair (IRC) for two terms

(2001-2005) and (2006-2010). Prior to joining the University of Waterloo

in January 2000, Dr. Mansour was with COM DEV Cambridge, Ontario,

over the period 1986-1999, where he held various technical and

management positions in COM DEV’s Corporate R&D Department.

Professor Mansour holds 37 US and Canadian patents and more than 380

refereed publications to his credit. He is a co-author of a 23-chapter Book

published by Wiley and has contributed 6 chapters to four other books.

Since joining the University of Waterloo in 2000, Professor Mansour has graduated 35 Ph.D., 31

M.Sc. students and trained 14 Postdoctoral Fellows. His students hold key positions in academia and

industry, including 5 holding faculty positions. Professor Mansour founded the Centre for Integrated

RF Engineering (CIRFE) at the University of Waterloo https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-integrated-rf-

engineering/. It houses a clean room and a state-of-the-art RF test and characterization laboratory.

Professor Mansour has acted as a catalyst for ideas inspiring the next generation of Waterloo

entrepreneurs to bring their work to market. Out of research carried out in his research Lab at the

University of Waterloo, Professor Mansour and his graduate students jointly co-founded two

companies: AdHawk Microsystem http://www.adhawkmicrosystems.com/ and Integrated Circuit

Scanning Probe Instruments (ICSPI-Corp) https://www.icspicorp.com/.

Professor Mansour is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE), a Fellow of the

Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC). He was the recipient of the 2014 Professional Engineers

Ontario (PEO) Engineering Medal for Research and Development.

https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-integrated-rf-engineering/

https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-integrated-rf-engineering/

http://www.adhawkmicrosystems.com/

https://www.icspicorp.com/


Tutorials

Design Methodology and Circuit Techniques for Any-Load Stable LDO Regulators with Instant Load Control

Presenter: Igor Filanovsky

Room: Emily Murphy Suite

Date and Time: Sunday, May 5th, 1:00 PM Description

Modern LDO regulators should have the following characteristics: any load stable, nearly instant

transient response, large power supply rejection ratio and low noise. The LDOs satisfying these

characteristics should be built using two-loop architecture, the loop transfer function should be of

the second order, the buffer output impedance should be strongly reduced, and the pass transistor

should also have a local feedback for reduction of the output impedance.

The tutorial starts by reviewing the LDOs subcircuits which contribute to improvement of the

performance parameters. After that a thorough consideration is given to the LDO circuits which

include the above-mentioned features. The circuit techniques demonstrated during this course is

proven in design of industrial LDOs.

Bio:

Igor M. Filanovsky is currently a Professor Emeritus at the Department

of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alberta,

Edmonton, Canada. His research interests include network analysis and

synthesis, oscillation theory and applied microelectronics. Dr. I.M.

Filanovsky published more than 200 papers on these topics in the IEEE

Transactions and Conference proceedings. In addition, he is a co-author

of three books: Operational Amplifier Speed and Accuracy Improvement,

Kluwer, 2004, Analysis and Design of Quadrature Oscillators, Springer,

2008, and Quadrature RC-Oscillators, Springer, 2019. Dr. I.M. Filanovsky

has served two terms as an Associated Editor for IEEE Transactions on

Circuits and Systems Part 1. He is currently an Associated Editor of the

International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications.


Apocalypse or Utopia?: Building engineering capacity to maximize the positive impacts of technology

Presenter: Mark Abbott and Arlene Williams

Room: Rundle Suite

Date and Time: Sunday, May 5, 1:00 PM

The Facebook-Cambridge Analytical scandal, nanoparticle impacts, CRISPR babies -- issues

highlighting the negative consequences of technology are all over the news. Technologies have the

promise to address key issues and create a better future, yet new developments often amplify

inequities and create new kinds of risk. What does this mean for how to move forward?

Technological Stewardship is a new concept intended to focus attention on this issue -- and start to

address it. The many examples of our struggles to deal with issues connected to specific technologies

points to a crucial need to build the broad capacity of all key actors in technological development to

maximize the positive impacts of technology.

Through this interactive workshop, you will learn about Technological Stewardship and develop your

ability to ensure technology makes the world a better place for all. After learning more about

Technological Stewardship, you will engage in reflective activities that will help you envision how the

positive impacts of technology can be realized, and be supported in taking meaningful action.

You will leave this 4-hour tutorial with an enhanced understanding of technology and Technological

Stewardship, as well as concrete next steps on how to move forward to ensure the technology is

beneficial to all.

Bios:

Mark Abbott, P.Eng., MBA currently serves as the Executive Director of the Engineering Change Lab, which serves as a catalyst for evolving the engineering community to reach its full potential as stewards of technology for the benefit of humanity. Over the past 4 years, over 80 organizations and 200+ individual leaders (CEOs, VPs, Deans, Directors) have collaborated using the Lab’s platform, advancing understanding and action to evolve engineering. Previously, Mark served as a member of the Executive Team at Engineers

Without Borders for several years. Before that, Mark spent fourteen years working for a heavy industrial consulting engineering firm based in Vancouver. Mark and his wife Colette live in Toronto with their 4.5-year-old Felix and 2-year-old Stella.


Arlene Williams, MA, is the Director of Strategic Communications and Engagement for the Engineering Change Lab, a social change lab working to catalyze culture change in the engineering community in Canada and help ensure technology is beneficial for all. She has over 20 years of experience working in the education sector, and brings a strong background in strategic action, communications, and learning facilitation. She believes that good intentions, honest conversations and vulnerability are crucial to making progress and to living a good life. Also, red wine, chocolate and poetry. She holds an undergraduate degree in English from the University of Alberta and a

Master’s degree in Communication and Culture from York University/Ryerson University, is a certified leadership coach, and thinks work is fun.

Advanced Alarm Management Techniques

Presenter: Wenkai Hu, Fan Yang, Bhushan Gopaluni, Tongwen Chen, and Sirish L. Shah

Room: Rowand Suite


Alarm systems are indispensable assets in modern industrial facilities to ensure process safety.

Development of industrial distributed control systems (DCS) and availability of software alarms

have made it easy to add alarms at no costs. This has caused a substantial increase in the number

of configured alarms. Consequently, plant operators receive far more alarms than they can handle,

and are often overwhelmed by massive number of nuisance alarms that could often mask more

serious situations, such as alarm floods. Therefore, it is of great demand to develop advanced

alarm management techniques to address existing issues and improve the performance of

industrial alarm systems.

The objective of this workshop is to introduce participants to ideas and solutions for improved

alarm management based on seamless integration of information from process and alarm

databases complemented with process connectivity information. Process-data based alarm

system design aims at obtaining optimal alarm parameters for filters, deadbands, delay timers, and

alarm limits, based on evaluation metrics, including the false alarm rate, missed alarm rate, and

alarm detection delay. The advanced alarm analytics detect nuisance alarms and discover hidden

patterns from alarm and event historian using statistical learning and data mining approaches.

Historical datasets combined with process topology information make it possible to capture

propagation paths of abnormalities and thus can help with root cause analysis.

The focus of this workshop is to present recent advances and new techniques of industrial alarm

management. The emphasis in this workshop will be on how to conduct advanced data analytics to

understand data and extract useful information that should help in designing alarm systems,

finding out problems, and discovering hidden patterns. Interesting topics covered in this workshop

include correlated alarms, alarm floods, alarm system design, causality inference, root cause

analysis, and visualization.


Bios:

Tongwen Chen is presently a Professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in

Intelligent Monitoring and Control in the Department of Electrical and

Computer Engineering at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. He

received the B.Eng. degree in Automation and Instrumentation from Tsinghua

University (Beijing) in 1984, and the M.A.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical

Engineering from the University of Toronto in 1988 and 1991, respectively. His

research interests include computer and network-based control systems,

process safety and alarm systems, and their applications to the process and

power industries. He has served as an Associate Editor for several

international journals, including IEEE Transactions on Automatic

Control and Automatica. He is a Fellow of IEEE, IFAC, as well as the Canadian Academy of

Engineering.

Sirish L. Shah has been with the University of Alberta since 1978, where he

held the NSERC-Matrikon-Suncor-iCORE Senior Industrial Research Chair in

Computer Process Control from 2000 to 2012. He is the recipient of the

Albright & Wilson Americas Award of the Canadian Society for Chemical

Engineering (CSChE) in 1989, the Killam Professor in 2003, the D.G. Fisher

Award of the CSChE for significant contributions in the field of systems and

control, the ASTECH award in 2011 and the 2015-IEEE Transition to Practice

award. The main areas of his current research are process and performance

monitoring, analysis and rationalization of alarm systems. He has co-authored three books, the first

titled, Performance Assessment of Control Loops: Theory and Applications, a second titled Diagnosis

of Process Nonlinearities and Valve Stiction: Data Driven Approaches, and a more recent monograph

on Capturing Connectivity and Causality in Complex Industrial Processes. He is Emeritus Professor at

the University of Alberta, a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering and the Chemical

Institute of Canada.

Wenkai Hu received the B.Eng. and M.Sc. degrees in power and mechanical

engineering from Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China, in 2010 and 2012,

respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering

from the University of Alberta in 2016. He worked as a Post-Doctoral Fellow

from Oct. 2016 to Sep. 2018, and a Research Associate from Nov. 2018 to

Feb. 2019 at the University of Alberta. He is currently a Professor with China

University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China. He is supported by the CUG 100-

Talents Program. His research interests include advanced alarm monitoring,

process data analytics, and data mining for complex industrial processes.


Fan Yang received the B.Eng. degree in Automation and the Ph.D. degree in Control Science and Engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2002 and 2008, respectively. After working as a Postdoctoral Fellow with Tsinghua University and the University of Alberta, he joined the Department of Automation, Tsinghua University in 2011, where he is currently an Associate Professor. His research interests include topology modeling of large-scale processes, abnormal events monitoring, process hazard analysis, and smart alarm management. He was a recipient of the Young Research Paper Award from the IEEE Control Systems Society Beijing Chapter in 2006, the Outstanding Graduate Award from Tsinghua University in 2008, the Science and Technology Progress Award from the Chinese

Association of Automation in 2018, and the Teaching Achievement Awards from Tsinghua University in 2012, 2014, and, 2016 and from the Chinese Association of Automation in 2016.

Bhushan Gopaluni is a Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and an Associate Dean for Education and Professional Development in the Faculty of Applied Science at the University of British Columbia. He is also an associate faculty in the Institute of Applied Mathematics, the Institute for Computing, Information and Cognitive Systems, Pulp and Paper Center and the Clean Energy Research Center. He was the Elizabeth and Leslie Gould Teaching Professor from 2014 to 2017. He is currently an associate editor for Journal of Process Control, the Journal of Franklin Institute and a guest editor for Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Alberta in 2003 and a Bachelor of Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras in 1997 both in the field of chemical engineering. From

2003 to 2005 he worked as an engineering consultant at Matrikon Inc. (now Honeywell Process Solutions) during which he designed and commissioned multivariable controllers in British Columbia’s pulp and paper industry, and implemented numerous controller performance monitoring projects in the Oil & Gas and other chemical industries. He is the recipient of several awards that include Province of Alberta Graduate Fellowship, Captain Thomas Farell Graduate Memorial Scholarship from the University of Alberta and the prestigious Killam Teaching Prize and the Dean’s service medal from the University of British Columbia.


Engineering Education: Towards New Personalized Education Involving Digital Twins

Presenter: Witold Kinsner

Room: Northcote Room


This workshop deals with the need for a new educational system to match the exponential growth

of new knowledge, as well as the disruptive change in the job market and the concept of a job. We

have been using the Prussian classroom since 1770 after the first industrial revolution. The

revolution accelerated the demand for new replaceable workers on assembly lines and in

maintenance. A body of knowledge (BoK) was first developed to fit all students in their education.

This one-fits-all (1FA) model of education is still being used in our educational curricula.

Although this 1FA model has been improving due to successive industrial revolutions, continuous

developments in computing, machine learning, and automation have introduced new and even

unexpected conditions. Jobs that require repetitious operations have already been taken over by

robots. More complicated jobs like driving vehicles are being replaced by self-driving machines. Jobs

dedicated to data analytics are being taken over by new classes of computing. As a result, one job

for a lifetime is becoming more of a dream. In fact, many young professionals (YP) will have three to

ten jobs in their lifetimes.

In the past, knowledge doubling occurred over several lifetimes, but is now doubling in few years or

even months. Thus, teaching one curriculum to be used in a single lifetime is no longer appropriate.

How can the educational system change from the old one-fits-all to an agile one-fits-one (1F1)

approach? The system will have to be personalized, adaptive predictive, and continuous inorder to

match the diversity of individual abilities, styles of learning, and the current gaps in knowledge. It

should be implemented with new concepts and tools. We envisage that the new personalized

system of education should be sufficiently agile and interactive so that it could be evolving in its

symbiosis with humans. For that to happen, we must coexist with symbiotic autonomous cognitive

systems, specifically involving digital twins [Kins019], [DKFK018]. Schools, colleges and universities

will have to change fundamentally. Some of the changes are already happening, others are

developing. For example, the role of experience in education has been growing in importance. The

final-year capstone projects have been in place for a number of years now. Experiential learning is

being developed at different levels. However, the experience of seasoned professionals (SP) is not

transferred to the educational system yet. This body of experience (BoX) should augment the BoK

and be used in closing the educational loop. Another fundamental advancement must occur in the

outreach to the next generation of scientists, technologists, engineers, artists, and mathematicians

(STEAM) in high-schools, primary schools and pre-schools. This outreach must also evolve from

direct contacts with students to indirect impact through teachers.

This workshop also demonstrates one of such tools: teaching teachers how to develop, implement,

and test a tiny smart robot. This example focuses on how to teach the concepts, while enjoying the

experiential learning.


Bio:

Witold Kinsner is Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer

Engineering, University of Manitoba (UofM), Winnipeg, Canada, and Director

of the Cognitive Systems Group. He was a co-founder of the first

Microelectronics Centre in Canada and was its Director of Research from

1979 to 1987. He is a Co-founding Member of the International Institute of

Cognitive Informatics and Cognitive Computing (ICIC), Calgary, and the

Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA). Since 1971, he has been

very active at all the IEEE levels, including IEEE International, Region 7 (IEEE

Canada), Society, Council, Section, Chapter, and Student Branch. He has organized many

conferences and has been on numerous editorial boards of journals and magazines. He is a member

of 10 IEEE Societies and many committees. In 2013, Dr Kinsner was elected IEEE Canada President

Elect 2014-15 and IEEE R7 Director/Delegate Elect 2014-15. He was IEEE Canada President 2016-17

and IEEE R7 Director/Delegate 2016-17, and he is now Past President 2018-2019. In 2017, he was

elected IEEE Vice President of the IEEE Educational Activities for 2018 and was re-elected for 2019.

His current research focuses on entropy-based mono-scale, multi-scale, and poly-scale complexity

metrics for cognitive systems. He has been involved in research on robust algorithms and

software/hardware computing engines for real-time multimedia, using wavelets, fractals, chaos,

emergent computation, genetic algorithms, rough sets, fuzzy logic, higher-order statistics, neural

networks, and deep learning. He has authored and coauthored over 780 publications in the above

research areas, as well as supervised over 76 Master’s and Doctorate graduate students, over 210

undergraduate final-year thesis/capstone project students and mentored over 35 summer research

students. He has received a number of awards. Since 2010, he has been the University Advisor for

the Canadian Satellite Design Challenge (CSDC) University of Manitoba team consisting of over 100

students from 16 departments and 50 advisors from the academic, aerospace, industrial, business,

and military sectors. In 2018, the fourth implementation of the University of Manitoba Space

Applications and Technology Society (UMSATS)s satellite, TSat4, has won the CSDC competition.


IEEE Standards Association

Presenter: Lloyd Green

Room: Winterland Suite

Date and Time: Sunday, May 5, 1:00 PM Tutorial Summary

1. Overview of the IEEE and the IEEE-SA 2. Description of the engagement processes for industry with IEEE 3. Examples of IEEE standards activities 4. New emerging technology area of focus for the IEEE and the role IEEE plays. Technologies

include IoT, Blockchain and autonomous and intelligent systems 5. Overview of the Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and Intelligent systems 6. Example of how standards are put into practice

Brief Description of the materials

The tutorial will cover three main areas – The first will discuss the IEEE and its role in industry. The different engagement models will be presented and discussed. The second area will focus IEEE’s work in Autonomous and Intelligent systems and the ethical considerations of such work. The last area will provide a case study of how standards are at work advancing technology for humanity.

The tutorial is expected to last 2.5 to 3 hours and will be delivered by Lloyd Green. The format will be slides presented via a projection device. If applicable, the slides will be made available in PDF to participants requiring a copy of the presentations.

Bio:

Lloyd Green is the Strategic Market Engagement and Operations Director. In this role Lloyd is responsible for managing strategic industry-orientated partnerships, while developing engaging approaches to foster industry participation in long-term standardization initiatives. Previously, Lloyd was Director of Engagement Marketing and Creative Community Services for the IEEE responsible for defining, delivering and evangelizing IEEE-SA digital and marketing services to drive growth, innovation, and brand recognition. He brings a wealth of technology related experience in the areas of strategic partnerships, marketing, corporate communications, market intelligence, business development and product marketing.

Lloyd has been a frequent speaker for the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) on emerging technologies including IoT and MEMS/Wearables. Previously, Lloyd was Director of Marketing and Customer Support at Juniper Networks where he was responsible for Juniper’s line of highly accurate end-to-end timing and synchronization solutions, which addressed the mobile backhaul and femtocell market. Prior to Juniper Networks, Lloyd held technical, marketing and business development roles at Altamar Networks, Network Equipment Technologies (N.E.T) and British Telecom International (BTI). Lloyd holds a B.S. in Telecommunications from the South East London Technical College.

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Space Radiation Effects and CubeSat: Environment, Effects, Design, Analysis, and Test Techniques

Presenter: David Hiemstra and Li Chen

Room: Winterlake Suite

Date and Time: Wednesday, May 8, 8:30 AM The tutorial will include the following items:

1) Overview of the space and terrestrial radiation environment

2) Describe the radiation effects observed in semiconductor devices

3) Provide examples of radiation effects on complex microcircuits

4) Describe modeling techniques for single event effects

5) Describe examples and results of radiation hardened by design techniques

6) Review of radiation effects test techniques

7) An overview of Canadian facilities available for radiation effects testing

The tutorial will be divided into 3 parts, the first part will introduce the space and terrestrial radiation environment, and the radiation effects in semiconductor devices. Some examples will be presented to the audience about radiation effects on complex microcircuits. The first part will be delivered by Mr. David Hiemstra, who has extensive industrial experiences in this area. The second part will discuss the approaches to model the radiation effects and some mitigation approaches. This part will be delivered by Dr. Chen. The last part will cover the radiation test techniques and overview of test facilities in Canada. This will include proton/neutron radiation facility in TRIUMF and the pulsed laser facility at University of Saskatchewan. This part will be introduced together by Mr. Hiemstra and Chen. The tutorial will take 3 hours, and will be delivered through power point slides, about 150 slides. The slides will be printed out and handed to the audience before the tutorial.

Bios:

David Hiemstra, Senior Staff Engineer, Macdonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) Co., Brampton, ON, Canada

David received his B. Eng. & Mgt. (1984) and M. Eng. (1993) degrees in Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, respectively from McMaster University. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE. David joined MacDonald, Dettwiler & Associates (MDA), formally Spar Aerospace, in 1984, where he is a Senior Staff Engineer. He is involved in radiation effects and embedded avionics hardening for space, nuclear, and military applications, systems engineering, advanced infrared and visible focal plane array technology, analog circuit design, and electromagnetic compatibility. His current area of

research is Single Event Effects in commercial off-the-shelf, system on a chip, microelectronics.

David has taught space radiation effects on embedded avionics at York University and aerospace firms. He coordinated radiation effects test programs at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies, University of Waterloo, and York University. He is currently collaborating with the


University of Saskatchewan on the study of single event effects in programmable devices for space instrumentation.

David has been active with IEEE and NSREC, serving as Member-at-Large Radiation Effects Steering Group (2000-2003), Awards Committee (2002, 2005), Devices and Integrated Circuits Session Chairman (2000), Radiation Effects Data Workshop Chairman (2006), Local Arrangements Chairman (2009), voting member IEEE NPSS AdCom Radiation Effects (2013-2017) and as a reviewer on an ongoing basis. He has presented papers at every Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference (NSREC) since 1995. David prepares a Guide to the Radiation Effects Data Workshop each year. The guide is available on the NSREC website. He has authored/co-authored more than 50 papers on radiation effects.

David is a Senior Member of IEEE, he is currently the technical lead for EXOMARS Actuator Drive Electronics and radiation effects consultant to Canadian Aerospace firms.

Li Chen, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.

Li Chen received the B.S degree from Tianjin University, Tianjin, China in 1991, and M.Eng and Ph.D. degree from University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada in 2000 and 2004, respectively. Dr. Chen has been the faculty member of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Saskatchewan since 2006, where he is endowed with the Barbhold Chair Professor in Information Technology. He was promoted to Associate Professor and Professor in 2011 and 2016, respectively. His research interests are in radiation- and fault-tolerant microelectronics, and low-power microelectronics. He has more than 100 publications in referred

journals and conferences proceedings, and received the best paper award in 2015 IEEE Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects conference (NSREC). His research has been supported by a wide scope of funding agencies and industry, such as NSREC, CFI, NASA, ESA, Cisco, MDA, Microsemi, etc.

Prof. Chen and his research group have extensively studied radiation effects in digital and analog/mixed-signal integrated circuits for space and commercial ground-level applications, and have introduced cost-effective and novel mitigation techniques. The circuits include flip-flops, SRAMs, ARM and LEON microprocessors, Altera and Xilinx FGPAs, DC-DC converters, bandgap references, phase-locked loops, etc. His research group was the first one who extensively studied the radiation effects in 28nm FDSOI and bulk CMOS technologies. He has established a radiation effect research laboratory which includes a fento-second pulsed laser facility, alpha source, Co-60 sources, space-simulation chamber, and various simulation tools.

Dr. Chen has given tutorial sessions on radiation effects and mitigation techniques for several workshops. He delivered tutorial sessions on radiation effects at CIAE 2014, Shanghai 2015, CCECE2015, and Chengdu 2016 respectively. He also was invited to give talks about radiation effect by various institutions, such as ESA, Cisco Canada, and CMC Microsystems.


Microgrids Control and Power Quality Improvement

Presenters: Yunwei (Ryan) Li and Farzam Nejabatkhah

Room: Rowand Suite

Date and Time: Wednesday, May 8, 8:30 AM

Today, conventional power systems are evolving into modern smart grids, where interconnected microgrids may dominate the distribution system with high penetration of renewable energies and storage elements. The hybrid AC/DC systems with DC and AC sources/loads are considered to be the most likely future distribution or even transmission structures. In such hybrid AC/DC microgrids, power quality control is one of the most critical operation aspects, and the high penetration level of power electronics interfacing converters creates great potential to control the power quality.

This tutorial focuses on the power quality control in hybrid AC/DC microgrids. It includes both converter level control design and system level management and coordination. It will cover four main topics: i) overview of hybrid AC/DC microgrids; ii) power management strategies and grid support control in hybrid microgrids; iii) control strategies for single-phase and three-phase interfacing converters to compensate for the unbalanced voltage in hybrid AC/DC microgrids; and iv) harmonic compensation in hybrid microgrids.

The tutorial will be suitable for engineers and researchers who are working on microgrids and grid interfacing converters, as well as those who wants to learn more about smart converters controls and hybrid AC/DC microgrids operations.

Bios:

Yunwei (Ryan) Li: received the Ph.D. degree from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in 2006. In 2005, Dr. Li was a Visiting Scholar with Aalborg University, Denmark. From 2006 to 2007, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Ryerson University, Canada. In 2007, he also worked at Rockwell Automation Canada before he joined University of Alberta, Canada in the same year. Since then, Dr. Li has been with University of Alberta, where he is a Professor now. His research interests include distributed generation, microgrid, renewable energy, high power converters and electric motor drives.

Dr. Li serves as Editor in Chief for IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics Letters. Prior to that, he was Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, and IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics. Dr. Li received the Richard M. Bass Outstanding Young Power Electronics Engineer Award from IEEE Power Electronics Society in 2013. He received three prize paper awards from technical journals and conferences in the past 5 years.

Dr. Li is among the first few researchers on microgrid work in early 2000, and his research on microgrid, power quality control, and virtual impedance control has led to over 100 IEEE Transaction papers. His work is well cited with over 10000 citations (google scholar).


Farzam Nejabatkhah (S’09-M’2017) received the B.Sc. (Hons.) and M.Sc. (Hons.) degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran, in 2009 and 2011, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, in 2017. Since then, he has been a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Alberta, Canada. Also, since January 2019, he is a sessional instructor at the University of Alberta. His research interests include hybrid AC/DC microgrids, smart grids, power quality, renewable generations and energy storages, and power converter topologies and control.

Dr. Nejabatkhah received the Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarship for three years from 2014 to 2017 from Alberta Government & University of Alberta, and the Most Cited Paper Award in 2016 from MPCE journal. He is a reviewer of several IEEE Transactions and conferences and awarded the Best Reviewer Award of IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid in 2016. Since 2019, he serves as a committee member of the Awards and Recognition Committee (ARC) of IEEE Northern Canada Section and the ARC of IEEE Canada.

Dr. Nejabatkhah has worked on microgrids, power quality control, and interfacing power electronic converters for more than eight years, and he has published his research results in 25 IEEE Transaction journals and international conferences.


WECC/NERC Generator performance testing and modeling, mod 25, 26, 27 compliances

Presenter: Ali Moshref, PhD, P.Eng., SMIEEE, PES Distinguished lecturer, BBA Engineering, Vancouver, BC


Date and Time: Wednesday, May 8, 8:30 AM

WECC/NERC MOD25-27 and PRC19 & 24 Compliances

This tutorial covers five Reliability Standards, namely MOD-025-2—Verification and Data Reporting of Generator Real and Reactive Power Capability and Synchronous Condenser Reactive Power Capability; MOD-026-1—Verification of Models and Data for Generator Excitation Control System or Plant Volt/Var Control Functions; MOD-027-1—Verification of Models and Data for Turbine/Governor and Load Control or Active Power/Frequency Control Functions; PRC-019-1—Coordination of Generating Unit or Plant Capabilities, Voltage Regulating Controls, and Protection; and PRC-024-1—Generator Frequency and Voltage Protective Relay Settings. The requirements and field testing and model development are covered. Engineers involved in Compliance, field testing and model validation should find the tutorial of interest.

Bio:

Ali Moshref received his PhD degree in electrical engineering from McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1983. He has over 35 years of experience in consulting, research, and software development. Ali served power system industry in the following positions: Cofounder and Director System Engineering, CYME International T&D; Manager, Power System Studies, Powertech Labs Inc.; Senior Director, Transmission West Region, Quanta Technology. He is currently Principal Engineer, Power Systems and Testing, at BBA Inc., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. His technical activities

include power system planning and operation, development of operating guidelines, and computer applications in power system analysis. He has performed numerous review /studies related to NERC compliances including PRCs and MODs.


Industry Sessions – May 6th and 7th

May 6th 10AM-12PM – Role of Automation and AI in Canadian Industry

Room: Main Ballroom

Chair: François Blouin, Director of Innovation, ATCO

Synopsis – Our world is becoming more automated due to key developments in technology and computing. Converging the world of information and the world of operation simply by bringing together energy, automation, and software to get a greater level of efficiency and reliability. Hear industry experts talk about some of the latest developments to show real life applications.

• Opening Remarks (10 min)

Ahsan Upal – IEEE Industry Chair and Regional Manager with Burns & McDonnell

• Applied AI in Healthcare (20 min)

Parisa Naraei – Manager of Data Science, Canadian institute for Health Information (CIHI)

• Innovating to Deliver Value for Utilities (30 min)

Ahsan Upal, Regional Manager with Burns & McDonnell

• Q/A Panel Discussion (15 min)

May 7th 10AM-12PM – Innovation in the Energy Sector

Room: Main Ballroom

Chair: Ahsan Upal

Synopsis – Innovation is abound in the energy sector as it goes through a major transformation driven by technology, process efficiencies and greater environmental mandates. This has had major implications for Canada’s energy industry as it adjusts to these new realities. Our presenters will speak about what innovative solutions their companies are implementing to help the Canadian industry make the shift.

• Opening Remarks (10 min)

Ahsan Upal – IEEE Industry Chair and Regional Manager with Burns & McDonnell

• Applying AI Techniques for Asset Performance Management in Utilities (30 min)

Kaliyur Sridharan – Senior Director, Growth Programs with Schneider Electric

• Microgrids: Design, Applications and Operation (30 min)

Omid Alizadah, Principal Consultant, Quanta Technology

• Q/A Panel Discussion (20 min)


Biographies

Ahsan Upal, P.Eng. PMP

IEEE Industry Chair and Regional Manager of Business Development, Burns & McDonnell

Ahsan is the national business development leader with Burns & McDonnell, an EPC engineering firm specializing in all aspects of power generation, transmission and distribution, storage and renewables with 50 offices globally including in Calgary and Toronto.

Ahsan has 19 years of experience in Canada/US in engineering and projects leadership roles with an electrical transformer manufacturer, major electric and oil/gas pipeline utilities and consulting firms executing major infrastructure projects in power, pipelines and utility telecommunication networks. Ahsan is an electrical system engineer and is the national chair of Industry at IEEE Canada. Ahsan is an active

member of the Canadian Electricity Association, Ontario and Calgary Chambers and he writes and speaks on emerging trends in the energy sector.

Parisa Naraei, Ph.D.

Manager of Data Science, Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)

Dr. Parisa Naraei is a PhD in computer science with excellent expertise in cognitive science and their applications in healthcare. She is currently the manager of data science in Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) and a faculty member in the department of cloud computing for big data in Lambton college in Toronto.

In CIHI, she is driving emerging digital, AI & cloud tech in the healthcare industry and with over 250 citations of her books, journal and conference papers, Dr.Naraei has been a great contributor to the state of the art field of Artificial intelligence, information security and

cognitive science.

Dr. Naraei has been the leader of “neural networks in Python” project in IBM and recently she is inspired by writing dialogues that make chatbots and healthcare NLP products helpful, natural and persuasive when they talk to customers.


Kaliyur Sridharan, Senior Director

Growth Programs Schneider Electric Canada

Kaliyur Sridharan serves as the Senior Director – Growth Programs at Schneider Electric. He is a senior industry professional with deep insights to strategically plan, direct, and convert company products and solutions portfolio into rapid commercialization for global adoption in Utility and Industrial Automation segment. Kaliyur has undergraduate degrees in physics and electrical engineering and a graduate degree in Process Control and Instrumentation. He is a certified six-sigma green belt and a registered professional engineer.

Omid Alizadah, PhD

Power & Energy Society Toronto Chair and Principal Consultant, Quanta Technology

Omid is a Principal Consultant with Quanta Technology. Quanta Technology is an expertise-based, independent technical consulting and advisory services company specializing in the electric power and energy industries. Quanta Technology helps electric utilities by providing practical solutions to their most complex transmission and distribution challenges.

Omid specializes in power systems studies, integration of distributed energy resources, and application of emerging technologies. Prior to joining Quanta Technology, he was a Research Fellow at the Centre for Urban Energy in Ryerson University. In recent years, Omid has been

involved in several utility projects focusing on microgrids, utility-scale energy storage integration, system impact studies of distributed energy resources, real-time testing of P&C equipment, and advanced distribution protection and automation design and evaluation. Omid is currently serving as the chair of IEEE Toronto’s Power and Energy Chapter.


Humanitarian Technology Workshop – May 6th 10AM-5PM

Room: Rutherford Room

A full-day workshop is being held under the Humanitarian Activities Committee’s auspices. It will contain four panels addressing the following United Nations goals:

Goal 4: Quality education

Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy

Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

Goal 13: Climate action

Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals

Panel #1: Education inclusion (10am-11:40am).

Chair: Rossitza Marinova

Panelists:

- Prof. Witold Kinsner, Educational Activities Board, IEEE

- Prof. Rossitza Marinova, Educator, Concordia University of Edmonton

- Bob Gill, Educator, BCIT

- Tessa Ryan, Ph.D. Candidate and Engineer-In-Training, EPCOR, Edmonton

- Prof. Fuhua (Oscar) Lin, Educator, Athabasca University

- Ravinder Shergill, Industry, TELUS

The "Education Inclusion" panel is a joint initiative of IEEE Region 7 Educational Activities Committee and Humanitarian Activities Committee. The panel objectives are to present and discuss different visions of education - from the points of view of employers, learners, and educators. The panel also covers the humanitarian aspect of education.

Industries seek to hire individuals with specific skills. Employers frequently work with educational institutions to assist students in obtaining necessary knowledge and skills for being successful in their work. Employers can benefit if educational institutions can assist their employees with certification and professional development.

The viewpoint of students is also important. Young professionals face challenges in being prepared for the right jobs. Employers and educators want them to be successful in their career. This can let them advance technology for the benefit of humanity. Hence, they need education that helps them acquire the skills employers demand.

What is the right education that can equip individuals with skills and knowledge to build the future with confidence? What will the future bring so that everyone could adapt to it? The panelists will try to share their vision and answer some questions the audience may have.

Panelists intend to present and discuss innovative teaching and learning approaches, including the best online learning environments and the next generation of pedagogy for online and blended higher education.


Panel #2: Mission Critical Communities and Clean Energy Adoption (1pm-2:00pm).

Chair: Ahsan Upal

Panelists:

- Ryan Anderson, Project Manager, Isolated Renewables, ATCO Electric

- Dr. Alexandre Nassif, Specialist Engineer, ATCO Electric

- Matthew Wright, Senior Engineer, Renewables and Solar, ATCO Electric

There have been strong drivers toward lessening diesel dependency in remote communities. These off-grid communities can be difficult to access, and often face challenges with diesel supply. More importantly, governments are striving to improve the environmental outlook in these areas. Tying this need with associated high operational costs and fuel handling challenges, alternative sources of energy and energy storage have emerged as a viable option to reduce diesel consumption. This presentation highlights the experience of ATCO Electric in planning the application of utility scale photovoltaic generation and Battery Energy Storage Systems to supplement existing diesel generators in the remote isolated community of Fort Chipewyan. Economic drivers and opportunities to partner with first nations have sparked stakeholder attention and positioned the project as a national interest. Technical and economic studies were conducted to address all aspects of the project. These include forecasting load, sizing and siting each alternative generation option, customizing dispatch strategies, and determining required spinning reserve from diesel generators through time-domain studies.

Panel #3: The Role of AI in Humanity and Ethics (2 pm – 3:30 pm).

Chair: Graeme Vanderstar

Panelists:

- Prof. Irene Cheng, Scientific Director, Program Director, University of Alberta

- Dr. Parisa Naraei, Manager of Data Science, Canadian Institute for Health

Information

- Dr. Tim Hannigan, Assistant Professor, University of Alberta

- Dr. Lianne M. Lefsrud, Assitance Professor, University of Alberta

The remarkable achievements made in artificial intelligence (AI) over the past decade have fostered predictions from many pundits of a coming rapid technological advancement that will lead to a cultural and societal transformation of human civilization at large. With such grand predictions come the opportunity to study how AI will advance humanitarian causes in many different fields, however, these predictions also forewarn of many ethical challenges that may come to the forefront as AI becomes a greater part of our lives. This panel will engage 4 highly qualified experts on the topic of AI who will first brief the audience on precisely what AI is and what predictions they have for the technology in the next 10 years and who will then dive into a deeper analysis of the ethical challenges and humanitarian opportunities that AI will present society in the years to come.


Panel #4: Introduction to Impact Assessment and Social Return on Investment (3:45 pm – 5:00pm).

Chair: Holly Brown

Panelists:

- Holly Schneider Brown, Director, Public Imperatives and Corporate

Development, IEEE

- Jineet Doshi, IEEE

There has been strong, sustained interest in humanitarian activities in IEEE Region 7, yielding a number of humanitarian and sustainable development projects. The IEEE Humanitarian Activities Committee (HAC) provides support by raising awareness, conducting training, offering funding opportunities, and facilitating collaboration and strategic partnerships. In 2019, HAC is focused on providing tools to IEEE volunteers to assess the impact of projects. Impactassessment will enable project teams to question assumptions, better determine good practices, adapt, improve, and also be able to more effectively tell their project’s story in order to attract more support. In this workshop, attendees will learn about impact assessment, focusing on Social Return on Investment (SROI) – the theory, examples of SROI assessments that are currently underway, as well as hands-on exercises.


Women in Engineering / Young Professionals Forum – May 6th Room: Main Ballroom


Canada Technology Leadership Forum – May 7th 1PM-5PM

Room: Main Ballroom

Chairs:

- Kexing Liu (QGenX Systems), IEEE Canada OS Committee Chair

- Connie Parenteau (TELUS), Board Director Engineers Canada

Technologies have become pervasive and fundamental to humanity. They are at the core of today’s

knowledge-based economy, fueling the development of innovative products, business processes

and government services. They continue to redefine business and geographic regions; form

borderless environments; create new challenges and opportunities for governments. The Canada

Technology Leadership Forum brings together leaders from different science and engineering

associations and policy analysts to discuss technology and innovation strategies necessary to

succeed in the 21st century.

1:00pm – 1:30pm - Welcome and Opening Remarks

Prof. Witold Kinsner, Past-president, IEEE Canada Prof. David Lynch, President-elect, Engineers Canada

1:30pm – 3:00pm Panel 1 - Technology Leaders; Moderator: Kexing Liu (IEEE Canada)

Panelists to participate in discussions on - Future technologies that are essential to Canada - The ever changing role of post-secondary education in training the future technology

leaders Panel list - Prof. Robert Fedosejevs, Senior past president, CAP (Canadian Association of Physicists) - Prof. Witold Kinsner, Past president, IEEE Canada - Prof. David Lynch, President-elect, Engineers Canada

3:00pm – 3:30pm Coffee Break

3:30pm – 5:00pm Panel 2 – Technology Commercialization; Moderator Connie Parenteau (APEGA),

Panelists will - Explore how to leverage technology changes to improve competitiveness of Canada - Identify gaps between innovation and technology commercialization in Canada Panelist: - Rosalie Wyonch, Senior policy analyst, C.D. Howe Institute - Ravinder Shergill, Principal Technology Architect, Telus - Carla Otto, Director Regional Innovation, Alberta Innovates

5:00pm Adjourn


Technical Program and Sessions

Monday, May 6, 10:00 – 12:00

D1-A1: Communications and Networks


Chair: Jahouhar Fattahi

10:00 - Evaluation of Massive MU-MIMO Channel Estimation Based on Uplink Achievable-Sum Rate Criteria

Muamer Hawej and Yousef R. Shayan (Concordia University, Canada)

10:15 - On the Security of Cryptographic Protocols Using the Little Theorem of Witness Functions

Jaouhar Fattahi (Université Laval, Canada); Mohamed Mejri (Laval University, Canada); Emil Pricop (Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania)

10:30 - Scalable Blockchain-based Architecture for Massive IoT Reconfiguration

Quang Le-Dang and Tho Le-Ngoc (McGill University, Canada)

10:45 - Hybrid Beamforming for Uniform Circular Arrays in Multi-User Massive MIMO Systems

Asil Koc (McGill University, Canada); Ahmed Masmoudi (Intel GmbH, Germany); Tho Le-

Ngoc (McGill University, Canada)

11:00 - Enhancing System Spectral Efficiency in Cellular Networks via Full-Duplex D2D Communications

Hung Vu and Tho Le-Ngoc (McGill University, Canada)

11:15 - Joint Iterative Training-based Hybrid Precoding and Combining for Millimeter Wave Systems

Ali Mohebbi, Wei-Ping Zhu and M. Omair Ahmad (Concordia University, Canada)

11:30 - Towards Sequential Decision-Based Cooperative Spectrum Sensing Using Random Medium Access

Ahmed M. Ahmed, Ala Abu Alkheir and Hussein T. Mouftah (University of Ottawa,

Canada)

11:45 - Modulation Assignment in Elastic Optical Networks Using Data Analytics

Robert Janzen, Sorina Chirhei, Yeonjae Kim and Michal Aibin (British Columbia Institute of Technology, Canada)


Monday, May 6, 10:00 – 12:00

D1-B1: Devices, Circuits, and Systems

Room: Rundle Suite

Chair: Nima TaheriNejad

10:00 - On the Design of DACs for Dynamic Calibration Applications Using Periodic Sequences from

ΣΔ Modulators

Ahmed S Emara and Gordon Roberts (McGill University, Canada); Sadok Aouini and Mahdi Parvizi (Ciena Corporation, Canada); Naim Ben-Hamida (Ciena & Ciena, Canada)

10:15 - Low Loss Air-Filled Transmission Lines in LTCC Technology

Dorra Bahloul (École de Techologie Supérieure, Canada); Ammar Kouki (École de Technologie Supérieure, Canada)

10:30 - Improved Machine Learning Using Confidence

Nima TaheriNejad and Axel Jantsch (TU Wien, Austria)

10:45 - Implementation and Characterization of a Memristive Memory System

David Radakovits and Nima TaheriNejad (TU Wien, Austria)

11:00 - A Passive Optical Transmitter Using LC Switches for IoT Smart Dusts

Jingjing Liu (PKU-HKUST Shenzhen-HK Institution, P.R. China); Riqing Chen (Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, P.R. China); Yuan Ren, Zhongting Xu, Guoqing Hu, Jun Pan and Chunlai Li (PKU-HKUST Shenzhen-HK Institution, P.R. China); He Frank (Peking University, P.R. China)

11:15 - Power-Management Based on Reconfigurable Last- Cache Level on Non-volatile Memories in Chip-Multi Processors

Furat Al-Obaidy, Arghavan Asad and Farah Mohammadi (Ryerson University, Canada)

11:30 - Reconfigurable Hybrid Cache Hierarchy in 3D Chip-Multi Processors Based on a Convex Optimization Method

Furat Al-Obaidy, Arghavan Asad and Farah Mohammadi (Ryerson University, Canada)

11:45 - Implementation of High Speed and Low Area Extended Euclidean Inversion over Ternary Fields

Ibrahim Hazmi (University of Victoria, Canada & Electrical and Computer Engineering, Saudi

Arabia); Fayez Gebali (University of Victoria, Canada); Atef Ibrahim (Prince Sattam Bin

Abdulaziz University & Electronics Research Institute, Saudi Arabia)


Monday, May 6, 10:00 – 12:00

D1-C1: Power & Energy Circuits and Systems


Chair: Yunfei Wang

10:00 - A Multi-Objective Optimization Model for the Planning of Power Distribution Networks Considering System Reliability

Haytham M. A. Ahmed and Magdy Salama (University of Waterloo, Canada) 10:15- Design and Analysis of a Solar Water Heating System for a Detached House in Newfoundland

Md. Habibur Rahaman, Rabbani Rasha and Mohammad Tariq Iqbal (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)

10:30- A New Power Tracker for Distributed and Partially Shaded PV Systems

Fakheredine Keyrouz (Notre Dame University, Lebanon)

10:45 - An Overview of Wind-Solar System Output Power

Fawaz Alhaddad, Hamed Aly and Mohamed E. El-Hawary (Dalhousie University, Canada)

11:00 - Dynamic Modeling and Analysis of a Micro-Hydro Power Plant for Microgrid Applications

Duclair Tiomo (Université du Québec en Abitibi Témiscamingue, Canada)

11:15 - Dynamic Modeling and Simulation of a Hybrid AC-DC Microgrid with Primary Droop Control

Duclair Tiomo (Canada & Université du Québec en Abitibi Témiscamingue, Canada)

11:30 - Using Secondary VAr Controllers to Enhance Integrated Volt-VAr Optimization Benefits

Eric Gupta (Xcel Energy, USA); Rohit Moghe (Varentec, USA); Chad Nickell (Xcel Energy, USA); Hong Chun and Damien Tholomier (Varentec, USA)

11:45 - Broken Rotor Bar Fault Diagnosis for Induction Motors Using Power Spectral Density and Complex Continuous Wavelet Transform Methods

Xiaodong Liang, Shafi Md Kawsar Zaman and Hla U May Marma (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)


Monday, May 6, 10:00 – 12:00

D1-D1: Computer and Software Techniques

Room: Rowand Suite

Chair: Xiaobu Yuan

10:00 - A Strategy of QoS Optimization for Web Services

Xiaobu Yuan (University of Windsor, Canada); Peng Cheng (Univsersity of Windsor, Canada)

10:15 - Comparison of 3D 360-Degree Video Compression Performance Using Different Projections

Mohammadreza Jamali (École de Technologie Supérieure, Canada); Firouzeh Golaghazadeh (École de Technologie Supérieure, Université du Québec, Canada); Stéphane Coulombe (École de Technologie Supérieure, Canada); Ahmad Vakili (Summit-Tech, Canada); Carlos Vázquez (École de Technologie Supérieure, Canada)

10:30 - Faster Sorting for Flash Memory Embedded Devices

Riley Jackson (University of British Columbia, Canada); Ramon Lawrence (University of

British Columbia Okanagan, Canada)

10:45 - A GPU Accelerated Path Planner for Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Shan Mufti and Vincent Roberge (Royal Military College of Canada, Canada); Mohammed

Tarbouchi (Royal Military College of canada, Canada)

11:00 - From Natural Language to Graph Queries

Gaétan J. D. R. Hains (Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., France); Youry Khmelevsky

(Okanagan College, Canada); Thibaut Tachon (Huawei Technologies & University of

Orléans, France)

11:15 - 3D Models Recognition Using Overlap Histograms and Machine Learning

Justin Salisi, Edmund Yao, Emilie Zhang and Michal Aibin (British Columbia Institute of Technology, Canada)

11:30 - Semiparametric Subsampling and Data Condensation for Large-scale Data Analytics

Omar Alhussein (University of Waterloo, Canada); Paul Yoo (Centre for Electronic Warfare Defence Academy & University of Sydney, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Sami Muhaidat (Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates); Jie Liang (Simon Fraser University, Canada)

11:45 - Smart Phone Anti-Counterfeiting System Using A Decentralized Identity Management Framework

Ahmad Sghaier Omar (Universty of Waterloo, Canada); Otman Basir (University of Waterloo, Canada)


Monday, May 6, 10:00 – 12:00 D1-E1: Signal Theory and Signal Processing


Chair: Alain Beaudelaire

10:00 - A Discriminant Two-Dimensional Canonical Correlation Analysis

Lei Gao and Ling Guan (Ryerson University, Canada)

10:15 - PPG-based Personalized Verification System -PPSNet

Dae Yon Hwang and Dimitrios Hatzinakos (University of Toronto, Canada)

10:30 - An Acoustic Source Localization Algorithm Based on Maximum or Minimum Value Screening in Deep Sea Multipath Environment

Feng Jiang (Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, P.R. China); Zhenkai Zhang (Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, P.R. China & University of Calgary, Canada); Mohammad farzan Sabahi (Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Isfahan, Iran)

10:45 - Efficient Implementation of Volterra Diagonal Bilinear Filter for Nonlinear Active Noise Control

Xinnian Guo (Nanjing University, P.R. China); Jean Jiang and Li Tan (Purdue University Northwest, USA); Sidan Du (Nanjing University, P.R. China)

11:00 - Discrete Fourier Transform Improves the Prediction of the Electronic Properties of Molecules in Quantum Machine Learning

Alain Beaudelaire Tchagang (NRC, Canada); Julio Valdes (Researcher at the National Research Council of Canada, Canada)

11:15 - Automatic Detection of Pneumonia on Compressed Sensing Images Using Deep Learning

Mrinal Mandal (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada); Sheikh Rafiul Islam (Neotia Institute of Technology Management and Science, India); Santi Prasad Maity (Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, India); Ajoy Ray (IIT Kharagpur, India)

11:30 - Automated Identification and Localization of Premature Ventricle Contractions in Standard 12-Lead ECGs

Roger Abächerli (Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts & Cardiovascular Reserach Institute of Basel, Switzerland); Peter van Dam and Alexander Pereira (Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland)

11:45 - Detection of Inappropriate Use of Smartphones in Traffic Using Artificial Neural Networks

Mateus Mendelson (University of Brasilia & LISA - Laboratory of Images, Signals and Acoustics, Brazil); Alexandre Zaghetto and Cauê Zaghetto (University of Brasília & BiTGroup - Biometrics Research Group, Brazil); Flavio Vidal (University of Brasilia, Brazil)


Monday, May 6, 10:00 - 12:00

D1-I: Industry Track

Room: Main Ballroom

Chair: Ahsan Upal

Monday, May 6, 12:00 - 13:00

Lunch and Alberta Innovates Presentation

Room: Main Ballroom

Chair: Alexandre Nassif (ATCO Electric, Canada)

Monday, May 6, 13:00 – 16:45

D1-A2: Communications and Networks

Room: Northcote

Chair: Michal Aibin 13:00 - Enhanced Mobility Load Balancing Algorithm for 5G Small Cell Networks

Khaled Addali (ETS - University of Quebec, Canada); Kadoch Michel (ETS University of Quebec, Canada)

13:15 - Secrecy Based Resource Allocation for D2D Communication Using Tabu Search Approach

Amirhossein Feizi Ashtiani and Samuel Pierre (Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada)

13:30 - Wireless Sensor Networks Analysis Based on MAC Protocols

Furat Al-Obaidy, Farah Mohammadi and Shadi Momtahen (Ryerson University, Canada)

13:45 - Encrypted Traffic Classification Based ML for Identifying Different Social Media

Applications

Furat Al-Obaidy and Shadi Momtahen (Ryerson University, Canada); Foysal Hossain (Ryerson University, Canada); Farah Mohammadi (Ryerson University, Canada)

14:00 - Low Complexity PIC-MMSE Detector for LDS Systems

Mitchell Fantuz and Claude D’Amours (University of Ottawa, Canada)


14:15 - RRH Selection and Load Balancing Through Dynamic BBU-RRH Mapping in C-RAN

Mostafa Mouawad (ETS, Canada); Zbigniew Dziong (École de technologie supérieure, University of Quebec, Canada); Khaled Addali (ETS - University of Quebec, Canada)

14:30 - Using Geometric Centroid of Voronoi Diagram for Coverage and Lifetime Optimization in Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks

Tongxin Shu, Kevin Dsouza and Vijay Bhargava (University of British Columbia, Canada);

Clarence De Silva (UBC, Canada)

14:45 - Delay Optimization in Resource Allocation of f-OFDM Wireless Networks with Subcarrier Aggregation

Marcus Vinícius Gonzaga Ferreira, Flávio Vieira, Juliana Félix, Michel Ribeiro, Sérgio

Araújo, Alisson Cardoso, Ricardo Franco, Henrique Corrêa and Paula Hamberger

(Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brazil)

15:00 - Break 15:15 - Quantifying Range Extension Capability of MIMO: a Simulation Study Based on WINNER II Model

Guillaume Couillard and Ghassan S Dahman (Ecole de Technologie Superieure (ETS),

Canada); Gwenael Poitau (Ultra Electronics, TCS, Canada); Francois Gagnon (Ecole de

Technologie Superieure, Canada)

15:30 - Tactical Backhaul Range Extension Using MIMO: Investigation Based on ITU-R P.530

Francois Gagnon (Ecole de Technologie Superieure, Canada); Ghassan S Dahman (Ecole de

Technologie Superieure (ETS), Canada); Gwenael Poitau (Ultra Electronics, TCS, Canada)

15:45 - Investigation of Performance-Complexity Tradeoff in Filtering LoRa Signals

Shania Stewart and Ha Nguyen (University of Saskatchewan, Canada); Robert Barton and

Jerome Henry (Cisco, USA)

16:00 - A Survey of Wireless Communications for IoT Echo-Systems

Wafaa Anani (The University of Western Ontario, Canada); Abdelkader Ouda (University of

Western Ontario, Canada); Ali Hamou (The University of Western Ontario, Canada)

16:15 - Interference Analysis for LoRa Chirp Spread Spectrum Signals

Brody Dunlop and Ha Nguyen (University of Saskatchewan, Canada); Robert Barton and

Jerome Henry (Cisco, USA)

16:30 - The Weather Impact on Efficient Home Heating with Smart Thermostats

Michal Aibin (British Columbia Institute of Technology, Canada)


Monday, May 6, 13:00 – 14:15

D1-B2: Devices, Circuits, and Systems


Chair: Ronald Johnston

13:00 - New Power Wave Network Analyses and Power Reciprocity

Ronald Johnston (University of Calgary, Canada)

13:15 - A Low-Latency Reconfigurable Multistage Interconnection Network

Federico Montano and Tarek Ould-Bachir (Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal,

Canada); Jean Mahseredjian (Polytechnique Montréal, Canada); Jean Pierre David

(Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada)

13:30 - Design and Evaluation of an FPGA-based Hardware Accelerator for Deflate Data Decompression

Morgan Ledwon, Bruce F. Cockburn and Jie Han (University of Alberta, Canada)

13:45 - Hardware Accelerator for Nuclei Detection in Histopathology Images

Raju Machupalli and Haonan Zhou (University of Alberta, Canada); Mrinal Mandal

(University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada)

14:00 - Approximate Leading One Detector Design for a Hardware-Efficient Mitchell Multiplier

Shyama Gandhi, Mohammad Saeed Ansari, Bruce F. Cockburn and Jie Han

(University of Alberta, Canada)

Monday, May 6, 13:00 – 16:45 D1-C2: Power & Energy Circuits and Systems Room: Winterlake Suite

Chair: Gregory Kish 13:00 - Induction Motor Fault Diagnosis Using Discrete Wavelet Transform

Xiaodong Liang and Mohammad Zawad Ali (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)

13:15 - Comparative Characteristic Analysis of Circular and Double D Power Pads for Electric Vehicle Wireless Charging Systems

Xiaodong Liang and Muhammad Sifatul Alam Chowdhury (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)

13:30 - Optimal Sizing and Scheduling of Battery Storage System Incorporated with PV for Energy Arbitrage in Three Different Electricity Markets

Abdeslem Kadri (Ryerson University, Canada)


13:45 - Vehicle-To-Grid Technology in a Micro-grid Using DC Fast Charging Architecture

Femina Mohammed Shakeel and Om P Malik (University of Calgary, Canada)

14:00 - The Impact of Charging Battery Electric Vehicles on the Load Profile in the Presence of Renewable Energy

Danilo Yu and MIn Prassad Adhikari (Ryerson University, Canada); Aurélien Guiral (Institut Catholique d Arts et Métiers, Canada); Alan S Fung, Farah Mohammadi and Kaamran Raahemifar (Ryerson University, Canada)

14:15 - Parameter Estimation of Photovoltaic System Using Real Condition Data

Francisco R. Lemes (University of São Paulo, Brazil); Elmer Tito Cari (Universidade de São Pauo/EESC, Brazil); Vitor Correa (Sao Paulo University, Brazil)

14:30 - Planning of a Sustainable Microgrid System Using HOMER Software

Vinny Motjoadi and Kayode Emmanuel Adetunji (University of Johannesburg, South Africa); Meera K. Joseph (IEEE Computer Society South Africa Chapter Chair, South Africa)

14:45 - The Impact of Rewinding on the Performance Characteristics of Three Phase Induction Machine

Ayodeji Ogunjuyigbe (University of Ibadan, Nigeria); Temitope T Ayodele (Twhane University of Technology, South Africa); Josiah Munda (Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa)

15:00 - Break

15:15 - System Architecture for a Universal Integrated Energy System

Vladimir Grebenyuk (Ascent Systems Technologies, Canada) 15:30 - Design of a Ferrite-Less Power Pad for Wireless Charging Systems of Electric Vehicles


15:45 - Power Transfer Efficiency Evaluation of Different Power Pads for Electric Vehicle's Wireless Charging Systems


16:00 - A New Approach to Fault Detection and Location in AC Transmission Lines Based on Wavelet Correlation Modes

Alberto Jimenez (Facultad de Ingenieria, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico); Daniel Guillen (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico); Ruben Tapia-Olvera and Vicente Torres-Garcia (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico)


16:15 - A Survey of Different Cooling Methods for Traction Motor Application

Alexandre J Bourgault, Patrik Roy, Eshaan Ghosh and Narayan Kar (University of Windsor, Canada)

16:30 - Frequency Scan Based Stability Analysis of an LCC-HVdc System

Mahsa Shirinzad (University of Manitoba, Canada); Mukesh Das (University of Manitoba &

IIT Bombay, Canada); Aniruddha Gole (University of Manitoba, Canada)

Monday, May 6, 13:00 – 17:15

D1-D2: Computer and Software Techniques Room: Rowand Suite

Chair: Richard J. Tervo 13:00 - Parallelized QR Decomposition Using GPUs

Amirhossein Alimohammad (San Diego State University, USA); Ian Schofield (Athabasca University, Canada)

13:15 - Using a Wearable Device to Assist the Training of the Throwing Motion of Baseball Players

Y. W. Bai (Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan); I-Hsun Hsieh (Fu Jen Catholic Universtiy, Taiwan)

13:30 - Enhancing Power Flow Simulations Using Function Mapping

Michael Bardwell and Petr Musilek (University of Alberta, Canada)

13:45 - An Approach of Sensitivity and Metamodel-Based Analyses for SLA Violation Prediction

Xiaobu Yuan (University of Windsor, Canada); Peng Cheng (Univsersity of Windsor, Canada)

14:00 - Development of a GF(2) Math Coprocessor

Richard J. Tervo (University of New Brunswick, Canada)

14:15 - Deep Learning: Edge-Cloud Data Analytics for IoT

Ananda Ghosh (University of Western Ontario, Canada); Katarina Grolinger (The University of Western Ontario, Canada)

14:30 - Universal Functions Originator - Part I: Design

Ali R. Al-Roomi (Dalhousie University & College of Engineering, Canada); Mohamed E. El-Hawary (Dalhousie University, Canada)


14:45 - Universal Functions Originator - Part II: Evaluation


15:00 - Break 15:15 - Neural Network Music Genre Classification

Nikki Pelchat and Craig Gelowitz (University of Regina, Canada)

15:30 - An Efficient Automated Hybrid Algorithm to Predict Floods in Cloud Environment

Gurleen Kaur (Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, India); Anju Bala (Thapar University, India)

15:45 - Learning from Mistakes: Weakly Supervised Learning of Rocks

Justin M Szoke-Sieswerda and Matthew Cross (University of Western Ontario, Canada); Leo Van Kampen (Waterloo Controls Inc., Canada); Kenneth McIsaac (The University of Western Ontario, Canada)

16:00 - Towards Natural Scene Rock Image Classification with Convolutional Neural Networks

Alexis David P. Pascual and Justin M Szoke-Sieswerda (University of Western Ontario, Canada); Kenneth McIsaac (The University of Western Ontario, Canada); Lei Shu (University of Western Ontario, Canada)

16:15 - Towards Generating Image Assets Through Deep Learning for Game Development

Adam Tilson and Craig Gelowitz (University of Regina, Canada)

16:30 - Netflix Control Method Using Smartwatches and Continuous Gesture Recognition

Thamer Horbylon Nascimento (Federal University of Goiás & Goiano Federal Institute, Brazil); Fabrizzio A. A. M. N. Soares (Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brazil); Marcos A. Vieira and Wesley Miranda (Federal Institute Goiano, Brazil); Hugo Nascimento and Thyago Carvalho (Federal University of Goiás, Brazil)

16:45 - Performance Analysis of TCP CERL in Wireless Networks with Random Loss

Taha Saedi (University of Lakhead, Canada); Hosam El-Ocla (Lakehead University, Canada)

17:00 - A Simple and Secured Cryptography System of Cloud Computing

SM Jahidul Islam (Computer Science, University of Eswatini, Swaziland); Zulfiker Haider

Chaudhury (SN and SJ Chowdhury Investments (Pty) Ltd, Swaziland); Saiful Islam (BUET,

Bangladesh)


Monday, May 6, 14:30 – 16:30 D1-E2: Signal Theory and Signal Processing


Chair: Khan A. Wahid 14:30 - NIR-Spectroscopic Classification of Blood Glucose Level Using Machine Learning Approach

Mohammad Habibullah, Mohammad Abdul Moin Oninda, Ali Newaz Bahar, Anh Dinh and Khan A. Wahid (University of Saskatchewan, Canada)

14:45 - Decoding Motor Imagery Movements Using Area of 2-D Phase Space Reconstruction

Niraj Bagh (Indian Institute of Technology, India); RamasubbaReddy Machireddy (IITM, India); Fatemeh Shahlaei (Phule Pune University, India)

15:00 - Detection of Event Related Patterns Using Hilbert Transform in Brain Computer Interface

Fatemeh Shahlaei (Phule Pune University, India); Niraj Bagh (Indian Institute of Technology, India); Madhukar Sarvottam Zambare (Pune University, India); RamasubbaReddy Machireddy (IITM, India); Arvind Digamber Shaligram (University of Pune & University of Pune, India)

15:15 - Classification of Motor Imagery Tasks Using Phase Space Reconstruction and Empirical Mode Decomposition

Niraj Bagh (Indian Institute of Technology, India); RamasubbaReddy Machireddy (IITM, India); Fatemeh Shahlaei (Phule Pune University, India)

15:30 - Emotion Recognition from 2D Facial Expressions

Bilal Taha and Dimitrios Hatzinakos (University of Toronto, Canada)

15:45 - A Simple Nonlinearity Upgradation Based Method of Enhancing Low Light Images

Sharafat Hossain and Masud An Nur Islam Fahim (Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh); Nurun Nahar Jui (Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, The Netherlands); Md. Tarifuzzaman (Suffix It Ltd, Bangladesh)

16:00 - Times Series Prediction Used in Treating Municipal Wastewater for Plant Irrigation

MohammadReza Mohebbian, Seyed Shahim Vedaei, Ali Newaz Bahar, Khan A Wahid and Anh Dinh (University of Saskatchewan, Canada)

16:15 - Comparative Analysis of Different Methods for Fruit Quality Determination

Khushboo Ketankumar Patel (Nirma University, India); Himanshu Patel (Institute of

Technology, Nirma University, India); Prutha Patel (Forensic Food Technology, India)


Monday, May 6, 13:00 – 15:00 D1-S1: Special Session on Computing and Engineering Education

Room: Rundle Suite

Chair: Rossitza Marinova 13:00 - Teaching at the Speed of Learning

Balbir (Bob) Gill (British Columbia Institute of Technology, Canada)

13:15 - Secure Online Examination System for E-Learning

Jegatha Deborah and Karthika R. (University College of Engineering Tindivanam,

India); P Vijayakumar (Anna University Chennai, India); Bharat S. Rawal

(Pennsylvania State University, USA); Yong Wang (Alcorn State University, USA)

13:30 - Survey of Information Technology Undergraduate Degree Programs in Canada

Rossitza Marinova (Concordia University of Edmonton, Canada); Galina

Momcheva (Varna Free University, Bulgaria)

13:45 - Visualization of Course Discussion Forums: A Short Review from Online Learning

Perspective

Ming Wu, M. Ali Akber Dewan, Fuhua Lin and Mahbub Murshed (Athabasca University, Canada)

14:00 - Teaching Blockchain for Business

Solomon Negash and Dominic M Thomas (Kennesaw State University, USA)

14:15 - Open Interactive Algorithm Visualization

Fuhua Lin, Ali Dewan and Volodymyr Voytenko (Athabasca University, Canada)

14:30 - Blockchain Education

Gautam Srivastava (Brandon University & China Medical University, Canada); Shalini Dhar (University of Allahabad, India); Ashutosh Dwivedi (Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland); Jorge Crichigno (University of South Carolina, USA)

14:45 - Comparisons of Various ELM Based Multi-View Clustering Methods for WDSNs

Lei Yang and Qing Zhao (University of Alberta, Canada)


Monday, May 6, 15:15 – 16:45 D1-S2: Special Session – The 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Blockchain-Oriented Cybersecurity Engineering

Room: Rundle Suite

Chair: Reza M. Parizi

15:15 - Integrating Privacy Enhancing Techniques into Blockchains Using Sidechains

Reza M. Parizi (Kennesaw State University, USA); Sajad Homayoun (Shiraz University of Technology, Iran); Abbas Yazdinejad (University of Isfahan, Iran); Ali Dehghantanha (University of Guelph, Canada); Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo (University of Texas at San Antonio, USA)

15:30 - A Light and Secure Healthcare Blockchain for IoT Medical Devices

Gautam Srivastava (Brandon University & China Medical University, Canada); Jorge

Crichigno (University of South Carolina, USA); Shalini Dhar (University of Allahabad, India)

15:45 - Demonstrating Blockchain-Enabled Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading and Sharing

Olamide Jogunola, Mohammad Hammoudeh, Bamidele Adebisi and Kelvin Anoh

(Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom (Great Britain))

16:00 - A Blockchain-based Framework for Detecting Malicious Mobile Applications in App Stores

Ali Dehghantanha (University of Guelph, Canada)

16:15 - Splitting a PRE-scheme on the Private Blockchain

Bharat S Rawal (Pennsylvania State University, USA); Yong Wang (Alcorn State

University, USA)

16:30 - Blockchain-based Privacy-Preserving Healthcare Architecture

Tooska Dargahi (University of Salford, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Ahmad Khonsari,

Koosha Mohammad Hossein and Mohammad Esmaeil Esmaeili (University of Tehran, Iran)

Monday, May 6, 14:00 – 16:00

WiE/YP Panel

Room: Main Ballroom

Monday, May 6, 18:00 – 21:00

IEEE Canada Award Banquet

Room: Main Ballroom


Tuesday, May 7, 10:00 – 12:00 D2-A1: Power & Energy Circuits and Systems


Chair: Alain Beaudelaire Tchagang

10:00 - ETX: A Flexible Simulation Framework for Design of Transactive Energy Systems

Shida Zhang, Daniel May, Peter Atrazhev, Mustafa Gul, Andrew Leach, Tim Weis and Petr Musilek (University of Alberta, Canada)

10:15 - Accurate Energy Forecast in Buildings: A Data Driven Machine Learning Approach

Alain Beaudelaire Tchagang (NRC, Canada); Araz Ashouri (National Research Council Canada, Canada)

10:30 - Distributed Optimal Power Flow for Electric Power Systems with High Penetration of Distributed Energy Resources

Mohammed Al-Saffar and Petr Musilek (University of Alberta, Canada)

10:45 - PI Controller Tuning & Stability Study of the Flyback Converter with an Energy Regenerative Snubber

Adel Alganidi (Western University, Canada); Amit Kumar (Queen's University, Canada)

11:00 - Flexible Robust Unit Commitment Considering Sub-Hourly Wind Power Ramp Behaviors

Bo Hu, Yuzhong Gong and Chi Yung Chung (University of Saskatchewan, Canada)

11:15 - Load Model Identification Through a Hybrid Approach

Gabriel J. N. Gomes and Francisco R. Lemes (University of São Paulo, Brazil); Elmer Tito Cari (Universidade de São Pauo/EESC, Brazil)

11:30 - A Priority-Based Interactive Model for a Microgrid Cluster and the Distribution Network

Rinalini Lahon (Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India); Chandra Gupta (Indian Institute of Technology, India); Eugene Fernandez (IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, India)

11:45 - Day-Ahead Dynamic Thermal Line Rating Using Numerical Weather Prediction

Tomas Barton and Petr Musilek (University of Alberta, Canada)


Tuesday, May 7, 10:00-12:00

D1-B1: Power & Energy Circuits and Systems


Chair: Yunfei Wang

10:00 - Operation Optimization of Household Intelligent Electrical Equipment Based on Time-of-Use Price

Linjun Shi, Xiaozhe Wang and Haoqing Zhu (Hohai University, P.R. China); Shilong Wang (Hohai University); Qihang Yang (Jiangsu Xingli Construction Group Co. Ltd, P.R. China); Kejun Qian (State Grid Jiangsu Electric Power Co. LTD, P.R. China)

10:15 - Secondary Control of a Multi-Terminal HVDC Grid Using a Consensus-Based Distributed Scheme

Liwei Wang (University of British Columbia, Canada); Yuanshi Zhang (UBC Okanagan, Canada); Amin Mohammadpour Shotorbani (University of British Columbia Okanagan & University of Tabriz, Canada)

10:30 - A Two-Stage Coupled-Inductor-Based Cascaded DC-DC Converter with a High Voltage Gain

Alireza Eyvazizadeh Khosroshahi (University of British Columbia Okanagan, Canada); Liwei Wang (University of British Columbia, Canada); Hoda Dadashzadeh (University of British Columbia Okanagan, Canada); Hossein Ardi (Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Canada); Amir Farakhor (University of Tabriz, Iran); Amin Mohammadpour Shotorbani (University of British Columbia Okanagan & University of Tabriz, Canada)

10:45 - Computational Tools to Assist Relay Settings of Pilot Scheme

Francisco Alex Gouveia (CHESF - Hydro Electric Company of São Francisco, Brazil); Washington Neves (Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil); Raphael Reis (Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Brazil)

11:00 - Incorrect Operations of Pilot Scheme with Ground Overcurrent Protection

Francisco Alex Gouveia (CHESF - Hydro Electric Company of São Francisco, Brazil); Washington Neves (Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil); Raphael Reis (Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Brazil)

11:15 - An Analog Circuit Approach for Optimal Damping of Inter-Area Oscillations Using Wide Area Control of Power Converters

Prashant Agnihotri (Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai, India); Anil Kulkarni (IIT Bombay, India); Aniruddha Gole and Ajinkya Sinkar (University of Manitoba, Canada)

11:30 - Magnetic Saturation in Synchronous Generator Dynamic Models for Power System Stability Studies

Quincy Wang (BC Hydro, Canada); Yunfei Wang (AltaLink Management Ltd, Canada)


11:45 - Measurement-based Network Model Reduction of Distribution Systems Using Two-port Networks

Severin Nowak (The University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus & Enbala Power Networks, Canada); Liwei Wang (University of British Columbia, Canada); Wilson Eberle (University of British Columbia Okanagan, Canada); Amin Mohammadpour Shotorbani (University of British Columbia Okanagan & University of Tabriz, Canada); Malcolm Metcalfe (ENBALA Power Networks, Canada)

Tuesday, May 7, 10:00 – 12:15

D2-C1: Computer and Software Techniques

Room: Rowand Suite

Chair: Jing Ren

10:00 - Neural Network Models for Stock Selection Based on Fundamental Analysis

Yuxuan Huang and Luiz F. Capretz (University of Western Ontario, Canada); Danny Ho (NFA Estimation Inc., Canada)

10:15 - Scalable Local Short-Term Energy Consumption Forecasting

Jay Buckler and Suprio Ray (University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada); Eduardo Castillo-Guerra (University of New Brunswick, Fredericton)

10:30 - Improving the Security of Cloud-Based Intelligent Transportation Systems

Viktor Lidkea and Radu Muresan (University of Guelph, Canada); Arafat Al-Dweik (Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates); Shu Zhou (University of Guelph, Canada)

10:45 - Defect Detection from X-Ray Images Using A Three-Stage Deep Learning Algorithm

Jing Ren (UOIT, Canada); Rui Ren and Mark Green (University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada); Xishi Huang (RS Opto Tech Ltd., Canada)

11:00 - Ground Segmentation from Outdoor Environments in Rural Areas

Gabriel Vieira (Federal Institute Goiano, Brazil); Fabrizzio A. A. M. N. Soares (Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brazil); Samuel Santos (IF Goiano, Brazil); Gustavo Laureano (Federal University of Goiás, Brazil); Junio Lima (Instituto Federal Goiano, Brazil); Ronaldo Costa (University of Goiás, Brazil); Juliana Félix (Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brazil); Thamer Horbylon Nascimento (Federal University of Goiás & Goiano Federal Institute, Brazil)

11:15 - Towards Integrated Image Contrast Models in Segmentation of Trees

Gabriel Vieira (Federal Institute Goiano, Brazil); Fabrizzio A. A. M. N. Soares (Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brazil); Samuel Santos (IF Goiano, Brazil); Gustavo Laureano (University of


Goiás, Brazil); Junio Lima (Instituto Federal Goiano, Brazil); Ronaldo Costa (University of Goiás, Brazil); Juliana Félix (Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brazil); Thamer Horbylon Nascimento (Federal University of Goiás & Goiano Federal Institute, Brazil)

11:30 - Measurement by Images of Mycelial Growth of Fungal Colonies on Petri Dishes

Priscila Kai and Fabrizzio A. A. M. N. Soares (Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brazil); Ronaldo Costa (University of Goiás, Brazil); Juliana Félix (Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brazil); Jéssica Maria Israel de Jesus (Federal University of Goiás, Brazil); Marcos da Cunha (Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brazil)

11:45 - Educational Mobile Apps for Negotiation: Evaluation and Design Criteria for Curriculum Designers and Developers

Quynh Nguyen (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Vietnam); Nga Dang (RMIT University Vietnam, Vietnam); Long Hoang (University of Economics Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam); Nhan Dang (Banking University of Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam); Anh Nguyen (Dai Nam University, Vietnam)

12:00 - NEO Smart Contract for Drought-Based Insurance

Quynh Nguyen (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Vietnam); Ashish Das and Tuan Tran (Infinite Blockchain Lab, Vietnam)

Tuesday, May 7, 10:00 - 12:00

D2-D1: Electromagnetics and Microwaves

Room: Rundle Suite

Chairs: Thomas R. Jones

10:00 - Efficient Implementation of a Power Amplifier Stability Circuit in LTCC

Mustafa Elarbi (Ecole de Technologie Supererieure, Canada)

10:15 - Peripherally Excited Phased Arrays: Beam Steering with Reduced Number of Antenna Elements

Ayman H. Dorrah and George V. Eleftheriades (University of Toronto, Canada)

10:30 - Electronically Steerable Quasi-Uniform Leaky-Wave Antenna Based on Substrate Integrated Waveguide

Nima Javanbakht, Barry Syrett and Rony E. Amaya (Carleton University, Canada); Jafar

Shaker (Communications Research Centre, Canada)

10:45 - Targets Illumination Region Effect on Laser RCS in Random Media for H-Wave Polarization

Hosam El-Ocla (Lakehead University, Canada)


11:00 - Experimental Evaluation of Heating Water by Electromagnetic Induction

Ahmed H. E. Sherwali (University of British Columbia, Canada); William G. Dunford

(University of British Columbia, United Kingdom (Great Britain)

11:15 - 64 MHz RF Exposure System for Testing of Implanted Medical Devices in MRI Applications

Kieffer J Davieau (Western University, Canada); Ali Attaran (Research Scientist,

Canada); Blaine Chronik (xMR Director, Canada)

11:30 - Discrete Microwave Spectroscopy Using Planar Resonator

Navid Hosseini, Masoud Baghelani and Mojgan Daneshmand (University of Alberta,

Canada)

11:45 - Conical Swiss Roll Metamaterial Application for Slow-light Waveguides

Somayeh1981 Komeylian and Farah Mohammadi (Ryerson University, Canada)

Tuesday, May 7, 10:00 - 11:45

D2-E1: Bioengineering


Chair: Parisa Naraei

10:00 - Skin Lesion Segmentation Based on Improved U-net

Mrinal Mandal (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada); Lina Liu (University of Alberta, Canada); Lichao Mou and Xiao Zhu (Technical University of Munich, Germany)

10:15 - Comparative Analysis of Classifiers for EMG Signals

Bushra Saeed (National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan); Syed Omer Gilani (National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan); Muhammad Zia ur Rehman (Riphah International University, Pakistan); Mohsin Jamil (Islamic University, Saudi Arabia); Asim Waris (Aalborg University, Denmark); Muhammad Nasir Khan (The University of Lahore, Pakistan)

10:30 - A Ultra Wide Triple-band Antenna for Biomedical Application

Sharafat Hossain (Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh); Nurun

Nahar Jui (Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, The Netherlands); Md

Faruque Hossain (Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh)

10:45 - Automated Classification of Retinal Diseases in STARE Database Using Neural Network Approach

Naireen Zaheer (National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan); Adeeb


Shehzaad (National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Syed Omer Gilani (National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan); Jawad Aslam and Ali Zaidi (National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan)

11:00 - Medical Computing Visual Synchronization Using WebSocket Protocol and Web Rendering

Qi Zhang (Illinois State University, USA)

11:15 - Using Photoplethysmography & ECG Towards a Non-Invasive Cuff Less Blood Pressure Measurement Technique

Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman Khan Mamun and Ali Alouani (Tennessee Technological University, USA)

11:30 - Machine Learning with Digital Microfluidics for Drug Discovery and Development

Shadi Momtahen, Furat Al-Obaidy and Farah Mohammadi (Ryerson University, Canada)

Tuesday, May 7, 10:00 - 12:00

D2-I: Industry Forum

Room: Main Ballroom

Chair: Ahsan Upal

Tuesday, May 7, 12:00 - 13:00

Lunch and Keynote

Room: Main Ballroom

Tuesday, May 7, 13:00 – 17:00 D2-A2: Power & Energy Circuits and Systems Room: Northcote Room

Chair: Omid Alizadeh 13:00 - A Novel Control Methodology for Stand-Alone Photovoltaic Systems Utilizing Maximum Power Point Tracking

Anshuman Sharma, Yahya Koraz and Mohamed Youssef (UOIT, Canada)

13:15 - Effect of Ambient Conditions on Water Management and Faults in PEMFC Systems A Review

Irfan A Khan (Texas A&M University USA & Carnegie Mellon University, USA); Saad Khan and


Hussain Shareef (United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates); Vikram Bhattacharjee (Jadavpur University, India); Khurram Sultan (China Petroleum Engineering and Construction Corporation, USA)

13:30 - Sliding Window Regression Based Short-Term Load Forecasting of a Multi-Area Power System

Irfan A Khan (Texas A&M University USA & Carnegie Mellon University, USA); Adnan Akbar (University of Surrey, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Yinliang Xu (Sun Yat-sen University, P.R. China)

13:45 - Model Predictive Control Based Approach for Microgrid Energy Management

Ilja Novickij and Geza Joos (McGill University, Canada)

14:00 - Is It Enough to Just Rely on Near-End, Middle, and Far-End Points to Get Feasible Relay Coordination?


14:15 - Reducing the Loss of Life of Distribution Transformers Affected by Plug-In Electric Vehicles Using Electric Water Heaters

Majid Moradzadeh and Morad Abdelaziz (University of British Columbia, Canada)

14:30 - Co-Optimization of Generation Capacity Planning and Carbon Capture and Storage Using Benders Decomposition

Vahid Asgharian (The University of British Columbia, Canada); Morad Abdelaziz (University of British Columbia, Canada)

14:45 - Neural Network Model for False Data Detection in Power System State Estimation

Adel Tabakhpour (University of British Columbia Okanagan, Canada); Morad Abdelaziz (University of British Columbia, Canada)

15:00 – Break

15:15 - Evaluation of Unsteady Wave Influence on Tidal Stream and Mitigation Strategy

Ali Fituri, Hamed Aly and Mohamed E. El-Hawary (Dalhousie University, Canada)

15:30 - Generating Heat and Power from Biomass - An Overview

Gama Abuagela Ali and Mohamed E. El-Hawary (Dalhousie University, Canada)

15:45 - SARIMA Forecasting Model of Short-Term Electric Load Data Enhanced by Fast Fourier Transform-based Seasonality Detection

Hmeda Musbah (Canada, Canada); Mohamed E. El-Hawary (Dalhousie University, Canada)


16:00 - A Methodology to Forecast the Control Capacity of a Population of Thermostatically Controlled Appliances in a Demand-Side Management

Pegah Yazdkhasti and Chris Diduch (University of New Brunswick, Canada)

16:15 - A Proposed Intelligent Adaptive Controllers for Wind Turbine Driving DFIG for Improving the Output Generated Power

Hamed Aly (Dalhousie University, Canada)

16:30 – Performance Testing of Different Configurations of Hybrid Proposed Model for Solar Radiation Prediction Using WNN and ANN

Bader Alluhaidah, Hamed Aly and Mohamed E. El-Hawary (Dalhousie University, Canada)

16:45 - Development of an IoT Based Open Source SCADA System for PV System Monitoring

Lawrence O. Aghenta and Mohammad Tariq Iqbal (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)

Tuesday, May 7, 13:00 – 17:00

D2-B2: Power & Energy Circuits and Systems Room: Winterlake Suite

Chair: Alexandre Nassif 13:00 - Optimal Sizing of Power-to-Gas Units Toward Elevated Renewable Power Penetration

Abdullah M Sawas and Hany Farag (York University, Canada)

13:15 - Implementation of Power System Stabilizers in a Power Grid: A Case Study

Xiaodong Liang and Matthew Carter (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)

13:30 - Managing Ferroresonance Overvoltages in Distribution Systems

Alexandre B Nassif (ATCO Electric, Canada); Ming Dong (ENMAX Power Corporation, Canada); Sanjay Kumar (ATCO Electric, Canada); Graeme Vanderstar (ATCO Electric & University of Alberta, Canada)

13:45 - The Point at Which Energy Storage is Required for Integrating Renewables in Remote Power Systems

Spencer R.D. Sumanik (Yukon College & Yukon Research Centre, Canada); Jason Zrum (Yukon College, Canada); Michael Ross (Yukon College, USA)


14:00 - Inclusion of Abnormal Operation in Modeling of LCC-HVDC Systems Using Dynamic Phasors

Mehdi Daryabak (Power Systems Consultants Inc., Canada); Shaahin Filizadeh (University of Manitoba, Canada)

14:15 - Performance and Conformance Analysis of a Commercial Scale PV Inverter

Alexandre B Nassif, Hesam Yazdanpanahi, Matthew Wright and Amanda Robertson (ATCO Electric, Canada)

14:30 - Augmenting Feeder Protection Dependability Under High Penetration of DERs

Alexandre B Nassif and Hesam Yazdanpanahi (ATCO Electric, Canada); Ricardo Torquato (University of Campinas, Brazil); Iraj Rahimi Pordanjani (AltaLInk, Canada)

14:45 - A Pattern Recognition Method for Partial Discharge Detection on Insulated Overhead Conductors

Ming Dong (ENMAX Power Corporation, Canada); Zexi Sun (Auroki Analytics, Canada); Yunfei Wang (AltaLink Management Ltd, Canada)

15:00 - Break 15:15 - Real-Time Modeling and Testing of Distance Protection Relay Based on IEC 61850 Protocol

Atieh Delavari (Hydro-Québec /IREQ, Canada); Chuma Francis Mugombozi (IREQ/Hydro-

Québec, Canada); Patrice Brunelle (IREQ, Canada); François Guay (IREQ, Canada)

15:30 - A Comparative Power Quality Analysis of Cryptocurrency Mining Loads

Keaton A. Wheeler (Primary Engineering and Construction & University of Saskatchewan,

Canada); Anthony Bowers (Primary Engineering and Construction, Canada)

15:45 - Extended Modulus Optimum Method for Off-Grid Inverter's Voltage Control System

Xiaoyu Wang, Nikolay Radimov and Shichao Liu (Carleton University, Canada)

16:00 - The Effect of Network Reduction on Overcurrent Relay Coordination in Interconnected Power Networks

Matin Meskin (Eaton Corporation, USA); Ilya Grinberg (SUNY Buffalo State College, USA)

16:15 - Intelligent Anomaly Detection for Large-scale Smart Grids

Hadis Karimipour (University of Guelph, Canada)

16:30 - Assessment of Photovoltaic Hosting Capacity of Existing Distribution Circuits

Mohammed Al-Saffar and Shida Zhang (University of Alberta, Canada); Alexandre B Nassif (ATCO Electric, Canada); Petr Musilek (University of Alberta, Canada)


Tuesday, May 7, 13:00 - 15:30 D2-C2: Electromagnetics and Microwaves Room: Rundle Suite

Chair: Thomas R. Jones 13:00 - A 5.4 Gbps Type-C USB3.1/DP1.2 Combo Limiting ReDriver in 0.14 Um CMOS Technology

Siamak Delshadpour (NXP Semiconductors, USA)

13:15 - A BMC Analog/Digital PHY for Type-C USB Power Delivery Chip in 0.14 Um CMOS Technology

Siamak Delshadpour (NXP Semiconductors, USA)

13:30 - Mathematical Models for Extracellular Fluid Measurement to Detect Hydration Level Based on Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis

Mst Farzana Khatun and Md Sohel Rana (Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology,

Bangladesh); Tahasin Ahmed Fahim (Rajshahi University of Enginnering & Technology,

Bangladesh); Syed Tauhid Zuhori (RUET, Bangladesh)

13:45 - Design and Testing of Magnetohydrodynamic Propulsion System for a Small Vessel Using Powdered Iron Core Electromagnets

Adel Aktaibi (Red Deer College & Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada); Winston

Hoffman and Robyn Hall (Red Deer College, Canada)

14:00 - Linear Regression Models for Fat Free Mass Measurement Based on Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis

Tahasin Ahmed Fahim (Rajshahi University of Enginnering & Technology, Bangladesh); Md

Shamim Anower (Rajshahi University of Engineerimg and Technology, Bangladesh); Mst

Farzana Khatun (Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology, Bangladesh); Syed Tauhid

Zuhori (RUET, Bangladesh)

14:15 - V2V Communication-Assisted Transmit-Waveform Selection for Cognitive Vehicular Radars

Shuo Feng and Simon Haykin (McMaster University, Canada)

14:30 - Design and Development of Capacitively Coupled Plasma Monopole Antenna

Gurkirandeep Kaur Kamboj (Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, India); Rana Pratap Yadav and Abhinav Jain (Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala (Punjab), India); Rajinder Singh Kaler (Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab, India)

14:45 - Analysis on Nondispersive Infrared Device Characteristics Using Thermopile

Son Ng Pham and Anh Dinh (University of Saskatchewan, Canada)


15:00 - Energy-Efficient Coalition Formation in Sensor Networks: A Game-Theoretic Approach

M. Mehdi Afsar, Trafford Crump and Behrouz Far (University of Calgary, Canada)

15:15 - Synthesis of Weierstrass Fractional Noise for Validation of Polyscale Algorithms

Witold Kinsner (University of Manitoba, Canada)

Tuesday, May 7, 13:00 - 14:00 D2-S1: Special Session: Radiation Effects in Microelectronics Room: Rowand Suite

Chair: Li Chen and David Hiemstra 13:00 - A Review of Xilinx Field Programmable Gate Array Radiation Effects Performance Part II

David Hiemstra (MDA, Canada)

13:20 - A Radiation-Tolerant CML Voltage Controlled Oscillator in 28Nm CMOS FDSOI

Jaime S. Cardenas, Abdul Khan, Li Chen, Zhichao Zhang and Muhammad Khan (University of

Saskatchewan, Canada)

13:40 - A Low Power and Low Noise Voltage-Controlled Oscillator in 28-Nm FDSOI Technology for Wireless Communication Applications

Abdul Baseer Khan (University of Saskatchewan, Canada); Jaime S. Cardenas, Li Chen and

Muhammad Khan (University of Saskatchewan, Canada)

Tuesday, May 7, 14:20 - 15:20 D2-S2: Special Session: CubeSat and Satellite Design Room: Rowand Suite

Chair: Duncan Elliott 14:20 - ManitobaSat-1: Making Space for Innovation

Amin Yahyaabadi, Matt Driedger, Varsha Parthasarathy, Rishabh Sahani, Aimee Carvey,

Tamkin Rahman, Valorie Platero and Jaime Campos (University of Manitoba, Canada);

Philip A Ferguson (University of Manitoba & NSERC / CSA / Magellan Aerospace Industrial

Research Chair in Satellite Engineering, Canada)

14:40 - Design and Verification of a Robust Release Mechanism for CubeSat Deployables

Stefan E Damkjar, Collin Cupido, Charles Nokes, Ian Mann and Duncan G. Elliott

(University of Alberta, Canada)


15:00 - The Western University - Nunavut Arctic College CubeSat Project

Matthew Cross, Jayshri Sabarinathan, Matthew Bourassa and Gordon Osinski (University of

Western Ontario, Canada)

Tuesday, May 7, 13:00 - 15:00 D2-D2: Bioengineering Room: Emily Murphy Suite

Chair: Juliana Felix 13:00 - The Instrumentation of a Ride-on Car to Quantitatively Assess Performance and Progress for Children with Mobility Impairments

Jesse Schmitz and Raman Paranjape (University of Regina, Canada); Kim Schaan and Kent Windsor (Saskatchewan Health Authority, Canada)

13:15 - PCB Fabricated Passive RF Balun for 3 T MRI Applications

Ali Dianat (University of Windsor, Canada); Ali Attaran (Research Scientist, Canada); Roberto Muscedere (University of Windsor, Canada); Blaine Chronik (xMR Director, Canada)

13:30 - Ultra Low Frequency Electric Field Probes for Gradient Coils Field Measurement During Medical Device Testing

Ali Attaran (Research Scientist, Canada); Arjama Halder (Research Assistant, Canada); Paul Christiaans and Ryan Chaddock (Staff, Canada); William Handler (Reasearch Scientist, Canada); Blaine Chronik (xMR Director, Canada)

13:45 - Parallel GPU-Accelerated Spike Sorting

Amirhossein Alimohammad (San Diego State University, USA); Ian Schofield (Athabasca University, Canada)

14:00 - Automated Melanoma Staging in Lymph Node Biopsy Image Using Deep Learning

Mrinal Mandal (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada); Salah Alheejawi (University of Alberta, Canada); Richard Berendt and Naresh Jha (Cross Cancer Institute, Canada)

14:15 - Lumped Element RF Low Pass Filter with 20 dB Improved Suppression at the Center Frequency of an RF Injection Network for Conductive Emission Testing

Ali Attaran (Research Scientist, Canada); William Handler (Reasearch Scientist, Canada); Blaine Chronik (xMR Director, Canada)

14:30 - A Parkinson's Disease Classification Method: An Approach Using Gait Dynamics and Detrended Fluctuation Analysis

Juliana Félix, Flávio Vieira, Alisson Cardoso, Marcus Vinícius Gonzaga Ferreira, Ricardo Franco, Michel Ribeiro, Sérgio Araújo and Henrique Corrêa (Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brazil); Marcos Carneiro (Pontífica Universidade Católica de Goiás, Brazil)


14:45 - A Review of Intraoperative Surgeries Error Evaluation Methodologies

Parisa Naraei, Mina Mobini (Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada)

Tuesday, May 7, 15:15 - 17:15

D2-E2: Control and Robotics


Chair: Jalal Habibi

15:15 -Robotic Manipulator Control Using PD-type Fuzzy Iterative Learning Control

Armin Norouzi Yengeje and Charles Robert Koch (University of Alberta, Canada)

15:30 - Construction of Autonomous Driving Maps Employing LiDAR Odometry

Ismail Hamieh (National Research Council - Government of Canada & University of Windsor, Canada); Ryan Myers (National Research Council, Canada); Taufiq Rahman (National Research Council, Canada)

15:45 - Receding Horizon Control of Rate of Penetration in Rotary Drills

Jalal Habibi and Faramarz Hassani (McGill University, Canada)

16:00 - A Brief Review on Robotic Grippers Classifications

Zahra Samadikhoshkho, Kourosh Zareinia and Farrokh Janabi-Sharifi (Ryerson University, Canada)

16:15 - Event-Triggered State Estimation of High Dimensional Nonlinear Systems with Highly Nonlinear State Space Model Using Cubature Kalman Filter

Marzieh Kooshkbaghi and Horacio J Marquez (University of Alberta, Canada)

16:30 - A Preview Neuro-Fuzzy Controller Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning for Backing Up a Truck-Trailer Vehicle

Eduardo Bejar (Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, Peru)

16:45 - Control of a Mechanical Knee Based on Predictive Control Techniques

Raissa Campos (Federal University of Itajuba, Brazil); Jeremias Barbosa Machado (Federal

University of Itajuba, Brazil); Sidney Givigi (Royal Millitary College of Canada, Canada); Luis

H. C. Ferreira (Federal University of Itajuba, Brazil)

17:00 - A Comparison of Lumped Parameter Models of Modified Hybrid Electromechanical Valve Actuator

Jawad Aslam; Syed Omer Gilani (National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan);

Waqas Tanveer, Emad Uddin, Saad Ali and Yamin Younis (National University of Sciences

and Technology (NUST), Pakistan)



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