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Tuesday, December 8, 2015 — 8:45 AM to 12:30 PM EST
The IEEE Canada (Kitchener-Waterloo section) and the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of the University of Waterloo present a Half-Day Workshop on "Advanced Topics in Microgrid Control: A Review of Trends, Concepts and Technologies; Challenges and Practical Solutions" by Dr. Amir Hajimiragha, BBS Access, Singapore.
Friday, September 25, 2015 — 4:00 PM EDT
Speaker
Dr Earl McCune, Visiting Faculty, TU Delft
Topic
The Physics of OFDM
Friday, September 25, 2015 — 11:00 AM EDT
Speaker
Dr Earl McCune, Visiting Faculty, TU Delft
Topic
Silicon Valley Style: Project Operations in the Presence of Extreme Risk
Tuesday, December 15, 2015 — 9:30 AM EST
Candidate
Keyvan Golestan Irani
Title
Information Fusion Methodology for Enhancing Situation Awareness in Connected Cars Environment
Supervisor
Fakhreddine Karray
Monday, December 14, 2015 — 11:00 AM EST
Candidate
Keyvan Golestan Irani
Title
Information Fusion Methodology for Enhancing Situation Awareness in Connected Cars Environment
Supervisor
Fakhreddine Karray
Friday, December 11, 2015 — 3:00 PM EST
Candidate
Leonardo Passos
Title
Feature Scattering in the Large: A Longitudinal Study of Linux Kernel Device Drivers
Supervisor
Krzysztof Czarnecki
Thursday, December 10, 2015 — 1:30 PM EST
Candidate
Hamidreza Nafissi
Topic
Electrostatic Atomic Force Microscopy
Supervisor
Raafat Mansour and Eihab Abdel-Rahman (Systems Design)
Background subjects
- Atomic Force Microscopy
- Electrostatic Actuation and Detection
- Low Noise and High Precision Analog Circuitry
Thursday, December 10, 2015 — 10:30 AM EST
Candidate
Muhammet Ali Yurtalan
Topic
Design and Characterization of Flux Qubits with Improved Coherence
Supervisors
Zbigniew Wasilewski and Adrian Lupascu (Quantum Computing)
Background subjects
- Microwave Engineering
- Superconducting Qubits and Circuits
- Micro- and nano-fabrication
Thursday, December 10, 2015 — 10:00 AM EST
Candidate:
Fadwa Abdulhalim
Title:
Modeling Power Consumption of Applications Software Running on Servers
Supervisor
Kshirasagar Naik
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 — 10:00 AM EST
Candidate
Anik Islam
Title
Linearizing Radio Frequency Power Amplifiers Using an Analog Predistortion Technique
Supervisor
Slim Boumaiza
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 — 9:00 AM EST
Candidate
Lobna Nassar
Title
(VANET IR-CAS): Utilizing IR Techniques in Building Context Aware Systems for VANET
Supervisor
Fakhreddine Karray
Monday, December 7, 2015 — 1:00 PM EST
Candidate
Mustafa Mohammed Al-tekreeti
Topic
Performance testing and evaluation of Networked Software Applications
Supervisor
Kshirasagar Naik
Background subjects
- Software testing
- Mobile systems and applications
- Stochastic processes and optimization
Monday, December 7, 2015 — 12:00 PM EST
Candidate
Shubhalakshmi Shetty
Title
Impact of PEV Charging Loads on Distribution System Operations and Optimal Siting and Sizing of PEV Charging Stations
Supervisor
Kankar Bhattacharya
Friday, December 4, 2015 — 1:30 PM EST
Candidate
Husam Suleiman
Topic
A Cost-Effective Dynamic Provisioning Approach to Enhance Performance in the Cloud Environment
Supervisor
Ladan Tahvildari
Background subjects
- Multi-Tier Cloud Applications
- Load Balancing Algorithms
- Resource Allocation Methods
- Performance Prediction Analysis
Friday, December 4, 2015 — 10:00 AM EST
Candidate
Arief Barkah Koesdwiady
Topic
Big Data Based Traffic Prediction Model for Smart Mobility Application
Supervisor
Fakhreddine Karray
Background subjects
- Computational Intelligence
- Statistical Learning
- Data Sensor Fusion
- Intelligent Transportation Systems
Thursday, December 3, 2015 — 11:00 AM EST
Candidate
Seyedeh Elham Akhavan Rezai
Title
New Energy Management System to incorporate Smart Parking Lots into Demand Response
Supervisor
Ehab El-Saadany and Fakhreddine Karray
Thursday, December 3, 2015 — 9:30 AM EST
Candidate
Lobna Nassar
Title
Use of Information Retrieval Techniques in Building Context Aware Systems for VANET [Vehicular Ad hoc NETwork]
Supervisors
Fakhreddine Karray and Mohamed Kamel
Wednesday, December 2, 2015 — 12:00 PM EST
Candidate:
Amr Abdelnaeem Ismail Said
Title:
A Sequential Power Flow Algorithm for Islanded Hybrid AC/DC Microgrids
Supervisor
Ehab El-Saadany
Wednesday, December 2, 2015 — 10:00 AM EST
Candidate:
Wanzong Liu
Title:
The End-to-End BER Analysis of Two Simulated OFDM-RoF Systems
Supervisors
Pin-Han Ho and Amir H. Majedi
Tuesday, December 1, 2015 — 10:00 AM EST
Candidate
Guocheng Liu
Title
Semiconductor Nanowire Based Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters: Modeling, Fabrication, and Characterization
Supervisor
Dayan Ban
Monday, November 30, 2015 — 2:00 PM EST
Candidate
Dylan Bespalko
Title
Modular Nonlinear Characterization System and Large-Signal Behavioral Modeling of Unmatched Transistors for Streamlined Power Amplifier Design
Supervisor
Slim Boumaiza
Monday, November 30, 2015 — 10:00 AM EST
Candidate
Yousef Mahmoud
Title
A Novel MPPT Technique based on an Image of PV Modules
Supervisor
Ehab El-Saadany
Friday, November 27, 2015 — 2:00 PM EST
Candidate
Dylan Bespalko
Title
Modular Nonlinear Characterization System and Large-Signal Behavioral Modeling of Unmatched Transistors for Streamlined Power Amplifier Design
Supervisor
Slim Boumaiza
Friday, November 27, 2015 — 10:30 AM EST
Speaker
Dr. Johannes Benedikt, Cardiff School of Engineering, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Topic
On How the development of active harmonic load-pull is driving the development of RFPAs
Wednesday, November 25, 2015 — 10:00 AM EST
Candidate
Guocheng Liu
Title
Semiconductor Nanowire Based Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters: Modeling, Fabrication, and Characterization
Supervisor
Dayan Ban