BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Drupal iCal API//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Events items teaser X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f54c3168386 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260505T130000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260505T150000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/electrical-computer-engineering/events/phd-defence -notice-beyond-lab-integrated-biosensing SUMMARY:PhD Defence Notice: Beyond the Lab: Integrated Biosensing Platforms \nfor Point-of-Care Diagnostics and Continuous Monitoring in Blood\,\nSkin \, and Brain CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Candidate: Fatemeh Keyvani\n\nDate: May 5\, 2026\n\nTime: 1:00 PM\n\nLocation: Online - contact the candidate for more information.\n\ nSupervisors: Poudineh\, Mahla DTSTAMP:20260502T005825Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f54c316915a DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260504T093000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260504T113000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/electrical-computer-engineering/events/phd-defence -notice-reconfigurable-radio-frequency-devices LOCATION:EIT - Centre for Environmental and Information Technology 200 Univ ersity Avenue West Room 3142 Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:PhD Defence Notice: Reconfigurable Radio Frequency Devices Based on \nMonolithic Integration of Phase Change Material Switches and\nFerroelect ric Variable Capacitors CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Candidate: Mehran Golcheshmeh\n\nDate: May 4\, 2026\n\nTime: 9: 30 AM\n\nLocation: EIT 3142\n\nSupervisors: Mansour\, Raafat DTSTAMP:20260502T005825Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f54c3169c3e DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260501T110000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260501T130000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/electrical-computer-engineering/events/phd-defence -notice-advanced-circuit-and-system-techniques LOCATION:EIT - Centre for Environmental and Information Technology 200 Univ ersity Avenue West Room 3142 Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:PhD Defence Notice: Advanced Circuit and System Techniques for\nHig h-Performance Beamforming Front-end CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Candidate: Mehran Hazer Sahlabadi\n\nDate: May 1\, 2026\n\nTime : 11:00 AM\n\nLocation: EIT 3142\n\nSupervisors: Boumaiza\, Slim DTSTAMP:20260502T005825Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f54c316a608 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260429T130000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260429T150000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/electrical-computer-engineering/events/phd-defence -notice-tunable-band-pass-filters-wide-tuning LOCATION:EIT - Centre for Environmental and Information Technology 200 Univ ersity Avenue West Room 3142 Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:PhD Defence Notice: Tunable Band-Pass Filters with a Wide Tuning Ra nge\nand Minimum Number of Tuning Elements CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Candidate: Seyyed Mojtaba Pourjaafari\n\nDate: April 29\, 2026\ n\nTime: 1:00 PM\n\nLocation: EIT 3142\n\nSupervisors: Mansour\, Raafat DTSTAMP:20260502T005825Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f54c316aff1 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260417T093000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260417T113000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/electrical-computer-engineering/events/phd-defence -notice-load-variation-resilient-and-average LOCATION:EIT - Centre for Environmental and Information Technology 200 Univ ersity Avenue West Room 3142 Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:PhD Defence Notice: Load Variation Resilient and Average Efficiency \nEnhanced Power Amplifiers for 5G/6G MIMO System CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Candidate: Hang Yu\n\nDate: April 17\, 2026\n\nTime: 9:30 AM\n\ nLocation: EIT 3142\n\nSupervisors: Boumaiza\, Slim DTSTAMP:20260502T005825Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f54c316b769 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260413T090000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260413T110000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/electrical-computer-engineering/events/phd-defence -notice-stochastic-planning-dual-provision-power SUMMARY:PhD Defence Notice: Stochastic Planning of Dual-provision\nPower-to -hydrogen Systems CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Candidate: Haytham Raafat Gamal Ibrahim\n\nDate: April 13\, 202 6\n\nTime: 9:00 AM\n\nLocation: Online - contact the candidate for more information.\n\nSupervisors: Salama\, Magdy DTSTAMP:20260502T005825Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f54c316bd77 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260413T113000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260413T133000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/electrical-computer-engineering/events/masc-thesis -examination-multi-layer-otn-simulation-and-llm SUMMARY:MASc Thesis Examination: Multi-Layer OTN Simulation and LLM-Driven\ nRoot Cause Analysis: From Alarm Propagation to Reinforcement-Optimized\nD iagnostic Agents CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Candidate: Shihang Wang\n\nDate: April 13\, 2026\n\nTime: 11:30 AM\n\nLocation: Online (Microsoft Teams)\n\nSupervisor: Pin-Han Ho DTSTAMP:20260502T005825Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f54c316c2e5 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260407T110000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260407T130000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/electrical-computer-engineering/events/phd-defence -notice-design-testing-and-analysis-advanced LOCATION:EIT - Centre for Environmental and Information Technology 200 Univ ersity Avenue West Room 3142 Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:PhD Defence Notice: Design\, Testing\, and Analysis of Advanced Mas sive\nMIMO Transmitters CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Candidate: Jin Gyu Lim\n\nDate: April 7\, 2026\n\nTime: 11:00 A M\n\nLocation: EIT 3142\n\nSupervisors: Boumaiza\, Slim DTSTAMP:20260502T005825Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f54c316ca04 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260407T100000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260407T120000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/electrical-computer-engineering/events/phd-defence -notice-decentralized-and-agentic-spectrum SUMMARY:PhD Defence Notice: Decentralized and Agentic Spectrum Management i n\nCognitive Wireless Networks CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Candidate: Anas Abognah\n\nDate: April 7\, 2026\n\nTime: 10:00 AM\n\nLocation: Online—contact the candidate for more information.\n\ nSupervisors: Basir\, Otman DTSTAMP:20260502T005825Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f54c316cf8a DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260330T100000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260330T120000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/electrical-computer-engineering/events/phd-defence -notice-verification-and-down-stack LOCATION:EIT - Centre for Environmental and Information Technology 200 Univ ersity Avenue West Room 3142 Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:PhD Defence Notice: Verification Up and Down The Stack CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Candidate: Joseph Tafese\n\nDate: March 30\, 2026\n\nTime: 10:0 0 AM\n\nLocation: EIT 3142\n\nSupervisors: Gurfinkel\, Arie DTSTAMP:20260502T005825Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR