Co-event with the CCECE

The 34th Annual Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering

 “Be Part of Ground-Breaking IoT Innovation and Meet Qualified Prospects and Decision Makers”

MEET decision makers from leading companies in the IoT.

REACH highly-engaged engineers and researchers interested in discovering the IoT.

EXPERIENCE event activities including keynotes from industry leaders.

About the IoT Connect: System Intelligence:

This is the second multi-track technical conference on applications-based hardware and Software design for IoT, from the component level, sub-systems, to complete systems. The contributors to this program will be from IEEE’s world class applied research community in combination with leading industry partners who are deploying the technologies in this rapidly growing field. (70% Industry / 30% Academia). A networking exhibit will allow companies the opportunity to demonstrate their products and services and increase visibility through event sponsorship.

This year, there is a Special track for COVID-19 research.

IoT Connect Schedule (Sept. 2 - Morning)

IoT Connect - Sept. 2nd Event Chair: Dr. Ahmed Refaey
10:00 - 10:30	Keynote Speaker	Prof. Xianbin Wang, FCAE, FEIC, FIEEE Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in 5G and Wireless IoT Communications Western University “Intelligent Wireless IoT Communications for a Hyper-Connected World”
Time	Presenter	Affiliation	Title
10:30 - 10:50	Abd-Elhamid Taha	Alfaisal University	Opportunities for IoT in Sustainability Certifications for Buildings
10:50 - 11:10	Fuad Shamieh	Evertz Microsystems	Provisioning Transaction Throughput for the Blockchain Economy in Industrial IoT
11:10 - 11:30	Sameh Sorour	Queens University	Towards an Internet of Mobile Edge Learning Things (I-MELT)
11:30 - 11:50	Aiman Erbad	Hamad Bin Khalifa University	To chain or not to chain: A reinforcement learning approach for blockchain-enabled IoT monitoring applications

 

 

IEEE Canada Online Awards Gala Schedule (Sept. 2 - Afternoon)

Register here to attend the Awards Gala via Zoom on Sept. 2 at noon Eastern time.

Hear from Our Award Winners– Sept 2nd Event Chair: Celia Desmond
Time	Award
12:00 - 12:20	R.A. Fessenden Award For industrial leadership in and pioneering contributions to mobile wireless communications Dr. Wen Tong “Mobile Communications Changed World”
12:20 - 12:40	R.H. Tanner Industry Leadership Award For contributions to improved safety of industrial power systems, and for ongoing development of standards for power system protection and coordination Dr. Rasheek Rifatt
12:40 - 13:00	J.M. Ham Outstanding Engineering Educator Award For successfully training world-class engineers and researchers for today’s industry and academia Professor Amir Aghdam "No worries, try your best"
13:00 - 13:20	J.J. Archambault Eastern Canada Merit Award For meritorious service in eastern Canada at the local IEEE Section and Area level. Dr. Saida Maaroufi
13:20 - 13:40	E.F. Glass Western Canada Merit Award For contributions to the Southern Alberta Section and the Southern Alberta IAS/PES Chapter Dale Tardiff
13:40 - 14:00	A.G.L. McNaughton Award For Contributions to Industry at large and Electrical Engineering profession Dr. Robert Hanna “Power Quality Challenges in Industry”

 

 

Submission Process:

For Industry:

• Option for presentation only (no paper):
  • Presentation Proposal Submission Process: please fill out the Industry Presentations Template IoT Connect and submit it to:
    • email address: ahmed[dot]Hussein[at]manhattan[dot]edu
    • subject line: IoT Connect 2020.
  • Deadline: July 24^th – 11:59 pm EST
  • Decision: August 1

• Option to submit a paper:
  • Paper Submission Process: please submit your paper through the EDAS system (see link on the Authors page) and select the IoT Connect track
  • Deadline – July 5^th – 11:59 pm EST
  • Decision – Aug 5^th
  • Final Camera-Ready Paper Submission – Aug 10^th– 11:59 pm EST

For Academia:

• Paper Submission Process: please submit your paper through the EDAS system (see link on the Authors page) and select the IoT Connect track
• Deadline – July 5^th– 11:59 pm EST
• Decision – Aug 5^th
• Final Camera-Ready Paper Submission – Aug 10^th– 11:59 pm EST

 

Honorary and Past Chair

Dr. Gamal Refai-Ahmed, Xilinx, USA

General Chair

Dr. Abdallah Shami, Western University, Canada

General Co-Chair

Dr. Ahmed Refaey Hussein, Manhattan College, USA/ Western University, Canada