Past Event 2011

Laser Science @ Science World - Come and see the first Laser ever on display!
Mrs. Kathleen Maiman - SFU
Dr. Nissim Pillosof - Kodak
Gary Cullen - Holographic Art
Entry fee is by donation and goes to Science World to cover their renovation expenses. Please give generously. Registration required RSVP by Email to: anewton.ieee@gmail.com
Date & Time: January 17, 2010 6:15pm - 9:00pm
Science World at TELUS World of Science, 1455 Quebec Street, Vancouver, BC

Introduction to FTTx Receivers Front End Design (A donated presentation)
Presenter: Alon Newton on behalf of Avigdor Brillant - Senior Staff Engineer, Qualcomm Israel
BCIT Burnaby campus SW3-1750 February 21, 2011 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Shifting the Gear to 4G Mobile Networks: 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE)
Hossam Fattah PhD. - UBC/WiMatek Systems Inc.
BCIT Burnaby campus SW3-1750 March 7, 2011 7:00pm - 9:00pm

ICICS/ECE/IEEE Workshop on Future Communications and Multimedia Systems
Prof. Lutz Lampe, Chair
UBC Campus, Kaiser Building, Friday, March 11, 2011, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

Photothermal Techniques for Materials Characterization and Live Cells Monitoring
Dr George Chen - BC Photonics Technological Co.
BCIT Burnaby Campus Monday SW3-1750 April 18, 2011 7:00pm -9:00pm

IEEE Circuits and Systems Society joint Chapter of the Vancouver/Victoria Sections
IEEE Joint Communications Chapter - Vancouver
Formal Verification of the Medium Access in the Controller Area Network Protocol
Dr. Dario Kresic - University of Zagreb, Croatia
Thursday, May 5, 2011, 4:00-5:00pm UBC Room 2020, Kaiser Building (2332 Main Mall)

Tour of the Seymour-Capilano Water Filtration Plant Control Centre
Metro Vancouver - Project Information Line at 604-451-6654
Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve (end of Lillooet Road, North Vancouver)
Saturday May 7, 2011 10:30am RSVP via Email to: anewton.ieee@gmail.com

Impacts of Autonomous Urban Land Vehicles
Presenter: Dr. Tyler C. Folsom - The Elcano Project
BCIT Burnaby campus SW3-1750 Tuesday May 31, 2011 7:00pm - 9:00pm

25-Year Anniversary of Digital Subscriber Line Communications (DSL)- Modern Digital Communications Schemes for an Old Medium
Prof. Johannes Huber - Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Tuesday, June 28,2011 11:00am, UBC, ECE Kaiser building room 2020

Recent advances in antenna impedance analysis and matching circuit optimization &
Introducing the Optenni Lab matching circuit optimization and antenna analysis software

Monday, July 11, 2011 15:00-17:00
SFU Burnaby Mountain campus, Room 9886- Applied Science Building

Visit to NRC Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation (NRC-IFCI)
Friday, July 15, 2011 15:00 RSVP through Email to: anewton.ieee@gmail.com by July 8, 2011
NRC-IFCI 4250 Wesbrook Mall , Vancouver, BC

UBC Line Rapid Transit Study
Ms. Margaret Wittgens - TransLink
BCIT Burnaby campus SW3-1750 Monday July 18, 2011 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Lunch & Learn BBQ lunch & Tour of Enigma Interconnect Inc.
8070 Winston Street, Burnaby, British Columbia
Friday, July 22, 2011, 12:00pm - 2:00pm RSVP to: anewton.ieee@gmail.com by July 15, 2011

The European ITS Action Plan and technological trends to build an integrated transportation system
Dr. Reinhard Pfliegl - Chair ITS World Congress 2012
BCIT Burnaby campus SW5-1840 on Friday August 5, 2011, 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Visit to Global BC Shawmedia TV Studio
Gerry Persoon -  Gerry Persoon, Engineering Supervisor, Global BC /Shaw Media
7850 Enterprise Street, Burnaby, BC
Website: http://www.globaltvbc.com/ a division of http://shawmediatv.ca/
Friday, September 16, 2011, 15:00 -17:00
By RSVP to: anewton.ieee@gmail.com before Sept 12, 2011

LAW & INSURANCE AS IT PERTAINS TO STARTING AND RUNNING A CONSULTING BUSINESS
Sidney W. Kemp, B.Comm, MSc, LLB - Rhombic Consulting Group Inc.
BCIT Burnaby campus SW5-1840 on Tuesday October 11, 2011, 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Scheduling in Grid Networks
Prof. Nelson L. S. da Fonseca, State University of Campinas, Brazil
Thursday, October 13, 2011, 4:30pm UBC McLeod 418 (2356 Main Mall)

From Open-Loop Sensing to Closed-Loop Sensing and Control:
Challenges to Embedded Wireless Networking

Dr. Hongwei Zhang - Department of Computer Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Thursday, October 20, 2011, 2:30pm UBC Room 2020, Kaiser Building (2332 Main Mall)

QoS Provisionings in Cognitive Radio Networks
Prof. Xi Zhang, Texas A&M University - Comsoc Distinguished Lecture
Wednesday, November 2, 2011, 3:00pm UBC McLeod 418 (2356 Main Mall)