Open house

Power and Energy Systems: Innovation Meets a Growing Industry

Andrea Pinos — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 19:50:39 +0000

Power and Energy Systems: Innovation Meets a Growing Industry Andrea Pinos Wed, 08/22/2018 - 15:50

Meet tomorrow’s leaders in power systems and control, high-voltage technologies, and energy generation, conversion and storage at the ��ݮ��Ƶ-ECE Open House. Engage our academic staff and student researchers in a discussion of R&D and technical problems facing your company.

Highlights: The Open House is a half-day forum dedicated to linking industry with leading-edge research in power and energy systems technologies. These technologies span the range from new materials, to systems and control of smart grids, energy transmission, power electronics, and photovoltaics. Local funding agencies specializing in industry/academic collaborations will be on site to assist in making your match a reality.

Time and Place:

September 13, 2018 - 9:15 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.

Centre for Environment and Information Technology, University of ��ݮ��Ƶ

Event Schedule:

Time	What's happening?	Location
9:15 - 9:45a.m.	Registration and coffee	EIT 1st floor atrium
9:45 – 10:00a.m.	Welcome and introduction	EIT 1st floor atrium
10:00 – 10:30a.m.	Flash presentations	EIT 3142
10:30 – 11:30a.m.	Poster sessions and lab tours	EIT 1st floor atrium
11:30 – 12:30p.m.	Lunch and OCE success talk	EIT 3142
12:30 – 1:30p.m.	Poster sessions and lab tours	EIT 1st floor atrium
1:30 – 2:30p.m.	Keynote: Terry Young , VP, Policy, Engagement and Innovation, IESO	EIT 3142
2:30 - 2:45 p.m	Closing remarks and prizes	EIT 3142

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Distinguished Lecture: "Physics of quantum-to-classical crossover and coherent Ising machines" by Dr. Yoshihisa Yamamoto

Andrea Pinos — Fri, 08 Jun 2018 19:55:20 +0000

Distinguished Lecture: "Physics of quantum-to-classical crossover and coherent Ising machines" by Dr. Yoshihisa Yamamoto Andrea Pinos Fri, 06/08/2018 - 15:55

"Physics of quantum-to-classical crossover and coherent Ising machines"

Speaker: Dr. Yoshihisa Yamamoto

Biography:

Yoshihisa Yamamoto received his B.S. degree from Tokyo Institute of Technology and his M.S. and Ph. D. degrees from the University of Tokyo in 1973, 1975 and 1978, respectively. He joined NTT Basic Research Laboratories in 1978. He became a Professor of Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering at Stanford University in 1992. From 2003, he concurrently served as a Professor at National Institute of Informatics. Since 2014, he has been a Program Manager for Impulsive Paradigm Change through Disruptive Technologies Program (ImPACT) of Council for Science, Technology and Innovation, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan. He is currently a Professor (emeritus) at Stanford University and National Institute of Informatics, and NTT R&D Fellow. His research interest has been in coherent communication, quantum optics and quantum information processing.

Abstract:

In this talk, we will discuss the three quantum computation models, unitary quantum computation (UQC) [1,2], adiabatic quantum computation (AQC) [3,4] and dissipative quantum computation (DQC) [5,6]. The UQC is expected to solve efficiently problems with hidden periodicity such as factoring and discrete logarithm, while the AQC and DQC are expected to solve efficiently problems without any hidden period nor specific structure, such as combinatorial optimization problems. A coherent Ising machine (CIM) is a novel computing architecture based on the network of degenerate optical parametric oscillators and implements the DQC model [7,8]. The developed CIM has 2048 spins with all-to-all connections and is now available as a cloud system via internt [9]. We will present the basic concept [10], operational principle [11] and benchmark study against modern algorithms [12] of the CIM.

References:

[1] D. Deutsch, Proc. of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 400, 97–117 (1985); D. Deutsch and R. Jozsa, Proc. Roy. Soc. (London) A 439, 553 (1992).

[2] P. W. Shor, Proc. of the 35th Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, IEEE Computer Society Press,124 (1994).

[3] E. Farhi, J. Goldstone, S. Gutmann, J. Lapan, A. Lundgren, and D. Preda, Science 292, 472 (2001).

[4] T. Kadowaki and H. Nishimori, Phys. Rev. E 58, 5355 (1998).

[5] W. H. Zurek, Rev. Mod. Phys. 75, 715 (2003).

[6] F. Verstraete, M. M. Wolf, and J. I. Cirac, Nature Phys. 5, 633 (2009).

[7] A. Marandi Z. Wang, K. Takata, R. L. Byer, and Y. Yamamoto, Nature Photonics 8, 937 (2014); T. Inagaki, K. Inaba, R. Hamerly, K. Inoue, Y. Yamamoto, and H. Takesue, Nature Photonics 10, 415 (2016).

[8] T. Inagaki, Y. Haribara, K. Igarashi, T. Sonobe, S. Tamate, T. Honjo, A. Marandi, P. L. McMahon, T. Umeki, K. Enbutsu, O. Tadanaga, H. Takenouchi, K. Aihara, K. Kawarabayashi, K. Inoue, S. Utsunomiya, and H. Takesue, Science 354, 603 (2016); P. L. McMahon, A. Marandi, Y. Haribara, R. Hamerly, C. Langrock, S. Tamate, T. Inagaki, H. Takesue, S. Utsunomiya, K. Aihara, R. L. Byer, M. M. Fejer, H. Mabuchi, and Y. Yamamoto, Science 354, 614 (2016).

[9] https://qnncloud.com/

[10] S. Utsunomiya, K. Takata, and Y. Yamamoto, Opt. Express 19, 18091 (2011).

[11] Z. Wang, A. Marandi, K. Wen, R. L. Byer, and Y. Yamamoto, Phys. Rev. A 88, 063853 (2013); T. Leleu, Y. Yamamoto, S. Utsunomiya, and K. Aihara, Phys. Rev. E 95, 022118 (2017).

[12] Y. Haribara, H. Ishikawa, S. Utsunomiya, K. Aihara, and Y. Yamamoto, Quantum Sci. Tech. 2, 044002 (2017).

March Break Open House

Engineering Advancement Coop — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 22:02:28 +0000

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Fall Open House

Rebecca Schuetze — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 20:28:01 +0000

Fall Open House Rebecca Schuetze Mon, 10/17/2022 - 16:28

��ݮ��Ƶ Engineering welcomes future students and their families to visit us to discover our undergraduate programs, campus, student life and more at this year's Fall Open House!

Schedule of Events for ��ݮ��Ƶ Engineering

10:00 am - 4:00 pm: Engineering Information Fair: admissions, co-op, EngSoc, Women in Engineering, and program booths (E7 2nd Floor)
10:00 am - 4:00 pm: Student Design Team Fair (Sedra Student Design Centre E5)
10:00am - 4:00pm: Faculty of Engineering Tours (departing from E7 IDEAs Clinic - pre-registration required)

Plan your day to discover where a career in engineering can take you. If you're applying, we hope this event will help you determine which engineering program is right for you.

You'll have access to our helpful professors, students, staff and alumni who can answer your questions and get you connected to the information you're looking for.

We hope to see you there!

Please pre-register for Engineering Tours

Architecture

If you are interested in Architecture, please plan to participate in the School of Architecture's Open House in Cambridge, Ontario.

Hack the North Organizer Open House

Engineering Advancement Coop — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 18:07:59 +0000

Hack the North Organizer Open House Engineering Ad… Thu, 02/25/2021 - 13:07

Join the Hack the North Organizer Open House to meet current organizers and Hack the North alumni to learn about their experiences organizing Canada's biggest hackathon!

We'll also be answering any questions that you may have regarding organizer applications, so don't be shy to say hi!

We're looking for post-secondary students to join the 2021 Hack the North team to plan and execute a global event that makes it easy for students to dream big and build incredible projects!

There are open positions available for the following teams:

- Design Team

- Frontend Team

- Backend Team

- Marketing Team

- Sponsorship Team

- Finance Team

- Logistics Team

- Internal Operations

Join our Discord server to attend the Organizer Open House: https://discord.com/invite/4MPpuTGwEv

Distinguished Lecture: "Operating Blockchains Near Physical Limits" by Dr. David Tse

Andrea Pinos — Mon, 06 May 2019 15:27:12 +0000

Distinguished Lecture: "Operating Blockchains Near Physical Limits" by Dr. David Tse Andrea Pinos Mon, 05/06/2019 - 11:27

"Operating Blockchains Near Physical Limits"

Speaker: David Tse

Biography:

David N.C. Tse is the Thomas Kailath and Guanghan Xu Professor of Engineering at Stanford University. He received his B.A.Sc. in Systems Design Engineering from the University of ��ݮ��Ƶ, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Tse is a world-leading authority in information theory, particularly for his contributions to wireless communication, energy and computational biology. An IEEE Fellow, Tse is recipient of numerous awards, including the IEEE ITS Claude E. Shannon Award, the IEEE Communications Society Stephen O. Rice Prize and the INFORMS Applied Probability Society Erlang Prize. He was inducted into the U.S. National Academy of Engineering in 2018.

Abstract:

The concept of a blockchain was invented by Satoshi Nakamoto to maintain a distributed ledger. In addition to its security, important performance measures of a blockchain protocol are its transaction throughput, confirmation latency and confirmation reliability. These measures are limited by two underlying physical network attributes: communication capacity and speed-of-light propagation delay. Existing systems operate far away from these physical limits. In this work we introduce Prism, a new blockchain protocol, which can provably achieve

security against up to 50% adversarial hashing power;
optimal throughput up to the capacity C of the network;
confirmation latency for honest transactions proportional to the propagation delay D, with confirmation error probability exponentially small in the bandwidth-delay product CD;
eventual total ordering of all transactions.

Our approach to the design of this protocol is based on deconstructing the blockchain into its basic functionalities and systematically scaling up these functionalities to approach their physical limits.

This is joint work with Vivek Bagaria, Sreeram Kannan, Giulia Fanti and Pramod Viswanath. The full paper can be found at https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.08092.

Distinguished Lecture: "Machine Learning Meets Mobile Communications" by Dr. H. Vincent Poor

Andrea Pinos — Wed, 01 May 2019 15:40:40 +0000

Distinguished Lecture: "Machine Learning Meets Mobile Communications" by Dr. H. Vincent Poor Andrea Pinos Wed, 05/01/2019 - 11:40

"Machine Learning Meets Mobile Communications"

Speaker: Dr. H. Vincent Poor

Biography:

H. Vincent Poor is the Michael Henry Strater University Professor at Princeton University. He received his Ph.D. in EECS from Princeton in 1977. From 1977 until joining the Princeton faculty in 1990, he was on the faculty at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has held visiting positions at several other universities including, and most recently, Berkeley and Cambridge. Dr. Poor’s research interests are in information theory and signal processing, and their applications in wireless networks, energy systems and related fields. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and is a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Royal Society of London, and other national and international academies. He received the Marconi and Armstrong Awards of the IEEE Communications Society in 2007 and 2009, respectively, and the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal in 2017.

Abstract:

Mobile communications and machine learning are two of the most exciting technological fields of our time. In recent times these two fields have begun to merge in two fundamental ways. First, while mobile communications has developed largely as a model-driven field, the complexities of many emerging communications scenarios is giving rise to the need to introduce data-driven methods into the design and analysis of mobile networks. And, conversely, many machine learning problems are by their nature distributed due to either physical limitations or privacy concerns; this distributed nature gives rise to the need to consider mobile networks as part of learning mechanisms. This talk will illuminate these two perspectives, drawing largely on examples for recent research in the field. These include the use of learning mechanisms in communications problems such as proactive caching, resource allocation and security, and the consideration of communications issues arising in distributed learning problems such as federated learning and social learning.

UW Formula Motorsports 2019 Unveiling

Amanda Guderian — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 16:10:57 +0000

UW Formula Motorsports 2019 Unveiling Amanda Guderian Thu, 04/25/2019 - 12:10

UW Formula Motorsports is proud to unveil our 2019 formula-style race car!

Our car will be competition-ready and on display from 12pm-6pm. The event has an open schedule so you can drop by any time during the 6 hours! Come check out the car speak to the team about all the hard work they've put in!

U��ݮ��Ƶ Advanced Manufacturing Consortium (AMC) Showcase

Isabella McKenzie — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 14:55:43 +0000

U��ݮ��Ƶ Advanced Manufacturing Consortium (AMC) Showcase Isabella McKenzie Tue, 03/12/2019 - 10:55

The Ontario AMC is a joint partnership between the University of ��ݮ��Ƶ, McMaster University and Western University. Funded by the province of Ontario, the AMC works with small, medium and large industry partners across a diverse range of markets to accelerate innovation and to uphold Ontario as a leading manufacturing region.

The research assets at U��ݮ��Ƶ provide industry-friendly R&D support from conceptualization to implementation of novel products, production methods and processes. Access to world-class advanced manufacturing equipment and the technical expertise of over 200 researchers and technical specialists at U��ݮ��Ƶ allow project scalability on rapid industry timelines.

The AMC at U��ݮ��Ƶ is pleased to present an inaugural Showcase on April 23, 2019 of the advanced manufacturing capabilities and industrial partnership prospects. Members of the local industrial, academic and government communities are invited to join us for presentations of the four AMC assets at U��ݮ��Ƶ, targeted breakout sessions with lab representatives and networking opportunities.

AMC Research Assets at U��ݮ��Ƶ

Please see each drop down for a description of each asset within U��ݮ��Ƶ AMC. When registering for this event, you will be asked to select the two assets you are interested in engaging with and attending their breakout session.

Multi-scale additive manufacturing (MSAM)

MSAM is the most comprehensive university additive manufacturing (AM) facility in Canada. Through research and industry partnerships, MSAM develops next-generation materials, innovative products, advanced modeling and simulation tools, monitoring devices, control systems, quality assurance algorithms, and holistic characterization techniques.

Centre for Intelligent Antenna and Radio Systems (CIARS)

CIARS, a world-class research facility, supports transformative national and international industry collaborative activities in radio science and technology. CIARS offers unique prototyping, simulation, and measurement capabilities for integrated antenna and radio system technologies in the MHz to THz bands. CIARS current research targets 5G communication systems, Internet of Things (IoT) networks, next generation mobile satellite communications, advanced sensor devices and novel measurement techniques. Exploring unconventional approaches to meet future challenges in wireless communication, sensing, and imaging.

RoboHub

RoboHub is a state-of-the-art research and testing facility with ﬁxed-base, legged, aerial, wheeled, and maglev robots. Research in the RoboHub focuses on control, planning, perception, and human interaction challenges in heterogeneous multi-robot and human-robot teams. The RoboHub can simulate complex, real world environments across a range of ﬁelds, opening up new multidisciplinary avenues to explore the potential of practical and industrial robotic collaboration, adoption and implementation.

Watcar Manufacturing

WatCAR Manufacturing comprises the Forming and Crash Lab, the Centre for Advanced Materials Joining, the Fatigue and Stress Analysis Lab, the Impact Mechanics and Material Characterization Group, the Precision Controls Lab and the Composites Research Group. The research groups collaboratively support product and process development in the automotive, aerospace, and defence industries, with the conﬁdentiality and rapid turnaround times required by industry. These researchers offer expertise and equipment in advanced materials, forming, joining, computational modeling, performance testing, and cutting-edge production methods to promote lightweighting and production efficiency without compromising safety.

AMC U��ݮ��Ƶ Showcase Program

8:30AM - 9:15AM	Registration and welcome coffee
9:15AM - 9:45AM	Welcome/Overview of U��ݮ��Ƶ AMC
9:45AM - 10:45AM	1st Breakout Session: presentations and Q&A opportunity with lab specific team members (choose one): CIARS MSAM RoboHub WatCAR Manufacturing
10:45AM - 11:15AM	Networking Break
11:15AM - 12:15PM	2nd Breakout Session: presentations and Q&A opportunity with lab specific team members (choose one): CIARS MSAM RoboHub WatCAR Manufacturing
12:15AM - 1:30PM	Networking lunch and closing remarks

Follow-up private tours may be organized by each research group for interested parties to discuss specific project interests. Please indicate your interest in a tour when you register online.

Parking: Several lots are available on a daily basis via pay and display. Q lot is recommended for this event. Please visit the U��ݮ��Ƶ Parking Services page for visitor parking details.

Electrical & Computer Engineering Capstone Design Symposium

Amanda Guderian — Wed, 20 Feb 2019 21:25:03 +0000

Electrical & Computer Engineering Capstone Design Symposium Amanda Guderian Wed, 02/20/2019 - 16:25

Electrical & Computer Engineering's Capstone Design Symposium features over 70 unique research projects, some of which include impactful technology to assist vision and hearing impaired persons, injured persons, and medical professionals. The incredible projects from Electrical and Computer Engineering students do not stop there, for more information, see the 2019 Electrical and Computer Engineering Capstone Design Projects page.

March 20 will be a full day of Capstone presentations; students will be present from 9:30 am until 4:00pm to show and discuss their research with visual aids and tactile materials or prototypes to illustrate their research.

Take a look at photos from last year's Electrical & Computer Engineering's Capstone Symposium, and check out the ��ݮ��Ƶ Engineering Facebook page after the event for photos from this year's Capstone Symposium.