Latest Past Events

An Undergraduate Perspective of the Professional World

Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/272992

IEEE YP Professional Development Series: Part 1 The Professional Development Series is a 10-part series of online seminars which aims at presenting and discussing career opportunities and pathways in the engineering profession, with presenters coming from a wide range of backgrounds across Canada and the world. In Part 1, Titus Priscu will share his perspective on career opportunities from an undergraduate perspective and how to prepare for the professional world. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/272992

AI against COVID-19 Competition: Workshop & Networking

Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/273888

IEEE SIGHT (Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology) of Montreal Section, Vision and Image Processing Research Group of the University of Waterloo and DarwinAI Corp. invite data scientists, students and professionals working on Artificial Intelligence (AI) to participate in a virtual competition to help medical researchers diagnose COVID-19 with chest X-ray (CXR) images. The ultimate goal is to contribute to the development of highly accurate yet practical AI solutions for detecting COVID-19 cases and, hopefully, accelerating the treatment of those who need it the most. Moreover, this AI for Good initiative will also allow us to take action on at least one of the (https://sdgs.un.org/goals), Good Health and Well-being. During this workshop and networking event, you have the opportunity to attend two talks by Prof. Alex Wong from the University of Waterloo and Ahmed Adel From Microsoft Canada and also Networks with researchers in the field Speaker(s): Prof. Alex Wong, Ahmed Adel Agenda: - 12:00 p.m. - 12:05 p.m.: Welcome and introduction - 12:05 p.m. - 12:25 p.m.: Talk by Prof. Alexander Wong, University of Waterloo - 12:25 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.: Q&A - 12:30 p.m. - 12:50 p.m.: Talk by Ahmed Adel, Microsoft Canada - 12:50 p.m. - 12:55 p.m.: Q&A - 12:55 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.: Networking Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/273888

Introduction to Python programming – Registration

Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/268595

This is an introduction to Python programming for students without any prior programming knowledge or experience. The proposed 5-day course covers the fundamental aspects of programming, which include data types, various operators, input/output, conditions, control flow, functions, and algorithms. The learning experience is enhanced by a number of examples and problem sets (data, strings, file processing and simple graphics) that will be solved interactively during the lecture with the participation of the students. The course format includes 3 hours of daily lectures (2 hours of lecture and 1 hour of lab). A certificate of completions will be given to the student who successfully complete the course and pass a short exam at the end of the course to evaluate their knowledge. Electronic copies of the course materials will be provided to the students. The students will also be provided with career advice, and skills development. The course is delivered online and limited space (25 spots) is available. Please register by May 31st. After the registration, the successful applicants will be contacted to complete the IEEE registration process. Fees: - $250 CAD (IEEE or OSPE Members) - $350 CAD (Non-members) Please follow IEEE on Social Media: https://twitter.com/ieeetoronto https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/ Co-sponsored by: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour Speaker(s): Dr. Alireza Sadeghian, Agenda: Day 1 – June 7, 2021, 6:00-9:00 pm: Introduction to computer systems, hardware architecture, CPU, memory, compilation, high level vs. low-level programming language, data representation, Python and PyCharm interactive IDE installation, writing/editing/saving/retrieving and running a simple program, basic data types, variables, assignments, comments, and expressions. The material learned will be reinforced through examples provided during the lecture. Day 2 – June 8, 2021, 6:00-9:00 pm: The following topics will be discussed: conditions, operators (arithmetic, logic, and comparison), control statements (if and if-else), and loops (for and while). The material learned will be reinforced through examples provided during the lecture. Day 3 – June 9, 2021, 6:00-9:00 pm: Students will be introduced to Strings and text files in Python. They will learn how to work with files, reading/writing text and numbers from/to a file, string manipulation, indexing, and string slicing. The material learned will be reinforced through examples provided during the lecture. Day 4 – June 10, 2021, 6:00-9:00 pm: Functions, arguments, and return values will be discussed. The material learned will be reinforced through examples provided during the lecture. Day 5 – June 11, 2021, 6:00-9:00 pm: The topics of lists and dictionaries will be discussed. Students will learn about the basic operators, creating, accessing, slicing, adding, removing, replacing, and iteration methods for lists and dictionaries. The material learned will be reinforced through examples provided during the lecture. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/268595