Canadian IEEE Review La revue canadienne de l’IEEE Fall / Automne 2016 No. 76

Parabolic Parabolic FlightFlight ExperimentExperiment A tribute to Bob Alden

IEEE 2016 Canada AwardsAwards

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2016-2017 Witold Kinsner IEEE Canada President and PhD, PEng, FEIC, FEC Region 7 Director

arm welcome to all IEEE Canada members, volunteers, haleureuse bienvenue à tous les membres, bénévoles et militants Wactivists, both young and seasoned! C d’IEEE Canada, tant jeunes qu’expérimentés! In the previous issue of the IEEE Canadian Review (ICR), I described our Dans le dernier numéro de la Revue canadienne de l’IEEE (RCI), j’ai mission, core values, challenges, and priorities. In this Fall issue of ICR, décrit notre mission fondamentale, nos valeurs, nos défis et nos priorités. I would like to address some of the challenges with a little more focus. Dans ce numéro d’automne de la RCI, j’aimerais accorder une attention plus soutenue à certains de ces défis. For the last six generations (over 130 years), IEEE and its predeces- sors (IRE, 1912-1962, and AIEE, 1884-1961) have been a significant Pendant les six dernières générations (soit plus de 130 ans), l’IEEE et ses professional organization, enriching our lives, careers, companies, prédécesseurs (l’Institute of Radio Engineers – IRE, 1912-1962, et universities and educational institutions, both at home and abroad. l’American Institute of Electrical Engineers – AIEE, 1884-1961) ont été des organisations professionnelles d’importance qui ont enrichi nos vies, IEEE members have been critical in improving not only engineering nos carrières, nos entreprises, nos universités et nos divers établisse- and science, but the very humanitarian fabric of the world. Recall ments d’enseignement, tant chez nous qu’ailleurs dans le monde. the contributions of IEEE’s past presidents, some – like Alexander Graham Bell – going back a century and a half. Consider too, the Les membres de l’IEEE ont non seulement fait avancer le génie et la impact of some of the IEEE Nobel laureates such as Guglielmo science, mais ils en ont également enrichi les retombées humanitaires. Marconi and William Shockley. While these contributors are Rappelez-vous les contributions des anciens présidents de l’IEEE dont known to many, the tribute should go to all of you who dedicate your certains – comme Alexander Graham Bell – remontent à un siècle et

IEEE PRESIDENTS INCLUDE: LES PRÉSIDENTS DE L’IEEE INCLUENT: • Alexander Graham Bell (1891-2) • Alexander Graham Bell (1891-2) • William R. Hewlett (1954; of Hewlett-Packard) • William R. Hewlett (1954; de Hewlett-Packard) • Edward Weston (1888-9; of Westinghouse) • Edward Weston (1888-9; de Westinghouse) • John Tasker Henderson (1957; a radar developer at Canada’s NRC) • John Tasker Henderson (1957; développeur de radars au CNR Canada) • Robert Tanner (1972; Bell-Northern Research and Canadian Dept. of Communications) • Robert Tanner (1972; de Recherches Bell-Northern Ltée et du ministère des Communications du Canada) • Wallace S. Read (1996; a president of the Canadian Electricity Association) • Wallace S. Read (1996; président de l’Association canadienne de l’électricité) • Raymond D. Findlay (2002; distinguished researcher at McMaster University) • Raymond D. Findlay (2002; chercheur émérite à l’Université McMaster) IEEE NOBEL LAUREATES INCLUDE: LES MEMBRES DE L’IEEE LAURÉATS DU PRIX NOBEL INCLUENT: • Guglielmo Marconi (1909; development of wireless communications) • Guglielmo Marconi (1909; développement des communications sans fil) • William Shockley (1956; inventing the point-contact transistor) • William Shockley (1956; invention du transistor) • Jack St. Clair Kilby (2000; inventing the integrated circuit) • Jack St. Clair Kilby (2000; invention du circuit intégré)

(continued on page 4) (Suite page 4) Contents / matières News / Nouvelles IEEE Canada Major Awards President’s Report /Rapport du président ...... 3 Prix majeurs IEEE Canada 24 A few words from the Editor in Chief/ Quelques mots durédacteur en chef ...... 6 Engineering Management BizTech ...... 7 What’s New in the Literature? ...... 50 Canadian Newslog ...... 8 Viewpoint / Opinion Conferences / Conférences CIPC Guest Editorial ...... 10 Re me mbering CCECE 2017 Call for Papers ...... 9 Response to CEA Guest Editorial ...... 22 Bob Alden 36 IHTC 2017 ...... 23

COVER FEATURE Parabolic Parabolic FlightFlight To go to Mars, we need to ExperimentExperiment understand how human performance is impacted by reduced gravity ...

Fall / Automne 2016 3 President’s Message/Message du Président (President’s Message cont’d from page 3) (Message du Président suite de page 3) time to the growth of IEEE today through your innovation, demi. Pensez également à l’apport de certains Prix Nobel de l’IEEE tels invention, implementations, modelling, and mentoring of the que Guglielmo Marconi et William Shockley. Bien que ces contribu- seventh generation of potential IEEE members and leaders. tions soient largement connues, nous devons louer le travail de vous tous, qui consacrez votre temps à l’épanouissement de l’IEEEgrâce à As with many other large organizations, IEEE is facing many votre innovation, à votre invention, à vos améliorations, à votre inspira- challenges. We have evolved from a fairly homogeneous organ- tion et à votre mentorat auprès de la septième génération de membres et ization to very complex in terms of the diversity of our members, de leaders potentiels de l’IEEE. geographical membership redistribution, continuous de- velopment of new paradigms and technologies, and À l’instar de nombreuses autres grandes organisations, l’IEEE reaching the limits of older technologies. doit relever de nombreux défis. Nous sommes passés en effet d’une organisation assez homogène à une autre très complexe It appears that the next generation of highly- par la diversité de ses membres, leur distribution géo- knowledgeable professionals will have to work graphique, l’arrivée continue de nouveaux paradigmes et collaboratively not only technologies, et l’atteinte des with colleagues in their limites des vieilles technolo- disciplines, but also EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES TECHNOLOGIES ÉMERGENTES gies. with colleagues in many IDENTIFIED BY CONSIDÉRÉES PAR LE GROUPE related disciplines and IEEE FUTURE DIRECTIONS TEAM ORIENTATIONS FUTURES DE L’IEEE Tout semble indiquer que la the corresponding pub- prochaine génération de pro- lic and private stake- Big Data (size, processing, analytics); Métadonnées (taille, traitement, analyse); fessionnels très compétents holders. In addition to devra travailler en collabora- Brain (understanding of brain function, Cerveau (compréhension du fonctionnement solving current inter- tion non seulement avec les du cerveau, ingénierie inverse des circuits nal technical problems, reverse-engineering neural circuits, interface collègues de leurs disciplines, neuronaux, interface cerveau-machine); they will have to an- the brain with machines); mais également avec les col- ticipate related external Cyber Security (cybersecurity and privacy); Cybersécurité (cybersécurité et vie privée); lègues de nombreuses disci- problems such as public plines connexes ainsi qu’avec policies and regulatory Digital Senses (capture, reproduce, Sens numériques (capture, reproduction, les parties prenantes publiques decisions. Another fac- synthesize various senses such as sight, synthétisation de différents sens − vue, ouïe, toucher, et privées de leurs projets. En tor that must be con- hearing, touch, smell, taste to help humans or odorat, goût − pour aider les humains ou les machines à plus de résoudre les problèmes sidered is the growing machines to perceive, understand, and respond percevoir et à comprendre les stimuli en réalité virtuelle, techniques internes actuels, ils mobile workforce (now to the stimuli for virtual reality, augmented en réalité augmentée et en augmentation humaine liée devront anticiper les problèmes more than one third of reality, and human augmentation in wearables, aux produits portables, à la santé des consommateurs et externes connexes de l’ordre the global workforce). consumer healthcare, and smart robots); aux robots intelligents, de même qu’à y répondre); des politiques publiques et des IEEE Canada is work- décisions réglementaires. Green Information and Technologies vertes de l’information ing to prepare for this L’IEEE a travaillé à de nom- challenge. Communications Technology (energy et des communications (consommation consumption, atmospheric emissions, e-waste, énergétique, émissions atmosphériques, déchets breux problèmes techniques liés aux technologies émergentes, IEEE has been work- life cycle management to achieve sustainability); électroniques, durabilité par la gestion du cycle de vie); ing on many technical de même qu’à la temporisation challenges related to the Internet of Things, IoT (self-configuring Internet des objets, IdO (auto-configuration de quelques technologies et emerging technologies, and adaptive system to connect all “things”); et systèmes adaptatifs de connexion des objets); concepts (telle la loi de Moore). as well as the sunset- Le groupe Orientations futures ting of some technolo- Rebooting Computing (rethinking the Réamorçage des systèmes informati- de l’IEEE (http://www.ieee.org/ gies and concepts (like computer from ground up); ques (repenser l’ordinateur de façon complète); about/technologies/index.html) Moore’s law). The Fu- Smart Cities (what is needed to prepare Villes intelligentes (lister et combler les a relevé différentes technologies ture Directions Team of émergentes, résumées dans la for urban population growth); besoins liés à l’accroissement de la population urbaine); IEEE (http://www.ieee. partie de droite. org/about/technologies/ Smart Materials (phenomenology, Matériaux intelligents (phénoménologie, fiabilité, Le groupe Orientations futures index.html) has identi- reliability, integration, adoption, and standards intégration, adoption et normes pour les matériaux à base de l’IEEE a préparé diverses fied several emerging for materials such as shape memory alloys, d’alliages à mémoire de forme, les matériaux piézoélectriques, initiatives arrivées à maturité technologies, summar- piezoelectrics, electro/photo/thermo-chromics, les matériaux électro/photo/thermo-chromiques, les matériaux (http://www.ieee.org/about/ ized to the right. self-healing polymers, magnetics, polymères auto-réparateurs, les matériaux magnétiques, les technologies/index.html), résu- The IEEE Future Dir- re-configurable devices/components); and matériaux pour les composants/instruments reconfigurables); mées à la page suivante. ections Team has also Software Defined Networks Les réseaux définis par logiciels Une visite de leurs portails per- graduated several initia- (reinvent network architectures). (réinventer l’architecture des réseaux). met de suivre les progrès con- tives that had reached stants réalisés par les commu- maturity (same URL as above), summarized on the next page. nautés techniques correspondantes. Un grand nombre de membres By visiting their portals, one can follow the continuous progress d’IEEE Canada sont engagés dans ces initiatives. of the corresponding technical communities. Many IEEE C’est avec grand enthousiasme que je travaille avec vous tous à la recher- Canada members are already involved in the initiatives. che de bonnes solutions à ces problèmes. I am very excited to work with all of you in order to find good Pour vous mettre au fait de plusieurs autres initiatives, j’ai travaillé au solutions to these challenges. Groupe d’étude de l’IEEE sur le portail de données fin d’élaborer un site

4 Fall / Automne 2016 To update you on several de stockage de données pour other initiatives, I have TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES INITIATIVES TECHNOLOGIQUES les chercheurs et les been working on the IEEE GRADUATED BY CERTIFIÉES PAR LE GROUPE entreprises. Un système bêta Data Portal Task Force to IEEE FUTURE DIRECTIONS TEAM ORIENTATIONS FUTURES DE L’IEEE sera rendu disponible cette develop an IEEE repository • CLOUD COMPUTING (has become a scalable • INFORMATIQUE EN NUAGE (est devenue une année. of data for researchers and service consumption and delivery platform); plateforme évolutive de livraison et de consomma- J’ai également travaillé au companies. A beta test tion de services); groupe d’étude de l’Institut system will be available • LIFE SCIENCES (intersection of electrical and • SCIENCES DE LA VIE (intersection des sciences canadien des ingénieurs afin this year. computer engineering with life sciences); de la vie avec les sciences informatiques et les sci- d’élaborer une nouvelle I have also been work- • SMART GRID (increased use of ences de la vie); stratégie concernant les ing on the Task Force of communications and information technology in conférences sur les the generation, delivery, and consumption of • RÉSEAUX INTELLIGENTS (augmentation de the Engineering Institute l’utilisation des technologies de l’information et des changements climatiques. of Canada to develop a electrical energy); and communications dans la production, la distribution Le Comité a préparé un new strategy for climate • TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION et la consommation d’énergie électrique); thème sur le développement change conferences. The (development and implementation of • ÉLECTRIFICATION DES TRANSPORTS (développement durable du Nord et présenté Committee developed a new technologies for the electrification of et mise en application des nouvelles technologies ses délibérations dans un “Sustainable Development transportation) d’électrification des transports) rapport le 21 juin 2016. of the North” theme, and Une autre activité assez completed its deliberations with a report on June 21, 2016. prenante a été la révision du manuel d’exploitation et des règlements Another time-consuming activity included the IEEE Canada administratifs d’IEEE Canada afin de les rendre cohérents et à jour. Un Bylaws and Operations Manual to make them consistent and comité spécial réunissant les présidents de groupe d’IEEE Canada a été current. An Ad-Hoc Committee consisting of the IEEE Can- formé pour finaliser les améliorations apportées aux deux documents ada Group Chairs has been formed to finalize the improve- cette année. ments of the two docu- Maike Luiken a cré des ments this year. IEEE Canadian Foundation donations support student participation in formulaires Web pour simplifier New Web-based forms high-level robotics and other competitions. nos opérations telles que les have been developed by Les dons de la Fondation canadienne de l’IEEE soutiennent la participation mises en nomination pour Maike Luiken to simplify étudiante à des concours de haut niveau de robotique et autres. différents postes. our operations like nomina- Une nouvelle vidéo sur IEEE tions for various positions. Canada sera lancée cette année A new video on IEEE Can- grâce aux efforts de notre ancien ada will be released this président, Amir Aghdam. year, thanks to the effort Plus de renseignements sur of our Past President, Amir diverses autres activités sont Aghdam. fournis dans les rapports des diri- Details on many other ac- geants d’IEEE Canada, des pré- tivities can be found in sidents de régions, des présidents the reports from the IEEE de comité de groupe et des pré- Canada Officers, Area University of Victoria students The Queen’s Space Engineering sidents de sections. Ces activités Chairs, Committee Group competing in the 2015 FIRST Tech Team takes a break at the 2015 Mars sont diffusées sur notre site Web, Chairs, and from the Sec- Challenge World Championships. Society University Rover Challenge. sur les sites de nos sections tion Chairs. Those activ- Les étudiants de l’Université L’équipe de technique spatiale locales de même que dans le Bul- ities are reported on our de Victoria s’affrontant lors du de l’Université Queen fait une letin d’information d’IEEE Can- Web site, the local Sections Championnat mondial FIRST Tech pause durant le 2015 Mars Society ada (Lena K. Lin, rédactrice en sites, as well as in the IEEE Challenge 2015. University Rover Challenge. chef). Notre Revue canadienne Canada Newsletter (Editor: de l’IEEE (Bruce Van Lane, Lena K. Lin). Our IEEE Canadian Review Magazine (Editor: rédacteur en chef) fournit quant à elle des recensions critiques de divers Bruce Van Lane) provides critical reviews of various technical développements techniques au Canada. Enfin, grâce aux efforts consi- developments in Canada. With the considerable effort of Shah- dérables de Shahram Yousefi, rédacteur en chef, et de son équipe, le ram Yousefi, Editor in Chief, and his team, the IEEE Canadian Journal canadien de génie électrique et informatique est devenu une Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering has been publication de grande qualité. growing as a high-quality publication. Vous êtes invités à soutenir notre Fondation canadienne de l’IEEE dans Please consider supporting our IEEE Canadian Foundation in son effort de parrainer les activités étudiantes et l’infrastructure their effort to sponsor student activities and experiential-edu- d’apprentissage empirique de nombreuses branches étudiantes au cation infrastructure of many Student Branches in Canada. ■ Canada. ■ Respectfully submitted, Votre président, Witold Kinsner, Witold Kinsner, PhD, PEng, FEIC, FEC Ph.D., ing., FEIC, FEC 2016-2017 IEEE Canada President Président d’IEEE Canada pour 2016-2017 2016-2017 IEEE Region 7 Director Directeur de la région 7 de l’IEEE pour 2016-2017

Fall / Automne 2016 5 A few words from the Editor in Chief / Quelques mots du rédacteur en chef

Bruce Van-Lane, P.Eng.

space orbital, cyberespace et espace de solution. Ce numéro explore chacun uter space, cyber space and solution spaces. In this issue we bring you E de ces territoires. O some of each variety. En propulsant leurs occupants en apesanteur, les vols paraboliques sont lourdement While making light of their passengers, parabolic flights carry aboard some équipés pour la recherche. Même si leurs échantillons d’espace s’opposent à de very serious science, make no mistake. True, their 30-second space bites longues expériences, le comportement humain est scruté par les scientifiques, qui prohibit long-duration experiments. But human behaviour lends itself to analysent ces très courts changements de condition. Il en ira autrement pour le being studied in such short increments. Even though a flight to Mars – now prochain vol sur Mars – principal moteur de tels travaux – vol qui durera des mois. the driver for much of this research — will be measured in months. Le mot « cyberspace » ne faisait pas partie du vocabulaire du regretté Bob Alden. Cyberspace wasn’t a term used by the late Bob Alden. Rather, in his writing Dans ses écrits, notamment pour The Institute, Bob tenait pour acquis que son for The Institute and elsewhere, Bob assumed his audience had an engin- lectorat s’y connaissait en génie et pouvait comprendre la structure sous-jacente eer’s understanding of the underlying structure of interconnected servers de serveurs interconnectés et de chaînes de données qui constitue « l’autoroute de and data lines that make up the “Information Highway” – a phrase he l’information », un terme qu’il endossait. Sa conception de la façon dont les clearly accepted. But his imaginings of how members of IEEE could more membres de l’IEEE pouvaient s’organiser et collaborer plus efficacement a effectively collaborate and organize themselves certainly gave legitimacy légitimé l’emploi du mot « espace » comme métaphore d’une infinité de possi- for space as a metaphor for the burgeoning set of new possibilities in elec- bilités en communication électronique, sens que plusieurs ont donné à ce mot. tronic communication, which was the sense in which some used the term. Certaines réalisations se démarquent dans leurs espaces de solution respectifs. Some achievements shine more brightly in their respective solutions spaces. Les grands prix d’IEEE Canada reconnaissent tant la suprématie technique que The IEEE Canada major awards recognize both technical preeminence and l’excellence du service. Les jeunes lecteurs gagneront à s’inspirer de la réussite service excellence. For younger readers, there is insight to be gained from de leurs collègues, tandis que ceux bien établis dans leur carrière sont invités à others’ paths to success. For those more established in their careers, con- proposer la candidature d’un d’entre eux. sider nominating a colleague. L’article « Point de vue » de l’Association canadienne de l’électricité, dans le Last issue’s “Viewpoint” from the Canadian Electricity Association numéro précédent, a inspiré une proposition du Consortium photonique de inspired a submission from the Canadian Photonics Industry Consortium. l’industrie canadienne. L’appel à l’action lancé par ce dernier interpellera des The latter’s call to action will resonate with members across a wide variety membres actifs dans un large éventail de secteurs d’activité. La proposition du of industries. The former’s submission prompted a response from Consortium faisait appel à Dialogues pour un Canada vert, dont le soutien à Sustainable Canada Dialogue, whose support for a robust east-west elec- l’édification d’un réseau est-ouest de distribution électrique est d’actualité. trical grid is very topical. Je remercie l’équipe dévouée de collaborateurs à la rédaction et de corédacteurs I thank the IEEE Canadian Review’s committed team of Contributing and de la Revue canadienne de l’IEEE, tout particulièrement Terrance Malkinson, Associate Editors, with special gratitude to Terrance Malkinson, Alexandre Alexandre Abecassis et Jon Rokne Abecassis and Jon Rokne. Je pourrais en dire davantage, mais je crains de manquer d’espace! ■ There is more I could say, but I’m afraid I’ve run out of space! ■

ASSOCIATE EDITORS Editor-in-Chief / ADJOINTS À LA RÉDACTION IEEE Canada www.ieee.ca Rédacteur en chef Habib Hamam Université de Moncton Officers MEMBER SERVICES AWARDS & Newfoundland & Labrador Bruce Van-Lane, [email protected] Dave Kemp RECOGNITION Andrew Cook President Vijay Sood Communication Matters Khelifa Hettak Witold Kinsner Young Professionals North Saskatchewan 193 Winnett Avenue, Communications Ophir Kendler CONFERENCE ADVISORY Mark Pollock President-Elect Toronto, ON M6C 3L8 Research Centre Wahab Almuhtadi Northern Canada [email protected] Maike Luiken History Committee Tel: (416) 599-9229, Dave Kemp HUMANITARIAN Mooney Sherman Past-President INITIATIVES Email: [email protected] Dave Kemp Ottawa Amir Aghdam Life Members Alfredo Herrera Past-President, Secretary Mohamed El-Hawary Janet Davis IEEE Canada Scott Melvin Membership Development Area Chairs Peterborough ADVERTISING / PUBLICITÉ [email protected] Treasurer Mazana Armstrong Canada Central Lloyd Gorling Tushar Sharma Samuel Pierre Rasheek Rifaat Student Activities Xavier Fernando Québec [email protected] École Polytechnique de Director Emeritus Lori Hogan Xavier Maldague Montréal Canada East [email protected] Ray Findlay Stephanie Zeidar Saint Maurice SPECIAL FOCUS EDITOR / Brian Kidney DIRECTRICE DE LA IEEE Canadian Esrafil Jedari Simon Delisle Camille-Alain Rabbath Canada West RÉDACTION THÉMATIQUE Defence Research & Dev. Foundation President Women in Engineering Bob Gill South Saskatchewan David Whyte Maike Luiken Canada Elena Uchiteleva Shahedur Rahman [email protected] Section Chairs Southern Alberta Lambton College Groups & Committees [email protected] Vijay Sood PUBLICATIONS & COMM. Canadian Atlantic Doug Brooks Univ. of Ont. Institute of EXTERNAL RELATIONS Branislav Djokic Christopher Whitt Toronto Raed Abdullah CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Technology CJECE Thamir Murad RÉDACTEURS COLLABORATEURS [email protected] Educational Activities Hamilton Shahram Yousefi Jim Kozlowski Vancouver Alexandre Abecassis Bin Wu Zahra Ahmadian Lee Vishloff Industry Relations IEEE Canadian Review, Kingston Fasken Martineau Ryerson University Bruce Van-Lane Farouk Aziz Victoria DuMoulin [email protected] Kexing Liu Kelly Manning Other Societies Electronic Newsletter Kitchener/Waterloo [email protected] Lena K. Jin Jameson Hyde Windsor Voicu Groza Terrance J. Malkinson Art & Production Publicity & Advertising London Esam Abdel-Raheem Professional Relations SAIT Polytechnic Art Director Pal Singh Jennifer Jesop Tushar Sharma Abdallah Shami Winnipeg Dario Schor [email protected] Production Section/Chapter Vitality Translation Montréal Communication Matters Raed Abdullah Hind Rakkay Fabrice Labeau Jon Rokne tel: (416) 599-9229 Teacher In-Service Prog. Webmaster New Brunswick Administrator University of Calgary production@ Dirk Werle Jeffrey Arcand Richard Tervo Ashfaq (Kash) Husain [email protected] CommunicationMatters.com

6 Fall / Automne 2016 Regional Coverage/Couverture régionale

“Canada’s Most Innovative Com- sen thinks his technology has an advantage.” panies” is the topic of a special report in We’re making it very affordable, very light- Canadian Business [89(3):33-46 March, 2016. Biz-tech weight, very energy efficient, so that really any www.canadianbusiness.com]. The report be- of these industrial drones can have these mod- gins with the question “What Does It Mean to Report ules on board. be Innovative?” The authors suggest, “Some- times it is an earth-shaking breakthrough. But The summer, 2016 issue of Money mostly it’s a constant quest to improve one it- Sense: Canadas Personal Finance Maga- eration at a time.” Thirteen Canadian leaders in byb Terrance zine [18(5)] focuses on retirement. Articles in- innovative thinking from a variety of industry Malkinson clude “Do You Know How to Retire?” “5 Steps sectors are profiled. to the Plan that will be Right for You,” “Why They do not normally schedule flights for this You’ll Love Working in Retirement,’’ Smarter John Lorinc and Mark Brown time of year because of darkness and the ex- Ways to Tap OAS and CPP Benefits,” and provide their perspectives on where the treme cold, which hovers at around -60° C. “Canada’s Best Places to Live.” These articles growth is happening in the Canadian employ- all include information not just for those near ment market in their article “Canada’s Top 25 Artificial intelligence (AI) retirement but importantly for those early in Jobs” [Canadian Business 89(5):20-24. May, is fueling the efforts of two Vancouver- their career. The benefits of compounding re- 2016]. Importantly, the report focuses on jobs based entrepreneurs to give industrial drones turn-on-investment for those who start early are that are predicted to craft a career with long- the ability to explore distant mining sites, enormous and are well worth the minor sacri- term potential, solid wages, and robust earn- search for missing people in remote loca- fice necessary early in your career. ings growth, based upon the latest data from tions and even deliver pizza.” We are build- Statistics Canada and Employment and So- ing collision avoidance for industrial drones” The Tsuut’ina First Nation has an- cial Development Canada. Interesting insets by said Alexander Harmsen, CEO and co-founder nounced plans for a large commercial de- Rosemary Counter provide strategies on how of Iris Automation [www.irisautomation.ca]. velopment along a 10 km stretch of Calgary’s to get hired and opportunities associated with Harmsen graduated from UBC last spring, and future southwest ring road. [Robson Fletcher relocating yourself. Another inset by Alexan- after a brief stint with NASA’s Jet Propulsion CBC News. Posted: Jul 11, 2016. www.cbc.ca]. dra Bosana provides suggestions on how to get Laboratory, he started Iris Automation with “Tsuut’ina will be home to one of the largest, more creative about building your professional fellow graduate James Howard. if not the largest, First Nations development online profile. partnerships in Canada,” Chief Roy Whitney An article posted by Stefan Labbé on CBC said. The project will be privately financed with In a special report in Canadian News July 9, 2016 [“Vancouver entrepreneurs the initial investments alone totaling hundreds Business [89(6):20-34 June,2016] Mai deploy artificial intelligence to help drones of millions of dollars. Construction will begin Nguyen profiles “100 of Canada’s Top Fe- avoid mid-air collisions”] describes this race within two to three years. male Entrepreneurs.” Leading the ranking as to find the ‘holy grail’ of drone technology. Canada’s Top Female Entrepreneur is Tonia Once a drone goes beyond line of sight there is Working with Canderel, a Montreal-based de- Jahshan of Steeped Tea. A related feature no pilot to look out the window and see what’s velopment firm, the First Nation on Calgary’s “Launch, Learn, Repeat” [pp. 37-40] by Joa- coming. Currently, Transport Canada only al- southwest city-limit plans to include: an enter- nna Pachner in the same issue of Canadian lows drone flights within line of sight. “We see tainment, hospitality and retail development, Business profiles Michelle Romanow who has this huge need for industrial drones for mining a major innovation and research campus, an started a wide-range of businesses and is also exploration, pipeline inspection, agricultural integrated health and wellness area, a regional Canada’s youngest Dragon on Dragons’ Den. surveying, forestry, or even package delivery.” retail and commercial center, “integrated with Iris Automation’s solution is an AI computer the administrative and community services of The summer 2016 issue of Can- that blends real-time images and 3D maps to the Tsuut’ina Nation.” The Chief said the de- adian Business[89:7/8:25-72] provides track incoming objects.” That’s when it hijacks velopment is part of a long-term vision to cre- the magazine’s annual guide to the Canadian the auto pilot on board and moves the drone ate educational and employment opportunities stock market. Much more than just a ranking; out of the way” said Harmsen. Analysts pre- on the First Nation and will allow generations the report also provides a plethora of import- dict the drone market to soar to well over $127 of Tsuut’ina people to work and flourish, right ant information on risks and opportunities ■ billion as unmanned aerial vehicle technology here at home. over the next year. quickly develops into a “game changer.” Harm- Two Twin Otter planes from Calgary- based Kenn Borek Air [www.borekair. About the Author com ] recently returned from an emergency Terrance Malkinson is a communications specialist, business analyst and futurist. His career path medical evacuation at the South Pole. Leaving includes technical supervisor and medical researcher at the University of Calgary, business pro- on June 14 following an “extensive risk analy- posal manager for the General Electric Company, and research administrator with the School of sis” to determine the feasibility of the mission, Health and Public Safety at SAIT Polytechnic in Calgary. He is currently an international corres- pilot Wally Dobchuk, with co-pilot Sebastien pondent for IEEE-USA Today’s Engineer, contributing editor for IEEE Canadian Review, and a Trudel and aircraft maintenance engineer Mike member of the editorial advisory board of IEEE The Institute. He was Vice-Chair of the IEEE- McCrae, flew into the South Pole to retrieve two USA Communications Committee (2004-2010), and editor-in-chief of IEEE-USA Today’s patients. The Calgary-based company, which Engineer Digest (2004-2008). He was an elected Governor of the IEEE Engineering Management has travelled from the North Pole to the South Society as well as past editor of IEEE Engineering Management. He is the author of more than Pole and everywhere in between has operated 540 earned publications, and an accomplished triathlete. [email protected] aircraft in Antarctica for more than 30 years.

Fall / Automne 2016 7 Canadian Newslog/Coupures de presse canadienne

MONTREAL, QC. Aug. 3, 2016. McGill Canadian needs and the changing nature of cybercrimes. University researchers have developed and The newly updated programs will be offered at the launched a new application that will help Newslog beginning of the Fall 2016 semester. Canadians living with vision loss to better navi- gate the world around them. The application was TORONTO, ON. May 25, 2016. According successfully tested in Montréal and benefited from to the new Global Software Survey from BSA the funding of the Canadian Internet Registration The Software Alliance, computer users in Canada Authority’s Community Investment Program. The are using unlicensed software at an alarming McGill team has launched an expanded version of rate, despite the link between unlicensed soft- the app to include cities across Canada. This appli- ware and cyberattacks. The survey found that in cation overlays GPS, Google Maps, public transit By Alexandre Abecassis Canada the percentage of software installed on and other data to provide audible instructions and computers that was not properly licensed was descriptions to help guide users’ movements. The patient outcomes. Saint Elizabeth, Canada’s largest 24 percent. expanded and improved « Autour » app is avail- social enterprise, is responsible for many advan- able to iPhone users now via the Apple Store. ces in Canadian health care, investing $4 million TORONTO, ON. May 25, 2016. Redknee over two years to achieve these goals; their use of Solutions announced the signing of a new multi- TORONTO, ON. Jul. 27, 2016. Blackhawk SoapBox, a cloud-based platform that connects year services agreement with lifecell, one of the lar- Network, a leading prepaid and payments net- leaders with the best ideas from frontline workers; gest mobile communications operators in Ukraine work, announced the launch of its first website and collaboration with Canadian and international and part of the Turkcell Group. The contract allows for purchasing egifts in Canada. This website organizations focused on people-powered health the operator to leverage Redknee’s monetization will provide shoppers with an online store to pur- innovation. and subscriber management platform to quickly chase a variety of branded egifts, including those launch new products and services while improving in the retail, dining and gaming industries. The MARKHAM, ON. Jun. 20, 2016. Katla Labs and standardizing service levels across multiple egifts can be delivered to recipients by email. announced today the release of the application geographic locations. Redknee Solutions provides The website address is www.GiftCardStore.ca. Sidekick. This application is a sensor-based monetization and subscriber management solutions mobile app that auto-launches when the user and services that allow communications service VANCOUVER, BC. Jul. 18, 2016. A new drives. It is designed to keep drivers safe, providers, utility companies, auto makers and enter- personal health record system was launched by informed, and empowered with a rich portfolio prise businesses of all types to charge for things in the Cowichan Tribes First Nation. The objective of built-in features. For instance, the application new and innovative ways. The solution is available of the new system is to increase access to primary alerts the driver in real time if he/she is driving on premise, cloud-based, or as a Software-as-a- care for 400 Cowichan Tribe members. It will towards an incident. It detects a distress situation Service. allow patients to, inter alia, view their health rec- and calls an emergency contact, hands-free. The ord 24/7 online, receive lab reports, check vital application also communicates with other drivers TORONTO, ON. May 18, 2016. Akira signs, and directly communicate with their care nearby. It also enables the recording of dashcam announced the launch of a mobile platform that providers through a direct messaging system. videos and helps tracking many elements such as connects patients to family doctors on demand historical commute times, trip mileage, etc. from their smartphone. The app enables patients WATERLOO, ON. Jul. 14, 2016. P&P in Ontario to consult with board-certified phys- Optica announced that one of its spectrometers MONTRÉAL, QC. Jun. 20, 2016. The Centre icians by secure mobile text or video, and pro- will be onboard SpaceX-9 spacecraft when it will de technologies avancées BRP – Université de vides users mobile access to personal health leaves Cape Canaveral on July 18th en route to Sherbrooke (CTA) announced that it will present its records including clinical notes, prescriptions the International Space Station (ISS). The spec- Can-Am Spyder electric concept vehicle during the and test results. The app enables the user to speak trometer is only about 0.3 metres long, has an Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exposition taking with an Ontario-based doctor immediately. Once electronic camera attached, and will be used by place at the Palais des congrès de Montréal from logged in, the user can begin a text conversation scientists aboard the International Space Station. June 19 to 22, 2016. The vehicle is 100% electric with the doctor, and based on the patient’s situa- and can achieve a range of 170 km tion, the doctor can immediately launch a video CALGARY, AB. Jun. 28. Siemens Canada chat if necessary. The user can start a chat with announced that it, along with three charities, VANCOUVER, BC. Jun. 17, 2016 a doctor. The app can be used « to diagnose and will help new residents of Calgary with a Microsoft announced that it has opened the doors treat many common health problems such as donation of more than 200 computers. The of the Microsoft Canada Excellence Centre in anxiety or depression, urinary tract infections computers will be provided to Syrian refugees. Vancouver. This centre is a development facility (UTIs), rashes, and the flu ». The app is available Siemens has over 4800 employees in Canada. that will create innovative products for the global through a monthly subscription service which Three hundred employees have volunteered in market and develop technology talent in BC. This provides unlimited access to the platform’s team the workshops for preparing the computers. center will allow Microsoft to grow to more than of doctors and nurse practitioners. The computers will be used to help the refugees 750 positions and will inject almost $100 million keeping in touch with their families and also in direct investment in the city annually. Across About the Author help them with job searches. the province, it will have an estimated economic Alexandre Abecassis is a patent agent and Partner impact of $180 million each year. at Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Lawyers and MARKHAM, ON. Jun. 28, 2016. VentureLAB, Patent and Trademark Agents. Send via e-mail any a not-for-profit Regional Innovation Centre, and MONTRÉAL, QC. May 25, 2016. Ecole news clippings you would like to contribute to Saint Elizabeth, a national health care provider and Polytechnique Montréal and Deloitte announced [email protected] not-for-profit charitable organization, announced a that they are joining forces to revamp Alexandre Abecassis est agent de brevets new partnership with the goal of developing a Polytechnique’s training program in the field of associé chez Fasken Martineau DuMoulin vibrant health innovation cluster in York Region. cybersecurity. The course content of the three cer- S.E.N.C.R.L., s.r.l., Avocats et agent de brevets et The partnership will allow both organizations to tificate programs in Cyber Investigation, Online de marques de commerce. Veuillez faire parvenir expand programs, leveraging transformative solu- Fraud and IT Network Computer Security has les coupures de presse proposées par e-mail à [email protected] tions to deliver quality healthcare and drive better been upgraded to account for current market

8 Fall / Automne 2016 CCECE 2017 The 30th Annual Canadian Conference on

Electrical and Computer Engineering Honorary Chair Mehrdad Saif April 30 to May 3, 2017, Windsor, Canada Univ. of Windsor, Canada General Chair https://ccece2017.ieee.ca Majid Ahmadi Univ. of Windsor, Canada “Two Great Nations Innovate the Technology” General Co-Chair Esam Abdel-Raheem Univ. of Windsor, Canada Call for Papers and Proposals Technical Prog. Co-Chairs The 30th annual IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE 2017) Mounir Boukadoum UQAM, Canada will be held in Windsor, Canada from April 30 to May 3, 2017. CCECE 2017 provides a forum to disseminate Ehab Elsaadany research advancements and discoveries, network and exchange ideas, strengthen existing partnerships, Univ. of Waterloo, Canada and foster new collaborations. Its theme “Two Great Nations Innovate the Technology” reflects the close Kemal Tepe Univ. of Windsor, Canada direct impact of ECE research on industrialization and the position of Windsor as a border city to USA. Tutorials Co-Chairs The venue is Caesars Windsor. Papers are invited in the following Tracks: Timothy Davidson McMaster University BIOENGINEERING Chairs: M. Avanaki (WSU, USA), H. Dajani (U. of Ottawa), A.L. Trejos (Western U.) Anwar Hasan Univ. of Waterloo COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKS Chairs: A. Anpalagan (Ryerson U.), W. Hamouda (Concordia U.) Special Session & Plenary COMPUTER AND SOFTWARE TECHNIQUES Chairs: H. Wu (U. of Windsor), A. Youssef (Concordia U.) Co-Chairs Magdy Bayoumi CONTROL AND ROBOTICS Chairs: X. Chen (U. of Windsor), H. Li (U. of New Brunswick) Univ. of Louisiana, USA DEVICES, CIRCUITS, AND SYSTEMS Chairs: S. Ardalan (SJSU, USA), S. Chowdhury (U. of Windsor), S. Mirabbasi (UBC) Shervin Erfani Univ. of Windsor, Canada POWER & ENERGY CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS Chairs: N. Kar (U. of Windsor), M. Abdelkhalek, (U. of Windsor) Mohsen Jamali Univ. of Toledo, USA SIGNAL THEORY AND SIGNAL PROCESSING Chairs: P. Agathoklis (U. of Victoria), A. Ahmadi (U. of Windsor), S.L. Netto (Fed. U of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Finance Chair Mitra Mirhassani Univ. of Windsor,Canada Paper submission guidelines Registration Chair Cathie Lowell Submitted papers must be unpublished and should not be submitted elsewhere at the same time. Accepted papers CL Consulting, Canada should not exceed 6 pages in two-column IEEE Transactions style. Accepted papers longer than 4 pages will be Treasurer charged $100 for each extra page. Papers should be submitted as PDF files through the paper submission system John Harris (https://edas.info/uploadConferencefile.php?c=22989). All submitted papers will be peer reviewed by at least J. Harris Consulting, Canada three independent reviewers. Please see the website for further registration details. Publication Chair Mohammed Khalid Accepted papers will be published in the CCECE 2017 Conference Proceedings and will be eligible for publication Univ. of Windsor, Canada in IEEE Xplore®, conditional upon meeting additional requirements as detailed on the conference web site. Publicity Committee Mohamed Ghazal Conference content will also be submitted for inclusion into other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases. Abu Dhabi Univ., UAE Fathi Salem In addition, authors are invited to submit extended versions of their presented conference papers for consideration Michigan State Univ., USA M. Shridhar in the CCECE 2017 Special Issue of the IEEE Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (CJECE) Univ. of Michigan, USA within four weeks of the conference final day. CJECE is indexed on IEEE Xplore and accepts submissions via the Jonathan Wu ScholarOne Manuscript portal. Please see http://journal.ieee.ca/ for more information. Univ. of Windsor, Canada Patronage/Exhibition Co-Chairs Esrafil Jedari Important Dates Univ. of Windsor, Canada Roberto Muscedere Proposals for Tutorials and Special Sessions: December 2, 2016 Univ. of Windsor, Canada Full paper submission: January 13, 2017 Local Arrangements Chair Rashid Rashidzadeh Acceptance notifications: February 17, 2017 Univ. of Windsor, Canada Final version paper with registration: March 3, 2017 Web Manager Amirali Amirsoleimani Univ. of Windsor, Canada IEEE Canada CONAC Chair Wahab Almuhtadi Algonquin College, Canada IEEE Canada President Witold Kinsner Univ. of Manitoba, Canada Viewpoint/Opinion

ment phases to better compare with the US Towards a Small Business Innovation Research program. User Engagement is Critical Canadian Photonics Strategy Photonic companies need to be more engaged with the user community to develop solutions that provide leadership to key Canadian indus- By Fraunhofer and Max-Plank Institutes are also tries and to provide new export opportunities. Robert Corriveau very active in Germany. With the participation of industrial partners in President & Executive Director Fully Utilize Government Support the technology transfer process, technology Canadian Photonic In Canada, the Photonic Industry has access to flow and transfer between the academic and Industry Consortium a small number of Government programs to industrial sectors will increase. support their research and commercialization. As photonic industries grow in many regions, The Scientific Research and Experimental we need to create regional photonic clusters he photonics sector pervades all Development (SR&ED) supports industry organizing local activities and networking aspects of our society. Canada can, R&D. It complements the NRC-Industry opportunities and a national cluster to develop Tand should play an important role in Research Assistance Program (IRAP) which collaboration and partnership between the global Photonics development and manufac- provides consulting and research funds. clusters and to organize national and inter- ture. It cannot do so, without taking a more national activities. strategic view of this domain. Canada still needs to develop Canada still needs to develop its own photonics The Federal and Provincial Governments its own photonics strategy to strategy to identify sectors that are critical to the invest approximately $150 million annually on growth of the Canadian economy and the optics, photonics and lasers-related research in identify sectors that are involvement of industry, academics and R&D universities, government laboratories and other critical to the growth of the centres would be mandatory for such an endeav- R&D centres while the US Government invests our. The Canadian Photonic Industry Consortium more than US$1.1 billion in photonics each Canadian economy is uniquely positioned, both in expertise, and year. impartiality to assist in this mission. ■ In Europe, the European Commission reserves, The Federal Government has recently created within its Horizon 2020 program, 100 million the Build in Canada Innovation Program About the CPIC EUROs each year to photonics as a key (BCIP) to help companies bridging the pre- The Canadian Photonic Industry Consortium enabling technology. In addition, each commercialization gap by procuring and test- assists Canadian companies to optimize European Country invests in photonic research. ing late stage innovative goods and services operations and to improve profits by facilitating As examples, the French laboratories such as within the federal government before taking and accelerating the application of photonic CNRS, CEA LETI, ONERA and CNES have them to market. It would be important to technologies that improve quality, productivity research activities in photonics while the extend this program to include early develop- and profitability. http://www.photonscanada.ca/

the capabilities of computers and hard- ware memory components. Meanwhile, Photonics in Canada low-cost light-emitting diodes and liquid crystal displays are revolutionizing port- hotonics enables us to generate, try. The Canadian photonics companies able devices such as cell phones and transmit, measure and use light in a are involved in most if not all the applica- PDAs, enabling incorporation of cam- Pmyriad of applications that have tion domains. eras and full-colour displays suitable for already enhanced our daily lives. While A ubiquitous technology high definition video. Internet and wire- the late 20th century was the age of elec- less mobility brings us virtually free The photonics revolution is virtually invis- tronics, the early 21st century will belong access to instant information and enter- ible to the very consumers who have to photonics. tainment through the global fibre optic embraced its rapid assimilation into their backbone that connects most cities and Canada has always played a major role in daily lives. Compact flat-screen, liquid- towns in the developed world. the world-wide photonics community. crystal, LED computers and tablets are We’ve invested strongly in photonics now a commodity. CDs, DVDs and now Light is an efficient and non-invasive research, have made a number of import- flash memories are the norm for flexible, tool for medical diagnosis and treatment ant contributions to photonics technol- permanent and temporary storage of data, and laser-based systems are commonly ogy and are now home to several clusters music and video. Photonics also contrib- used for both internal and external sur- of photonics companies and research uted to the reduction of microelectronic gery. Laser treatments are also increas- institutions distributed across the coun- components which increased significantly ingly in demand for procedures such as

10 Fall / Automne 2016 sight correction, removal of skin and One major development in advanced Photonics companies’ revenues was pigment irregularities, and hair removal. manufacturing has been the use of lasers about $4.6 billion in 2014 and the com- Photodynamic therapy, the use of light- for cutting precision shapes in materials panies expected an annual growth of activated drugs that are selectively as diverse as metals and clothing fabrics. 10% in the coming years. About 65% of absorbed by malignant cells is faster, Laser-positioning and welding have the revenues accrue from exports, with more precise and less traumatic than con- become standard on many modern auto- the United States being the dominant ventional treatments for many cancers. mobile-production lines. Additive laser market, accounting for 34% of sales. Dentists are replacing conventional high- manufacturing and 3D-printing are new Europe accounts for 17% of the sales and speed drills with laser-based devices, and technologies for weight reduction, Asia for 12%. are using 3D imagers to produce high tailored and corrosion resistant materials In the last 5 years, Canadian photonics precision implants. which enable the faster production while companies have moved up the “value- reducing the amount of material required. High-brightness light-emitting diodes chain”. These companies range from Sophisticated laser-vision systems are (LEDs) are now the preferred source of developers and components manufactur- rapidly becoming the norm to monitor all lighting. Solid-state lighting is exten- ers (e.g., of lasers, fibre optics) to com- online production processes and quality sively used for signage, architectural and plete photonics-based instruments (fibre control. And as we all know, most of the security applications. LEDs already used lasers, sensors, cameras, projectors, scan- goods we buy are identified and tracked extensively in North America’s traffic ning microscopes, etc). Only 24% of by laser marking and bar-code scanning. signals also glow from the dashboards these companies develop and sell com- and tail lights and head lamps of vehicles, The Canadian Photonics ponents: those that do, typically have and have become common in the cabins Industry niche positions in specialty devices such of most trains and planes. As for many countries, Canada’s photon- as fibres and filters. The majority of the ics industry is dominated by small com- country’s photonics companies (63%) Photonics-based advances that make panies (Figure 1) and it is interesting to provide subsystems or systems and solar cells more efficient are contributing note that 86% of the Canadian photonic instruments as their end product. to the move from fossil fuels to renew- sales are done by 20% of the companies. able energy sources. Vehicles have now Nearly three quarters of the 400 compan- Since the telecom downturn, the incorporated laser-based devices such as ies have less than 100 employees while Canadian photonics industry has clearly lidars and imagers into their collision- 30% have fewer than 10 employees. diversified. The biomedical sector and avoidance and rear-view systems. And, These companies employ 25,000 people sensing are now the two main drivers of for both terrestrial and avionic entertain- and are mainly located in Quebec and photonic sales as shown in Figure 2. ment and monitoring systems, plastic Ontario for 77%, British Columbia fol- Fewer than 11% of sales are now claimed optical fibres are increasingly displacing lows with 13%, while 7% are in the to address the communications sector, traditional copper wiring looms resulting Prairies and 3% in the Atlantic region. and 13% addresses the defence and in significant savings in both space security sectors, historically the two and weight. main pillars of Canada’s photonics community. Photonic sensors offer important safety applications too. Embedded It is expected that sales in energy in structures such as bridges, they and environment will significantly can give early warnings of potential increase with the trend toward green failures. Accurate security systems energy which represents an oppor- such as a single optical fibre laid tunity for Canada’s photonics com- around the multi-kilometre perim- panies to build global leadership in eter of a sensitive site can pinpoint an area which is core to Canada’s intrusion to within a few metres. economy. Consumer, lighting and semi-conductors which are pre- The defence sector invests heavily dominantly high volume, cost-sensi- in photonics-enabled equipment, tive markets are dominated by Asia. from advanced sensing technologies Canadian photonics companies such as infrared night vision sys- address most end-markets and many tems to laser guidance and weapon- of them address several ones: for ry. Leading-edge military aircraft example, companies that were and weapons are equipped with founded to make devices for tele- compact and accurate fibre optic com now address the life sciences or gyroscopes. The “fly-by-light” con- industrial markets with the same cept is becoming a reality. technologies. ■

Fall / Automne 2016 11 By Dario Schor (IEEE Member), Alix Dudley, Trisha Randazzo, Kathleen Samoil, Joshua Nelson, Dr. Angie Bukley, and Dr. Gilles Clement

pacepac agencies across the formance is impacted by reduced tation and to perform tasks re-- wworldo are preparing for gravity conditions where the sig- quiring hand-eye coordination.n. a return manned mis- nals from the central nervous sys- Signals originating from our in- sisiono to Mars in the next tem are in conflict with the sur- ner ear give us a sense of balance 20 years. Such a mis- rounding visual cues. In order and orientation – our vestibular sisiono would require at to train future astronauts and de- sense. We gauge movements and lleasteast six months to reach velop counter-measures to help position with what are called pro- the surface, then provide astro- them during these long duration prioceptive feedback. Combining nauts some time to perform ex- missions, a team of students from visual cues with these signals al- periments on Mars, and final- the International Space University lows us to perform sensorimotor ly embarking on the long return (ISU) devised some experiments tasks like pointing and grasping journey to Earth. This ambitious to characterize the adaptation pro- objects. goal poses many technological, cess and provide insight into the bibiological,olog and psychological problem. The experiment was ac- In microgravity, the perceived chchallengesallenges for all stakeholders. cepted for two parabolic flight signals are different due to the OnOnee of the challen- campaigns from ESA and CNES change in gravitational reference, gegess is tto understand in 2014 from Bordeaux, France. thus visual cues can become how huhumanma per- The results from these experi- a dominant system for deter- ments are being reviewed for pub- mining spatial orientation. lications. This article describes Although other parts of ththee experience and lessons learn- the body are affected, the ed ffromrom the design of the software sensorimotor tasks are componcomponentsents for the flights. still relatively easy in microgravity MotivationMotivati o conditions. (continued TerrestrialTerrestrial grgravity shapes the sig- on Page 14) nals usedused by our central nerv- ous systemsyste for orien- Parabolic Flight Experiment

390 km/h 8,500 m About Parabolic Flights 650 km/h parabolic flight is an airplane flight 7,500 m 47°4 47° that utilizes specially configured air- 650 km/h Aplanes to execute a maneuver called a parabola that provides 18-22 seconds of microgravity (0 G). In order to get to that state, 810 km/h 810 km/h the aircraft climbs at a steep 47 degree angle 6,000 m with respect to the horizon while experiencing Steady Horizontaltat l Steady HHorizontali o increased gravity forces (1.8 G), then reduces Flight Hypergravity Microgravity Hypergravity Flight its speed to complete the weightless phase at 1 g 1.5 - 1.8 g 0 g 1.5 - 1.8 g 1 g

Figure 1: Parabolic Flight the apex of the parabola, and finally speeds 20 Seconds 20 Seconds 20 Seconds 12 Fall / Automne 2016 When the “30 seconds for the screen went black,k Personal Experience the first parabola” was heard so we immediately startedd on the intercom, I braced for addressing the problem. It During the the transition from 1 G to 1.8 turned out he was wearing G. We could see that almost inversion goggles and acci- 0 G and 1.8 G phases to see Flight everyone else was lying down dentally hit the power button how my body reacted. The on the floor, as we stood for on the monitor. worst experience was tilting By Dario Schor our experiment. Then, there my head up and down during was a sudden transition and The transition back to 1.6 the 1.8 G phase, but never to acted as an operator on everything felt heavier. I stood G and then 1 G was less the point where I felt sick. the first parabolic flight very still and did not move my exciting. The key was to I of the September 2014 head as recommended in the always aim our feet toward We spent the last two para- campaign and I was both training. I felt a little light- the ground to avoid falling bolas in the fun zone at the excited and nervous before- headed, but nothing out of onto the experiment directly back of the aircraft. During the hand. I followed all the the ordinary. behind us. We annotated first one, I let loose, flipped dietary recommendations the anomaly and prepared upside down, and had to get and limited my breakfast The transition from 1.8 G to for the next parabola. one of the aircraft crew mem- in case I got sick. Be- 0 G was very sudden and bers help me flip back before fore the first parabola, felt like someone magically After a few parabolas, the the end of the 0 G phase. On I tightened straps over removed the floor from under- experiment was running the second parabola, I held my feet to avoid flying neath your feet. Everyone on smoothly, I felt more comfort- onto a strap and floated while out of control while the flight started acting like able, and I began loosening watching Prof. Clement turn trying to run the ex- a child as they floated next the straps on my feet so that and float upside down while periment. to their experiments. Looking I could float while operating wearing inversion goggles. At around, you could see people the experiment. On a couple the end, I felt very tired and posing for pictures or leav- of instances I purposely let thirsty. It is not obvious dur- ing things to float in front of a pen or my camera float in ing the flight, but your body them. Even with the straps, front of me for a short time does a lot of work during the it felt very loose and simple during the experiment and hypergravity phases and while arm movements were not a then grabbed them before it adjusts after each transition. struggle. Partway through the starting the descent. After parabola, one of the test all the readings about hu- Overall, a fantastic experi- subjects reported man performance in space, I ence. This was the best 2.5 felt compelled to try moving hour roller coaster in the in different ways during the world. ■

To go to Mars, we need to understand how human performance is impacted by reduced gravity ...

Credit: ESA/Anneke Le’Floch

up in a steep descent to (1.6 G) to can be scheduled with short lead first parabola, #0, is the test para- The Novespace Airbus A300 air- complete one parabola. The whole times and provide researchers bola, then the aircraft executes craft was the third A300 pro- process takes roughly 1 minute as the capability of interacting with sets of 5 consecutive parabolas duced, and thus still has a number shown in Fig 1. The microgravity their experiment during and in with 5-8 minute breaks in be- of additional sensors linked to a phase can achieve a low gravity in between flights. In recent years, tween sets. In total, one experien- control panel inside the aircraft the order of 10-2 g. parabolic flights have also been ces over 10 minutes of micrograv- for real-time telemetry. Airbus used in other industries like the ity, which is roughly equivalent to often sends representatives to sit These types of flights are primar- film Apollo 13 and can even be riding the Disney Tower of Terror on the aircraft and collect data ily used for research purposes, booked by private citizens to ex- 250 times. Each research cam- during these flights as it provides preparation for long-duration perience microgravity. paign consists of three flights on valuable information about the missions, and astronaut training. consecutive days, thus totaling 93 performance over time - espe- The main benefits of parabolic The European Space Agency exe- parabolas to obtain more than 30 cially when performing atypical flight campaigns are that they cutes 31 parabolas per flight. The minutes of microgravity. (continued on Page 14)

Fall / Automne 2016 13 TheTh purpose of this study is to introducing altered visual cues, evaluateev what happens when the difficulty for sensorimotor visualvi cues are altered under tasks will increase with increased differentdi gravity conditions. gravity levels. The results TheTh hypothesis is that when of this research help in our

Under normal gravity levels (1 G), it can take a person more than 7-8 days to get used to the inversion goggles.

maneuvers for these experiments. of the airplane are all shut off Company/Agency Aircraft In addition, this aircraft does not with Velcro strips so that they do have restrooms or the traditional not move too much during the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) / 1. Falcon 20 food and beverage service. The parabolas. National Research Council (NRC) washroom stalls are available, but passengers must use special Many experiments are designed to National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 1. C-131 Samaritan receptacles. Finally, it is worth run for fewer than the maximum 2. KC-135A noting that there are no windows number of parabolas. This gives 3. KC-135B 4. McDonnell in the laboratory portion of the teams flexibility if a problem is Douglas C-9B aircraft to prevent changes in encountered that requires some 5. Skytrain II lighting in the cabin or passen- time to be reset or fixed in flight gers getting sick as a result of and also allows first-time flyers European Space Agency (ESA) / 1. Caravelle noticing the angle at which the to relax and enjoy the experience. Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES) 2. Airbus A300 aircraft is climbing. The windows During this time, it is not rec- 3. Airbus A310 located by the seats at the front ommended to do pirouettes any- Ecuadorian Civilian Space Agency / Ecuadorian Air Force 1. T-39 Sabreliner Russia 1. Ilyushin Il-76 Zero Gravity Corporation (ZERO-G) 1. Boeing 727-200 Integrated Spaceflight Services / Swiss Space Systems 1. Airbus A340 Japan Space Exploration Agency (JAXA) / 1. Mitsubishi MU-300 Diamond Air Service 2. Glufstream-II Table 1: Aircraft used for Parabolic Flight Laboratories. where as one could bump into area where up to three passengers other passengers or experiments at a time can go and let loose. In in progress. For this, the Airbus our experiment, we accounted for aircraft has a dedicated “fun-zone” two such parabolas.

14 Fall / Automne 2016 understanding of (i) the roles the initial adaptation phase. and weights associated with Since the inversion goggles these three sources of signals, restrict the peripheral vision, Microgravity Laboratories (ii) enable us to characterize a pair of osculating goggles the adaptation process, and was designed to mimic the here are four major Sounding rockets also follow a ultimately (iii) apply this restricted field of view with- types of laboratories for parabolic trajectory with a much for astronaut training and out inverting the image, thus Tmicrogravity experiments: higher altitude, thus providing countermeasures for future forcing test subjects to move (i) drop towers, (ii) parabolic longer exposures of roughly 15 long duration missions. their head in similar ways for flights, (iii) sounding rockets, minutes of microgravity, but both inverted and non-invert- and (iv) the space station. are only suitable for automated ed tests. Experiment Drop towers date back to physical sciences experiments. The two tasks to be performed the 1700s (then known as This technology has also Overview in flight are pointing and shot towers) and offer a cost been around since the 1950s The proposed experiment con- grasping. The pointing task effective means of experiencing with Canada playing a major sists of two different tasks to measures the reaction time, free-fall for 4-5 seconds of role through its Black Brant be performed on a parabol- action time, and accuracy with ic flight to obtain the differ- which a test subject can iden- microgravity. These towers are program that first launched ent gravity levels. The visual tify and click on a target pre- ideal for short duration, small out of Churchill, Manitoba in cues are altered by using a sented in a touchscreen mon- automated experiments, but 1959. Finally, the International pair of inversion goggles that itor. The grasping task utilizes cannot accommodate human Space Station (and its various use prisms to flip the image a toy shape sorter and inter- performance experiments. predecessors) is a venue for upside-down. Under normal actions through a touchscreen Parabolic flights were proposed long exposure experiments. gravity levels (1 G), it can monitor to measure the reac- take a person over 7-8 days tion and action times. Both in the 1950s and have been This is the most expensive to get used to the inversion experiments are designed to in use for medical research microgravity platform that goggles, thus getting subjects be executed by a test subject and astronaut training since requires specialized equipment with little to no experience while an operator monitors the the NASA Mercury program. and training. with them can help understand progress.

Experimental Setup The setup, shown in Fig. 2, con- sists of a row of three airplane seats where the two test sub- jects sit on the window and aisle seats such that they can move freely without bumping into their neighbour. In front of the seats, Figure 3: The interface screen there is a custom aluminium structure connected to the rails interface with the touchscreen as holding the seats in place. a single touch input.

The operators for the experi- The software interface consists ment stand behind the structure of a main window each for oper- facing the test subject. The struc- ators and subjects. See Figure 3 ture holds a 22-inch ViewSonic above for the operator interface. TD2220 touchscreen monitor in front of each subject and a laptop Figure 2: Experimental Setup on the flight Credit: ESA/Anneke Le’Floch The subject screen is displayed for operators to control the ex- in the touch screen monitor in periment. The monitor provides to log data for post analysis and screen acts as a second monitor fullscreen mode and consists of a 5 ms response time that meets a power bar with breaker protec- for the test subject. The custom an experiment panel and a right the requirements based on the tion was installed to connect to software is written in C++ using navigation panel with two but- expected response time of sub- the aircraft power supply. Microsoft Visual Studio imple- tons; see Figures 4 and 5. jects during the experiment. menting the MFC libraries for A Dell Latitude E5410 running the graphical user interface. The Before each parabola, the experi- In addition, a 3-axis accelerom- Windows 7 is used to control commercially available drivers ment panel displays instructions eter was attached to the structure the experiment while the touch- from ViewSonic were used to and serves as the main area for

Fall / Automne 2016 15 Pointing experiment In the pointing experiment, a tar- get is displayed at a random lo- After After After 0.5 Look Look Ready 0.5 cation in the screen. The user Seconds Seconds must then use their index finger Shape is Shape to point to the target. In order UserSubject displayed disappears, no to obtain metrics to evaluate the presses the change in screen performance, a home button is Ready button for 0.5 seconds used in between trials to reset the Figure 4: Sequence for Pointing Experiment timers. Once the user presses the the perceived location instead button. A new timer is started to target, the home button switches finally another 0.5 second delay of using the target as visual measure the time from the release colors and text throughout the before the next user interaction. feedback to compensate for until the perceived location of the trial to indicate the state of the The delays surrounding the their movements and attempt a target is hit or the user aborts the trial and expected user response. appearance and disappearance of higher accuracy. After the shape test. The accuracy is measured as This is repeated as many times as the target are used to (i) pace disappears, the home button the Euclidean distance between possible from 30 seconds before the users through the trials, and switches to “GO” and the timer the center of the target location the first parabola in 1 G, through (ii) force the user to remember for the reaction time starts ticking and the position where the user the various phases of the para- until the user releases the home touched the screen. The raw bola, until returning to 1 G again. Figure 5: Sequence for Grasping Experiment

The sequence for one trial is shown in Fig. 4. The user begins

After After Go Look Go by pressing and holding the Ready 0.5 0.5 home button labeled “READY”. Seconds Seconds Once pressed, there is a 0.5 Subject Shape “Go” presses appears on appears on second delay, followed by a 0.5 “Ready” screen, dis- screen second period where the shape on screen appears after is displayed on the screen, and 0.5 seconds

trial interactions during the point- vision, (ii) buttons to select the periment into a comma-separated ing experiment. The subject navi- current parabola, and (iii) a start/ file for easy post-processing. The The Flight gation panel is two inches wide stop button to log information second file is an event log that Campaign and is filled with two buttons that during each parabola. In addition, tracks every interaction with the allow the subject to step through the screen has displays for timers software from either the oper- The following sections describe the experiment trials. The main for each parabola and statistics ator or test subject. The events the major stages of the parabolic button, known as the home button, on the number of trials completed include autonomous functions flight campaign. The experien- is used to control the timing meas- or skipped in each parabola. All from the software, keystrokes, ces described are specific to the urements and occupies the major- text and buttons used large fonts mouse clicks, and touchscreen ESA and CNES campaigns, but ity of the area as it is used very to prevent operator error during interactions. Depending on the the high-level concepts can be frequently during the flight. The the flight. action, different parameters are applied to other organizations. text and background color for this logged to help recreate the events Depending on the experiment, button changes throughout the ex- Since the touchscreen drivers that take place during the flight one may get a dedicated flight periment as described below. configure touch responses as during post-processing. or share the flight with other re- mouse clicks, the subject and searchers. In the case of the ESA The second button is much small- operator can create conflicts for In addition to the data logged by campaign in September 2014, er and allows the user to termin- each other if clicking on different the software, two GoPro cam- there were 11 research teams ate a current trial if either they parts of the screen. To mitigate eras are used to record what the from different parts of Europe made a mistake in the procedure that, all the operator activities subjects and operators are do- testing different experiments in or felt something would have are accessible through keyboard ing. This helps remove bad data many fields including cognitive skewed the results. If the skip shortcuts so that the subject con- for scenarios where something science, human performance, and button is pressed, the data is still trols the mouse focus during a happens outside the software physical sciences. logged, but it is flagged as invalid parabola. that goes against the experiment so that it can be excluded from protocol, such as a test subject the analysis. The software generates two ar- using their left arm to support Design Process and chives during the flight. The first their right arm when pointing to Major Milestones The operator screen has (i) a one logs information on each the screen in the 1.8 G phase. For our particular experiment, menu to select normal or inverted trial completed for the given ex- the design was carried out by a

16 Fall / Automne 2016 wooden shape and put it through one of the holes of a toy shape sorter. This mimics actions for 0.5 using tools to fix components in

Seconds Go Go Go Go Ready space. The overall physical setup Ready button switches of the airplane seat and screen are to ‘Go’, subject removes ...starts ticking Subject reused. For this experiment, the finger from screen (timed) until the subject moves finger and the timer for subject touches where towards start- subject holds a tray with a shape reaction-time... the shape was ing position sorter with four shapes: a circle, triangle, rectangle, and square. coordinates are used to estimate vision, there were noticeable dif- is in agreement for the hypothesis patterns in overshooting and ferences in the target pointing for hypergravity conditions, but In order to prevent pieces fly- undershooting the target. accuracy for 0 G compared to 1 does not follow the pattern for ing out during portions of the G, while there were only small reduced gravity cases. parabola, the tray is secured variations for 1.8 G. However, using backpack-like clips around Preliminary Results we did not observe a systematic the test subject’s legs and the The experiment showed consist- undershooting in 0 G, as shown Grasping experiment shape sorter is glued onto the ent results for all gravity levels in previous experiments on board The grasping experiment evalu- tray. Furthermore, the open faces with normal vision. In normal the Space Shuttle. Thus, the data ates the timing required to take a of the shape sorter are covered

Ready Ready Ready Ready with with right right hand, hand, pulls transfers Subject presses subject selects open flap on block to palm “Ready” to start matching block side of shape of right hand sequence again from left hand, sorter, extracts closes flap inserts in sorter block

team of International Space Uni- on PMDIS-TRAC and VCF for ineligible to participate, the versity (ISU) students under the shuttle mission STS-90. The Medical Checks assessment informs the medical direction of Prof. Gilles Clement feedback was incorporated into and Insurance team on board the aircraft about that included participants from the design early enough to permit Once the experiment was their passengers in case of an the nine-week intensive gradu- ground-based tests conducted in accepted and a date confirmed emergency. ate level Space Studies Program Strasbourg to test the system and for the flight, the team identified (SSP) and year-long Masters of experiment protocols. During a number of test subjects Setup, Inspection, Space Studies (MSS) program. this phase, there were different consisting of ISU classmates The tasks for the project were versions of the software released including people from Canada, and Training divided amongst participants. All incorporating changes to pace US, France, Germany, Italy, The week leading up to the flight, the structural components were subjects through the experiment Netherlands, Spain, and Austria. the team arrived in Bordeaux, designed and built in Strasbourg, and ways to identify invalid test Because of insurance purposes, France and met at the Novespace France so that it would be easy cases. only European citizens would be facility. After completing facil- and relatively inexpensive to allowed to be test subjects, while ity training, the team loaded the transport them to Bordeaux for The next iteration came after those from North America would experiment onto the Airbus A300 the flight. In parallel, the software another design review held in have to act as operators. Each and mounted the seats and alum- was designed in Winnipeg, Can- Montreal, Canada during the SSP participant received a package inium structure to the rails on the ada with many online meetings 2014 program. At this point, the of forms to receive clearance to plane. After installing the circuit and emails to discuss functional- sequence for the experiment as work at the facilities, medical breaker and performing a power- ity, user interfaces, and various described in Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 forms to be filled out by their on test, the structure was covered project management elements. was finalized while also incor- physician, and insurance forms. in protective padding. The pad- porating many of the keyboard ding protects individuals and the The preliminary designs were shortcuts. Much of this meeting Individuals visited their family equipment during the flight as completed by January 2014, was spent recreating a typical doctor for a physical equivalent objects shift during parabolas. when the team held a design parabola, purposely ignoring the to that of an aircraft pilot - a basic review teleconference with two protocol, and testing recovery physical and an electrocardiogram. Once the setup is complete, it is engineers from Magellan Aero- methods in case something went Although there are few conditions common to go through the flight space, Winnipeg who had worked wrong during the flight. that would make someone protocol a few times and simulate

Fall / Automne 2016 17 with a Velcro flap so that the It is possible that although the vestibular and proprioceptive signals shapes can be removed in a con- were weaker in microgravity, visual cues throughout the airplane trolled fashion after each trial. The subject holds the shapes in provided subjects with a relative orientation to their bodies. their left hand throughout the trial and uses their right hand to place shapes and interact with Fly Your Thesis! the screen. The sequence is similar to the he Education Office from The top 15 teams expand their pointing experiment as shown the European Space proposals and are invited to in Fig. 5. The subject presses TAgency (ESA) runs an an- a workshop at the European the “READY” button, waits 0.5 nual program called “Fly Your Space Research and Tech- seconds, a shape appears for 0.5 Thesis!” that offers graduate nology Centre (ESTEC) in the seconds, and then disappears for of an annual call for propos- another 0.5 seconds before in- students opportunities to con- Netherlands. At the end of structing the user to “GO” and duct microgravity experiments als inviting students to submit the workshop, all the teams start the action. The reaction time directly related to their thesis an idea for an experiment to present their work to a Review is measured from the time they in a parabolic flight campaign. be conducted in microgravity. Board who selects the top four are instructed to “GO” until they The program is open to science A single student or a team experiments to fly on board the release the button. The video cap- tures are used to confirm the and engineering students from of students may complete the Novespace Airbus 310 Zero-G proposals, where at least one handling of the shapes before ESA Member States. Canada aircraft in the fall of the follow- pressing the “READY” button is an ESA Associate Member, student utilizes the results for ing year. ESA covers the cost of to complete the trial and stop the thus students in Canadian in- their thesis. The proposal con- the flight, parts of the experi- action timer. The shape selec- stitutions qualify for these op- sists of a high level description mental hardware, and provides tion is random and has only one portunities. of the experiment, methodol- some support for travel and restriction to prevent the same shape from appearing in succes- ogy, equipment, timeline, and accommodations. The program uses a two-step sive trials. The pictures of the budget to demonstrate both the shapes were taken on three dif- selection process to accelerate scientific and management ele- For more information visit: ferent angles to remove biases the timeline from proposal to ments required to succeed in http://www.esa.int/Education/ from seeing the shape in a pos- flight. The first step consists such projects. Fly_Your_Thesis ition that is easier to place in the shape sorter.

a few parabolas to ensure that periment, the controlled data was and edges of the structure, (ii) the the medical team on board, and both operators and test subjects collected during the 1 G phases cables for the monitors and lap- the cabin crew. This session can know what to do. A team member of the parabolas in flight, thus tops are properly secured with zip be thought of as an extended uses a stopwatch to call out phas- maintaining the same environ- ties to prevent power losses during version of the safety video on es of the parabola while the team ment al conditions including noise, the experiment, (iii) that laptops most commercial flights. The that will fly the experiment per- temperature, subject medication and other tools used during the core portion of the presentation forms their corresponding tasks. across all gravity levels. flight are secured, and (iv) that focuses on safety recommenda- In addition, during this time, one the emergency switch to power tions for anyone flying that in- can simulate a few fault scenarios After completing the setup, a team off all equipment is operational. cludes: refraining from certain to practice recovery protocols to of 6 engineers and flight person- In addition, the team asks lots foods before the flight, avoiding reduce the down time if something nel from Novespace reviewed the of questions to ensure there are rapid head movements during goes wrong. configuration to ensure it was mitigation procedures in place for the hypergravity portion of the safe. There are two reviews, an many what-if scenarios such as flight as they may cause dizzi- These runs serve as a pre-flight informal and a formal review that shape sorter pieces getting loose ness, and what to do if one feels specialized training while the air- are conducted a few days apart. and flying away during a parabola. sick. Finally, after completing the plane is on the runway for both The formal review takes place safety discussions, each research operators and test subjects. For the day before the first flight. Once all the teams complete the team present is introduced and some experiments not involving Fail to complete that milestone, inspection, Novespace offers a presents a short summary of their human subjects, this is an op- and the experiment would be re- training session to go over safety experiment so that everyone is portunity to collect some con- moved from the flight. Some of procedures for the flight. The aware of what is happening dur- trolled data under normal gravity the checks include that (i) there is training session includes pres- ing the flight. conditions, however, for our ex- sufficient padding on all corners entations from the aircraft pilot,

18 Fall / Automne 2016 The experiment showed consist- ent results for all gravity levels with normal vision. We did not Canadian Reduced Gravity see significant differences for dif- ferent gravity levels in the overall Experiment Design Challenge duration of the task. The meas- ured action times decrease with increased gravity levels. Con- n 2016, the Students for the The CAN-RGX selection ceivably, the subjects learned the Exploration and Develop- criterion includes the technical orientation and relative position of ment of Space (SEDS) group description, scientific merit, the shapes for the sorter box, thus I after getting instructions from the launched the Canadian Reduced budget and funding plans, screen, they could grab and ro- Gravity Experiment Design Chal- and outreach plans. The tate the shape in one motion, thus lenge (CAN-RGX). In this compe- competition funds most of reducing the impact of different tition, Canadian post-secondary the costs associated with the gravity levels. student teams will be selected flight except for $2500 per General conclusions from to design, implement, and test team and experiment fees, an experiment over 12 consecu- thus teams are encouraged both experiments tive parabolas on board the Teams interested in participat- to apply for university The preliminary results from Falcon-20 aircraft from the Na- ing submit a letter of intent in grants and seek corporate both experiments indicate that tional Research Council (NRC), September and a full proposal sponsorship. Finally, the subjects strongly relied on visual which has been modified for by the end of November. The outreach component includes feedback for performing the head- four teams selected are noti- eye coordination tasks, despite this purpose by the Canadian disseminating the experience that vestibular and proprioceptive Space Agency (CSA). The com- fied in December of the same through both social media and signals were weaker in 0 G and petition enables students to year. Those selected experi- presentations to a variety of stronger in 1.8 G. Relatively develop technical and project ence the typical space-industry audiences. small changes were observed management skills, conduct an project phases and must sub- in inverted vision compared to experiment in microgravity, and, mit documents for each major normal vision for the various levels of gravity. Further analysis ultimately, have a direct impact milestone;preliminary designs, For more information visit of the data and reviews of the in space exploration and de- critical designs, and an integra- http://www.seds.ca/projects/ videos are needed to confirm velopment in Canada. tion and testing plan. canrgx these conclusions.

After completing the formal day put on their flight suits and dies or mints to combat the dry there are no security checks, training, all test subjects meet head over to see the medical staff mouth side effect of the scopola- boarding passes, baggage, or one-on-one with the flight doc- for a last check up before takeoff. assigned seats. All experiments tor. This gives each individual Individuals have the option of are powered off for takeoff. The a chance to review the hazards getting a shot of scopolamine to plane takes off at 9:30 am and and risks associated with the prevent motion sickness. First- once it reaches 10,000 feet, the particular experiment, and then time flyers are encouraged to seatbelt light is turned off, power sign the informed consent for receive the medication, while ex- is provided to all experiments, participating in the test. For this perienced flyers sometimes opt- and the fun begins. Although the experiment, inversion goggles out as they know how to prepare airplane is still climbing and trav- are considered a hazard that can their bodies for the effects of the elling to a designated airspace, make subjects dizzy in normal flight. the passengers get up, move to- gravity conditions. Thus, when ward the back of the cabin, and combined with the parabolic Meanwhile, team members not Credit: ESA begin powering on their equip- flight, they can increase the risk flying that day will go to the mine, and other tools for fixing ment. This allows teams to per- of getting sick during the flight. aircraft to go through a pre-flight the experimental setup if needed form one last check of the setup checklist that includes testing during the flight. before the first parabola. all equipment and confirming Th e Flight all parts are in designated spots. At 8:45 am, the team members The plan is to perform parabola On the day of the flight, the team This includes carrying writing flying will board the plane and sit #0 as a test where experiments meets at the Novespace facility utensils, screen cleaners for the in the front of the cabin for take- are first tested in microgravity. before 7:30 am. Those flying that touchscreen monitors, hard can- off. Unlike commercial flights, Then, there is a short couple min-

Fall / Automne 2016 19 ers, thematic sessions, and public space debris, on-orbit servicing, Art and Culture – Examining the Canadian events geared to all audiences. The and space situational awareness. links between space art and tech- Space themes for the sessions highlight nology to explain how space art the diversity of Canada’s contribu- Space Commercialization – Pitch- continues to evolve and inspire the Summit tions to space: ing ideas and opportunities for next generation of explorers. commercial enterprises and dis- By Dario Schor (IEEE Member) and Life Sciences – Studying human cussing trends on the future of the The 15th annual Canadian Space Wayne Ellis health, physiological, and cognitive Canadian space industry. Summit will be hosted in Win- behaviors related to space ex- nipeg, Manitoba from November he Canadian Space Summit ploration and discoveries from Planetary Exploration 13-15, 2016 at the Inn at the Forks. is a two-day conference at- space-based research. – Combining remote The theme for this year is “At the Ttracting stakeholders from all sensing technologies Centre of It All” which highlights Education and Out- for Earth and other disciplines in the space community many of Manitoba’s contributions including industry, academia, gov- reach – Discuss- planets, as well as to space from the launch of the ernment, military, and many space ing projects from robotic and hu- first Black Brant suborbital rocket enthusiasts. With over 150 atten- elementary, sec- man exploration from Churchill, Manitoba in 1959 dees annually, the summit is an ondary, and post- of the Solar through the development of com- excellent place to learn about the secondary pro- System. ponents for Mars rovers and buses latest Canadian space projects and grams and their network with industry professionals. participation in space Lunar Exploration for the RADARSAT Constellation missions such as the Canadian Sat- – Narrowing the scope of Mission. The public events will in- The summit is organized by the Can- ellite Design Challenge. planetary exploration to focus on clude, among other things, indus- adian Space Society – a non-profit/ the Moon, our nearest neighbour, try tours and hands-on workshops charitable organization composed of Astronomy – Focusing current and as a platform to develop technolo- for pre-university students. Please both professionals and enthusiast conceptual designs for space tele- gies for further exploration. see the website for more details: volunteers interested in the develop- scope structures, detectors, receiv- http://www.css.ca/ ment of Canada’s space industry. ers, and optics. Law and Policy – Presenting legal issues surrounding exploration, ex- IEEE Canada is proud to be one of Each year, the summit features a Space Applications – Covering ploitation, habitation, cooperation, the sponsors for the 15th Canadian group of renowned keynote speak- topics related to satellite missions, and liability in space. Space Summit in Winnipeg, MB.

utes before commencing six sets that could make them feel transition to prevent injuries back to the Novespace facilities of five parabolas each (totaling dizzy. The operators for our from the fall. where the ground crew is 31 parabolas in one flight). The experiment stayed standing waiting with lunch. The team sets are separated by 5-8 minute and would brace themselves ● Finally, no announcement is discusses the key observations, breaks where experiments can be over the structure to support made after returning to 1 G. any issues during the flight, reset or configured to evaluate their bodies while still being and performs a preliminary other variables. able to operate the software as After completing all 31 parabolas, assessment of the data to see needed. the experiments are powered off, how many of the 31 parabolas The crew makes announcements and there are a few minutes to were successful at collecting the over the intercom leading up to ● The countdown to the 0 G relax while flying back towards the necessary data. Possible losses each phase of the parabola: phase is done in terms of airport. At this point, the aircraft of data could be attributed to angles with respect to the hori- crew handed out water bottles and either equipment failure or ● The warning “30 seconds to zon, “20 degrees, 30 degrees, chocolate bars to all passengers. a team member getting sick next parabola” is heard to set 40 degrees, 3, 2, 1, injection!” During this time, we backed up during the flight. the experiments on and brace This is the most difficult transi- all the results into memory sticks for the next parabola. tion as we go from 1.8 G to 0 G and took down some notes on key The summary of the experiment in a fraction of a second. things to improve for the next day. is presented at a post-flight brief- ● “3, 2, 1, pull-up” announced The airplane lands around 12:30 ing with all the research teams before starting the climb ● After roughly 20 seconds, pm and preparations start for the and aircraft crew. During this where one experiences 1.8 G. the reverse countdown starts next flight. time, special requests for the next At this point, there is a sudden “40 degrees, 30 degrees, 20 day can be made if one group transition from 1 G to 1.8 G degrees” and a quick force needs a few more seconds be- where most passengers lay on pulls all passengers to the Post-Flight tween parabolas or sets of para- the floor and avoid making ground. It is important to hold After landing, the passengers bolas to reset their test. ■ any sudden head movements onto something before this get off the plane and proceed

20 Fall / Automne 2016 Concluding Remarks The campaign was able to provide a large interdisciplinary and inter- national team an opportunity to col- laborate together to further our under- standing of the human body for space exploration. The technical and non- technical lessons learned are applic- able in all aspects of our future careers and included being able to experience the full design process from the ex- periment design, building the vari- ous components, ground tests, design reviews, testing in flight, and finally analyzing and interpreting the results. One of the highlights was working within a multidisciplinary team that included engineers, physicist, nurses, neuroscientists, lawyers, and others, thus being able to discuss all aspects of the projects from multiple perspec- tives. Finally, for a group of aspiring space professionals, this was a first- hand exposure to working in micro- gravity that provided us with a bet- ter understanding of what astronauts experience, a greater appreciation for Back row left to right: Olivier Renard, Nathan Wong, Alix Dudley, Dario Schor, Angie Bukley, the accomplishments in space flight, Gilles Clement, Trisha Randazzo, Joshua Nelson, Anja Schuster, Gabriele Librandi and a source of motivation to help ad- Front row left to right: Kathleen Samoil and Valentina Boccia vance technology for humanity. ■

Kevin Charles Laing, Sarah Lammens, Gabriele Librandi, Anita Rinner, Morten Andre Acknowledgements Salvesen, Anja Schuster, and Remco Timmermans. Thank you to Nathan Wong (ISU) The parabolic flight campaigns and experiment hardware were funded by ESA and and Olivier (Fox) Renard for their invaluable help throughout the first parabolic flight CNES. Special thank you to Jean-Jacques Favier (ISU), Vladimir Pletser (ESA), campaign both before and during the flights. Sebastien Rouquette (CNES), and Frédéric Gai (Novespace) for their valuable feedback. The team would also like to thank Darrin Gates and Raymond Harris from Magellan Special thank you to all the members of the ISU parabolic flight team: David Bekaert, Aerospace, Winnipeg for reviewing the experimental setup and providing feedback from Valentina Boccia, Adrian Gerber, George Gorospe, Julien Harrod, Charlotte Kiang, their experience with similar Shuttle mission experiments.

About the Authors Dario Schor completed his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Computer Engineering at the U. of Manitoba in 2008 and 2013 respectively. Shortly thereafter, he attended the nine-week Space Studies Program from the International Space University in Strasbourg, France. Currently, he works as a Software Engineer for Magellan Aerospace on flight software, ground tools, and testing for the RADARSAT Constellation Mission and as a Seasonal Instructor for the UofM Computer Science Department. He volunteers with IEEE Winnipeg, the Space Generation Advisory Council, and other organizations. Email: [email protected]

Alix Dudley’s Trisha Randazzo is Kathleen Samoil, is Joshua Nelson is a Angie Bukley, PhD, is Gilles Clement, PhD, primary expertise contracted by Integrity a Registered Nurse in Project Engineer at the an aerospace engineer is Emeritus Faculty at is in life and health Applications Inc. to the Emergency De- International Space working with The Aero- the International Space sciences research. She NASA and NOAA as a partment in Calgary University working on space Corporation in University. His has a B.Sc. in Hon- satellite simulator and Alberta. She holds the Self Deployable Houston, TX, USA. She research focuses on the ours Physiology and a operations engineer. She a BSc from the Uni- Habitat for Extreme has been supporting effects of changes in M.Sc. in Neuroscience received her Bachelors versity of Alberta Environments (SHEE). parabolic flight mis- gravitational input on (McGill University), of Science in Math- and is completing an Joshua holds a B.S. in sions as a principal in- spatial orientation. In and a M.Sc. in Space ematics/Physics from MSc in patient safety. Aerospace Engineering vestigator, operator, and addition to parabolic Studies (International the College of Idaho Kathleen’s interest in from the University of test subject since 1993. flights, he has flown Space University). and her Masters of Sci- simulation and remote Arizona and a M.S. in Her research interests experiments on Salyut, Currently, she is the ence in Space Studies healthcare drew her Space Studies from the include flexible struc- Mir, the Space Shuttle, Senior Science Officer from the International to International Space University of North ture control and human and the International at Brain Canada. Space University. University’s SSP 2013. Dakota. performance in space. Space Station.

Fall / Automne 2016 21 Viewpoint/Opinion Response

globally in this sector, as is done by other Transformational Infrastructure: national or transnational groups around The Work of Nation Building the world. Innovation, as underlined in Sergio Response to Guest Editorial by Hon. Sergio Marchi, Canadian Electricity Assn., Marchi’s editorial, is crucial, but, more published in Spring 2016 issue, #75. important, are political will, vision and leadership. The absence of deep electricity t is difficult, almost impossible, to fragmented market with widely varying integration between provinces is not caused underestimate the role of electricity rates and energy sources as we move from by technical constraints but simply because I in the transition to a low carbon econ- province to province, preventing Canada nobody managed to drive the concept omy. As we move away from hydrocarbons as a whole from benefitting as much as it through. This is why it is essential for the for heating and transportation, the most should from its renewable energy resour- Federal level to fully play its role in sup- likely alternative will be electricity. Not ces. This is even truer today as hydro porting an increase in interprovincial elec- uniquely, of course — passive heating and dams scattered around the country consti- tricity trade and promoting low-carbon energy efficiency should be preferred tute immense energy storage facilities that whenever possible — but dominantly. In emission energy production. fact low-carbon future scenarios include, This would go a long way in the without exception, much greater electricity development of a rich low-carbon economy use and fuel efficiency. There are many for Canada in addition to foster the With a strong East-West national grid, reasons why electricity is at the heart of investments in innovation discussed by low carbon transitions. it would be easier than in almost any Sergio Marchi. ■ other country to reach a target of 90 Electricity from renewable sources is becoming more and more competitive with or even 100 % renewable electricity Authors: respect to alternatives. The most recent over the next 20 years. tender from Hydro-Québec, for example, Catherine Potvin, FRSC, Canada was as low as 6.4 ¢/kWh, and prices are Research Chair on Climate Change still falling. Electricity is also much more Mitigation and Tropical Forests efficient than fuel for performing work; an and Professor of Biology at McGill can be leveraged to increase significantly University. electric car, for example, requires about the part of intermittent renewable ener- four times less energy than a fuel-based Normand Mousseau, Professor of gies on the network. With a strong East- one to move from point A to point B. Physics and University Research West national grid, it would be easier than Similarly, with heat pumps, electricity can Chair in Complex Materials, in almost any other country to reach a deliver two or three times more heat per Energy and Natural Resources at target of 90 or even 100 % renewable Université de Montréal. watt than natural gas. electricity over the next 20 years. Yet, this Catherine Potvin is the founder and leader As Sergio Marchi rightly points out, the transformation is unlikely to occur with- of Sustainable Canada Dialogue, a group constitution attributes jurisdiction over out a national leadership that breaks the of 60 scholars from across Canada, of which energy to provinces which have, historic- traditional provincial-centric position Normand Mousseau is part, that has offered a ally, perceived a need to ensure produc- about electricity generation and demon- national action plan on climate change tion inside their territory. This has led to a strates the advantage of thinking more (http://www.sustainablecanadadialogues.ca/en/).

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he theme of IHTC 2017 is “Innovate and Collaborate for Sustainable Development” with emphasis on policies, practices, and technolo- gies aimed at building resilient communities. IHTC 2017 is a unique conference that will focus on humanitarian applications of tech- Tnologies, aligning with Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nation: Mainly, sustainable development of communities, health, disaster mitigation and management; and engineering education with an emphasis on humanitarian issues. The conference will feature out- standing keynote speakers, workshops, a student paper/design competition, and peer-reviewed papers.

CALL FOR PAPERS TUTORIALS, WORKSHOPS, PANELS The technical program committee invites you to submit a 200-300 word Proposals are invited for half-day tutorials, workshop on new and abstract of a paper in any of the following track areas. emerging topics within the scope of the conference. Technologies for: Please describe the content, importance and timeliness, the speaker(s), brief CVs, and 1. Poverty alleviation, achieving food security and improved nutrition and promote where appropriate, topics each will cover. For further info, contact: [email protected] sustainable agriculture. 2. Effective management of refugees, (re)settlements and integration Proposals due March 31, 2017 3. Ensuring healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages 4. Quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all SUBMISSIONS 5. Sustainable management of water and sanitation for all 6. Affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all All materials to be uploaded by registering with: http://edas.info 7. Making cities and human settlements safe, resilient and sustainable Please use PDF format for both papers/paper abstracts, as well as proposals for tutorials, 8. Disaster mitigation, management, relief, and recovery workshops and panels. Detailed information on paper format and submission procedure can be found on the conference website. 9. Combating climate change and its impacts 10. Social impacts of technology 11. Data and personal security humanitarian technology WHO SHOULD ATTEND? 12. Humanitarian and educational technologies 13. Community engagement The target audience for the conference includes researchers, practitioners and students in the fields of sustainability, human development, education, disaster IMPORTANT DATES relief, STEM fields and management sciences as well as interested professionals and anyone wanting to contribute their talents on the humanitarian and Deadline for Abstract Submission Dec. 10, 2016 sustainable development fields. Notification of Abstract Acceptance Dec. 31, 2016 5-page IEEE format Full Paper Due Jan. 15, 2017 Exhibition: Showcase your products and services to Canadian Reviewers’ Feedback to Authors Apr. 30, 2017 and international audiences. For more details please go to: Submission of camera-ready papers May 31, 2017 http://www.ihtc2017.ieee.ca/patronage-exhibition

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IEEE Canada Awards 2016 24 IEEE Canada Awards 2016 2016 IEEE CANADA A.G.L. MCNAUGHTON GOLD MEDAL MÉDAILLE D’OR A.G.L. MCNAUGHTON DE I’IEEE CANADA 2016 For outstanding contributions in the field of robotics and automation including research and development and founding of high-technology companies Pour contributions exceptionnelles à la recherche et au développement en robotique et en automatique et pour la création d’entreprises de haute technologie Andrew Goldenberg ndrew Goldenberg (LFIEEE) ndrew Goldenberg a supervisé 46 étudiants A is the founder (1982) of A (LFIEEE) a lancé en 1982 au doctorat et 64 étudi- the field of Robotics at the la formation en robotique à ants à la maîtrise, obtenu University of Toronto where l’Université de Toronto où 81 brevets, signé 128 arti- he has been a Professor of il est actuellement profes- cles de revues d’archives Mechanical and Industrial seur émérite après y avoir et 15 chapitres de livres, Engineering, cross-appointed été professeur de génie mé- prononcé 294 conférences in the Institute of Biomaterials canique et de génie indus- et été cité 4 500 fois dans & Biomedical Engineering, triel nommé conjointement des revues prestigieuses) and now a Professor Emeritus. à l’Institut des biomatéri- que comme entrepreneur He is also an Adjunct Professor aux et de génie biomédi- dynamique. En mai 2015, at Ryerson University, Toronto, cal. Il est également profes- à la suite de l’acquisition and a guest/visiting professor seur adjoint à l’Université d’ESI par le consortium at three prestigious universi- Ryerson, à Toronto, et pro- chinois Shenzhen ANZER ties in the P.R. China. He is the 2015 the scope of his robotics fesseur invité dans trois Intelligent Engineering Co., founder and current President commercialization efforts has prestigieuses universités Ltd., il y a eu expansion du of Engineering Services Inc. expanded with the acquisition chinoises. Il est le fonda- champ de commercialisa- (ESI), which develops leading- of ESI by Shenzhen ANZER teur et l’actuel président tion de ses produits de la edge robotics-based automation. Intelligent Engineering Co., Ltd., de l’entreprise Engineering robotique. Dr. Goldenberg has made a P. R. China consortium. Services Inc. (ESI), qui se En tant qu’employé significant contributions to As an employee of SPAR spécialise dans la robotique de SPAR Aerospace Ltd. à theory of robot kinematics, dy- Aerospace Ltd. of Toronto, he de pointe. Toronto, il a joué un rôle clé namics and control. He is one played a key role in the de- M. Goldenberg a con- dans le développement de of the most prolific developers velopment of the first Space tribué de façon significative Canadarm, le premier bras 25 of robotic technology in a wide Shuttle Remote Manipulator à l’avancée de la théorie canadien pour la téléma- variety of fields such as security, System (Canadarm). (cinématique, dynamique nipulation de navettes manufacturing, medical surgery, Dr. Goldenberg’s ac- et contrôle) sur les robots. Il spatiales. and nuclear. He is a world-wide colades include Fellow of est l’un des plus prolifiques M. Goldenberg est recognized expert, concurrent- ASME, Fellow of Engineering développeurs de technolo- Fellow de l’ASME, Fellow ly active in academic research Institute of Canada (EIC), gies pour robots dans div- de l’Institut canadien des (46 Ph.D., 64 M.A.Sc., 81 pat- Fellow of CAE, and Fellow ers domaines comme la ingénieurs (ICI), Fellow de ents granted/applied, 128 archiv- of AAAS. He is the recipient sécurité, la fabrication, la la CAE et Fellow de l’AAAS. al journal papers, 294 papers of the 2010 PEO Engineering chirurgie médicale et le Il est le récipiendaire de la in major conferences, 15 book Medal for Entrepreneurship nucléaire. Son expertise médaille d’entrepreneuriat chapters with more than 4500 and the 2013 Sir John est reconnue à l’échelle du PEO 2010 et de la mé- citations in leading journals) and Kennedy Medal, the highest internationale, étant actif daille Sir John Kennedy commercial enterprises. In May honour awarded by the EIC. ■ tant comme chercheur (il 2013, la plus haute distinc- ■ SPONSORED BY / COMMANDITÉ PAR IEEE CANADA tion remise par l’ICI. PAST WINNERS/ ANCIENS LAURÉATS ● Mohamed Kamel (2015), ● Tas Venetsanopoulos (2003), ● William J.M. Moore (1991), ● Wallace S. Read (1980), ● Raouf Boutaba (2014), ● Prakash Bhartia (2002), ● Harry M. Ellis (1990), ● John H. Chapman (1979), ● Jamal Deen (2013), ● Om Malik (2001), ● John S. Foster (1989), ● Harold A. Smith (1978), ● John W. Bandler (2012), ● Nicolas D. Georganas (2000), ● Rudolf deBuda (1988), ● James M. Ham (1977), ● Gregor v. Bochmann (2011), ● Mohamed E. El-Hawary (1999), ● Theodore Wildi (1987), ● J.C.R. Punchard (1976), ● Alberto Leon-Garcia (2010), ● Chandra M. Kudsia (1998), ● Harold A. Smith (1987), ● George Sinclair (1975), ● Wolfgang Hoefer (2009), ● Thomas David Collett (1997), ● Simon Haykin (1986), ● Robert H. Tanner (1974), ● Colin A. Franklin (2008), ● John Plant (1996), ● John A. Hopps (1985), ● Hector J. McLeod (1973), ● Raymond D. Findlay (2007), ● Vijay K. Bhargava (1995), ● H. Halton (1984), ● Alphonse Ouimet (1972), ● Hussein Mouftah (2006), ● Roy Billinton (1994), ● J. Lionel Boulet (1983), ● Thomas Ingledow (1971), ● Anthony B. Sturton (2005), ● Ray Bartnikas (1993), ● Gordon F. MacFarlane (1982), ● John T. Henderson (1969). ● Renato G Bosisio (2004), ● M. Val OíDonovan (1992), ● W. Bennett Lewis (1981), Fall / Automne 2016 25 IEEE Canada Awards 2016 2016 IEEE CANADA R.A. FESSENDEN MEDAL MÉDAILLE R.A. FESSENDEN DE L’IEEE CANADA 2016 For outstanding contributions to wireless sensor networks for the Internet of Things Pour contributions exceptionnelles aux réseaux de capteurs sans fil pour l’Internet des objets Hussein Mouftah ussein Mouftah (LFIEEE) ussein Mouftah mobile l’usager puisse H is a Distinguished H(LFIEEE) est profes- localiser la station de University Professor and Tier seur éminent et titulaire recharge la plus proche, 1 Research Chair at the School d’une chaire de recher- la réserver et payer le of Electrical Engineering che de niveau 1 à l’École service. M. Mouftah and Computer Science at de science informatique est reconnu à l’échelle the University of Ottawa. et de génie électrique de internationale. Il est Previously, he was a profes- l’Université d’Ottawa. Il a l’auteur ou le coauteur de sor and associate head with été professeur et directeur 10 livres, de 144 rapports the Department of Electrical adjoint au Département industriels, de plus de and Computer Engineering de génie électrique et in- 1 400 articles, et il est at Queen’s University. He al- formatique de l’Université titulaire de 14 brevets so has six years of industrial Queens. Il compte et de 6 inventions experience at Bell Northern également six années divulguées. Research of Ottawa. d’expérience en indust- M. Mouftah est Fellow Dr. Mouftah is developing technical papers; to date, rie chez Bell Northern de l’IEEE, de l’Académie next-generation technologies he holds 14 patents and six Research, à Ottawa. canadienne du génie, that will serve as a foundation invention disclosures. M. Mouftah dével- de l’Institut canadien for smart cities. He has made Dr. Mouftah is a Fellow oppe la prochaine des ingénieurs et de significant contributions of the IEEE, the Canadian génération de tech- l’Académie des sciences to the understanding Academy of Engineering, nologies qui serviront de de la Société royale du and knowledge of tele- the Engineering Institute fondations aux futures Canada. À plusieurs communication networks, of Canada and the Acad- villes intelligentes. occasions il a agi comme 26 including ad hoc and emy of Science of the Roy- Il a grandement con- bénévole pour l’IEEE. sensor networks related to al Society of Canada. His tribué à l’avancée Au sein d’IEEE Canada, the Internet of Things. He volunteer contributions to des connaissances il a été le président du is currently developing a IEEE are numerous. With- sur les réseaux de comité régional des solution to securely charge in IEEE Canada, he served télécommunications, y prix et reconnaissances. electric vehicles within as Chair of the Regional compris les réseaux ad Au sein de la société smart grid environments, Awards & Recognition Com- hoc et les réseaux de des communications de allowing users to locate the mittee. Within the IEEE capteurs pour l’Internet l’IEEE, il a servi comme nearest charging station Communications Society, des objets. Il travaille rédacteur en chef de using a mobile device, then he has served as Editor-in- actuellement à une l’IEEE Communications book and pay for it. An Chief of IEEE Communica- solution pour la recharge Magazine et directeur internationally acclaimed tions Magazine, Director of sécurisée des véhicules de l’éducation, et il a scholar, Dr. Mouftah has Education and was named a électriques au sein des été nommé conférencier authored or co-authored Distinguished Lecturer. He réseaux intelligents. Le distingué. Il a également 10 books, 144 industrial has also served as a Member but est de permettre qu’à été membre du bureau reports and more than 1,400 of the Board of Governors. ■ partir de son dispositif des gouverneurs. ■

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26 Fall / Automne 2016 IEEE Canada Awards 2016 2016 IEEE CANADA POWER MEDAL MÉDAILLE D’ÉLECTRICITÉ DE L’IEEE CANADA 2016 For outstanding contributions to power engineering research and education Pour contributions exceptionnelles à la formation et à la recherche en ingénierie de puissance Claudio Canizares laudio Cañizares (FIEEE) laudio Cañizares intelligents est reconnu C is a Professor in the C (FIEEE) est professeur au sein de la Power & Electrical and Computer au Département de génie Energy Society de l’IEEE. Engineering (ECE) Department électrique et informatique Ses champs d’expertise of the University of Waterloo, de l’Université de couvrent l’étude de la where he has held various Waterloo. Depuis 1993, stabilité, la modélisation, academic and administrative il y a occupé divers la simulation, le positions since 1993, and postes d’enseignement contrôle, l’optimisation currently serves as the Hydro et de recherche, de et les contraintes One Endowed Chair and the même qu’administratifs. informatiques des Associate Chair Research Il est actuellement systèmes énergétiques et of the ECE Department. He titulaire de la chaire de des réseaux à petite et à is also Associate Director recherche financée par grande échelle. Il a ainsi of the Waterloo Institute Hydro One et président supervisé ou cosupervisé for Sustainable Energy. adjoint (recherche) au Canada et ailleurs He received the Electrical try and university research- au Département de plusieurs travaux de Engineer degree from the ers in Canada and abroad, génie électrique et recherche d’étudiants Escuela Politécnica Nacional supervising/co-supervising informatique. Il est diplômés tant en milieu (EPN) in Quito-Ecuador in many research fellows and également directeur industriel qu’en milieu 1984, where he held different graduate students. adjoint de l’Institut de universitaire. teaching and administrative Dr. Cañizares has auth- Waterloo pour l’énergie M. Cañizares est positions between 1983 and ored/co-authored a large durable. Il a obtenu son l’auteur ou le coauteur 1993, and his MSc (1988) number of journal and con- diplôme d’ingénieur de plusieurs articles de and PhD (1991) degrees from ference papers, as well as en génie électrique à revue et conférences, 27 the University of Wisconsin- various technical reports, la Escuela Politécnica de divers rapports Madison. book chapters, disclosures Nacional (EPN) de Quito techniques, de chapitres Dr. Cañizares’ leadership and patents, and has been en Équateur en 1984. de livres, de brevets, et il in improving the operation of invited to make multiple Il y a été enseignant a été conférencier invité competitive energy markets keynote speeches, semin- et administrateur à plusieurs reprises and smart grids is widely ars, and presentations at entre 1983 et 1993. Il partout dans le monde. respected across IEEE Power many institutions and con- a obtenu sa maîtrise Il est Fellow de l’IEEE, & Energy Society (PES). His ferences world-wide. He is (1988) et son doctorat de la Société royale du particular areas of expertise a Fellow of the IEEE, the (1991) à l’Université du Canada et de l’Académie focus on the study of sta- Royal Society of Canada and Wisconsin-Madison. canadienne du génie. bility, modeling, simulation, of the Canadian Academy of Le leadership de Il a été le récipiendaire control, optimization, and Engineering, and has been M. Cañizares dans de plusieurs prix et computational issues in large the recipient of various IEEE l’amélioration du distinctions de la Power and small grids and energy PES Technical Council and fonctionnement des & Energy Society de systems. In these areas, he Committee awards and rec- marchés compétitifs de l’IEEE. ■ has collaborated with indus- ognitions. ■ l’énergie et des réseaux

PAST WINNERS/ ANCIENS LAURÉATS

● William Kennedy (2015), ● Mohinder S. Sachdev (2012), ● Bill McDermid (2009), ● Wenyuan Li (2014), ● Frank DeWinter (2011), ● Roy Billinton (2008), ● Wilsun Xu (2013), ● John Densley (2010), ● Herman W. Dommel (2007)

Fall / Automne 2016 27 IEEE Canada Awards 2016 2016 IEEE CANADA OUTSTANDING ENGINEER MEDAL PRIX D’EXCELLENCE EN GÉNIE DE L’IEEE CANADA 2016 For outstanding contributions to synthetic aperture radar imaging and moving target indication systems development Pour contributions exceptionnelles à l’imagerie radar à synthèse d’ouverture et au développement des systèmes d’indication de cibles mobiles Anthony Damini nthony Damini (SMIEEE) nthony Damini que pour le civil et ont A obtained his Bachelor’s A (SMIEEE) a obtenu son conduit à l’augmentation and Master’s degrees in baccalauréat et sa maîtrise des projets de R-D en Electrical Engineering en génie électrique à technologie de détection from McMaster University, l’Université McMaster. En au gouvernement, dans Hamilton, Ontario. In 1989, 1989, il rejoint le ministère les universités et les he joined the Department of de la Défense nationale industries. Il est l’un des National Defence as a Defence comme scientifique de la principaux conseillers Scientist. Since then, he has défense. Depuis, il a dirigé de la défense nationale spent time as lead of several plusieurs groupes et géré en matière de détection scientific groups and manager (orientation technique aéroportée, d’intelligence of Radar Systems at Defence et supervision R-D) le intégrée, de surveillance Research and Development système radar de recherche et de reconnaissance Canada (DRDC), responsible et développement pour la d’architectures. for setting technical direction défense Canada (RDDC) En matière de and overseeing R&D. academia and industry. He où il est actuellement recherche, Anthony Currently, he is the lead of the serves as one of the principal le chef de file du s’intéresse aux systèmes Tactical Radar group within advisors to national defence on groupe de stratégies temps réel et au traitement DRDC, responsible for imaging airborne sensing and integrated radar responsable des du signal pour les radars and moving target indication intelligence, surveillance, and technologies d’imagerie à synthèse d’ouverture, technologies. reconnaissance architectures. et d’indication de cibles les radars d’indication de Anthony has a proven His specific research mobiles. cibles mobiles terrestres, track record in concept interests include real-time Anthony a une les radars à commande 28 development and technology systems and signal processing expérience éprouvée dans de phase et la gestion transition, enabled by his for synthetic aperture radar, le développement du adaptative des ressources approach to cost-effective ground moving target concept et la transition des capteurs. Il est rapid prototyping, early field indicator radar, moving target technologique, ce qui l’auteur ou le coauteur testing and risk reduction. imaging, phased array radar, permet un prototypage de plus de 75 articles He has made numerous and adaptive sensor resource rapide à faible coût et de revue/conférences, pioneering contributions by management. des tests sur le terrain de chapitres de livres conceiving of and leading Anthony has authored avec risques réduits. Il et de rapports internes. the development of several or co-authored more than 75 a à son actif plusieurs En tant que représentant diverse sensing technologies conference/journal papers, contributions novatrices du Canada, il a été which were successfully book chapters and internal en matière de conception membre et président transferred to industry. The reports. He has served as both et de développement de de plusieurs comités technologies are dual use with a member and Chair of several technologies de détection et groupes de travail applications to both defence international panels and qui ont été transférées internationaux dans le and societal needs, and have working groups in the areas of avec succès à l’industrie. domaine des capteurs et led to increased demand for sensors and signal processing Ces technologies sont celui du traitement du sensing R&D in government, on behalf of Canada. ■ utiles tant pour la défense signal. ■

PAST WINNERS/ ANCIENS LAURÉATS

● William Kennedy (2014), ● Kim Roberts (2008), ● Ted Sargent (2002), ● Wenyuan Li (1996), ● Rangaraj M. ● Barna Szabados (2007), ● Ibrahim Gedeon (2001), ● R. N. Scott (1995), Rangayyan (2013), ● Charles Despins (2006), ● John Lodge (2000), ● Len Bruton (1994) ● Edward J. Davison (2010), ● Haran Karmaker (2004), ● Wayne D. Grover (1999), ● Rajnikant Patel (2009), ● Charles Henville (2003), ● James R. McFarlane (1998),

28 Fall / Automne 2016 IEEE Canada Awards 2016 2016 IEEE CANADA J.M. HAM OUTSTANDING ENGINEERING EDUCATOR MEDAL MÉDAILLE D’EXCELLENCE EN ENSEIGNEMENT DU GÉNIE J.M. HAM DE L’IEEE CANADA 2016 For outstanding contributions in data analytics and sustainable ICT engineering education and research Pour contributions exceptionnelles à l’enseignement et à la recherche en analyse de données et en génie des TIC Mohamed Cheriet ohamed Cheriet (SMIEEE) ohamed Cheriet intelligentes. M. Cheriet a M is a professor in the M (SMIEEE) est depuis été le chercheur principal Department of Automation 1992 professeur au du projet GreenStar, le tout Engineering at the École de Département de génie de premier projet mondial Technologie Supérieure at the la production automatisée d’infrastructures en nuage University of Quebec in Mont- de l’École de technologie et d’Internet zéro carbone real, where he has worked supérieure, à l’UQAM. utilisant les technologies since 1992. He received his Il est diplômé (M. Sc. et à faible émission de M.Sc. and Ph.D. in computer Ph. D.) en informatique de carbone afin de garantir un science from the University l’Université Pierre et Marie approvisionnement durable of Pierre & Marie Curie (Paris Curie (Paris VI) et est le à large bande et de limiter VI). Dr. Cheriet is also the fondateur et le directeur l’empreinte carbone des founder and director of Syn- de Synchromedia, qui TIC malgré l’augmentation chromedia, which targets cible les communications de la dépendance mondiale multimedia communications multimédias dans les aux technologies de la in telepresence applications. provisioning — and ensure applications de téléprésence. communication. Dr. Cheriet is leading the ICT’s carbon footprint does not M. Cheriet ouvre la M. Cheriet est le way in building sustainable increase as the world becomes voie à la construction fondateur et l’ancien ICT infrastructure for educa- more reliant on communica- d’infrastructures de président du chapitre tion, research and smart cities, tion technologies. TIC durables pour d’IEEE Montréal sur les developing low-carbon tech- Dr. Cheriet is the founder l’éducation, la recherche systèmes informatiques nologies and creating open, and former Chair of the IEEE et les villes intelligentes, intelligents et est membre sustainable broadband. As a Montreal Chapter of Com- au développement de du comité directeur de Tier 1 Canada Research Chair putational Intelligent Sys- technologies à faible l’initiative TIC vertes de 29 on Sustainable and Smart Eco- tems (CIS) and Steering Com- émission de carbone et l’IEEE. En tant qu’expert en Cloud, he has established the mittee Member of the IEEE à la création de larges intelligence informatique, first smart university campus Green ICT Initiative. As an bandes ouvertes. Il est le en reconnaissance de in Canada, creating a model for expert in computational intel- titulaire de la chaire de formes et en apprentissage next-generation ICT infrastruc- ligence, pattern recognition recherche du Canada de machine, il a publié ture in universities and smart and machine learning, he niveau 1 sur la durabilité plus de 350 articles cities. He was Principal Inves- has published more than 350 écologique d’éco-cloud et a siégé au comité de tigator of the GreenStar project, technical papers and serves et a établi le premier rédaction de plusieurs the world’s first zero-carbon on the editorial boards of sev- campus universitaire revues et conférences Internet and cloud infrastruc- eral renowned journals and intelligent au Canada internationales. Il est ture, which uses low-carbon international conferences. Dr. créant ainsi un modèle pour le récipiendaire en 2012 technologies including wind- Cheriet is the recipient of the les prochaines générations de la médaille du jubilé and solar-powered networks to 2012 Queen Elizabeth II Dia- d’infrastructures de TIC dans de diamant de la reine provide sustainable broadband mond Jubilee Medal. ■ les universités et les villes Elizabeth II. ■

SPONSORED BY / COMMANDITÉ PAR CANADIAN HEADS OF ECE/DIRECTEURS CANADIENS DE GEI PAST WINNERS/ ANCIENS LAURÉATS

● Yahia Antar (2015), ● John Cartledge (2009), ● V. Ramachandran (2003), ● R. Venkatesan (1997), ● Jamal Deen (2014), ● Andreas Antoniou (2008), ● John E. Quaicoe (2002), ● M. A. Rahman (1996), ● Leslie Rusch (2013), ● David V. Plant (2007), ● Roy Billinton (2001), ● Robert ridge (1995), ● Safa Kasap (2012), ● Paresh C.Sen (2006), ● Clarence W. de Silva (2000), ● Mohinder S. Sachdev (1994) ● Keith W. Hipel (2011), ● Kostas Plataniotis (2005), ● Robert H. MacPhie (1999), ● Vijay Bhargava (2010), ● Hoang LeHuy (2004), ● K.D. Srivastava (1998),

Fall / Automne 2016 29 IEEE Canada Awards 2016 2016 IEEE CANADA W.S. READ OUTSTANDING SERVICE MEDAL PRIX D’EXCELLENCE DE SERVICE W.S. READ DE L’IEEE CANADA 2016 For sustained dedication and outstanding service to IEEE Canada and its members Pour son dévouement soutenu et son service exceptionnel à IEEE Canada et à ses membres Sreeraman Rajan reeraman Rajan (SMIEEE) reeraman Rajan pour promouvoir la par- S is the Canada Research S (SMIEEE) est titulaire ticipation aux ateliers et Chair in Sensor Systems at de la Chaire de recher- conférences en créant Carleton University. Previ- che du Canada sur les des programmes de qua- ously, he worked as a defence systèmes de détection à lité, on lui attribue égale- scientist at Defence Research l’Université Carleton et a ment d’avoir renouvelé le Development Canada-Ottawa été scientifique à Recher- chapitre de l’Engineering Research Centre. He also de- che et développement in Medicine and Biology veloped signal processing al- pour la défense Canada - Society (EMBS), qui a gorithms at JDS Uniphase, led Ottawa. Il a créé des algo- remporté par trois fois the channel monitoring team rithmes de traitement du le prix du meilleur chap- at Ceyba Inc, developed algo- signal à JDS Uniphase, itre d’Ottawa et reçu le rithms for non-invasive med- dirigé l’équipe de sur- prix du chapitre excep- ical devices at Biopeak and veillance de canaux de tionnel (IEEE EMBS) en developed systems for con- CeybaInc, créé des algo- 2011. trol of nuclear power at Bha- ciety (EMBS) Chapter, which rithmes pour des appar- Coéditeur du Journal bha Atomic Research Centre went on to win Best Ottawa eils médicaux non inva- canadien de génie élec- in India. He holds adjunct Chapter three times and re- sifs à Biopeak et créé des trique et informatique professorship at the Univer- ceived the Outstanding Chap- systèmes de contrôle de d’IEEE Canada, Rajan est sity of Ottawa and the Royal ter Award from IEEE EMBS la puissance nucléaire un auteur renommé : il Military College of Canada. in 2011. au Centre de recherche a publié 25 articles de Dr. Rajan has been an An Associate Editor for atomique de Bhabha, en revues, 70 textes de con- IEEE member since 1990, IEEE Canada’s Canadian Jour- Inde. Il est professeur férences et 15 rapports 30 most recently serving as Area nal on Electrical and Com- auxiliaire à l’Université techniques. Il possède East Chair of IEEE Canada. puter Engineering, Rajan is d’Ottawa et au Collège un brevet, un brevet en Prior to that, he served as also a notable author: He has militaire royal du Can- instance et deux exposés Treasurer, Vice-Chair and published 25 journal papers, ada. d’une invention. Il a reçu Chair of the IEEE Ottawa Sec- 70 conference papers and 15 M. Rajan est membre en 2012 le prix de dis- tion, and was a member of the technical reports, and has one de l’IEEE depuis 1990. Il tinction honorifique du IEEE Canada Conference Ad- patent, one pending patent and a présidé récemment la bureau des activités géo- visory Committee. He quick- two disclosures of invention. zone Canada de l’Est de graphiques des membres ly developed a reputation He received a 2012 IEEE MGA l’IEEE. Avant cela, il a été de l’IEEE (MGA) et a été for boosting participation in Achievement Award and was trésorier, vice-président honoré cette même an- workshops and conferences also honoured that year by the et président de la section née en recevant du gou- by creating quality program- Government of Canada with d’Ottawa de l’IEEE ainsi vernement du Canada ming, and for spearheading the Queen Elizabeth II Dia- que membre du Comité la médaille du jubilé the revival of the Engineering mond Jubilee Medal. ■ consultatif du congrès de diamant de la reine in Medicine and Biology So- d’IEEE Canada. Réputé Elizabeth II. ■

SPONSORED BY / COMMANDITÉ PAR IEEE CANADIAN FOUNDATION / FONDATION CANADIENNE DE L’IEEE PAST WINNERS/ ANCIENS LAURÉATS

● Raed Abdullah (2015), ● Dave Kemp (2009), ● Michel Lecours (2003), ● Robert Alden (1999), ● Gerard M. Dunphy (2014), ● Bruno Di Stefano (2008), ● Ray Findlay (2002), ● Vijay Sood (1998), ● Wahab Almuhtadi (2013), ● Celia Desmond (2007), ● Ferial El-Hawary (2001), ● Louis Dessaint (1997), ● Vijay Bhargava (2012), ● Adam Skorek (2006), ● Wally Read (new medal ● Thomas East (1996), ● Ashfaq (Kash) Husain (2011), ● Miro Forrest (2005), now named in Dr. Read’s ● Hussein Mouftah (1995) ● Mohamed El-Hawary (2010), ● Witold Kinsner (2004), honour) (2000),

30 Fall / Automne 2016 IEEE Canada Awards 2016 2016 IEEE CANADA E.F. GLASS WESTERN CANADA MERIT MEDAL PRIX D’EXCELLENCE E.F. GLASS DE L’OUEST DU CANADA DE L’IEEE CANADA 2016 For sustained contributions to Western Canada sections Pour sa contribution soutenue aux sections de l’Ouest du Canada Rasheek Rifaat asheek Rifaat (LFIEEE) asheek Rifaat (LFIEEE), l’avancement de la profes- R has his B.Sc. from RB. Sc. (Université du sion d’ingénieur électrique Cairo University and M.Eng. Caire) et M. Ing. (Université et le transfert intergénéra- from McGill University. McGill), est directeur tionnel des connaissances Currently he is a Technical technique en électricité en génie. Cette contribu- Director-Electrical at Jacobs à Jacobs Canada, où il tion a été particulière- Canada, where he has been travaille depuis 25 ans. ment marquante dans working for 25 years. His Sa carrière d’ingénieur l’Ouest du Canada. Il a Canadian engineering work s’étend au Canada sur 40 présidé deux congrès tech- history expands over 40 ans, de Calgary et Regina niques sur les systèmes years in Calgary, Regina and à Montréal. Membre actif d’alimentation industriels Montreal. Since 1976, he has de l’IEEE depuis 1976, il et commerciaux (I&CPS), been an active IEEE member a été nommé associé en en 2009 et en 2015, et il and in 2014 was elevated to 2014 pour « sa contribution a été trésorier du congrès Fellow Grade for “contribu- à la protection des sur l’alimentation élec- tions to protection of indus- tions have been particularly systèmes d’alimentation trique et l’énergie (EPEC) trial power systems.” He is strong in Western Canada. He industriels. » Engagé en 2014, à Calgary. Il est notably engaged in the IEEE chaired two I&CPS Technical dans l’élaboration des vice-président de la section Standards for Recommended Conferences (2009/2015) and normes de l’IEEE en conjointe PES (Power and Practices for Industrial and was the Treasurer of EPEC matière de systèmes Energy Society)-IAS de la Commercial Power Systems. 2014, all held in Calgary. He d’alimentation industriels section Sud de l’Alberta He is currently the chair of is currently the Vice Chair et commerciaux, il est de l’IEEE, qui a reçu dif- Standards Working Group - of IEEE Southern Alberta président du Groupe de férents prix et reconnais- Protection & Coordination Section’s Joint PES/IAS travail sur les normes – sances depuis 2010. Il a 31 (Series 3004) and the Vice Chapter, which has received protection et coordination joué un rôle clé dans la Chair of the Industrial & several awards and recogni- (série 3004) et vice- conception des séminaires Commercial Power Systems tions since 2010. He has been président du département en soirée et des activités (I&CPS) Department of the instrumental in devising the des systèmes industriels partagés par les sections IEEE/IAS. evening seminars and events et commerciaux de l’IEEE/ Sud de l’Alberta et Nord du Rasheek’s dedicated sup- shared by the Southern IAS (Industry Applications Canada. En janvier 2016, il port to related IEEE tech- Alberta and Northern Canada Society). s’est joint au conseil d’IEEE nical conferences, tutorials, Sections. In January 2016 Par son soutien dévoué Canada comme trésorier seminars and events reflects he joined the IEEE Canada aux conférences et aux régional. profound appreciation for the Board as Regional Treasurer. tutoriels techniques de Rasheek est enregis- importance of these activities Rasheek is regis- l’IEEE, de même qu’à ses tré comme ingénieur en — critical for advancement tered as P.Eng. in Alberta, séminaires et événements, Alberta, en Saskatchewan of the electrical engineering Saskatchewan and Ontario Rasheek a démontré sa et en Ontario, et il est mem- profession and inter-genera- and is a member of the profonde reconnaissance bre de l’Energy Industry tion transfer of engineering Energy Industry Electrical de l’importance de ces Electrical Engineering knowledge. His contribu- Engineering Association. ■ activités – critiques pour Association. ■

PAST WINNERS/ ANCIENS LAURÉATS

● Ljiljana Trajkovic (2015), ● Dave Michelson (2009), ● Rob Anderson (2004), ● Brian Lee (1997), ● Tim Driscoll (2014), ● David Gregson (2008), ● Dan Wong (2003), ● Hugh J. Kay (1991), ● Mooney Sherman (2013), ● Denard Lynch (2007), ● Neale Partington (2002), ● David Kemp (1990), ● Lindsay Ingram (2011), ● Hilmi Turanli (2006), ● Bill Kennedy (2000), ● Om Malik (1986) ● Meliha Selak (2010), ● Witold Kinsner (2005), ● John Maniawski (1998),

Fall / Automne 2016 31 IEEE Canada Awards 2016 2016 IEEE CANADA M.B. BROUGHTON CENTRAL CANADA MERIT MEDAL PRIX D’EXCELLENCE M.B. BROUGHTON DU CENTRE DU CANADA DE L’IEEE CANADA 2016 For exemplary service to IEEE Central Canada Sections Pour service exemplaire aux sections du Canada central de l’IEEE Alagan Anpalagan lagan Anpalagan lagan Anpalagan il a fait des améliorations A (SMIEEE) is a profes- A (SMIEEE) enseigne qui ont attiré un nombre sor in the Department of au Département de élevé de propositions. Electrical and Computer génie électrique et Après avoir présidé Engineering at Ryerson informatique de le Comité d’activités University, where he directs l’Université Ryerson, où professionnelles de a research group working on il dirige, au laboratoire l’IEEE Canada (2009- radio resource management WINCORE, un groupe de 2011), il a présidé le (RRM) and radio access and recherche sur la gestion Canada central de l’IEEE networking (RAN) within des ressources radio et avec le souci de stimuler the WINCORE Lab. He holds sur l’accès à la radio et la collaboration entre les a Ph.D. in electrical engin- le réseautage. Titulaire sections en bâtissant des eering from the University d’un doctorat en génie relations solides basées of Toronto, and is currently électrique de l’Université sur la confiance. Vice-Chair of IEEE Special de Toronto, il est vice- M. Anpalagan a reçu Interest Group on Green and as IEEE Canada’s Professional président du groupe le prix d’enseignement Sustainable Networking and Activities Committee Chair, d’intérêt spécial de l’IEEE du doyen de l’Université Computing with Cognition and then subsequently began sur le réseautage vert et Ryerson, à deux reprises and Cooperation. serving as Central Area Chair, durable et la cognition le prix des études, de Dr. Anpalagan has left a increasing section collab- et la coopération en la recherche et de la lasting legacy by fostering a oration through developing informatique. créativité de la Faculté sense of cohesion and unity strong relationships and build- M. Anpalagan a laissé et à deux reprises le prix among the Region’s Central ing trust. un héritage durable en du service de la Faculté. 32 Sections, most notably dur- Dr. Anpalagan is the encourageant la cohésion Ayant dirigé diverses ing his tenure as IEEE Canada recipient of the Dean’s Teach- et l’unité des sections publications de l’IEEE, il Central Area Chair (2012-2014). ing Award at Ryerson, and is du Canada central de a reçu le prix de l’éditeur Leading up to that position, he a two-time winner of the Fac- l’IEEE lorsqu’il présidait exemplaire de la Société served as IEEE Toronto Section ulty Scholastic, Research and ce dernier (2012-2014). de communications de Chair and IEEE Communica- Creativity Award and two- Auparavant, il a présidé l’IEEE et le prix des dix tions Society (ComSoc) Chap- time winner of the Faculty la section Toronto de meilleurs rédacteurs ter Chair, as well as Technical Service Award. As editor of l’IEEE et la section Société en chef du domaine Program Committee Chair for several IEEE publications, de communications des transactions the Canadian Conference on he received the Exemplary de l’IEEE, de même en technologie de Electrical and Computer En- Editor Award from IEEE que le Comité du télécommunication gineering (2004 and 2008). As ComSoc and Editor-in-Chief programme technique émergente. Il est coauteur Technical Program Chair, he Top10 Choice Award in du Congrès canadien de trois ouvrages. ■ introduced changes that at- Transactions on Emerging de génie électrique et tracted substantially greater Telecommunications Tech- informatique (2004 et submissions. In 2009 he was nology. He has also co-auth- 2008). Comme président appointed for a two-year term ored three books. ■ du programme technique,

PAST WINNERS/ ANCIENS LAURÉATS

● Alexei Botchkarev (2015), ● J.M. (Sean) Dunne (2010), ● Ronald Potts (2005), ● Haran Karmaker (1997), ● Rob Kamranpoor (2014), ● David Whyte (2009), ● Pelle Westlind (2004), ● Mervyn Blythe ● David Hepburn (2013), ● Janet Bradley (2008), ● Luc Matteau (2003), Broughton (1996), ● ● Patrick Finnigan (2012), ● Vilayil I. John (2007), ● Ashfaq (Kash) Husain (2001), Tom East (1991) ● Maike Luiken (2011), ● Scott Lowell (2006), ● Bruno Di Stefano (1998),

32 Fall / Automne 2016 IEEE Canada Awards 2016 2016 IEEE CANADA J.J. ARCHAMBAULT EASTERN CANADA MERIT MEDAL PRIX D’EXCELLENCE J.J. ARCHAMBAULT DE L’EST DU CANADA DE L’IEEE CANADA 2016 For exemplary service to IEEE Canadian Atlantic Section and Area level Pour service exemplaire à la section Canada atlantique de l’IEEE et à son domaine Jianjun (Jason) Gu ason Gu (SMIEEE) is a ason Gu (SMIEEE) président puis président J professor of Robotics Jenseigne la robot- de la section et a organisé and Assistive Technology in ique et la technologie avec succès les Congrès the Department of Electric- d’assistance à l’Université d’électricité et d’énergie al and Computer Engineer- Dalhousie, où il dirige le de l’IEEE de 2010 et ing at Dalhousie University, laboratoire de robotique 2013. Il a modifié les where he also directs the ro- en technologie de biomé- processus d’évaluation botics laboratory for biomed- decine, réhabilitation et et d’organisation des ical, rehabilitation and assist- assistance. Bachelier en communications et ive technology. He received génie électrique et sci- séances de présentation his B.S degree in Electrical ence de l’information par affiches pour Engineering and Information de l’Université des sci- améliorer l’expérience Science at the University of Sci- ences et technologies de des participants et ence and Technology of China Chine (1992) et maître a présidé en 2015 le in 1992 and his Master’s de- en génie biomédical de Congrès canadien de génie gree in Biomedical Engineer- Electrical Power and Energy l’Université de Shanghai électrique et informatique ing at Shanghai Jiaotong Uni- Conferences 2010 and 2013. Jiaotong (1995), il a obtenu de l’IEEE. Il a reçu le prix versity in 1995 and earned He established new processes un doctorat en médecine Murugan de la SCA de his Ph.D. degree in the area of for evaluating and organizing de réhabilitation et en l’IEEE (2014) et le prix Rehabilitation Medicine and conference paper and post- génie électronique et in- de reconnaissance pour Electrical and Computer En- er sessions to enhance par- formatique de l’Université services exceptionnels à gineering in 2001 from Uni- ticipants’ experiences. More de l’Alberta (2001). Son la SCA de l’IEEE (2015) en versity of Alberta. His research recently he chaired the 2015 domaine couvre le génie raison de son leadership areas include: biomedical en- IEEE Canadian Conference on biomédical, le traitement efficace et efficient. 33 gineering, bio-signal process- Electrical and Computer En- du signal biologique, le Boursier de l’Institut ing, rehabilitation engineer- gineering. He was awarded génie de la réadaptation, canadien des ingénieurs, ing, neural networks, robotics, IEEE CAS’s Murugan Award les réseaux neuronaux, M. Gu a publié plus de 250 mechatronics and control. (2014) and IEEE CAS Distin- la robotique, la mécatro- articles de revues, chap- Dr. Gu’s relationship with guished Service Award (2015) nique et le contrôle. itres de livres et communi- IEEE started as an IEEE Can- due to his unique effectiveness M. Gu a connu l’IEEE cations. Il a reçu le prix du adian Atlantic Section (CAS) and efficiency in leadership. alors qu’il conseillait la meilleur article au Congrès student branch counselor, gar- A Fellow of Engineering section Canada atlantique international de science nering recognition in 2004 as Institute of Canada, Dr. Gu has (SCA) de l’IEEE en matière et de génie informatique an IEEE Outstanding Branch published more than 250 jour- étudiante, ce qui lui a valu (2003) et au Congrès inter- Counselor. He continued to nal papers, book chapters and d’être reconnu en 2004 national d’information et dedicate himself to leadership conference papers. He was a re- comme un conseiller à la d’automatisation organisé roles in IEEE CAS, becom- cipient of the best paper award direction exceptionnel. Il conjointement avec l’IEEE ing vice chair and chair, and in ICCSE 2003 and IEEE ICIA est devenu ensuite vice- en 2014. ■ successfully organizing IEEE 2014. ■

PAST WINNERS/ ANCIENS LAURÉATS

● Lori Hogan (2015), ● John Grefford (2009), ● Ferial El-Hawary (2003), ● Rejean Arseneau (1995), ● Anader Benjamin-Seeyar (2014), ● Saman Adham (2008), ● Eric Holdrinet (2002), ● Guy Olivier (1994), ● Paul Thorburn (2013), ● Dominic Rivard (2007), ● Glen Rockett (2001), ● Kenneth A. Butt (1991) ● Elmer Bourque (2012), ● Gilles Baril (2006), ● Paul Fortier (2000), ● Amir G. Aghdam (2011), ● Andre Morin (2005), ● Paul Robinson (1999), ● Dennis Peters (2010), ● Xavier Maldague (2004), ● Bob Creighton (1997),

Fall / Automne 2016 33 IEEE Canada Awards 2016 IEEE Canada Members elected as Membres de l’IEEE Canada élus 2016 IEEE Fellows Fellows d’IEEE 2016

YIU TONG CHAN (FIEEE) – Kingston, ON YIU TONG CHAN (FIEEE) – Kingston, ON for development of efficient localization and tracking algorithms pour le développement d’algorithmes efficaces de localisation et de suivi JIE CHEN (FIEEE) – Edmonton, AB JIE CHEN (FIEEE) – Edmonton, AB for contributions to low-power and biomedical ultrasound circuits and devices pour contributions aux circuits et dispositifs biomédicaux faibles puissances à ultrasons C. Y. CHUNG (FIEEE) – Saskatoon, SK C. Y. CHUNG (FIEEE) – Saskatoon, SK for contributions to power system stability and control pour contributions au contrôle et à la stabilité des alimentations électriques GABOR FICHTINGER (FIEEE) – Kingston, ON GABOR FICHTINGER (FIEEE) – Kingston, ON for contributions to medical robotics and computer-assisted intervention pour contributions à la robotique médicale et aux interventions assistées par ordinateur F. STUART FOSTER (FIEEE) – Toronto, ON F. STUART FOSTER (FIEEE) – Toronto, ON for contributions to the development and commercialization of ultrasound technology pour contributions au développement et à la commercialisation des technologies à ultrasons DIMITRIOS HATZINAKOS (FIEEE) – Toronto, ON DIMITRIOS HATZINAKOS (FIEEE) – Toronto, ON for contributions to signal processing techniques for pour contributions aux techniques de traitement des signaux pour les communications, multimedia and biometrics communications, le multimédia et la biométrie BLAKE LLOYD (FIEEE) – Mississauga, ON BLAKE LLOYD (FIEEE) – Mississauga, ON for development of non-intrusive diagnostics for electrical motors and generators pour le développement du diagnostic non invasif des moteurs et des générateurs électriques VINCENT WONG (FIEEE) – Vancouver, BC VINCENT WONG (FIEEE) – Vancouver, BC for contributions to mobility management in wireless networks and pour contributions à la gestion de la mobilité dans les réseaux sans fil et à la demand side management in smart grid régulation de la demande dans les réseaux intelligents LIANG-LIANG XIE (FIEEE) – Waterloo, ON LIANG-LIANG XIE (FIEEE) – Waterloo, ON for contributions to fundamental limits of feedback control systems and wireless networks pour contributions aux limites fondamentales des systèmes de contrôle par rétroaction et des réseaux sans fil IEEE AWARDS 2016 PRIX DE L’IEEE 2016 IEEE HERMAN HALPERIN ELECTRIC PRIX TRANSMISSION ET DISTRIBUTION DE L’ÉNERGIE TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION AWARD ÉLECTRIQUE HERMAN HALPERIN DE L’IEEE GEORGE ANDERS (FIEEE) – Woodbridge, Ontario GEORGE ANDERS (FIEEE) – Woodbridge, Ontario for contributions to advances in computational methods for the pour contributions à l’avancée des méthodes de calcul pour thermal rating of electric power cables l’évaluation thermique des câbles électriques IEEE RICHARD HAROLD KAUFMANN AWARD PRIX RICHARD HAROLD KAUFMANN DE L’IEEE G.S. PETER CASTLE (LFIEEE) – London, Ontario G.S. PETER CASTLE (LFIEEE) – London, Ontario for developments of applied electrostatic devices and processes in pour le développement des dispositifs à électrostatique appliquée et des industry, agriculture, and environmental protection procédés industriels, agricoles et de protection de l’environnement IEEE DONALD O. PEDERSON AWARD IN PRIX CIRCUITS À L’ÉTAT SOLIDE SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS DONALD O. PEDERSON DE L’IEEE MILES A. COPELAND (FIEEE) – Ottawa, Ontario MILES A. COPELAND (FIEEE) – Ottawa, Ontario for contributions to the design and application of switched-capacitor and pour contributions au développement des circuits à condensateurs RF signal processing circuits commutés et des circuits RF de traitement du signal 34 IEEE MEDALS 2016 MÉDAILLES DE L’IEEE 2016 IEEE JAMES H. MULLIGAN, JR. EDUCATION MEDAL MÉDAILLE D’ENSEIGNEMENT JAMES H. MULLIGAN, JR. DE L’IEEE SIMON S. HAYKIN (LFIEEE) – Hamilton, Ontario SIMON S. HAYKIN (LFIEEE) – Hamilton, Ontario for contributions to engineering education in adaptive signal processing and communication. pour contributions à la formation des ingénieurs en traitement adaptatif du signal et en communication IEEE/RSE JAMES CLERK MAXWELL MEDAL MÉDAILLE JAMES CLERK MAXWELL DE L’IEEE/RSE GEOFFREY HINTON – Toronto, Ontario GEOFFREY HINTON – Toronto, Ontario for pioneering and sustained contributions to machine pour contributions pionnières et durables en apprentissage learning, including developments in deep neural networks. machine et en réseaux de neurones profonds.

IEEE Canada Members elected as Membres d’IEEE Canada élus 2016 EIC Fellows Fellows de l’ICI 2016

ALEXEI BOTCHKAREV (SMIEEE) – Toronto, Ontario ALEXEI BOTCHKAREV (SMIEEE) – Toronto, Ontario for his exceptional contributions to complex information management systems pour ses contributions exceptionnelles aux systèmes complexes de gestion de l’information in health care and aerospace and service to the profession dans le domaine de la santé et dans l’aérospatiale et pour les services rendus à la profession KEITH BROWN (SMIEEE) – Toronto, Ontario KEITH BROWN (SMIEEE) – Toronto, Ontario for his leadership and service to the nuclear and electrical engineering professions pour son leadership et son engagement pour les professions du and his unstinting and reliable pursuit of excellence génie électrique et nucléaire et pour sa poursuite de l’excellence IBRAHIM GEDEON (SMIEEE) – Edmonton, Alberta IBRAHIM GEDEON (SMIEEE) – Edmonton, Alberta for his exceptional leadership and contributions to the development of pour son leadership exceptionnel et ses contributions au développement de la internet protocol television and IT for health care télévision par Internet et des TI dans le domaine de la santé WOLFGANG HOEFER (LFIEEE) – Victoria, British Columbia WOLFGANG HOEFER (LFIEEE) – Victoria, British Columbia for his exceptional contributions to electromagnetic field theory and its pour ses contributions exceptionnelles à la théorie du champ électromagnétique dans ses engineering applications from radio to optical frequencies applications d’ingénierie allant des radiofréquences jusqu’au fréquences optiques FARROKH JANABI-SHARIFI (SMIEEE) – Toronto, Ontario FARROKH JANABI-SHARIFI (SMIEEE) – Toronto, Ontario for his outstanding contributions to advanced opto-wmechatronic systems pour ses contributions exceptionnelles aux systèmes opto-mécatroniques and application to robots appliqués aux robots HUGH H.T. LIU (MIEEE) – Toronto, Ontario HUGH H.T. LIU (MIEEE) – Toronto, Ontario for his exceptional contributions to aircraft systems and controls pour ses contributions exceptionnelles aux systèmes aéronautiques, aux contrôles including autonomous unmanned systems and fault-tolerant controls des systèmes autonomes sans pilote et aux contrôles avec tolérance de pannes HA NGUYEN (SMIEEE) – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan HA NGUYEN (SMIEEE) – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan for his outstanding contributions to the field of digital communications and engineering education pour ses contributions exceptionnelles dans le domaine des communications 34 Fall / Automne 2016 numériques et dans la formation des ingénieurs IN MEMORIUM — MOHAMED KAMEL IEEE Canada Awards 2016 À LA MÉMOIRE DE MOHAMED KAMEL

n late 2015, the pattern recognition and intelligent systems community was la fin de 2015, la communauté des systèmes intelligents et de reconnaissance des I saddened by the loss of McNaughton Gold Medalist Dr. Mohamed Kamel, who Àformes a été tristement secouée par le décès de M. Mohamed Kamel, médaillé d’or received the award in the spring of that year. McNaughton depuis le printemps précédent. Dr. Kamel pioneered the introduction of the concepts of cooperative M. Kamel est l’un des premiers à avoir introduit les concepts de classifica- and multi-clustering, feature-based aggregation and document index tion multiple coopérative, d’agrégation par similarité d’attributs et d’indexage graph. He successfully applied these techniques to a diverse range of graphique de documents, techniques qu’il appliqua à un vaste éventail de engineering problems, including data mining, financial document pro- problèmes d’ingénierie, notamment au forage de données, au traitement de cessing and robotics. documents financiers et à la robotique. His career started at NRC Canada, receiving an inventor award for his Sa carrière a débuté au CNRC, oùson travail sur les codes-barreslui a work on bar codes. He joined the Faculty of Engineering at the University valu un prix d’invention. Il passa en 1985 à la Faculté de génie de l’Université of Waterloo in 1985, becoming a Canada Research Chair with the depart- de Waterloo, où il dirigea une chaire de recherche au Département de génie ment of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2004. He later became a électrique et informatique en 2004, puis une chaire de recherche en sys- University Research Chair in Cooperative Intelligent Systems, and Director tèmes intelligents coopératifs. Il dirigeait le Centre for Pattern Analysis and of the Centre for Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. He retired in Machine Intelligence avant de prendre sa retraite en 2015 comme profes- 2015 as Professor Emeritus. seur émérite. Dr. Kamel's passing has had profound impact. A great mentor for many in IEEE Le départ de M. Kamel a créé une onde de choc. Ce mentor respecté au sein de la section Kitchener Waterloo Section, colleagues and associates within his department still Kitchener Waterloo de l’IEEE inspire encore un profond sentiment de perte àses collègues report a sense of deep loss, many months after. Internationally, he is also mourned. et associés, plusieurs mois plus tard. Il est aussi regretté sur la scène internationale.

Who Will You Nominate for 2017? Qui nommerez-vous en 2017? The accomplishments of our 9 Major Award recipients speak for themselves, as Les réalisations de nos 9 récipiendaires des prix majeurs parlent d’elles-mêmes, comme on summarized in their foregoing biographies. But it was words on a nomination form peut le constater dans les résumés biographiques précédent. Mais ce sont les mots écrits sur that launched each of their journeys to the IEEE Canada podium. les formulaires de mise en candidature qui les ont menés au podium de l’IEEE Canada. Why nominate? When we celebrate the successes of our colleagues, we can also Pourquoi proposer un candidat ou une candidate? Lorsque nous célébrons les succès de celebrate our membership in this most special of Regions in IEEE, Region 7, also nos collègues, nous pouvons également célébrer notre appartenance à la plus spéciale des known as IEEE Canada — special because we are the only Region whose geograph- régions de l’IEEE, la région 7, que l'on connaît comme étant l'IEEE Canada— spéciale parce ic boundaries totally encompass a single country, and only that country. que nous sommes la seule région dont les frontières géographiques englobent totalement un To find the best and the brightest, IEEE Canada depends upon nominations from pays, et seulement ce pays. across our diverse spectrum of technical interests, in both established fields and those Afin de trouver les meilleurs candidat(e)s, l’IEEE Canada compte sur les candidatures proven- just emerging. We also recognize those who give of their time and energy to help sustain ant des différents secteurs techniques, de domaines établis ou émergents. Nous reconnaissons and grow our organization. Without the countless unpaid hours, there would be no IEEE également ceux qui donnent temps et énergie à notre organisation. Sans ces heures innom- Canada to give out Awards. While experience gained in volunteering is its own reward, brables de bénévolat, il n’y aurait pas d’IEEE Canada pour décerner des prix. Même si l’expérience a public “thank-you” never hurts. If an IEEE colleague has made a difference, let us de bénévolat constitue pour chacun sa propre récompense, un « merci » formulé en public ne fait know how. jamais de tort. Si vous connaissez un(e) collègue de l’IEEE qui s’est démarqué(e), dites-le nous. See http://www.ieee.ca/awards/nominate.htm Consultez le site https://www.ieee.ca/fr/prix/icanprix.htm Nominations and endorsements must be received by November 30, 2016 Les mises en candidatures et les appuis doivent être reçus d’ici le 30 novembre 2016 35

C.C. GOTLIEB (COMPUTER) MEDAL MÉDAILLE C.C. GOTLIEB (MÉDAILLE EN INFORMATIQUE) for important contributions to the field of computer engineering and science pour contributions importantes en informatique PAST WINNERS/ ANCIENS LAURÉATS

● Azzedine Boukerche (2015), ● Calvin Gotlieb (2012), ● Ken Smith (2009), ● Ling Guan (2014), ● William A. Gruver (2011), ● Witold Pedrycz (2008), ● Abdulmotaleb El Saddik (2013), ● Mohamed S. Kamel (2010), ● Nicolas D. Georganas (2007)

ROBERT H. TANNER INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP AWARD PRIX LEADERSHIP INDUSTRIEL ROBERT H. TANNER for important leadership contributions in Canadian industry where there is significant activity in areas of interest to IEEE pour contributions importantes au niveau du leadership dans l’industrie canadienne où il y a une activité significative dans des domaines d’intérêt de l’IEEE PAST WINNERS/ ANCIENS LAURÉATS ● Gamal Refai-Ahmad (2014), ● James Maynard (2013), ● Colin Clark (2011), ● Ibrahim Gedeon (2010), ● Lorry Wilson (2009)

SPONSORED BY / COMMANDITÉ PAR IEEE FOUNDATION / FONDATION DE L’IEEE Fall / Automne 2016 35 ew engineers touch the lives of others in as many different ways as did Robert T.H. Alden. Over a period of about 25 years, the evolution of IEEE, IEEE Canada and the IEEE Canadian Foundation are inextricably linked to him. Of particular note to readers, he founded the IEEE Canadian Review in 1988 as a means to strengthen the Canadian identity of IEEE’s presence in what at that time was known only as IEEE Region 7. We begin our multi-part coverage of his legacy with an exploration of his role in ad- vancing the use of electronic communication across IEEE; included are remembrances re- lated specifcally to this contribution. We also present the many awards he received over the course of his 40 years of IEEE volunteering. In subseqent issues, we will pay tribute to his role in strengthening the IEEE Canadian Foundation and his upgrading of the IEEE Canada web site. We will also publish a generous sampling of dozens of other remembrances celebrat- ing and honouring this truly remarkable engineer and volunteer. Please visit this sec- tion on-line to submit a remembrance. Re me mbering Bob Alden 1937 - 2016 Tribute to a Visionary PART I

36 Fall / Automne 2016 A look in the rear-view mirror ... or 10 years starting in late 1992, Bob’s last column was May 2002, in which he Bob Alden’s column “Traveling requests IEEE members make their views have known Bob for 30 the Information Highway” was a known on better serving the diverse needs of years; he has always fixture of The Institute. It was a members and volunteers through IT. His cred- been the IEEE leader that reflection of his unique skill set. it note at the end of each column is revealing. displayed a unique ability Over the 10 years, it progressively identified to communicate what the aver- In these roughly 75 articles, Bob set out a him as: chair of the IEEE E-mail Committee, age person considered techno vision of what electronic communication chair of the IEEE Electronic Communications talk into something useful. could achieve for individual members and Steering Committee, and the IEEE Electronic IEEE as a whole, even as the technology Communications Advisor. In signing off for His skill and more importantly evolved at ever-faster rates. But that vision the last time, Bob simply describes himself as commitment to communicate what was informed by his own direct experience: “an IEEE volunteer interested in electronic we do is truly unique and shines internet connection, e-mail, HTML basics, services among other aspects of the IEEE a light on a path that we can only FTP, list servers, search engines, page scripts scene”. Such modesty typifies his entire vol- strive to model ourselves after. – for all of these he passed on his own tips unteer and professional career. ■ His articles on the Internet were and those of others in very practical terms. years ahead of their time. ■ This section would not have been possible In this section, we’ve excerpted portions without the efforts of Amanda Davis, senior Ibrahim Gedeon of columns that particularly illustrate his editorial assistant at The Institute. Going IEEE Northern Canada Section vision of a new world of connectedness and back 25 years into any archive is a challenge, information sharing. and she kindly went back many times!

Traveling the Information Highway January/February 1993

How to turn on to IEEE's e-mail service with Bob Alden STUDENT BRANCH ALIASES... INFORMATION ALIASES... -mail is making its way to the they find most convenient... SERVICE ALIASES... E IEEE, you were told in the last Provided at the outset, was a REQUESTS TO STAFF... issue of The Institute [November/ forwarding service to simplify NEED FOR VOLUNTEERS. December 1992]. Now we want to the myriad of computer Now the IEEE is developing an tell our members how they may mailbox addresses. The service electronic mail contact network, use it to contact each other, the relies on several so-called aliases ... and it needs volunteers to help... Institute›s staff, and many of the PERSONAL ALIASES. Of the form Please contact your local Section organization›s entities. They can “[email protected]”, personal aliases executive if you are willing to help also use it to request and receive can be requested by IEEE volunteers put such a system in place. We services electronically. (members) For example, the person- expect that IEEE members will make Members may access the IEEE’s al alias “[email protected]” is that of increasing use of e-mail once the e-mail, begun in 1990 via the ieee. 1993 IEEE President Martha Sloan... usefullness becomes apparent. org node on Internet, through the SECTION ALIASES... –Robert T.H. Alden local electronic mail capability SOCIETY ALIASES...

Robert T.H. (Bob) Alden is the chair of the IEEE E-mail Committee, and a former IEEE vice president. In his other life, he is the director of the Power Research Laboratory at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He welcomes your input via email.

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— Jon Rokne, IEEE VP, Publications and Services, 2010, Commentary Associate Editor, IEEE Canadian Review oth in his column for The Institute and in his writings for the a graphics window with the relevant drawing (or appropriate media IEEE Canadian Review, Bob Alden had a vision of how the display). The Discussion contains highlighted words. We can click and Bfuture of information would develop. bring up relevant results from other articles. The Conclusion completes the article. Additional items such as acknowledgements, bibliography, His main interest was the future of communicating technical appendices, author biographies, etc. can be viewed by clicking on high- information. Already in 1994 he realized that the future of such lighted words.” The full implementation of this idea involves semantic communication would be strongly linked to the Internet that was disambiguation (i.e. which “Clinton”) that currently is researched. growing rapidly (please see column opposite). One of his ideas was that articles would be stored and accessible electronically over the When he was the Chair of the IEEE Electronic Communications Steering Internet and he foresaw that the content would be available in a Committee he presented a brief to the Board of the IEEE that became the distributed manner using links from a stored article to other articles IEEE Internet Project. This brief envisioned that the services, membership stored elsewhere on the Internet. This would mean that instead of communications and publications in the IEEE domain become available over repeating the content of a referred article there would simply be a the Internet. Details on how this was to be done and what the conditions hyperlink to the content of that article. were for use were spelled out in detail. His notion of open access was dis- cussed as well as the kinds of restrictions that were to be placed on certain The hyperlink idea has been implemented in a variety of ways; some contents. His work with this committee was foundational to the development of his other ideas are still being developed. For example if one reads of the IEEE web presence. It also led to the development of what became a current article referring to “Clinton” and if the article discusses the Xplore database that now supports roughly half of the budget of IEEE. politics then the article would most likely be referring to Hillary Clinton and automatically a hyperlink could provide information Bob was a true visionary in the domain of information dissemination. His for- on her. As Bob stated in 1994: “Clicking on certain icons provides ward-looking ideas and his enthusiasm for the field will be sorely missed. ■

knew Bob Alden through his articles on the Board committees and meet most Foundation Director, in 2008, and he was the on Internet tools, published periodic- of the IEEE main top volunteers, among IEEE Canada representative in the Founda- ally in the Institute, from the 1980s them, my friend Bob Alden. tion Board. There, we worked together in the decade on. As a Latin American vol- Board and in several Board committees. unteer, I was impressed by the value of In 1996, I took R9 office and the first those publications for the current com- order of business was to invite Bob Alden Bob was a very good friend of mine. A munication status of the IEEE, with widely to give a course on Internet tools for all great man, very competent and humble. dispersed sections around the world needing R9 section chairs, held in San Jose de A special person, an excellent example of to get in touch, some in remote locations. Costa Rica, during the 1996 Regional character to be followed. I was fortunate to Meeting. He presented it very well, help- have known him. At the beginning of the 1990 decade, I ing meet an important communication became a candidate for Region 9 Direc- goal of the Region 9 — to have 100% of I really miss Bob Alden. Requiescat in pace, tor-Elect and started to use those tools, the sections connected through e-mail. my friend! ■ otherwise my campaign would not be Antonio C Bastos successful. In 1993, I became R9 Direc- About 12 years after that, I was very pleased Brasil tor-Elect and started to serve, in 1994, to meet Bob again, when I became IEEE

first met Bob Alden when IEEE tion or the IEEE Canadian Foundation — he on the need to quickly adopt this new held a board meeting in Calgary in was one of the most dedicated volunteers I technology. He was also often called 1994. Bob was chairing a Regional have had the pleasure of knowing and upon by IEEE headquarters in the 1990s Activities Board meeting (now called working with. He also was very interested for advice on the establishment of e-mail Member and Geographic Activities Board) in developing other volunteers. When chat- services for all IEEE volunteers and on the Internet Super Highway. I quickly ting with him, he was on the lookout for members. I am certain that Bob will soon learned this was Bob’s passion and he others’ interests, and encouraging them to be providing his new e-mail alias to us once he gets all organized. ■ was very instrumental in bringing IEEE seek out opportunities to grow. into/onto the Web. Bob’s other passion was volunteering for IEEE. Whether it was the Bob’s “Traveling the Information Rob Anderson IEEE Canada Board, the global organiza- Highway” column focused attention IEEE Southern Alberta Section

38 Fall / Automne 2016 Traveling the Information Highway September 1994 The Web: A new way to deliver technical information clicking on the highlighted word provides the Nomenclature list. This is consistent with Bob Alden for this set of articles. Perhaps such an his article is prompted by Bob What might a technical article is only written by a task force of T Lucky’s “Reflections” article (IEEE article look like if written the relevant technical committee. Spectrum, May 1994, page 18) entitled in hypertext? First of all, The Results section is succinct and “Keeping up.” We had an e-mail chat there is never one article but a set of explains the significance. Clicking on cer- after I read that article. We concluded articles that are dynamically linked tain icons provides a graphics window that it is sad that IEEE spends so much and updated. Each article is about a with the relevant drawing (or appropriate effort producing technical articles that page in length. We first scan (read media display). The Discussion contains so few of our members read ... quickly) the entire article to see what highlighted words. We can click and bring Don’t misunderstand me. Technical is there and whether we are interest- up relevant results from other articles. articles are important for our mem- ed. If we are hooked, we go back to The Conclusion completes the article. bers, for our industry, and for the the beginning and read carefully to Additional items such as acknowledge- IEEE. It is the quality of the technical understand the details. ments, bibliography, appendices, author content in IEEE publications and the The Introduction is short and states biographies, etc. can be viewed by click- consistency of this quality that has what is to be done, why, and gener- ing on highlighted words. given the IEEE its well-deserved repu- ally how. It also contains a review of THE WEB. What is the result of this tation as the premier technical society the necessary background that is short electronic construction? It is a resource in the world ... because key words are highlighted. Each that is set up to help us find the informa- Let’s look at what we do now, then highlighted word is a link to another tion we need. Higher-level surveys of the how the Information Highway can lead article. There is no list of references at literature organize material by subject us to a new way of doing our business the end of the article because any refer- area. This leads the reader into specific of producing technical articles. ence is immediately available. Clicking technical specialties. The cross linking CURRENT FORMAT. ...Each article on a highlighted word brings that article of web structures (as the name implies) is supposed to stand alone. Each gen- to our screen to read. We can read that enable many entries to the same specific erally contains an Introduction, Back- background article if we wish, and go area from different starting points... ground, Theory, Results, Discussion, further back if necessary. Returning to Producing this kind of new format for Conclusions, References, etc ... Many our original article, we continue to read. technical articles will not be easy. Is it Theory sections repeat, inconsistent- The Theory section may be next. In worth the effort? Are there better ways ly, what someone else already wrote ... cases where the article uses previously to use these developing technologies for FUTURE FORMAT. Using hypertext developed theory, a few short senten- our own benefit? How can we improve (and hypermedia to include graphics ces put that theory into perspective, our organization and distribution of tech- and even sound), we can produce arti- and clicking on the appropriate high- nical material? Your input is needed. If cles that are available on a compact lighted word takes us to the original IEEE is to serve your needs in this area, disk or over the network using a web theory development. There will be we need to know what you want and how server ... a reference to Nomenclature. Again, you want it. –Robert T.H. Alden

Traveling the Information Highway October 1996 IEEE societies use the Web to effect change with Bob Alden on the Web -- Distinguished Lecturer Program, conference manuals, chapter manuals, n August I took part in the Chap- techniques. In the basic category for directories, etc. Put member- I ters Congress of the IEEE Power members: how to use e-mail and Web ship applications on the Web. Engineering Society (PES)... This was software to communicate and obtain BOTTOM LINE. ...I came the first time an IEEE technical society information; how to use mailing lists away with the feeling that I witnessed has held this kind of event. and discussion groups properly. In a major rebirth of a society, in which I was invited to be the facilitator on the advanced category for volunteers: those “grassroots” members knew the topic of electronic communica- how to set up and manage mailing what they wanted to do as volunteers, tions, and together with Harold lists and discussion ... groups; how to discussed what was important to Ruchelman -- a volunteer with consid- create and maintain Web pages. them, made some critical priority erable experience in producing sec- ● Facilities. Provide IEEE-managed choices and went back to their chap- tion and chapter newsletters -- we servers for chapters to keep and main- ters to help move their society ahead. shared the topic of communicating tain their own Web pages. Support ...the society management has begun with members and potential mem- development of e-mail discussion to use the Internet to change the way bers. ... groups for chapters, working groups PES does business, and the chapter Let’s look at what they wanted PES and technical committees. Make tools volunteers made it clear they not only and/or IEEE to do for them at the local available to assist chapter volunteers approve, but want similar changes at chapter level. in maintaining and disseminating the local level, and they came up with Basic and advanced training in EC information. ... Put more information clear guidelines for implementation.

Robert T.H. (Bob) Alden is the chair of the IEEE Electronic Communications Steering Committee, and a former IEEE vice president.

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2010 EIC 2005 Fellow John B Stirling of the Engineering Medal of the Institute of Engineering Canada Institute of Canada presented at the Annual EIC Awards Banquet in Ottawa on “For his concept, planning and March 5, 2005. implementation of a strategy 2002 IEEE that culminated in creating IEEE IEEE Larry K. Wilson Haraden Pratt Canada as a Member Society 2005 Fellow of the EIC while retaining its Transnational Award Award relationship within IEEE as of the Institute “For exceptional leadership “For outstanding and sustained Region 7; and for continuing of Electrical and in the promotion of electronic leadership in many areas of the with the development of IEEE mail worldwide and promoting IEEE especially in the use of Canada by implementing major Electronics IEEE as a leader in the use of electronic communication,” rec- improvements to its website, Engineers communications technology,” ommended by the IEEE Awards a major awards program and “For contributions to eigen- awarded by the 1992 IEEE Board to the IEEE Board of integration with the IEEE value analysis of power Regional Activities Board. Directors and sponsored by the Canadian Foundation;” system stabilitystability” IEEE Foundation, awarded at presented at the Annual EIEICC the 2002 IEEE Honors Cere- Awards Banquet in Ottawaa on mony held in Toronto, Ontario, February 27, 2010. on June 22, 2002. 2009 IEEE IEEE History Committeetee Third Millennium “Recognizes the contributionsns to the history activities of IEEEE Medal by Robert Alden whose ef- “In recognition and apprecia- forts have increased the tion of valued services and recognition by the gen- outstanding contributions,” eral public of technical nominated by the Canadian achievements in IEEE’s Region of the IEEE, awarded fields, and enhanced at the Canadian Conference on the appreciation of these Electrical and Computer En- achievements and their gineering held in Halifax, Nova contributions to humanity” Scotia, on May 8, 2000.

40 Fall / Automne 2016 IEEE Canadian 1999 William W. Service and Leader- Foundation Middleton ship with IEEE Dr. Robert T.H. Distinguished Toronto Section Alden Scholarship presented by Bruno DiStef- Service Award “In recognition and appreciation ano at October 25, 2014 An- of valued services and contri- “For challenging IEEE volun- nual General Meeting of IEEE butions” (presented jointly by teers and staff to maximize their Toronto Section use of electronic communica- IEEE Toronto Section and the tions in all IEEE activities,” IEEE Canadian Foundation, es- presented at the triennial IEEE tablished on the occasion of the Sections Congress held in Min- Toronto Section Centennial in neapolis, Minnesota, October 2003).) To the left of Bob is 8-11, 1999. Bruno DDiStefano;iStefano; at rright,ig Wallas KKhella;hella; ttheirheir contrcontributionsibut were aalsolso recognrecognizedized bbyy estestablishmenta ofof scholarships.scholarships IEEE Region 7 Outstanding 50 YearsYear of Service Award AActivective MMem- “For outstanding service as Re- bbership gion 7 Director and for pion- PresentedP eering efforts in establishing byb Keith the IEEE Canadian Review, the Brown in IEEE Canadian Foundation and 2013 at IEEE Canada,” presented at the Toronto Canadian Conference on Elec- Section trical and Computer Engineer- event. ing held in Edmonton, Alberta, May 8-12, 1999. Also awarded to Ray Findlay that same year.

FallFFaalll / AutomneAuutomne 2016 41 Engineering Management/Gestion du génie

A business report in MIT Technol- ogy Review “AI Takes Off ” [119(3):61- What’sW New in 69. May/June, 2016] provides a series of arti- cles on how companies are looking to artificial tthe Literature? intelligence as a tool to benefit their business. byb Terrance Artificial intelligence in this report is defined Malkinson as “an evolving constellation of technologies that enable computers to simulate elements of world where many of us are overwhelmed by be negative than those from their emerging human thinking including learning and reason- information overload this is an important con- market peers. ing.” As described in the report since its origins cept for you to consider particularly for those in 1914 AI has had its ups and downs but is whose career success req uires creativity and in- As we progress through life it is now evolving into a powerful business approach novative thinking. inevitable that you will be exposed to utilized in many applications and is poised for incivility. Christine Porath in her managing major breakthroughs. Current applications and Ron Clemons provides informa- yourself feature article “An Antidote to Incivil- prospects for the future are provided by the au- tion to help you determine the 3D-print- ity” [Harvard Business Review. 94(4):108-117. thors. Further information is available on the ing technologies and materials that are best for April, 2016 www.hbr.org] explores the preva- MIT Technology Review website -www.tech- your application in Machine Design. [88(5):38- lence of incivility and identifies tactics that nologyreview.com/business 44. May, 2016. www.machinedesign.com]. There you can use to minimize the effects of rudeness is no single technology well-suited for every on performance and your health. Results from The world’s longest and deepest application. The author provides a list of seven over 20 years of her research reveals that 98% rail tunnel opened in Switzerland in June, considerations that you can use to help you of the thousands of workers surveyed had ex- 2016. This 57 km twin-bore Gotthard base tunnel qualify and disqualify processes and materials perienced uncivil behavior. Interestingly, only [www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36423250] for your unique 3D printing projects. a small 15% of respondents were satisfied with provides a high-speed rail link under the Swiss how their employer handled incivility. Strat- Alps between northern and southern Europe. “Increase your Return on Failure” egies are presented that you can use to handle The primary purpose of the tunnel is to facili- is the title of an article by Julian Birkin- incivility. Effectively used when you encounter tate the rapid, cost-effective, and environment- shaw and Martine Haas [Harvard Business Re- rude behavior these strategies will make you ally responsible transport of freight and passen- view. 94(5):88-93. May, 2016 www.hbr.org] that more assertive and confident – perhaps even gers across the Alps. Taking 17 years to con- discusses how to most effectively learn from saving your job and preserving your health. struct and costing more than $12B the project failure. The article begins with the large print was endorsed by Swiss voters in a referendum headline – “One of the Most Important- and Today over 700,000 people are in 1992. Workers maintained Swiss tradition, Most Deeply Entrenched-Reasons Why Estab- killed each year by drug resistant infec- bringing the massive project in on time and lished Companies Struggle to Grow is Fear of tions. Should this trend continue it is estimat- on budget. This is an important component of Failure.” Ironically as the authors discuss that ed that deaths could reach 10M by the year a larger Swiss strategy to transition all freight although many companies claim to embrace 2050. In the leader to the article “The Grim travelling through Switzerland from road to rail. failure as an integral part of the innovation pro- Prospect” the editors of The Economist state It is predicted that 260 freight trains and 65 pas- cess, the reality is that near-zero tolerance of “Drug-resistance is not only one of the clearest senger trains will pass through the tunnel each it blocks them from pursuing new ideas. The examples of evolution in action, it also the one day in a journey taking as little as 17 minutes. authors provide three steps that you can take to with the biggest human cost….and it is getting It is likely that we will soon witness many more improve your organizations return on failure. worse”. [The Economist. Volume 419 Number massive tunneling projects as innovations in en- Success emanates from sharing those lessons 8990. pp. 19-21. May, 2016. www.economist. gineering technologies make their construction learned from failure experiences across the en- com]. The threat is that of antibiotic resistance efficient and cost-effective. While on the topic of tire organization and regularly reviewing your creating “superbugs” for which there is no treat- railways,the cover story of the June, 2016 issue of overall approach to failure to make sure you are ment. The danger has been known for a long Railway Age [www.railwayage.com] focuses on achieving the correct balance. time with Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of the “Bright Future of Passenger Rail in America.” Penicillin warning of the dangers of resistance This Rail guide details North American initia- McKinsey & Company published almost as soon as the drug had been shown to tives, improving rail infrastructure and service. its March 2016 “Global Survey of Eco- be a success. The authors provide an in-depth nomic Conditions” [www.mckinsey.com]. This analysis of the problem. The cover story of Discover pro- article offers insights into what executives vides a study of “Inside Einstein’s Brain: are thinking about where national and global Graham Winfrey provides analy- How His Thought Experiments Changed Phys- economies are heading. Caution and uncer- sis of four of today’s hottest industries for ics” [pp.26-31. June, 2016 www.discovermaga- tainty are the predominant themes; primarily entrepreneurial people wanting to start a busi- zine.com]. Andy Berger discusses how Albert a result of slowing growth in China. Survey ness. [“The Best Industries for Starting a Busi- Einstein’s theories changed the rulebook of respondents (n=2772) tended to be pessimis- ness Right Now.” Inc. February, 2016. Page 24. physics and this was all the result of his unique tic with 48% expecting global conditions are www.inc.com/best-industries-in-2016]. A link is creative thinking abilities. The author provides worse while 21% believe global conditions provided to the full list. Profiles cover topics insights into how he and others were able to are better, and 31% believing that conditions such as: why the industry is hot, skills needed, think creatively. Central to this was their ability remained the same compared with predic- barriers to entry, the downside, competition, to keep their thoughts clear of unnecessary in- tions made six months ago. Expectations vary and growth. ■ formation. Thoughts were “populated with only greatly by region and by industry. Executives items essential to his experiments.” In today’s from developed markets were more likely to For Terrance Malkinson’s biography please see page 7.

42 Fall / Automne 2016 Community News/Nouvelles de la communauté

EPEC 2015 finds tutorials a lesson in marketing hink of the last time you chose a restaurant on a special occasion. For the discerning diner, the main T course offerings are important, for sure. But the deciding factor might just be some of the secondary menu items. What’s the salad bar like? How creative are the desserts?

Head “chef ” Maike Luiken and her team at the fall 2015 Electrical Power and Energy Conference in London decided to add open and free tutorials to the menu. The result?

“We attracted a greater number of proposals,” says Luiken. “A potentially larger audience cre- ated more interest from presenters.” She explains Participants of the Renewable Energy Tour of EPEC 2015 at the Enbridge Sarnia Solar Farm. From L to R: that by being very careful in which proposals are Branislav Djokic (National Research Council); Xun Long (FortisAlberta); Sean Dunne (2015 Chair IEEE Peterborough accepted, the quality of presentations can be very Section); Jon Paschal (Cumberland & Western Resources); Doug Fyfe (Univ. of Waterloo); Allan VanDamme (London Hydro); Victor Pupkevich (Univ. of Western Ontario); JP Frydrychowicz (EngCap Management); Greg Sheil (London high. “It was a very successful model,” she says. Hydro); Jameson Wood (Carleton Univ.); Carmen Cardozo (CentraleSupélec, France); Samy Akkari (CentraleSupélec, France); Yue Li (Univ. of Western Ontario) She also credits the success of the conference in part to the outstanding efforts of a team of close Dennis Michaelson, whose webmaster’s famili- Manar Jammal (student event); Hessam Jouybari to 30 volunteers. When the unexpected hap- arity with the schedule/program was invaluable (photography); Elena Uchiteleva (chaired WIE pened on site – as is the case in every conference prior to the event, and in helping things run panel) ;Elizabeth Tomaszewski (chaired compu- – out-of-town organizing committee members smoothly during the conference itself. Student tational methods session); Yue Li (renewable suddenly became “local” organizing committee volunteers also made a huge contribution, energy tour). The latter two wrote accounts of members, she says. While everyone one of them Luiken says. While appreciation is extended to their experience, links to which will be posted went “above and beyond,” special mention is due all, the following four took on multiple roles: on the web page for this article. ■

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