Professor and Dean of Applied Science (Retired), University of British Columbia

Tyseer Aboulnasr is an Electrical Engineering professor retired from University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Dr Aboulnasr received the Bachelor of Engineering degree from Cairo University, Egypt, M.Sc.and Ph.D. degrees from Queen's University, Kingston, Canada; all in Electrical Engineering. She was Dean of the Faculty of Applied University of British Columbia from 2008-2011 and Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Ottawa from 1998-2004. Dr. Aboulnasr received the Ottawa-Carleton YWCA Women of Distinction Award (Education) in 1999 and was elected Fellow of the ...

Co-Founder/CEO, Alstari Corporation

Dr. Suhayya Abu-Hakima is a serial entrepreneur in Artificial Intelligence who has advanced the field over a 40 year period. She has hundreds of published papers and speeches about AI, security, messaging and entrepreneurship. She published a lessons learned book in 2024 about her two AI startups and two successful exits to NASDAQ companies. Her 48 patents are cited by Google Scholar over 2700 times by companies like Microsoft, Apple, Google, IBM, Ford, and Blackberry. She has won numerous personal and company awards for her 3 startups. She is vested in the order of Ontario for her work in ...

Dr. Agnew has been teaching Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo for over 25 years. He has also been conducting research in the areas of networks, cryptography and computer security for many years. As a result of this work, Dr. Agnew and two colleagues founded Certicom Corporation in 1985. Since that time, Certicom has grown to $100M company employing 170 people and is traded on the TSX. Certicom has risen to be the world leader in Elliptic Curve based cryptographic systems, which are critical for the security of wireless and low power networks. Dr. Agnew has ...

Professor, INRS - Institut national de la recherche scientifique

Dr. Sonia Aïssa, Professor at INRS, Univ. du Québec, is highly esteemed as a leading researcher who contributed extensively in expanding Canadian impact in the field of wireless communications worldwide. Her pioneering work on cognitive radio, multi-antenna systems, cross-layer design and resource management has been highly influential and enabled advances in engineering design. She is widely published and is known as an extraordinary mentor of graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. Her contributions influence professional practice, also through important governance and organizational ...

Professor, University of Alberta

Norman Beaulieu is a world renown researcher in the analysis and modeling of wireless communications systems. Among a number of groundbreaking contributions on diverse fronts, international researchers use his ingenious mathematical method dubbed the "Beaulieu series" to calculate outage, coverage, interference and error rates in wireless communications systems. Dr. Beaulieu served as the only resident Canadian of the world's leading communications research journal, the IEEE Transactions on Communications, founded the iCORE Wireless Communications Laboratory, which has made Alberta a world ...

Sr. Advisor and President, WaterPower Canada

Gilbert Bennett is Executive Vice President - Power Development at Nalcor Energy where he leads the development of the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric generation project. Gilbert is a member of the Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Newfoundland and Labrador and serves on the Canadian Hydropower Association's Board of Directors.

Professor, University of British Columbia

Vijay Bhargava has made fundamental research contributions in the field of cellular wireless communications. This research represents an evolution of his earlier pioneering research in error control coding and spread spectrum; error control coding devices designed by him are used by several industries and government agencies. He was President of the IEEE Information Theory Society and has served on numerous committees for NSERC, Canadian Foundation for Innovation, Canada Research Chairs Program and the Science Council of British Columbia. Vijay Bhargava was also Editor of the Canadian Journal ...

Prof. Ian Blake of the University of British Columbia has made significant contributions to the theory and implementation of elliptic curve cryptography and its commercialization, both within a large corporation and a small startup company. He has also contributed to theory and practice of error control codes in digital communication systems over a thirty-year period. He has a long record of service and leadership in an academic environment, having served as Chairman of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and been Director of two large institutes devoted to facilitating the ...

Professor, University of Victoria

Jens Bornemann is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of microwave circuits, filters and antennas. He has more than 25 years of experience and a proven track record of extensive publications and industry interactions. His most significant contributions are innovations in numerical modeling and computer-aided design of waveguide components and planar structures. Especially his pioneering work in modal matching algorithms has been widely acclaimed by university researchers and industry, for yielding highly accurate, fast and powerful numerical tools for real-life design ...

Professor, University of Ottawa

Azzedine Boukerche is a Professor and Canada Research Chair at the University of Ottawa. He earned an international reputation in the field of wireless networking, distributed and mobile computing areas, and for fundamental research contributions to performance evaluation of dynamic load balancing and data distribution management for large scale distributed simulation systems & design of novel localization and coverage protocols for wireless and mobile ad hoc and sensor networks. His research is widely recognized by his peers, and the results have been published in highly regarded IEE and ACM ...

Chairman, Business Arts Inc.

Bill has owned, founded and funded numerous businesses in the high tech field, with particular interest in information systems and imaging. He is a pioneer in imaging, having been a principal and later Chairman of IMAX Corporation from 1970 to 1995. Under his and his partners' leadership, IMAX grew into a global entertainment company with production and distribution of over 100 films and 100 theatre operations in 18 countries. He was also a co-founder and former President of SCIEX Corporation, a provider of high-speed and ultra-trace analytical instrumentation with yearly sales exceeding $600 ...

Professor, University of Victoria

Dr. Cai is a world-renowned researcher and technology innovator, and an extraordinary educator and mentor, widely recognized for her seminal contributions to network topology control, connectivity theory, and large-scale wireless networking techniques. Her groundbreaking contributions are highly influential in wireless product development and standardization. She is an EIC Fellow, IEEE Fellow, RSC College Member, and NSERC Steacie Fellow, and serves as a Board member of the IEEE Women-in-Engineering and a Vice President of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society. Her students become ...

Full Professor, KU Leuven

Highly cited author, winner of many awards and distinctions, IEEE Fellow Dr. Christophe Caloz has pioneered concepts, theories, techniques and applications in electromagnetics engineering and technology, notably in metamaterials, nano-electromagnetic structures, smart antennas and radio systems. He has published over 600 refereed journals, letter and conference papers (more than 40% invited), thirteen books or book chapters; he holds a dozen patents. He co-founded two start-ups and has acted as advisor to several companies. He is active in various technical society committees, journal boards ...

Directrice générale, Polytechnique Montreal

Gestionnaire chevronnée appréciée de tous, Maud Cohen a un parcours professionnel remarquable.Après avoir dirigé des projets d'envergure au Canada, aux États-Unis et en Europe au début de sa carrière, elle est élue présidente de l'Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec. Après trois mandats, elle s'implique en politique, puis devient présidente-directrice générale de la Fondation CHU Sainte-Justine de 2014 à 2022. Férue de sciences et engagée en faveur de la relève et de la place des femmes en science, elle devient, en 2023, la première femme nommée à la direction de Polytechnique Montréal — 150 ans ...

CEO, Canadian Academy of Engineering / Académie canadienne du génie

Robert Crawhall is an executive leader in technical innovation. A mechanical engineer with a PhD in EMI/EMC, he has contributed to world-leading products and the development of disruptive technologies with BNR/Nortel. Dr. Crawhall has held executive, board and advisory positions in over 20 innovation organizations drawing on nearly four decades of experience with industry-academia-government collaborations that span telecommunications, semiconductors, e-Commerce, nanotechnology, advanced manufacturing, aerospace, nuclear power, the Internet-of-Things, AI/Machine Learning and cybersecurity. He ...

Professor Emeritus, University of Victoria

Dr. Darcie has been a world-leading researcher, manager and entrepreneur for three decades. His research accomplishments include laying the foundation for fiber-optic access systems that are used in all modern cable television and telecommunications companies worldwide. He managed a large and diverse research organization in AT&T/Bell Labs leading innovation of numerous technologies that are in widespread use, including fiber-optic, photonic, Wi-Fi and 3G wireless systems and optical networks. As a professor and entrepreneur, in addition to managing a diverse research program, he recently ...

Distinguished University Professor Electrical & Computer Eng, McMaster University

Professor M. Jamal Deen of McMaster University is an international leader in microelectronics and optoelectronics and one of the world's foremost engineering scientists. His eminence in research is based on the powerful models he has developed for the accurate analysis and design of high-performance semiconductor devices and circuits, and the experimental techniques he has innovated to study important device properties. A highly accomplished researcher, inventor and a prolific scholar, his device models and experimental innovations are used worldwide. He is also noted for his mentoring of ...

Li Deng is an internationally prominent researcher, engineer, educator, and technology leader in artificial intelligence, machine learning, signal processing, financial engineering, speech recognition, and natural language processing. He has invented a series of ground-breaking machine learning paradigms, architectures, methodologies, and algorithms for hidden Markov models and deep neural networks. He has been widely recognized for his 2009-2013 pioneering contributions to world-wide speech recognition industry using large-scale deep learning. His original and landmark research, over 30 ...

Professor and Tier-1 Canada Research Chair, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Dr. Octavia A. Dobre is an internationally renowned authority in wireless communications. She has made pioneering contributions to signal intelligence and emerging wireless technologies. Dr. Dobre is the recipient of numerous awards, from best papers, to outstanding service and inspiring member awards. She was elevated to IEEE Fellow and EIC Fellow for her exceptional technical achievements and service leadership in the profession. She has been a strategic frontrunner in numerous leadership roles in technical societies, such as the inaugural Chair of the IEEE Women in Communications ...

Executive Vice President Engineering, Canadian Space Mining Corporation

For his leadership in the development of Canadian communication satellites, remote sensing satellites, and space-based robotics. For his critical national work on positioning the Canadian Space industry as a world leader and also, for his dedication to building up the industry, aerospace higher education, and the profession. 

Canada Excellence Research Chair, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Professor Duong is a Canada Excellence Research Chair at Memorial University, an IEEE Fellow, EIC Fellow, IET Fellow, AAIA Fellow. He is a world leading expert in the field of wireless communications and networks. His research has focused on quantum machine learning, quantum optimization for wireless communications. He was the only UK-based researcher to receive both prestigious awards from the Royal Academy of Engineering: Research Fellowship and Research Chair. In 2017, he was awarded the first Newton Prize from the UK government. He is the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Communications Surveys and ...

Professor, University of Toronto

Professor George Eleftheriades, of the University of Toronto, is a pioneer in the field of metamaterials and metasurfaces, which are engineered electromagnetic materials and surfaces with unprecedented capabilities. Most notably, he demonstrated how to realize metamaterials using networks of loaded transmission lines. These new materials have found applications in several areas, including wireless communications, radar, super-resolution imaging, security, and defence. Professor Eleftheriades is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Royal Society of ...

Distinguished University Professor, University of Ottawa

Abdulmotaleb El Saddik is a Distinguished University Professor and University Research Chair at the University of Ottawa. He earned international reputation in the multimedia communications area, and, in particular, in the field of haptic, audio, and video multimedia collaborative protocols and their applications. El Saddik's pioneering work on haptics based identification led to the development of innovative technologies to enhance the authenticity of users and their performance in haptic surroundings in collaborative multimedia environments. He is a highly regarded member of the ...

Chair of the Board, MindBridge AI

Eli's discipline for hard work with integrity and caring attitude, has created a meaningful impact on the lives of others, making the world a better place. He is recognized as a leader of innovative technology across Canada and internationally. His 2022 Order of Canada citation is a testament to his impact: "Eli Fathi is a trailblazer in innovative technology. He is the co-founder of MindBridge Analytics, which developed the world's first AI machine learning based auditing tool in enabling financial professionals uncover fraud and errors in data. This mentor to future entrepreneurs has also ...

Professor Chair Department of Electrical and Computer Engine, Université Laval, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Paul Fortier is a pioneer in the study of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) multicarrier systems and the first to characterize ultra-wideband channels in an underground mine. In addition, his work with Technologies Lyre (now Nutaq) on communication and signal processing systems helped the latter develop its SignalMaster product line now sold around the world. Finally, he has made an outstanding contribution to the teaching of engineering in the province of Quebec, developing several electrical and computer engineering training programs, and over 60 M.Sc and Ph.D. electrical ...