University Professor and University Research Chair, University of Waterloo

Weihua Zhuang is a Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo, and holds a Tier I Canada Research Chair in Wireless Communication Networks. She is an internationally recognized expert in radio resource allocation and service quality provisioning for broadband wireless communications. Her pioneering work on channel precoding, mobile user location, Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver modeling and analysis, and radio resource management has enabled advances in engineering design and industrial products. Her outstanding achievements have been recognized by ...

Professor, Toronto Metropolitan University

Professor Xiao-Ping Zhang is a world-class researcher and an influential entrepreneur. He has substantially impacted the development of multiple areas of research and industrial practices. His extensive research on signal and data processing theories, methods, and cross-disciplinary applications has significantly advanced the field. A widely recognized and respected leader in engineering communities, he provides exemplary service and has nurtured and inspired a generation of young engineers and researchers. His innovative technology-based business initiatives have fostered the development and ...

Chancellor’s Professor, Carleton University

Dr. Q.J. Zhang, Professor, Carleton University, advanced the theory and practice of active and passive computer-aided design with innovations in linear and nonlinear device modeling and circuit optimization for which he received the IEEE Fellowship. His contributions to sensitivity analysis, design optimization, and knowledge-, neural network- and electromagnetics-based modeling of microwave devices and circuits allowed radio-frequency and microwave designers to conquer prohibitive design tasks. His innovations have globally impacted commercial and military design technologies for satellite ...

Professor, University of Toronto

Wei Yu has made influential contributions to the field of information theory and communication engineering. His theoretical research addressed fundamental limits of information transmission in communication networks. He proposed dynamic spectrum management methods that have been used in millions of digital subscriber lines worldwide and also contributed significantly to the capacity analysis and optimization techniques for multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) wireless communication channels. Dr. Yu has been named a highly cited researcher. He is a Fellow of the Institute of ...

Chair Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology

Prof Ming Yu, former Chief Scientist and Director of R&D, COM DEV, has made major contributions to the advancement of computer-aided design and tuning of microwave filters and multiplexers. These are among his many contributions that have allowed Canada's COM DEV to remain as an international industry leader in aerospace electronic technologies. In 2016, COM DEV was acquired by Honeywell of USA. He has led the Advanced Technology Group, Cambridge, as the Chief Scientist and an Engineering Fellow. He published over 20 patents. He has authored or co-authored over 130 publications and ...

Professor, Carleton University

Dr. F. Richard Yu is an internationally recognized research leader in mobile systems. His pioneering contributions have significantly impacted research and development in this area through over 600 highly-cited publications and 28 granted patents. His mobility management algorithms have been adopted in mobile systems standards. He is among the top 1% of highly cited researchers on Web of Science, demonstrating his worldwide influence. He is a Fellow of IEEE, IET, and EIC, an elected member of the Board of Governors of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society, and the recipient of numerous ...

Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology

Dr. Yu-Dong Yao is an internationally recognized expert in data link and access protocol designs for satellite and cellular networks. For over 25 years, he has made significant contributions to telecommunications systems, including developing advanced on-board processing technologies for the Canadian Department of Communications and the European Space Agency and data link protocols for the Globalstar satellite system. Dr. Yao holds 13 U.S. patents and published over 150 research papers. He served as an Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (2001-2005). He was elected an ...

Full Professor and Chancellor's Professor, Carleton University

Dr. Halim Yanikomeroglu is a world-renowned academic, inventor, and researcher in wireless communications. His collaboration with the Canadian and international industry on 4G and 5G wireless networks resulted in 27 granted patents in key technologies. He is best known for his visionary and pioneering work on relaying technology which resulted in several seminal publications with thousands of citations; this technology was adopted in various standards including 4G LTE and 5G. He received several awards for his research, teaching, and service. He is a Fellow of IEEE and a Fellow of Engineering ...

Professor, University of Guelph

Professor Simon Yang is an internationally recognized researcher in intelligent robotics. His significant accomplishments include the original and innovative development of biologically inspired intelligent methodologies for real-time motion planning, control and cooperation of various robotic systems, and novel e-nose systems. He has made impactful contributions in developing engineering technologies for intelligent robots and e-nose systems with industrial and agricultural applications, and in training graduate students and research associates. He has published over 600 refereed papers in ...

University Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo

En-hui Yang is an international leader in source coding, a branch of information theory dealing with how to efficiently encode information for transmission, storage, and processing. A recipient of many awards including the 2007 Ernest C. Manning Award of Distinction and an IEEE Fellow, he has made profound contributions to communication engineering by introducing new fundamental source coding theory, solving long-standing open problems in source coding, inventing state-of-the-art lossless and lossy multimedia coding algorithms, co-founding SlipStream Data Inc., now a subsidiary of Research in ...

Research Professor, Department of Electrical & Computer Eng., Western University

Dr. Yiyan Wu is a principal research scientist at Communications Research Centre Canada. He is highly respected world-wide in broadcasting industry for his research and standards development activities in digital TV/HDTV and broadband multimedia communications. His research works on OFDM, OFDMA, and SFN have been adopted in digital TV transmission, equalization and transmitter identification systems. Dr. Wu has been awarded numerous prestigious awards and honours for his outstanding achievements, including Fellow of the IEEE (2001), Emmy Award 2009, The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee ...

Professor Emeritus, Toronto Metropolitan University

Dr. Ke Wu of Polytechnique Montréal is renowned and praised internationally for his highly regarded original research and seminal contributions in applied electromagnetics, in particular his many pioneering contributions to the advancement of radio frequency (RF), microwave and millimetre-wave sciences and engineering, which are critical to the research and development of advanced ICT, aerospace, biomedical, security and health-care sectors. He has authored more than 1200 world-class refereed publications, over 20 books and book chapters, and filed over 50 patents resulting from his research ...

Professor Emeritus, University of Saskatchewan

For contributions to the development of new electronic technologies and processes enhancing the export of Canadian products, the training of many successful graduate students, and especially for key-role in the growth of a new Canadian high tech company, Vecima Networks; Vecima has grown from a 3-person basement startup to a $150 Million publicly listed company in exporting Canadian designed and manufactured electronic and software products to the international telecommunications marketplace. Successful products include new technologies to deliver broadband data over wireless networks, and ...

Dr. Vincent Wong, Professor at the University of British Columbia, is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of wireless networking and energy systems. He has developed novel and practical resource allocation algorithms for wireless communications networks. He has designed innovative demand side management algorithms for smart grid and sustainable energy systems. His work is pioneering and instrumental in shaping the new and quickly evolving areas of wireless networking and energy systems. He has contributed more than 260 journal and conference publications and co-edited a book. ...

Professor, McMaster University

Professor Max Wong, McMaster University, is a leader in the research of signal processing. His research ranges from development of fundamental theory and algorithms in signal processing to applications and designs of signal processors in communication, radar, and sonar systems. His research in sensor array processing brought high resolution processing methods into practical use in non-ideal noise environments. His more recent work pioneered the application of convex optimization techniques to signal processor designs and made great impacts in line and wireless communications. Author of over ...

President and Chief Executive Officer, Genome British Columbia

Alan Winter, President, Genome British Columbia, has pioneered Canadian satellite and telecommunications technology, to assist in saving lives with satellite-aided search and rescue systems. He has also been instrumental in improving communications across Canada using satellite communications systems in the Ku band, and in developing companies in Canada based on broadband and wireless terrestrial telecommunications technologies. He has also made a substantial contribution to developing new collaborative research and development organizations in Canada.

Founder & CEO, positron access solutions corp

Reginald Weiser of Positron has contributed significantly to the field of modern telecommunications. He is an imaginative entrepreneur and a revolutionary leader. Based on engineering knowledge and entrepreneurial know-how, he has created in Canada a group of technologically-based companies which employ approximately 550 people (including over 100 engineers), and serve customers world-wide with highly reliable products. He has been involved at a high level with organizations that promote the education and employment of engineers, as well the development of technologically based industries in ...

Professors Emeriti, UBC

Ms. Rabab Ward, Professor and former President of the IEEE Signal Processing Society and Director of the Institute for Computing, Information and Cognitive Systems at UBC, is a leader in the application of digital signal processing theory to cable and high-definition television, medical images, restoration of astronomical images, and extraction of an infant's distress level from his/her cry signal. Being a highly accomplished researcher and a prolific inventor, she has an impressive list of publications and patents, and her work is used in various companies and laboratories worldwide. ...

Professor and Tier-1 Canada Research Chair, Western University

Professor Xianbin Wang, Canada Research Chair (CRC) and IEEE Fellow, is internationally recognized for his pioneering contributions to Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) and for his world-leading innovations in improving efficiency and security of wireless communications. As a passionate inventor, he holds 26 granted and pending patents, with over 20 of them as the first or sole inventor. His inventions have extensive technical scope, dealing with the most critical and complex issues in wireless communications, communications security, and localization technologies. Many of his ...

Senior Staff Software Engineer & Tech Lead Manager, Google DeepMind

Dr. Quan Wang is a Professor in Mechanical and Civil Engineering . He has made outstanding contributions in applications of nano-materials in composites and medical devices. He is also a world leading expert in smart materials and structures and their applications in energy harvesting, structural health monitoring and repair. He has published more than 200 research papers in internationally referred journals and conference proceedings. He has played various active roles in, and contributed to, the smart materials and nano-technology research and education. He is now a fellow of ASME, ASCE, ...

Pieter Van Vliet's contributions in engineering, management and executive functions at SaskTel were of fundamental importance to creating a world-class telecommunication system with national and international links. As President of the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers and the Engineering Institute of Canada he provided constant leadership and encouragement to his colleagues. His active and enthusiastic participation in industry-based organizations over many years contributed substantially to the advancement of technological and economic development in Saskatchewan and Canada ...

Consultant, Advisor, Mentor, LT Consulting

Lawrence Tse has contributed to the development of integrated circuits and communication systems by advancing design, development, product engineering and testing, and technical management of this R&D. As a visionary leader with a track record of inspiring innovation, Tse understands the intricacies of developing technologies from concept to prototype and into production. He has shown the vision to assemble talent from around the world to create successful engineering teams, expanding engineering R&D within the corporate environment. Tse has been awarded more than 40 US patents in the ...

Director, Nortel

Dr. Wen Tong, Head of Communications Technologies Global Laboratories of Huawei, is a world recognized pioneer and leader in the research and development of wireless technologies, whose breakthroughs and innovations have shaped industry in the standardization of third generation (3G) and fourth generation (4G) global wireless standards and generated huge economical and societal impact as billions of people are benefiting daily from 3G/4G wireless networks by enjoying ubiquitous Internet access at unprecedented speeds. His technical contributions and leadership have been recognized with ...

Chief Executive Officer, AsiaSat

Roger Tong's 30 year career has spanned various positions in different industries across the communications sector. He began as an engineer at COM DEV Ltd in Cambridge, Ontario, as one of the founding members of the Space Science Department. From there, he travelled the globe, continuing his career in Asia. In 2008, he joined AsiaSat as Vice President of Engineering and was promoted to CTO in 2016 and CEO in 2018.By constantly challenging prevailing norms on spacecraft design, Roger has been raising the bar in satellite manufacturing. His current interests include developing system concepts ...

Le professeur Terreault  s'est distingué pas son apport à la recherche-développement industrielle au Canada, par ses contributions techniques, son leadership, et par la fondation et gestion de trois laboratoires affiliés à Bell Canada et à Bell Northern Research. Il a reçu plusieurs prix et distinctions pendant sa carrière pour ses services.