The TT&C is a critical function that ensures the spacecraft system operates properly, by sending Telecommand, receiving Telemetry, and doing tracking for the orbit determination. Although the TT&C engineering for LEO satellites is well consolidated, when it comes to the design of TT&C subsystems for low-latency and large networks there are several open research directions. This seminar will provide an overview of the main challenges that are faced when designing the TT&C for such kind of networks, taking as main reference Mega-constellations and IoT for the Earth Observation. The level of technical details will be provided in a style to help attendance to get familiar with the topic, thus making the seminar accessible also to engineers outside the specialty of TT&C. Speaker(s): Dr. Andrea Modenini, Dr. Gunes Karabulut Kurt Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/379150

Webinar by the IEEE Montreal Section Power and Energy Chapter The IEEE Montreal Section is inviting all interested IEEE members and non-members to this webinar. Speaker(s): Dr. Harold Kirkham, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/387728

The Montreal Chapters of the IEEE Control Systems (CS) and Systems, Man & Cybernetics (SMC) cordially invite you to attend the following in-person talk, to be given by Dr. Haifeng Zhu, Aerospace Systems Expert at Boeing. Co-sponsored by: Concordia University Speaker(s): Dr. Haifeng Zhu Room: EV002.309, Bldg: EV Building, Concordia University , Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3G 1M8

Quelques soient les produits développés en optique-photonique, la production et l’assemblage de très haute précision sont un défi pour le recrutement et la rétention de la main-d’œuvre, pour la qualité et pour la productivité. Déjà active dans le développement et l’automatisation des opérations les plus précises et délicates, Solutions Novika désire vous entendre sur vos besoins. Co-sponsored by: Optonique. Speaker(s): Patrick Martel, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/387114

In collaboration with the Poly-Grames Research Center, IEEE Student Branch of Polytechnique and INRS, STARaCom, and Academy of Science of the Royal Society of Canada, the IEEE Montreal Section and MTT Montreal IEEE Chapter are organizing THz Science and Technology Seminar (TSTS) Series, which will be delivered exclusively online by distinguished THz researchers, engineers, and leaders in the world to present state-of-the-art THz R&D progress, education, and applications. This TSTS series is made possible thanks to the sponsorship and conclusion of the NSERC-Huawei Industrial Research Chair Program. Near-field Terahertz Networking Abstract: The recent dramatic growth in interest in the use of high-frequency (millimeter-wave and terahertz) carrier waves for wireless communications has spurred a great deal of research activity. In some cases, such as fixed point-to-point backhaul, systems operating above 100 GHz are already in or nearing commercial deployment. On the other hand, significant research challenges remain for the deployment of local area networks, which must manage factors such as user mobility and line-of-sight blockage of directional beams. Interestingly, such networks may often be able to operate in a regime in which most or all of the broadcast sector is located in the near field of the transmitter. This possibility opens up a host of new ideas for wave front engineering, in particular wave fronts that can only exist in the electromagnetic near field. Here, we discuss a few examples, focusing on the class of wave fronts that can be engineered to curve around an intervening obstacle, delivering data to a user located in the shadow of the obstacle. This near-field effect presents an intriguing alternative to the popular notion of intelligent reflecting surfaces for blockage mitigation. Co-sponsored by: PolyGrames, STARaCom, Academy of Science of the Royal Society of Canada Speaker(s): , Professor Daniel Mittleman Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/386141