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DESCRIPTION:[English Flyer](https://drive.google.com/open?id=1SsrZXw7flFOHA
 4g952M9MmH_Qc2rURDP)\n\n[French Flyer](https://drive.google.com/open?id=1c
 E8Ja8pSGe7xXVMBdGe4a2WbNNrYbVU0)\n\nDescription\n\nIEEE Montreal Section\,
  IEEE Montreal Industry Relations Committee and Montreal Chapters of IEEE 
 CAS\, ComSoc and TEMS\, are very pleased to invite you to attend the 6th e
 dition of IEEE Research Boost event that will take place at Concordia Univ
 ersity\, Montreal\, on October 30th\, 2019\, 5:00-9:00 PM. The event aims 
 to foster collaborative research projects and networking among the industr
 y\, government and academia. It is an evening event during which invited e
 xperts and leaders from the industry\, government and academia present som
 e of the state-of-the-art innovations in their field of expertise. A poste
 r session is available to offer a great opportunity for graduate students 
 and postdoctoral fellows of accepted abstracts to present their research w
 ork to the industry\, government and a distinguished judging panel. Three 
 prizes of values $300\, $200 and $100 will be offered to the best three pa
 rticipants in the poster competition. The event is of free registration an
 d refreshments will be served. Looking forward to welcoming you at this ex
 citing event!\n\nEvent Subjects\n\n- Artificial Intelligence\n- Machine Le
 arning\n- Cybersecurity\n- Computer Vision\n- Smart Grids\n-  Smart Cities
 \n- Cloud Computing\n- Signal Processing\n- Circuits &amp; Systems\n- 5G\n\nRe
 gistration &amp; Important Dates\n\nRegistration is free but the number of pla
 ces is limited. To reserve your seat\, please follow the instructions in [
 Eventbrite-6thIEEERB](https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-sixth-ieee-research-
 boost-registration-70093921807)\n\n- Registration closes: Oct. 25th\, 2019
 \n- Abstract submission deadline: Oct. 22nd\, 2019\n- Author notification:
  Oct. 23rd\, 2019\n\nAbstract Submission\n\n- Graduate students &amp; postdoct
 oral fellows who are interested to participate in the poster or demo sessi
 on may submit an abstract about their research work through Microsoft conf
 erence management toolkit (CMT) website: [https://cmt3.research.microsoft.
 com/RB2019](https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/RESEARCHBOOST2019). Steps:
  (1) Create new account. (2) Login by using the URL of [RB at CMT](https:/
 /cmt3.research.microsoft.com/RESEARCHBOOST2019/Submission/Index) (3) Selec
 t a track and create a new submission.\n- The abstract should be self-cont
 ained and discuss the motivation of the proposed scheme\, problem statemen
 t and its applications.\n\nOrganization Committee\n\n- Prof. Rastko Selmic
 \, Concordia University\, Graduate Program Director - Co-sponsor and Co-or
 ganizer\n- Prof. M. Omair Ahmad\, Concordia University\, Chair of Montreal
  Chapter of IEEE CAS - Co-sponsor and Co-organizer\n- Dr. Anader Benyamin-
 Seeyar\, Chair of Montreal Chapter of IEEE Communications Society - Co-spo
 nsor\n- Dr. Hamidreza Sadreazami\, Chair of IEEE Montreal Industry Relatio
 ns Committee\n- Mr. Raphael Tana\, Vice-Chair of IEEE Montreal Industry Re
 lations Committee\n- Dr. Mohamed Naiel\, Past Chair of IEEE Montreal Indus
 try Relations Committee\n- Dr. Marzieh Amini\, Chair of Event Planner Team
 \, IRC\n- Dr. Hamed Abdzadeh\, Chair of Publicity Team\, IRC\n- Ms. Razieh
  Hassanshahi\, Co-Chair of Event Coordinator Team\, IRC\n- Dr. Omid Saatlo
 u\, Co-Chair of Event Coordinator Team\, IRC\n\nCo-sponsored by: IEEE Mont
 real Section\, IEEE Montreal Industry Relations Committee and the Montreal
  Chapters of IEEE ComSoc\, CAS\, and TEMS\n\nSpeaker(s): Invited Keynote S
 peakers \, Invited Keynote Speakers - Session 4\n\nAgenda: \nEvent Agenda\
 n\n17:00 Registration opens\n\n17:00 Session 1: Poster session and network
 ing in EV 3.309\n\n18:00 Session 2 in EV02.260: Welcome Speech\n\n18:05 Dr
 . Kevin Heffner\, [CRIM](https://www.crim.ca/en)\n\n&quot;Enabling Technologies
  for Future Intelligent Transportation Systems&quot;\n\n18:25 Dr. Alexandre Le 
 Bouthillier\, [Imagia](https://www.imagia.com/2019/)\n\n&quot;Impact of AI in H
 ealthcare Industry&quot;\n\n18:45 Mr. Phil Rivard\, [NEXT-AI Montreal](https://
 www.nextcanada.com/next-ai/)\n\n&quot;NextAI - Start Your Company”\n\n19:00 S
 ession 3: Poster session and networking\n\n19:40 Session 4: Invited Keynot
 e Speakers\n\n19:45 Dr. Samira Shabanian\, [Microsoft](https://www.microso
 ft.com/en-ca)\n\n&quot;How to Bridge the Gap between AI Research in Academia an
 d Industry&quot;\n\n20:05 Mr. Yoram Perez\, [Intact](https://www.intactlab.ca/)
 \n\n&quot;Data Science at Intact Lab&quot;\n\n20:30 Session 5: Closing remarks and a
 ward ceremony\n\nPoster Session\n\n[1]\n\nImage Hashing-based Copyright De
 tection using Visual Saliency Detection\n\nFarzad Sabahi*\, M. Omair Ahmad
  and M.N.S. Swamy\; Concordia Uni.\n\n[2]\n\nAnalysis of an Optical Neural
  Network\nSimon llp Geoffroy-gagnon*\, F. Shokraneh and O. Liboiron-Ladouc
 eur\; McGill Uni.\n\n[3]\n\nUltra Low Power Triple Band Ambient RF Energy 
 Harvesting for the Internet of the Things and Wearable Applications\nSeyed
  Mohammad Noghabaei*\; R. Radin and M. Sawan\; Polytechnique Montreal\n\n[
 4]\n\nECG Beat Analysis Using Discrete Wavelet Coefficients\nAzfar Adib*\;
  Concordia Uni.\n\n[5]\n\nThermoelectric Cooling Garment\nHakim Mohellebi*
 \; École de Technologie Supérieure\n\n[6]\n\nEnergy Efficient Polar Deco
 ders for 5G and Beyond\nFurkan Ercan*\, T. Tonnellier and W. Gross\; McGil
 l Uni.\n\n[7]\n\nTuneable Ferrite Loaded Isolator for Millimeter-wave Appl
 ication in 5G Systems\nMoein Noferesti*\; INRS\n\n[8]\n\nA Very Fast Schem
 e for an Accurate Boundary Detection based on Deep Convolutional Neural Ne
 twork\nAbdulah M. Alamaren*\; M. Omair Ahmad and M.N.S. Swamy\; Concordia 
 Uni.\n\n[9]\n\nDesigning an Optimal Threshold Value for Ternary Event-base
 d State Estimation using Multi Objective Particle Swarm Optimizer\nSomayeh
  Davar*\; Concordia Uni.\n\n[10]\n\nOptical Coherence Tomography as a Biom
 arker of Retina Damage in Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis\nHoma Tahvilian*
 \, R. Kafieh\, M. Omair Ahmad and M.N.S. Swamy\; Concordia Uni.\n\n[11]\n\
 nInternet of Things Solutions for Campuses: A Comparative Study of Cluster
 ing Techniques\nMahsa Hadian*\; Polytechnique Montreal\n\n[12]\n\nNew Wave
 guide Coupler Method for Permittivity Measurement at Millimeter-wave Appli
 cations\nKarrar N.S. Al Khanjar*\; INRS\n\n[13]\n\nA Dense Residual Networ
 k with Reduced Parameters for Volumetric Brain Tissue Segmentation\nRamesh
  Basnet*\; Concordia Uni.\n\n[14]\n\nCardiac Cycle Synchronization from Mu
 lti-view Angiography with Deep Learning\nRaphael Royer-Rivard*\; Polytechn
 ique Montreal\n\n[15]\n\nQuantitative Performance Evaluation Methods for F
 eature Extraction and Matching Algorithms in MIS Images\nMuhammad Reza Pou
 rshahabi*\, M. Omair Ahmad and M.N.S. Swamy\; Concordia Uni.\n\n[16]\n\nDe
 sign\, Analysis and Optimization of Novel Optical Devices Incorporating Da
 ta Transmission based on the Orbital Angular Momentum of Light for the Phy
 sical Layer of 5G Wireless Communication Networks\nSeyed Mohammad Mirjalil
 i*\; Concordia Uni.\n\n[17]\n\nA Study Review of Risk Management in Smart 
 Centers Offering Advances Cancer Radiotherapy\nMalakeh Saberi* and Pirooz 
 Moayeri Maleki\; Concordia Uni.\n\n[18]\n\nDevelopment of Elastomeric Opti
 cal Waveguides as a Platform for Flexible Biomedical Sensors\nKoffi Novign
 on Amouzou*\; École de Technologie Supérieure\n\n[19]\n\nDesign and Hard
 ware Implementation of Image Steganography for Real-time Embedded Systems 
 using Paillier Public key Cryptography\nSalah Sami Harb*\, M. Omair Ahmad 
 and M.N.S. Swamy\; Concordia Uni.\n\n[20]\n\nHigh Frequency Subband Energy
  Maximization for Neuroimaging Fusion in Nonsubsampled Shearlet Domain\nEm
 imal Jabason*\, M. Omair Ahmad and M.N.S. Swamy\; Concordia Uni.\n\nRoom: 
  2.260\, Bldg: SGW\, Concordia University\, 1450 Guy St. \, Montreal\, Que
 bec\, Canada\, H3H 0A1
LOCATION:Room:  2.260\, Bldg: SGW\, Concordia University\, 1450 Guy St. \, 
 Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada\, H3H 0A1
ORGANIZER:sadreazami@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:The Sixth IEEE Research Boost | &quot;Give your research an industrial e
 dge&quot;
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 or: #0000ff\;&quot;&gt;&lt;a style=&quot;color: #0000ff\;&quot; href=&quot;https://www.nextcanada.co
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 \; &amp;nbsp\; &amp;nbsp\; &amp;nbsp\; &quot;NextAI - Start Your Company&amp;rdquo\;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n
 &lt;p&gt;19:00 Session 3:&amp;nbsp\;Poster session and networking&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;19:40 Sess
 ion 4: Invited Keynote Speakers&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;19:45&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;Dr. Samira Sha
 banian&lt;/strong&gt;\, &lt;span style=&quot;color: #0000ff\;&quot;&gt;&lt;a style=&quot;color: #0000ff\
 ;&quot; href=&quot;https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Microsoft&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p
 &gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp\; &amp;nbsp\; &amp;nbsp\; &amp;nbsp\; &amp;nbsp\; &quot;How to Bridge the Gap b
 etween AI Research in Academia and Industry&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;20:05&amp;nbsp\;&lt;str
 ong&gt;Mr. Yoram Perez&lt;/strong&gt;\, &lt;span style=&quot;color: #0000ff\;&quot;&gt;&lt;a style=&quot;co
 lor: #0000ff\;&quot; href=&quot;https://www.intactlab.ca/&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Intact&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span
 &gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp\; &amp;nbsp\; &amp;nbsp\; &amp;nbsp\; &amp;nbsp\; &quot;Data Science at Int
 act Lab&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;20:30 Session 5: Closing remarks and award ceremony&lt;
 /p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18.6667px\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Poste
 r Session&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;table width=&quot;1071&quot;&gt;\n&lt;tbody&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td wi
 dth=&quot;73&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[1]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td width=&quot;998&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Image 
 Hashing-based Copyright Detection using Visual Saliency Detection&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;
 &lt;strong&gt;Farzad Sabahi&lt;/strong&gt;*\, M. Omair Ahmad and M.N.S. Swamy\; &lt;em&gt;Co
 ncordia Uni&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td width=&quot;73&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;s
 trong&gt;[2]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td width=&quot;998&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Analysis of an Optical
  Neural Network&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Simon llp Geoffroy-gagnon&lt;/strong&gt;*\, F. Sho
 kraneh and O. Liboiron-Ladouceur\; &lt;em&gt;McGill&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt; Uni.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td
 &gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td width=&quot;73&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[3]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td w
 idth=&quot;998&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Ultra Low Power Triple Band Ambient RF Energy Harvesting f
 or the Internet of the Things and Wearable Applications&amp;nbsp\;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;stro
 ng&gt;Seyed Mohammad Noghabaei&lt;/strong&gt;*\; R. Radin and M. Sawan\; &lt;em&gt;Polyte
 chnique Montreal&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td width=&quot;73&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;
 &lt;strong&gt;[4]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td width=&quot;998&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;ECG Beat Analysis Us
 ing Discrete Wavelet Coefficients&amp;nbsp\;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Azfar Adib*&lt;/strong
 &gt;\; &lt;em&gt;Concordia Uni&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td width=&quot;7
 3&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[5]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td width=&quot;998&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Thermoelectr
 ic Cooling Garment&amp;nbsp\;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Hakim Mohellebi&lt;/strong&gt;*\; &lt;em&gt;&amp;E
 acute\;cole de &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;T&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;echnologie &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;S&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;up&amp;eacute\
 ;rieure&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td width=&quot;73&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[6]&lt;/str
 ong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td width=&quot;998&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Energy Efficient Polar Decoders for 
 5G and Beyond&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Furkan Ercan&lt;/strong&gt;*\, T. Tonnellier and W. 
 Gross\; &lt;em&gt;McGill&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt; Uni.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td width=&quot;
 73&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[7]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td width=&quot;998&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Tuneable Fe
 rrite Loaded Isolator for Millimeter-wave Application in 5G Systems&lt;br /&gt; 
 &lt;strong&gt;Moein Noferesti&lt;/strong&gt;*\; &lt;em&gt;INRS&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\
 n&lt;td width=&quot;73&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[8]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td width=&quot;998&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p
 &gt;A Very Fast Scheme for an Accurate Boundary Detection based on Deep Convo
 lutional Neural Network&amp;nbsp\;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Abdulah M. Alamaren&lt;/strong&gt;*
 \; M. Omair Ahmad and M.N.S. Swamy\; &lt;em&gt;Concordia Uni&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\
 n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td width=&quot;73&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[9]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n
 &lt;td width=&quot;998&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Designing an Optimal Threshold Value for Ternary Even
 t-based State Estimation using Multi Objective Particle Swarm Optimizer&amp;nb
 sp\;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Somayeh Davar&lt;/strong&gt;*\; &lt;em&gt;Concordia Uni&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/
 em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td width=&quot;73&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[10]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 \n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td width=&quot;998&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Optical Coherence Tomography as a Biomarker 
 of Retina Damage in Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis&amp;nbsp\;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;H
 oma Tahvilian&lt;/strong&gt;*\, R. Kafieh\, M. Omair Ahmad and M.N.S. Swamy\; &lt;e
 m&gt;Concordia Uni&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td width=&quot;73&quot;&gt;\n&lt;
 p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[11]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td width=&quot;998&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Internet of Thing
 s Solutions for Campuses: A Comparative Study of Clustering Techniques&amp;nbs
 p\;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Mahsa Hadian&lt;/strong&gt;*\; &lt;em&gt;Polytechnique Montreal&lt;/em&gt;
 &amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td width=&quot;73&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[12]&lt;/strong&gt;
 &lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td width=&quot;998&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;New Waveguide Coupler Method for Permitt
 ivity Measurement at Millimeter-wave Applications&amp;nbsp\;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Kar
 rar N.S. Al Khanjar&lt;/strong&gt;*\; &lt;em&gt;INRS&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td
  width=&quot;73&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[13]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td width=&quot;998&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;A 
 Dense Residual Network with Reduced Parameters for Volumetric Brain Tissue
  Segmentation&amp;nbsp\;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Ramesh Basnet&lt;/strong&gt;*\; &lt;em&gt;Concordia
  Uni&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td width=&quot;73&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[
 14]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td width=&quot;998&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Cardiac Cycle Synchronizatio
 n from Multi-view Angiography with Deep Learning&amp;nbsp\;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Raph
 ael Royer-Rivard&lt;/strong&gt;*\; &lt;em&gt;Polytechnique Montreal&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;
 /td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td width=&quot;73&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[15]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;
 td width=&quot;998&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Quantitative Performance Evaluation Methods for Featur
 e Extraction and Matching Algorithms in MIS Images&amp;nbsp\;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Mu
 hammad Reza Pourshahabi&lt;/strong&gt;*\, M. Omair Ahmad and M.N.S. Swamy\; &lt;em&gt;
 Concordia Uni&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td width=&quot;73&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;
 &lt;strong&gt;[16]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td width=&quot;998&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Design\, Analysis a
 nd Optimization of Novel Optical Devices Incorporating Data Transmission b
 ased on the Orbital Angular Momentum of Light for the Physical Layer of 5G
  Wireless Communication Networks&amp;nbsp\;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Seyed Mohammad Mirja
 lili&lt;/strong&gt;*\; &lt;em&gt;Concordia Uni&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\
 n&lt;td width=&quot;73&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[17]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td width=&quot;998&quot;&gt;\n&lt;
 p&gt;A Study Review of Risk Management in Smart Centers Offering Advances Can
 cer Radiotherapy&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Malakeh Saberi&lt;/strong&gt;* and Pirooz Moayeri
  Maleki\; &lt;em&gt;Concordia Uni&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td wi
 dth=&quot;73&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[18]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td width=&quot;998&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Devel
 opment of Elastomeric Optical Waveguides as a Platform for Flexible Biomed
 ical Sensors&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Koffi Novignon Amouzou&lt;/strong&gt;*\; &lt;em&gt;&amp;Eacute\
 ;cole de &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;T&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;echnologie &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;S&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;up&amp;eacute\;rieur
 e&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td width=&quot;73&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[19]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;
 /p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td width=&quot;998&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Design and Hardware Implementation of Ima
 ge Steganography for Real-time Embedded Systems using Paillier Public key 
 Cryptography&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Salah Sami Harb&lt;/strong&gt;*\, M. Omair Ahmad and 
 M.N.S. Swamy\; &lt;em&gt;Concordia Uni&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;
 td width=&quot;73&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[20]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td width=&quot;998&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;
 High Frequency Subband Energy Maximization for Neuroimaging Fusion in Nons
 ubsampled Shearlet Domain&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Emimal Jabason&lt;/strong&gt;*\, M. Omai
 r Ahmad and M.N.S. Swamy\; &lt;em&gt;Concordia Uni&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/
 tr&gt;\n&lt;/tbody&gt;\n&lt;/table&gt;
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