IEEE Standards Workshop

Location: TBD

Session Chair
Silvana Rodrigues

Speakers:
Howard Li

Abstract:
The Second Workshop on “Why Standards Matter: How IEEE Standards Drive Industry Advancement and Foster Entrepreneurial Success” is planned to be co-located with the IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE) on Monday, May 26 in Vancouver, Canada. The first WORKSHOP was held as part of IEEE CSCN in Belgrade, Serbia
The team of the Workshop organizers includes Glenn Parsons (Ericsson/ IEEE R7 Standards Liaison), Mona Ghassemian (Huawei, Germany/ IEEE R8 Standards Coordination chair), Srikanth Chandrasekaran, Senior Director and Foundational Technologies Practice Lead (IEEE-SA).

Desired outcome of the proposed standards workshop event:
Platform for entrepreneurs, industrialists and standardization experts to discuss and share ideas and gain understanding of the following topics:
The Role of Standardization in Driving Innovation and Competitiveness: How standardization practices can foster innovation, promote competitiveness, and support the growth of industries and entrepreneurial ventures.
Implementing Standards: Challenges and Opportunities for Entrepreneurs: What are the challenges and potential barriers faced by entrepreneurs in implementing standards within their businesses?
The Impact of Standards on Research Projects and Collaboration: How standards influence research projects, particularly in interdisciplinary and collaborative contexts?
Standards Education designed for Industry and entrepreneurs: How to address the importance of standards education and its relevance to industry needs?
Standardization, Regulatory Compliance, and the Landscape for Entrepreneurs: This panel would delve into the relationship between standardization and regulatory compliance for entrepreneurs. It would explore how entrepreneurs can navigate the complex landscape of standards and regulations, ensure compliance, and leverage standardization to meet regulatory requirements efficiently.
Standardization, Sustainable Development, and Environmental and Social Responsibility”: How entrepreneurs and industries can adopt and implement standards to address sustainability challenges?

Part 1 (9:30 – 13:00)

  • (a) Talk on “Introduction to standards and standardization procedures” (45 minutes)

    Speaker:  Srikanth Chandrasekaran, Senior Director and Foundational Technologies Practice Lead (IEEE-SA)

    Description: This talk will introduce several of the key aspects of standardization from a top level, without providing deep descriptions and detail. 

    (b) Interactive Session on “Mars Space Colony game: Change the World, Influencing and Creating Standards” (2:45 hours including 15 min break)

    Instructor:  James Irvine, University of Strathclyde, Scotland 

    Description: This interactive session, (through Mars Space Colony, the first standards development simulation game) will serve as a practical introduction for Engineers/Young Professionals/Early Stage Researchers (both in industry and academia), entrepreneurs as well as students, in the standards development process. The game is designed to teach about technical standards and standards development while developing team and negotiation skills. Topics include the importance of standards to industry, fundamentals of standards development, and a case study on standards. Players participate as members of standards working groups, incorporating roles that reflect the economic, political and technical realities of standards development. 

    This interactive session will start with an overview of the importance of standards in the communications area and the IEEE standards development process, as well as giving some examples from the coal face of actual IEEE standards groups. This will be followed by a standards development session giving participants a chance to experience the process for themselves. The session will end with practical tips on how you can engage in the IEEE standardization process and influence tomorrow’s products.

Part 2 (14:00 – 17:00)

  • (a) Talk on “Overview of engaging and developing standards within IEEE Standards Association” (30 minutes)
    Speaker: Lei Wang, IEEE-SA Standards Board Chair (Futurewei)

    (b) Talk on “Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) technologies and synchronization” (30 minutes)
    Speaker: Silvana Rodrigues, IEEE 802.1 editor (Huawei Canada)

    (c) Talk on “Safety standards for automated driving systems” (30 minutes)
    Speaker: Eric Zhang, SASB member (Tenstorrent)

    (d) Talk on ” Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Systems ” (30 minutes)
    Speaker: Yousef Kimiagar, SASB member (Hatch)

    (e) Talk on ” Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems – DERMS ” (30 minutes)
    Speaker: Howard Li (McGill)

    (f) Round table discussion on “Standards Enabling Innovation for Industry and Entrepreneurship” (30 minutes)
    Panelists: All the Speakers
    Moderator: Mona Ghassemian (IEEE R8 SC)
    Topics to be discussed covers standardization and impact for industry and entrepreneurs

Silvana Rodrigues (Huawei)

Silvana Rodrigues is a Senior Principal Engineer at Huawei with over 15 years of experience in network synchronization and standards development. She holds a degree in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from the University of Campinas, Brazil. Silvana is vice chair of Working Party 3 in ITU-T Study Group 15 and serves as editor for several ITU-T SG15 Q13 recommendations. She has been secretary of the IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) Working Group since the start of version 2. She also edits IEEE 802.1AS-2020 and its amendment IEEE 802.1ASds, supporting half-duplex. In addition, she actively contributes to several IEEE 802.1 Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) working groups.

Howard Li (University of New Brunswick)

Dr. Howard Li (PEng, PhD, IEEE Senior Member) is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of New Brunswick and a registered professional engineer in Ontario. He earned his PhD and a Certificate in University Teaching from the University of Waterloo, and a certificate in Team-Based Project Management from Queen’s University. His career spans roles at institutions across Canada and Europe, as well as in defense industry projects such as F/A-18 fighter training systems. Dr. Li’s research includes autonomous systems, robotics, AI, quantum computing, and SLAM. He has contributed to IEEE robotics and 6G standards, served on national grant panels, and helped develop the first biologically inspired swimming robot for environmental monitoring.