Prof. Dr. Amin Abbosh
University of Queensland, Australia
Prof. Dr. Mohammad Hossein Zarifi
University of British Columbia, Canada
Ir. Ts. Dr. Lee Yeng Seng
Keysight Technologies Sdn. Bhd.
Prof. Dr. Amin Abbosh
Prof. Dr. Amin Abbosh (University of Queensland, Australia)
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Biography: Prof. Amin Abbosh is currently a member of the Australian Research Council College of Experts. Previously, Prof Abbosh was the Head of the School of ITEE-UQ, which includes five Departments (Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Software Engineering, Data Science & Human Centred Computing). He also served as Director of Research and Director of Research Training at UQ. He has authored over 500 papers, mainly on Medical Electromagnetic Imaging (MEI). He is the chief inventor of more than 20 patents licensed to the medical industry. His patents form the core IP of a publicly listed Australian company, and a start-up company. He won many awards, including the IEEE APS King Prize twice (2016 & 2019), for his excellence in fundamental, applied, and translational research. UQ Excellence in HDR Supervision (2016) & Entrepreneurship Award (2018), and many best paper awards in premier IEEE conferences. He successfully led a 35-member team in more than 30 projects, including Being the Director of the MEI Cooperative Research Centre, funded by the Australian Research Council and Industry.
Prof. Dr. Mohammad Hossein Zarifi
Prof. Dr. Mohammad Hossein Zarifi (University of British Columbia, Canada)
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Biography: Mohammad Hossein Zarifi (Ph.D. PEng, PRC Tier II, SMIEEE), received the B.Sc., MSc. and Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Tabriz, Iran. He is currently an Associate Professor and Tier II Principal’s Research Chair (PRC) in Sensors and Microelectronics at the University of British Columbia, and the director of Okanagan MicroElectronics and Gigahertz Applications laboratory (OMEGA Lab), Canada. He has authored or coauthored more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings as well as 5 issued or pending patents. Dr. Zarifi received CMC-NRC first place award, on industrial collaboration, for the innovative microwave sensors, in Canada, in 2015. Dr Zarifi’s research focuses on applied electromagnetics and smart devices for sensing and communication applications. Dr. Zarifi is a member of IEEE MTT-S TC- 26 “RFID, Wireless Sensor and IoT” and, IEEE MTT-S TC- 4 “Microwave Passive Components and Transmission Line Structures”, and a senior member of the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society, and the IEEE Microwave Theory and Technology Society, and serves as a reviewer for several journals and conferences. Dr. Zarifi is the recipient of the Emerging Researcher Award and the Best Teaching Award at UBC’s School of Engineering in 2020 and 2021, respectively.
Ir. Ts. Dr. Lee Yeng Seng
Ir. Ts. Dr. Lee Yeng Seng (Senior R&D Engineer, Keysight Technologies Sdn. Bhd.)
Title: RF and Microwave Techniques: The Hidden Backbone of High-Speed Digital Systems
Abstract: The topic will cover how core RF and microwave techniques such as S-parameter analysis, impedance matching, fixture de-embedding, simulation and VNA measurements have become indispensable tools in ensuring signal integrity, compliance, and reliability in high-speed digital designs.
Biography: Ir. Ts. Dr. Lee Yeng Seng is currently a Senior R&D Engineer at Keysight Technologies, Malaysia. He also serves as a Keysight representative for the HDMI Forum. Prior to Keysight, he served as a senior lecturer at Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) from 2016 to 2022. Dr. Lee holds multiple professional recognitions, including SMIEEE, CEng (IET), P.Eng (BEM), P.Tech (MBOT), MIET, MIEM, and ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineer (ACPE). In addition, he has authored numerous journal articles and conference papers. His current work primarily focuses on HDMI compliance solutions and specification development.