/R E P E A T -- Media invitation - Chinese multinational Huawei Technologies chooses Polytechnique Montréal to establish its Research Chair in Future Wireless Technologies/

MONTRÉAL, Feb. 8, 2017 /CNW Telbec/ - Media representatives are cordially invited to the official inauguration of the NSERC/Huawei Industrial Research Chair in Future Wireless Technologies, on Friday, February 10, 2017, at 1:30 p.m. at Polytechnique Montréal. Among those in attendance will be representatives of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and Huawei Canada, one of the world's largest manufacturers of ICT and telecommunications equipment.

The Internet of Things (IoT), 5G networks, interconnectivity, microwave sciences and radiofrequency – these are just some of the topics of tomorrow that will be explored by members of the FuWiC Chair (Future Wireless Chair), the first university research program created by the Chinese multinational Huawei Technologies.

Polytechnique's new chair will receive $5 million over five years, more than half of which will come from Huawei, with the remainder invested the NSERC.

The FuWiC Chair will be held by internationally known professor Ke Wu, recognized repeatedly for his research and achievements in the fields of science as well as radiofrequency, microwave and millimetre-wave engineering.

Available for interviews will be:

• Ke Wu, Professor and holder of the NSERC/Huawei Industrial Research Chair in Future Wireless Technologies (FuWiC)
• Scott Bradley, Vice-President of Corporate and Government Affairs, Huawei Canada
• Bettina Hamelin, Vice-President of Research Partnerships, NSERC
• François Bertrand, Head of Research, Innovation and International Affairs, Polytechnique Montréal

DATEBOOK

What: Inauguration of the NSERC/Huawei Industrial Research Chair in Future Wireless Technologies

When: Friday, February 10, 2017, at 1:30 p.m.

Where:
Polytechnique Montréal
Espace culturel, Library (L-7600)
7th floor, Lassonde Buildings
2700, chemin de la Tour
Montréal (Québec) H3T 1J4

On the Université de Montréal Campus
Campus entrance: 2900, boul. Édouard-Montpetit
Université-de-Montréal metro

Indoor VISITORS parking at the Lassonde Buildings
Campus map: http://www.polymtl.ca/rensgen/coordonnees/campus.php

SOURCE Polytechnique Montréal

Florence Scanvic, Communications Advisor, Polytechnique Montréal, 514 340-4711, ext.2730, [email protected]