The iCORE Wireless Communications Laboratory was started with the establishment of the first iCORE Research Chair, September 1, 2000. Professor Norman C. Beaulieu joined the University of Alberta and became the iCORE Research Chair in Broadband Wireless Communications.

The office of The Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Communications resided in the iCORE Wireless Communications Laboratory in 2000-2003. The laboratory consists of a team of Professors, Graduate Students and Post-Doctoral Fellows with two office Support Staff and Summer Research Assistants. The laboratory sponsors invited guests from universities, distinguished industry groups and research laboratories located around the world.

Dr. Norman C. Beaulieu receives election to Fellowship of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET).

Alberta Innovates-Technology Futures AITF/iCORE Research Chair in Broadband Wireless Communications, Professor Norman Beaulieu has been elected Fellow of The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) of the United Kingdom. Founded 140 years ago, the IET is one of the world's leading professional societies for the engineering and technology community.more

Dr. Beaulieu Appointed to the Advisory Board of the IEEE Communications Letters.

AITF Research Chair, Professor Norman Beaulieu has been appointed to the Advisory Board of the IEEE Communications Letters from March 2012. The IEEE Communications Letters is a highly respected archival journal that provides researchers with a venue for sharing their newest results in a timely manner. more

Dr. Beaulieu Goes on Invited Cross-Continental Distinguished Lecture Tour.

iCORE Wireless Communications Laboratory (iWCL) Research Chair, Dr. Norman Beaulieu was invited by the European Emebbed Control Institute (EECI), and the Networked Control Systems Laboratory, Center of Excellence DEWS, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of L'Aqulia in L'Aqulia, Italy to give a Distinguished Lecturer Seminar (September 20, 2011). Dr. Beaulieu was also invited to give a Distinguished Speaker Seminar to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS), Boston, MA (October 13, 2011). The seminar was titled "Exact Analytical Solution for End-to-End SNR Multihop AF Relaying Systems," and was presented at the University of L'Aqulia on September 20, 2011 and at MIT on October 13, 2011. more