Summary of Scheduled Meetings - Current Month and Beyond
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Jan 25, 2012 at 8:00 a.m. MaRS is holding a breakfast discussion on "Ontario Smart Grid Opportunities in the Electrical Utility Sector". Click for details.

Jan 26, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. Ali Naderian, from Kinectrics Inc., presents, "Power Transformer Moisture Evaluation using Dielectric Frequency Response", hosted by our Dielectrics & Electrical Insulation Chapter. Click for details. Registration is required. Please see the link for more details

Jan 26, 2012 at 8:00 a.m. York University's Sustainable Energy Initiative, and Ryerson University's Centre for Urban Energy, with the Power & Energy Society Chapter, presents, "Smart Grid Solutions for Sustainable Buildings: Advances in renewable energy and efficiency within the context of buildings". Click for details. Registration is required. Please see the link for more details

Feb 2-3, 2012 at TBD. Celia Desmond, from World Class Telecommunications, presents a course on, "Meeting Those Project Requirements - Project Management Basics and Strategy", hosted by our Education Division Click for details. Registration is required. Please see the link for more details

Feb 13, 2012 at 12:00 p.m. David and Matthew McCarthy, from McCarthy Consultants, presents, "Medical Device Reg. Regime in Canada - overview and practical applications", hosted by our Engineering in Medicine and Biology Chapter. Click for details. Registration is required. Please see the link for more details

Feb 16, 2012 at 12:00 p.m. Keith Hipel, from the University of Waterloo, presents, "Competition and Cooperation in Societal and Technological Systems of Systems", hosted by our Systems Chapter Click for details. Registration is required. Please see the link for more details

Feb 29, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. Our IEEE GOLD Chapter will be hosting a Green Automative Event, with speakers from both industry and academic. Click for details. Registration is required. Please see the link for more details

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Award Certificate from the University of Toronto

The IEEE Toronto Section has received an Award Certificate from the University of Toronto in recognition for our dedicated support of student scholarships to the University

» Click on the image on the left to view the certificate.

New Systems Council Chapter

On February 19, 2011, the IEEE Toronto Systems Council Chapter was established and approved by IEEE. The chapter is chaired by Dr. Alexei Botchkarev (Alex Bot), former IEEE Toronto Section Chair. Read more about this new chapter and its upcoming events here.

IEEE Toronto Section in 2008 - 2009: Aspirations and Achievements. Ex-Chair Notes

Our former chair of the IEEE Toronto Section, Alexei Botchkarev (Alex Bot) has created some notes to share some experience he gained as the IEEE Toronto Section Chair, to show what worked successfully and what did not, and to draw attention to some points of concern and possible solutions, which could help the Section be more effective and efficient in serving the organization's constituency. Please see this link for more details.

New Magnetics Society Chapter

On March 15, 2010, the IEEE Toronto Magnetics Society Chapter was established and approved by IEEE. The chapter is chaired by Dr. Alireza Sadeghian, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Computer Science, Ryerson University. Read more about this new chapter and its upcoming events here.

New Nuclear & Plasma Sciences Chapter

On September 3, 2009, the IEEE Toronto Nuclear & Plasma Sciences Chapter was established and approved by IEEE. The chapter is chaired by Dr. Hossam A.Gabbar, Associate Professor, Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science, University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT). Read more about this new chapter and its upcoming events here.

IEEE Milestone - First External Pacemaker   The IEEE Toronto Life Members affinity group has successfully nominated the "Hopps First External Pacemaker" as an IEEE Milestone.

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) History Center recently recognized with a Milestone in Electrical Engineering and Computing The First External Cardiac Pacemaker 1950 "an external electronic pacemaker-defibrillator with electrodes inside the patient, developed by the National Research Council, for the successful continuous pacemaking of a heart. This achievement led to pacemakers which have enhanced the lives of thousands and also helped to firmly establish the importance of electronic devices in medicine."

» Read more about the milestone event and view the event photos

Launch of IEEE Toronto Section Consultants Network Affinity Group & Online Consultants Database

The petition to form the IEEE Toronto Section Consultants Network was approved by IEEE HQs on October 7, 2008. On October 25, the IEEE Toronto Section launched the online Consultants Database under the stewardship of Fasih Masood, Chair, Industrial Relations Committee & Consultants Network Affinity Group. The technical architect of the database is Karl Martin, IEEE Toronto Section Webmaster.

In phase-I, the objectives of the Consultants Database include, but not limited to, fostering the growth of Consultants in fields under the umbrella of IEEE & its Societies, encouraging local consultants to join the IEEE Toronto Section Consultants Network and form new alliances, promoting the use of independent technical and engineering consultants by industry and business, and providing educational activities for self-employed members.

Under the MOU of IEEE and PMI Southern Ontario Chapter, the Consultants Database will also be advertised on the home page of PMI SOC Website at http://www.soc.pmi.on.ca/

In phase-II, IEEE Toronto Section will publish a print catalogue of all consultants with pictures & profiles which will be distributed at all the IEEE Events.

Symposium on Alternate Energy and Global Synergy:
Proceedings and Presentations Slides Available for Download

On July 15, 2008, a highly successful one-day Symposium on Alternate Energy and Global Synergy was hosted by Ryerson University, co-sponsored the IEEE Toronto Section (represented by the WIE Affinity Group). The symposium proceedings and presentation slides have been made available here.

IEEE Communications Society Offers Free Free Webinars/Tutorials

1. Free online tutorials available... Commercial Wireless Networking (3 hs, 220 slides) joins WiMax: Mobilizing the Internet (2 hrs 7 min; 89 sldes) and Next Generation Cellular Networks (2 hrs 40 min, 93 slides) as complimentary online tutorials.  See them now; limited time access.
2. VIEW a Webinar on the WCET Certification Program to learn more about it!
3. Watch the commercial on WCET brought to you by IEEE.tv

Summary of Local IEEE Conferences

Sep 27–29, 2009 — Toronto International Conference – Science and Technology for Humanity – TIC-STH 2009 will be held in Toronto, Ontario.

Oct 19–21, 2009 — Product Safety Engineering Society Symposium – PSESS 2009 will be held in Toronto, Ontario.

All IEEE Conferences in Canada - please use this link.

Pas Pasupathy: Meeting Challenges Head On

IEEE Life Fellow and Toronto Section member, Prof. Subbarayan "Pas" Pasupathy, was recently profiled in the IEEE publication "The Institute":

"A lunch with co-workers and perhaps a fancy watch or a piece of luggage are typical retirement gifts for many people. But those weren’t adequate to mark the career of IEEE Life Fellow Subbarayan “Pas” Pasupathy. Instead, his students and colleagues at the University of Toronto, in Canada, devoted an all-day workshop to honor his contributions as teacher, pioneering researcher, and international authority on wireless digital communications, detection and estimation theory, and biomedical signal processing."

Read the full article by Kathy Kowalenko and visit the official workshop web page.

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