Summary of Scheduled Meetings - Current Month and Beyond
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Sep 15, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. Prof. Jin U. Kang of The Johns Hopkins University presents "Endoscopic Functional Fourier Domain Common Path Optical Coherence Tomography for Microsurgery," organized by our Circuits and Devices Chapter.   Click for details.

Sep 23, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. Prof. John H. Lau of the Hong Kong University Science & Technology, will present an IEEE Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Society Distinguished Lecture, "Key Enabling Technologies for 3D IC Integration and SiP," organized by our Circuits and Devices Chapter.   Click for details.

Sep 24, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. Dr. A. Enis Cetin of Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey and Visiting Professor, Ryerson University, presents, "An overview of signal and image processing research in (a) Environment monitoring using visible range cameras and IR and UV sensors: (b) Intelligent image/video analysis algorithms for Omnidirectional cameras: (c) Signal processing for food safety at Bilkent University, Turkey," organized by our Signal Processing Chapter.   Click for details.

Oct 9, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. Prof. Zeb Tate of the University of Toronto presents "The Impact of Situational Awareness on Power Grid Reliability," organized by our Industry Applications Chapter.   Click for details.

Oct 27, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. Dr. A. Enis Cetin of Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey and Visiting Professor, Ryerson University, presents, "On-line Adaptive Learning Framework for Some Image and Video Processing Problems Based on the LMS Algorithm," organized by our Signal Processing Chapter.   Click for details.

Oct 27, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. (revised time) Prof. Sergios Theodoridis of the University of Athens, Greece, will present an IEEE Signal Processing Society Distinguished Lecture, "Adaptive Learning in a World of Projections," organized by our Signal Processing Chapter.   Click for details.

Nov 5, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. Amy Reibman of AT&T Labs, Florham Park, NY, will present an IEEE Signal Processing Society Distinguished Lecture, "Image and Video Quality Assessment: The Truth About PSNR," organized by our Signal Processing Chapter.   Click for details.

Nov 19, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. Dr. A. Enis Cetin of Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey and Visiting Professor, Ryerson University, presents, "Adaptive Wavelet Transform and Applications," organized by our Signal Processing Chapter.   Click for details.

Local IEEE Educational Programs

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.

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