The Monthly Connection
The Electronic Newsletter of the IEEE Toronto Section
ISSUE #20110601, June 2011
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This Month: meetings, courses, conferences, section news, ieee news, membership, volunteers

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The Electronic Newsletter of the IEEE Toronto Section - the latest news about upcoming events and the people that make them happen - Section and Chapter meetings, workshops, conferences, and other events of interest occuring in Toronto and surounding areas.   Posted every month.   Now formatted for portrait-orientation printing.

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Upcoming Chapter/Group Meetings


June 12–16, 2011  21st International Conference on Noise and Fluctuations (ICNF 2011) – Organized and Hosted by the IEEE Toronto Section
Registraion Details for workshop on Sunday, June 12, 2011 - ICNF 2011 Workshop and Tutorials on Selected Topics on Noise in Devices.Please click here

Jun 15, 2011 at 2:00 p.m.  Benjamin J. Eggleton, from the University of Sydney, presents, "Delivering Photonics circuits to Transform the New Information Age - Smaller, Faster and Energy Efficient", hosted by our Circuits and Devices Chapter. Click for details

Jun 17, 2011 at 1:00 p.m.  Rachel Won, from Nature Photonics, presents, "Introduction to Nature Photonics", hosted by our Circuits and Devices Chapter. Click for details

Please check the Toronto Section Website (http://toronto.ieee.ca/) regularly - updates posted as they are received

Upcoming Conferences




June 2–3, 2011UOIT, Oshawa, Canada   » 2nd International Workshop on Real-Time Measurement, Instrumentation and Control (RTMIC 2011) Organized and Hosted by the Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society Toronto Section with the Canadian Nuclear Society.
June 12 ~ 16, 2011,Toronto, Canada   21st International Conference on Noise and Fluctuations. click for Details



All IEEE Conferences in Canada - please use this link.


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Section News



Call for Nominations IEEE Toronto Section 2012-2013 Section Officers

Nominations are hereby invited from the membership of the IEEE Toronto Section for the Officers positions (2012-2013) of the Section.

To be eligible, such nomination must be received by the Chair of the Nominations Committee by September 15, 2011 (the election year).
Such “membership” nominations must be supported in writing by the signatures of ten or more voting members of the IEEE Section.

Nominees, to qualify for election, shall have experience in at least two Section positions (not necessarily in IEEE Toronto Section), or in the collective opinion of the Executive Committee, adequate experience in the affairs of the Toronto or other Sections.

Nominations will remain open until September 15, 2011.
Please contact Alexei Botchkarev, Nominations Committee Chair at


IEEE News





Morris Chang, Founding Chairman and CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Named 2011 IEEE Medal of Honor Recipient

IEEE Most-Cited Publisher in New Patents

For more these and other IEEE news from the IEEE Newsroom - Click here. And check out the IEEE Institute Magazine here.


Membership



Future Senior Members of the IEEE Toronto Section   Have you been in professional practice for at least ten years and have shown significant performance over a period of at least five of those years?   You should be an IEEE Senior Member.   Need help in obtaining your three references?   We will help you - just contact Ramiro Liscano, our membership chair.   Please click this link to find out the advantages, the requirements, and an explanation of the process including key links to apply online.


Volunteers



Volunteering a few hours a month is a very rewarding experience - we have a great group of about 45 volunteers who contribute to the smooth running of our Section - by distributing the workload over many Section members, the individual load is kept small. If you are interested, please contact our Section Chair Alex Bot at this


Please send any news item submissions, comments, suggestions, concerns to the editor before the 28th at this email .

Thank you for reading - Naresh Kurada,MSEE,P.Eng.,MBA (Editor).

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