Summary of Scheduled Meetings - Current Month and Beyond
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Dec 3, 2008 at 6:00 p.m.  Prof. Yaakov Bar-Shalom, FIEEE, of the University of Connecticut presents an IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society Distinguished Lecture, "Data Fusion in Tracking: Architectures and Performance," organized by our Aerospace and Electronic Systems Chapter and Communications Chapter.  Click for details.

Dec 5, 2008 at 1:30 p.m. Dr. Patrick Mitran from the University of Waterloo presents "Cognitive Radio: some perspectives on interference mitigation," organized by our Communications Chapter.  Click for details.

Dec 8, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. Dr. Steven Boggs, IEEE Fellow, presents "Metalized Film Capacitor Technology," organized by our Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society Chapter.  Click for details. Registration required

Dec 9, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. Prof. John C. Cartledge of Queen's University presents an IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Distinguished Lecture, "Optical and Electronic Signal Processing for Fiber-Optic Communications," organized by our Circuits & Devices Chapter.  Click for details.

Dec 10, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. Prof. Jeff F. Young of the University of British Columbia presents "Photonic Crystal Microcavities in III-V and SOI Membranes: Linear and Nonlinear Responses," organized by our Circuits & Devices Chapter.  Click for details.

Dec 18, 2008 at 4:00 p.m.  Our Dielectrics & Electrical Insulation Chapter presents the event "Grist for the Rumour Mill III: Holiday Networking Event and Informal Panel Session on Testing"   Click for details. Registration required.

Local IEEE Educational Programs

Local Event of Interest:
Optical Communications: Innovations (and their Needs) Abound

Professor Alan Willner from the University of Southern California and past chair of the IEEE LEOS Society presents the 2008 Boris P. Shoicheff Lecture, "Optical Communications: Innovations (and their Needs) Abound," sponsored by the Institute for Optical Sciences in collaboration with the Royal Canadian Institute.

For information call 416-978-1804.

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

May 12–15, 2009 — Canadian Conference on Climate Change – CCTC 2009 will be held in Hamilton, Ontario.

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.