Summary of Scheduled Meetings - Current Month and Beyond please check this page regularly - updates posted as they are received July 14, 2005 at 4:00 p.m.   Professor Ke Wu of Ecole Polytechnique, University of Montreal, Quebec, presents a seminar entitled "Unified Accurate CAD Model for RF, Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Integrated Circuits and Antennas", organized by our Electromagnetics and Radiation joint chapter.   Click for details. July 19, 2005 at 6:30 p.m.   POSTPONED TO OCT 3 - DETAILS TO FOLLOW   Mr.Pietro Manni, President of PQ Logic Corporation, presents a seminar entitled "Computer-Based Harmonic Modelling: Effect of Non-Linear Loads on Stand By Generators", organized by our Industry Applications chapter.   Click for details. July 28, 2005 at 4:00 p.m.   Dr. A. Sheikh, Bugshan/Bell Labs Chair in Telecommunications at the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, presents a seminar entitled "Application of Heuristic Algorithms to Multiuser Detection", organized by our Communications chapter.   Click for details. August 4, 2005 at 6:30 p.m.   Ms. Rushin Shojaii, presents a seminar entitled "Automatic Lung Parenchyma Evaluation from Pulmonary CT Images", organized by our Women in Engineering Group.   Click for details. IEEE has a new executive director From left to right; IEEE Executive Director Jeffry Raynes, IEEE Past President Art Winston, IEEE President-Elect Mike Lightner, and IEEE President Cleon Anderson. (more details in our summer newsletter)

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2005 dates:    July 1 Canada Day    July 4 Independence Day - U.S.    August 1 Civic Holiday    Oct 22 section AGM

The 19th Annual Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering will be held May 7-10, 2006 in Ottawa, Ontario.   Please visit their web site for the early announcement.

The Engineering Institute of Canada Conference on Climate Change Technology: Engineering Challenges and Solutions in the 21st Century will be held May 9-12, 2006 in Ottawa, Ontario.   Please visit their web site for full details.

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Should you be a Senior Member?   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 Alex , 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.

Call for Presenters   Jai Cole, Exposition & Conference Director, invites proposals from IEEE members to present a conference session, tutorial or hands-on lab at LinuxWorld & NetworkWorld Canada Conference & Expo, April 24,25,26, 2006, in Toronto at the Metropolitan Toronto Convention Centre.   Please click this link for details - deadline October 31, 2005.

Women in Engineering   Affinity Group Chair, Visda Vokhshoori, is seeking a couple of volunteers to help her organize WIE events.   If you are interested, please contact Visda .

U of T skulematters   - Spring 2005 Issue, p. 22 - features an article about the longstanding links between the IEEE Toronto Section and the University - story [PDF]

"Power Systems for the Non-Power System Engineer" Bill Kennedy's Seminar available to all Sections

I welcome you to our website, which is designed to be our members' focal point to keep in touch and up to date, and to introduce visitors to our Section and the activities of its members.   Our interests are primarily technical, in the diverse fields of things electrical such as electrical power generation and distribution, wired and wireless tele-communications, digital networks and data processing, and the ubiquitous computer. There are many other interests as can be seen by exploring the IEEE Toronto links on the left. Thank you for visiting, enjoy, Dr. Kostas Plataniotis IEEE Toronto Section Chair