The 2004 Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering   May 2 - 5, 2004, Niagara Falls, Ontario.   This was a very successful conference - 570 papers were scheduled for presentation over three days - sixty oral sessions and one poster session. These paper presentations, all three Sunday workshops, the opening reception, two plenary sessions, two luncheon events, and the awards banquet were well attended and appreciated. For a full report and access to the plenary presentations, please visit the conference web site - photos to be posted shortly.

Dr. George V. Eleftheriades, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto and chair of our Electromagnetics & Radiation Chapter has just been awarded the prestigous NSERC Steacie Fellowship.   These fellowships are awarded to outstanding Canadian university scientists or engineers, who have earned their doctorate within the last twelve years, and whose research has already earned them an international reputation.   The award includes increased research funding from NSERC and payments to the university to allow the Steacie Fellow to pursue research full-time.   Dr. Eleftheriades' web site contains a quote from the Greek philosopher Plato, which, roughly paraphrased, says that great ideas come from hard work and are born "as light that is kindled by a leaping spark." Put that in a Canadian context more than two millennia later, and Dr. Eleftheriades indeed had a Platonic moment—in a way that amazingly extends the laws of physics and could potentially revolutionize fields from nanotechnology to medical imaging. The spark? He was flipping steak on the BBQ.   To find out what that spark ignited, click here. [3-page PDF]

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