The Monthly Connection
The Electronic Newsletter of the IEEE Toronto Section
Issue #20070201, February 2007
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This Month: meetings, courses, conferences, section news, ieee news, membership, volunteers

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.

Upcoming Chapter/Group Meetings

Feb 7, 2007 at 6:30 p.m.   Dr. Francis Dawson of the University of Toronto presents a seminar on "Phase Locked Loop for Converter Synchronization and Synchronized Sampling Application," organized by our Signals & Computational Intelligence Joint Chapter (AESS) Click for details..
Feb 8, 2007 at 6:45 p.m.   Ronald Herman, CEO, and William Tapscott, Managing Director, of IntelliOne Technologies Corporation present a seminar on "Monitoring Cell Phone Movement to Interpolate Traffic Speed" co-sponsored by PEO Toronto Dufferin Chapter and our Signals & Computational Intelligence Joint Chapter Click for details.. Registration required.
Feb 10, 2007 at 1:00 p.m.   Our Women in Engineering Affinity Group presents an outing to the "28th Annual Orchid Show" Click for details.. Registration required.
Feb 15, 2007 at 6:00 p.m.   George Staikos, President, Staikos Computing Services, presents a seminar on "Securing the Web Experience," organized by our Computer Chapter Click for details..
Feb 16, 2007 at 3:00 p.m.   Antonio Liscidini of the University of Pavia presents a seminar on "The Use of Feedback in Common Gate LNAs for Multistandard Terminals / Single-Stage Low Power Quadrature RF Receiver Front-End: The LMV Cell," organized by our Solid-State Circuits Chapter Click for details..
Feb 28, 2007 at 6:00 p.m.   Soosan Beheshti of Ryerson University presents a seminar on "Minimum Noiseless Description Length (MNDL)," organized by our Signals & Computational Intelligence Joint Chapter Click for details..
Feb 28, 2007 at 7:00 p.m.   Our Women in Engineering Affinity group presents "A celebration of Engineering," with honorary guest Dr. Soosan Behshti details..
Apr 12, 2007 at 6:45 p.m.   Mark Salerno of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, and Michael Dunbar of Zerofootprint Energy present a seminar on "Net Zero Energy Healthy Housing" co-sponsored by PEO Toronto Dufferin Chapter and our Women in Engineering Affinity Group Click for details.Registration required.


February 24 - March 4 is Engineering Week in Canada


IT360° Conference & Expo 2007

Conference Dates: April 30 – May 2, 2007
Trade show Dates: May 1-2, 2007
Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Bldg.
Website: www.it360.ca

IEEE members will receive a 25% discount. Details to be posted.

IT360° is the leading Canadian conference and exposition that provides Information Technology professionals with a unique all encompassing IT experience.  IT360° focuses on the four key industry pillars: Network, Linux/ Open Source, Security and Storage. These pillars are our “worlds”: NetworkWorld, LinuxWorld (including Smalltalk Solutions), SecurityITWorld and DataStorageWorld. IT360° addresses the critical issues facing the industry while providing realistic strategies to enable the implementation of the best and most cost efficient solutions.

IT360˚ is dedicated to all aspects of the Network, including: Open Solutions & Linux, Security, Storage, Virtualization, Voice & Data, Wireless & Mobility, ITIL & Compliance, Enterprise Applications, IP Services, Enterprise Networks, Network Attached Devices, and Emerging Technologies.

IT360° Conference and Expo is an ITWorld Expo event produced by ITWorld Canada the trusted name in Information Technology Resource Media.

Upcoming Courses

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Microchip Technology - Toronto Regional Training Center Enhance your embedded design skills with technical training & resources from Microchip Technology

For more info or to register, visit http://techtrain.microchip.com/seminars/LHC/HCApp.aspx?ID=520

Upcoming Conferences
All IEEE Conferences in Canada - please use this link.

 IEEE News
Call for Fellow Nominations  
24 January – Nominations are being accepted for the IEEE Fellows class of 2008. The rank of IEEE Fellow is the Institute’s highest member grade, bestowed on IEEE senior members who have contributed “to the advancement or application of engineering, science and technology.” The deadline for nominations is 1 March 2007. ... more.

For more 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 Dimitri , 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 Invited
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 Alagan Anpalagan at this

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Wishing you a Happy New Year and thank you for reading - Naresh Kurada (Editor).


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