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 Jul 17, 2008 at 5:30 p.m.  Marlene George presents "Are You Living The Life You Want? Success is your Birthright!," organized by our Women in Engineering (WIE) Affinity Group. Click for details. Registration required. Aug 14, 2008 at 5:30 p.m.   Janet Barclay presents "Getting Organized Once and for All," organized by our Women in Engineering (WIE) Affinity Group Click for details.Registration required. Sep 11, 2008 at 6:00 p.m.   Dr. Daniel Fischer, Senior Engineer, Kinectrics presents, "Artificial Intelligence Stops the Car (so you don’t have to)," organized by our Signals and Computational Intelligence Joint Chapter Click for details. Upcoming Conferences July 6–11, 2008 — IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory – ISIT 2008 will be held in Toronto, Ontario.Click .See website for further details. July 15,2008 Toronto Section and Ryerson University are hosting a Symposium on Alternate Energy and Global Synergy.http://www.ee.ryerson.ca/news/symposium.pdf All IEEE Conferences in Canada - please use this link. Upcoming Courses IEEE Communications Society Launches New Wireless Communication Engineering Technologies Certification Program The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers Communications Society (IEEE ComSoc) has launched a new program to certify the practical knowledge and skills of wireless communications professionals. The IEEE Wireless Communication Engineering Technologies (IEEE WCET) Certification Program has been specifically designed by IEEE ComSoc to address the worldwide wireless industry’s growing need for communications professionals with practical problem-solving skills in real-world situations. With this certification, professionals will be able to clearly demonstrate their knowledge of wireless communications technologies to employers or change engineering fields as new opportunities arise in the wireless industry. In the coming months, IEEE ComSoc will also launch a set of resources designed specifically to help participants prepare for the examination. In addition, a Candidate Handbook for the IEEE WCET certification program containing policies, complete details of the subject areas covered, reference sources, sample questions, application procedures and contact information is currently available free-of-charge through IEEE ComSoc. Read More.... For more information on the IEEE Wireless Communication Engineering Technologies Certification Program (IEEE WCET) contact: Jean Niblett, IEEE Communications Society, 3 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016. Phone: (212) 705-8913. E-mail: j.niblett@comsoc.org or visit www.ieee-wcet.org. IEEE News The Institute Profiles 2009 IEEE President-Elect Candidates   17 June – Each June The Institute profiles the IEEE President-Elect candidates to introduce them to its readers. Read the full article to find out more about Moshe Kam and Pedro Ray IEEE Approves Standard for Mobile Broadband Wireless Access 12 June – IEEE has approved a new standard for mobile broadband wireless access. IEEE Std 802.20™, "Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks - Standard Air Interface for Mobile Broadband Wireless Access Systems Supporting Vehicular Mobility - Physical and Media Access Control Layer Specification," will enable the worldwide deployment of cost-effective, spectrum-efficient, ubiquitous, always-on and interoperable multi-vendor mobile broadband wireless access networks. Read the full press release. For more IEEE news from the IEEE Newsroom - Click here. And check out the IEEE Institute Magazine here. 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