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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
May 01, 2006 , 2006 at 3:00 p.m. Dr(s) Dimitri Androutsos, Sri Krishnan and Xavier Fernand,Dept.of Elec.&Comp.Engg.,Ryerson Univ., present a seminar entitled "Processing, Protecting and Providing Multimedia Information " organized by our IEEE Communications and Signal Processing Societies .Click for details
May 02, 2006 at 2:00 p.m Dr. Jie Chen, Dept.of Elec.&Comp.Engg. Univ. of Alberta present a seminar entitled "Applying Nanotechnology in Nanoscale Computing and Biomedical Applications" organized by our Signal Processing Society . Click for details
May 11, 2006 at 7:30 p.m Claude Sherwood, Chief Executive Officer,Toronto Aerospace Museum , presents a lecture entitled "Aviation Innovation - Little Known Canadian Contributions to the World of Flight", organized by our Engineering & Human Environment Chapter . Click for details
May 15, 2006 at 4:00 p.m. Professor Philip Russell of the Max-Planck Research Group in the Institute for Optics, Information & Photonics at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, presents a LEOS distinguished lecture entitled "New Age Fibre Crystals", organized by our Circuits & Devices Chapter. Click for details
May 17,2006 at 6:00 p.m. Dr. Roya Rahbari,PhD ,presents lecture entitled "Intelligent Decision Making in an Integrated Navigation System", organized by our Signals & Computational Intelligence Joint Chapter. Click for details
May 31,2006 at 6:00 p.m. Dr. Lorna Strobel Stewart,Ph.D.& Alaleh Azad B.Eng,presents lecture entitled "Computational Intelligence and Judgement-Based Decisions Fuzzy Logic and the Calculus of Katrina", organized by our Signals & Computational Intelligence Joint Chapter. Click for details
Jun 1,2006 at 6:20 p.m. Dr. Karen Sarfayan,V.P. Engineering,Unique Broadband Systems Ltd.,presents lecture entitled "The Emergence of Mobile TV using DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting for Handheld)", organized by our Engineering & Human Environment Chapter. Click for details
Click here for Events in the Planning.
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Upcoming Courses
In the spring of 2006, the IEEE Toronto Section is offering a 2-day course in Project Management, for those who manage or work on projects, but have little or no formal training in the field. The course is based on processes recommended by the Project Management Institute, the primary authority on project management.
The course, "Project Management - Meeting those Pesky Requirements", is taught by Celia Desmond, B.Sc., M. Eng., President of World Class -Telecommunications.
Click here for more Details.
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Upcoming Conferences
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LinuxWorld & NetworkWorld 2006 Conference & Expo, April
24 - 26, 2006, Metro Toronto Convention Centre
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"Where the IT Industry Meets!"
LinuxWorld & NetworkWorld Canada Conference & Expo 2006 is the key
tradeshow & conference for management & IT professionals to learn about
the most up-to-date information technology products, services,
applications & solutions on all platforms. Conference is a
non-commercial education program that includes keynotes, case studies,
tutorials & hands-on workshops. The tradeshow features experts from
leading companies; 20,000 sq. ft of exhibits all under one roof truly
makes this event a must-attend. New! LWNW 2006 will present the
"Smalltalk Solutions Conference 2006" in conjunction with the Smalltalk
Industry Council. Check out speakers, topics, contests, sponsors, and
more at http://lwnwexpo.plumcom.ca.
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IEEE members - free pre-registration for trade show, 25% discount
on pre-registration for conference and tutorials - use code A101 when you
pre-register and show your IEEE membership card at the door.
Register today to take advantage of Early Bird Rates: https://www.exporeg.com/lwnw.
Click on image at right to download your FREE PASS to the LinuxWorld and
NetworkWorld tradeshow - compliments of IEEE!
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The 19th Annual IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering will be held May 7-10, 2006 in Ottawa, Ontario. Click here for details.
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
Jun 9,2006 , Connections 2006 The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto is hosting a research symposium. The objectives of this event are to promote interaction between members of industry and graduate students and faculty, to learn about current research, and to identify future directions and collaboration opportunities. Please visit their web site for full details. - An IEEE Toronto Section Sponsored Event
The 2006 IEEE International Symposium on Electric Insulation will be held June 11-14, 2006 in Toronto, Ontario at the Delta Chelsea hotel. Financial support for students deadline - March 15.
Please visit their web site for full details
The 2006 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo will be held July 9-12, 2006 in Toronto, Ontario at the Hilton hotel. Click here for details
The 9th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems will be held September 17-20, 2006 in Toronto at the Marrott Downtown hotel. Click here for details.
The 2006 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Bioinformatics and Computational Biology will be held September 28-9, 2006 in Toronto at the Renaissance Downtown hotel.Click here for details.
All IEEE Conferences in Canada - please use this link.
Hall of Fame The Hall of Fame section features the IEEE Fellows of the Toronto Section.
Prof. David A. Johns, FIEEE, received
the B.A.Sc.(Engineering Science) in 1980,M.A.Sc and Phd in Electrical Engineering from
the University of Toronto in 1983and 1989 respectively.He is currently a Professor in Dept. of Elec. and Comp. Engineering at the Univ. of Toronto.Where he is a member of the Electronics Group and his research interests include analog integrated circuits, high-speed digital communications and signal-processing resulting in over 40 publications.Dr.Johns is the co-author of a 1997 textbook entitled Analog Integrated Circuit Design which is available from Wiley.He is a past associate editor for IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems, both Parts I and II and became an IEEE Fellow in 2000. He has been involved in numerous industrial short courses and spent a 1 year research leave with Brooktree Corp. in San Diego, CA in the area of high-speed digital communications. He has also consulted for a variety of companies including IBM, Lucent, Brooktree, and others. He is a co-founder (with K. Martin)of Snowbush Inc.. which is a Toronto based company specializing in microchip design.
In 2001 he was conferred as a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers for contributions to for contributions to estimation and
modeling of power dissipation in integrated circuits.He is Co-recipient of the 1999 IEEE Darlington Best Paper Award ,the 1999 recepient of the Gordon Slemon Teaching Award and the Co-recipient of 1993 CMC Design Award Click here for a link to Dr.John 's webpage and a few of
his publications.
IEEE Job Site is an online recruitment
service that offers all IEEE members exclusive,free access to
real-time job-matching capabilities. You can use your IEEE Web Account
to register a job candidate profile in five easy steps.Click here for details.
Within the next month, there will be exciting new job opportunities with
ATI, a world leader in the design and manufacture of innovative 3D is
located in Markham, Ontario.
Member News
Congratulations to the following members on being elevated as Senior Members
Giuseppe Bonadie - Computer Society
Amr Helmy - Lasers & Electro-Optics Society
B.N.W. Ma - Communications Society
Ali Reza Sadeghian - Computational Intelligence Society
Peter Zhao - Power Engineering Society
Debbie Davy - Professional Communication Society
Ebrahim Esmailzadeh -
Vishveshwar Mathur - Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society
Yunyan Tian - Computational Intelligence Society
Lian Zhao - Vehicular Technology Society
Section News
CALL FOR MEMBERS
The IEEE Toronto section will be forming a new chapter for the Engineering in
Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) in Toronto. For existing IEEE members, the
dues for the current half year are only $18.00 + GST. We require the
signatures of 12 non-student members to petition the new chapter.
If you are interested, please contact
Benjamin
or visit www.embsto.com for more info.
IEEE News
Computer Society Seeks Nominations for Technology of the Decade Award :
20 April – The IEEE Computer Society is seeking nominations for its 60th Anniversary "Technology of the Decade Award," which will recognize a significant contribution to innovative information technology over the past 10 years. Nominations are due by Thursday, 15 June. For more information, click here.
IEEE Spectrum Editor Named One of Most Influential by Folio Magazine
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13 April – The April issue of Folio Magazine named IEEE Spectrum Editor in Chief Susan Hassler as one of the “40 Most Influential People in the Industry.” Folio Magazine is "the Magazine for Magazine Management" read by magazine industry publishing executives worldwide.For more information, click here.
For more IEEE news from the IEEE Newsroom - Click 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 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.
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 - we
are looking for a few additional members to help out in the following
specific areas:
- Secretary for our Industry Applications Society
If you are interested, please contact
David
- The Communications Society is looking for a Volunteer to get involved with organizing technical, educational and professional seminars. Somebody from the industry will be an asset.
If you are interested, please contact
Xavier
Advertising
The IEEE Toronto Section accepts advertising for items deemed to be of
interest to our members. If you would like to advertise in our newsletter,
please contact the editor.
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