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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
Nov 15, 2007 at 3:00 p.m.
Prof. Simon Haykin presents an IEEE Toronto Section Distinguished Lecture, "Cognitive Dynamic Systems," co-organized by our Signal Processing, Signals & Computational Intelligence, and Communication Chapters. Click for details.
Nov 15, 2007 at 6:30 p.m.
Nimira Harjee presents a seminar on "Understanding the Life Cycle of Organizational Change Management" organized by our Women in Engineering Affinity Group. Click for details.
Nov 20, 2007 at 6:00 p.m.
Dr. Edward A. Cherney, FIEEE and DEIS Whitehead Lecturer presents a seminar on "Impact of Inverter Drives on Form-Wound AC Motor Stator Coil Insulation" organized by the Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Chapter. Click for .
details. Registration required.
Nov 22, 2007 at 6:30 p.m.
Kalyan K. Sen presents an IEEE Power Engineering Society Distinguished Lecture "Recent Developments in FACTS Technology" organized by the Power Engineering Chapter. Click for details.Registration required.
Dec 5, 2007 at 5:00 p.m.
Prof. Xing Zhou of Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore presents an Electron Devices Society Distinguished Lecture, "Unified Compact Modeling of Emerging Multiple-Gate MOSFETs," organized by our Circuits and Devices Chapter. Click for details.
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Local IEEE Educational Programs
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"Project Management - Meeting those Pesky Requirements" by Celia Desmond — November 5 & 6, 2007 revised date
. This two day seminar is for those who manage or work on projects, but have little or no formal training in the field. The course touches on key process areas described in the Project Management Institute's "Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge", including Project Integration, Scope Management, Cost Management, Time Management, Risk Management, Procurement Management, Quality Management, Communications Management, Human Resources. Techniques addressing the key areas of scope definition and management, risk assessment, managing the people aspects, schedule preparation, and budget management will be introduced.Click here for details.Registration deadline: October 29, 2007.
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Upcoming Conferences
Feb 28, 2008 (revised date)...."Engineering Forum for Nuclear Technology in Ontario – Joint IEEE Toronto/Association of Polish Engineers in Canada Conference, Click to see their website.
All IEEE Conferences in Canada - please use this link.
IEEE News
IEEE Transactions on Robotics is Top Rated Robotics Journal in Re-Issued 2006 Journal Citation Reports
1 November – The IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO) is the top ranking journal in the robotics category in the 2006 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) with an impact factor of 1.763, the highest in this category. The impact factor is a calculated figure indicating the average number of times articles published in the previous two years are cited in the current year, 2006, in this case .....more
Scitopia.org Launches Updated Site
1 November 1 – The IEEE Educational Activities Board in cooperation with the IEEE Standards Association is presenting a first of its kind standards education workshop. Through this workshop, attendees can learn about the important role IEEE 802 Wireless Standards play in manufacturing and production processes. In association with IEEE GLOBECOM, the workshop is scheduled to take place 30 November to 1 December 2007 in Washington, DC.
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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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please contact the Editor.
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