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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.
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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.
Sep 18, 2008 at 6:00 p.m.
Brian Savaria, Manager Codes, Standards, Regulatory Affairs, Eaton Corporation, Canadian Operations presents, "The Threat to Canada’s Electrical Safety," organized by our Industry Applications Chapter. Click for details.
Sep 25, 2008 at 6:00 p.m.
Dr. Bogdan Kasztenny, FIEEE, System Engineering Manager, General Electric presents "Industrial Revolution for Protection and Control Systems in Electric Utilities," organized by our Power Engineering Chapter. Click for details. details.
Registration required
Oct 9, 2008 at 6:00 p.m.
Timothy Brown, Chief Technology Strategist at WireIE presents "WiMAX: The Future of Ubiquitous Broadband Wireless Internet Access," organized by our Engineering and Human Environment Chapter Click for details.Registration required.
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Communications Society Chapter of the IEEE Toronto Section receives the IEEE Communications Society Achievements Award
Communications Society Chapter of the IEEE Toronto Section under the leadership of Dr. Xavier Fernando has been recognized for the IEEE Communications Society Achievements award for its outstanding contribution to the field of communications with the larger interest of publisizing and passing on the knowledge of cutting edge research and innovation in the field of communications to the industry and the electrical engineering community alike.
With this purpose in mind and under the leadership of Dr. Xavier Fernando the Communications Society Chapter of the IEEE Toronto Section has made every effort to present topics as diverse as information theory and Statistical Signal Processing as applied to Wireless Networks, spread spectrum communications and Cooperative and Opportunistic Communication. Further he has spearheaded the initiate of delivering an IEEE Toronto Section Distinguished Lecture titled "Cognitive Dynamic Systems" by the Distinguished academic and researcher Simon Haykin who is the author of the Classic book on Communications - Communications Systems.In addition Dr.Xavier and the Communications Society Chapter has enshrined the works Prof. Subbarayan "Pas" Pasupathy in a workshop.
With these notable accomplishments the IEEE Communications Society has invited him to receive the award at the IEEE GLOBECOM Awards Luncheon in New Orleans.
The Toronto Section takes this opportunity to Congratulate Dr.Xavier and Toronto Section Communications Society Chapter for a job well done.
 Tesla, An Evening With Genius – Nov. 6–8, 2008
Play organized by: Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO) and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Toronto Section
He discovered alternating current, wireless and radio. And no, he is not Marconi. In fact, in 1943, the Supreme Court granted full rights to Tesla for the invention of radio, nullifying the claims of Marchese Gugliemo Marconi who had patented a two-tuned-circuit design and a more practical four-tuned-circuit modeled after Tesla's. Marconi's patent on the invention of radio was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court because Tesla's work predated it (Case #369, 6/21/43). Nikola Tesla is known as the forgotten genius although we know him too well through his inventions.
In a unique event, IEEE Toronto Section and PEO have organized an evening with Tesla! This one-man play about Tesla's life is written by J. Michael Newlight and Frank Tabbita, with Frank Tabbita as Nikola Tesla.
Tickets are available on www.ticketmaster.com.
Thursday, November 6th at 8:00 pm - $20
Friday, November 7th at 8:00 pm - $25
Saturday, November 8th at 8:00 pm - $25
Students - $15 on any day
The above prices include all applicable taxes and fees. For more information visit the event web site: http://www.vasicweb.com/tesla/
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PQ Logic Corporation Training Seminars Practical Short Circuit Analysis
This two-day course has been specifically designed to meet one objective: To Simplify Short Circuit Calculations. Instead of using traditional methods based on phasors, complex algebra, and the Per Unit System; it approaches the analysis from a different angle. You will learn how to use and combine equipment kVA ratings to obtain accurate fault currents at any point of a power network. All that you will ever need is a pencil and a calculator.....that's it. Upon completion you will be able to make an immediate contribution to your facility and possess the understanding and skills necessary to perform accurate short circuit calculations.
Seats are limited.
Register now at http://www.pqlogic.com
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October 25-29, 2008- The Seventeenth International Conference on
Parallel Architectures and Compilation Techniques (PACT). Holiday Inn on King
Toronto, CANADA. Click for more http://pactconf.org
The purpose of PACT is to bring together researchers from architecture,
compilers, applications and languages to present and discuss innovative
research of common interest.
Register at: http://www.eecg.toronto.edu/pact/registration.html
EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE: September 25th, 2008
HOTEL SPECIAL RATE DEADLINE: September 23, 2008
May 12–15, 2009 — Canadian Conference on Climate Change – CCTC 2009 will be held in Hamilton, Ontario.
Oct 19–21, 2009 — Product Safety Engineering Society Symposium – PSESS 2009 will be held in Toronto, Ontario.
All IEEE Conferences in Canada - please use this link.
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"Overhead Conductor Tension and Sags, and Guying of Poles" by Wallas H. Khella, Ph.D., P.Eng. — Nov. 3 & 4, 2008
This one and a half day seminar is designed for Engineers, Technologists and Technicians working for electrical utilities, communication organizations and consulting engineering firms dealing with the design of new or upgrading of overhead distribution lines. The seminar will outline the physical and mechanical characteristics of the overhead line components and shows how to apply these to design pole lines that meets the Regulation. Reference Standards and applicable specifications will be given. Each participant will receive a comprehensive set of seminar notes, which can be used as reference design manual. Various Excel spreadsheets will be demonstrated to assist in determining the guying/anchoring requirements to meet the required Grades of Construction.
Click for details (hosted on the S&C website). Read More....
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.
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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.
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