Summary of Scheduled Meetings - Current Month and Beyond
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Nov 2, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. Dr. Slawo Wesolkowski of the DRDC CORA presents "Risk-Based Multiobjective Optimization for a Vehicle Fleet Mix Problem", organized by our Signals and Computational Intelligence Chapter.   Click for details.

Nov 5, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. Amy Reibman of AT&T Labs, Florham Park, NY, will present an IEEE Signal Processing Society Distinguished Lecture, "Image and Video Quality Assessment: The Truth About PSNR," organized by our Signal Processing Chapter.   Click for details.

Nov 6, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. Dr. Igor Pioro, Associate Professor, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, presents, "Overview of Selected Generation III, III+ and IV Nuclear Reactors," organized by our Nuclear & Plasma Sciences Chapter.   Click for details.

Nov 11, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. Dr. Matt Ratto, Assistant Professor of the University of Toronto, presents, "Soap Sculptures, Rapid Prototyping, and Critical Making: Reconstructing connections between social reflection and technical work ," organized by our Signal Processing Chapter and Engineering and Human Environment Chapter.   Click for details.

Nov 19, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. Dr. A. Enis Cetin of Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey and Visiting Professor, Ryerson University, presents, "Adaptive Wavelet Transform and Applications," organized by our Signal Processing Chapter.   Click for details.

Nov 25, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. - Online Webinar. April Khademi, Ph.D. candidate, of the University of Toronto, presents, "Automatic Contrast Enhancement Of White Matter Lesions In Flair MRI," organized by our Signals and Computational Intelligence Chapter.   Click for details. Registration required

Dec 3, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. Sundar Venkataraman, Director of GE Energy Applications, presents "The Linden VFT Merchant Transmission Project," organized by our Power & Energy Chapter.   Click for details. Registration required

Dec 4, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. Jody Levine, Chair of the IEEE Toronto Dielectrics & Electrical Insulation Chapter, presents "Development of Arc Flash Policy for Hydro One Metalclad Switchgear," organized by our Dielectrics & Electrical Insulation Chapter.   Click for details. Registration required

Dec 9, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. John McNeill, Professor at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, presents "Breaking the Rules: Noise in Short Channel MOSFETS," organized by our Solid-State Circuits Chapter.   Click for details.

New Nuclear & Plasma Sciences Chapter

On September 3, 2009, the IEEE Toronto Nuclear & Plasma Sciences Chapter was established and approved by IEEE. The chapter is chaired by Dr. Hossam A.Gabbar, Associate Professor, Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science, University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT). Read more about this new chapter and its upcoming events here.

IEEE Milestone - First External Pacemaker   The IEEE Toronto Life Members affinity group has successfully nominated the "Hopps First External Pacemaker" as an IEEE Milestone.

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) History Center recently recognized with a Milestone in Electrical Engineering and Computing The First External Cardiac Pacemaker 1950 "an external electronic pacemaker-defibrillator with electrodes inside the patient, developed by the National Research Council, for the successful continuous pacemaking of a heart. This achievement led to pacemakers which have enhanced the lives of thousands and also helped to firmly establish the importance of electronic devices in medicine."

» Read more about the milestone event and view the event photos

Launch of IEEE Toronto Section Consultants Network Affinity Group & Online Consultants Database

The petition to form the IEEE Toronto Section Consultants Network was approved by IEEE HQs on October 7, 2008. On October 25, the IEEE Toronto Section launched the online Consultants Database under the stewardship of Fasih Masood, Chair, Industrial Relations Committee & Consultants Network Affinity Group. The technical architect of the database is Karl Martin, IEEE Toronto Section Webmaster.

In phase-I, the objectives of the Consultants Database include, but not limited to, fostering the growth of Consultants in fields under the umbrella of IEEE & its Societies, encouraging local consultants to join the IEEE Toronto Section Consultants Network and form new alliances, promoting the use of independent technical and engineering consultants by industry and business, and providing educational activities for self-employed members.

Under the MOU of IEEE and PMI Southern Ontario Chapter, the Consultants Database will also be advertised on the home page of PMI SOC Website at http://www.soc.pmi.on.ca/

In phase-II, IEEE Toronto Section will publish a print catalogue of all consultants with pictures & profiles which will be distributed at all the IEEE Events.

Symposium on Alternate Energy and Global Synergy:
Proceedings and Presentations Slides Available for Download

On July 15, 2008, a highly successful one-day Symposium on Alternate Energy and Global Synergy was hosted by Ryerson University, co-sponsored the IEEE Toronto Section (represented by the WIE Affinity Group). The symposium proceedings and presentation slides have been made available here.

IEEE Communications Society Offers Free Free Webinars/Tutorials

1. Free online tutorials available... Commercial Wireless Networking (3 hs, 220 slides) joins WiMax: Mobilizing the Internet (2 hrs 7 min; 89 sldes) and Next Generation Cellular Networks (2 hrs 40 min, 93 slides) as complimentary online tutorials.  See them now; limited time access.
2. VIEW a Webinar on the WCET Certification Program to learn more about it!
3. Watch the commercial on WCET brought to you by IEEE.tv

Summary of Local IEEE Conferences

Sep 27–29, 2009 — Toronto International Conference – Science and Technology for Humanity – TIC-STH 2009 will be held in Toronto, 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.

Pas Pasupathy: Meeting Challenges Head On

IEEE Life Fellow and Toronto Section member, Prof. Subbarayan "Pas" Pasupathy, was recently profiled in the IEEE publication "The Institute":

"A lunch with co-workers and perhaps a fancy watch or a piece of luggage are typical retirement gifts for many people. But those weren’t adequate to mark the career of IEEE Life Fellow Subbarayan “Pas” Pasupathy. Instead, his students and colleagues at the University of Toronto, in Canada, devoted an all-day workshop to honor his contributions as teacher, pioneering researcher, and international authority on wireless digital communications, detection and estimation theory, and biomedical signal processing."

Read the full article by Kathy Kowalenko and visit the official workshop web page.