History of the IEEE Toronto Society Chapters
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A Society Chapter
is formed in the Section to create technical programs that are within
the technical purview of the Society. Because the Chapter is also a unit
of the Society, it has access to experts and technical content
associated with the Society. Many Societies provide technical speakers
for Chapter meetings at no charge to the Chapter or the Section.
Joint-chapters combine the expertise of two or more Societies.
This is most recent information recovered and not yet validated. The chapters
are listed with the earliest-formed at the top of the list.
- Power Engineering Society Chapter, PE31, founded on October 20, 1964.
| Chair
| Start date
| End date
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| ...
| 1964
| ...
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| ...
| ...
| 1974
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| Robert Jeffries
| 1974
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| Alan Huntington
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| Jun. 30, 1975
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| Gary G. Irving
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Jul. 1, 1975
| Jun. 30, 1976
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| Lauri J. Hilvala
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Jul. 1, 1976 |
Apr. 30, 1977
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| Frederick G. Tomes
| May 1, 1977
| Apr. 30, 1978
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| M E Coultes
| May 1, 1978
| Jun. 30, 1979
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| G. Bonadie
| Jul. 1, 1979
| Jun 30, 1981
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| Ronald J. Bolton
| Jul. 1, 1981
| Jun. 30, 1982
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| Ronald Basso
| Jul. 1, 1982
| Jun. 30, 1984
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| William Y Hui
| Jul. 1, 1984
| Jun. 30, 1985
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| Z. Paniri
| Jul. 1, 1985
| May 30, 1986
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| Ronald J. Bolton
| Jun. 1, 1986
| May 30, 1987
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| Ronald C Mcalister
| Jun. 1, 1987
| Jan. 31, 1989
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| Shafi A Sabir (10 yrs!)
| Feb. 1, 1989
| Dec. 31, 2000
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| Vincent J Green
| Jan. 1, 2001
| Dec. 31, 2002
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| Rongliang Chen
| Jan. 1, 2003
| present
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- Instrumentation & Measurements Society Chapter, IM09, founded on
December 7, 1973.
| Chair
| Start date
| End date
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| Richard Brereton
| 1974
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| ...
| ...
| ...
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| Howard G Sedding
| Jul. 1, 1991
| Jun. 30, 1994
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| Fabio J Almeida
| Jul. 1, 1994
| Dec. 31, 1999
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| Dennis Cecic
| Jan. 1, 2000
| Jan. 1, 2004
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| Florin Gagiu
| Jan. 1, 2004
| present
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- Communications Society Chapter, COM19, founded on October 5, 1976.
| Chair
| Start date
| End date
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| Walter A. Solo (EARLY ?)
| Jul. 1, 1975
| Jun. 30, 1976
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| Ross R. Keating
| Jul. 1, 1976
| Jun. 30, 1978
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| Lamberto F. Gomes
| Jul. 1, 1978
| Jul. 31, 1984
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| David H Whyte
| Feb. 1, 1984
| Jun. 30, 1989
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| Kanti K Hore
| Jul. 1, 1989
| Jun. 30, 1995
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| Javan A Erfanian
| Jul. 1, 1995
| Dec. 31, 2000
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| Steve Hranilovic
| Jan. 1, 2001
| Oct. 4, 2003
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| Alagan Anpalagan
| Oct 4, 2003
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Dec. 31, 2005 |
| Xavier Fernando |
Jan. 1, 2006 |
present |
- Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society Chapter, DEI32, founded on August 7, 1978.
This chapter is unusual as it is a joint chapter of the Toronto,
Kingston, Kitchener - Waterloo, Hamilton, and London Sections. It seems
that it was meant to be a Chapter of the CCC (Central Canada Council).
In fact, the only section of the CCC not mentioned in the records is the
Peterborough Section, established on November 23, 1985, that is, after
this chapter was founded.
| Chair
| Start date
| End date
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| M. Kurtz
| Aug. 1, 1978
| Jul. 1, 1987
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| John C Chan
| Dec. 1, 1987
| Dec. 31, 1998
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| Hugh Zhu
| Jan. 1, 1999
| Dec. 31, 2002
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| Jody P Levine
| Jan. 1, 2003
| present
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- Computer Society Chapter, C16, founded on December 7, 1981.
| Chair
| Start date
| End date
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| Stephen L. Dunik (founder)
| Jul. 1, 1981
| Jun. 30, 1985
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| Michael F. F. Weitz
| Jul. 1, 1985
| Apr. 30, 1986
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| Murry C Bookman (Unverified: conflicting records )
| May 1, 1986
| Jul. 31, 1987
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| Stephen W Vetter
| Jun. 1, 1987
| Jun. 30, 1989
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| Raed (Ray) M Milhem
| Jul. 1, 1993
| Dec. 31, 1995
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| Michael Stumm
| Jan. 1, 1996
| Dec. 31, 2000
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| Angelos Bilas
| Jan. 1, 2001
| Dec. 31, 2001
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| Robert L Hudyma
| Jan. 1, 2002
| Dec. 31, 2002
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| George V. Bailak
| Jan. 1, 2003
| present
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- Circuits and Devices Chapter, founded on August 12, 1988.
As a Joint Chapter of the Circuits and Systems Society, the Components Packaging,
and Manufacturing Technology Society, the Electron Devices Society, and
the Lasers and Electro-Optics Society.
| Chair
| Start date
| End date
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| Bruno N Di Stefano (founder)
| Aug. 1, 1988
| Jun. 30, 1989
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| Jingming Xu
| Jul. 1, 1989
| Jun. 30, 1993
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| Keith Lee
| Jul. 1, 1994
| Jun. 30, 1997
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| Hope W Chik
| Jan. 1, 1998
| Dec. 31, 1998
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| Edward H Sargent
| Jan. 1, 1999
| Dec. 31, 2000
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| Emanuel Istrate
| Jan. 1, 2001
| present
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- Engineering and Human Environment Chapter, founded in 1989
as a chapter of the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology,
and reorganized in August 31, 1993
as a joint chapter of the IEEE Education Society, the IEEE Engineering
Management Society, the IEEE Professional Communication Society, the
IEEE Reliability Society, and the IEEE Society on Social Implications of
Technology.
| Chair
| Start date
| End date
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| Walter Zessner (founder)
| 1989
| Aug. 31, 1993 (as SSIT)
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| Walter Zessner
| Aug. 31, 1993
| Oct. 16, 2004 (as E&HE)
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| Ed Lovrek
| Oct. 16, 2004
| present
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- Signals and Applications Chapter, founded on May 19, 1993.
As a joint chapter of the Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society,
the Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, the Oceanic Engineering Society,
the Signal Processing Society, the Ultrasound, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency
Control Society, and the Vehicular Technology Society.
| Chair
| Start date
| End date
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| Xiang Y. Gao (founder)
| Nov. 1, 1993
| Jun. 30, 1997
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| Patrick G Gulak
| Jan. 1, 1997
| Dec. 31, 2000
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| Konstantinos N. Plataniotis
| Jan. 1, 2001
| Dec. 31, 2002
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| Michael L Mcguire
| Jan. 1, 2003
| Oct. 4, 2003
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| Sridar Krishnan
| Oct. 4, 2003
| present
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- Electromagnetics and Radiation Chapter, founded on June 28, 1993.
As a joint chapter of the Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, the
Antennas and Propagation Society, and the Electromagnetic Compatibility
Society.
| Chair
| Start date
| End date
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| Tahera E. Vandeventer (founder)
| Jun. 1, 1993
| Dec. 31, 2000
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| Ramesh Abhari
| Jan. 1, 2001
| Oct. 4, 2003
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| George Eleftheriades
| Oct. 4, 2003
| present
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- Solid-State Circuits Society Chapter, SSC37, founded on June 8, 2000.
| Chair
| Start date
| End date
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| Raymond Y.V. Chik |
Jun. 28, 2000 |
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| Vasilis Papanikolaou |
- |
Aug., 2007 |
| Dustin Dunwell |
Aug., 2007 |
present |
- Industry Application Society Chapter, founding date unknown.
Was inactive for several years - reinstated with October 23, 2003 meeting.
No prior records are available at this time.
| Chair
| Start date
| End date
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| Vince Scaini
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Oct. 23, 2003
| present
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- Computational Intelligence Society Chapter, founded on April 29, 2003.
Bruno Di Stefano initiated this chapter as the Neural Networks Society
Chapter with a meeting on April 29, 2003. In June 2003, the IEEE Board of
Directors approved a change of name to the Computational Intelligence
Society.
| Chair
| Start date
| End date
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| Bruno Di Stefano
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Apr. 29, 2003
| present
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- Aerospace and Electronics Systems Society Chapter, founded on May 9, 2007.
Created as an independent chapter, splitting from the Signals and Computational Intelligence Chapter.
| Chair
| Start date
| End date
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| Hassan Kojori |
May 9, 2007
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present
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Chapter History - the Work Ahead
We hope to verify our records before the celebration of our Centennial. We
hope also that each society chapter web page may become a little archive of
that chapter history. Please visit all our chapter pages and see if you can
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