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Dec 1, 2006 at 6:00 p.m. Dr. Yongmin Kim, Hunter and Dorothy Simpson Endowed Chair in Bioengineering, University of Washington, presents a distinguished lecture on "Bioengineering, Translational Research, and Technology Commercialization" organized by our Engineering in Medicine and Biology Chapter Click for details.

Dec 4, 2006 at 6:00 p.m. Puica Nitu, Senior Advisor in Energy Markets of Ontario Power Generation Inc., presents a seminar on "From risk management of financial options to risk management of physical options" organized by our Signals & Computational Intelligence Joint Chapter Click for details.

Dec 7, 2006 at 6:00 p.m. Dr. Hassan Kojori presents a seminar on "A Tutorial on Advanced Methods of AC and DC Arc Fault Detection and Protection (AFDP)" co-organized by our Signals & Computational Intelligence Joint Chapter and Industry Application chapter Click for details. Registration required.

Dec 21, 2006 at 3:00 p.m. Our Dielectrics & Electrical Insulation Chapter presents the event "Grist for the Rumour Mill: Holiday Networking Event and Informal Panel Session on Equipment Standards" Click for details. Attendance confirmation requested.

Jan 25 , 2007 at 6:30 p.m. Ayla Tezcan, P.Eng., Quotation Specialist, Schneider Electric Canada, presents a seminar "Personal Colours" organized by our Women in Engineering Affinity Group Click for details.

Jan 29 , 2007 at 6:30 p.m. Puica Nitu, Senior Advisor in Energy Markets of Ontario Power Generation Inc., presents a seminar on "Reliability of Distribution Systems" organized by our Women in Engineering Affinity Group Click for details.

Feb 8, 2007 at 6:45 p.m. Ronald Herman, CEO, and William Tapscott, Managing Director, of IntelliOne Technologies Corporation present a seminar on "Monitoring Cell Phone Movement to Interpolate Traffic Speed" co-sponsored by PEO Toronto Dufferin Chapter and our Signals & Computational Intelligence Joint Chapter Click for details. Registration required.

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2006 dates: Dec 15–23 Chanukah Dec 25 Christmas Dec 31 New Year's Eve

Summary of Local IEEE Conferences

Jun 25... The 27th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems - ICDCS 2007 will be held June 25-29, 2007 in Toronto at the Westin Harbor Castle hotel. No further information at present.

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Microchip Technology - Toronto Regional Training Center - Enhance your embedded design skills with technical training & resources from Microchip Technology.

chisholm_photo1 New IEEE Fellow - William A. Chisholm has been elected by the IEEE Board of Directors at their recent meeting, effective January 1, 2007. See the entire class of 2007 IEEE Fellows.

Bill Chisholm, P.Eng (Ont) is a Principal Engineer at Kinectrics, the former Ontario Hydro Research Division, now owned by Vision Capital Limited of London. He received his BASc. in Engineering Science in 1977, an M.Eng in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto in 1979 and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering by the University of Waterloo in 1983. He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Quebec at Chicoutimi. Bill has carried out and delivered research to understand how adverse weather affects EHV transmission system reliability. His citation from IEEE is “for contributions to extra high voltage transmission line performance assessment”.

Bill chaired the IEEE Lightning and Insulator Subcommittee from 1997 to 2005 and also chaired the Transmission Lightning Performance Working Group that was awarded the “Best Standard, 1999” for IEEE 1243-1997, “Guide for Improving the Lightning Performance of Transmission Lines”. He has served on many paper and panel sessions at IEEE PES conferences and also gave invited guest lectures in Japan, Switzerland, Italy and Brazil. He contributed to the EPRI Transmission Line Reference Book, 200 kV and Above (third edition). Outside of work, he is a member of the North Toronto Masters Swim Club and has held ten Ontario records in butterfly and distance freestyle.

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

Pat Finnigan (LM Chair) is leading this initiative and he needs some help in working with researchers and IEEE members in the life sciences/medical area to gather some more information about Dr. Hopps and his pioneering work in the late 1940's. Click this link to see Dr. Hopps interviewed on a 1950's CBC archive clip from Front Page Challenge.

If you have any relevent information or expertise or are just interested to help out, please contact Pat using his .

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Your 2006 Section Officers (from left):
Marcelo Mota - Secretary
Alex Bot - Vice Chair
Alagan Anpalagan - Chair
Pele Westlind - Treasurer

Another Well Attended Seminar
Dr. George Anders, Fellow IEEE
at the Marriott Hotel on Bloor St.

With great pleasure, I welcome you to our website that has a wealth of information and useful links for you. Our job is to serve the members of the Section as well as the society. We serve our members by organizing technical meetings and social gatherings to advance the knowledge and network with other professionals. Many thanks to our active and dedicated volunteers who contribute to the success of our Section. I welcome your suggestions that can help improve our services to our members. There are many other interests as can be seen by exploring the IEEE Toronto links on the left. Thank you very much for visiting our website.
Toronto Section Centennial - 2003
Dr. Alagan Anpalagan
IEEE Toronto Section Chair

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