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An Engineering Way to Assist in Tsunami Relief
RedR Canada (Registered Engineers for Disaster Relief), is helping the
coastal nations of South Asia struck by the recent tsunami in two ways:
1. Providing engineers and other skilled relief workers to the agencies
operating on the front lines in the affected countries, and 2. Providing
funds where most needed. Click here for
more information or to donate online.
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Summary of Scheduled Meetings - Current Month and Beyond
please check this page regularly - updates posted as they are received
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Feb 10, 2005 at 7:30 p.m. Our Computer Chapter is
cosponsoring a meeting with the Toronto Dufferin and Kingsway PEO Chapters.
Paul Cooper, Deputy General Manager at MDA Space Missions - Brampton,
will speak on the topic "Space Robotics in the 21st Century: Canada's
Expanding Role" - this is a facinating topic, likely of interest to most of
our members and a great one to start our new year... hope to see you there!
Click for details.
Feb 17, 2005 at 6:30 p.m. Our Women in Engineering
Affinity Group will hold an Online Chat Event entitled "The View from the Top"
using the facilities of the Toronto Section Online Community
Click for details.
Feb 21, 2005 at 4:00 p.m. Dr. Rajesh Karki of the
University of Saskatchewan will present a seminar entitled "Reliability Impact
of Wind Power on Power Generation Planning", organized by our Power
Engineering Chapter. Click for details.
Feb 25, 2005 at 1:00 p.m. Bill Kennedy, P.Eng., FEIC.,
Principal Engineer with the Alberta Electric System Operator will present a
seminar entitled "Power Systems for the Non-Power System Engineer", organized
by our Power Engineering Chapter. Click for details.
Mar 3, 2005 at 5:00 p.m. Dr. Shila Heeralall, MIEE, will
present a seminar entitled "Telecommunication Network Architecture, taking
industry to new heights", organized by our
Communications Chapter. Click for details.
Mar 10, 2005 at 6:00 p.m. Dr. Guergachi of the
School of Information Technology Management at Ryerson University will
present a seminar entitled "The Support Vector Machine Approach for
Engineering, Applied Science and Management Science", organized by our
Signals and Applications Chapter. Click for details.
Mar 14, 2005 at 6:30 p.m. Mitchell Shnier, Data
Communications Consultant, will present a seminar entitled
"Patents: From an Inventor's Viewpoint", organized by our Engineering and
Human Environment Chapter. Click for details.
Mar 23, 2005 at 6:30 p.m. Mary-Frances Fox, President of
Work Creatively, Toronto, will present a seminar entitled "Claim Your
Career Equity", organized by our Women in Engineering Affinity Group.
Click for details.
March-April 2005 Our Life Members Affinity Group has made
preliminary arrangements for a special visit to the Trillium Hospital
(Mississauga Site) to tour their Cardiac Department to show
us the latest technical equipment for diagnostics and treatment.
Click for details. If you are interested, please call Wallas Khella
(905-279-2976) or Sim Murthy (905-826-2553).
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 myIEEE -
your personal IEEE web page - click on myIEEE image on the left, and
login to your unique personalized page. You will need your IEEE web
account to login - if you don't have one yet, get one right now - its free
- click here
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Spring Courses - revised dates
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Apr 9, 2005 1-day course, “Positioned for Success:
Differentiating yourself”, Celia Desmond & Carolyn Wright, lecturers
Click for details
Apr 23, 2005 1-day course, “Breakthrough Thinking”,
Celia Desmond & Randy Park, lecturers Click for details
May 7, 2005 1-day course, “Networking with Others: The
most important job you will ever have”, Celia Desmond & Carolyn Wright, lecturers
Click for details
May 13 & 14, 2005 2-day course, “Project Management:
Meeting those pesky requirements”, Celia Desmond, lecturer
Click for details
May 21, 2005 1-day course, “Understanding Personality
Type: Reading character through true colors”, Carolyn Wright, lecturer
Click for details
Jun 4, 2005 1-day course, “Essential Communications for
Engineers”, Celia Desmond, lecturer
Click for details
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2005 dates: February 26 - March 6 is engineering week in Canada
March 4 is Blue Jays Spring Training start
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Being a Webmaster? Conferences Chair, Alex Bot, is seeking a
volunteer to help by creating and looking after a web site for an IEEE
international conference to be held in Toronto in September 2006. If
you are interested, please contact
Alex .
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Associate Members of the IEEE Toronto Section - A Special Opportunity
to Easily Upgrade!
Section Chair Kostas Plataniotis is extending a personal invitation until
the end of February to each and everyone of you to consider upgrading to
Member or Senior Member grade, and he is offering to help you. Please
click this link for full details.
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The 18th Annual Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering
will be held May 1-4, 2005 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The the deadline for
abstract submissions is January 7, 2005. This is an excellent opportunity
for authors to publish and present papers on a wide variety of topics
to an international audience. Please visit their web site for additional
information and links to the Paper Submission System.
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LinuxWorld & NetworkWorld 2005 Conference & Expo, April
18 - 20, 2005, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Ont.
Your Connection to Today's Applications and Solutions
- Linux overview [PDF]
- Network overview [PDF]
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LinuxWorld Conference & Expo Canada & NetworkWorld Conference & Expo
Canada are the #1 Linux/Open Source and Network IT events in the third
largest region in North America, following New York and San Francisco.
Both events are co-located in Toronto, providing a powerful
combination of education and vendors. The conference offers
dynamic keynotes, case studies, tutorials and hands on labs by renowned
industry specialists, while the trade show feature high profile experts
from leading vendor companies. All this under one roof - A Total Linux &
Network Experience! For more information and registration, please
visit the LinuxWorld conference & expo web site and the NetworkWorld conference & expo web site.
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IEEE members - free pre-registration for trade show, 25% discount
on pre-registeration for conference and tutorials - use code A101 when you
pre-register and show your IEEE membership card at the door.
PRE-REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!
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The ABB Transformer Plant
in Guelph, Ontario - location of
a recent Power Chapter Tour
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I welcome you to our website, which is
designed to be our members' focal point to keep in touch and up to date,
and to introduce visitors to our Section and the activities of its
members. Our interests are primarily technical, in the diverse
fields of things electrical such as electrical power generation and
distribution, wired and wireless tele-communications, digital networks
and data processing, and the ubiquitous computer.
There are many
other interests as can be seen by exploring the IEEE Toronto links on
the left.
Thank you for visiting, enjoy,
Dr. Kostas Plataniotis
IEEE Toronto Section Chair
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Toronto is one of 20 sections in Canada. For more
information about national activities and publications, please visit the
IEEE Canada links on the left. You can visit the IEEE (worldwide)
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