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Feb 1, 2007 at 3:00 p.m. George Eleftheriades, Professor at the University of Toronto, presents a distinguished lecture entitled "Negative-Refractive-Index Transmission-Line Metamaterials and their Applications", organized by our Electromagnetics and Radiation Chapter. Click for details.

Feb 1, 2007 at 12:00 p.m. Our Engineering in Medicine and Biology Chapter and the Ryerson IEEE Student Branch present "Career Seminar - Biomedical Engineering." Click for details.

Feb 7, 2007 at 6:00 p.m. Dr. Francis Dawson of the University of Toronto presents a seminar on "Phase Locked Loop for Converter Synchronization and Synchronized Sampling Application," organized by our Signals & Computational Intelligence Joint Chapter (AESS) 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.

Feb 10, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. Our Women in Engineering Affinity Group presents an outing to the "28^th Annual Orchid Show" Click for details. Registration required.

Feb 15, 2007 at 6:00 p.m. George Staikos, President, Staikos Computing Services, presents a seminar on "Securing the Web Experience," organized by our Computer Chapter Click for details.

Feb 16, 2007 at 3:00 p.m. Antonio Liscidini of the University of Pavia presents a seminar on "The Use of Feedback in Common Gate LNAs for Multistandard Terminals / Single-Stage Low Power Quadrature RF Receiver Front-End: The LMV Cell," organized by our Solid-State Circuits Chapter Click for details.

Feb 22, 2007 at 6:30 p.m. "First 2007 General Interest Meeting of IEEE GOLD - Graduates of the Last Decade" organized by our GOLD Affinity Group. Members of ALL ages are invited. Click for details.

Feb 28, 2007 at 6:00 p.m. Soosan Beheshti of Ryerson University presents a seminar on "Minimum Noiseless Description Length (MNDL)," organized by our Signals & Computational Intelligence Joint Chapter Click for details.

Feb 28, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. Our Women in Engineering Affinity group presents "A celebration of Engineering," with honorary guest Dr. Soosan Behshti Click for details.

Mar 2, 2007 at 12:00 p.m. Panel discussion "Future Research Trends in Energy, Micro, and Multimedia Systems," co-organized by our Signal Processing, Industry Applications, and Circuits & Devices Chapters Click for details.

Apr 12, 2007 at 6:45 p.m. Mark Salerno of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, and Michael Dunbar of Zerofootprint Energy present a seminar on "Net Zero Energy Healthy Housing" co-sponsored by PEO Toronto Dufferin Chapter and our Women in Engineering Affinity Group Click for details. Registration required.

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Other Local IEEE Section Events

IEEE Ottawa Section: Feb 2, 2007 – Noninvasive Blood Pressure Measurements & Standardization Workshop 2007, "One Hundred Years Later: Are We Really Measuring Blood Pressure?" organized by the IEEE IMS Ottawa Chapter in conjunction with EPMG of INMS/NRC. Click for details. (registration)

2007 dates: February 24 - March 4 is engineering week in Canada

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.

All IEEE Conferences in Canada - please use this link.

IT360° Conference & Expo 2007

Conference Dates: April 30 – May 2, 2007
Trade show Dates: May 1-2, 2007
Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Bldg.
Website: www.it360.ca

IEEE members will receive a 25% discount. Details to be posted.

IT360° is the leading Canadian conference and exposition that provides Information Technology professionals with a unique all encompassing IT experience. IT360° focuses on the four key industry pillars: Network, Linux/ Open Source, Security and Storage. These pillars are our “worlds”: NetworkWorld, LinuxWorld (including Smalltalk Solutions), SecurityITWorld and DataStorageWorld. IT360° addresses the critical issues facing the industry while providing realistic strategies to enable the implementation of the best and most cost efficient solutions.

IT360˚ is dedicated to all aspects of the Network, including: Open Solutions & Linux, Security, Storage, Virtualization, Voice & Data, Wireless & Mobility, ITIL & Compliance, Enterprise Applications, IP Services, Enterprise Networks, Network Attached Devices, and Emerging Technologies.

IT360° Conference and Expo is an ITWorld Expo event produced by ITWorld Canada the trusted name in Information Technology Resource Media.

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

Visda Vokhshoori, Chair of the IEEE Toronto Section Women in Engineering Affinity Group and Vice-chair of the Computer Chapter, is recognized at the 2006 AGM for her excellent service to the IEEE Toronto Section.

Congratulations to Visda for her leadership in organizing many interesting WIE and Computer Chapter seminars and social events. See more on the WIE and Computer Chapter pages.

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 .

Contact us - to contact any member of our executive please use the mailtos on our executive page.

Your 2007 Section Officers (from left):
Marcelo Mota - Secretary
Alex Bot - Vice Chair
Alagan Anpalagan - Chair
Pelle 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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