JULY 1 - CANADA DAY 1867 - 2006 139 years since the formation of the union background Summary of Scheduled Meetings - Current Month and Beyond please check this page regularly - updates posted as they are received Jun 1, 2006 at 4:00 p.m.   Professor Maria Stuchly, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Victoria presents an IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Distinguished Lecture entitled "Applications of Microwaves in Medicine", organized by our Electromagnetics & Radiation Chapter.   Click for details. Jun 1, 2006 at 6:20 p.m.   Dr. Karen Sarfayan, Vice President Engineering, Unique Broadband Systems Ltd., presents a seminar entitled "The Emergence of Mobile TV using DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting for Handheld)", organized by our Engineering & Human Environment Chapter.   Click for details.     CHANGE OF LOCATION Jun 13, 2006 at 6:00 p.m.   David Kiguel of Hydro One Networks Inc. presents a seminar entitled "Reliability Standards in the North American Bulk Electric System", organized by our Power Engineering Chapter.   Click for details. Jun 25, 2006 at 10:00 a.m.   Toronto Women in Engineering Affinity Group is organizing a "Natural Networking" hike in Edwards Gardens.   Click for details. Jun 26, 2006 at 5:00 p.m.   Dr. Jürgen Burger, Professor of Microtechnology and Medical Technology, University of Applied Sciences Berne, Switzerland presents a seminar entitled "Smart Surgical Instruments and Implants", organized by our Signal Processing Chapter.   Click for details. Jun 29, 2006 at 6:00 p.m.   Dr.Hu of the Department of Electrical Engineering at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, presents a seminar entitled "Novel Hybrid Excitation Permanent Magnetic Synchronous Machine for Mobile Power Supplies", organized by our Industry Applications Chapter.   Click for details. Jul 15, 2006 at 10:00 a.m.   Toronto GOLD Affinity Group is organizing a technical tour of "The Hamilton Museum of Steam and Technology".   Click for details. Jul 20, 2006 at 5:00 p.m.   Dr. Robert Gray, Lucent Technologies Professor of Engineering at Stanford University, California, presents an IEEE Signal Processing Society Distinguished Lecture entitled "Extracting Discrete Information from a Continuous World: Quantization, Compression, and Classification", organized by our Signal Processing Chapter.   Click for details. Jul 20, 2006 at 7:00 p.m.   Toronto Women in Engineering Affinity Group is organizing a dinner discussion on "Creative Thinking".   Click for details. Aug 10, 2006 at 7:30/9:30 a.m.   Toronto Women in Engineering Affinity Group is organizing a tour of "Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc."   Click for details. See what events we are planning - use this link to see who is planning what, when, and where - and provide feedback or ask a question. (updated Feb 19, 2006)

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2006 dates:    July 1 Canada Day    July 4 Independence Day - U.S.    Oct 28 section AGM

IEEE Educational Programs

Oct 14 & 28   IEEE Toronto Section - Project Management - Meeting those Pesky Requirements - details   Registration Deadline: Oct 6, 2006, 12:00 noon

Summary of Conferences

Jun 9...   Connections 2006 The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto is hosting a research symposium. The objectives of this event are to promote interaction between members of industry and graduate students and faculty, to learn about current research, and to identify future directions and collaboration opportunities.   Please visit their web site for full details. - An IEEE Toronto Section Sponsored Event

Jun 11...   The 2006 IEEE International Symposium on Electric Insulation will be held June 11-14, 2006 in Toronto, Ontario at the Delta Chelsea hotel.   Financial support for students deadline - March 15.   Please visit their web site for full details.

Jul 9...   The 2006 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo will be held July 9-12, 2006 in Toronto, Ontario at the Hilton hotel.   Please visit their web site for full details.

Sep 17...   The 9th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems will be held September 17-20, 2006 in Toronto at the Marrott Downtown hotel.   Submission deadline - March 1.   Please visit their web site for full details.

Sep 28...   The 2006 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology will be held September 28-9, 2006 in Toronto at the Renaissance Downtown hotel.   Please visit their website   All IEEE Conferences in Canada - please use this link.

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) chapter   This will be a new chapter for IEEE Toronto - Benjamin Mak is seeking signatures from all EMBS members to complete his petition to form this chapter. Please contact him if you are willing to lend your signature or if you have any suggestions or questions 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. Dr. Alagan Anpalagan IEEE Toronto Section Chair