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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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Mar 3, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. Dr. Aziz Rahman, University
Research Professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland, will present an
Industry Applications Society Distinguished Lecture entitled "Advances in High
Efficiency Interior Permanent Magnet (IPM) Motor Drives", organized by our
Industry Applications 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.
Happy Easter from the Easter Bunny
Apr 7, 2005 at 3:00 p.m. Dr. Omid Jahromi of Bioscrypt
Inc. will present a seminar entitled "Biometric Identity Verification",
organized by our Signals & Applications and Computer Chapters. Click
for details.
Apr 8, 2005 at 5:00 p.m. Dr. Alyssa Apsel of Cornell
University will present a seminar entitled "Merging Traditional VLSI with
Photonics", organized by our Solid State Chapter. Click for details.
Apr 12, 2005 at 6:00 p.m. Haydn Povey of ARM Ltd.
will present a seminar entitled "Future-Proof Your Embedded Design with
ARM-Based MCUs", organized by our Computer Chapter. Click for details.
Apr 14, 2005 at 3:30 p.m. Dr. Ali Sayed, F-IEEE, of the
EE Dept. at UCLA will present a Signal Processing Society Distinguished
Lecture entitled "Signal Processing Challenges in Wireless Location",
organized by our Signals and Applications Chapter. Click for details.
Apr 21, 2005 at 7:00 p.m. Dr. Ian Hastings, Director of
Reactor Development Operations at Atomic Energy Canada Ltd., will present a
seminar entitled "Nuclear Power Generation – Where are we going?", organized
jointly by our Power Engineering Chapter and Life Members Affinity Group.
Click for details.
Apr 22, 2005 at 6:30 p.m. Round table discussion on:
"How to have an effective meeting with your manager" + at 7:30
p.m. "WIE Affinity First Anniversary Celebration",
organized by our Women in Engineering Affinity Group.
Click for details. Note: Revised Date
Apr 26, 2005 at 4:00 p.m. Dr. Luca Dal Negro, of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will present a seminar entitled
"Silicon-based Light Emitting Nanomaterials and Photonic Structures",
organized by our Circuits & Systems Chapter. Click for details.
May 11, 2005 at 6:30 p.m. Captain Stephen Boyne of
Defense Research & Development Canada, will present a seminar entitled
"Human Factors Engineering; Military applications, Civilian benefits",
organized by the PEO Toronto Dufferin Chapter and supported by our
Engineering and Human Environment Chapter. Click for details.
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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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IEEE has partnered with Insight, Inc. to provide discounts on over
250,000 computer hardware/software products available on the site.
IEEE members receive discounts on all products
presented here, and this discount will vary by item. IEEE members
always receive Insight’s best price – the lesser of the discount price
or their advertised special price. Insight hosts three separate
websites for their company in Canada, USA and UK. Click on the
Insight image to view their web site and get more info,
then click on the Canadian flag to apply for your personal Insight account
and use IEE491261 for your password to get your discount. There is no
obligation to buy when you create your account, but it will give you
access to view the IEEE member discounts.
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Future Senior Members of the IEEE Toronto Section Have you been
in professional practice for at least ten years and have shown significant
performance over a period of at least five of those years? You should
be an IEEE Senior Member. Need help in obtaining your three
references? We will help you - just contact Alex
, our membership chair.
Please click this link to find out the advantages, the requirements,
and an explanation of the process including key links to apply online.
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IEEE Toronto LEOS Paper Prize May 6, 2005 is the deadline
for students members of the IEEE Toronto LEOS Chapter to apply for the award
for the best student technical paper in the areas of lasers, electro-optics,
optical communication or networks, or nonlinear optics. Click for details.
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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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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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The 18th Annual Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer
Engineering will be held May 1-4, 2005 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Why not make your plans now to attend. Please visit their web site for additional information and links for
conference, tutorials, hotel and flight registrations, as well as their
partner program.
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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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"Power Systems for the
Non-Power System Engineer"
Bill Kennedy's Seminar
Feb 25, 2005
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and data processing, and the ubiquitous computer.
There are many
other interests as can be seen by exploring the IEEE Toronto links on
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IEEE Toronto Section Chair
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