Summary of Scheduled Meetings - Current Month and Beyond
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May 6, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. IEEE Toronto GOLD Affinity Group holds their "Graduation Social Event," featuring speakers: Bud Derakhshani, PMP, Managing Director of CareerMatch®; Wai Tung Ng, IEEE Toronto Section, Vice Chair; and April Khademi, IEEE Toronto GOLD Chair.   Click for details. Registration required.

May 7, 2009 at 4:00 p.m.  Prof. Elise C. Fear of the University of Calgary presents, "Microwave Imaging for Breast Cancer Detection," organized by our Electromagnetics and Radiation Joint Chapter.   Click for details.

May 21, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. Prof. Lawrence Chen of McGill University presents, "Signal Processing for Fibre Optic Communications" organized by our Circuits and Devices Chapter.   Click for details.

May 27, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. The IEEE Toronto Engineering in Medicine & Biology Chapter is holding a talk with Wine and Cheese Reception, featuring a keynote speech by Prof. Shelley McKellar of University of Western Ontario, entitled "Repairing the Diseased Heart: The Impact of Medical Engineering". Part of the "IEEE Milestone - First External Pacemaker" series for 2009.   Click for details. Registration required.

May 28, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. Qiying Chen of Memorial University of Newfoundland presents, "Intelligent Multiparameter Fibre-Optic Sensors" organized by our Circuits and Devices Chapter.   Click for details.

May 29, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. Prof. Shinji Yamashita of Tokyo University presents, "Carbon Nanotube Photonics" organized by our Circuits and Devices Chapter.   Click for details.

Jun 4, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. Steve Eng of Enviro-Energy Technologies Inc. presents, "Grid Connected Solar Photovoltaic Systems & Details for Commercial/Residential Installations" organized by our Industry Applications Chapter.   Click for details.

Jun 11, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. Dr. Ehab F. El-Saadany presents, "Distributed Generation – Overview" organized by our Power and Energy Chapter.   Click for details.

Jun 25, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. Dominic Lalli of National Instruments, and Mohamed Hafed of DFTMicrosystems Inc. present, "Test Challenge and Solution in High-speed IO" organized by our Instrumentation and Measurement Chapter.   Click for details.

Local IEEE Educational Programs

Launch of IEEE Toronto Section Consultants Network Affinity Group & Online Consultants Database

The petition to form the IEEE Toronto Section Consultants Network was approved by IEEE HQs on October 7, 2008. On October 25, the IEEE Toronto Section launched the online Consultants Database under the stewardship of Fasih Masood, Chair, Industrial Relations Committee & Consultants Network Affinity Group. The technical architect of the database is Karl Martin, IEEE Toronto Section Webmaster.

In phase-I, the objectives of the Consultants Database include, but not limited to, fostering the growth of Consultants in fields under the umbrella of IEEE & its Societies, encouraging local consultants to join the IEEE Toronto Section Consultants Network and form new alliances, promoting the use of independent technical and engineering consultants by industry and business, and providing educational activities for self-employed members.

Under the MOU of IEEE and PMI Southern Ontario Chapter, the Consultants Database will also be advertised on the home page of PMI SOC Website at http://www.soc.pmi.on.ca/

In phase-II, IEEE Toronto Section will publish a print catalogue of all consultants with pictures & profiles which will be distributed at all the IEEE Events.

Symposium on Alternate Energy and Global Synergy:
Proceedings and Presentations Slides Available for Download

On July 15, 2008, a highly successful one-day Symposium on Alternate Energy and Global Synergy was hosted by Ryerson University, co-sponsored the IEEE Toronto Section (represented by the WIE Affinity Group). The symposium proceedings and presentation slides have been made available here.

IEEE Communications Society Offers Free Free Webinars/Tutorials

1. Free online tutorials available... Commercial Wireless Networking (3 hs, 220 slides) joins WiMax: Mobilizing the Internet (2 hrs 7 min; 89 sldes) and Next Generation Cellular Networks (2 hrs 40 min, 93 slides) as complimentary online tutorials.  See them now; limited time access.
2. VIEW a Webinar on the WCET Certification Program to learn more about it!
3. Watch the commercial on WCET brought to you by IEEE.tv

Summary of Local IEEE Conferences

May 12–15, 2009 — Canadian Conference on Climate Change – CCTC 2009 will be held in Hamilton, Ontario.

Sep 27–29, 2009 — Toronto International Conference – Science and Technology for Humanity – TIC-STH 2009 will be held in Toronto, Ontario.

Oct 19–21, 2009 — Product Safety Engineering Society Symposium – PSESS 2009 will be held in Toronto, Ontario.

All IEEE Conferences in Canada - please use this link.

Pas Pasupathy: Meeting Challenges Head On

IEEE Life Fellow and Toronto Section member, Prof. Subbarayan "Pas" Pasupathy, was recently profiled in the IEEE publication "The Institute":

"A lunch with co-workers and perhaps a fancy watch or a piece of luggage are typical retirement gifts for many people. But those weren’t adequate to mark the career of IEEE Life Fellow Subbarayan “Pas” Pasupathy. Instead, his students and colleagues at the University of Toronto, in Canada, devoted an all-day workshop to honor his contributions as teacher, pioneering researcher, and international authority on wireless digital communications, detection and estimation theory, and biomedical signal processing."

Read the full article by Kathy Kowalenko and visit the official workshop web page.

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