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November 11
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In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
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We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
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Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
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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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November 4, 2005 at 3:00 p.m.
Dr. Michal Okoniewski, Professor at the University of Calgary,
presents a seminar entitled "RF-MEMS and Antenna Research in the Applied
Electromagnetics Group at the University of Calgary"
organized by our Electromagnetics & Radiation chapter.
Click for details.
November 8, 2005 at 3:00 p.m. Dr. Vincent Chan,
Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
presents a seminar entitled "Research, Development and Commercial Deployment
of Optical Networks: A Case Study on the History of a Major Innovation"
organized by our Circuits & Devices chapter.
Click for details.
November 10, 2005 at 6:00 p.m.
IEEE Power Engineering Chapter Dinner Meeting (Special Invitation to PES
Fellows and PES SMs) 7:30 p.m. PEO Seminar on "Smart Electricity
Meters" organized by the Toronto Duffering PEO chapter.
Click for details.
November 14, 2005 at 4:00 p.m.
Dr. Benny Bing, Associate Director, Georgia Tech Broadband Institute
presents a seminar entitled "Broadband Wireless Access - The Next Wireless
Revolution" organized by our Communications chapter.
Click for details.
November 24, 2005 at 6:30 p.m.
A dinner discussion on "Time Management - How to Maximize your Effectiveness"
related to the work of Dr. Randy Pausch, Professor of Computer Science,
Human-Computer Interaction, and Design, at Carnegie Mellon University,
organized by our Women In Engineering group.
Click for details.
December 9, 2005 at 3:00 p.m.
Dr. John Volakis, Professor of Electrical Engineering at Ohio State
University, Columbus, Ohio, presents a distinguished lecture entitled
"Metamaterials for Miniaturization of NarrowBand and Ultra-Wideband Antennas"
organized by our Electromagnetics and Radiation chapter.
Click for details.
December 9, 2005 at 5:10 p.m.
Dr. Sung-Mo (Steve) Kang of the Jack Haskin School of Engineering at the
University of California in Santa Cruz presents a seminar entitled
"Challenges and Innovations for Development of SOCs"
organized by our Solid-State Circuits chapter.
Click for details.
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The 19th Annual IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer
Engineering will be held May 7-10, 2006 in Ottawa, Ontario.
Please visit their web site for the early announcement.
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The Engineering Institute of Canada
Conference on Climate Change Technology: Engineering Challenges and
Solutions in the 21st Century will be held May 9-12, 2006 in Ottawa,
Ontario. Please visit their web site for full details.
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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.
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The 9th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation
Systems will be held September 17-20, 2006 in Toronto at the Marrott
Downtown hotel. Please visit their web site for full details.
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The 2006 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Bioinformatics
and Computational Biology will be held September 28-9, 2006 in Toronto at
the Renaissance Downtown hotel. Please visit their website 
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 e-management, e-business,
e-fficient - Enable e-management strategies to build your business.
The University of Toronto Certificate in Electronic Communications provides
up-to-date background in all aspects of electronic communications, including
the current business environment, planning processes for communications
networks, network and access technologies and services, along with a number
of management processes and career-planning materials. It
provides what you need to know to be current and competitive. Click
here for details or visit the
U of T PDC site to register.
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New IEEE Fellows -
Professors Frank Kschischang and George Eleftheriades, both of the Deptartment
of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto, have been
elected by the IEEE Board of Directors at their recent meeting, effective
January 1, 2006. To see the entire class of 2006 IEEE Fellows, including
all citations, please use this link.
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Awards presented at recent AGM Former IEEE President
and IEEE Canada Director Emeritus Wallace Stanley Read was on hand (from his home in
St. John's, Newfoundland) to present the "W.S. Read Outstanding Service
Award" to Miro Forest. Ed Lovrek received the "IEEE Toronto Section
Chapter Chair of the Year".
Bill Kennedy presented the "Sustaining Friend of IEEE Regional Activities
Award" to the University of Toronto, and Professor Emeritus Gordon Slemon
accepted on behalf of the university.
Alagan Anpalagan, Alex Bot, and Pelle Westlind have been elected as IEEE
Toronto Section Chair, Vice Chair, and Secretary-Treasurer, respectively for
2006 and 2007.
Dr. Richard Marceau, UOIT Provost, spoke about the rapid development of this
two-year old university in Whitby, Ontario.
Click here to read more and view all the photos.
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The Independent Electricity System Operator (formerly the
operations centre of Ontario Hydro) forcasts electricity needs in
Ontario, and balances the supply of and demand for electricity in
Ontario and then directs its flow across the province's transmission
lines. For more on this subject, including fluctuations in
hourly electricity prices, please click here or click on the image.
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IEEE Toronto Women in Engineering is recognized by the IEEE WIE
Committee (world-wide) as the the runner-up for the 2004 Women in Engineering
Affinity Group of the Year award - see image at left (click to enlarge).
Congratulations to WIE Toronto Chair, Visda Vokhshoori, for her
leadership in developing a strong and interesting WIE program that includes
many innovative activity formats - Visda has also been recognized in her former
IEEE Section (Mid Hudson) for notable services and contributions - please see
the Women In Engineering home page for more details.
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IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society honours its Toronto
chapter as its Outstanding Chapter for 2004. The joint Toronto chapter which
included AAES has recently been re-organized - please see the Signals &
Computational Intelligence Joint Chapter home page for more details.
Congratulations to Signal Processing (formerly Signals and Applications)
Chapter Chair, Sri Krishnan, for his leadership in developing a strong series
of chapter activities in 2004.
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The Dance of Molecules: How Nanotechnology Is Changing Our Lives!
... makes a great Christmas Gift!
Author Ted Sargent (SM IEEE and a past chair of this Section) has been named
by Scientific American magazine as a Research Leader for his contributions to
solar technology within the 2005 Scientific American 50 -- the magazine's
prestigious annual list recognizing outstanding acts of leadership in science
and technology from the past year. Just announced, the list appears in
the December issue, which hits newsstands on November 22nd.
Ted Sargent is a professor at the University of Toronto and a visiting
professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His scientific
research has been widely published, and he is a frequent lecturer at major
international conferences in North America, Europe, and Japan. Ted is one of
the world's leading researchers in the world of nanotechnology and was named
"one of the world's top young innovators" by MIT's Technology Review
Magazine and the Sierra Club has labelled him as one six "Earth's
Innovators" for his groundbreaking work on solar technology.
In his new book The Dance of
Molecules, Ted Sargent has set out to demystify
the complex world of nanotechnology -- the science and engineering of
building new materials and devices from the molecule up -- and offers a
fascinating vision of what this innovative science may accomplish in the
twenty-first century. And the best part is, you don't have to have a physics
degree to understand it.
Ted Sargent will be available for media interviews in Toronto on November 18
and December 2.
To set up an interview or request a review copy of his new book, "The Dance
of Molecules: how nanotechnology is changing our lives", please contact
Colleen Clarke at 419.928.2420 or colleen.clarke@ca.penguingroup.com.
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"Power Systems for the
Non-Power System Engineer"
Bill Kennedy's Seminar
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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)
and EIC web sites by clicking on their logos below.
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