Upcoming Chapter/Group Meetings

Dec 5, 2007 at 5:00 p.m.  Prof. Xing Zhou of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore presents an Electron Devices Society Distinguished Lecture, "Unified Compact Modeling of Emerging Multiple-Gate MOSFETs," organized by our Circuits and Devices Chapter. Click for details. Dec 18, 2007 at 4:00 p.m.  Our Dielectrics & Electrical Insulation Chapter presents the event "Grist for the Rumour Mill II: Holiday Networking Event and Informal Panel Session on Failure Modes" Click for details.Registration required.

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Feb 28, 2008 (revised date)...."Engineering Forum for Nuclear Technology in Ontario – Joint IEEE Toronto/Association of Polish Engineers in Canada Conference, Click to see their website.
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Section News  

IEEE Toronto Section Members Elevated to Fellows of the IEEE

The grade of Fellow recognizes unusual distinction in the profession and shall be conferred only by invitation of the Board of Directors upon a person with an extraordinary record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE’s designated fields of interest." The IEEE Toronto Section would like to congratulate to following members for their recent elevation to the grade of IEEE Fellow (FIEEE):

Prof. Ling Guan, Ryerson University FIEEE citation: for contributions to image and multimedia signal processing Guan Ling received his B.S. degree in electronic engineering from Tianjin University, China, in 1982, M.S. degree in systems design engineering at University of Waterloo, Canada, in 1985, and Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from University of British Columbia, Canada, in 1989. From 1993 to 2000, he was on the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Sydney, Australia. Since May 2001, he has been a Professor in electrical and computer engineering at Ryerson University, Canada. In 2001, he was appointed to the position of Tier I Canada Research Chair. He is the recipient of Ontario Outstanding Researcher's Award in 2002, and IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology Best Paper Award in 2005. He held visiting positions at British Telecom (1994), Tokyo Institute of Technology (1999), Princeton University (2000), and Microsoft Research Asia. Dr. Guan has authored/coauthored more than 200 scientific publications in multimedia processing and communications, computer vision, machine learning, and adaptive image/signal processing. He served as Associate Editor and Guest Editor of numerous international journals, including Proceedings of the IEEE, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, and two IEEE Transactions. He was the General Chair of the 2006 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, the Founding General Chair of Pacific-Rim Conference of Multimedia and numerous other IEEE and ACM conferences. Dr. Bogdan Kasztenny, General Electric Company FIEEE citation: for contributions to protective relaying methods, designs, and applications Bogdan Kasztenny holds the position of Protection and System Engineering Manager for the Digital Energy business of General Electric. Prior to joining GE in 1999, Dr.Kasztenny worked as an Assistant Professor conducting research and teaching power system courses at the Wroclaw University of Technology, Texas A&M University, and Southern Illinois University. His full time academic career culminated with a prestigious Senior Fulbright Fellowship in 1997. Between 2000 and 2004 Bogdan was heavily involved in the development of the globally recognized Universal RelayTM product line, for which in 2004 he received GE’s Thomas Edison Award for innovation. Bogdan remains hands on and instrumental in new product development at General Electric. He acts as an R&D liaison with several universities and Corporate Research. Bogdan authored more than 160 papers, conceived numerous protection and control products, is an inventor of several patents, IEEE Fellow, and a member of the Main Committee of the IEEE PES Power System Relaying Committee, where he chairs or co-chairs several working groups. Dr. Kasztenny is a registered Professional Engineer in the province of Ontario, an Associate Professor at the University of Western Ontario, and a Member of the Canadian National Committee of CIGRE, Study Committee B5 – Protection and Automation. Prof. Jörg Liebeherr, University of Toronto FIEEE citation: for contributions to the design and analysis of computer networks and their protocols Jörg Liebeherr (S'88, M'92, SM'03, F'08) received the Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1991. After a Postdoc at the University of California, Berkeley, he joined the Department of Computer Science at the University of Virginia in 1992. In 1997-1998 he was an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Polytechnic University. Since Fall 2005, he is with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Toronto as the Nortel Chair of Network Architecture and Services. His current research interests are networks with service guarantees and self-organizing peer networks. He has served on editorial boards and program committees of several journals and conferences in computer networking. He was Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Network in 1999-2000. He is a co-author of the textbook "Mastering Networks: An Internet Lab Manual", published by Addison-Wesley in 2004. He was an elected Member-at-Large of the IEEE Communications Society Board of Governors in 2003-2005, and chair of the IEEE Communications Society Technical Committee on Computer Communications in 2004-2005. He received an NSF Career award in 1996, a University of Virginia Teaching and Technology fellowship in 1995, a Virginia Engineering Foundation fellowship in 2002, and an Outstanding Service award from the IEEE Communications Society Technical Committee on Computer Communications in 2006. Prof. Bin Wu, Ryerson University FIEEE citation: for contributions to high-power converter technology and adjustable speed drives Bin Wu received Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Toronto, Canada, in 1993. After being with Rockwell Automation as a Senior Engineer from 1992 to 1993, he joined Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, where he is currently a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and NSERC/Rockwell Industrial Research Chair in Power Electronics and Electric Drives. Dr. Wu has published more than 130 technical papers, authored a Wiley-IEEE Press book, and filed 16 patents (7 issued and 9 pending) in the area of power electronics, energy systems, advanced controls, and adjustable-speed drives. Dr. Wu is the recipient of the Gold Medal of the Governor General of Canada, the Premier’s Research Excellence Award, Ryerson Sarwan Sahota Distinguished Scholar Award, Ryerson Research Chair Award and the NSERC Synergy Award for Innovation. He is the founder of Laboratory for Electric Drive Applications and Research (LEDAR) at Ryerson University. Dr. Wu is an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics and IEEE Canadian Review, and Guest Editor of IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics Special Section on High Power Drives. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario, Canada.

 IEEE News
Board of Directors Elevates 295 Senior Members to Fellow Grade  
20 November– The IEEE Board of Directors named 295 Fellows for the Class of 2008. To view the full list ...

IEEE Members Select John Vig 2008 IEEE President-Elect  
8 November /I>– John Vig, consultant, System Planning Corporation; Colts Neck, New Jersey, USA, has been selected as 2008 IEEE president-elect. Pending acceptance of the Teller's Committee report by the IEEE Board of Directors, Vig will begin serving as IEEE president on 1 Jan. 2009. He will succeed 2008 IEEE President Lewis Terman, IBM Research Emeritus. Read the full press release (PDF, 94.5 KB) and review the complete 2007 IEEE Annual Election results.
 


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