The Electronic Newsletter of the IEEE Toronto Section - the latest news
about upcoming events and the people that make them happen - Section and
Chapter meetings, workshops, conferences, and other events of interest
occuring in Toronto and surounding areas. Posted every month.
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Happy Canada Day
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July the first is our national holiday - time to celebrate just how good we
have things in this wide wonderful country of ours! Check out our home page
for a few interesting links about July 1.
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Profile on Alex Bot
Dr. Alex Bot (Alexei Botchkarev) is a Senior Member IEEE and one of our
newest volunteer leaders within the Toronto Section. He holds a 5-year
degree in electronic engineering from the Kiev Aviation Engineering
Academy, Ukraine, and Ph.D. from the aerospace R&D Institute. He has 15
years of research experience in the aerospace, avionics, data modelling
and signal processing. He has authored or co-authored more than 60
publications, including 2 books. 7 years of patent research and
coordinating intellectual property issues. 5 years in the education
industry in Toronto. He served as a Marketing Manager and later as a
Program Manager at Rockwell Collins, and as a Product Manager at Carbone
Lorraine. He is a consultant for GS Research & Consulting in Toronto.
Alex is member of the IEEE Computer Society and the IEEE Industrial
Applications Society. At the moment Alex is serving as the chair of the
Toronto Section Conferences and Conventions Committees.
You can read the biographies of any of our volunteer leaders on our web site
by visiting our executive page.
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Upcoming Chapter/Group Activities
July 8 Dr. Q. T. Zhang of the City University of Hong Kong
will present a seminar on "Capacity and Outage Issues of Wireless MIMO
Systems on Correlated Fading Channels", organized by our Communications
Chapter. Click for details.
July 20 Kathy Yang, an Applications Engineer Consultant with
Mentor Graphics in Ottawa will present a lecture entitled "Smarter Test For
Nanometer Design", organized by our Solid-State Circuits Society
Chapter. Click for details.
July 21 Celia Desmond, President of World Class
Telecommunications will present a seminar on "Project Management"
organized by our Women in Engineering Group.
Click for details.
September 15 is the date for our tour of the ABB Transformer
plant in Guelph, Ontario. However, please note that July 26 is the deadline
for registering to reserve your seat on the bus which will depart from
the Yourdale Mall parking lot. This tour is being organized by our
Power Engineering Chapter. Click for details.
Meeting Reports
Women in Engineering - "Balancing Life & Work – Can It Really Be Done?"
Balance based on the Oxford Dictionary means the condition that
exists when two opposites are equal or in correct proportions. Trying to
achieve a proper balance between work and play was the topic of WIE June
8, meeting.
Anna Araujo from the WIE executive team opened the
meeting by congratulating all the attendees for being present that day;
practicing balance between work and play. Attendees, despite
being at different stages of their lives, expressed concern for having to
juggle a career and other activities. But why is it that we all
feel rushed? Does our personality play any role in our capability
of keeping the balance? Are we worried that delegating the tasks might
affect the quality of the end result? How about prioritizing? These are
some of the topics that the group brainstormed. One solution
that was discussed was practicing Yoga. Yoga can help relax our
mind and body from the stress and pain. Keeping in touch with nature
has positive effects on our soul and body. It helps us to keep a log of
things we do on a daily basis. We all enjoyed the Spadina Gardens
Restaurant environment and food. We thank all who attended and
made this WIE mid-Spring social get together informative and enjoyable.
The WIE executive team looks forward to meeting you at its next
gathering!
Conference Photos and Presentations
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The 17th Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering was
held May 2 - 5, 2004, in Niagara Falls, Ontario. There are now several hundred
photographs, taken at the conference, posted on the conference web site, as
well as the presentations provided by the plenary speakers. Click to visit
the conference photos web page and select from
15 links below the heading "Conference Photos".
The photo at the left shows opening plenary speaker, NSERC President Dr. Tom
Brzustowski, who has made his presentation about Canadian university research available.
For the Tuesday plenary session, the speaker was the just announced 2004
McNaughton Medalist - Dr. Renato Bosisio, Professor Emeritus of Electrical
Engineering at Ecole Polytechnique at the University of Montreal. He has
also made his presentation on microwave engineering research available.
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Student News
Electro-Federation Canada (EFC) is a national,
not-for-profit industry
association representing over 250 member companies in the electrical,
electronics and telecommunications industries in Canada.
Now in its ninth year, the EFC Foundation will award $50,000 to eligible
students in the fields of engineering, computer science and business
administration, as well as to eligible second or third phase electrical
apprentices. Application Deadline: August 12, 2004 - details
Career Services
We have a new link on our careers page - Bluelime Consulting are
looking for good electrical engineers for manufacturers of wireless, server,
and other hardware products across Canada - see link on our careers site.
Member News
Congratulations to three of our members who have been recently elevated to
Senior Member grade; Wai Tung Ng and Shawn S. Otal
If you wish to
apply for Senior Member elevation, or nominate someone else, please use this link.
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That's all for now, hope to have you visit again next month ..... Bob Alden,
Editor
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