Upcoming Chapter/Group Meetings

Jul 15, 2006 at 10:00 a.m.Toronto GOLD Affinity Group is organizing a technical tour of "The Hamilton Museum of Steam and Technology".Click for details Jul 20, 2006 at 5:00 p.m. Dr. Robert Gray, Lucent Technologies Professor of Engineering at Stanford University, California, presents an IEEE Signal Processing Society Distinguished Lecture entitled "Extracting Discrete Information from a Continuous World: Quantization, Compression, and Classification", organized by our Signal Processing Chapter. Click for details Jul 20, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. Toronto Women in Engineering Affinity Group is organizing a dinner discussion on "Creative Thinking". Click for details Aug 10, 2006 at 7:30/9:30 a.m. Toronto Women in Engineering Affinity Group is organizing a tour of "Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc." Click for details Click here for Events in the Planning.

Upcoming Conferences

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
The 2006 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo will be held July 9-12, 2006 in Toronto, Ontario at the Hilton hotel. Click here for details
The 9th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems will be held September 17-20, 2006 in Toronto at the Marrott Downtown hotel. Click here for details.
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.Click here for details.
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Hall of Fame  The Hall of Fame section features the IEEE Fellows of the Toronto Section.


Dr.Edward A. Cherney FIEEE, received a BS degree in physics and chemistry from the University of Waterloo in 1967; an MS degree in physics from McMaster University in 1969; and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Waterloo in 1974. In 1968, he began his career in the electrical insulation field working in the research division of Ontario Hydro. Dr.Cherney later worked for a manufacturer of insulators and then with a manufacturer of silicone materials. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Waterloo. He is involved in several IEEE working groups on insulators, is a registered engineer in the province of Ontario.In 1997 Dr.Cherney was confered IEEE Fellow for leadership in research, development, application, and standardization of non-ceramic insulators and RTV silicone rubber insulator coatings.

IEEE Job Site is an online recruitment service that offers all IEEE members exclusive,free access to real-time job-matching capabilities. You can use your IEEE Web Account to register a job candidate profile in five easy steps.Click here for details. Within the next month, there will be exciting new job opportunities with ATI, a world leader in the design and manufacture of innovative 3D is located in Markham, Ontario.

Section News   IEEE-WIE partners with OSPE(Ontario Society of Professional Engineers),to offer a wide selection of professional development workshops at a discount.To take advantage of this special discount please contact ,The following workshops are scheduled in the near future.

1.) Technical Writing Workshop for Engineers.
2.) Fast Track Career Speaker Series For Engineers
3.) Effective Resume Building for Engineers Workshops
Also,Click here for a complete listing of Workshops.

CALL FOR MEMBERS The IEEE Toronto section will be forming a new chapter for the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) in Toronto. For existing IEEE members, the dues for the current half year are only $18.00 + GST. We require the signatures of 12 non-student members to petition the new chapter. If you are interested, please contact Benjamin or visit www.embsto.com for more info.

CALL FOR ARTICLES
The IEEE Toronto section will be publishing its Annual Print Publication -The Annual Connection and the editorial committee welcomes articles from the section members. Please limit your articles to a maximum of 500 words and submit it as a word or text file to the Editor.

IEEE News

Grad Students – New member grade just around the corner! :   When you renew your IEEE dues in 2007, you will receive a new membership card identifying you as a Graduate Student Member (GSM). You will still continue to pay the low student dues rate, but now, unlike regular student members, you will be able to vote in IEEE elections and you will be able to hold volunteer positions that were previously restricted to those that had full member grade. You will automatically qualify for GSM grade if you have earned a bachelor’s (or equivalent) degree from an accredited institution in a program within the IEEE’s fields of interest, and you are a registered graduate student in a regular graduate course of study (with at least half of full-time load).

In September, the IEEE will adjust the status of eligible students. If you believe you qualify but don’t get contacted, then please contact IEEE member services directly at +1 732 981 0060 or via e-mail at Alternatively, you can also contact us and we can help to adjust your status.


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Membership
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 Dimitri , 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.

Volunteers Invited Volunteering a few hours a month is a very rewarding experience - we have a great group of about 45 volunteers who contribute to the smooth running of our Section - by distributing the workload over many Section members, the individual load is kept small - we are looking for a few additional members to help out in the following specific areas:
- Secretary for our Industry Applications Society    If you are interested, please contact David
- The Communications Society is looking for a Volunteer to get involved with organizing technical, educational and professional seminars. Somebody from the industry will be an asset.   If you are interested, please contact Xavier

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