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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.
Now formatted for portrait-orientation printing.
Upcoming Chapter/Group Meetings
May 10, 2007 at 6:00 p.m.
Dr. Andy Adler presents "Biometrics & Authentication Technologies," co-organized by our Signals & Computational Intelligence, Signal Processing, and Engineering in Medicine and Biology Chapters. Click for details.
May 11, 2007 at 9:00 p.m.
"Special Workshop on the Contributions of Prof. Subbarayan "Pas" Pasupathy," is a day long workshop organized by our Communications Chapter and the University of Toronto Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Click for details.Registration required.
May 14, 2007at 3:00 p.m.
Dr. Aggelos K. Katsaggelos presents a Signal Processing Society Distinguished Lecture, "Recent Advances in Image and Video Recovery," organized by our Signal Processing Chapter. Click for details.Registration required.
May 17, 2007 at 1:00 p.m.
"Tour of the Ontario Science Centre" organized by our Life Members Affinity Group. Click fordetails. Registration required.
May 17, 2007 at 7:00 p.m.
Dhanu Kothari of D2i Consulting and Romeo Mitchell of HP Canada present "Failure is Not an Option! Rescuing Failed or Failing Projects," organized by our GOLD Affinity Group. Click for details.
June 23, 2007 at 3:00 p.m.
"Networking Get-together " organized by our Women in Engineering Affinity Group. Click for details.Registration required.
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Local IEEE Educational Programs
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"Project Management - Meeting those Pesky Requirements" by Celia Desmond May 28 & 29, 2007 revised date
. This two day seminar is for those who manage or work on projects, but have little or no formal training in the field. The course touches on key process areas described in the Project Management Institute's "Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge", including Project Integration, Scope Management, Cost Management, Time Management, Risk Management, Procurement Management, Quality Management, Communications Management, Human Resources. Techniques addressing the key areas of scope definition and management, risk assessment, managing the people aspects, schedule preparation, and budget management will be introduced.Click here for details.Registration deadline: May 21, 2007
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Upcoming Conferences
May 2829, 2007 The 6th International Conference for Upcoming Engineers - ICUE 2007 at Ryerson University, Toronto. Click to see their website.
Jun 25... The 27th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems - ICDCS 2007 will be held June 25-29, 2007 in Toronto at the Westin Harbor Castle hotel. No further information at present.
June 25... The 27th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems - ICDCS 2007 will be held June 2529, 2007 in Toronto at the Westin Harbor Castle hotel. Click for Details.
All IEEE Conferences in Canada - please use this link.
Section News
Celia Desmond (SMIEEE) was recognized with the
2007 IEEE Canada W. S. Read Outstanding Service Award
for her outstanding service to the profession and to the society,
in Canada and abroad.
The IEEE Toronto Section would like to congratulate Celia Desmond for her achievement and thank her for her service to the profession.
IEEE Toronto Section Call for Nominations for Office (PDF)
Deadline: September 15, 2007
IEEE News
Call for Articles: IEEE Women in Engineering Magazine
3 May Articles are now being accepted for the new IEEE WOMEN IN ENGINEERING MAGAZINE, scheduled to debut in August 2007. The publication will promote the mission of Women in Engineering To Inspire, Engage, Encourage and Empower IEEE Women Worldwide through articles that integrate engineering with current issues facing society and interdisciplinary technologies, including medicine, law, governance and international womens issues....more
For more IEEE news from the IEEE Newsroom - Click here.
And check out the IEEE Institute Magazine here.
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. If you are interested, please contact our
Section Chair Alagan Anpalagan at this
Advertising
For Advertisting in the annual printed edition of IEEE Toronto Section - The Annual Connection
please contact the Editor.
The IEEE Toronto Section accepts advertising for items deemed to be of
interest to our members. If you would like to advertise in our newsletter,
please contact the editor.
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