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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
Oct 3, 2006 at 3:30 p.m.
Dr.Hassan Kojori, Senior Principal Engineer, Honeywell Aerospace
presents a webinar entitled "Advanced Power Conversion Methods for More
Electric Aircraft", organized by our Industry Applications Chapter.
Click for details. Must register ASAP.
Oct 5, 2006 at 3:30 p.m.
Wolfgang J.R. Hoefer, Professor Emeritus at the University of Victoria
presents a distinguished lecture entitled "Multi-Level Modeling for Complex
Microwave/High-Speed Design", organized by our Electromagnetics and
Radiation Chapter.
Click for details. Must register ASAP.
Oct 6, 2006
Mr. Thomas Halford of the Communications Sciences Institute at the University
of Southern California presents a seminar entitled "Reducing the Complexity
of Graphical Models via Cycles", organized by our Communications Chapter.
Click for details.
Oct 12, 2006 at 2:00 p.m.
Dr. Wen-Liang Hwang of the Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica,
in Taipei, Taiwan presents a seminar entitled "Multi-resolution Images
Mosaicing", organized by our Communications Chapter.
Click for details.
Oct 19, 2006 at 12:15 p.m.
A "Tour of Pearson Airport Engineering" with speakers; Don Alarie, Director of
Engineering, GTAA Pearson & John Souther, CoGen Plant Manager - organized by
our Life Members Affinity Group. Click for details.
Oct 19, 2006 at 6:00 p.m.
Professor Bin Wu of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at
Ryerson University presents a seminar entitled "High-Power Converters and
Applications in Drive/Wind/Utility Industries", jointly organized by our Power
Engineering and Industrial Applications Chapters.
Click for details.
Oct 19, 2006 at 7:00 p.m.
Valeriy Tatarnykov, P. Eng., Group Leader, Alcatel Transport Automation
Solutions Canada presents a seminar entitled "Measure of Passenger Service
Dependability in Communication-Based Transit System: A Statistical Approach",
organized by our Engineering & Human Environment (Reliability) Chapter.
Click for details.
Oct 26, 2006 at 6:30 p.m.
Roch Archambault, Senior Technical Staff Member, Compiler Optimization
Technology and Compiler Focal Point for HPC, IBM Canada presents a seminar
entitled "Using advanced compiler technology to exploit the performance of
the Cell Broadband Engine architecture" organized by our IEEE Computer Chapter.
Click for details.
Oct 26, 2006 at 7:00 p.m.
PEO Toronto Dufferin Chapter presents a seminar on "Hybrid Cars" co-sponsored
by the IEEE Toronto Women in Engineering Affinity Group
Click for details.
Oct 28, 2006 at 7:00 p.m.
IEEE Toronto Annual General Meeting and Awards Dinner
Click for details.
Nov 2, 2006 at 7:00 p.m.
PEO Toronto Dufferin Chapter presents a seminar on "Aviation Accident
Investigations" co-sponsored by the IEEE Toronto Engineering & Human
Environment Chapter Click for details.
Nov 15, 2006 at 6:30 p.m.
Ben Chelf, Chief Technology Officer at Coverity, Inc in San Francisco,
California presents a seminar entitled "Source Code Analysis in the 21st
Century" organized by our IEEE Computer Chapter.
Click for details.
Nov 22, 2006 at 7:00 p.m.
PEO Toronto Dufferin Chapter presents a seminar on "Latest Developments in Hip
and Knee Replacement" co-sponsored by the IEEE Toronto Engineering in
Medicine and Biology Chapter Click for details.
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Please note dates for this timely and critically useful course
in project management. Scheduled for two days back-to-back - October 28 & 29 -
with a registration deadline of October 20, 2006. The IEEE Toronto
Section is offering a 2-day course in Project Management, for those who manage
or work on projects, but have little or no formal training in the field. The
course is based on processes recommended by the Project Management Institute,
the primary authority on project management. "Project Management - Meeting
those Pesky Requirements", is taught by Celia Desmond, B.Sc., M. Eng.,
President of World Class-Telecommunications. Click here for more details.
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Nov 9 & 10 The IEEE Ottawa 6th Annual Electrical Power
Symposium
- "From Tesla's AC Power System to Distributed Generation and Smart Grids".
Symposium on Friday, Nov. 10, 2006. Tutorials, Tours and Exhibits
on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2006 - click for details.
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Electronic Communications Management Certificate
e-management, e-business, e-fficient.
Enable e-management strategies to build your business
Upcoming 2006 Courses
Planning Your Network to Run Like a Business
Sept 22, 23, 30, 2006
The Back Office: How to Offer and Maintain Quality Services
Oct. 20, 21, 2006
Regulation: Communications Law, Rules and Policy
Sept. 29, Oct. 14, 2006
The Internet: Delivering Products and Services Via the Web
Oct. 18, 27, 28, 2006
Broadband Access and Transport: The Big Pipes
Nov. 17, 18, 2006
Wireless Communications: Cutting the Cord
Nov. 24, 25, 2006
Communications Management: Getting the Best from Yourself and Your People
Dec. 1, 2, 8, 2006
For more info or to register, visit www.pdc.utoronto.ca or call 416-978-3481.
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Upcoming Conferences
All IEEE Conferences in Canada - please use this link.
Section News
Saturday evening, October 28, 2006 is our annual general meeting and awards
dinner at the lovely Old Mill Inn in Toronto. Why not come along and enjoy
a great meal, listen to a facinating speaker, and see who this year's award
winners are. To make the evening even more enjoyable, we promise to keep the
"annual meeting" report very short! Even better, your IEEE Toronto Section
subsidizes your meal. Click for here for more details and learn a bit about the
Dance of Molecules.
IEEE News
2006 IEEE Annual Election Period is NOW
Eligible voting IEEE members should have received their 2006 IEEE Annual
Election ballot packages in the mail. Ballot materials can also be accessed
electronically here.
The opportunity to vote in the IEEE Annual Election is a privilege of
membership. This year, for the first time, the privilege is being
extended to eligible graduate student members. Also, this year for the
first time, voters can view video footage of the candidates through the IEEE Annual Election Web site. All ballots must be
received by the election vendor by 1 November 2006 at 12 noon, Central
Time USA (18:00 Greenwich Mean Time) to be counted.
PLEASE VOTE - it
is realy fast and simple using the above web link!
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
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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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