Eric Holdrinet, MBA, SMIEEE
Managing Editor
IEEE Canadian Review
C/O Consulate General of Canada in Los Angeles
550, S. Hope Str., 9th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071
USA
Tel: 213 346-2758
Fax: 213 346-2767
Email: e.holdrinet@ieee.org
Education:
Eric Holdrinet holds a B.Sc. Informatique from Université de Sherbrooke (QC) and a MBA from McGill University.
Work experience:
Mr. Holdrinet is Consul and Trade Commissioner in charge of Technology Partnerships at the Consulate General of Canada in Los Angeles. Previously he worked from 1996 to 2005 for the National Research Council of Canada as Industrial Technology Advisor, and from 1988 to 1996 for Atkinson, Tremblay & Associates as a consultant in Information Technology.
Professional memberships and interests:
Eric has been an active member of the IEEE since 1988, Chair of the Montreal Section, Newsletter Editor and Webmaster for about 10 years, Chair of the IEEE Canada Education Committee in 1999-2000, Chair of the Eastern Canada Council in 2003-2004, member of the IEEE Individual Benefits & Services Committee and the Advisory Board of "The Institute".
Vijay K. Sood, Ph.D., FEIC, ing.
Advertisement Manager
IEEE Canadian Review
c/o
Hydro-Quebec
1800 Lionel Boulet,
Varennes, Quebec. J3X 1S1
Phone: 450-652-8089
Fax: 450-652-8181
Email: v.sood@ieee.org
Education:
He obtained the M.Sc. degree from University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
(Scotland) in 1969 and the Ph.D. degree from University of Bradford (UK) in
1977.
Work experience:
Since 1976, he has been at the Hydro-Quebec research institute (IREQ) in
Varennes, Quebec working in the Electrical Equipment Division of IREQ. His
research interests include HVDC transmission, forced commutation,
analog/numerical simulation techniques and the applications of artificial
intelligence techniques to the monitoring, control and protection of power
systems. He has over 70 publications in these areas. Since 1984, he is an
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
at Concordia University, Montreal.
Professional memberships and interests:
He is a Senior Member of the IEEE, Member of the IEE (UK) and a Registered
Professional Engineer in the Province of Quebec. He is presently the
Managing Editor of the quarterly journal IEEE Canadian Review.
Terrance J. Malkinson
Managing Co-Editor
IEEE Canadian Review
C/O Engagement Services Organization
GE Capital Information Technology Solutions Inc.
Calgary, Alberta. T2P 3P2
Phone: 403-282-1065
Fax:
Email: t.malkinson@ieee.org
Education:
Terrance Malkinson is a graduate of the University of Calgary (B. Sc.)
and the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (B. Tech.) He is
professionally certified by the Alberta Society of Engineering
Technologists (A. Sc.T.). He is an alumnus of numerous professional
development programs.
Work experience:
He is a business analyst documentation specialist providing professional
support. He has 26 years of progressive experience in medical research
at the University of Calgary and 4 years in business proposal management
at GE Capital Information Technology Solutions Inc. He is the author of
64 research publications and 52 short communications and has presented
the results of research at numerous local, national and international
meetings
Professional memberships and interests:
Terrance is an elected public member of the University of Calgary
Senate, and serves on numerous committees promoting the University to
the public, industry, and government. He is a member of the IEEE-USA
Editorial Board and writes a monthly column and feature articles on
emerging technologies and advanced technology policy. He is a senior
member of the IEEE and the Biomedical Engineering Society. He is
interested in the application of wilderness experiential adventure
education as an enabler of personal growth and professional development
of managerial/leadership competencies.
Samuel Pierre, ing., Ph.D., FEIC
Associate Editor
IEEE Canadian Review
c/o
Department of Computer Engineering
École Polytechnique de Montréal
P.O. Box 6079, Station Centre-Ville
Montréal (Québec) H3C 3A7
Phone: 514-340-4711, ext: 4685
Fax: 514-340-3240
Email: samuel.pierre@polymtl.ca
Education:
Samuel Pierre received the B.Eng. degree in civil engineering in 1981
from École Polytechnique de Montréal, Québec, the B.Sc. and M.A.Sc.
degrees in mathematics and computer science in 1984 and 1985,
respectively, from the UQAM, Montréal, the M.Sc. degree in economics in
1987 from the Université de Montréal, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical
Engineering in 1991 from École Polytechnique de Montréal.
Work experience:
From 1987 to
1998, he was a Professor at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
prior to joining the Télé-Université of Québec, an Adjunct Professor at
Université Laval, Ste-Foy, Québec, an Invited Professor at the Swiss
Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland, then the
Université Paris 7, France.
He is currently a Professor of Computer Engineering at École
Polytechnique de Montréal where he is Director of the Mobile Computing
and Networking Research Laboratory (LARIM) and NSERC/Ericsson Industrial
Research Chair in Next-generation Mobile Networking Systems.
Professional memberships and interests:
His research
interests include wireline and wireless networks, mobile computing,
performance evaluation, artificial intelligence, and electronic
learning. He is a Fellow of Engineering Institute of Canada, senior
member of IEEE, a member of ACM and IEEE Communications Society. He is
an Associate Editor of IEEE Communications Letters, and he serves on the
editorial board of Telematics and Informatics published by Elsevier
Science.
Camille-Alain Rabbath
Associate Editor
IEEE Canadian Review
c/o
Defence Research & Dev. Canada
2459 Pie-XI Blvd. North
Val-Belair, QC G3J 1X5
Phone: 418-844-4000 Ext. 4756
Fax:
Email: rabbath@ieee.org
Education:
He obtained his Ph.D. degree from McGill University, Montreal, in 1999.
Work experience:
Dr. C. A. Rabbath has worked for four years in industry in the areas of
control systems design and distributed simulations of aerospace and robotic
systems. He is an Adjunct Professor at McGill University, an Adjunct-assistant
Professor at Concordia University and a Defence Scientist at Defence Research
& Development Canada - Valcartier.
Professional memberships and interests:
He is a member of IEEE, Control Systems Society. His current research
interests include the design and analysis of guidance, navigation and
control algorithms for aerospace systems, such as missiles and UAVs, and the
development of distributed multi-rate models for simulation and control.
Habib Hamam
Associate Editor
IEEE Canadian Review
c/o
Faculté d’ingénierie
Université de Moncton
165, avenue Massey
Moncton, NB E1A 3E9
Phone: 506-858-4762
Fax:
Email: habib.hamam@ieee.org
Education:
Dr. Habib Hamam graduated from the Technical University of Munich
(Germany) as an engineer in information processing in 1992. He earned
his Ph.D degree in telecommunications from Université de Rennes I
jointly with the France Telecom Graduate School of Brittany (ENSTB -
France) in 1995.
Work experience:
Since 2002, he is an Associate Professor in electrical engineering at
Université de Moncton. His research interests are in optical
telecommunications, diffraction, fibre components, optics of the eye,
biomedical engineering and E-Learning.
Professional memberships and interests:
He is a registered professional engineer in New-Brunswick and a member
of IEEE.
Alain Zarka
Associate Editor
IEEE Canadian Review
c/o
4375 rue Beaubien
Québec (QC) G2A 3Z2
Phone: 418-847-5324
Fax:
Email: azarka@ieee.org
Education:
Dr. Alain Zarka received his engineering diploma from the IPSA (Paris)
in 1993, and obtained a Masters equivalency from Laval University in
2000.
Work experience:
He has over 13 years of experience in optical frequency standard and
electrical metrology at the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures
(France). He has published more than 15 papers and has 3 patents. In
2000, he immigrated to Québec where he cofounded Dicos Technologies
(Sainte-Foy, QC) and SEA-Network (Québec, QC) which is built on an
international network of experts dedicated to optimization and decision
making tools like Learning Expert System. His interests are in
modelization and optimization problems.
Professional memberships and interests:
Alain is multi-lingual and speaks French, English, German and Swedish.
He is an IEEE member since 2000.
Last update / 2005-11-05 / la dernière mise à jour