Amir G. Aghdam, Ph.D., SMIEEE
Editor in Chief
IEEE Canadian Review
C/O Concordia University
1515 St. Catherine W., S-EV005.139
Montréal, Québec H3G 2W1
Tel: 514.848.2424 x4137
Fax: 514.848.2802
Email: aghdam@ieee.org
Prime interests: control systems, decentralized control of large-scale systems, multi-agent systems, cooperative control, sensor networks, robust control
Education:
Amir Aghdam received the B.A.Sc. degree from Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran and the M.A.Sc. degree from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, both in Electrical Engineering. In 2000 he received the Ph.D. degree from the University of
Toronto.
Work experience:
Dr. Aghdam is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Concordia University, with specializations in Control Systems and Digital Systems Design. Prior to joining Concordia, he worked as a development engineer at Voyan Technology, Santa Clara, California. Dr. Aghdam has published more than 100 refereed technical papers, books and book chapters, and holds two patents.
Professional memberships and general interests:
Joining IEEE Montreal Section in 2002, Dr. Aghdam was Founding Chair of the Control Systems Chapter (2004- 2007), and Co-founder of the joint Systems, Man & Cybernetics / Aerospace & Electronics Systems Chapter (2005). He was elected Section Chair in 2005, serving two consecutive one-year terms. In 2007 he was elected Canada East Area chair. Dr. Aghdam has held a variety of positions related to numerous IEEE conferences -- on steering committees and as Technical Program Co-chair, Local Arrangements Chair, and Awards Co-chair -- and is General Conference Chair of 2012 CCECE/CCGÉI. A member of Professional Engineers Ontario, he is Associate Editor with
IEEE Systems Journal. In Feburary 2009 he was appointed Managing Editor of
IEEE Canadian Review, becoming Editor-in-Chief in April 2011.
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Shaahin Filizadeh, Ph.D., SMIEEE
Peer-Review Manager
IEEE Canadian Review
c/o
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba,
75A Chancellor’s Circle,
Winnipeg, MB R3T 5V6
Phone: 204.480.1401
Fax: 204.474.7522
Email: sfilizadeh@ieee.org
Prime interests: power electronics, transient simulation of power systems, nonlinear optimization, electric motor drives, hybrid vehicles
Education:
Shaahin Filizadeh received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees, both in electrical engineering, from Sharif University of Technology in 1996 and 1998, respectively. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Manitoba in 2004.
Work experience:
Dr. Filizadeh is currently an Associate Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Manitoba. He conducts research in power electronics, transient simulation of power systems, nonlinear optimization, electric motor drives, and hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles.
Professional memberships and general interests:
Dr. Filizadeh is the past Vice-Chair (2005) and Chair (2006) of the PES Chapter of the IEEE Winnipeg Section. He served as the Section’s Vice-Chair in 2010 and is the 2011 Chair of the IEEE Winnipeg Section. He is also the Workshop and Tutorial’s Chair of the IEEE EPEC 2011 in Winnipeg. Dr. Filizadeh is a registered Professional Engineer in Manitoba.
Marcelo Mota, SMIEEE
Advertisement Manager
IEEE Canadian Review
E-mail: m.mota@ieee.org
Education:
Marcelo Mota holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, and a Master degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Warwick, England.
Work experience:
Mr. Mota is currently Associate Vice-President, PMO / Infrastructure Technology Solutions – ITS for TD Bank Financial Group. From 2001 to 2010 he held the position of Director, IT Programs for the Greater Toronto Airports Authority. Mr. Mota has a total of
30 years of experience in the IT, Energy, Government, and Consulting industry. Previous positions include Director of Business Development and Operations & Technical Support of a provincial information technology company, as well as heading various department and divisions at a large hydro
company.
Professional memberships and interests:
Mr. Mota has been an IEEE member for more than 20 years, serving on a variety of IEEE Boards and Committees. These include Publication Services and Products
Board (PSPB), Member and Geographic Activities Board, EAB Transnational Committee Chair and Educational Activities Board. Mr. Mota has also been active in other engineering and sister associations including: PMI – Project Management Institute; CREA – Regional Council of Engineering, Architecture and Agronomy; CEB – Bahia Engineering Club; and, Partners of America – Bahia/Pennsylvania Chapter.
Habib Hamam, Ph.D., SMIEEE
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
Prime interests: optical telecommunications, diffraction, fibre components, biomedical engineering and E-Learning
Education:
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 1 jointly with the France Telecom Graduate School of Brittany (ENSTB -
France) in 1995.
Work experience:
Since 2002,
Dr. Hamam 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 general interests:
He is a registered professional engineer in New-Brunswick and a senior member
of IEEE.
Terrance J. Malkinson, SMIEEE
Associate 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
Prime interests: business analysis, emerging technology, biomedical engineering
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 general 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, Ph.D., SMIEEE
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
Prime interests: wireline and wireless networks, mobile computing, performance evaluation, artificial intelligence, and electronic learning
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, Dr. Pierre 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 general interests:
Dr. Pierre's 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, Ph.D., SMIEEE
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
Prime interests: algorithms for aerospace systems, development of distributed multi-rate models for simulation and control
Education:
Camille-Alain Rabbath obtained his Ph.D. degree from McGill University, Montreal, in 1999.
Work experience:
Dr. Rabbath has extensive industry experience 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 senior 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.
Jon Rokne, Ph.D.,LSMIEEE
Associate Editor
IEEE Canadian Review
c/o
Department of Computer Science,
University of Calgary,
2500 University Dr. N.W.,
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
Tel: (403) 220-6016
Email: rokne@ucalgary.ca
Prime interests: interval analysis, global optimization, computer graphics and social networks
Education:
Jon Rokne obtained an M. Sc. from the University of Alberta and a Ph. D. from the University of Calgary, both in the area of applied mathematics with a numerical analysis emphasis. Previously he studied Electrical Engineering at the Norwegian Institute of Technology.
Work experience:
Dr. Rokne is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Calgary and he chaired the department from 1989 to 1996. Within the university he been on many university committees. He also organized the installation of the first university FDDI network in Canada and actively worked towards connecting the university to the world wide web (WWW). He spearheaded and managed the acquisition and installation of a top 500 supercomputing facility shared with the Department of Chemistry.
Professional memberships and general interests:
A member of IEEE since 1970, Dr. Rokne has volunteered for IEEE in a number of capacities, mainly in the Computer Society and on PSPB. He chaired the Publications Conduct Subcommittee of PSPB for two years dealing with the increasing problem of plagiarism and publications complaints. He has been Vice-President of PSPB and on the IEEE Board of Governors for 2009-2010. In the Computer Society,
Dr. Rokne has completed two terms as Vice-President, Publications and three terms on the Board of Governors. As part of the duties of this position he formed committees for appointment and reappointment of EIC's for Computer Society
publications.
Vijay K. Sood, Ph.D., FIEEE,
Associate Editor
IEEE Canadian Review
c/o
Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science;
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
2000 Simcoe St. North;
ENG 1024
Oshawa, ON L1H 7K4
Phone: 905-721-8668 x3704
Fax: 905-721.3370
Email: v.sood@ieee.org
Prime interests: controllers for power transmission systems, modeling of power electronics converters
Education:
Vijay Sood 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:
Dr. Sood is Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, at
the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT). Before joining UOIT in
2007, he served for nearly three decades 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. Dr. Sood has more than 70 publications in these areas. From 1984 to
2007, he was an
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
at Concordia University, Montreal.
Professional memberships and general interests:
Dr. Sood is Fellow of IEEE and a Member of the IEE (UK). He is also Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada
(EIC) and a Registered
Professional Engineer in the Province of Quebec. He was Associate Editor, IEEE Canadian Review from 1994 to 1996, and Editor in Chief from 1996 to 2005.
Dr. Sood is currently Co-Editor of the Canadian
Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Bin Wu, Ph.D.,FIEEE
Associate Editor
IEEE Canadian Review
c/o
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ryerson University
350 Victoria Street
Toronto, ON M5B 2K3
Tel: (416) 979-5000 x6484
Fax: (416) 979-5280
Email: bwu@ee.ryerson.ca
Prime interests: power electronics, adjustable-speed drives, and renewable energy systems
Education:
Bin Wu graduated from China Textile University in 1978, and received the M.A.Sc and Ph.D degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Toronto in 1989 and 1993, respectively.
Work experience:
Dr. Wu was a lecturer in the Department of Electrical Engineering at China Textile University from 1978 to 1986, a Visiting Researcher at the University of Toronto from 1986 to 1987, and a Senior Engineer at Rockwell Automation Canada from 1992 to 1993. He joined Ryerson University in 1993, where he is currently a Professor. Dr. Wu has published more than 170 technical papers, authored a John Wiley - IEEE Press book, and holds over 20 issued/pending patents.
Professional memberships and general interests:
Dr. Wu is a Fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC), and Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE). He also serves as an Associate Editor of
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. His research interests include power electronics, adjustable-speed drives, and renewable energy systems.
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