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Issue: August 2007 IEEE Canada News Central

Ø IEEE Canada Board of Directors

- IEEE Canada President-Elect 2008 - 2009 Candidates

- IEEE Canada President-Elect 2008 - 2009 Candidates - Bios and Position Statements

o Robert L. Anderson

o Om Malik

o Hilmi M. Turanli

- IEEE Canada - TELUS Innovation Award

- IEEE Canada Awards

- Translation Volunteers Needed

Ø Section Events

- Power System Stability and Control Course

- Activities of the Signal Processing Chapter of the IEEE Toronto Section in 2006 - 2007

Ø Conferences

- Electrical Power Conference 2007 (EPC 2007) - "Renewable and Alternative Energy Resources"

- 2nd International Conference on Access Networks

- Microwaves and Photonics in Access Networks - MicPAN 2007

- The 21st Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering - CCECE08

- Photos from the 20th Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE07)

- Upcoming IEEE Conferences in Canada

Ø Awards & Recognition

- IEEE Toronto Section Recipient of the 2006 RAB Section Sustained Membership Growth Award

- 2006 RAB Student Branch Membership Growth Award - Ecole Polytechnique-University

- RAB Section Membership Growth Award - S. Alberta Section

- George Eleftheriades Awarded 2008 IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award

- Senior Member Upgrades

- Newly Elected IEEE Senior Member Featured in this Issue

o Fatah Chetouane

o Daniel Fischer

o Juri Jatskevich

o Robert Schober

Ø IEEE News

- Call for IEEE Fellow Nominations

- Newly Redesigned IEEE Job Site!

- Challenge: Engineering Breakthroughs for the Next Hundred Years

- Questions Sought for President-Elect Candidates

- Special Offer for Canadian Employers. Post Your Open Position on the IEEE Job Site Free of Charge*!

Ø Non-IEEE News

- Engineers Canada - New Name, Same Services

- Internationally Educated Engineers: Licensed, Mobile, Employable

News of Interest

Ø IEEE Canada Board of Directors

IEEE Canada President-Elect 2008 - 2009 Candidates

IEEE Canada Board of Directors has nominated the following candidates for the IEEE Canada President-Elect 2008-2009:

- Rob Anderson

- Om Malik

- Hilmi Turanli

This is an election year for IEEE Canada. We encourage you to vote when you receive your ballot from IEEE.

IEEE Canada President-Elect 2008 - 2009 Candidates - Bios and Position Statements

- Robert L. Anderson (Rob Anderson)

For complete biography and position statement, please click here.

Principal

SIMMARIX Inc.

Calgary, Canada

http://members.shaw.ca/rlaieee

Rob is part owner of a business and management consulting firm in Calgary, SIMMARIX Inc. Rob is the Director of Market Development where he uses his knowledge of the energy and technology industries to seek out and develop prospective business opportunities.

Prior to joining SIMMARIX, Rob worked for ENMAX Corporation, the electric utility for his home city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. During his eleven-year career with ENMAX Corporation, Rob held a variety of positions in management, customer service, engineering and contracts management.

Rob Anderson - Position Statement (excerpt)

The biggest challenge facing IEEE is its membership base. IEEE Canada must continue to explore ways to attract new membership and retain existing members. Members and non-members need to perceive a value in belonging to IEEE. This can be achieved through the following: carry out a review of the regions current service offerings to its members to ensure they are delivered as efficiently and effectively as they can be, expand IEEE Canada ties with other technical and non technical societies, and perhaps reviewing of existing affiliations to better benefit IEEE. Finally, the region needs to strengthen it ties with other IEEE entities (sections, chapters and technical societies) by co-sponsoring or developing activities at the local level.

- Om Malik

For complete biography and position statement, please click here.

NDEE, Delhi Polytechnic, India, 1952;

M.E., University of Roorkee, India, 1962;

Ph.D., University of London, U.K., 1965;

DIC, Imperial College, London, U.K., 1965.
Punjab State Electricity Board, India, Engineer, 1953-61;

University of Windsor, Canada, Assistant Professor, 1966-68;

University of Calgary, Canada, Professor, 1968-97;

Professor Emeritus, 1997 -.

Factual Summary of Past Service to the IEEE: M’1966-SM’1969-F’1987-LF’2000

COMMITTEES/BOARDS

RAB Student Activities Committee, Member, 1978-80; Fellows Committee, Member, 1998-2001; Member Conduct Committee Hearing Panel, Member, 2000-02, 2004-06; Life Members Committee, Member, 2002-07; Chair, 2004-05.

AWARDS

Centennial Medal, 1984; Millennium Medal, 2000; Region 7; General AGL McNaughton Medal, 2001; WCC Merit Award, 1986; Power Engineering Society Recognized as Significant Reviewer, 2006.

Om Malik - POSITION STATEMENT (excerpt)

As Region Director, my primary goals will be to:

- run programs in the most efficient and cost effective way so as to deliver quality

and value.

- facilitate efforts at all levels in the Region to encourage growth in membership.

- encourage closer relationship between Sections, Chapters and their student

branches for increased retention of graduating student members.

- become more responsive to the needs of the our diverse membership.

- improve existing services and introduce new programs which will benefit our

members.

- emphasize the needs of our unique situation as one country Region.

- Hilmi M. Turanli

For complete biography and position statement, please click here, or visit his website: http://www.mts.net/~joanald/.

Hilmi received his B. Sc. and M. Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey in 1976 and 1980. He earned his Ph. D. degree from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1984.

In 1986, Dr. Turanli started working for Manitoba Hydro as a Computer Applications Engineer, and later as an HVDC Planning Engineer for a number of years. His current industry position is Interconnections and Grid Supply Studies Engineer at Manitoba Hydro, which is a large power utility in Canada exporting power to other provinces and the mid-west United States. Hilmi has over 20 years of industry background including engineering and capital project planning experience. His extensive experience in teaching at universities and consulting to industry have given him the opportunity to solve some of the complex challenges of modern business.

In 1999, he was appointed as an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba. His research interests involve the digital simulation of power electronics circuits, HVDC transmission, and power system planning.

Dr. Turanli is a Professional Engineer registered in the Province of Manitoba. He has been actively involved with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of the Province of Manitoba (APEGM).

COMMITTEES/BOARDS: RAB (Regional Activities Board), 2006-07; RAB Vice Chair – Member Activities, 2006-07; RAB Enterprise Engineering Project AdHoc Committee, 2006; RAB FinCom (Finance Committee), 2006-07; RAB ARC (Awards Recognitions Committee), 2006-07; RAB MDC (Membership Development Committee), 2006-07; Tellers Committee, 2007 (withdrawn for

election), RAB FinCom, Corresponding Member, 1999-2003.

AWARDS: Section Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Growth of the IEEE Winnipeg Section, 2000; Fellow, Engineering Institute of Canada, 2001; Edward F. Glass Merit Award, IEEE Canada, 2006.

Hilmi M. Turanli - POSITION STATEMENT (excerpt)

My objectives include:

• Exposing a broader range of IEEE resources including technical, professional and

soft skills to our Sections and Members.

• Getting more members active in Chapters, Sections and the Region.

• Exploring other avenues, such as advertising, job sites, on line courses and IEEE

TV to serve our members better.

• Developing increased recognition of Section leaders and volunteers.

IEEE Canada - TELUS Innovation Award

Canadian researchers have and are continuing to greatly contribute to the advances in Electronics, Computing, and Communications Technologies. Today, fields like Nanotechnology and Photonics as well as interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary subjects are gaining in importance in the development of new engineering ICT solutions. TELUS Communications Incorporated wishes to stimulate the interest of Canadian IEEE student members in these fields by sponsoring the annual IEEE Canada TELUS Innovation Award. The first such awards were presented in September 2005.

The purpose of the IEEE Canada TELUS Innovation Award is to offer IEEE student members the opportunity to engage individually or as a team in a significant ICT project, such as their final year undergraduate project in an engineering or technology program, enter this project into the competition to have an opportunity to report, both, verbally and in writing on this project before a panel of industrial, academic and media experts. The project would have a strong design and/or research component with the emphasis on design that embodies the spirit of innovation and has strong application in industry in the foreseeable future.

This year competition will take place in Edmonton, Alberta, and will coincide with the IEEE Canada ExCom meeting. A panel of judges from across Canada has selected 9 finalists who will give their presentations in Edmonton.

Up to $10,000 in cash awards plus travel and accommodation for qualifying teams is generously being funded by TELUS Communications Incorporated. More details are available on the IEEE Canada student web site at http://www.ieee.ca/students/telus_award/index.htm

IEEE Canada Awards

IEEE Canada Awards were presented at the IEEE Canada Awards Banquet held in conjunction with the annual conference in Vancouver, April 2007 - complete brochure
- Achievement Awards
   McNaughton Gold Medal - Dr. Raymond D. Findlay - details
   Fessenden (Telecommunications) Medal - Dr. Vijay Bhargava - details
   Power Medal - Dr. Herman W. Dommel - details * new in 2007
   Computer Medal - Dr. Nicolas D. Georganas - details * new in 2007
   Outstanding Engineer Award - Dr. Barna Szabados - details
   Outstanding Engineering Educator Award - Dr. David V. Plant - details
- Service Awards
   W.S. Read Outstanding Service Award - Celia Desmond - details
   Eastern Canada Merit Award - Dominic Rivard - details
   Central Canada Merit Award - Vilayil I. John - details
   Western Canada Merit Award - Denard Lynch - details
- Other Awards
IEEE Richard Harold Kaufmann Award - Dr. Md Azizur Rahman - details

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Please contact Christian Pepin at cpepin@ieee.org

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Christian Pepin

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Ø Section Events

Power System Stability and Control Course

The IEEE PES/IAS Southern Alberta Section is proud to present Power System Stability and Control Course with Dr. Prabha Kundur at the University of Calgary August 21-24, 2007. This course will provide a comprehensive overview of power system stability and control problems including:

* Basic concepts;

* Physical aspects of the phenomena;

* Methods of analysis;

* Examples of incidents of system instability;

* Challenges to the secure operation of present-day power systems;

* Comprehensive approach to enhancing system security

Dr. Kundur has a long record of service and leadership in the IEEE. He has chaired numerous committees and working groups of the IEEE Power Engineering Society, and was elected a Fellow of the IEEE in 1985. He is the immediate past-chairman of the IEEE Power System Dynamic Performance Committee, and is currently the PES Vice-President for Education/Industry Relations. He is the recipient of several IEEE awards, including the Nikola Tesla Award in 1997 and the Charles Concordia Power System Engineering Award in 2005.

Course Fee:

IEEE Member - $1,590 (includes GST)

Non-IEEE Member - $2,120 (includes GST)

To register, please mail a cheque (payable to: IEEE Southern Alberta

Section) to the following address:

IEEE PSSC Course

C/O Shamir S. Ladhani

ENMAX Power Corporation

141 - 50 Avenue SE. Calgary, Alberta. T2G-4S7

Please include your IEEE Membership number, e-mail address, and daytime

phone number.

Activities of the Signal Processing Chapter of the IEEE Toronto Section in 2006 - 2007

The Signal Processing (SP) chapter of the IEEE Toronto Section became a standalone chapter in August 2005. The mission of the SP Society is to advance and disseminate state-of-the-art scientific information and resources; educate the signal processing community; and provide a venue for people to interact and exchange ideas. The SP Society's field of interest includes the theory and application of filtering, coding, transmitting, estimating, detecting, analyzing, recognizing, synthesizing, recording, and reproducing signals by digital or analog devices or techniques. The term "signal" includes audio, video, speech, image, communication, geophysical, sonar, radar, medical, musical, and other signals.

The SP Chapter of Toronto Section is one of the five such chapters in Canada (region 7). The Chapter is chaired by Dr. Sri Krishnan, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Ryerson University. Dr. Sri Krishnan is also the Region 7 representative in the Chapters' Committee. Mr. Karl Martin a PhD student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto is the Vice-chair of the Chapter. Dr. Lian Zhao, an Associate Professor in Ryerson University is the Chapter's secretary. The Toronto Section chapter currently has around 120 members.

In the past two years the Chapter held around 20 technical meetings with topics covering a wide spectrum of signal processing theory and practices in communication systems, medical technologies, multimedia systems, biometrics, and nanotechnologies. The speakers were from a diversified background, and included a good mix of leading academic and industrial researchers and practitioners.

In 2006-2007 the Chapter also invited two SP Society Distinguished Lectures: Dr. C.-C. Jay Kuo from the University of Southern California and Dr. Aggelos K. Katsaggelos from the Northwestern University. In the 2006 Annual General Meeting and Awards Banquet of Toronto Section, the Chapter Chair, Dr. Sri Krishnan was recognized with the "Chapter Chair of the Year" award in recognition of his exemplary service with the SP Chapter of IEEE Toronto.

In future, the Chapter is planning for more seminars, distinguished lectures, and workshops from experts from industries and academic researchers. For details stay tuned to the SP chapter website http://toronto.ieee.ca/chapters/sig_proc.htm. If you are interested in volunteering for the Chapter, please contact the Chapter Chair using the following email address: sri_krishnan@ieee.org

Ø Conferences

Electrical Power Conference 2007 (EPC 2007) - "Renewable and Alternative Energy Resources"

This conference will take place on Oct. 25 – 26 in Montreal , Quebec . The paper submissions process has now been closed after a larger-than-expected number of papers was submitted to the conference. The submitted extended abstracts are now being reviewed and authors will be notified shortly. An impressive list of 6 internationally renowned plenary speakers has been recruited for the conference. Other events, such as a Workshop on Distributed Generation are being organized. A special event for students is being planned and the Dean from Concordia University will be the chief guest at this event. A number of major exhibitors and sponsors are now assisting with this conference. All the pieces are falling into place and we are hoping for a very successful event.

Topics of interest to the conference include the following:

Wind

Solar

Ethanol

Hydrogen

Bio-thermal

Small Hydro

Fuel Cells

Wave & Tidal Power

Energy Storage

Smart Networks

Smart Networks Reliability

Smart Networks Protection

Energy Efficiency

Energy Conservation

Technology Trends

Clean & Renewable Energy Markets

General Conference Chair is Dr. Vijay Sood P.Eng., FIEEE, FEIC.

For more information please visit: http://www.ieee.ca/epc07.

2nd International Conference on Access Networks

August 22-24, 2007
Ottawa Marriott Hotel, 100 Kent St., Ottawa

The aim of the annual International Conference on Access Networks (AccessNets) is to provide a forum that brings together scientists and researchers from academia as well as managers and engineers from the industry and government organizations to meet and exchange ideas and recent work on all aspects of access networks and how they integrate with their in-home counterparts. Details: http://www.accessnets.org/2007/index.htm

Microwaves and Photonics in Access Networks - MicPAN 2007

The first international workshop on ‘Microwaves and Photonics in Access Networks’ (MICPAN) will be held Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2007 in Ottawa, Ontario.

The MICPAN Workshop is a part of the second Access Networks Conference.

The workshop chair is Dr. Xavier Fernando, Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ryerson University, Chair, IEEE COMSOC Toronto Chapter.

There will be exciting key note speeches, technical presentations and networking opportunities available in this workshop. The workshop will cover all aspects of optical and microwave techniques for broadband multimedia access networks; either wired or wireless.

Microwaves and photonics play important roles in multimedia access networks, especially in IEEE 802.16 (WIMAX), DSL, HFC, video-over-fiber, fiber-wireless, voice over cable, radio-over-fiber, free-space-optical and optical-wireless systems. Microwave photonics enable RF distribution over passive optical network (PON) and wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) either coarse or dense can be added to boost the capacity of these networks.

The Access Net conference is technically sponsored by IEEE COMSOC and IEEE

Ottawa Section.

For more information please visit: http://www.micpan.org

The 21^st Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering – CCECE08

Niagara Falls, Ontario

May 4 - 7, 2008

The 2008 IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE 2008) will be held in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada from May 4-7, 2008. CCECE 2008 provides a forum for the presentation of electrical and computer engineering research and development from Canada and around the world.

Conference Chair is Dr. Sri Krishnan; Technical Program Chairs are Dr. Alagan Anpalagan and Dr. Bob Dony.

There will be eight mini symposia and papers are invited, in French or English.

http://www.ieee.ca/ccece08/

Photos from the 20th Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering - CCECE07

The 20th Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering was held at the Sheraton Wall Centre Hotel, Vancouver in April 2007. Well over 400 contributions were presented in 96 sessions over three days. In addition to the usual strong representation of areas such as Communications, Computers, Power, Signal processing and VLSI, there were sessions on Biomedical Engineering, Nano and Micro Systems and Software Engineering.

Here’re some pictures from the conference.

Registration-Reception

Registration-Reception

Award-Banquet

Award-Banquet

McNaughton-Award

Student Paper Award

Student Paper Award

Gaurav, Mamun, Ashok, Majid (back), Umesh and Praveen (from left to right)

Upcoming IEEE Conferences in Canada

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Ø Awards & Recognition

IEEE Toronto Section recipient of the 2006 RAB Section Sustained Membership Growth Award

The IEEE Regional Activities Board (RAB) recognized the IEEE Toronto Section as a recipient of the 2006 RAB Section Sustained Membership Growth Award for their continued success for attracting and retaining Outstanding Leadership and their results in IEEE Membership Development Activities for the period of 2004 to 2006 in Region 7.

2006 RAB Student Branch Membership Growth Award - Ecole Polytechnique-University

On 15 June 2007, the IEEE Regional Activities Board (RAB) recognized Ecole Polytechnique-University of Montreal as a recipient of the 2006 RAB Student Branch Membership Growth Award for their success for Outstanding Leadership and Results in IEEE Membership Development Activities for the IEEE Montreal Section in Region 7.

Each year a Student Branch in each Region is recognized as having achieved the highest rate of growth. The greatest level of growth is based on a composite rating, considering the highest percentage of increase in membership and highest increase in new elections relative to other Student Branches within each Region. Each recipient shall receive an animated graphic noting this achievement which can be displayed on the Section’s Website.

RAB Section Membership Growth Award - S. Alberta Section

On 15 June 2007, the IEEE Regional Activities Board (RAB) recognized the IEEE Southern Alberta Section as a recipient of the 2006 RAB Section Membership Growth Award for their success for Outstanding Leadership and Results in IEEE Membership Development Activities for Region 7.

Each year a Section in each Region is recognized as having achieved the highest rate of growth. The greatest level of growth is based on a composite rating, considering the highest percentage of increase in membership and highest increase in new elections relative to other Sections in good standing within each Region. Each recipient shall receive an animated graphic noting this achievement which can be displayed on the Section’s Website.

George Eleftheriades Awarded 2008 IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award

Professor George Eleftheriades (FIEEE), University of Toronto, IEEE Toronto Section has been recognized with the 2008 IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award, a prestigious IEEE Technical Fields Award given to only one person in any given year.
The IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award recognizes outstanding early to mid-career contributions to technologies holding the promise of innovative applications. The citation for Professor Eleftheriades' award is: "For pioneering contributions to the science and the technological applications of negative-refraction electromagnetic materials."

Senior Member Upgrades

The following members were upgraded to Senior Member status at the May 2007 IEEE Admission and Advancement Panel meeting.

Congratulations!

Montreal Section

John

Pinnell

Toronto Section

Brian

Mitsuki

Toronto Section

Michael

Doherty

Toronto Section

Yu

Sun

Vancouver Section

Jack

Sawada

Vancouver Section

Martinich

Terrence

Newly Elected IEEE Senior Member Featured in this Issue

Fatah Chetouane

New Brunswick Section

Professor, Faculty of Engineering, University of Moncton.

Education:
- Ph.D. Control & Computer-Aided Manufacturing (INPG, 1999)
- M Eng. Control & Computer-Aided Manufacturing (INPG, 1995)
- Engineer Automatic control systems (ENPA, 1994)

Expertise:
- Automatic control, Compu. Aided Manufacturing ( CAM)
- Manufacturing process management (MPM)

- Simulation, Performance Measures.

Daniel Fischer

Toronto Section

Dr. Daniel Fischer is currently a Senior Engineer in the Transmission and Distribution Technologies business at Kinectrics, Ontario. Over the last two decades, he contributed to the design and implementation of advanced signal processing techniques that improved the monitoring and performance of the transmission and distribution networks. Dr. Fisher successfully applied modern Artificial Intelligence methodologies to a wide array of failure detection systems responsible for detecting underground power cable oil leaks, generator overheating, and hydro dam structure degradation. Dr. Fisher has extensive experience in both hardware and software design of systems having strong real time requirements. Dr. Fisher has a B.A.Sc. in Engineering Science and a M.A.Sc. in Electrical Engineering both from the University of Toronto, and a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from McMaster University. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario.

Juri Jatskevich

Vancouver Section

Assistant professor, University of British Columbia

Ph.D., Purdue University, ECE, West Lafayette, IN, USA, 1999
M.S.E.E., Purdue University, ECE, West Lafayette, IN, USA, 1997
B.S.E.E., Ukrainian National Agricultural University (UNAU), Kiev, Ukraine, 1994

Juri Jatskevich received the Electrical Engineering Degree (B.S.E.E) from Ukrainian National Agricultural University, Kiev, in 1994, where he worked as a Research Engineer and Lecturer in the Electrical Machinery Division from 1994 to 1995. He became a graduate student at Purdue University in 1995, where he received M.S.E.E. and Ph.D. degrees in 1997 and 1999, respectively. Since 1998, he also had been working as a consultant for P.C. Krause and Associates Inc., (PCKA), developing software and computer models of power-electronic based systems and electrical machines for distributed simulations. After receiving the Ph.D. degree Dr. Juri worked at Purdue first as a post-doctoral Research Associate and then as a Principle Research Scientist. In August 2002 he joined the faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of British Columbia.

Research Interests

Electrical machines, power electronics, drives, controls, distribution systems, power quality. Computer modeling and simulation, average-value modeling of power- electronic-based systems, distributed and parallel simulation.

Robert Schober

Vancouver Section

Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of British Columbia

Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Wireless Communications

Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Communications

Member of the Communications Group

Member of the Institute for Computing, Information and Cognitive Systems

Research and teaching interests are in the broad area of wireless communications. Current research topics include space-time coding and processing, distributed diversity techniques, ultra-wideband (UWB) signaling, multiuser detection, noncoherent receivers, equalization, coded modulation, iterative processing, and adaptive algorithms.