IEE                  E IEEE Canada Newsletter / Bulletin de IEEE Canada alletin 

Issue: Décembre 2007                                                       Nouvelles d'IEEE Canada

                                                                                   Joyeuses Fêtes et Joyeux Noel!

News of Interest

Ø      Conseil d'administration d'IEEE Canada

-     Réunion d'automne 2007 du Conseil d'administration d'IEEE Canada

-     Webinaire Educatif d'IEEE Canada

-     Le renouvellement 2008 des inscriptions a cours en ce moment

Ø      Section Events

-     IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Toronto

-     Inauguration of Ottawa Life Member Affinity Group

-     IEEE Toronto Section 2007 Annual General Meeting and Awards Dinner

Ø      Conférences

-     21ième Conférence canadienne de génie électrique et de génie informatique - CCECE08

-     The Sixth Annual Conference on Communication Networks and Services Research (CNSR2008)

-     Le colloque 2008 international sur la technologie et la société (ISTAS)

-     Conférences IEEE à venir au Canada

Ø      Prix et reconnaissances

-     Fellows

      IEEE Canada Members Elected to the Grade of IEEE Fellows - Class of 2008

o    Kenneth Cadien, IEEE-F, Edmonton, Alberta

o    Timothy Driscoll, IEEE-F, Calgary, Alberta

o    Ling Guan, IEEE-F, Toronto, Ontario

o    Vincent Hayward, IEEE-F, Montreal, Quebec

o    Shesha Jayaram, IEEE-F, Waterloo, Ontario

o    Bogdan Kasztenny, IEEE-F, Markham, Ontario

o    Jorg Liebeherr, IEEE-F, Toronto, Ontario

o    Yvon Savaria, IEEE-F, Montreal, Quebec

o    Ivan Stojmenovic, IEEE-F, Ottawa, Ontario

o    Bin Wu, IEEE-F, Toronto, Ontario

o    En-hui Yang, IEEE-F, Waterloo, Ontario

o    Weihua Zhuang, IEEE-F, Waterloo, Ontario

-     Promotions au statut de membre sénior

-     Nouveaux membres sénior IEEE en vedette dans ce numéro

o    Gladimir Baranoski

o    Ramesh Abhari

o    Owen Kaser

o    Kui Wu

-     2007 RAB GOLD Achievement Award

-     Engineering Professor Inducted Fellow of The Canadian Academy of Engineering

Ø      Nouvelles IEEE

-     Scitopia.org dévoile un portail de recherche renouvellé

-     IEEE lance l'Internet Television

-     La IEEE Communications Society offre des séminaires éducatifs gratuits

-     Inscrivez-vous aux séminaires en ligne IEEE

-     Logiciel de développement Microsoft gratuit pour les membres étudiants

-     Le programme pilote " IEEE Expert Now " permet aux membres d'obtenir des crédits de formation continue gratuitement

-     Candidatures sollicitées pour le prix IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award

-     Appel de candidatures pour la nomination au titre de IEEE Fellow

-     Site web IEEE de recherche d'emploi tout juste renouvelé!

-     Offre spéciale pour les employeurs canadiens. Publiez votre poste à combler sur le site IEEE de recherche d'emploi gratuitement*!

-     Publiez vos offres de stage sur le site IEEE de recherche d'emploi gratuitement

Ø      Nouvelles d'intérêt général

-     Ingénieurs Canada - Nouveau nom, même services

-     Ingénieurs formés à l'international : accrédités, mobiles et embauchables

Ø      Message de l'éditeur

-     Farewell, but Not Goodbye

Nouvelles

Ø     Conseil d'administration d'IEEE Canada

Réunion d'automne 2007 du Conseil d'administration d'IEEE Canada

Le Conseil d'administration a tenu sa réunion d'automne 2007 au Delta St. John's Hotel and Conference Centre à St. John's, Terre-Neuve, du 19 au 21 octobre. Les représentants de toutes les sections d'IEEE Canada ont revu les activités actuelles et ont discuté de plans stratégiques pour accroître la performance de l'organisation.

Report from the hosting section - IEEE Newfoundland and Labrador Section.

From October 19-21, St. John's was the host city for the IEEE Canada Board

(Region 7) fall meeting. Under the leadership of Dr. Robert Hanna, the voting members of the Board are composed of Section Chairs or representatives from each Section in Canada, Member Services Chair, Publications and Communications Chair, External Relations Chair, and Treasurer. There were others in attendance observing the meeting and contributing to discussions including representatives from Sections and Groups as well as from other Regions and the IEEE International headquarters in Piscataway, NJ. The Board meets twice a year, once in the spring immediately before the Canadian Conference for Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE) and again in the fall.

Kathleen Chafe represented the Section as the voting member from Newfoundland and Labrador. Others

from the Section who participated in the meetings and events over the weekend

were Lori Hogan, Gerard Dunphy, Octavia Dobre, Brian Kidney, and

Dennis Peters. We wanted to give the attendees a taste of Newfoundland hospitality and the unique nightlife just steps away from the Delta host hotel. We hosted a very entertaining screech-in ceremony for over 40 attendees and partners at Christian's Pub. We were also very pleased to have the opportunity to screech-in our Awards and Scholarships Chair, Octavia Dobre! After the kissing of the codfish we went to Bridie Molloy's where all enjoyed the excellent music by the local band The Navigators.

Our caucus meeting on Saturday consisted of Officer, Section, Group, and

visitor reports. Highlights included a presentation on concentrated banking

advantages by the IEEE Investment Group from Piscataway, an overview of

Region 5 activities from the Region 5 Director, as well as discussions regarding

financial support and participation for Sections Congress 2008 in Quebec City.

We reviewed our healthy financial status for 2007 and proposed plans for 2008. A banquet was held Saturday night.

Our business meeting was held on the final day, Sunday. The Board approved a new annual IEEE Canada conference - the Electrical Power Conference, which

was originally started in Ottawa Section and then moved to Montreal in 2007, and

the host city for 2008 will be Vancouver. We also approved our 2008 budget as well as regional funding support formulas for Section delegates to travel to Sections Congress 2008.

The next Regional meeting will be held in Niagara Falls May 2-4, 2008.

http://ieee.engr.mun.ca/~nlsection/newsletters/V07N2Newsletter.pdf

Webinaire Educatif d'IEEE Canada

IEEE Canada Education Activity Committee started a new initiative in 2007 to provide IEEE members with Educational services at minimum cost to the members.

The focus is on providing Seminars on Soft Skills that every engineer needs. To be cost effective the Education Activity Committee organized a pilot project to provide Leadership training Seminar delivered through a web based interface (Webinar). The webinar was run in April 2007 with high success. There were more than 150 attendees. Everyone enjoyed the presentation provided by Celia Desmond (President of World Class Telecommunication).

The success of the first webinar led to the development and organization of a series of webinars on Project Management.

The first in that series was organized and run in October 2007 and provided an Introduction to Project Management. The second in the same series was organized and run in November 2007 on Advanced Topics on Project Management (Project Control and The Human Aspects). Both webinar were highly attended (more than 120 attendees). Slides from both webinars can be found at http://www.ieee.ca/diglib/webinars.htm

If you have any suggestion on specific topic that should be considered please forward your suggestions to the IEEE Canada Education Activity Chair, Dr. Saman Adham (Email: saman@ieee.org).

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Dr. Saman Adham
IEEE Canada Education Activity Chair

Le renouvellement 2008 des inscriptions a cours en ce moment

Ne laissez pas votre inscription expirer. Pour renouveler votre inscription et tirer profit des avantages et service 2008 pour les membres, rendez-vous en ligne au http://www.computer.org/renewal ou téléphonez au +1 800 678 4333 (États-Unis et Canada) ou au +1 732 981 0600 (ailleurs dans le monde) entre 8h et 18h, heure de l'Est, du lundi au vendredi.

Membership fees for the year 2008 are considerably lower then for the previous years because of the strong Canadian dollar.

Si vous ne renouvelez pas votre inscription au plus tard le 31 décembre, vos avantages et services seront suspendus alors prenez la peine de renouveler votre inscription maintenant.

Retour au début

Ø     Section Events

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Toronto

Here is the formula for learning and networking, brought to you by the

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Toronto:

4 exceptional speakers

100 attendees from academia and industry

150+ glasses of wine

10+ platters of cheese and appetizers = one great wine and cheese event

Click photos to enlarge

On October 30, 2007, the IEEE EMBS Toronto hosted its 2nd annual wine

and cheese event.  We welcomed the following exceptional speakers:

Dr. Alistair Glass, Ontario Deputy Minister of Research and Innovation

Neil Fraser, President of Medtronic of Canada

Kris Shah, Vice-President of Baylis Medical Company

Klaus Stitz, Head of Regulatory Affairs, MEDEC

The attendees learned much about the direction of innovation and the  

biomedical industry in Toronto.

Benjamin Mak

IEEE EMBS Toronto, Chair

Inauguration of Ottawa Life Member Affinity Group

The Ottawa Section Life Member Affinity Group was officially inaugurated on Oct. 4, 2007 at a very successful founding meeting at the NRC sponsored by the IEEE Ottawa Section.

A big thanks goes to Ron Potts, Dr. Hussein Mouftah, Dr. Branislav Djokic and all who participated in the meeting. The meeting was opened by Dr. Husein Mouftah and welcomed by the Section Chair Dr. Wahab Almuhtadi and followed by election then concluded by Ron Potts with his very interesting presentation on Ontario Hydro Tunnel Project. David Coll was elected Chair and John Wilson Vice Chair for the Ottawa Section Life Member Affinity Group . There were 18 Ottawa life members as well as the Section Chair and Past Chair attending. Dr. Hussein Mouftah was the Organizing Chair.

IEEE Toronto Section 2007 Annual General Meeting and Awards Dinner

IEEE Toronto Section AGM was held on October 27. This annual event is an opportunity for IEEE Toronto Section members to meet each other as well as the dedicated group of IEEE volunteers who give of their time to plan, organize and execute the wide range of programs offered within the Section and elsewhere in Canada.

Guest Speaker this year was Dr. Ron Dembo - Founder and CEO of ZeroFootprint, a Toronto, Ontario-based organization created to fight global warming by mitigating the environmental impacts of businesses and individuals as well as build a marketplace for people worldwide to engage in sustainable commerce.

Dr. Alagan Anpalagan, Section Chair reported on the past year's activities and presented a variety of awards and recognitions.

A Photographic Record of the evening (click photos to enlarge)

Keynote Speech by Ron Dembo	B. Hanna (IEEE Canada President), A. Anpalagan (Section Chair), R. Dembo (Keynote Speaker)	Alagan Anpalagan provides yearly   update
Bob Hanna addressing the audience	Bob Hanna recognized for his exemplary service, with Past IEEE President Ray Findlay	Bob Hanna with Benjamin Mak  (Chair, EMBS Chapter)
	Section Officers for 2008-09 (Wai Tung Ng, Alex Bot, Marcelo Mota, Pelle Westlind)

Retour au début

Ø     Conferences

Meilleurs souhaits,
Le comité organisateur de CCECE 2008
http://www.ieee.ca/ccece08/

The Sixth Annual Conference on Communication Networks and Services Research (CNSR2008)

May 5 - 8, 2008

Halifax, Nova Scotia
http://www.cnsr.info/Events/CNSR2008/cnsr2008main.php
http://cas.ieee.ca/index.php?q=node/36

This annual conference is jointly sponsored by Dalhousie University, University of New Brunswick (UNB), Université de Moncton (UdeM) and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency's (ACOA) Atlantic Innovation Fund (AIF).

The proceedings from CNSR2008 will be archived through the IEEE Digital Library.

Technical papers describing original research in the field of communication networks and services are invited. Topics and areas to be presented at the conference are listed below. However, papers outside these areas are also welcome with a requirement that they describe current original work in the fields described, either theoretical or applied and have not been published elsewhere. Both industrial and academic contributions are invited.

• Ad Hoc Networks
• Adaptive Web Systems
• Antenna Systems
• Architectures for Voice/Data Services
• Broadband Wireless Networks
• Communication Algorithms
• Communication Systems
• Critical Infrastructure Protection
• Data Mining
• Digital Broadcast Technologies
• Emerging Communication Technologies
• Emerging Web Technologies
• Intelligent Transceiving Architectures
• Intrusion Detection Systems
• Mobility in Communication Systems
• Network Management
• Network Security
• Optical Networks
• Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
• Protocol Design
• Quality of Service in Communication Systems
• Radio Propagation
• Sensor Networks
• Signal Processing for Communications
• Software Radio
• Space-Time Coding and Decoding
• Traffic Engineering and Modelling
• Ultra-Wide Band
• Voice Over IP
• Web Information Management
• Web Services
• Wireless Security

Le colloque 2008 international sur la technologie et la société (ISTAS)

 
Le colloque 2008 international sur la technologie et la société (ISTAS) seront tenus dans Fredericton, Nouveau Brunswick, juin 26 - 28, 2008.

ISTAS est le colloque annuel de la société d'IEEE sur des implications sociales de technologie (link).

Le thème pour ISTAS 08 est : Citoyens, groupes, Communautés et information et technologies de communication.

ISTAS 08 sera un événement multidisciplinaire pour des chercheurs dans la technologie, l'informatique, les sciences sociales, les arts et les sciences humaines ; aussi bien que les chercheurs communauté-basés, les communautés de décisionnaires et d'utilisateur de technologie. Les papiers et les discussions adresseront les aspects sociaux et techniques des matières spécifiques.

Pour l'appel pour des papiers et davantage d'information, visite http://istas08.ca.

Conférences IEEE à venir au Canada

 Pour consulter le répertoire des conférences IEEE au Canada cliquer ici..

Retour au début

Ø     Awards & Recognition

Fellows

IEEE Canada Members Elected to the Grade of IEEE Fellows - Class of 2008.

The IEEE Grade of Fellow is conferred by the IEEE Board of Directors upon a person with an extraordinary record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest. A brief citation is issued to new Fellows describing their accomplishments and the total number selected in any one year does not exceed one-tenth percent of the total voting Institute membership.

Congratulations on your technical achievements!

Kenneth Cadien, IEEE-F, Edmonton, Alberta for contributions to chemical mechanical polishing

Timothy Driscoll, IEEE-F, Calgary, Alberta for leadership in the development of codes and standards for electrical safety in industry

Ling Guan, IEEE-F, Toronto, Ontario for contributions to image and multimedia signal processing

Vincent Hayward, IEEE-F, Montreal, Quebec for contributions to robot manipulator programming and the development of haptics interface technology

Shesha Jayaram, IEEE-F, Waterloo, Ontario for contributions to the use of high voltage in process technology

Bogdan Kasztenny, IEEE-F, Markham, Ontario for contributions to protective relaying methods, designs, and applications

Jorg Liebeherr, IEEE-F, Toronto, Ontario for contributions to the design and analysis of computer networks and their protocols

Yvon Savaria, IEEE-F, Montreal, Quebec for contributions to the development of long interconnect VLSI signal processing architectures

Ivan Stojmenovic, IEEE-F, Ottawa, Ontario for contributions to data communication algorithms and protocols for wireless sensor and ad hoc networks

Bin Wu, IEEE-F, Toronto, Ontario for contributions to high-power converter technology and adjustable speed drives

En-hui Yang, IEEE-F, Waterloo, Ontario for contributions to source coding

Weihua Zhuang, IEEE-F, Waterloo, Ontario for contributions to mobile communications and networks

A complete list of all Canadian IEEE Fellows by year of elevation is available

on the IEEE Canada web site at http://www.ieee.ca/awards/ieee_fellow_list.htm

Promotions au statut de membre sénior

Les membres suivants ont été promus au statut de membre sénior lors de la réunion de Octobre 2007 du IEEE Admission and Advancement Panel meeting.

Félicitations!

Hamilton Section	Ian	Rowe
Hamilton Section	Steve	Hranilovic
London Section	Dev	Sainani
Montreal Section	Kaleem	Siddiqi
Montreal Section	M	Nourmoussavi
Montreal Section	Yves	Lemieux
Montreal Section	Christian	Royer
Montreal Section	Xiupu	Zhang
New Brunswick Section	Brent	Petersen
Toronto Section	Jahangir	Tavakkoli
Toronto Section	Ioan	Marusca
Vancouver Section	Christian	Sasse
Victoria Section	Kui	Wu

Nouveaux membres sénior IEEE en vedette dans ce numéro