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Bruce Van-Lane, P.Eng,
Co-Editor in Chief
IEEE Canadian Review
C/O Communication Matters
193 Winnett Ave
Toronto, Ontario M6C 3L8
Tel/Fax: 416.599.9229
Email: vanlane@ieee.org
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Work experience:
Mr. Van-Lane has worked in the field of professional communication for 25 years. In the early '90s he was a features writer and the engineering editor
for Plant Engineering and Maintenance magazine, published 10 times/year
with a circulation of 30,000. His writing profiled new manufacturing trends, environmental
programs and innovative management techniques, for which he received two
prestigious Kenneth R. Wilson Awards from the Canadian Business Press. Mr.
Van-Lane was also responsible for writing/editing the magazine's industry news
and case history departments. During his tenure, requests for reprints and reader interest was the highest ever
for his areas, as determined by regular outside auditing. In 1995, Mr.
Van-Lane founded Communication Matters, a public relations and publishing
consultancy with a base of primarily technology and industry clients. Areas of
service include developing strategies and plans for meeting organizational
objectives, for both external and internal audiences. Projects include full
service custom publication production/distribution management, marketing
collaterals and media relations campaigns. Education:
Bruce Van-Lane's training in journalism and communications includes continuing
education courses taken at Ryerson University and the University of
Toronto, respectively. He received the B.A.Sc. degree from the University of
Toronto (1985).
Professional memberships and general interests:
Mr. Van-Lane is a member of the Canadian Science Writers' Association and
Professional Engineers Ontario. He has previously been very active in
Toastmasters International, including Publicity Chair of the Canada Day Speech
Contest. He was the first to promote Club-level participation in local municipal
Canada Day celebrations as a membership development strategy.
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Advertisement Manager
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Kexing Liu, SMIEEE
Advertisement Manager
IEEE Canadian Review
E-mail: kexing.liu@ieee.org
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Prime interests: Photonics sensors and systems, measurement and instrumentation, control systems, optical communications networks,
CDC ROADM networks
Education:
Kexing Liu received his BSc from Beijing Polytechnic University, China on manufacturing automation; and the PhD from University of Manchester (UMIST), UK on fibre optics and instrumentation.
Work experience:
Dr. Liu started his career in scientific research and then moved to product development. He has worked on process control instruments, avionics and defense electronics, as well as
in telecommunications. In the mid 1990s he was with Canadian Marconi, advancing the integration of GPS navigation into on-board flight management systems for civil aviation. In 1997 he joined Cambrian Systems Corporation and was principal architect for the metro DWDM system product:
OPTera OM5K. This product generated more than US$2 billion revenue after the company was acquired by Nortel Networks. Dr Liu is currently the head of engineering at EcoVu Analytics, a clean tech company developing technologies for water treatment.
Professional memberships and interests:
Dr. Liu has volunteered with IEEE since 1990, serving terms as Chapter Chair for the AES Society in both Toronto and Montreal Sections. He was the cofounder and an organizing committee member for the IEEE International conference on Application of Photonic Technologies, which later evolved into Photonics North, the main Canadian conference on photonics. In Ottawa Section, Dr. Liu served as Chapter Chair for the LEOS/PS (1997-2000 and 2005-present) and has contributed as Section Vice-Chair (2000) and Secretary (2005 – 2006). He was Conference Co-Chair, 2011 ICO International Conference on Information Photonics, and Publicity Co-Chair, 2012 IEEE International Conference on Communications. Dr. Liu served as IEEE Canada Publicity and Advertising Chair (2007-2010),
now returning to this role.
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Maike Luiken, Ph.D., SMIEEE
Editorial Focus Advisor & Associate Editor
IEEE Canadian Review
C/O Lambton College 1457 London Road.
Sarnia, Ontario, N7S 6K4 Phone: 226-886-2712
Email: Maike.luiken@ieee.org
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Prime interests: research management, multi-disciplinary research, sustainable
development, clean tech, energy conservation, integrated systems
Education:
Maike obtained her Staatsexamen, Mathematics, Physics, from the Technical University, Braunschweig, Germany (1979) and her Ph.D., Physics, from the University of Waterloo (1982).
Work experience:
Dr. Luiken is Director, Bluewater Technology Access Centre at Lambton College,
Sarnia, following six years as Dean, Applied Research and Sustainable Development,
and two years as Dean of Technology. She has facilitated and managed a wide
variety of applied research projects at the college,
comprising small to multi-disciplinary inter-organizational, multi-year research projects
spanning multiple disciplines from technology to health. Dr. Luiken spearheaded establishment at Lambton of the first NSERC Industrial Applied Research Chair for Colleges. Prior to joining Lambton College, she was Vice-President Research Alliances, National Capital Institute of Telecommunications (NCIT), Ottawa. At NCIT, Dr. Luiken founded and led the Ottawa Photonics Research Alliance (OPRA), and co-founded the Ottawa Wireless Research Alliance (OWRA), both of which linked industry, academia and
government.
Professional memberships and general interests:
Dr. Luiken has served on numerous Boards and Committees: Nano Ontario; Sarnia/Lambton Workforce Development Board; Bluewater Sustainability Initiative (Managing Director);
Rotary; Southwestern Ontario Bio-products Innovation Network; the Sarnia/Lambton Chamber; and, the Unmanned Systems Canada Boards. A Senior Member of IEEE and a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada, she has been an active IEEE volunteer for more than
17 years.
As London Section Chair (2006 to 2011), she organized a series of Sustainability Seminars
(about 70) linking the academic community, industry and the public, forging collaborations with local chapters of ISA, PEO and
OACETT.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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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Last update / 2014-10-16
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