IEEE Canadian Atlantic Section Student Paper Competition

The IEEE Canadian Atlantic Section and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Sexton Campus of Dalhousie University held their Annual IEEE Student Paper Competition on 17 December 2002.  The winners were:

First: Adam Gobi - Networking Video on Palm Pilot Devices
Second: Jake Ritchie & Chris Loadman - RF/DSP Module Development for RF Direction Finding
Third: Scott Ingraham & Margaret Syms -Development of a High Wire Walker

Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering 2003

The Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE) was established in 1988 and the first conference, CCECE’88, took place in Vancouver, BC, Nov. 3-4, 1988. At that time, the CCECE was sponsored by the Canadian Society of Electrical and Computer Engi­neering (CSECE). In 1995, CSECE merged with IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electron­ics Engineers) Region 7 to form IEEE Canada. Since then, CCECE has been the annual flagship conference of IEEE Canada. The major objectives of the CCECE are:

• Fostering interaction and networking in the electrical and computer engineering R&D community coming from Canadian universities, industries and governments;
• Serving as a "political" platform for leaders, thinkers and decision makers in industries, gov­ernment and universities, who are asked to give plenary sessions; and
• Providing a venue for presentation of major IEEE Canada awards.

The next version of the conference, CCECE’03 will be held in Montreal during the period 4-7 May 2003. We are expecting an attendance of about 500 delegates, consisting mostly of researchers from Canadian universities, industries and government. At CCECE’2002, some 20% of the delegates were from overseas, reflecting an international presence.

There will also be a Life Member information desk at the CCECE Conference. Arthur Yelon, a Montreal Section Life Member, and Ron Potts, LM Chapter Co-ordinator, will be at the desk and will be available to discuss LM activities.

Volunteer mentors for Earth Day Solar Sprint Race needed

Earth Day Ottawa has run a model solar car race for grades 6 - 8 students in the Ottawa region for the past two years. Students build a shoe boxed sized car of their own design, powered by a solar panel and motor that Earth Day Ottawa supplies. This year's race will be held 31 May at the Science and Tech museum. Earth Day Ottawa is looking for 8 volunteers for mentoring school teams. The volunteer mentors are expected to meet with the students at their schools about every 2 weeks from now till race day. Their job is to explain the engineering principles involved, and help the students brain storm and trouble shoot. They are not to design the car(!) tempting though that is! Volunteers receive lunch and a t-shirt on race day, a token gift, and a memorable experience. For more information please contact Branislav Djokic, Chair of Educational Activities, IEEE Ottawa Section at branislav@ieee.org. For photos of past events visit http://www.earthdayottawa.cyberus.ca and go to Solar Sprint..

IEEE Security & Privacy Magazine now available

The first issue of IEEE Security & Privacy Magazine, one of three new IEEE periodicals launching in 2003, is now available online in IEEE Xplore. While the focus of IEEE Security & Privacy is information technology, the magazine also covers the evolving relationships of computer security to transportation, financial, commercial, military, health care, energy and other critical infrastructures. IEEE members and institutional subscribers with appropriate online access rights can view all of the articles from the magazine's first issue through IEEE Xplore. If users' access rights do not include this publication, access to individual articles can also purchased. Visit  http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?puNumber=8013.

IEEE Members have options for accessing technical info online

How many different ways can IEEE Members access technical information online? Many more than they may be aware. There are a variety of options for members to consider when they conduct their research, whether it be patent or article research, competitive intelligence, syllabi creation or any other research task.

1. First, as a benefit of IEEE membership, all IEEE members are entitled to search and view abstracts of all articles in IEEE Xplore. When a member locates an IEEE article within IEEE Xplore they would like to purchase, they can now do so instantly. Members may purchase an IEEE document through IEEE Xplore for $13 per article. Non-members pay $35. For more information visit http://www.ieee.org/ieeexplore
2. For other research materials, such as IEEE documents or other publishers' papers, IEEE members may access the electronic or print files at a discount through the IEEE document delivery partner program, Ask*IEEE. For more information visit http://www.ieee.org/services/askieee
3. Finally, IEEE Members who conduct frequent online research may choose to subscribe to the IEEE Member Digital Library, which offers access to more than 329,000 papers from IEEE journals and conference proceedings published over the last five years. For more information, visit http://www.ieee.org/ieeemdl.

Call for papers: CNSR 2003 Conference

A call for papers for the first Communication Networks and Services Research (CNSR) Conference is now available at http://www.cs.unb.ca/cnsrproject/Events/events.html. The CNSR Project organizers would like you to consider submitting a paper or poster on any topic related to Communication Networks and Services Research. The conference will be held in Moncton, N.B. from 15-16 May 2003. The deadline for submission of papers or poster proposals is 11 April 2003.

Call for papers: ICITA2004

The Second International Conference on Information Technology and Applications (ICITA2004) will be hosted in Harbin, China and it will continually offer an opportunity to facilitate a cross-disciplinary platform for academics in all IT areas to meet, exchange ideas, establish and extend professional networks and social gathering. The Technical Programme Committee is calling for papers in areas that include but are not necessarily limited to IT applications in the following areas:

• IT in Telecommunication and Mobile Communications.
• IT in Multimedia, Computer Networking, Database, and Interface.
• IT in National Security.
• Web Content Generation, Usage and Management. (Chair: Aruna Rohra)
• IT in Engineering: AI, Signal/Image Processing; Power & Power Electronics; Sensors.
• IT in Education and Open Learning.
• IT in Health and Medical Care.
• Security and Hacking.
• E-commerce.

The Technical Program Committee is calling for people to create and chair new topic areas. A new Topic area can be opened if there are more than 4 presentations can be scheduled.

Intending authors should note the following deadlines:
Receipt of full paper/abstract: 30 June 2003
Notification of review result: 30 August 2003
Receipt of final manuscript and registration fee: 30 September 2003

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

The following members were upgraded to Senior Member status at the February 2003 Admission and Advancement Panel meetings in Dallas, TX:

• Thiagalingam Kirubarajan - Hamilton
• Jalal Almhana - New Brunswick
• Andrew Jones - Northern Canada
• Ying Yin Tsui - Northern Canada
• Heping Ding - Ottawa
• Abdulmotaleb El Saddik - Ottawa
• Waldemar M. Kunysz - Southern Alberta
• Armen Baronijan - Toronto
• Colombo Bolognesi - Vancouver
• Christopher R. Huntley - Vancouver
• Nicolino J. Pizzi - Winnipeg

For more information on the Nominate a Senior Member Initiative (NSI) Program, please visit http://www.ieee.org/ra/md/smprogram.html.

• A Few Things Every Engineer Should Know About Patents

7 April 2003
Vancouver, British Columbia
For more information please visit http://www.comsoc.org/vancouver/
An IEEE Vancouver Communications Chapter presentation

• International Conference on Transmission and Distribution Construction, Operation and Live-Line Maintenance (ESMO 2003)

7-9 April 2003
Orlando, Florida
For more information please visit http://esmoconference.com/home/index.htm

• Concurrent Field/Circuit Optimization of RF Circuits and Antennas

8 April 2003
Centre PolyGRAMES
Montréal, Quebec
For more information please visit http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r7/montreal/newsletter/Ev030408.txt
Please RSVP to Prof. Ke Wu at wuke@grmes.polymtl.ca

• Quantum Cascade Lasers

9 April 2003
Toronto, Ontario
For more information please visit http://tor.ieee.ca/events/quantumcascade.htm
An IEEE Toronto Laser & Electro-Optics Society Distinguished Lecture

• Quantum Cascade Lasers

10 April 2003
Montréal, Quebec
For more information please visit http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r7/montreal/newsletter/Ev030410.txt
Please RSVP to Peter Noutsios at noutsios@nortelnetworks.com
An IEEE Montréal Laser & Electro-Optics Society Distinguished Lecture

• Traffic-engineering in the next-generation Internet

11 April 2003
UBC ECE McLeod Building Room 418
Vancouver, British Columbia
For more information please visit http://ewh.ieee.org/reg/7/vancouver/computer/
An IEEE Vancouver Computer Chapter presentation

• The Origins of DSP

14 April 2003
Sanford Fleming Building, University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario
For more information please visit http://ewh.ieee.org/r7/toronto/events/dlsantoniou.pdf
An IEEE ECE Distinguished Lecture

• 100 Years of Technical Communication: a Significant Endeavour

15 April 2003
Winnipeg, Manitoba
For more information, please contact Anne Parker at aparker@ee.umanitoba.ca or (204) 474-8450
A Winnipeg Section IEEE joint Chapter of IEEE PCS, EMS and Education Societies presentation

• Radiation Effects in Space and Ground-based Testing

15 April 2003
Macdonald Dettwiler, 13800 Commerce Pky
Richmond, British Columbia
For more information please visit http://ewh.ieee.org/reg/7/vancouver/grs/
An IEEE Vancouver Aerospace, Geoscience and Remote Sensing Chapter presentation

• Business Continuity Planning for Information Technology

16 April 2003
University of Waterloo
Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario
For more information please visit http://ece.uwaterloo.ca/~ieee_kw/Present/Seminars/03Sem_apr16.pdf

• The Future of Internet Innovation: Moving to Collaborative Solutions

22-23 April 2003
SFU Harbour Centre Conference Facilities,
Vancouver, British Columbia
For more information please visit http://www.bc.net/Events/Conference03/event_internet_innovation2.htm
An IEEE Vancouver Communications Chapter presentation

• Nuclear Power, an Alternative to Fossil Fuels

23 April 2003
University of Toronto - Room SF 1105,
Toronto, Ontario
For more information please visit http://ewh.ieee.org/r7/toronto/events/nuclear.htm
An IEEE Toronto Joint PES And Life Members Chapters Meeting

• Advanced Process Control Applications for Industry Workshop

28-30 April 2003
Crown Plaza Hotel Georgia
Vancouver, British Columbia
For more information please visit http://ieee-ias.org/apc2003/
An IEEE Vancouver Industry Applications Chapter presentation

• Real World Linux Canada Conference and Expo

28-30 April 2003
Toronto, Ontario
For more information please visit http://tor.ieee.ca/events/conferencetradeshow.htm

• Building a Great Company

29 April 2003
BCIT Town Square C
Vancouver, British Columbia
For more information please visit http://ewh.ieee.org/reg/7/vancouver/ems/
An IEEE Vancouver Joint Engineering Management and Professional Communications Chapter presentation

• IEEE/EAB, Pre-Colleg Education Workshop and Training Session for Engineers

Presented by Douglas Gorham, Ed.D., Manager, Pre-College Education, IEEE Educational Activities Board
2 May 2003 - Delta Centre-Ville Hotel, Montréal , Quebec
3 May 2003 - Montréal , Quebec
5 May 2003 - Halifax, Nova Scotia
6 May 2003 - Fredericton, New Brunswick
For more information please contact Ferial El-Hawary at F.El-hawary@ieee.org

• CCECE 2003: Canadian Conference in Electrical and Computer Engineering

4-7 May 2003
Montréal, Quebec
For more information please visit http://www.congresbcu.com/ccece03/

• Off-shore Technology Conference

5-8 May 2003
Houston, Texas
For more information please visit http://www.otcnet.org

• Large Engineering Systems Conference On Power Engineering (LESCOPE 2003)

7-9 May 2003
Delta Centreville Hotel
Montréal, Quebec
For more information please visit http://is.dal.ca/~lescope/ or contact Ferial El-Hawary at F.El-hawary@ieee.org

• Imaging with Terahertz Waves

8 May 2003
CRIM Montréal
Montréal, Quebec
For more information please visit http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r7/montreal/newsletter/Ev030508.txt
Please RSVP to Peter Noutsios at noutsios@nortelnetworks.com
An IEEE Montréal Laser & Electro-Optics Society Distinguished Lecture

• IEEE Vancouver Section 2003 AGM Dinner

12 May 2003
Hilton Hotel
Burnaby, British Columbia
For more information please visit http://ewh.ieee.org/reg/7/vancouver/news/agm2003.html

• International Symposium on Asynchronous Systems & Circuits

12-16 May 2003
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia
For more information please visit http://research.sun.com/async2003/

• Communication Networks & Services Research (CNSR 2003)

15-16 May 2003
Moncton, New Brunswick
For more information please visit http://www.cs.unb.ca/cnsrproject/Events/events.html

• International Conference on Computational Science and its Applications (ICCSA 2003)

18-21 May 2003
Delta Centreville Hotel
Montréal, Quebec
For more information please visit http://www.ucalgary.ca/iccsa/index.htm
Workshops at the conference can be found at http://www.ucalgary.ca/iccsa/events.htm

• Distribution Automation Seminar and Exhibition

8-10 June 2003
Halifax, Nova Scotia
For more information please visit http://www.ceatech.ca/workshops.html or contact Ms. Laurie Lang at lang@ceatech.ca

• International Conference on Control and Automation (ICCA'03)

10-12 June 2003
Montréal, Quebec
For more information please visit http://vlab.ee.nus.edu.sg/~icca03/

• Northeast Workshop on Circuits and Systems (NEWCAS'2003)

18-20 June 2003
Montréal, Quebec
For more information please visit http://www.newcas.org/

• IEEE Bandwidth management workshop

23-26 June 2003
Niagara-on-the-lake, Ontario
For more information please visit http://www.ieeebmwx.org

• The 2003 International Conference on VLSI(VLSI-03)

23-26 June 2003
Monte Carlo Resort
Las Vegas, Nevada
For more information please visit http://www.ashland.edu/~iajwa/conferences/

• International Workshop on System-on-Chip for Real-time Applications

30 June -2 July 2003
Calgary, Alberta
For more information please visit http://www.socrt.org/

• IEEE Power Engineering Society's International General Meeting & Technical Conference

13-17 July 2003
Toronto, Ontario
For more information please visit http://www.ieee.org/pesgmtoronto2003

• International Safety Conference - ISSC21

4-8 October 2003
Ottawa, Canada
For more information please visit http://www.system-safety.org/

• IEEE VTC Symposium on IP Mobility

4-9 August 2003
Orlando, Florida
For more information please visit http://www.vtc2003.org

• Canadian Reliability and Maintainability Symposium 2003

16-17 October 2003
Lord Elgin Hotel,
Ottawa, Ontario
For more information please visit http://www.CRMS2003.ca
This event is brought to you by the American Society for Quality (ASQ Reliability Division, Region 4), the Society of Reliability Engineers (SRE-Ottawa), IEEE Reliability Society (International, and the Ottawa Chapter)

• Design of Reliable Communication Networks (DRCN 2003)

19-22 October 2003
Banff, Alberta
For more information please visit http://www.ee.ualberta.ca/drcn2003/

• International Conference on Information Technology & Applications (ICITA 2004)

8-11 January 2004
Harbin, China
For more information please visit http://www.icita.org/

IEEE Montreal maintains a page of upcoming events at http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r7/montreal/evenements_e.html.

IEEE Toronto maintains a page of upcoming events at http://www.tor.ieee.ca/events.htm.

IEEE Vancouver maintains a page of upcoming events at http://www.ieee.org/vancouver.

For more IEEE conferences, visit IEEE Conference Search at http://www.ieee.org/conferencesearch/.

Mobile Communications proceedings now available

The proceedings of the 2002 IEEE 13th International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications are now available through the IEEE Online Catalog & Store. The conference, held in Lisbon, Portugal, in September 2002, included topics such as network protocols, mobile computing and wireless ATM. For a complete list of topics or to order online, visit http://shop.ieee.org/store/product.asp?prodno=TH8637.

Radio Communications conference research now available

The 2002 IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC) Conference Proceeding is now available from the IEEE Online Catalog & Store. Covering topics from 4G systems and coding, modulation and equalization to digital audio and video broadcasting and IMT2000 (UMTS, CDMA2000), the conference proceeding is a compilation of all the research papers presented at the conference. To find out more, visit http://shop.ieee.org/store/product.asp?prodno=TH8637.

More than 120 papers in new data mining proceedings

When the 2002 IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM 2002) was held last year in Japan, it included 121 paper presentations on a 22-industry programming track. Those papers are now collected in the proceedings of the conference, available from the IEEE Online Catalog & Store at http://shop.ieee.org/store/product.asp?prodno=PR1754.

Proceedings of 2002 International Electron Devices meeting now available

The proceedings of the 2002 International Devices Meeting (IEDM) have been released and are now available from the IEEE Online Catalog & Store. Topics include CMOS and solid-state devises, integrated circuits and manufacturing, and quantum electronics and compound semiconductors. To find out more, or to purchase, visit http://shop.ieee.org/store/product.asp?prodno=CH37358

New conference proceedings offer answer to computer security problems

IEEE has released the conference proceedings of the 18th Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC 2002), which identify long-term approaches to securing systems, as opposed to "quick-fix" solutions that don't really fix anything. Topics covered in the proceedings include network security, electronic commerce, mobile security, security architecture, protection against malicious software, and much more. Now available through the IEEE Online Catalog & Store at http://shop.ieee.org/store/product.asp?prodno=PR1828.

Proceedings of GAAS Reliability Workshop now available

The Joint Electron Device Engineering Council (JDEC) says the objective of the annual GaAS Reliability Workshop, which it sponsors, is to bring together researchers, manufacturers and users of GaAs devices and present papers showing the latest results and new developments in all phases of compound semiconductor reliability. Held this past October in Seattle, Washington, USA, in conjunction with the IEEE GaAs IC Symposium, the proceedings of the conference are now available from the IEEE Online Catalog & Store at http://shop.ieee.org/store/product.asp?prodno=TH8658.

New IEEE Conference proceedings examine web delivering of music

The Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Web Delivering of Music (WEDELMUSIC 2002) have been released and are available from the IEEE Online Catalog & Store. The conference offered a platform to exchange ideas and solutions concerning electronic music distribution and multimedia music modeling. Specific topics include music storage, distribution, processing, and the visualization of music and musical applications. To find out more about these proceedings, go to http://shop.ieee.org/store/product.asp?prodno=PR1623.

You can send any submissions by email to the editor:
Abhi Gupta at a.k.gupta@ieee.org

Please ensure you send in your submission by the 20^th of the month