Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering

Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering The Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering 2004 has been over a year in the planning, but Sunday 2^nd May 2004, it all gets underway at the Sheraton Fallsview in Niagara Falls.

The conference kicks off with three afternoon workshops; "Voice over IP" presented by David Hall from Bell Canada; "Project Management" presented by Celia Desmond, President of World Class - Telecommunications; "Implementing Secure Wi-Fi Networks" presented by Mitchell Shnier, data communications consultant and embedded systems developer. The workshops are open to both IEEE and non-IEEE members at very attractive rates. You can still register for a workshop and you do not need to register for the conference in order to attend a workshop. Please check the conference workshop web page for more details at http://ewh.ieee.org/reg/7/ccece04/workshops.htm

Conference highlights include 570 papers submitted by authors from 30 countries, organized into 60 lecture presentations and 1 poster session

Guest speakers include:

• Dr. Tom Brzustowski, President, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) - plenary presentation: "Science and Engineering Research in the next 25 years - some general features".
• Jeff Seifert, Cisco Systems Distinguished Engineer - plenary presentation: "Packet Voice Technology".
• Dr. Ray Findlay, 2002 IEEE President - awards banquet presentation: "IEEE Milestone Program and the background to the Sunday 2nd May dedication ceremony at Decew Falls Power Generation Station"
• Terry Peach, Manager of Organization and Staffing at GE Canada will address the conference at the "Student Paper Awards Luncheon"

Special Sessions

• Monday: Special Session on "Optical Wireless Access Networks"
• Tuesday: Special Session on "Abstraction, Modeling and Simulation"
• Tuesday: Special Session on "Radio Resource Management in Next Generation Wireless Networks"

For more information - please visit the Conference Web Site at http://ewh.ieee.org/reg/7/ccece04.

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IEEE scores victory for scholarly publishing with OFAC ruling

IEEE scored a victory for freedom of the press and the scholarly publishing community with the ruling it received this month from the U.S. Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). The ruling exempts peer review, editing and publication of scholarly manuscripts submitted to IEEE by authors living in countries that are under U.S. trade embargoes, such as Iran and Cuba. OFAC determined that IEEE's publications process is "not constrained by OFAC's regulatory programs." Read all about it http://www.ieee.org/newsinfo/OFACruling.xml.

Conference calls for papers listed at new IEEE web page

Researchers looking to submit technical papers to IEEE conferences may now visit a single Web page for information on current conference calls for papers. Searches may be filtered by deadline date (up to one year) or by sponsoring IEEE Society. Typical search results include the conference date, location, and conference URL. To access the Conference Calls for Papers page, visit http://www.ieee.org/cfp/.

Online peer review: Faster publishing through IEEE manuscript central

Papers submitted to IEEE publications are appearing in print faster than ever thanks in part to the online peer-review tool known as IEEE Manuscript Central. The system allows authors, editors and peer reviewers to collaborate online, reducing the time between when a paper is submitted and when it is approved for publication. The journals of one IEEE Society, the IEEE Lasers & Electro-Optics Society, have seen a 19-percent improvement in the time from when an article is first received to when it is posted electronically. In addition, the system has made the publishing process far easier for IEEE authors. "Our authors told us that an online process is their preference," says Dawn Melley, Director of Editorial Services for IEEE Periodicals, "so IEEE began to implement an online peer review system in 1999. We are now seeing the results of our efforts." More than half of IEEE journals and magazines now require their authors to submit papers online. For more information on IEEE peer-review guidelines, visit http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/Peerreview.jsp.

IEEE President-Elect W. Cleon Anderson to present IEEE Presidents' scholarship

On 13 May 2004 IEEE President-elect W. Cleon Anderson will present the 10,000 IEEE Presidents' Scholarship at the annual Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) held this year in Portland, Oregon. The IEEE Foundation funded $10,000 Scholarship is awarded for "outstanding achievement in crating a project that demonstrates an understanding of electrical engineering, information technologies, or other IEEE fields of interest." It is the largest award given by an organization at the Special Awards Ceremony at the Intel ISEF. The Scholarship, which is in its sixth year, is the only IEEE-wide scholarship awarded to high school students. For more information on the Scholarship and the Fair, go to www.ieee.org/eab/precollege/scholarship/ or contact Sasha Eydlin at s.eydlin@ieee.org.

Study shows IEEE journals priced 39% below market average

The annual IEE Journal Pricing study has found that IEEE magazines, transactions, journals and letters continue to be priced significantly lower than those of similar publishers -- 39% lower, in fact. Based on a statistically average 500-page journal, the results show that the average price of an electrical engineering or computer science publication was US$644, while the average price of an IEEE periodical was US$391. Carrying this further, the study found that the average price of scientific journals from other non-profit publishers was US$457; IEEE journals were priced 14% below that amount. The study also found that the average price of a commercially published scientific journal was even higher, at US$802; IEEE journals were priced less than half that price. Compare for yourself: the price list for all IEEE journals is located here http://shop.ieee.org/store/HelpDesk/subscribe/pricelist.asp.

The following members were upgraded to Senior Member status at the April  2003 Admission and Advancement Panel meetings in Arlington, VA:

• Alois P. Freundorfer - Kingston
• Ramachandra Achar - Ottawa
• Amiya A. Nayak - Ottawa
• Donald W. Scansen - Ottawa
• Igor Boiko - Southern Alberta
• Vaugh Schuler - Southern Alberta
• Geoffrey S. Klempner - Toronto
• Eric J. Byres - Vancouver
• Takahide Niimura - Vancouver
• Lei Wang - Vancouver
• Kin F. Li - Victoria

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

Kitchener-Waterloo

• Power-Aware Branch Prediction

3 May 2004
University of Waterloo,
Waterloo, Ontario
For more information, please visit http://kw.ieee.ca/Presentations/04Sem_may3.pdf
An IEEE Kitchener-Waterlooo MTT Chapter presentation

• Prognostics of Hardware Systems

7 May 2004
University of Waterloo,
Waterloo, Ontario
For more information, please visit http://kw.ieee.ca/Presentations/04Sem_may7.pdf
An IEEE Kitchener-Waterlooo Signal Processing Neural Networks Chapter presentation

• Evolutionary Computational Techniques in Novel Design of Antenna and Microwave Structures

10 May 2004
DC 1302, Davis Centre
University of Waterloo,
Waterloo, Ontario
For more information, please visit http://kw.ieee.ca/Presentations/04Sem_may10.pdf
An IEEE Kitchener-Waterlooo MTT Chapter presentation

• Low Power RFICs for Transceiver Applications

18 May 2004
University of Waterloo,
Waterloo, Ontario
For more information, please visit http://kw.ieee.ca/Presentations/04Sem_may18.pdf
An IEEE Kitchener-Waterlooo CAS Chapter presentation

Montreal

• Insulated Conductors Committee Spring Meeting (PES-ICC 2004)

1-5 May 2004
Marriott Chateau Champlain
Montréal, Québec
For more information, please visit http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/pes/icc/meetings/spring_2004/spring_2004.htm

• Simplified eIRA Code Design and Performance Analysis for Rayleigh Fading Channels

10 May 2004
Room S-H-961-14
Sir George Williams Campus Hall Building,
Concordia University
Montréal, Québec
For more information, please visit http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r7/montreal/events/2004/Ev040510.txt
An IEEE Montréal Communications Society presentation

• The Digital allpass filter: A versatile signal processing building block

17 May 2004
Room S-H-961-14
Sir George Williams Campus Hall Building,
Concordia University
Montréal, Québec
For more information, please visit http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r7/montreal/events/2004/Ev040517.txt
An IEEE Montréal Circuits and Systems Society presentation

• Opportunities and Challenges For Broadband Wireless Access in Next-Generation Wireless Networks

17 May 2004
McConnell Engineering Building
McGill University
3480 University St.
Montréal, Québec
Please RSVP to Professor Harry Leib
For more information, please visit http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r7/montreal/events/2004/Ev040517_2.txt
An IEEE Montréal Signal Processing Society presentation

• Internally Varying Analog Circuits: A Means for Minimizing Power Dissipation

17 May 2004
École Polytechnique de Montréal
Montréal, Québec
For more information, please visit http://resmiq.grm.polymtl.ca/intensif/cours040517.html

• International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2004)

17-21 May 2004
Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel,
Montréal, Québec
For more information, please visit http://www.icassp2004.com/

• International Workshop on Quality of Service (IWQoS)

7 June 2004
Montréal, Québec
For more information, please visit http://iqua.ece.toronto.edu/iwqos04/

• Northeast Workshop on Circuits and Systems (NEWCAS 2004)

20-23 June, 2004
Montréal, Québec
For more information, please visit http://www.newcas.org

• International Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control 50th Anniversary Joint Conference (UFFC 2004)

23-27 August 2004
Montréal, Québec
For more information, please visit http://www.ieee-uffc.org/fcmain.asp?page=2004fc

Ottawa

• What is the Meaning of ‘Safe’ in Nuclear Technology?

5 May 2004
Algonquin College
Ottawa, Ontario
For more information please visit http://ewh.ieee.org/r7/ottawa/ea/IEEE_Nuclear_Safety_Seminar.pdf

• Hi-Tech marketing issues in 2004

21 May 2004
Communication Research Center,
3701 Carling Avenue,
Ottawa, Ontario
For more information please visit http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r7/ottawa/ems/

• IEEE Workshop on Applied Next Generation Networks and Services

25-27 May 2004
National Arts Centre,
53 Elgin Street,
Ottawa, Ontario
Website - http://ewh.ieee.org/r7/ottawa/NGN-Conf/index.htm
For more technical information, please contact Ibrahim Gedeon
For more registration or web site information, please contact Hala Tabl

• IEEE Ottawa Section 60th Anniversary Banquet and Celebration

26 May 2004
National Arts Centre,
53 Elgin Street,
Ottawa, Ontario
Website - http://ewh.ieee.org/r7/ottawa/60th-Anniv/
For more registration or web site information, please contact Hala Tabl

• Photonics North

27-29 September 2004
Ottawa Congress Centre
Ottawa, Ontario
For more information please visit http://spie.org/conferences/calls/04/pn/

• NATO Advanced Study Institute in BiophotonicsApplications

29 September - 9 October 2004
Crowne Plaza Hotel,
Ottawa, Ontario
For more information please visit http://www.vitesse.ca/programs/natoasi.asp

Toronto

• Power System Operations Seminar

4 May 2004
Room #1, B-1, South Tower,
Bell Trinity,
483 Bay Street
Toronto, Ontario
For more information, please visit http://toronto.ieee.ca/events/may0404.htm
An IEEE Toronto Power Engineering Chapter presentation

• Growth and Characterisation of Thin Film Colloidal Crystals

10 May 2004
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario
For more information, please visit http://toronto.ieee.ca/events/may1004.htm
An IEEE Toronto Circuits and Devices Chapter presentation

• Fundamentals of Electrical Distribution Systems

19-20 May 2004
EPIC Learning Center,
5759 Coopers Ave.,
Mississauga, Ontario
For more information, please visit http://www.epic-edu.com

• International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic (ISMVL 2004)

19-22 May 2004
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario
For more information, please visit http://www.eecg.toronto.edu/~ismvl2004/

• Adaptive Perceptual Color-Texture Image Segmentation

21 May 2004
Bahen Centre, Room BA 1180
40 St. George Street,
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario
For more information, please visit http://toronto.ieee.ca/events/may2104.htm
An IEEE Toronto Signals and Applications Chapter presentation

• Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS 2004)

25-28 May 2004
Le Royal Meridien, King Edward,
Toronto, Ontario
For more information, please visit http://www.cs.virginia.edu/rtas04/

• Analog and Mixed-Signal Verification for Communications

31 May 2004
Sandford Flemming Building, Room 1105
10 King's College Road,
University of Toronto,
Toronto, Ontario
For more information, please visit http://toronto.ieee.ca/events/may3104.htm
An IEEE Toronto Circuits and Systems Society Distinguished Lecture

• Monitoring of Electrical Energy and Demand to Reduce Your Costs

2 June 2004
EPIC Learning Center,
5759 Coopers Ave.,
Mississauga, Ontario
For more information, please visit http://www.epic-edu.com

• 2004 Annual Dinner and General Meeting

16 October 2004
The Old Mill Inn,
21 Old Mill Road,
Toronto, Ontario
For more information, please visit http://toronto.ieee.ca/events/oct1604.htm

Vancouver

• Electrical System Safety: Hazards and Safeguards

4-5 May 2004
Holiday Inn Downtown
Vancouver, British Columbia
For more information please visit http://www.electricityforum.com/forums/safety2004.html

• 2004 AGM and Dinner

10 May 2004
Hilton Vancouver Metrotown hotel
Vancouver, British Columbia
For more information please visit http://vancouver.ieee.ca/news/agm2004.html

• IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2004)

23-26 May 2004
Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel
Vancouver, British Columbia
For more information please visit http://vancouver.ieee.ca/powereng/
An IEEE Vancouver Power Engineering Chapter presentation

• A Short Course on Power System Dynamic Behavior

26-28 May 2004
BC Hydro, Auditorium, Southpoint room,
6911 Southpoint Drive,
Vancouver, British Columbia
For more information please visit http://www.iscas2004.org

Rest of Canada

• Canadian Conference of Electrical and Computer Engineering

2-5 May 2004
Sheraton Fallsview
Niagara Falls, Ontario
For more information please visit http://www.ieee.ca/ccece04

• Electrical System Safety: Hazards and Safeguards

6-7 May 2004
Coast Terrace Inn
Edmonton, Alberta
For more information, please visit http://www.electricityforum.com/forums/safety2004.html

• Distributed Resources Workshop

10-11 May 2004
Fairmont Palliser Hotel
Calgary, Alberta
For more information please visit http://www.ceatech.ca/workshops/upcoming.html

• Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision (CRV2004)

17-19 May 2004
University of Western Ontario,
London, Ontario
For more information please visit http://www.cipprs.org/CRV/

• Communication Networks and Services Research (CNSR 2004)

19-21 May 2004
Fredericton, New Brunswick
For more information, please visit http://www.cnsr.info/Events/CNSR2004/events.php

• Electrical System Safety: Hazards and Safeguards

7-8 June 200
Holiday Inn Select
Halifax, Nova Scotia
For more information, please visit http://www.electricityforum.com/forums/safety2004.html

• Large Engineering Systems Conference on Power Engineering

28-31 July 2004
The Delta Halifax Hotel
1990 Barrington Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia
For more information please visit http://is.dal.ca/~lescope/

US

• Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (WTS 2004)

14-15 May 2004
Pomona, California
For more information please visit http://www.csupomona.edu/~wtsi/

• ITT/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium

6-11 June 2004
Fort Worth, Texas
For more information please visit http://www.ims2004.org/

• IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits

15-19 June 2004
Honolulu, Hawaii
For more information please visit http://www.vlsisymposium.org/

• IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

27 June - 2 July 2004
Washington, DC
For more information please visit http://cvl.umiacs.umd.edu/conferences/cvpr2004/index.htm

• IEEE Radio and Wireless Conference (RAWCON 2004)

19-22 September 2004
Atlanta, Georgia
For more information please visit http://rawcon.org/

• IEEE Broadcast Symposium

13-15 October 2004
Washington, DC
For more information please visit http://www.ieee.org/organizations/society/bt/symposium.html

• Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC)

24-28 October 2004
Salt Lake City, Utah
For more information please visit http://www.dasconline.org

International

• IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC 2004)

17-19 May 2004
Milan Marriott Hotel,
Milan, Italy
For more information please visit http://www.vtc2004spring.org/

• International Workshop on Ultra Wideband Systems

18-21 May 2004
Kyoto, Japan
For more information please visit http://www1.ilcc.com/uwbst_iwuwbs2004/

• International Workshop on Wireless Ad-hoc Networks

31 May - 3 Jun 2004
Oulu, Finland
For more information please visit http://www.cwc.oulu.fi/iwwan2004/index.html

• International Conference on Communications (ICC 2004)

20-24 June 2004
Paris, France
For more information please visit http://www.icc2004.org/

• IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference (PESC)

20-26 June 2004
Aachen, Germany
For more information please visit http://www.pesc04.org/

• European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO-2004)

7-10 September 2004
Vienna, Austria
For more information please visit http://www.nt.tuwien.ac.at/eusipco2004

Many IEEE Canada sections maintain their own listings of upcoming events:

Canadian Atlantic Kitchener-Waterloo Montreal Newfoundland and Labrador New Brunswick Northern Canada

Ottawa Southern Alberta Toronto Vancouver Winnipeg

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

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Guide to Intellectual Property Law

The latest book from Wiley-IEEE Press offers readers an understanding the fundamentals of patent, copyright, trade secret, trademark, mask work, and unfair competition laws. "Intellectual Property Law for Engineers and Scientists" by Howard B. Rockman, Esq, is intended as a ready reference tool for inventors or creators that will generate maximum efficiencies in obtaining, preserving and enforcing their intellectual property rights. For more information, or to purchase this new book, visit  http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471449989.html.

New Wiley-IEEE Press book offers guide to clearer telecommunications

Wiley-IEEE Press has released a new book, "Trellis and Turbo Coding," by noted authors Christian Schlegel and Lance Perez. A follow-up to Schlegel's "Turbo Coding," this comprehensive publication provides an overview of the fundamentals, theories and applications of error control coding. This edition clarifies how coding can clear pathways through heavily trafficked channels. Such error control coding ensures reliable data communication for people in the field of telecommunications. For more information, or to purchase this title, visit http://www.wiley.com/remtitleinternational.cgi?isbn=0471227552.

Software project management guide revised and updated

Author and project-management expert Dwayne Phillips has revised and updated his well-known Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Press book, "The Software Project Manager's Handbook, Principles that Work at Work." Originally published in 1998, this new edition looks at how software project managers and team members can work better in groups, towards a common goal. One section deals specifically with working on IEEE Standards. For more information, or to purchase this book, visit: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471674206.html.

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