Announcing the Grand Re-launch of the Hardware/Software Purchasing Program!

IEEE is proud to again partner with Insight, Inc. to provide over 250,000 computer products for IEEE members in the US, Canada and UK. This on-line service provides a member’s only discount especially negotiated for the IEEE membership. Getting started is easy, just visit Insight, Inc on-line at http://www.insight.com/ieee, click on your country flag and set up an account. Start browsing today! The company password for IEEE Canada is IEE491261.

IEEE launches membership portal

The IEEE has launched its new membership portal along with a members-only area called myIEEE. The public site boasts the value and benefits of IEEE membership while showcasing the availability of additional membership opportunities, such as Societies, Affinity Groups and the Standards Association. Links to member-benefit information are consolidated into drop-down menus on the top navigation bar. Also included are a "Featured Benefit" module, member profiles, membership-related announcements and more. Members who login to the myIEEE area with their IEEE Web account will see personalized information, such as their grade, section affiliation and additional active memberships. A new feature called "Service Advisor" uses a member's technical interest profile to offer recommendations for IEEE membership offerings, conferences and publications. Links to the most commonly-used membership-management functions - joining the IEEE, renewing membership, adding services and changing profile information - are included in a single module for easy access.

The membership portal and myIEEE project was initiated in response to member feedback about the IEEE Web presence, as well as to improve communications about the value of IEEE membership. The portal is accessible from the Membership menu on the left navigation bar of the main IEEE Web site. The URL is  http://www.ieee.org/myieee.

Speech technology pioneer to receive IEEE Medal of Honor

IEEE has announced that James L. Flanagan, Vice President of Research for Rutgers University in New Jersey, USA, will receive the 2005 IEEE Medal of Honor for his sustained leadership and outstanding contributions in speech technology. The IEEE Medal of Honor recognizes individuals like Flanagan who have had exceptional careers or made contributions in any IEEE field of interest. Flanagan's research career is internationally recognized for his contributions to voice coding, speech analysis and synthesis, hearing and electroacoustics. For more information, visit http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/newsinfo/flanagan.html.

2005 Education Award Nominations Due

The IEEE Educational Activities Board is accepting nominations for its awards until 30 April. These include the Meritorious Achievement Award in Accreditation Activities, IEEE EAB Meritorious Achievement Award in Continuing Education, IEEE EAB Major Educational Innovation Award, IEEE EAB Pre-College Educator Award, IEEE EAB Meritorious Service Citation, and the IEEE EAB Employer Professional Development Award. In addition, members can be nominated for the IEEE EAB Society/Council Professional Development Award, which will be given for the first time this year. For award descriptions, honorarium details, and nomination packets, visit http://www.ieee.org/organizations/eab/EABAwards/callnominations-2005.htm.

IEEE personal email alias blocked nine million viruses in 2004

Users of the IEEE Personal Email Alias were protected from more than nine and a half million viruses in 2004, the IEEE Electronic Mail & Security Services department reported. This is more than five times the viruses blocked the previous year. The service, a free benefit of IEEE membership, provides an @ieee.org email address while forwarding email to your real inbox. The Alias scans all incoming mail for viruses, and also comes with optional tools to block unsolicited commercial email. For more information on the IEEE Personal Email Alias, visit http://www.ieee.org/alias.

Employment postings on IEEE job site more than double in 2004

Job listings available to IEEE members through the IEEE Job Site more than doubled in 2004, jumping to more than 5,000 jobs compared to 2,346 in 2003. The site also put programs in place to expand job listings around the world. For more information on the IEEE Job Site, or to sign up, visit http://www.ieee.org/jobs.

Call for Papers - IEMC

You are invited to St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, for the IEEE Engineering Management Society's annual 2005 International Engineering Management Conference (IEMC 2005). We invite submission of papers from academia and industry
on Engineering Management, especially those related to the theme of the conference. Topics for papers include but are not limited to:

• Rebuilding from Devastation
• Environmental Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Quality Management/Six-Sigma
• Building & Managing High Performance Teams
• Knowledge Management
• Technology/Innovation Management
• Managing "Mega-Projects"

Abstract Submission: 15 March 2005
Acceptance of Abstracts: 15 April 2005
Paper Submission/Early Bird Registration: 15 June 2005

Call for Papers - System-on-Chip for Real-Time Applications

Paper Submission: 10 March 2005
Notification of Acceptance: 1 April 2005
Camera-Ready Paper: 20 April 2005
For more information, please visit http://www.socrt.org

Call for Papers - International Symposium on Collaborative Research

The theme of the conference is interdisciplinary and collaborative
research in Applied Science. We solicit high-quality papers in such area as, but
not limited to:

• Industrial and Manufacturing Processes
• Information and Communications Technology
• Mechatronics
• Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
• Organic Electronics

15 March 2005: Paper Abstracts, Invited Session/Workshop/Tutorial Proposals Due
15 April 2005: Notification of Acceptation
15 May 2005: Final Camera-Ready Papers Due

Call for Papers - PACRIM 2005

The scope of PACRIM'05 encompasses but is not limited to:

• Mobile and Personal Communications
• Computer Architecture
• Coding, Modulation and Spread Spectrum
• Parallel, Distributed and Grid Computing
• Computer Networks
• Internet Applications and Web Mining
• Multimedia and Network Processors
• Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms
• Computer Security
• Embedded Systems
• OFDM and MIMO
• Database and Knowledge-Based Systems
• DSP Applications in Communication
• Adaptive Filters and Algorithms
• Image and Video Processing
• Wavelets and Filter Banks
• Speech and Audio Processing
• Cryptography

2000 Word Draft Paper: 1 March 2005
Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: 1 April 2005
Camera Ready Copy: 1 May 2005
Special Session Proposal Deadline: 1 March 2005

Montreal

• Advanced Control Applications in Space Systems

11 March 2005
Concordia University, Sir George Williams Campus,
Montréal, Québec
For more information, please visit http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r7/montreal/events/2005/Ev050311.txt

• 9th Canadian Workshop on Information Theory

5-8 June 2005
McGill University,
Montréal, Québec
For more information, please visit http://www.ece.mcgill.ca/~cwit2005

• IEEE International Workshop on Rapid System Prototyping (RSP)

8-10 June 2005
Montréal, Québec
For more information, please visit http://www.rsp-workshop.org

• International workshop on Atmospheric Icing of Structures (IWAIS)

12-16 June 2005
Delta Centre-Ville Hotel
Montréal, Québec
For more information, please visit http://www.congresbcu.com/iwais/ 

• International Conference on Power Systems Transients (IPST)

19-23 June, 2005
Hilton Montreal Bonaventure,
1 Place Bonaventure
Montréal, Québec
For more information, please visit http://www.ipst.org

• International Symposium on Assembly and Task Planning (ISATP)

19-21 July 2005
Delta Centre-Ville Hotel,
Montréal, Québec
For more information, please visit http://www.congresbcu.com/isatp05/ 

• International Database Engineering & Applications Symposium (IDEAS)

25-27 July 2005
Concordia University
Montréal, Québec
For more information, please visit http://ideas.concordia.ca/ideas05/ 

• International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN)

31 July - 4 August 2005
Hilton Montreal Bonaventure Hotel
Montréal, Québec
For more information, please visit http://faculty.uwb.edu/ijcnn05/ 

• International Workshop Advances in Signal Processing for Non Destructive Evaluation of Materials (IWASPNDE)

2-5 August, 2005
Université Laval,
Quebec City, Québec
For more information, please visit http://intl.gel.ulaval.ca/

Ottawa

• SONET/SDH Seminar

18 March 2005
Algonquin College, 1385 Woodroffe Ave.,
Ottawa, Ontario
For more information please visit http://ottawa.ieee.ca/ea/

• Workshop on Cyber Infrastructure and Emergency Preparedness

1-2 April 2005
SITE building, 800 King Edward Avenue, room SITE 2-060
Ottawa, Ontario
For more information please visit http://cyber.ncct.uottawa.ca/

• Understanding Power Phenomena in Power Systems

25 April 2005
National Research Council, 1200 Montreal Road,
Ottawa, Ontario
For more information please visit http://www.modasolutions.com/Forms/IEEE_EDUCATION/index06022005.htm

• IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Technology Conference

17-19 May 2005
Ottawa, Ontario
For more information please visit http://ewh.ieee.org/soc/im/imtc/imtcup/

• Canadian Semiconductor Technology Conference

16-19 August 2005
Fairmont Château Laurier Hotel,
Ottawa, Ontario
For more information please visit http://www.canadiansemiconductor.org

• Introduction to Antenna Concepts and Testing

12-15 September 2005
University of Ottawa,
Ottawa, Ontario
For more information please visit http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~mcnamara/shortcourse.pdf

• Climate Change Technology: Engineering Challenges and Solutions in the 21st Century

9-12 May 2006
Ottawa Congress Centre,
Ottawa, Ontario
For more information please visit http://www.ccc2006.ca/

Toronto

• Telecommunication Network Architecture, taking industry to new heights

3 March 2005
Ryerson University, Room ENG LG 02,
Toronto, Ontario
For more information, please visit http://toronto.ieee.ca/events/mar0305.htm
An IEEE Toronto Communications Chapter presentation

• The Support Vector Machine Approach for Engineering, Applied Science and Management Science

10 March 2005
Room ENG 471, Centre for Computing and Engineering, Ryerson University,
Toronto, Ontario
For more information, please visit http://toronto.ieee.ca/events/mar1005.htm
An IEEE Toronto Signals and Applications Chapter presentation

• Patents: From an Inventor's Viewpoint

14 March 2005
University of Toronto, Galbraith Building, Room 244
Toronto, Ontario
For more information, please visit http://toronto.ieee.ca/events/mar1405.htm
An IEEE Toronto Engineering & Human Environment Chapter presentation

• Claim Your Career Equity

23 March 2005
Ryerson University,
Toronto, Ontario
For more information, please visit http://toronto.ieee.ca/events/mar2305.htm 
An IEEE Toronto Women in Engineering Affinity Group presentation

• Round table discussion on: "How to have an effective meeting with your manager"

1 April 2005
University of Toronto International Student Centre
Toronto, Ontario
For more information, please visit http://toronto.ieee.ca/events/apr0105.htm
An IEEE Toronto Women in Engineering Affinity Group presentation

• Biometric Identity Verification

7 April 2005
University of Toronto,
Toronto, Ontario
For more information, please visit http://toronto.ieee.ca/events/apr0705.htm
An IEEE Toronto Signals and Applications Chapter & IEEE Toronto Computer Chapter presentation

• Merging Traditional VLSI with Photonics

8 April 2005
Room SF1105, Sanford Fleming Building, University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario
For more information, please visit http://toronto.ieee.ca/events/apr0805.htm
An IEEE Toronto Solid-State Circuits Chapter presentation

• Nuclear Power Generation – Where are we going?

21 April 2005
Old Mill Inn, Balmoral Room, 21 Old Mill Road,
Toronto, Ontario
For more information, please visit http://toronto.ieee.ca/events/apr2105.htm
Please confirm your attendance by sending your full name, IEEE membership number and employer to Ron Chen at by Monday April 18, 2005.
An IEEE Toronto Power Engineering Chapter and Life Members Affinity Group presentation

• Silicon-based Light Emitting Nanomaterials and Photonic Structures

26 April 2005
University of Toronto, Galbraith Building, Room 248
Toronto , Ontario
For more information, please visit http://toronto.ieee.ca/events/apr2605.htm
An IEEE Toronto Circuits and Devices Chapter presentation

• Wireless Technologies in the Power Industry

5-6 May 2005
Toronto , Ontario
For more information, please visit http://www.ceatech.ca/

Vancouver

• CVD Growth of Novel Materials

2 March 2005
Applied Sciences Bldg, ASB 9705, Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, British Columbia
For more information, please visit http://vancouver.ieee.ca/eds/ 
An IEEE Vancouver Electron Devices Chapter presentation

• Comparing Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA)

16 March 2005
MacDonald Dettwiler, 13800 Commerce Pkwy,
Richmond, British Columbia
For more information, please visit http://vancouver.ieee.ca/eds/ 
An IEEE Vancouver Electron Devices Chapter presentation

• The 5thAnnual BCNET Advanced Networks Conference

26-27 April 2005
SFU Harbour Centre Conference Facilities,
Vancouver, British Columbia
For more information, please visit http://bc.net/Events/Conference05/event_mainpage.htm 

• Multicriteria project portfolio selection under risk and uncertainties

28 April 2005
National Research Council of Canada, Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation, 3250 East Mall,
Vancouver, British Columbia
For more information, please visit http://vancouver.ieee.ca/ems/

• Pacific Rim Conference on Communications, Computers and Signal Processing (PACRIM'05)

24-26 August 2005
Victoria, British Columbia
For more information, please visit http://www.PacRimConf.ca

• IEEE Bandwidth Management Workshop XI

3-6 October 2005
Fairmont Chateau
Whistler, British Columbia,
For more information, please visit http://www.ieeebmw.org

• International Symposium on Collaborative Research

7-9 October 2005
The University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, British Columbia
For more information, please visit http://www.researchcentre.apsc.ubc.ca

Rest of Canada

• Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE 2005)

1-4 May 2005
Saskatoon Inn
Portugal Cove Road
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
For more information please visit http://www.ieee.ca/ccece05/

• Conference on Communication Networks and Services

16-18 May 2005
Citadel Halifax Hotel
1960 Brunswick St. (downtown close to waterfront)
Halifax, Nova Scotia
For more information please visit http://www.cnsr.info

• International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic

18-21 May 2005
University of Calgary
Calgary, Canada
For more information please visit http://www.enel.ucalgary.ca/ISMVL2005/

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

20-24 July 2005
Banff, Alberta
For more information, please visit http://www.socrt.org

• International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA 2005)

29 July - 1 August 2005
Niagara Falls, Ontario
For more information, please visit http://www.icma2005.org 

• International Engineering Management Conference (IEMC)

11-13 September 2005
Fairmont Hotel,
St. John's, Newfoundland
For more information please visit http://www.iemc2005.org

• 2005 Electrical Safety, Technical and Mega Projects Edmonton Workshop

24-26 October 2005
Edmonton, Canada
For more information please visit http://www.ieee.ca/safetyworkshop05/

US

• Embedded Systems Conference

6-10 March 2005
San Francisco, California
For more information, please visit http://www.esconline.com/sf/

• Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference

6-10 March 2005
Anaheim, California
For more information, please visit http://www.ofcconference.org/

• International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom 2005)

8-12 March 2005
Hawaii
For more information, please visit http://www.percom.org/

• Wireless and Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC)

13-17 March 2005
New Orleans, Louisiana
For more information, please visit http://www.wcnc.org/

• IEEE INFOCOM

13-17 March 2005
Miami, Florida
For more information, please visit http://www.ieee-infocom.org/2005/

• International Symposium on Parallel & Distributed Processing (IPDPS)

3-8 April 2005
Denver, Colorado
For more information, please visit http://www.ipdps.org/ipdps2005/

• International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Scientific and Engineering Computing

4-8 April 2005
Denver, Colorado
For more information, please visit http://juliet.stfx.ca/~lyang/ipdps05-pdsec/

• IEEE International Workshop on Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics (GENSIPS)

22-24 May 2005
Newport, Rhode Island
For more information, please visit http://dsplab.eng.umd.edu/gensips/

• The 2005 World Congress in Applied Computing

20-23 June 2005
Las Vegas, Nevada
For more information, please visit http://www.world-academy-of-science.org

• The Second International Workshop on Ad Hoc Networks and Interoperability Issues (MANETII'05)

27-30 June 2005
Las Vegas, Nevada
For more information, please visit http://www.cis.uoguelph.ca/~denko/workshframe.html

• The 2005 International Conference on Pervasive Systems and Computing (PSC-05)

27-30 June 2005
Monte Carlo Resort,
Las Vegas, Nevada
For more information, please visit http://juliet.stfx.ca/~lyang/psc-05/

• International Conference on Communications in Computing (CIC)

27-30 June 2005
Monte Carlo Resort,
Las Vegas, Nevada
For more information, please visit http://www.cs.utep.edu/~cic/index.html

• 2005 Summer Bioengineering Conference

22-26 June 2005
Vail, Colorado
For more information, please visit http://www.asme.org/divisions/bed/events/stu_comp.htm

• National Scout Jamboree

25 July - 3 August 2005
Caroline, Virginia
For more information, please visit http://www.emeritbadges.org 

International

• International Magnetics Conference (INTERMAG)

4-8 April 2005
Nagoya, Japan
For more information, please visit http://www.intermag2005.jp/ 

• International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications (ICCSA 2005)

9-12 May 2005
Suntec, Singapore
For more information please visit http://www.iccsa.org

• Cluster Computing and Grid (CCGrid 2005)

9-12 May 2005
Cardiff, UK
For more information please visit http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/ccgrid2005/

• IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)

16-20 May 2005
Seoul, Korea
For more information, please visit http://www.icc05.org

• International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design

24-26 May 2005
Coventry, UK
For more information, please visit http://2005.cscwid.org/

• International Workshop on Soft Computing as Transdisciplinary Science and Technology

25-27 May 2005
Muroran, Japan
For more information, please visit http://wstst05.softcomputing.net/

• International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP-05)

14-17 June 2005
Oslo, Norway
For more information, please visit http://dataforeningen.no/icpp2005/

• IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems

23-24 June 2005
Trinity College
Dublin, Ireland
For more information, please visit http://conferences.computer.org/CBMS2005/index.html  

• WSEAS International Conference on Circuits, systems, communications and computers (CSCC)

11-16 July 2005
Athens, Greece
For more information, please visit http://www.worldses.org/conferences/2005/greece

• International Work Conference on Next Generation Web Services Practices

23-26 August 2005
Seoul, Korea
For more information, please visit http://archi.cse.cau.ac.kr/

• International Workshop on Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization Design and Applications

8-10 September 2005
Wroclaw, Poland
For more information, please visit http://emoda05.softcomputing.net

• International Workshop on Design of Reliable Communication Networks

16-19 October 2005
Island of Ischia, Italy
For more information, please visit http://drcn2005.telecomitalialab.com

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/.

New electromyography guidebook provides interpretive insights

A new title from Wiley-IEEE Press explains the essential concepts needed to detect, understand, process, and interpret EMG signals using non-invasive electrodes. "Electromyography: Physiology, Engineering and Non-Invasive Applications," by notable researchers Dr. Roberto Milletti and Dr. Philip A. Parker, generates practicable insight into physiology, medicine and biomedical engineering. For more information, or to purchase this ready-reference guide, visit http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471675806,miniSiteCd-IEEE,navId-107230.html.

IEEE press book first to examine automotive black box debate

Thomas M. Kowalick has been in the center of the international debate over the use of "black box technologies" for more than seven years, and has been a key player in the IEEE-SA Global Project 1616: Motor Vehicle Event Data Recorder Standard. Now, Kowalick brings his expertise to the first and only book on the subject, "Fatal Exit: The Automotive Black Box Debate," now available from IEEE Press and John Wiley & Sons. The book briefly traces the history of the debate from 1974 to 2004, and presents opposing viewpoints for and against the widespread use of emerging Motor Vehicle Event Data Recorder (MVEDR) technology. For more information, or to purchase this title, please visit http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471698075.html.

Hot off the press: Ad-hoc networks guide

From algorithms to 4G wireless, a new title from Wiley-IEEE Press assesses the challenges and imperatives of ad-hoc networks. "Mobile Ad-Hoc Networking" is a collaborative guide co-authored by experts in the field and features key insights into IEEE 802.11 protocols, performance and open issues; antenna beamforming; scatternet formation, and more. For additional detail, or to purchase the title, visit http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471373133,miniSiteCd-IEEE.html.

New book details delta-sigma converters for first-time users

A new book from Wiley-IEEE Press, "Understanding Delta-Sigma Data Converters," details real-world operations of Delta-Sigma converters to generate insight into industry applications. Authors Richard Schreier, winner of the Outstanding Paper Award at the 2002 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, and Gabor C. Temes, recipient of the 1998 IEEE Graduate Teaching Award, contextualize the uses of first-, second- and higher-order delta-sigma modulation using the Delta-Sigma Toolbox, a design-oriented software. Learn more about this title at http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471465852,miniSiteCd-IEEE.html.

Data-mining experts edit new book for Wiley-IEEE Press

A new book from IEEE Press and John Wiley & Sons presents a wide-ranging look at the next generation of data-mining applications. Appropriately titled "Next Generation of Data-Mining Applications," this new book collects diverse contributions from respected data-mining scientists and practitioners that describe recent applications using state-of-the-art methods and algorithms. Editors Mehmed Kantardzic and Jozef Zurada have published numerous papers and books on the subject of data mining. For more information on this title, or to order, visit http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471656054,miniSiteCd-IEEE.html.

New book provides insight into tunable laser diodes

Tunable laser diodes, characterized by their unique ability to "tune in" to different wavelengths, thus significantly improving the efficiency of the switch, are rapidly becoming key components for advanced optical communication. "Tunable Laser Diodes and Related Optical Sources, Second Edition," a new book from IEEE Press and John Wiley & Sons, covers the range of optical networks and the components they require, with emphasis on tunable lasers. Written by respected experts in this groundbreaking technology, this resource covers fundamentals not only of tunable laser diodes, but also modern laser diodes in general, from theory to applications. To purchase this book or find more information, visit http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471208167.html.

New Wiley-IEEE press title assesses power systems reliability

In a new book from Wiley-IEEE Press, IEEE Fellow Wenyuan Li applies real-world examples of planning, operation, maintenance and asset management in the utility industry to theoretical concepts, methods and procedures. "Risk Assessment of Power Systems: Models, Methods, and Applications" applies both the Monte Carlo and analytical evaluation methods to calculate risk quantitively, determine factors that reduce risk, and justify an acceptable level of risk. Preview the first chapter of this text online http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-047163168X,miniSiteCd-IEEE.html.

New book offers instructions on building small, walking robots

Want to build your own robot? A new book from John Wiley & Sons and the IEEE Computer Society shows how. "Stiquito Controlled!: Making a Truly Autonomous Robot," by IEEE Senior member and University of North Carolina ECE Professor James M. Conrad, provides advanced assembly instructions for making a life-like walking robot using a microcontroller. For more information, or to order this title, please visit http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471488828.html.

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