2006 Fall IEEE Canada Board of Directors Meeting

Here're some pictures from the meetings, and more information will follow in the November issue.

Record Breaking International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE2006) in Montreal 

 Report from the Chairmen professors Kamal Al-Haddad and Bogdan Wilamowski

 What a memorable three very busy working days with a lot of things to learn during the International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE2006) Montreal conference. Very exciting, challenging and also rewarding to all conference attendees. This conference broken all records till now. Can you believe that more than 577 attendee were present at ISIE2006 conference? Can you believe that only 608 papers out of 810 submissions are included in the conference final program? Can you believe that more than 140 students participated in the event? And 37 students have become IEEE-IES new members. Thanks to the generosity of ISIE2006 who paid half of the registration fees. Rewarding initiative thanks to the efforts of Dr. Setta Bogosian and Mariusz Malinowski. A special banquet was organized for the students. 5 of them received scholarship and were invited to the conference banquet at the Delta Centre Ville hotel. Can you believe that 10 high tech industries were exhibiting during the conference three days giving to our meeting a real industrial flavor and interesting atmosphere? ETS and ABB Canada sponsored and 14 other organizations supported the conference. Can you believe that 360 papers were presented in 60 oral sessions and that 248 were scheduled for poster presentation? Can you believe that for the first time ISIE offered 12 free of harge tutorials with an average of 57 attendees per tutorial (minimum 12 and maximum 132 attendees limited by the availability of chairs)? Dr Rajashekara tutorial was the most wantedone according to our statistics. Many thanks to Dr Krishnan Ramu for his hard work and the excellent choice of successful tutorials. Three outstanding luncheon keynote speakers Dr Yves Beauchamp, ETS-CEO who presented the ETS which is the fourth biggest and most growing engineering school in Canada, Dr. Kaushik Rajashekara chief scientist from Rolls Royce USA, presented the Industrial electronics challenges for the automotive industry and Dr.Richard Zurawski CEO- ISA group USA, talked about integrative role of information technology. The general chairmen have received very impressive comments regarding the organization and the quality of papers and the atmosphere. We would like to share with you one of the attendee's comments. He wrote that he has never seen such a good conference in his 12 years career.

The General chairman are grateful to all authors coming from 47 countries, are thankful to all volunteers track chair, session chairs, local committee, reviewers and all committee members who helped us setting new standards and new records in terms of participation. An impressive number never reached by the IES conferences before. We were so proud to offer you the best of Montreal.

 See you again.

Source: IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Newsletter, September, vol. 55, no. 3, 2006

Prof. Kamal Al-Haddad, IEEE-ISIE2006 General chair.               Senior Canada research chair, Electric Energy conversion and power electronics, École de technologie supérieure. Montréal, Québec, Canada

Prof. Bogdan M. (Dan) Wilamowski,IEEE-IES president, ISIE2006 cochair
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Auburn University, USA

 Professor Kamal Al-Haddad and his team welcoming ISIE2006 delegates.

57 people were involved in the organization of the conference hosted by ETS

CCECE 2008 Kickoff Meeting

IEEE Fellow Nomination Process

The purpose of this article is to remind all IEEE members of the changes in the IEEE Fellow nomination process that have taken place over the past several years, mainly in the effort to generate more Fellow nominations from industry. Changes were initiated in 2003 - to the Fellow process - and to the appropriate IEEE By-Laws - to assure equal opportunity for election to IEEE Fellow grade of members with careers involving the application of technology. The changes actually took effect for the Fellow class of 2005. The IEEE Bylaws were amended to clarify the eligibility of Application engineers and Practitioners, and to establish the realization of the significant value to society standard for evaluating nominations. Fellow candidates are now classified as -Application Engineer / Practitioner, Research Engineer / Scientist, Technical Leader, or Educator.

Another important step in modernizing the Fellow nomination process is that the nomination forms and instructions are available on the IEEE Web site and that the nomination forms can now be submitted electronically. See the IEEE Web site at (www.ieee.org/fellow). Although electronic submittal of Fellow nominations is highly recommended, and is the preferred method of submittal, the forms and instructions are also available in hard copy (via E mail to "fellow@ieee.org"). Nomination forms are able to be submitted in either "hard copy", or electronically via the WEB. The Class of 2007 Fellow nomination cycle ends March 1st, 2007.

All questions on the Fellow nomination process -or general Fellow questions should be referred to the IEEE Fellow staff -E mail "fellows@ieee.org".

IEEE Fellow grade membership is bestowed by the Board of Directors on IEEE Senior Members with an extraordinary record of accomplishment in any IEEE field of interest. The accomplishments honored shall have contributed significantly to the advancement of engineering, science and technology, bringing the realization of significant value to society.

Source: IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Newsletter, September, vol. 55, no. 3, 2006

Call for Fellow Nominations

Forms and instructions for preparing nominations for IEEE Fellow grade membership are now available on the IEEE web site at <http://www.ieee.org/fellows>. Nominations may be prepared electronically or in hard copy form and must be submitted by March 1, 2007.

The grade of Fellow recognizes unusual distinction in the profession and is conferred upon a person with an extraordinary record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest.  These accomplishments shall have contributed importantly to the advancement or application of engineering, science and technology, bringing the realization of significant value to society. To recognize the entire spectrum of engineering activity, candidates are classified as Application Engineer/Practitioner, Research Engineer/Scientist, Technical Leader, or Educator, and judged accordingly. At the time the nomination is submitted, the candidate must be a senior member who has completed five years of service in any grade of IEEE membership excluding affiliate membership. The nominee's dues must be current. Anyone may submit a nomination. However, all nominations must be supported by at least five, but no more than eight, references from active IEEE Fellow grade members familiar with the candidate's work. If the candidate is from Region 9, the IEEE Fellow Committee will accept references from senior members.

New Technical Chapter in the IEEE Toronto Section - Engineering in Medicine and Biology

Newly Elected IEEE Senior Members Featured in this Issue

Hosam El-Ocla

Winnipeg Section

Ted Obuchowicz

Montreal Section

IEEE Ottawa 2006 Annual Newsletter has been published, http://ottawa.ieee.ca/news/annual06.html

IEEE Election Ballots In The Mail

 Ballots for the 2006 IEEE Annual Election have been mailed to all eligible voting IEEE members. All ballots must be returned and received by the election vendor by 12 o'clock noon, Central Time U.S.A. (18:00 GMT) on 1 November 2006, in order to be counted. For information on any of this year's candidates or their positions, visit: <http://www.ieee.org/elections>. Videos of this year's IEEE president-elect candidates, Lewis Terman and John Vig, are now available online. One video features the candidates answering questions asked by members; the other is a recording of the annual President-Elect Candidates' Debate, hosted by the IEEE Philadelphia Section. Visit: <http://www.ieee.org/elections>. For additional information about the IEEE Annual Election, please contact: "MailTo:corp-election@ieee.org".

Exclusive Web-Only Articles at IEEE Spectrum Online

If you like reading IEEE Spectrum magazine, you'll love reading the exclusive, web-only articles at IEEE Spectrum Online. These are great articles you won't find in IEEE Spectrum magazine because we always have more editorial stories than we can fit into our print edition. Therefore every month, we are making these additional articles available to you and your membership to read online. Please see below the lineup of web-only articles for September and please communicate to all of your chapters, colleagues, and members so that they can enjoy as well.

Driving New GM's Hydrogen Car
Hybrids are now an accepted part of our vehicle landscape, with electric cars powered by lithium-ion batteries on the horizon. But General Motors and other manufacturers are also looking much further ahead, toward a future where our personal transport-what we might call "a car"-is powered exclusively by hydrogen fuel cells. Read more at: http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/sep06/4576

Network Science Helps Fight the War on Terrorism
In an exclusive report from IEEE Spectrum Online, "Netwar" analyzes the hidden weaknesses and strengths of critical infrastructures now at risk from terrorist attack. Ted G. Lewis, from the Center for Homeland Defense and Security at the Naval Postgraduate School, shares his recommendations regarding how network science can inform policy in planning anti-terrorism precautions. Read more at: http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/sep06/4441.

New Applications to Manage the Data Flood
The WalMart project aimed at sensor tagging every pallet of goods purchased using RFID technology is only the tip of the iceberg. As the data streaming from computers, sensors, and other real-time devices swells, a new infrastructure will be required to manage it. Software engineers are now developing stream-processing engines to handle the flood. Read this exclusive IEEE Spectrum Online report at: http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/sep06/4448.

Don't miss the IEEE Spectrum Online Tech Insider Webcasts
For more information or to register, please visit: www.spectrum.ieee.org/webcasts

Montreal

• Introduction to Antenna Concepts and Testing

Oct. 11-13, 2006
International Institute of Telecommunications, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
For more information please visit http://ieee.ca/news/current/www.site.uottawa.ca/~mcnamara/shortcourse.pdf

• LEOS Annual 2006

October 29th-November 2nd, 2006
Hilton Montreal Bonaventure Hotel,
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
For more information please visit http://www.ieee.org/organizations/society/leos/LEOSCONF/LEOS2006/

• SMC 2007

Oct. 7-10, 2007
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
For more information please visit www.ieeesmc.org/

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Ottawa

• Introduction to Antenna Concepts and Testing

Oct. 11-13, 2006
International Institute of Telecommunications, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
For more information please visit http://ieee.ca/news/current/www.site.uottawa.ca/~mcnamara/shortcourse.pdf

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Toronto

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Kitchener-Waterloo

• Toyota Plant Tour in Cambridge

October 30, 2006
Bus Stop at Davis Centre on
University of Waterloo Campus
For more information please visit www.cambridgetourism.com/sub/Toyota/default.asp

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Winnipeg

• 2006 Graduate Student Conference

October 15, 2006
University Centre,
Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
For more information please visit http://ewh.ieee.org/reg/7/winnipeg/events/e2006/conf/gradc06.html

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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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