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Page en Français This Issue's Content: News of Interest - IEEE Canada Board of Directors - Section Events - Conferences - Awards & Recognition - Message from the Editor
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Issue: April 2008 IEEE Canada News Central
Ø IEEE Canada Board of Directors - 2008 Spring IEEE Canada Board of Directors Meeting- 2008 IEEE Canada Award Ceremony- Renew Your Membership for 2008- Membership Dues in Special Circumstances
- IEEE GOLD - Toronto Section Explores New Ways to Communicate with Members - Facebook- IEEE SAS PES/IAS: Symmetrical Components in Power Systems Protection - Short Course
- CCECE 2008 - The 21st Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering- Electrical Power & Energy Conference 2008 (EPEC 2008)- 7th International Conference for Upcoming Engineers (ICUE 2008)- Society of Women Engineers Detroit Professional Development Conference 2008- CNSR 2008 - The Sixth Annual Conference on Communications Networks and Services Research- ISTAS 08 - IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society- WICSA 2008 - Working IEEE/IFIP Conference on Software Architecture- IEEE Conference Search
- Senior Member Upgrades- Newly Elected IEEE Senior Member Featured in this Issueo Keyvan Hashtrudi-Zaad
- Seeking a New Editor
Ø IEEE Canada Board of Directors 2008 Spring IEEE Canada Board of Directors MeetingIEEE Canada Spring Board of Directors meeting will be held at the Sheraton Fallsview Hotel in Niagara Falls, ON, on May 2 - 4, 2008. Representatives from all Canadian IEEE Sections will review current activities and discuss strategic plans to enhance organization's performance. IEEE Canada Board meeting will be held in conjunction with 21st CCECE08 conference. 2008 IEEE Canada Award CeremonyIEEE Canada Award Ceremony will be held on May 5 at the Sheraton Fallsview Hotel in Niagara Falls, ON, during the CCECE'08 following the long established tradition. Awardees will shorhly after be listed at http://ewh.ieee.org/reg/7/awards/2008.php Renew Your Membership for 2008There's still time to renew your 2008 membership if you haven't already done so. Remember, IEEE membership can connect you with professionals who can open doors to many opportunities. Use your IEEE Web Account and password to renew online at http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/renew/index.html Membership Dues in Special Circumstances IEEE realizes that economic circumstances may impact some members' ability to pay the full amount of IEEE membership dues. For this reason, the following special circumstance categories have been established. Special circumstances are not available to Student members. Only one category may be claimed in any year.
IEEE GOLD Toronto Section Explores New Ways to Communicate with Members - Facebook
As many of you may know by now,
Facebook has become an international phenomenon. – It’s one of the most popular
social networking sites on the Internet. Members may create personal
profiles and add friends and colleagues to their “Friends List”, which
allows them to view each other’s personal profiles. In addition to this, through this
medium, it is possible to send messages to one another, create events (and
invite whoever you please), create groups and more.
There are millions of users from
all around the world on Facebook and it has become one of the most
important tools for advertising events, both social and technical in
nature. As a result, in the
Toronto Section, my GOLD group has created a Facebook Group “IEEE GOLD –
Toronto Section”. There is
almost 100 members – both IEEE and non-IEEE members, and not only from
Through this Facebook Group, GOLD
sends messages to all the members of our upcoming events, and we maintain
a list of the upcoming events in the “Recent News” section. We also have pictures of our past
events, a “Wall” for blog-type discussions, links to our homepage and
more.
The “IEEE GOLD – Toronto Section”
Facebook group has been very well-received by its members. It promotes interactivity and also
gives us another way of getting IEEE GOLD’s message out there. Due to the positive response
received, I strongly recommend other Affinity Groups, Chapters and
Sections to create their own groups.
It requires little maintenance and is a fun way to keep in contact
with your members.
IEEE is coming out with its own
social networking tool. It’s called “MemberNet”. If you log
onto myIEEE with your web account info, you will see it there. It’s
still in its Beta version, but you can easily sign up – I believe it will
be fully functional very soon (within a month). You can easily search
other IEEE members and maintain a profile. It’s similar to “Linked
In”.
April
Khademi
IEEE Toronto Section, GOLD
Chair
IEEE Canada, Regional Student
Representative
IEEE SAS PES/IAS: Symmetrical Components in Power Systems Protection - Short Course The Power Engineering and Industrial Applications Societies of IEEE Southern Alberta Section are pleased to host a two-day short course on theory and applications of symmetrical components in power systems protection. Event: A Short Course on the Theory and Applications of Symmetrical Components in Instructors:: Roger Hedding, Regional Technical Manager
For the Substation Automation and Ahmed Osman, PhD, Electrical and Computer Eng. Department, University of When:: Wednesday - Thursday, June 4 -5, 2008, 8:30 - 16:30 Where:: University of Calgary , Alberta , Canada For more information, please visit: http://www.ucalgary.ca/power/events Sincerely, Section Event Links Many IEEE Canada sections
maintain their own listings of upcoming events:
The
21st Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering
(CCECE08) - Update
May 4 - 7,
2008
You are invited to participate in
the 21st Annual Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering
(CCECE) to be held in the Sheraton Fallsview Hotel in
Sunday May 4, 2008 - 9 a.m. - 12
p.m.
Tutorial A: High Performance
Chip-to-Chip Signalling
Presenter: Prof. Tony Chan
Carusone
Tutorial B: Reliability Evaluation
of Electric Power Systems
Presenter: Prof. Roy
Billinton
Tutorial C: Affinity Propagation:
Theory and Practice
Presenter: Prof. Brendan
Frey
Tutorial D: IP-Oriented QoS in the
Next Generation Networks: Application to Wireless
Networks
Presenter: Prof. Pascal
Lorenz
Sunday May 4, 2008 - 1 p.m. - 4
p.m.
Tutorial E: Large Area Digital
Imaging Technology
Presenter: Prof. Karim
Karim
Tutorial F: Predictive Control in
Power Electronics and Drives
Presenters: Drs. Ralph Kennel,
Marian Kazmierkowski, Jose Rodreguez, and Patricio
Cortes
Tutorial G: Intergrated Antennas
for Wireless and Other Applications
Presenter: Prof. Yahia
Antar
Tutorial F: Opportunistic
Networks: Specialized Ad Hoc Networks for Emergency Preparedness and
Response
Presenter: Prof. Isaac
Woungang
More details on tutorials are in
http://ieee.ca/ccece08/tutorials.php
More information about the
conference is available in http://ieee.ca/ccece08/index_en.php
Look forward to seeing you in
Cheers,
CCECE 2008 Organizing
Committee
Electrical Power
& Energy Conference 2008
(EPEC
2008)
The theme
for the Electrical Power and Energy Conference (EPEC) 2008 is “Energy
Innovation”. With attention being placed on the following
sub-topics:
• Extending the Limits
of Transmission and Distribution
• Expanding Generation
and Alternative Energy
• Intelligent Grid
Technologies
• Conservation and
Energy Efficient Technologies
The topics
are designed to highlight the current activities and achievements as well
as investigate the future progression and expansion of both the local and
global electrical power and energy industries. The conference is sponsored
by IEEE Canada and co-sponsored and organised by IEEE Vancouver Section.
EPEC 2008 is the result of the Electrical Power Symposia (EPS) that was
originally hosted in 2001 by the IEEE Ottawa
Section.,"
EPEC 2008
will take place: 6-7 October, 2008,
More
details at:
http://www.ieee.ca/epc08/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
7th International
Conference for Upcoming Engineers
(ICUE
2008)
ICUE was started by members of
ICUE has been developed to be
known as an International Conference which provides the young engineers to
develop their understandings both in academicals and industrial sections
of their field. Moreover, they get the opportunity to express themselves
technically in a more viable environment.
"The International Conference for
Upcoming Engineers (ICUE) will be featuring Industrial speakers,
Academical Speakers, paper presentations by undergraduate students, design
projects demonstrations, and social gatherings. ICUE 2008 focuses on
emerging technologies in the field of wireless communications and digital
electronics and other prominent engineering fields. On behalf of the ICUE
2008 organizing committee, we are delighted to invite you to join us on
May 2008 at
ICUE 2008 offers an outstanding
opportunity for upcoming engineers, both undergraduate and graduate, to
present their designs, operating prototypes, and research papers to their
peers and experts from around the world. Submissions should cover design,
technical and/or management aspects. Topics include, but are not limited
to:
Society
of Women Engineers Detroit Professional Development Conference
2008
The award
winning
program will be held at the General Motors Warren Technology Center
on Saturday, April 19, 2008 from 7:30am to 3:30pm. Take the
Ride of Your Life with our keynote speaker, Joyce Weiss. She is a certified speaking professional (CSP) and
started Joyce Weiss Training and Development LLC, a best practices certified company in 1987.
Dynamic, thought-provoking, and funny, Joyce is a renowned author
and speaker motivating thousands of individuals to excel themselves
and their companies. Joyce combines practical advice and enthusiasm to produce
results in your team. Check out two of her books; Take the
Ride of Your
Life! and
Full Speed Ahead....
·
The
Growth of Cleantech and Opportunities in Alternative
Energy
·
Sustainability - What’s It Mean
and What’s It All About
·
The Art
of Negotiation
·
Careers
in Hybrids and Electrical
·
Leadership in Drive... Making Bold
Moves
·
Managing Effective
Meetings
·
Interviewing Skills
Panel
·
Being
Feminine and Professional
·
How to
Sustainably Refuel Your Body, Mind and Spirit: Learn to Recognize and
Vanquish the Big 10 Energy
Vampires
·
Hybrid
Powertrains
·
Simple
Life Work Management
·
Leading
a Global Team
·
Assessing the Health of Your
Career
·
Developing Your Personal
Brand
For more
information and to register, please
visit http://www.swe.org/SWE/RegionH/Detroit/PDC_Website.html.
Submitted
by:
Dr. Angela C.
Sodan
The Sixth Annual Conference on Communication Networks and Services Research (CNSR2008)
Halifax, Nova Scotia This annual conference is
jointly sponsored by
The proceedings from
CNSR2008 will be archived through the IEEE Digital Library.
Technical papers
describing original research in the field of communication networks and
services are invited. Topics and areas to be presented at the conference
are listed below. However, papers outside these areas are also welcome
with a requirement that they describe current original work in the fields
described, either theoretical or applied and have not been published
elsewhere. Both industrial and academic contributions are invited.
2008 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS)
ISTAS is the annual symposium of the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (link).
The theme for ISTAS 08 is: Citizens, Groups, Communities and Information and Communication Technologies.
IEEE Conference Search
Senior Member UpgradesThe following members were upgraded to
Senior Member status at the February 2008 IEEE Admission and Advancement
Panel meeting.
Congratulations!
Newly
Elected IEEE Senior Member Featured in this Issue
Keyvan
Hashtrudi-Zaad
Research
Interests
Prof. Hashtrudi-Zaad's research
interests largely lie in the areas of control systems, robotics, human
machine interfaces and telerobotics. These include:
Modeling
and control of flexible link and joint manipulators, integral manifolds,
and singular perturbations.
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Message from the Editor If you have any articles/events for the May 2008 Newsletter, please forward them to us at newsletter@ieee.ca
IEEE Canada is seeking a volunteer to be the Newsletter Editor. Please contact x.maldague@ieee.org if you are interested by this position.
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IEEE Canada Newsletter – April 2008 Bulletin de IEEE Canada – Avril 2008
Last
update /2008.04.15 dernière mise à jour |
Keyvan Hashtrudi-Zaad received his
B.Sc. degree from the Department of Electrical Engineering of Sharif
University of Technology (SUT), Tehran, Iran in February 1991; his M.A.Sc.
degree from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of
Concordia University, Montreal, Canada in December 1994; and his Ph.D.
degree from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the
University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, Canada in November 2000.
He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering of Queen's
