General News
IEEE Canada Ottawa Section and CPEIA forge strategic partnership
The IEEE and the Canadian Printable Electronics Industry Association (www.cpeia-acei.ca), have entered into a strategic partnership with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the IEEE Ottawa Section and the CPEIA, to introduce printable and flexible electronics (PE) to IEEE members as a toolset for developing new products and applications and enhanc-ing existing ones.
This is the second ever NSA (National Society Agreement) in IEEE Canada, the first being with the Canadian Remote Sensing Society. Congratulate on the official approval of the NSA!
Upcoming Activities and Conferences
Workshop on Communications, Computation and Control for Resilient Smart Energy Systems
Date: June 21, 2016
Location: Waterloo
The workshop on Communications, Computation and Control for Resilient Smart Energy Systems, co-located with the seventh ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems (ACM e-Energy), will be held on June 21, 2016 in Waterloo, Ontario. This workshop focuses on cyber-enabled techniques for resilient energy system design and operation. Special emphasis will be placed on strategies that harness communications, computation and/or control to improve system operation through increased adaptability, reliability, functionality and efficiency.
For more information, please visit http://www.comm.utoronto.ca/~abdallah/ACMWorkshop.html.
2016 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence
Date: July 25-29, 2016
Location: Vancouver Marriott Pinnacle, Vancouver
The bi-annual IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (IEEE WCCI) is the largest technical event in the field of computational intelligence. The IEEE WCCI 2016 will host three conferences: The 2016 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2016), the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE 2016), and the 2016 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (IEEE CEC 2016) under one roof. It encourages cross-fertilization of ideas among the three big areas and provides a forum for intellectuals from all over the world to discuss and present their research findings on computational intelligence.
For more information on the congress, please visit: www.wcci2016.org.
IEEE Humanitarian Technology Conferences around the world
IEEE ARGENCON on June 15-17, 2016
This is the biennial conference for Argentina, hosted by IEEE Argentina Section. It includes a humanitarian technology component. For more information, consult: http:// sites.ieee.org/argencon/en
Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC) on October 13-16, 2016
GHTC 2016 will be hosted by the Seattle Section in Region 6. GHTC 2016 has issued their call for papers. Download the PDF here: http://sites.ieee.org/ghtc/files/2016/01/GHTC2016-CFP.pdf For more information, see: www.ieeeghtc.org
International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS) on October 21-22, 2016
ISTAS will be hosted by the Kerala Section in Trivandrum India, sponsored by SSIT. ISTAS has issued their call for papers. Download the PDF here: http://istas2016.org/downloads/CFP.pdf For more information, see: http://istas2016.org/
Humanitarian Technology Conference on December 21-23, 2016
The IEEE R10 HTC will be hosted at the Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, INDIA. For more information and the call for papers, please, refer to: http://www.ieeehtc2016.com/
2017 IEEE International Humanitarian Technology Conference
IHTC 2017 will take place in Toronto. please stay tuned for more information as it becomes available http://www.ihtc2017.ieee.ca/
Section Events Online
Please refer to the following link for the latest activities hosted by the Kitchener Waterloo Section: http://www.ieeekw.com/activities.php
Please refer to the following link for the latest activities hosted by the Hamilton Section: http://ewh.ieee.org/r7/hamilton/currentevents.htm
Message from the Section Chair : A Past Section Chair
Please refer to the following link for the latest activities hosted by the Kingston Section: http://sites.ieee.org/kingston/
Please refer to the following link for the latest activities hosted by the London Section: http://london.ieee.ca/
Please refer to the following link for the latest activities hosted by the New Brunswick Section: http://nb.ieee.ca/
Please refer to the following link for the latest activities hosted by the South Alberta Section: http://sites.ieee.org/southern-alberta/
Please refer to the following link for the latest activities hosted by the Winnipeg Section: http://winnipeg.ieee.ca/calendar
Please refer to the following link for the latest activities hosted by the Northern Canada Section: http://northerncanada.ieee.ca/>
Please refer to the following link for the latest activities hosted by the Northern Saskatchewan Section: http://northsask.ieee.ca/
Please refer to the following link for the latest activities hosted by the Vancouver Section: http://www.ieeecontact.org
Please find the IEEE Montreal Section Newsletter (Issue 6, January 2012): http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r7/montreal/files/IEEE_Montreal_Newsletter_Jan_2012.pdf
The IEEE Montreal Section ExCom would like to thank to all contributors and editors.
The previous issues (# 5, Nov. 2011) can be accessed through:
http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r7/montreal/files/IEEE_Montreal_Newsletter_Oct_2011.pdf
http://ewh.ieee.org/r7/montreal/index.php
Please refer to the following link for the latest activities hosted by the Ottawa Section: http://www.ieeeottawa.ca/
Please refer to the following link for the latest activities hosted by the Toronto Section: http://toronto.ieee.ca/
Please refer to the following link for the latest activities hosted by the St-Maurice Section: http://www.sm.ieee.ca/evenactivites.html
Please refer to the following link for the latest activities hosted by the Canadian Atlantic Section: http://cas.ieee.ca/?page_id=1408
Volunteers Needed for IEEE Canada's Translation Committee
The IEEE Canada's Translation Committee welcomes translator volunteers to meeting the needs of IEEE Canada's many publications, groups and activities.
Whether you are new to the translation world or in need of populating your CV with quality references, there are always volunteer translation opportunities available, including the IEEE Canadian Review, the Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, IEEE Canada Newsletters, the annual IEEE Canada Awards Ceremony Program, IEEE Canada Bylaws, welcome speeches, conference materials, and other assignments too!
You do not need to give up a great deal of your time to volunteer as a translator. The time you devote is up to you. Interested parties could contact Hind Rakkay, Translation Committee Chair at hind.rakkay@gmail.com, or Branislav Djokic, Publications and Communications Committee Chair at branislav@ieee.org.
