General News
Call for Editor(s) of the New IEEE Young Professionals (YP) Electronic Newsletter
IEEE Young Professionals (YP) is a dynamic affinity group of IEEE members, which promotes a well-balanced professional life and operates around the non-technical aspects of engineering: professionalism, personal development, and community involvement. Before 2014, IEEE Young Professionals used the name IEEE Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD). IEEE Canada GOLD had a national newsletter called Aurum, which was created to help in establishing a national GOLD identity and to increase national communication among members. The newsletter was published by IEEE Canada GOLD in both English and French from 2003 to 2009. The Aurum issues are available at https://www.ieee.ca/en/young-professionals/aurum/.
IEEE Canada would like to (re)create a national electronic newsletter for the Canadian IEEE Young Professionals that would appear at least twice a year, and is looking for capable and enthusiastic volunteer editors with necessary editorial skills and experience who would like to help with this initiative and serve on a longer term basis, for at least a couple of years. If you are interested in this challenge and would like to contribute, could you please e-mail your CV, a cover letter outlining your skills, editorial experience, and interest in this endeavor, as well as a few relevant samples of your writing to ypnewslettereditors@ieee.ca.
Call for Nominations: IEEE Awards
The IEEE Awards Board administers the highest medals, awards, and recognitions presented by IEEE on behalf of the IEEE Board of Directors. All IEEE members are encouraged to submit a nomination for a worthy candidate within their technical fields.
Nominations are due 15 January annually for IEEE Technical Field Awards (TFAs) and the IEEE Eric Herz Outstanding Staff Member Award. IEEE TFAs are awarded for contributions or leadership in a specific field of interest of the IEEE. The IEEE Herz Award recognizes sustained contributions by a present or past full-time staff member of the IEEE with at least ten years of service.
Nominations are due 15 June annually for IEEE Medals and IEEE Recognitions. IEEE Medals are the highest recognition within the IEEE awards hierarchy, with the prestigious IEEE Medal of Honor as the premier award. They embrace broad and significant contributions within the technical fields of interest of IEEE. IEEE Recognitions reward member's individual contributions to IEEE, published papers, and corporate advancements within the IEEE fields of interest. Recipients of IEEE Medals and Recognitions are recognized at the annual IEEE Honors Ceremony.
Nomination forms and award-specific criteria can be downloaded from:
http://www.ieee.org/about/awards/tfas/index_tfas.html,
http://www.ieee.org/about/awards/recognitions/recognitions_herz.htm,
http://www.ieee.org/about/awards/medals/index_%20medals.html, and
http://www.ieee.org/about/awards/recognitions/index_%20recognitions.html.
Since 1917, the IEEE Awards Program has paid tribute to technical professionals whose exceptional achievements and outstanding contributions have made a lasting impact on technology, society, the engineering profession, and humanity. By this means, the image and prestige of the organization, its members, and the profession are all enhanced.
For more information, visit www.ieee.org/awards or e-mail awards@ieee.org.
IEEE Industry Tour in Amherst
Aminul Islam, Vice-Chair, PES/IAS Joint Chapter, Canadian Atlantic
A group of young professionals from IEEE Canadian Atlantic Section participated in an industry tour on the Friday evening in October 28th. The group was welcomed at the manufacturing facility of LED Roadway Lighting Ltd. (LRL) in Amherst, Nova Scotia. After a warm reception the group joined an informative session on LRLs' success story, power of innovation and product demonstration. The tour was followed by an extensive walk to the production floor where the IEEE members had a chance to explore the manufacturing process of LRLs' award winning LED street lighting fixtures and smart control products which enables the deployment of smart city network.
The evolution of LED technology is a great example to the young professionals to showcase the advancement of today's lighting technology and the commitment towards building a smarter future. At the end, all participants enjoyed a motivational speech and a group discussion with LRL's Executive Vice President-Operations, Mr. Dave Scott. The event successfully concluded with a question and answer session and educational talk. LRL looks forward to supporting the local section through their social and technical activities in future.
This industry tour was sponsored by IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) through a member-driven initiative program and IEEE Canadian Atlantic section wishes to organize similar events in the following years.
Upcoming Activities and Conferences
West
2017 IEEE International Conference on Cloud Engineering (IC2E)
04 Apr - 07 Apr 2017
Vancouver, BC, Canada
http://conferences.computer.org/IC2E/2017/
2017 IEEE International Conference on Microelectronics Systems Education (MSE)
12 May - 13 May 2017
Banff, AB
www.mseconference.org
2017 26th International Conference on Computer Communication and Networks (ICCCN)
31 Jul - 03 Aug 2017
Vancouver, BC
http://icccn.org/icccn17
2017 IEEE Petroleum and Chemical Industry Technical Conference (PCIC 2017)
17 Sep - 20 Sep 2017
Calgary, AB,
http://ieeepcic.com/
2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
24 Sep - 28 Sep 2017
Vancouver, BC
www.iros2017.org
2017 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC)
01 Oct - 04 Oct 2017
Banff, AB
www.smc2017.org
2017 Electrical Power and Energy Conference (EPEC)
22 October - 24 October 2017
Saskatoon, SK
http://epec2017.ieee.ca/
2017 IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing (GlobalSIP)
14 Nov - 16 Nov 2017
Montreal, QC
http://2017.ieeeglobalsip.org/
Centre
2017 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT)
22 Mar - 25 Mar 2017
Toronto, ON
http://www.icit2017.org/
2017 Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering
30 Apr - 3 May 2017
Windsor, ON
https://ccece2017.ieee.ca/
2017 IEEE/IAS 53rd Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Technical Conference (I&CPS)
07 May - 11 May 2017
Niagara Falls, ON
http://sites.ieee.org/icps2017
2017 ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL)
19 Jun - 23 Jun 2017
Toronto, ON
http://2017.jcdl.org/
2017 International Humanitarian Technology Conference (IHTC)
20 July - 22 July 2017
Toronto, ON
http://www.ihtc2017.ieee.ca/
2017 IEEE 86th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Fall)
24 Sep - 27 Sep 2017
Toronto, ON
www.ieeevtc.org/vtc2017fall/
East
2017 Annual IEEE International Systems Conference (SysCon)
24 Apr - 27 Apr 2017 Montreal, QC
http://www.ieeesystemscouncil.org
2017 ISOCS/IEEE International Symposium on Olfaction and Electronic Nose (ISOEN)
28 May - 31 May 2017
Montreal, QC, Canada
http://isoen2017.org/
2017 International Conference on Virtual Rehabilitation (ICVR)
19 Jun - 22 Jun 2017
Montreal, QC
http://virtual-rehab.org/2017/
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
