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Call for Papers - IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium 2023

The 2023 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS23), to be held in Ottawa, Canada from 18-20 July, seeks contributions on how to nurture and cultivate the future of sensors’ technologies and applications, and how they can benefit society. The event is now accepting papers into April:

• Initial Paper Submission (3 April)
• First Author Notification (2 May)
• Final Paper Submission (30 May)
• Early Registration Deadline (30 May)

Sensors Applications Symposium provides a unique opportunity for researchers and developers to share progress in sensor technologies, methods, applications, standardization, and commercialization. General and Special Sessions offer forums where participants can exchange ideas and gain information on the sensor state of the art. A mix of plenary, poster, demonstration, plug-fests, and other networking activities ensure that your work will be seen.

Visit the Conference webpage for more information and to submit today!

2022 IEEE Canadian Foundation Nick Cercone Graduate Scholarship in Computer Science – Awarded to Benno Krojer

Benno Krojer is currently in the second year of his PhD at the Mila Quebec AI Institute & McGill University and graduated top-of-class in his BSc Computational Linguistics at LMU Munich. He is interested in fundamental problems in language grounding, interactive multi-modal NLP and more specific phenomena such as pragmatics, compositionality or text-to-image generation. He contributed to the field of vision-and-language with a top-reviewed ACL paper that introduced the challenging ImageCoDe dataset. It exposes shortcomings of all state-of-the-art models in terms of fine-grained visual and linguistic representations, pragmatics or temporal dynamics. During his BSc, Benno was a shared-first author on two papers at NLP conferences that focused on symbolic reasoning and coreference in machine translation. On top of that, he worked at several companies in NLP, vision and robotics. Next to pursuing fundamental questions of language understanding, Benno’s PhD studies will also address ethical and safety concerns of large multi-modal models motivated by the increasingly unpredictable progress and applications in the AI space. Throughout his academic path Benno has been passionate about bringing people together in thriving communities. Most notably, he has founded a large philosophy society in Munich and a reading group at Mila.

This scholarship recognizes a Ph.D. student in Computer Science at a Canadian university who shows exceptional promise in research that will have real-world applications outside Computer Science and who has been active in helping others. The scholarship remembers Nick Cercone, who made many significant contributions to several fields, including artificial intelligence, data mining, knowledge representation, and computational linguistics. He was an IEEE Fellow.

This scholarship will be awarded every second year, i.e., it will be a biennial award. Starting in 2020, the value of the award is $6,000.

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IEEE Member Group Insurance Program

The insurance plans can be found based on the age and the type of coverage we are looking for. The insurance plans can be made for any stage of life such as early career, mid-career, late career, or post-career/retirement.

Our Group term life insurance coverage has an easy application process, with no medical or lab work required for coverage up to $500,000. Everything is handled conveniently and securely online. As a member, you’ll have digital tools and friendly advisers to help you every step of the way, including customizing coverage for your unique needs.

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Articles and Resources

• IEEE educational activities continue to offer online instruction and IEEE's pre-university educational resources may be of assistance to families of students whose classroom activities have been disrupted. Home-schooling parents and students can explore the IEEE TryEngineering database to learn about a wide variety of concepts.

• Understanding that technology and history are not mutually exclusive subjects, IEEE REACH provides history teachers and remote learners with free educational resources that situate science, technology, and engineering in their social and humanistic contexts.

Scholarships, Awards, and Prizes

All application and nomination forms are on the OpenWater platform. Questions may be directed to info.ieeecanadianfoundation@ieee.ca

• Power & Energy Scholarships

The PES Scholarship Plus Initiative provides scholarships to undergraduates who are interested in power and energy engineering careers. Submissions are open until June 30. https://www.ee-scholarship.org/

This program can be supported in Canada by donations to the IEEE Canadian Foundation, for which a Canadian tax receipt will be issued. To give on-line, chose fund option 5. IEEE PES Canadian Scholarship Fund here: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/ieee-canadian-foundation/

IEEE Canadian Foundation

Workplace Giving Supports the IEEE Canadian Foundation

Your employer may facilitate workplace giving to socially beneficial causes including the IEEE Canadian Foundation. Matching of your gift may also be offered year round in support of corporate social responsibility or sometimes seasonally as a year end gesture of goodwill. Gifts may be processed though HR services such as Benevity or CAF America (yes, it also covers Canada). Details will be different at each employer so ask around – your gift to the IEEE Canadian Foundation may be magnified with your employer’s support.

IEEE Canadian Foundation Donor-Supported Grants Awarded

The IEEE Canadian Foundation supports Canadian student engagement, learning and collaborative team work through donor-supported grants – approved at the December Board meeting are:

McNaughton Learning Resource Centre Grants

• University of Saskatchewan (resources for design Project Club)
• Concordia University (3D printer, soldering setup and board assembly enhancements)
• Memorial University (establish maker space)
• Carleton University (upgrade to maker space)

Special Grants (including Humanitarian Technology)

• University of Calgary (Canadian students design/deploy alternate energy - Peru solar)
• UBC Agrobot (Building a competitive autonomous agricultural robot)
• UBC Hydroponics (Develop a low-cost and low-maintenance autonomous hydroponics grow system)
• McGill University ("Incorporating Sustainability Into Our Endeavors" Workshop)
• Concordia University (Pilot a student-centered portfolio site in technical communication)
• University of Alberta (Student team for Alberta Rocketry Research’s deployable payload development)
• University of British Columbia (Thunderbots autonomous soccer-playing robots)
• University of Waterloo (A) (Rocketry development of redesigned power and live telemetry systems, and greatly improved mission control software)

Streamlined Donation via IEEE Dues Renewal Shopping Cart

Your gift supports Scholarships, McNaughton Learning Resource Centres and Grants to new and innovative projects in Canada. It is easy to donate to the IEEE Canadian Foundation at Dues Renewal (including Life Member confirmation). At the Payment page, look for "Donate to IEEE", then click "View Donation Options", look down the list for IEEE Canadian Foundation. Receipts for Canadian tax purposes are produced by the IEEE Canadian Foundation early in the new year. Thank you for your support!
Learn about the IEEE Canadian Foundation at https://www.ieeecanadianfoundation.org/

Dave Kemp Memorial Fund

The Dave Kemp Memorial Fund has been established in memory of Dave Kemp, serving Director of the IEEE Canadian Foundation, past IEEE Canada President/Region 7 Director and life-long volunteer and supporter of IEEE in Canada and internationally. This fund will support IEEE programs that match Dave's passions and interests, including Young Professional activities, volunteerism, engagement and student growth across Canada. Donations in honour of Dave may be made at http://www.ieeecanadianfoundation.org/EN/davekempmemorial

Gift of Securities to the IEEE Canadian Foundation – Invest in Scholarships and Grants to Canadians

A gift of securities is a very cost-effective way of supporting the IEEE Canadian Foundation, immediately or though a gift bequest in your will.

With a donation of publicly traded securities you will receive a charitable gift tax receipt for the full market value of your gift. This avoids you incurring Canadian capital gains tax since the securities are transferred intact to the Foundation.

Gifts of securities must be arranged by electronic transfer between your investment broker and the Foundation broker.

As you consider a gift of securities, we can work with you and your advisors to receive your gift. Please request our GIFT of Publicly Traded Securities form, available upon request from the Treasurer (l.matteau@ieee.org).

COVID-19: The IEEE Canadian Foundation remains committed to supporting our programs, donors and grantees. Thank you for your ongoing support during these unusual and challenging times.

IEEE Canadian Foundation is a registered charity in Canada and a public foundation. All Canadian individual donors receive CRA (Canada Revenue Agency) approved tax receipts. The IEEE Canadian Foundation remains committed to supporting our programs, donors and grantees. Thank you for your ongoing support during these unusual and challenging times. Please visit ICF Facebook page