IEEE Canada Website

Recently, we made several changes and upgrades to our IEEE Canada website. Please regularly visit our homepage for latest information and news regarding Region 7: http://www.ieee.ca/

IEEE Membership Renewal

Thank you to all those who have renewed their IEEE membership for 2006. If you have not done so, we ask that you please renew your membership online by visiting this link: http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/renew/index.html

The 19th Annual IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering will be held May 7-10, 2006 in Ottawa, Ontario

CCECE is an annual conference for university, industrial and government delegates to exchange their ideas on research and disseminate their results and experiences in the field of electrical and computer engineering. The conference is the major IEEE event and flagship conference in Region 7 (Canada) which was established in 1988. Since then the conference has been held in Vancouver, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City, Toronto, Halifax, Calgary, St. John’s, Waterloo, Edmonton, Winnipeg and Niagara Falls. In 2005 it will be held in Saskatchewan and the 2006 Conference will take place in Ottawa, Ontario, for the second time in its history, after 16 years.
For more information see the Official Website at www.ieee.ca/ccece06

Conference on Climate Change Technology: Engineering Challenges and Solutions in the 21st Century

The Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) and its member societies are taking the lead to stimulate awareness and action by the Canadian Engineering Community for solutions that mitigate or adapt to climate change.
   This three-day conference will interest engineering and environmental technology practitioners of all disciplines; delegates from industry, manufacturing, academia, government agencies and regulators; consulting engineers and special interest groups; economists, financial, and legal experts; and other specialists working climate change.
   In addition to potential technical solutions, this conference also addresses associated social and environmental consequences.
Register Now and SAVE up to $100. The early registration fees shown on this page are only valid up to April 9th. On April 10th, member and non-member rates will increase. Register Today !Register Now and SAVE up to $100. The early registration fees shown on this page are only valid up to April 9th. On April 10th, member and non-member rates will increase. Register Today !
   For more information see the Official Website at www.ccc2006.ca

What is the IEEE Job Site?

The IEEE Job Site is an online recruitment service that offers all IEEE members exclusive, free access to real-time job-matching capabilities. You can use your IEEE Web Account to register a job candidate profile in five easy steps:

1. Visit http://www.ieee.org/jobs.
2. Click on the "IEEE Members" link.
3. Choose "Register/profile your ideal job" on the landing page.
4. Complete the basic information for your job candidate profile -professional skills, required salary, location of desired position...
5. Post your resume online and set up a job search agent.
That's it.

Unsafe at any Airspeed? "IEEE Spectrum" Reports

Is it safe to use cell phones on airplanes? Phones, PDAs, laptops, DVD players, and game machines all emit radiation and have the potential to interfere with aircraft instrumentation. Yet a recent study found that passengers are using cell phones, on the average, at least once per flight, and sometimes during the especially critical flight phases of takeoff and landing. "IEEE Spectrum" has more: http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/mar06/3069

Job Opportunity

ASSOCIATE DEAN, ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

The British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) is British Columbia’s premier polytechnic institution offering full and part-time training, distance learning, on-line training, apprenticeships, and advanced education. The Institute also serves industry through training and applied research. For more information, please consult www.bcit.ca.

BCIT’S School of Manufacturing, Electronics and Industrial Processes provides training, education, technology transfer and applied research and is seeking an Associate Dean to provide leadership and management in the areas of Electrical and Computer Engineering including Electronics, Computer Engineering Technology, Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Bachelor of Engineering.

The Associate Dean, Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology, reports directly to the Dean of the School of Manufacturing, Electronics and Industrial Processes and will provide leadership to a talented team of professionals and have a vision to move the School to levels so far not achieved in Canada.

This is a challenging opportunity to play a leadership role in a first-class organization. We invite you to become part of this dynamic team!

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. BCIT is an equal opportunity employer.

New Brunswick

• CNSR 2006 Conference, Communications Networks and Services Research

23-25 May 2006
Delta Hotel,
Moncton, New Brunswick
For more information please visit http://www.cnsr.info/Events/CNSR2006/

Montreal

• IEEE International Symposium on industrial Electronics IEEE-ISIE2006

9-13 July 2006
Ecole de technologie supérieure, Downtown Montreal
For more information visit the PES website at http://www.isie2006.com/

• PES General meeting

18-22 June 2006
Palais des congres in Montreal, Quebec Canada
For more information visit the PES website at http://www.ieee.org/portal/site/pes/menuitem....

Ottawa

• Avionics for Manned Space, speaker will be Myron Kayton

10 April 2006
The Crowsnest, Naval Officer's Mess,
78 Lisgar St., Ottawa
Contact Hugh Reekie, h.reekie {a} ieee.org - Reservations appreciated
For more information please visit http://members.allstream.net/~max-com/ottawa.AESS.html

• A Backside Lunar Observatory, speaker will be Myron Kayton

11 April 2006
RA Centre, 2451 Riverside Drive
Ottawa
Contact Hugh Reekie, h.reekie {a} ieee.org - Reservations appreciated
For more information please visit http://members.allstream.net/~max-com/ottawa.AESS.html

• Air Interfaces For Future-Generation Wireless Systems

18 April 2006
Room A0150, SITE, University of Ottawa,
800 King Edward Ave, Ottawa, ON
Contact Amir Ghavam, ghavam {a} ieee.org
For more information please visit http://ottawa.ieee.ca/comsoc/

• Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering

7-10 May 2006
Ottawa Congress Centre
Ottawa, Canada
For more information please visit http://ieee.ca/ccece06/

• Climate Change Technology: Engineering Challenges and Solutions in the 21st Century

9-12 May 2006
Ottawa Congress Centre,
Ottawa, Ontario
For more information please visit http://www.ccc2006.ca/

Toronto

• IEEE International Symposium on Electric Insulation

11-14 June 2006
Delta Chelsea Hotel
Toronto, Ontario,
For more information please visit http://www.deis.nrc.ca/isei2006.htm

• IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo

9-12 July 2006
Hilton Toronto
Toronto, Ontario
For more information please visit http://www.icme2006.org/

• 9th Annual International IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference (ITSC 2006)

The University of Toronto Civil Engineering Department
and the IEEE Toronto Section.
September 17-20, 2006
Toronto Marriott Downtown Eaton Centre
Toronto, Canada
For more information please visit http://www.itsc2006.org/

• IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

28-29 Sept 2006
Renaissance Downtown hotel.
Toronto, Ontario
For more information please visit http://eldar.mathstat.uoguelph.ca/dashlock/CIBCB2006/

Vancouver

• Advanced Process Control Applications for Industry Workshop

8-10 May 2006
Crowne Plaza Hotel Georgia
801 West Georgia, Vanvcouver
For more information please visit http://ieee-ias.org/apc2006/

Rest of Canada

• IFAC Symposium on Power Plants and Power Systems Control 2006

25-28 June ,2006
Delta Lodge
Kananaskis, (Near Calgary), Alberta
For more information please visit http://ifacpps2006.org

International

• The 5th IEEE International Conference on COGNITIVE INFORMATICS (ICCI 2006)

July 17-19, 2006
Beijing, China
Theme: Autonomic Computing and Neuroinformatics
For more information, please visit http://www.enel.ucalgary.ca/ICCI2006

Other

• Introduction to Antenna Concepts and Testing

24 - 26 May 2006
University of Ottawa
For more information, please visit www.site.uottawa.ca/~mcnamara/shortcourse.pdf

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/.

ISMAR 06, Fifth IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality

IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics ISIE'06

The ISIE has issued a call for papers on the following topics Computer and Advanced Control Systems, Power Electronics and Electrical Drives, Power Systems, Signal and Image Processing, System Simulation and Software Development, System Integration, VLSI and Telecommunication, Industrial Information Technology, Mechatronic Systems, Industrial Electronics Engineering Education
For more information please visit http://www.isie2006.com/

Automated Software Engineering

The organizers of the IEEE/AMC International Conference on Automated Software Engineering are now seeking papers for their 20th conference. Authors are invited to submit papers dealing with any one of a wide breadth of issues concerning software engineering, from automated reasoning techniques to software architectures. Abstracts are due 31 May 2006. For complete submission details, visit: http://www.ase-conference.org/CallForPapers.html

Region ten Conference seeks Papers on Communitcations Technologies

The IEEE International Region 10 Conference (Tencon 2006), which serves the Asia-Pacific community, is looking for papers ranging from broadband communications to bioinformatics and power electronics. Authors are encouraged to submit papers dealing with the most high-impacting concepts and communications related technologies in the world today. Papers should be submitted by 8 May. The conference will take place 14 November in Hong Kong, China. For details, visit: http://www.ieee.org.hk/tencon2006/

You can send any submissions by email to the editor:
Jeffery MacKinnon at newsletter@ieee.ca

Please ensure you send in your submission by the 20^th of the month