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IEEE Ottawa News
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1. IEEE EMBS International Student Conference (ISC) 2016
You are invited to the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) International Student Conference (ISC) 2016. The ISC 2016 will be hosted at Carleton University located in Ottawa, Canada from May 29, 2016 to May 31, 2016 with an overarching theme of ‘Expanding the Boundaries of Biomedical Engineering and Healthcare’.
If you are passionate about life saving technologies, then this conference is for you! This is a unique conference and it will be like no other you have attended.
• Present your research, hone your public speaking skills, get published in IEEE Xplore and get a chance at winning the best paper award
• Bring out the innovation in you by submitting an entry to the design competition and get a chance at winning the best design award
• Improve your technical and soft skills by participating in the various workshops led by industry and academic leaders
• Expand your professional network through dedicated networking and exhibition time with students, industry and academic leaders
With registration fees starting at $40 CAD for IEEE student members, this conference is a great opportunity to advance your career. For more information, please visit the ISC 2016 website athttp://sites.ieee.org/embs-isc-2016/ and subscribe to receive updates!
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2. The Versatile Engineer—Your Path to Mission Effectiveness
April 20, 2016
Algonquin College (Ottawa)
Police Building
Room P213B
18:00-20:30
Registration: FREE (Limited Seating)
Please register https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ieee-ottawa-the-versatile-engineeryour-path-to-mission-effectiveness-tickets-22674736748
Description: This 2 hour interactive workshop explores how succeeding in the 21st century increasingly requires engineers and other professionals to embrace an entrepreneurial mindset and to develop their skill sets for maximum versatility and agility. Starting from the basic challenge of framing your mission (objective), the workshop describes the two key components of mission effectiveness, and explores five specific success factors for achieving it. Come and explore your path to mission effectiveness.
Workshop takeaways focus on specific tips that will empower you to:
- Enhance your own growth mindset
- Develop better clarity of purpose
- Build a strong and compelling value proposition
About the Facilitator: Tim Ragan
Tim Ragan is a transformation engineer, focusing on the intersection of business and organizational strategy, people alignment, team performance, and hands-on operational execution. As a technology executive, Tim logged over 20 years of experience in 11 functional capacities and 8 management and executive roles on 3 continents with 5 multi-billion dollar corporations, including as CEO of a technology start-up. In 2002, Tim decided to slip the corporate yoke and go independent, and formally launched C-View Strategies as a business transformation consulting firm, where he has worked with dozens of client organizations over the years helping them develop new capabilities and improve their overall mission effectiveness. In 2009, Tim purchased the company Career Coaching International (CCI); his work in the career development field has dramatically expanded his knowledge of how to help people discover their true gifts and re-engage and find deeper purpose in their chosen careers; CCI has helped many people access their own entrepreneurial dreams and start businesses. Tim has a B.Sc. (Electrical Engineering) from the University of Alberta, and an MBA from University of Ottawa. In addition to his consulting and business operations, Tim has also taught various business and management courses at The Telfer School at University of Ottawa.
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3. EMC 2016 - IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility is now recruiting volunteers
The conference will run Monday-Friday July 25-29 this summer at the Ottawa Shaw Convention Centre. Some registration volunteers will be needed Sunday afternoon July 24, and a volunteer facilities tour is also planned for that day.
EMC 2016 needs volunteers in a variety of roles, during that six day period. We greatly appreciate anyone who cares to put their name forward. IEEE conferences are always a great opportunity for networking and camaraderie.
You can find the conference web site at:http://www.emc2016.emcss.org
This year, for the first time, the IEEE Ottawa Section is trying a new, automated volunteer recruitment and management software tool. Our hope is that this will make the entire process of volunteer sign-up and communications more efficient and transparent for all involved.
The tool is called In it Live (or InitLive), a Kanata Wesley-Clover startup, created for volunteer management. It consists of a web site and a smartphone app. The site is used for signup and shift selection. The app will be used during the conference for attendance and communications.
First thing you need to do is go to the InitLive conference link:
https://app.initlive.com/JE/i8q93mmhqawx7y
You will be asked to sign up for
EMC 2016 - IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility
Please create an account. Thereafter, when you first log in you will be taken to an event list showing EMC 2016 as a selectable item.
The email address you enter will become your id. Also, the phone number you enter will become your main contact number for InitLive communications including SMS.
Once the account is created, it will become a part of your profile. I encourage you to further refine you profile with additional contact information and a photo so we can recognize you.
At this point you will be presented with an event list containing the EMC 2016 conference. Click on this link and it will present you with the conference volunteer home page. Your selection options as a volunteer are limited to a simple 3-step process.
Currently we are only collecting the names and contact information of interested volunteers. Step 3, shifts, isn't available yet. Once the program is stable, a call will go out to all those in the system to sign up for specific shifts.
A conference brochure and the volunteer handbook are available for download on the InitLive conference website.
If you have any questions please contact:
Wolfram (Wolf) Lunscher, EMC Volunteer Co-Chair
wlunscher@gmail.com
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4. Call for Volunteers for ORC 2016 Competition Day!
The IEEE Ottawa Robotics Competition aims at bringing engineering awareness to students in grades 5 to 12 by presenting a fun and instructive approach to problem solving. Students build and program robots through Lego Mindstorms and Arduino platforms for a specific challenge and show off their skills on competition day.
For the 14th iteration of the event, there are 6 challenges and about 80 teams comprising of about 350 students (30 more teams and 100 more students than last year!).
The competition is taking place on Saturday, May 28th. We need judges, crowd control, lunch time volunteers, and photographers/videographers. If you're interested, please sign up athttp://orc.ieeeottawa.ca/volunteering
If you have any questions, please email us at orcinfo@ieeeottawa.ca
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5. Seminar on IEEE Standards Development Ecosystem and Communication Society (ComSoc) Standards and Standards-related Activities
The IEEE Ottawa Section, IEEE Ottawa Joint Chapter of Communications Society, Consumer Electronics Society, and Broadcast Technology Society (ComSoc/CESoc/BTS), IEEE Ottawa Joint Chapter of Reliability Society and Power Electronics Society (RS/PELS), IEEE Ottawa Educational Activities (EA), and Algonquin College Student Branch (ACSB) in conjunction with School of Advanced Technology, Algonquin College are inviting all interested IEEE members and other engineers, technologists, and students to a seminar on:
Topic: IEEE Standards Development Ecosystem and ComSoc Standards and Standards-related Activities
Speaker Dr. Alexander D. Gelman, Director - Standardization Programs Development IEEE Communications Society
DATE: Tuesday, April 5, 2016.
TIME: Refreshments, Registration and Networking: 18:00; Seminar:18:30 – 19:30
PLACE: Algonquin College, T-Building, Ciena Optophotonics Lab (Room T129), 1385 Woodroffe Ave., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
PARKING:No fee after 5 p.m. at the Parking Lots 8 & 9. Please respect restricted areas.
ADMISSION: Free. Registration required. To ensure a seat, please register by e-mail contacting: almuhtadi@ieee.org.
MORE INFO: Ottawa ComSoc/CESoc/BTS Chapter websitewww.ieeeottawa.ca/comsoc.
Abstract:
In this presentation the IEEE and ComSoc Standards Activities are positioned and explained as a part of the IEEE total value proposition and the IEEE role in technology evolution from a concept to R&D and to standards and deployment.
IEEE Standards Activities ecosystem will be explained. We will address the role and modus operandi of IEEE Standards Association and the role of Technical Societies and Councils, Industry and Academia in the IEEE standardization activities.
It will be a tutorial of how the IEEE Standardization cuisine works and how any materially or professly interested party can participate in the standardization process. We will highlight the unique IEEE standardization process and IEEE standards-related policies.
Sample communications and networking standardization and pre-standardization projects in such areas as PLC, Smart Grid, IoT, SDN, Big Data and 5G will be addressed. ComSoc standards–related technical activists, such as conferences and publications will be discussed.
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6. Call for Volunteers: 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility
July 25-29, 2016:
The 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility, sponsored by the IEEE EMC Society, featuring an embedded Signal Integrity and Power Integrity conference, provides the knowledge and tools that help engineers address electromagnetic environmental effects and electromagnetic compatibility. Stay abreast of current technologies, testing and engineering methods.
The conference needs volunteers to monitor the technical sessions, and assist with conference operations. Please see the conference volunteer link (http://www.emc2016.emcss.org/volunteers-needed) for volunteer perks and registration instructions.
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IEEE Senior Member Program Page:
http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/senior/index.html
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2015 IEEE Fellows from the Ottawa Section: Out of the 19 2015 IEEE fellows from R7 (~16% of R7 Fellows)
- Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, for contributions to communication protocols for distributed mobile computing and wireless sensor networks
- Ridha Touzi, Canada Center for Remote Sensing, for contributions to design and calibration of polarimetric synthetic aperture radar
- Gaozhi Xiao, National Research Council of Canada, for contributions to the development of safety and security monitoring instrumentation and measurement technologies
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Registration: IEEE Discount Code (IEEE-PEO)
Organizer: Career Coach International
Career Coach International (who gave a Personal Branding workshop for IEEE in the spring of 2014) are running a Personal Branding Workshop on 4 October 2014. This workshop is not IEEE sponsored, but CCI is offering IEEE members a 20% discount. To obtain the discount, use the promotion code "IEEE-PEO" when registering.
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Staying fit is the key to reducing stress, feeling healthy, increasing your energy and enjoying an excellent quality of life. Members of Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) Societies, which includes IEEE, students and family, can access the benefits of exercise and healthy living at discount of more than 55% off regular prices to GoodLife Fitness (Energie Cardio in Quebec and Nubody).
Please visit www.engineergoodlife.ca (username = eic and password = goodlife) for details.
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IEEE Member Group Insurance Program - Life, Professional Liability,Accident, Disability and Travel
Regardless of employment status, these plans stay with you?whether you are starting, switching or maturing in your career. As an IEEE member, you benefit from the group buying power of the IEEE membership base. Take a few minutes today to learn how these affordable plans, available exclusively to IEEE members, can help make sure you have adequate financial resources as your life changes and responsibilities grow. I think you will agree, the time invested will be worthwhile.
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All new higher grade IEEE members are invited to participate in a New Member Orientation Webinar session designed to help members get the most out of their membership. These live Webinars, which include a 30 minute formal presentation followed by Q&A, provide an overview of IEEE membership and access instructions for members-only benefits and services. Topics include establishing a Web account, setting up a profile on memberNet, logging into myIEEE, networking opportunities, and much more. Visit the Welcome to IEEE Web page to register for a New Member Orientation Webinar, typically held on the fourth Thursday of each month in 2011: 24 March, 28 April, 26 May, 23 June, 28 July, 25 August, 22 September, 27 October, 22 November, and 20 December.
Webinars are held at both 9:00 AM ET and 3:00 PM ET on each day. Please e-mail Adrienne Hahn for more information.
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