IEEE Newsletter Archives (2010)
IEEE OTTAWA NEWSLETTER - January 2010
Email: ottawanews@ieee.org
Editor: Khalid Mahmood (M'89 SM'08) http://web.ncf.ca/fi942
Email:kmahmood@ieee.org
News Submission: http://ottawa.ieee.ca/news/
IEEE Ottawa Section Website: http://ottawa.ieee.ca/
Newsletter on the Web: http://ottawa.ieee.ca/news/
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contents list
IN THIS ISSUE:
A. IEEE Ottawa Section Events
1. A Talk on how to "Pitch Yourself to Elevate Your Career"
2. Technical presentation "Reverse Engineering in the
Semiconductor Industry"
3. "WISE" Steps to Success - what every woman in science and
engineering should know January 28, 2010
4. Women Engineers - Moving Up in Ontario! January 28-29, 2010
5. Coop Students: why not Consider to hire for summer -
think no more to do it !
6. 2010 Symposium on Recent Advancements in Photonics January 22,2010
B. IEEE News
1. New IEEE Senior Members in Ottawa Section
2. 2010 IEEE 72nd Vehicular Technology Conference September 6-9, 2010
C. Non-IEEE News and Events Announcements
Nothing to report.
D. Manage Your Subscription
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1. TITLE: Pitch Yourself to Elevate Your Career
SPEAKER: Harpreet Singh Principal Consultant of Zoho Consulting
DATE: January 13, 2010
TIME: registration/refreshment ( 18:30 -19:00); Event( 19:00 - 20:00);
Networking follows till 21:00
LOCATION: Room T302 Algonquin College, Woodroffe Campus Ottawa
Map:http://www.
PARKING: applicable charge or free
ADMISSION: Free, but please pre-register via email, seating is limited.
REGISTRATION: bjoshi@ieee.org; a.gharbi@ieee.org
ORGANIZED BY: IEEE EIT
CONTACT: Bhagvat Joshi bjoshi@ieee.org
ABSTRACT:
How to WOW your audience and set yourself apart from other candidates!
An elevator pitch is what I call your “prime-time” commercial in 60
seconds or less. In this short period of time, you have an opportunity
to get the attention of your listeners causing them to take an interest
in you and your expertise. Think of this 60 seconds as “You in a nut
shell”. In that critical 1st sentence or first 10 seconds, your listener
is going to decide if they want to tune in or tune out.
Why is this important? It is important for you to be clear on what you
offer including experience at it relates to the opportunity, what makes
you unique and sets you apart from the competition, and spotlights your
best attributes….all in 60 seconds or less.
So whether you are a job seeker trying to impress a prospective
employer; or a startup looking to sell your idea to an investor; or an
executive working toward the “next level” in your career; you will need
an elevator pitch to differentiate your offering from your “competitors”
in the marketplace.
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2.TITLE: Reverse Engineering in the Semiconductor Industry
SPEAKER: Randy Torrance, B.A.Sc.E.E.,M.A.Sc.E.E. and
Dick James, B.Sc, M.Sc (Chipworks)
DATE: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 7:00 PM
TIME: registration/refreshment (07:00-07:30); seminar (07:30-09:00)
LOCATION: RA Center -- Room Bytown A (please click registration link)
for direction
PARKING: free
ADMISSION: free
REGISTRATION: http://iet21012010ieee.
ORGANIZED BY: IEEE Ottawa EDS/CAS/SSCS Joint Chapter ,
IET Ottawa Chapter and IEEE Ottawa Section
CONTACT: Ammar Gharbi (a.gharbi@ieee.org) and
Ram Achar (achar@doe.carleton.ca)
ABSTRACT:
The continuous shrinking of feature size to increase the integration
level of silicon chips has presented major challenges to the reverse
engineer, obsolescing simple teardowns and demanding the adoption of
new and more sophisticated technology to analyze chips. The following
types of analysis will be covered in detail:
· product teardown;
· techniques used for system-level analysis, both hardware and software;
· circuit extraction, taking the chip down to the transistor level
and working back up through the interconnects to create schematics;
· process analysis, looking at how the chip is made, and what it is
made of.
This presentation is an update of an invited paper given at the 2007
IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC) with more focus on
circuit extraction and cross-referencing between circuit schematics and
the 1000's of physical layout images obtained through generating a
mosaic of scanning electron microscopy across all device layers.
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3. TITLE: "WISE" Steps to Success - what every woman in science and
engineering should know
SPEAKER(s) : several female experts from industry and academia
DATE: Thursday, January 28, 2010
TIME: 5:30 p.m to 8:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Porter Hall, Carleton University Centre (beside Mike's Place)
PARKING: as applicable on Carleton University campus
ADMISSION: free
REGISTRATION: wise@carleton.ca
ORGANIZED BY: WIE Ottawa/WIE Carleton, WISE Carleton and Carleton Career
Services.
CONTACT: Rosalyn Seeton, seeton@ieee.org or
Barbora Dej barbora.dej@ieee.org
SITE: http://ieee.org/go/ottawa-wie (Events)
ABSTRACT:
There's more to success than just passing your courses. There are a lot
of skills to be learned outside of the classroom that greatly contribute
to your future. And the earlier you start learning them, the earlier you
can reach your goals. Carleton's WISE, IEEE WIE, and Career Services
have joined forces to give you the career building essentials and help
you stand out. Whether you are actively looking for a job or not, this
is an event you don't want to miss. You will hear from experts on network
-ing and negotiation as well as have the opportunity to speak to mentors
from industry, to meet other students in your field, and to build your
skills.
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4. TITLE: Women Engineers - Moving Up in Ontario!
SPEAKER(s): several female experts from industry and academia
(Jennifer Ng, IEEE WIE Ottawa will be a speaker on several panels)
DATE: Thursday, January 28, 2010 (evening) and
Friday, January 29, 2010 (all-day)
TIME: see site for detailed program
LOCATION: uOttawa Conference Centre, University of Ottawa, Ottawa.
PARKING: as applicable on uOttawa campus
ADMISSION: see site for pricing
REGISTRATION: see site for registration
ORGANIZED BY: University of Ottawa Centre for Academic Leadership
CONTACT: Catherine Mavriplis, Catherine.Mavriplis@uottawa.ca or
Jennifer Ng, jng@ieee.org
SITE: http://www.academicleadership.
ABSTRACT:
Together, we will discuss strategies for career progression and
advancement to leadership in a competitive environment. Learn about
recent statistics, social science research and development efforts for
the advancement of women engineers. Industry-university collaborations
are one way of extending our networks and fostering success: we will
hear from NSERC about funding programs and learn from women who have
had success in this area. Other hands-on activities will include practicing
our communication skills in the context of male-dominated technical fields,
trading effective practices for work/life balance and small group career
planning with experienced mentors and managers.
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5. A Pool of CO-OP Students -
According to one source this coming summer (May to August), close to
250 students (just Ottawa University) from various Engineering programs
(including Electrical, Computer, Software, Mechanical, Civil and
Chemical) will be available for a CO-OP work term. Willing, available
and ready to give their best to the local industry.
What’s in it for you?
· Year-round access to a qualified and greatly motivated labour force
· You can evaluate potential full-time employees in a structured
environment at minimal cost and risk
· Access to a pool of temporary employees for your peak periods and
special projects
· You will be known as an organization who believes in and contributes
to the development of our future work force
Other benefits:
Ontario Tax Credit - The Co-operative Education Tax Credit (CETC)
reimburses employers 25% of eligible expenditures up to a maximum
of $3,000 for each qualifying work placement of 16 weeks for all students
registered in a CO-OP program.
See information at the following link: www.rev.gov.on.ca/en/credit/
For questions or to find out more, write to Danielle@uOttawa.ca.
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6. Title: 2010 Symposium on Recent Advancements in Photonics
Date: Friday, January 22, 2010
Location: M-50 Auditorium, NRC Main Campus, Montreal Road, Ottawa
TIME: 8:30am – 11:30am
Speakers:
IEEE PS Distinguished Lecturer: Prof Tetsuya Mizumoto of Tokyo
Institute of Technology: "Optical Nonreciprocal Devices for Integrated
Photonics"
IEEE PS Ottawa Chapter Guest Speaker: Dr Jackson Klein of Optiwave:
“Title TBD”
IEEE PS Ottawa Chapter Guest Speaker: Dr Cristian Popescu of
spectra-nova: “Title TBD”
For more information, please contact: Kexing Liu kexing.liu@ieee.org
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B. IEEE News
1. New IEEE Senior Members in the Ottawa Section
Results of the previous A&A Review Panel meeting held on November 21,
2009 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, are as follows. Charles E Hickman,
Chaired the A&A Committee, results became available in December 2009.
* Baker, Darren
* Flueraru, Costel Member of Instrumentation and Measurement Society
* Fiaidhi, Jinan Member of Computer Society
* Boukerche, Azzedine Member of Communications Society
Computer Society
* Haythornthwaite, Raymond Member of Components, Packaging,
and Manufacturing Technology Society
Photonics Society (formerly LEOS)
* Klemes, Marek Member of Communications Society
Signal Processing Society
* Liang, Xiaodong Member of Communications Society
Power & Energy Society
Congratulations to the newly elevated Senior Members.
** IEEE Senior Member Program Page:
http://www.ieee.org/web/
For details and updated news about Senior Membership elevation in
Ottawa, visit IEEE Ottawa Section Senior Members Page
http://ottawa.ieee.ca/sm
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2. 2010 IEEE 72nd Vehicular Technology Conference: VTC2010-Fall
6–9 September 2010, Ottawa, Canada
http://www.ieeevtc.org/
The 2010 IEEE 72nd Vehicular Technology Conference will be held
6–9 September 2010 at the Westin Hotel, Ottawa, Canada.
This semi-annual flagship conference of the IEEE Vehicular Technology
Society will bring together individuals from academia, government,
and industry to discuss and exchange ideals in the fields of wireless,
mobile, and vehicular technology. The conference will feature
world-class plenary speakers, tutorials, and technical as well as
application sessions.
Paper submission details will be published shortly.
Paper submission deadline: 15 February 2010
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C. Non-IEEE News and Events/Announcements
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