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IEEE CanadaOfficersDirector/President - W.O. (Bill) KennedyDirector/President Elect - Robert HannaPast Director/President - Mohd. 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Its principal objective is to project animage of the Canadian electrical, electronics, communications andcomputer engineering professions and their associated academic andbusiness communities to:(i)(ii)IEEE Canadian ReviewGeneral InformationCanadian members of IEEE;Canadian members of the profession and community who arenon-members of IEEE;(iii) The associated Canadian academic (i.e. universities, colleges,secondary schools), government and business communities.To ensure that the IEEE Canadian Review has the desired breadthand depth, editors are responsible for screening articles submittedaccording to the following general themes:1- National Affairs 4- Education 7- Computers2- International Affairs 5- Power 8 - Electronics3- Industry 6- CommunicationsAdvertising PolicyOrganizations are invited to place corporate advertising in the IEEECanadian Review. 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For other copying, reprint or republication, pleasewrite to the Managing Editor. The IEEE Canadian Review is printedin Canada, postage paid at Toronto, (Ontario).Change of address• Do-it-yourself with MyIEEE: http://www.ieee.org/myieee• Email: address.change@ieee.org• Tel: 1 (800) 678-4333• Mail: IEEE Service Center445 Hoes Lane, P.O. Box 1331Piscataway, NJ 08855-1331, USAMember of / membre constituant deEngineering Institute of Canadal'Institut canadien des ingénieursManaging Co-EditorsCo-Rédacteurs en chefEric HoldrinetConsulat général du Canada à L.A.550 S. Hope Str., 9th FloorLos-Angeles, CA 90405, USAtel: (213) 346-2758fax: (213) 346-2767e.holdrinet@ieee.orgTerrance J. MalkinsonEngagement Services OrganizationGE Capital ITS Inc.Calgary, AB T2P 3P2tel: 403-282-1065t.malkinson@ieee.orgAdvertising ManagerDirecteur de la publicitéVijay K. SoodHydro-Québec (IREQ)1800 boulevard Lionel-BouletVarennes, Québec. J3X 1S1tel: (450) 652-8089fax: (450) 652-8181v.sood@ieee.orgAssociate EditorsAdjoints à la rédactionSamuel PierreDept. of Computer EngineeringEcole Polytechnique of MontrealP.O. Box 6079Station Centre-VilleMontreal, QC H3C 3A7tel: (514) 340-4711 Ext. 4685samuel.pierre@polymtl.caCamille-Alain RabbathDefence Research & Dev. Canada2459 Pie-XI Blvd. NorthVal-Belair, QC G3J 1X5tel: 418-844-4000 x4756camr@ieee.orgAlain Zarka4375 rue BeaubienQuébec (QC) G2A 3Z2tel: 418-847-5324azarka@ieee.orgHabib HamamFaculté d'ingénierieUniversité de Moncton165, avenue MasseyMoncton, NB E1A 3E9tel: 506-858 4762habib.hamam@ieee.orgThe National Library of CanadaISSN 1481-2002La Bibliothèque nationale du CanadaIEEE Canadian Review - La Revue canadienne de l’IEEE is published by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.’s Canadian unit. All rights reserved. © 2005 by The Instituteof Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., 3 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016-5997, U.S.A. The editorial content of this magazine does not represent official positions of the IEEE orits organisational units. Return Canadian undeliverable addresses to: IEEE Canada, C/O Cathie Lowell, Administrator, 18 Robinhood Drive, Dundas, Ontario, L9H 4G1.2IEEE Canadian Review — Fall / Automne 2005
Canadian Newslog / Coupures de presse CanadienneNewslog EditorCoupures de presseRédacteur desAlexandre Abecassis is a patentagent trainee in Montreal atOgilvy Renault, Lawyers andPatent and Trade-mark Agents.Alexandre Abecassis travaille àMontréal chez Ogilvy Renault,Avocats et agents de brevets etde marques de commerce,comme agent de brevets enformation.Send any news clippings you wouldlike to contribute via e-mail toalexandre.abecassis@ieee.orgVeuillez faire parvenir les coupuresde presse proposées par e-mail àalexandre.abecassis@ieee.orgOTTAWA, ON, May 31, 2005.XINK Laboratories has announcedthe first on-press manufacture offunctional UHF RFID transponderlabel. The antenna of the RFIDtransponder label was printed usingXINK silver UHF antenna ink andthe resulting four-color adhesiveRFID label real over 14 feet.VANCOUVER, BC, Oct. 13, 2005.Nicer Canada has announced thecompletion of the BC’s CivicElection Campaign Call center. Inthe project, a large VoIP gatewaywas installed to provide more than96 phone lines to handle large callcentre operations. The VoIP gatewayenables the providing of featuressuch as fax through email, remoteextension, inter-office calls for multiplelocations, telephone conference,interactive voice response system,etc.MONTREAL, QC, Oct. 31, 2005.Ubisoft Canada, a large video gameproducer, has launched its UbisoftCampus which is a training centeroffering programs developed tocover competencies required in theproduction of video games. A scholarshipprogram has also been developedin order to encourage studentsto pursue a career in the video gameindustry.OTTAWA, ON, Oct. 27, 2005. 3,000bar code scanners have been suppliedby Metrologic Instruments toPG Elections who will be usingthem in the Canadian electoralprocess. Each voter, equipped with abar coded voter identification cardwill go to the polls, have their cardscanned using the scanner and thenmake their choice of leaders.OTTAWA, ON, Oct. 24, 2005.Dinmar has announced that theOttawa Hospital in Ontario has completedthe first stage of a broad-scaleAdvertising in in the the IEEE Canadian ReviewIEEE Canada lets you advertise to a highly knowledgeable workforcewith high disposable incomes. The IEEE Canada platformwas designed specifically to meet your needs and includes:✓ Innovative tools and services selling your products to ourmembers.✓ Quick and easy program integration.You can expect more from the IEEE Canada team.We provide:✓ Technical Integration - Responsible for technical support andintegration assistance.✓ Account Development - Provides support in the areas of programpromotion, performance and growth.Did You Know that the IEEE Canadian Review✓✓✓✓Is a National journal reaching some 16,000 Electrical andComputer engineers.Reaches some of the most highly paid technical talent in Canada.Is published three times per year.Is available Online at www.ieee.ca.To learn more about advertising opportunities, contact:V. Sood, Advertising Managerv.sood@ieee.orgPhone: 450-652-8089implementation of the company’sJava(TM)-based electronic healthrecord platform. The platformenables over 6000 clinicians toaccess instantly patient lists andintuitive summaries along withdetailed results and configurableviews. Care providers also benefitfrom a wide variety of automatedclinical decision support assistants,which streamline workflow andimprove care quality.MISSISSAUGA, ON, Oct. 3, 2005.Certicom has announced thatnCipher has licensed Certicom’sIntellectual Property portfolio tomeet customer demand for ellipticcurve cryptography (ECC) and alsoto meet requirements from theNational Security Agency (NSA) forsecuring classified and unclassifiedgovernment communications. Theagreement allows nCipher to useECC and other related Certicompatents as the public-key securitytechnology in its hardware securitymodules and software solutions.MONTREAL, QC, Sep. 21, 2005.The Université of Montréal andUbisoft have signed an agreementfor the joint development ofresearch and training projects in thefield of game design. Their primarycollaboration will be on designing agraduate program to be offered onthe Ubisoft campus, which willinclude a range of research activitiesdirectly linked to game design.OTTAWA, ON, Sep. 8, 2005. ProtusIP solutions has launched an interactivevoice messaging solution thatincludes a new survey and pollingfeature designed for companies whorequire immediate feedback withinbusiness operations. Organizationcan now send telephone surveys tokey contacts and expect an immediateresponse, along with detailed,real-time reports.MONTREAL, QC, Aug. 30, 2005.Electronic Arts has announced a$2.6M training program that willprovide its growing workforce ofgame makers in Montreal with thetechnical and creative skills theyneed to stay on the cutting-edge asthey develop the next-generation ofinteractive entertainment. The curriculumwill feature courses in:performance technology, graphics,engineering as well as project andpeople management.MARKHAM, ON, Sep. 21, 2005. Anew RFID center will be built andwill act as a focal point for Canadianindustry RFID discussions. It willprovide not only educational capabilitybut also a product testing facility.The center will focus on theretail, produce and consumer packagedgood industries and demonstrateshow RFID can enable a moreaccurate and cost effective way ofimplementing food traceability offrozen, fresh and dry food.MONTREAL, QC, Aug. 31, 2005.CAE has signed a 10-year agreementwith UK-based Virgin AtlanticAirways to provide training forpilots of the carrier’s entire fleet ofAirbus A340-600 and Boeing 747-400 aircraft. The total contract valuemay vary between $60M and $92Mover 10 years depending on options.MONTREAL, QC, May 30, 2005.Nstein Technologies has won the“Excellence OCTAS”, the highesthonour awarded by the Federationde l’Informatique du Quebec (FIQ),at the OCTAS 2005 Gala, as well asthe “Technology InnovationOCTAS” for the early warning andmonitoring solution derived from itsGlobal Intelligent InformationManagement technology platform.TORONTO, ON, May 18, 2005.University de Sherbrooke has selectedDELL servers to power two newhigh-performance computing clusters(HPCC) used for scientificresearch in areas such as astrophysics,computational chemistry,bi-engineering, fluid dynamics, datamining, temperature superconductivity,nanoelectronics, pharmaceuticaldevelopment and weather andclimate forecasting. The supercomputerwill have a theoretical performanceof 8.3 trillion operations persecond (TeraFLOPS).MONTREAL, QC, Oct. 25, 2005.Bell Canada has announced that itsIP telephony service is available forcustomers in the Greater MontrealArea. The service is already offeredin Toronto. It will be possible tokeep an existing phone number withthe new service.CALGARY, AB, Oct. 5, 2005. Telushas announced the launch of a wirelessfield ticketing solution designedfor the oil and gas industry thatallows companies to electronicallycapture crucial operational statusand billing information from thefield.OTTAWA, ON, Aug. 26, 2005.Canarie, Canada’s research and educationnetwork organization andRogers Telecom announced a multimilliondollar contract wherebyRogers will provide a wide range ofnetwork services to support theCA(*) net 4 network. The CA(*) net4 network is Canada’s nationalresearch and innovation network.IEEE Canadian Review — Fall / Automne 2005 3
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