January 2012
We are happy to announce that Prof. Vincent
Wong is our new Chapter Vice Chair. Vincent Wong
received his B.Sc. (with distinction) degree from
the University of Manitoba in 1994, M.A.Sc. degree
from the University of Waterloo in 1996, and Ph.D.
from the University of British Columbia (UBC) in
2000, all in electrical engineering. From 2000 -
2001, he was a systems engineer at PMC-Sierra,
Inc. In 2002, he joined the Department of
Electrical and Computer Engineering at the
University of British Columbia, where he is
currently an Associate Professor. His research
areas include protocol design, optimization, and
resource management of communication networks,
with applications to the Internet, wireless
networks, smart grid, RFID systems, and
intelligent transportation systems. Dr. Wong is on
the editorial board of IEEE Transactions on
Communications and IEEE Transactions on Vehicular
Technology. He is a Senior Member of the
IEEE, member of the ACM, member of ICICS
(Institute for Computing, Information, and
Cognitive Systems) at UBC, and member of the
APEGBC (Association of Professional Engineers and
Geoscientists of British Columbia). Together with
Mr. Alain Bergeron and Ms. Nasim Arianpoo we
now have top quality chapter management and
a new year full of activities.
April 2011
We are happy to announce that Mr. Alain Bergeron
is our new Chapter Vice Chair. Mr. Bergeron is a
Licensed professional engineer focused on systems
development and design improvement. Specializing
in telecommunication system development. As a
graduate from U of Ottawa and a former CRC &
Nortel employee, Alain brings exceptional value to
our chapter.
Welcome Alain and thank you!
April 2011
We
are happy to announce that Ms. Nasim Arianpoo
is
our new Membership Development Officer. Ms.
Arianpoo is a PhD candidate at the University of
British Columbia and an experienced engineer in
the communication field. Welcome Nasim and thank
you!
March 2011
BCNET Digital Media
Challenge: Seeking
Student Innovation
Call for Student Submissions
- Deadline: April 04, 2011
What is the Challenge?
Competition Rules
How to Submit
Meet the Judges
About BCNET
You are invited to demonstrate your latest
digital media work to a live audience at the
BCNET Conference 2011, Unlock the Power of
Information Technology,
and have a chance to win up to $1,000!
Our Digital Media Challenge
is a student competition designed to show the
interaction of digital media with advanced
digital infrastructure. We are looking for
students in the arts, gaming, computer science
or new media that can demonstrate leading-edge
and creative digital media work that use very
high-bandwidth networks.
Students are invited to submit their latest
work (see competition
rules). We are seeking
leading-edge examples of digital media that
utilize lots of network bandwidth including, but
not limited to:
- Interactive animation and graphics
- Explorations in the arts
- Computer games
- Demonstrations/presentations in the
performing arts
- Scientific visualizations: medical,
astronomy, biology, bioinformatics
- Interactive data visualization
- Streaming rich media (demonstrate innovative
ways to build and configure a network)
Feb 2011 - Zahra
Ahmadian who served as vice-chair of IEEE joint
communication chapter from June 2008 - January
2011 is leaving the joint communications
chapter. We would like to thank her for the
wonderful volunteer job and wish her good luck in
her future plans.
Jan 2011 - Attend
the BCNET Conference: Unlock the Power of
Information Technology, May 3-4,
SFU Harbour Centre, Vancouver
Register Early
and Save 20% on admission
Mark your calendar for the 11th annual BCNET
Conference, May 3-4, 2011,SFU Harbour
Centre, Vancouver.
Join BCNET's higher education member
community for two days full of networking
opportunities, information sharing, workshops,
panel discussions, entertaining keynote speakers
and fun. This year's conference theme, "Unlock
the Power of Information Technology", will focus
on advancing higher education by promoting
innovative and smart ways to use technology.
Reasons to attend:
* learn about current
information technology challenges and solutions
at B.C.'s campuses
* explore best practices with
your peers
* share your ideas and
experiences through workshops and panel
discussions
* hear about developments in
national and regional advanced networks
* network with IT, academic
and industry technology experts
* participate in the poster
competition
Register early and save 20% on admission.
Early-bird registrants will be entered to win an
iPod Touch! (Early-bird registration ends on
March 16)
About BCNET
Jan 2010 - BC.NET
is inviting students to participate in the
2010
poster competition and the
BCNET/CANARIE
Conference
2010 which will be held on May 04-05, 2010.
As of 11 December 2009 the Photonics Society is
officially part of our IEEE Vancouver Joint
Communications Chapter.
Aug 2009 - Register at 4G World for the
only comprehensive, full-day, live training
session taking place prior to the Fall 2009 WCET
exam window.
A one day course developed by the IEEE ComSoc
Education Department will be offered to review all
seven areas covered in the WCET exam to help
individuals prepare for the actual exam. "IEEE
Wireless Certification Exam Preparation"
will be offered on September 17, 2009 during 4G
World in Chicago. This one-day training session
will be led by Javan Erfanian, Bell Mobility,
Canada.
Visit
www.ieee-wcet.org
to learn more about this particular training
session, other training resources and
organizations, and the IEEE Wireless Communication
Engineering Technologies Certification
Program.
Contact Marilyn Catis at
mgcatis@verizon.net
if you need additional information about this
training course.
Jun 2009 - I am very pleased to announce
that the former chair of Vancouver
Joint Communications Chapter, Prof.
Dave Michelson was nominated as the IEEE
Vancouver Section Chair. Since I (your
humble servant) is now the section secretary and
Ms. Zahra Ahmadian (our Vice Chair) took the
lead on the newly formed IEEE Vancouver WIE
Affinity Group we have a strong representation
locally.
I would like to mention that Prof. Dave
Michelson also have been able to help
IEEE ComSoc and
the
Japanese MCPC to form an alliance. This will
help to cross-promote IEEE WCET and MCPC
wireless
certification programs. Thank you Dave for this
successful and important achievement.
I would like to thank
Dr.
Edmund Ho for his role as the chair of the
advisory committee for the last two years and
welcome
Mr.
Lee Pucker as the new advisory committee
chair.
Feb 2009 - Some
pictures from Adam M. Farson presentation cab be
found
here
Jun 2008 - I
am very pleased to announce that Ms. Zahra
Ahmadian has agreed to succeed Mr. Serhat Erkucuk
as the Joint Communication Vice Chair starting
July 2008. Serhat has done an excellent job and we
will miss him. He is leaving Vancouver to take a
leading role in a university overseas. We all wish
him success in his new tenure.
Zahra Ahmadian received her B.Sc. in Electrical
Engineering from Ajman University of Science and
Technology (AUST), UAE in 2005 and her M.A.Sc. in
Electrical and Computer Engineering from
University of British Columbia (UBC) in 2007. She
is currently a PhD. student in Communication
Theory research group at UBC. She was previously
the chair of AUST IEEE student branch in 2005 and
an active member of the ECE Graduate Student
Association at UBC as the academic executive and
treasurer. Her research interests are coding,
concatenated codes, ultra-wideband, multiple
access interference and propagation in multi-path
channels. Please welcome Zahra and I am sure she
will be a great addition to our tight community.
Sep 2007 Some
interesting pictures of historical equipment owned
by Mr. Dan Gelbart which he kindly brought for
display during the presentation.
Click for a Link.
If you did not know there is a radio museum here
in the lower mainland. The
SPARC
museum
