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Toronto and
Rochester Celebration
Lecture Series

he first Toronto and Rochester IEEE Systems, Man, and
Cybernetics Society (SMCS)
Celebration Lecture Series (CLS) was
held on 26 and 29 September 2014 at
Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada, and Rochester Institute of
Technology, Rochester, New York,
respectively. The topic of the series
was "The Making of an Academic,"
and it was attended by over 100 delegates from universities across Canada and the United States. Dr. Thomas
Duever, dean, and Dr. Sridhar Krishnan, associate dean, Research, Development, and Graduate Programs,
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science, Ryerson University,
also attended the CLS.
The CLS aims to provide expert
insight, advice, and professional
training as well as an academic forum
and networking opportunity for Ph.D.

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students and early career researchers. The event provided an excellent
program for the delegates to share
knowledge, experience, ideas, and
new trends in the ongoing process of
research and development.
Six IEEE Distinguished Lecturers from universities and research
institutions in Canada, China, Hong
Kong, and the United States shared
their time, experience, and expertise with the delegates.
The one-day workshop featured
key lectures, including "How to
Conduct Original Research in Graduate Studies," "Creative Research,"
"P repa rat ion of a Ma nuscr ipt ,"
"Effective Research Presentation,"
"Teaching Excellence," and "Building and Maintaining a Strong Professional Network."
The IEEE delegation was chaired
by Prof. Loi Lei Lai, director of energy strategy, planning, and policy
support and the Research and Development Center of the State Grid Energy Research Institute, Beijing, China.

Delegates and speakers gather for a group photo at the CLS event in toronto.
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Dr. Jennifer Mactavish, dean,
Yeates School of Graduate Studies,
Ryerson University, and Prof. Ferat
Sahin of Rochester Institute of Technology delivered the opening address.
On behalf of the SMCS, Prof. Lai
gave his warm welcome address to
the delegates. "It was a very successful event, and the impact will be
long lasting, in particular through
new membership recruitment and
Student Branch Chapter establishment. Our appreciation is beyond
description," he said.
Speakers and Coordinators
The speakers and CLS coordinators
are as follows:
◆ Liping Fang, associate dean,
Undergraduate Programs and
Student Affairs, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science, and professor, Department
of Mechanical and Industrial
Engineering, Ryerson University
◆ Lawrence Hall, professor and
cha i r of t he Depa r t ment of
Computer Science a nd Engineer ing, University of South
Florida, Tampa
◆ Keith Hipel, professor of systems
design engineering, University of
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, and
president of the Academy of Science, Royal Society of Canada
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