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UNB Teams Excel in IEEExtreme 2023

The IEEE-NB Section is proud to congratulate the performance of two student teams at UNB who achieved outstanding results in the IEEExtreme 2023 programming competition.
Jonas Schoenauer and Matthew Laskey battling as Team unbCPC placed #3 in Canada (out of 63 entrants) and #458 in the …

UNB Team Places #2 in Canada in 2022 IEEExtreme Competition

The IEEE-NB Section is proud to congratulate Stephen White, Matthew Toms-Zuberec, and Micah Landry, who achieved an outstanding result as team RedsCode in the recently held IEEExtreme programming competition. After a hard fought battle this team from UNB placed 2nd in Canada (out of 34 …

Windhya Rankothge is our new WIE NB affinity group Chair.

IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) is a global network of IEEE members and volunteers dedicated to promoting women engineers and scientists, and inspiring girls around the world to follow their academic interests in a career in engineering and science. Windhya is keen to bring her …

Chris Rouse is our new ComSoc/Communications Chapter Chair

At our recent AGM, Chris Rouse was introduced as the new Chair of the joint Communications Society (ComSoc) and Computer Society Chapter in our Section. Chris takes over from Wei Song who served in the position for several years. Thank you Wei!

UNB Team Excels in 2021 IEEExtreme Competition

The IEEE-NB Section is proud to congratulate Stephen White, Evan Campbell, and Vardaan Malhotra, who achieved an outstanding result as team RedsCode in the recently held IEEExtreme programming competition. After a hard fought battle the winning team from UNB placed third in Canada (out of …

Rongxing Lu Elevated to IEEE Fellow

In January 2021, Dr. Rongxing Lu was elevated to IEEE Fellow.  Dr. Lu is an Assistant Professor in the UNB Faculty of Computer Science and he is the only Fellow in the NB Section. The IEEE has conferred this singular honour for contributions to security …

The New Brunswick Section is home to an IEEE Milestone

Eel River High Voltage Direct Current Converter Station, 1972
The  IEEE Milestones Program recognizes groundbreaking technological achievements around the world. The New Brunswick Section is proud to hold one of these prestigious awards. The citation reads:
Operating since 1972, Eel River, New Brunswick is home to the …

Gerhard Dueck becomes new IEEE-NB Section Chair

Gerhard Dueck is now the Section Chair for the IEEE-NB. Gerhard volunteered for many years in the Section executive, most recently as Treasurer. We welcome him back.
Gerhard takes over from Xavier St-Onge who will remain on the executive as Vice-Chair. We thank Xavier for his …

Evan Campbell takes over as Chair of the EMB/SPS Chapter

Evan Campbell is now Chair of the joint Engineering in Medicine and Biology (EMB) and Signal Processing Society (SPS) Chapter in our Section. Evan takes over from Erik Scheme who served as Chair since the inception of the Chapter in 2016. Thank you Erik!