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Editorial
As we get ready for SMC Main Conference to be held in San Diego this October, I note the
amazingly excellent program of tutorials, panel sessions, and invited and contributed sessions
which could not be possible without the dedication of you the volunteers and authors. I look
forward to seeing you all soon.

The SMC Magazine is shaping up to be an excellent vehicle that appeals to our membership by
offering technical features and news and other items of interest that act as a communication
vehicle for all members to share. I want to recognize the vision of many volunteer leaders
including the 2012-2013 President of the SMC Society, Dr. Phillip Chen, the SMC Vice President
for Publications, Dr. Ljiljana Trajkovic who followed up as President and worked tirelessly to seek
IEEE Approval of the Magazine.

The Board of Associate Editors of the Magazine are there to make the Magazine the success
that we all aspire to. Thanks to

Liping Fang
Aurona Gerber
Saeid Nahavandi
Ferat Sahin
Weiming Shen
Margot Weijnen
Qiangfu Zhao
Haibin Zhu

I look forward to working with you on issues and notes of interest to you. Please let me hear from
you on your technical committee activities, new publications and theses, conferences, technical
features, and major events in your community.

See you all in San Diego.


M.  E. El-Hawary, Ph.D.  P. Eng.
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dalhousie University
1360 Barrington Street
Box 15000, Halifax, N.S. B3H 4R2
Phone: (902) 494-6198
Email: [email protected]
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