Community News/Nouvelles de la communauté CCECE 2017 – taking no chances with successs Held at Caesars Windsor, the venue might suggest the organizers weren’t averse to a roll of the dice. But if so, the outcome of this venerable conference was never in any doubt! Fall / Automne 2017 15 T hough Windsor is well known for its casino, it is also symbolic of the world’s largest bilateral trade relationship, with more than 2.3 million truck crossings per year. So it was quite apt the 2017 Canadian Confer- ence on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE 2017) was themed “Two Great Na- tions Innovate the Technology.” Conference General Chair, Majid Ahmadi, General Co-Chair, Esam Abdel-Raheem and Technical-Program Co-Chairs, Mounir Bou- kadoum, Ehab El-Saadany and Kemal Tepe mounted an informative and diverse program drawing from over 400 submissions, from 35 countries spanning all 5 continents. The dedicated reviewers accepted 263 papers (61 percent) reflecting the ongoing high technical standards of the conference. Eight different technical tracks were explored: Bioengineering, Communications and Net- works, Computer and Software Techniques, Control and Robotics, Devices, Circuits and Systems, Power and Energy Circuits and Sys- tems and Signal Theory and Signal Processing. A highlight of each CCECE is the Annual Awards Gala where Region 7 members are hon- oured for their technical and service excellence. Those selected this year were again all “aces.” CCECE 2017 was sponsored by IEEE Canada and supported by the University of Wind- sor, Keysight Technologies, Siemens, Mersen, Tourism Windsor Essex and Pelee Island, Wiley, Quanser, Testforce, TestEquity and Tek- tronix - the conference organizers are thankful for their generous support.■