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Discover IEEE’s six strategic goals over the next five years and how IEEE Technical Activities is approaching each goal to strengthen systems and collaboration.
Discover IEEE’s six strategic goals over the next five years and how IEEE Technical Activities is approaching each goal to strengthen systems and collaboration.
The formal definition of a volunteer is a person who freely offers to participate in an enterprise or undertake a task. However, looking back on my IEEE volunteer career, I realize that very few of my activities arose because I volunteered. In most cases, I was asked if I would be interested in participating, and invariably, I said yes. Every volunteer opportunity I have encountered since joining the IEEE as a postgraduate EE student in 1988 has added a new and enriching dimension to my life.
IEEE came into being in 1963 with the merger of AIEE and IRE. Both of those organizations were founded by leaders in industry. AIEE was founded 140 years ago by the likes of Edison, Tesla, Thomson, and Weston. Alexander Graham Bell served as an early president. IRE was founded in 1912 by leaders in the evolving wireless telegraphy industry.
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Each year, IEEE Computer Society experts predict which emerging technologies are likely to transform industries and shape our world. For the past 15 years, these predictions have been instrumental in highlighting the innovations we should watch for.
At a time when models for producing and delivering energy must adapt to increasingly diverse needs, a team of dedicated volunteers around the globe created a vibrant community to stand up to the challenge.
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