A Message from Marina Ruggieri, 2017 Technical Activities Vice President (May)
Dear Colleagues, In the first four months of the year, the four Ad hoc Committees created to focus on the New challenging Topics, namely IEEE at the North and South Poles (Chair: Adriano Camps, GRS) IEEE in Food Engineering (Chair: John Verboncoeur, NPS) IEEE in Dig Once (Chair: Bai Blyden, PES) Design for Ethics (Chair: […]
Re-engineering Technology for Lesser Served Communities in SIGHT
Advancing Technology for Humanity. “IEEE’s tagline means completeness. The idea is that advancement of technology should be inclusive – benefiting all and not only a few,” says Kartik Kulkarni, former chair of the IEEE Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology (SIGHT) program and current IEEE and IEEE Computer Society member. We spoke with Kulkarni to […]
In My Opinion: Hit the Brakes – We’re Not Ready for Autonomous Vehicles
Imagine as you drive down the road, you glance over to the driver next to you, but there is no driver. As confusion and panic start to overtake you, you realize there are cameras and sensors on the car and think, cool, it’s a driverless vehicle! But do those feelings of confusion and panic disappear? […]
Did You Know? (May)
The 2017 IEEE Women in Engineering International Leadership Conference will be held in San Jose, CA on 22-23 May. Learn, share and grow with incredible tracks: Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Empowerment, Disruptive Technology, and Executive Leadership. Keynotes include Lakshmi Puri, Deputy Executive Director, UN Women; Sallie L. Krawcheck, CEO and Co-Founder of Ellevest and Maria Klawe, President […]
Public Visibility: IEEE Tech Experts in the Media
When media outlets need technical commentary for articles, the IEEE Public Visibility Committee can consult its roster of IEEE Technical Experts. The list contains members from around the world who are experts on different technical areas. Recently, eight different IEEE Technical Experts were featured in top news outlets including Wired, U.S. News & World Report, […]