The Internet’s Not Finished Yet
Last year’s revelations about the US government’s surveillance of online traffic were a wake-up call to provide better protection of user privacy and confidentiality — including the regular use of end-to-end cryptography at multiple levels in the protocol architecture. Vint Cerf, IEEE Fellow and vice president and chief Internet evangelist for Google, says that’s only […]
David Alan Grier: A Voice for Technology
As technologies evolve, David Alan Grier, IEEE Fellow and former President of the IEEE Computer Society, foresees a dramatic change in how the technological community will adapt. In his multiple roles as IEEE volunteer, professor at George Washington University, and technology consultant to governments and organizations around the world, Grier can point to one strategic […]
Video Spotlight: Smart Cities
Roberto Saracco (Chair of IEEE’s Future Directions Committee, and EIT ICT Labs Italian Node Director) along with other supporters of Smart Cities initiatives, highlights IEEE’s endorsement of a transition toward smart and better cities, and discusses both current and potential alignment with urban technology initiatives that are becoming a hot technological topic. [advanced_iframe securitykey=”da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709″ src=”//ieeetv.ieee.org/player/embed_play/128654/500″ […]
Report Highlights Need for Researcher Support in Changing Environment
The research enterprise is changing, and IEEE has to manage that transition, or risk slowing down progress. This is the key finding of meetings held last year around the world to determine the future of research, and its implications for IEEE, as part of a strategic planning initiative. The findings, gathered in a new report, […]
A Message from the 2014 Technical Activities Vice President (February)
Dear Colleagues: Today, members of Technical Activities in IEEE are advancing many of the newest and most vibrant technologies of electrical, electronic and computer engineering. In this Welcome Note, I would like to reflect on those future challenges and discuss how TA responds to the fast-paced growth of these technologies. Historically, electrical engineering was a […]
A Vision of a Smart, Happy, City
The city of the future will be self-aware, much like a being, says Chair of IEEE’s Future Directions Committee, and EIT ICT Labs Italian Node Director, Roberto Saracco. These cities will be able to reconfigure themselves, based on what’s happening, and what might happen, in the immediate future. “You have two versions of cities,” Saracco […]
Don’t Miss “2014’s Most Important Gathering of Mobile Cloud Experts”
From the IEEE Computer Society comes “Rock Stars of Mobile Cloud.” Discover what leading companies such as Salesforce, Amazon, SAP, VMware, and Dell have to say. Tuesday, May 06, 2014 8:30 AM – 7:00 PM (Eastern Time) Sheraton Boston 39 Dalton St Boston, Massachusetts 02199 United States Topics will include: How to stay in control of […]
For IEEE President-Elect de Marca, Everything is Connected
Industry engagement. Social media. Membership recruitment and retention. It would be easy, and even tempting, to become siloed in one interest area, or strategy. However, IEEE President-elect Dr. J. Roberto B. de Marca is taking a holistic approach by combining seemingly disparate areas into one overarching vision for the organization’s future. ‘We have to face the […]
The Network Effect: Lee Stogner Talks People, Sensors, & the Internet of Things
“At the core, an IEEE member is just a kid who loves technology.” So says Lee Stogner, the current Chair of the Transportation Electrification Initiative, and proponent of a more social IEEE. When asked about his push to have IEEE members adopt social media platforms as a means of communication, outreach and professional development, Stogner says, […]