IEEE Societies and Councils Gear Up For 2013 Summer Schools
Many IEEE Societies and Councils offer “Summer School” events annually during summer holidays. Below is a sampling of this year’s IEEE Summer Schools selection. Summer Schools New in 2013: The IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society and the IEEE Signal Processing Society have, inclusively, approved the formation of three new summer schools at recent […]
IEEE’s Past President Envisions the Future
When asked if Technical Activities has changed since she became a member of IEEE nearly forty years ago, IEEE Fellow and former President Leah Jamieson says both Technical Activities and her perspective have changed. “In my earliest interactions through Signal Processing and Computer societies, my focus was on very specific research,” she recalls. “I went […]
Division Director Moura inducted into the U.S. National Academy of Engineering
The email telling Professor José Moura that he had been inducted into the U.S. National Academy of Engineering went into his spam folder. Only after receiving multiple congratulatory emails from friends and colleagues, one of whom copied the announcement into his email, did Moura realize it wasn’t a joke. When he learned it wasn’t a hoax, […]
IEEE Society supports National Photonics Initiative (NPI)
From medicine and manufacturing to communication, defense, and energy, photonics plays an important role in the U. S. economy and the lives of its citizens. That’s why the IEEE Photonics Society partnered with four other technical organizations to support the National Photonics Initiative in Washington D.C., USA on 28 February. More than 100 representatives from […]
IEEE Society Forms Humanitarian Group Focusing on Robotics
The IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) has become the first IEEE society to establish a Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology (SIGHT), a program that aims to promote the mission of IEEE regarding humanitarian technology activities. RAS-SIGHT’s mission is to contribute sustainable robotics and automation techniques to improve the quality of life in underserved […]
IEEE GRSS Announces plans for 2013 Data Fusion Contest
Recently, the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS) announced plans for its 2013 Data Fusion Contest. The contest, which helps connect students and researchers around the world, evaluates existing methodologies at the research or operational level to solve remote sensing problems using data from various sensors. The contest is open to both IEEE members and non-members […]
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society hosts student event at IROS 2012
The IEEE Robotics and Automation Society continues its missions to get students interested in the growing field of robotics through its pre-college student event at the recent IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems 2012 (IROS) in Vilamoura, Portugal from 7 to 12 October 2012. The local organizer, The Institute of Systems and Robotics of University of Coimbra, invited […]
GOLD IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society visits Pittsburgh
We pay special tribute to IEEE Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD) members (now IEEE Young Professionals), recently graduated IEEE volunteers working at local, regional, and global levels of IEEE. These IEEE volunteers play an important role in helping new graduates make the difficult transition to young professionals. We’re especially thankful for GOLD volunteers like […]
IEEE receives ASAE Summit Award
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92sqFd-X2fQ IEEE has received the 2012 Summit Award—the highest recognition bestowed by the American Society of Association Executives—for the IEEE Humanitarian Technology Challenge (HTC). The IEEE HTC is now merged with Engineering for Change, which seeks to develop technical, locally appropriate, and sustainable solutions to humanitarian challenges. The IEEE Power & Energy Society, IEEE Nuclear and […]