A Message from the 2023 Technical Activities Vice President
Dear Colleagues, We have reached the end of the year, a good time to reflect on what we accomplished and look forward to what comes next. Our strategic priorities for 2023 include participation in the IEEE-wide efforts in Climate Change and Sustainable Technologies, imagining future products and services and new audiences, providing value to and […]
IEEE’s Open Access Program Evolves to Meet Authors’ Changing Needs
John P. Verboncoeur, IEEE Vice President of Technical Activities, discusses the growing impact of open access and how IEEE continues to adapt and evolve As a growing number of authors in the STM community increasingly choose to publish via gold fully open access options to increase the visibility of their research to more users and […]
Smart Cities Taking the Lead to Create TC 2.0
The IEEE Smart Cities Technical Community is leading the way as the first pilot for the TAB Technical Community 2.0 (TC 2.0) Ad Hoc. The TC 2.0 Ad Hoc Committee with the Smart Cities pilot continues to learn from each other and build the TC 2.0 infrastructure, governance, and framework together. Participation in a TC […]
Mid-year Progress Report And Looking Forward
(WIE meeting in Atlanta at VIC) Dear Colleagues, The mid-point of the year is a good time to take stock of progress on our priorities. Our strategic priorities in 2023 include timely issues like engagement on climate change and sustainable technologies, imagining future products and services and new audiences, providing value to and growing existing […]
Elevating Education: A Summary of the Insights and Learning Experiences from IEEE Education Week 2023
IEEE Education Week events hosted by the IEEE Sri Lanka Section featured panel discussions, talks, and workshops that attracted hundreds of university students and teachers IEEE Members across the globe celebrated IEEE Education Week from 2 to 8 April 2023. The annual weeklong celebration included participation from more than 75 IEEE Operating Units, Regions, Sections, […]
New Technology Predictions Announced for 2023
Thirty-five technologists from around the globe came together as part of an ongoing effort to develop the IEEE Computer Society’s Technology Predictions Report for 2023. In Q4 2022, these technology experts met to come up with the 19 trends most critical to engineering today [see endbar.] The report not only produced this list, but also […]
New Platform Provides Solutions for Communications Engineers
With designs becoming increasingly complex, practicing engineers are challenged with finding the information they need scattered across multiple sources. Sourcing relevant and trustworthy results are often frustrating and time-consuming. IEEE DiscoveryPoint for Communications(™) aims to solve these problems by providing, on a single platform, a range of relevant, current, and reliable product design and development […]
Building an Improved Path for New and Emerging Technical Communities
First and foremost, IEEE is a technical organization. IEEE has and continues to identify and lead efforts advancing new and emerging technology areas, especially throughout Technical Activities. It is critically important that Technical Activities provides an overall framework and business process that enables and supports a low-risk, low-cost way to pilot programs in new and […]
Join the IEEE Climate Change Technical Community!
The IEEE Climate Change Technical Community is an interdisciplinary program focusing on climate change and the role of technology in monitoring, mitigating, and adapting. The Climate Change Program connects technology solutions with ethics, public policy, law, education, and public awareness. IEEE’s Climate Change initiatives include Education Contents and Workforce Development; Wildfire Prevention, Detection, Prediction, and Mitigation; Managing […]