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 […]
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, […]