A Message from Vincenzo Piuri, 2015 Technical Activities Vice President (May)
Dear colleagues: In the first quarter of this year, IEEE Technical Activities continued its efforts to address the evolving needs of our technical communities, focusing on the global technical communities as well as their local roots in chapters. We strove to nurture more emerging technologies, emerging needs for technology and applications, and emerging needs for […]
Monique Morrow: A Call to Action on Cybersecurity
The field of cybersecurity is becoming increasingly diversified. As portable technology becomes more accessible, it extends to many different sectors: new advances apply not only to how quickly we can access email and from which locations we can work, but reach as far as the fashion and fitness industries. Strengthening the security and resilience of […]
A False Sense of Privacy: Online Photo Sharing Concerns
The ability to share photos and experiences instantly via social media platforms has undoubtedly bridged the lives of users around the world, allowing them to stay connected despite distance and other barriers. Social media users are not only able to share pictures of their daily activities; they have the opportunity to participate in free and […]
A Message from Vincenzo Piuri, 2015 Technical Activities Vice President (February)
Dear colleagues: This year, IEEE Technical Activities will take a strategic approach to satisfying the current and evolving needs of our technical communities. We will focus on the needs of our chapters, which link us locally to communities worldwide. We’ll work to recognize agile, adaptable services and products and better understand the compelling demand for nurturing emerging technical needs […]
Dr. Catherine Mohr: Disruptive Inventor & Surgical Roboticist
Dr. Catherine Mohr did not plan to become an engineer, nor did she anticipate matriculating in medical school. Now an asset to both fields, Mohr, Director of Medical Research at Intuitive Surgical, evaluates new technologies for incorporation into the next generation, translating complicated medical terms for use in application by engineers, and putting engineering concepts […]
A Message from Dr. Jacek Zurada, 2014 Technical Activities Vice President (November)
In recent years, Technical Activities has placed special emphasis on nurturing technical communities through the incubation and growth of its Future Directions technology initiatives. The IEEE Big Data Initiative, launched this year, is one of the most exciting initiatives added to our impressive portfolio. Big data – the amount of structured and unstructured data generated […]
Wanda Reder: Strengthening the Pipeline Through Collaboration
Wanda Reder, IEEE Division VII Director and member of the IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) Governing Board, has held many roles within the IEEE, including becoming the first female president of the Society in 2008, and playing a large part in launching the IEEE Smart Grid effort in 2010. Currently the Vice President – […]
Computational Thinking: A Necessary Foundation to Coding
In recent years, much attention and interest has been devoted to teaching coding as a basic skill. Organizations such as Codecademy offer interactive online platforms boasting free coding classes in different programming languages such as Python, PHP, jQuery, JavaScript, and Ruby, as well as markup languages including HTML and CSS. The platform has made tutorials […]
A Message from Dr. Jacek Zurada, 2014 Technical Activities Vice President (September)
Representatives from IEEE’s societies and councils joined this year’s IEEE Sections Congress in Amsterdam, the Netherlands in an effort to inform IEEE section leaders about Technical Activities’ (TA) exciting on-going activities and opportunities and increase collaboration with IEEE Member and Geographic Activities (MGA). The event was a major success in the opinion of many attendees, […]