Rakesh Kumar: Drawing From the Past to Improve the Future
As new technologies become increasingly omnipotent in our everyday lives, Rakesh Kumar, IEEE Fellow and former President of the IEEE Solid-States Circuits Society says the IEEE must focus on not only people who create new products, but on those who use them, as well. “What’s going on in the field today? Look at the smartphone. […]
A Message from Dr. Jacek Zurada, 2014 Technical Activities Vice President (May)
IEEE is becoming increasingly global as evidenced by rapid increases in Society membership in Regions 8, 9, and 10. Our expanding global presence parallels overall globalization trends and reflects the rapid emergence of large and burgeoning national economies. In this reshaped landscape, IEEE Society members from developing countries are contributing more and more to IEEE […]
New IEEE Publication is Electric!
IEEE’s newest publication, IEEE Electrification Magazine, is dedicated to all means of electrified transportation, from bicycles to airplanes, and everything in between. Jointly published quarterly by the IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES), IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS), and IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS), the magazine focuses on the microgrids onboard electric vehicles, planes, train, […]
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 […]
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, […]