Introduction

What is IEEE?

Institute of electrical and electronics engineering

• IEEE is the world's largest professional association for engineering dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity.
• It is designed to serve professionals involved in all aspects of the electrical, electronic and computing fields and related areas of science and technology that underlie modern civilization.
• It has the most members of any technical professional organization in the world, with more than 400,000 members in around 160 countries.
• It is a nonprofit organization.
• It was formed in 1963 by the merger of the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE, founded 1912) and the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE, founded 1884).
• Visit IEEE website www.ieee.org IEEE

IEEE Consists of:

• More than 400,000 members in more than 160 countries
• 333 sections in 10 geographic regions worldwide ? Ex: Spain section and Russia northwest section
• Nearly 2,173 branches (chapters) in 80 countries
• 38 societies and 7 technical councils representing the wide range of technical interests
• 404 affinity groups (non-technical sub-units of one or more Sections or a Council)
• A board of directors which is comprised of the 3 IEEE presidents, the vice presidents and presidents of the 6 major boards, the 10 region directors, the 10 division directors, and the directors emeritus IEEE 4

IEEE Spectrum Magazine

• The official IEEE magazine.
• Has a circulation of over 380,000 engineers worldwide, making it one of the leading science and engineering magazines.
• Covers a wide variety of technical issues and advances in computers, communications and electronics.
• Visit the IEEE Spectrum Website http://spectrum.ieee.org/