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Professional Societies (1 of 9)Electrical & Computer Engineering

Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering

Professional Societies

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Role of Professional Societies

• Professional societies provide substantial resources for planning and navigating an engineering career

• Resources include– Professional development– Continuing education courses– Travel benefits– Insurance– Periodicals– Conferences– Student involvement

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Professional Societies (3 of 9)Electrical & Computer Engineering

Major ECE-Related Societies

• Electrical and Electronics– Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

• www.ieee.org

– Institution of Engineering and Technology• www.theiet.org

• Computer– IEEE Computer Society

• www.computer.org

– Association for Computing Machinery• www.acm.org

• Many others that are discipline specific

Professional Societies (4 of 9)Electrical & Computer Engineering

IEEE Mission and Vision

• IEEE Mission Statement– IEEE's core purpose is to foster technological innovation

and excellence for the benefit of humanity.

• IEEE Vision Statement– IEEE will be essential to the global technical community

and to technical professionals everywhere, and be universally recognized for the contributions of technology and of technical professionals in improving global conditions.

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Professional Societies (5 of 9)Electrical & Computer Engineering

IEEE Facts

• More than 426,000 members in more than 160 countries

• More than 117,000 Student members

• 334 Sections in ten geographic Regions worldwide– Region 3 (Southern U.S.)

• 2,116 Chapters that unite local members with similar technical interests

• 2,669 student branches at colleges and universities in 80 countries

• 922 student branch chapters of IEEE technical societies

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IEEE Facts (continued)

• 39 Societies and six technical councils representing the wide range of IEEE technical interests

• More than 3.5 million documents in the IEEE XploreDigital Library, with more than 8 million downloads each month

• More than 1,671 standards and projects under development

• Publishes approximately 180 transactions, journals, and magazines

• Sponsors more than 1,600 conferences in 91 countries

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Professional Societies (7 of 9)Electrical & Computer Engineering

IEEE Societies

• IEEE Societies focus on specific technical disciplines

• Examples include:– IEEE Computer Society

– IEEE Circuits and Systems Society

– IEEE Control Systems Society

– IEEE Power & Energy Society

– IEEE Robotics and Automation Society

– IEEE Magnetics Society

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IEEE Xplore Digital Library

• IEEE Xplore provides Web access to more than 3-million full-text documents in electrical engineering, computer science and electronics

• Content comprises over 160 journals, over 1,200 conference proceedings, more than 3,800 technical standards, over 1,000 eBooks and over 300 educational courses– Approximately 25,000 new documents are added to IEEE

Xplore each month

• UA library system provides access to the library for all students

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IEEE Benefits

• Aid to keeping technically current– Xplore, IEEE Standards, IEEE.tv

• Career Resources– Career builder resources, IEEE Job Site

– Scholarships, ResumeLab

• Professional Networking

• Continuing Education

• Discounts

• Student dues: $32/year