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Help Choose the Winner of the IEEE Engineering Your World Video Competition
As part of IEEE’s 125th Anniversary celebration, the IEEE Engineering
Your World video competition asked participants to submit short videos
demonstrating their use of science, engineering and technology to make
their living spaces more livable, fun, convenient or futuristic.
After reviewing submissions from across the globe, the judges have
determined five finalists. The submission that receives the most number
of online votes will be named the winner.
Vote for your favorite finalist online at the IEEE 125th Anniversary Web site.
The voting deadline is 7 August 2009.
Nominations Sought for CASS Officer Positions
This year, the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CASS) is electing members for the following five officer positions:
- President-Elect (2010)
- Vice President - Technical Activities
- Vice President - Conferences
- Vice President - Region 8
- Vice President - Region 9
Descriptions of the duties of these officers and eligibility criteria can be found on the CASS Web Page. Complete candidate nominations must be received by 1 September in order to be considered.
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Update Your Technical Interest Codes
Members, consider updating your Technical Interest Profile (TIP) codes
corresponding to your technical area of expertise. Updating these codes
will help IEEE develop programs, products and services that better fit
your needs. Update your information
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Circuits and Systems Symposium
The 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS
2010) is being held 30 May-2 June 2010 in Paris, France. ISCAS 2010 is the
world's premier networking forum of leading researchers in the highly
active fields of theory, design and implementation of circuits and
systems. Sponsored by the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society and supported by the Institut Superieur d'Electronique de Paris, the Symposium will focus on
circuits and systems employing nanodevices and circuit fabrics and their implementation cost, switching speed, energy efficiency and reliaility. ISCAS 2010 will include oral and poster sessions;
tutorials given by experts in state-of-the-art topics; and special
sessions, with the aim of complementing the regular program with topics
of particular interest to the circuits and systems community that cut
across and beyond disciplines traditionally represented at ISCAS. Learn more
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Relying on Low-Power Chips to Tackle High-Power Problem
You've likely heard of efforts to bridge the digital divide so students
who can't afford a home computer can at least have access to computers
in school or at the local library. But in many developing nations, that
particular gulf is of little
concern when the three Rs of a basic education are not even guaranteed
because both electricity and teachers are in short supply. To help in
that effort, IEEE Fellow Krishna Palem, a computer science professor at
Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA, and his group are developing a
device that lets children in poor countries learn, despite a shortage
of electricity and teachers. Learn more
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Unemployment Survey E-Book Provides Insight Into High-Tech Job Loss
With the unemployment rate for U.S. electrical and electronics
engineers (EEs) at an all-time high in the second quarter, an IEEE-USA
e-book provides insights into the causes -- and remedies -- for job
loss among technical professionals.
The e-book is based on a 2008 survey of unemployed U.S. IEEE members.
The jobless rate for EEs increased from 4.1 percent in the first
quarter to a record-high 8.6 percent in the second, according to data
released in early July by the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor
Statistics. The previous quarterly record was 7 percent, in the first
quarter of 2003.
The first section of the e-book reports the percentage distribution or
mean response for each of the questions in the survey. The second
features the results of selected cross tabulations that focus on age
and various aspects of employment status. The third highlights the
results of a multivariate analysis that focuses on the impact of age on
the duration of unemployment when other factors are held constant. The
final section compares some of the current results to those in 1995,
1996, 1998, 2002, 2004 and 2006.
“2008 IEEE-USA Unemployed Members Survey: The Results” can be purchased for US$9.95 (IEEE members) or US$19.95 (nonmembers).
Buy your copy today!
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Nominations Open for Inaugural Award Recognizing Scientific Entrepreneurs
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the National Postdoctoral Association are accepting nominations for the inaugural Kauffman Foundation Outstanding Postdoctoral Entrepreneur Award, which recognizes and celebrates a scientific researcher who has successfully commercialized his or her discoveries through entrepreneurship. The researcher must have completed postdoctoral research in the United States at some point in his/her career.
Nominations for the award are open to scientific researchers who have completed postdoctoral research in the United States and have founded companies to commercialize their intellectual property. Nominees will be evaluated primarily on their technical innovation and the social value their enterprises have produced.
The researcher selected to win the Outstanding Postdoctoral Entrepreneur Award will receive a U$10,000 honorarium. A second award, the Emerging Postdoctoral Entrepreneur Award, will present a US$2,500 honorarium to a promising postdoctoral entrepreneur. Both awards will be presented at the National Postdoctoral Association's 8th Annual Meeting on 12-14 March 2010, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Learn more
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MyIEEE Has New Look, Features
IEEE has added new features to myIEEE, the site where members can check
on IEEE benefits and their journal subscriptions. Fueled by member
feedback, the redesign makes the site easier to navigate. Several
modules, including the one that shows the subscriptions, have been
moved to more prominent locations. New features make it easier to get
to know your fellow members anywhere in the world. You can also add
your favorite IEEE.tv videos to a special area in myIEEE. Learn more
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