Introduction to IEEE Uri Moszkowicz 2008 Region 1 GOLD Coordinator Darlene Rivera 2008 Region 1 GOLD Coordinator 2008 R1 GOLD/SAC/WIE Conference April 26, 2008

About Us Name – Uri Moszkowicz Section – Boston, MA Current position – R1 GOLD Coordinator Employer Mentor Graphics IEEE History – 2001 Cornell student chapter chair – Active in Boston GOLD since 2002 – Volunteer for Boston GOLD since 2005 – 2007 Boston GOLD chair

About Us Name – Darlene Rivera Section – New York, NY Current position – R1 WIE Coordinator Employer ?? IEEE History – ??

Today Joint training (~1 hour) – IEEE 101 – GOLD 101 – WIE 101 Break (15 min) Separate training (~2 hours) – GOLD 201 – WIE 201 Lunch, seminars, dinner, etc

Roadmap What is IEEE IEEE Terminology IEEE History IEEE Facts IEEE Organization Money and IEEE IEEE Today Future of IEEE

What is IEEE Definition of IEEE – Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers In a nutshell – A non-profit organization, IEEE is the world's leading professional association for the advancement of technology

What is IEEE Vision – To advance global properity by fostering technical innovation, promoting IEEE communities world- wide, enabling members careers Mission – The IEEE promotes the engineering process of creating, developing, integrating, sharing, and applying knowledge about electro- and information technologies and sciences for the benefit of humanity and the profession

IEEE Terminology Section – Local IEEE Regional Entity Chapter – Local IEEE Technical (Society) Entity AG – Affinity Groups SB – IEEE Student Branch MGA – Member and Geographic Activities TAB – Technical Activities Board EAB – Educational Activities Board SAC – IEEE Student Activities Committee

IEEE History 1963 – IEEE formation 1964 – First issue of Spectrum 1975 – Operations center opened in NJ 1978 – First issue of The Institute 1988 – 300k members 1995 – IEEE website created 2000 – IEEE Xplore

IEEE Facts Members: 375k worldwide, 80k students Sections: 32 Chapters: 1784 Student branches: 1616 Societies: 38 Affinity groups: 390 Standards: 1300 Documents in electronic library: 1.7 million Transactions, journals, and magazines: 144 Annual conferences: 850

MEMBERS Board of DirectorsAssembly PSPBIEEE-USA S tandards Assoc.Educational Act. Regional Act.Technical Act.Executive Comm. Regions & Sections Societies & Tech. Councils S taff & Society Executive Directors IEEE Organization

Technical Activities Board Parents - WIE, Consultants, GOLD, LMC IEEE Societies Regional Activities Board Regions Sections Sub-Sections Student Branches SB Chapters SB Affinity Groups Councils ChaptersAffinity Groups Areas Geographic Unit Structure IEEE Organization

R9 – 14,598 R8 – 60,856 R10 – 67,442 R1 to 6 – 215,851 R7 – 16,020 TOTAL MEMBERSHIP – 374,767 R1 – 38,617 R2 – 33,054 R3 – 30,615 R4 – 23,982 R5 – 29,444 R6 – 60,139 Reflecting the global nature of IEEE, R10 and R8 are now the two largest IEEE Regions

Money and IEEE Revenue – Dues – Publications – Conferences – Educational courses – Services – Investments Expenses – Member activities and services – Publishing – Standards – Education – Administration

IEEE Today Membership Publications Digital Library Conferences Standards Educational Offerings Grants Awards

IEEE Today Knowledge – Digital library and publications – Newsletters – IEEE.tv Community – Sections and technical chapters – Alias – Conferences – Volunteering Profession – Job site – MentorNet – Mentoring Connection – Awards and scholarships – Consultants database Financial Advantage – Insurance – Financial Services – Home and office services – Travel services And more!

Future of IEEE Membership value – MentorNet – Second Life – Social network – Better services More overseas members Service to humanity – Engineering without Borders Expansion to related areas

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