Can't wait more! Tell me what is IEEE!

IEEE is the world's largest professional association dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity. IEEE and its members inspire a global community through IEEE's highly cited publications, conferences, technology standards, and professional and educational activities.

• Through its members, with more than 425,000 volunteers in 175 countries, IEEE is a leading and most prestigious authority in the technical areas derived from the original electrical; from computer engineering, biomedical and aerospace technologies to the areas of electricity, control, telecommunications and consumer electronics, among others.
• Its job is to promote creativity, development and integration, sharing and applying advances in information technologies, electronics and general science for the benefit of humanity and professionals themselves.

It's not enough but you need to know

IEEE, pronounced "Eye-triple-E," stands for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. The association is chartered under this name and it is the full legal name.

• Nowadays IEEE's membership include computer scientists, software developers, information technology professionals, physicists, medical doctors and many others in addition to our electrical and electronics engineering core.
• For this reason the organization no longer goes by the full name, except on legal business documents, and is referred to simply as IEEE.

A little about history

IEEE’s roots go back to 1884 when electricity was just beginning to become a major force in society. With two major electrical areas and industries established: the telegraph and the underway—electric power and light, originating in Thomas Edison’s inventions and his pioneering Pearl Street Station in New York.

• 1884 A small group of individuals in the electrical professions formed in New York a new organization to support professionals in their nascent field and to aid them in their efforts to apply innovation for the betterment of humanity—the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, or AIEE for short. .
• 1912 With the new industry came a new society: the Institute of Radio Engineers, it was modeled on the AIEE, but was devoted to radio, and then increasingly to electronics. It, too, furthered its profession by linking its members through publications, standards and conferences, and encouraging them to advance their industries by promoting innovation and excellence in the emerging new products and services.
• 1963 On 1 January 1963, The AIEE and the IRE merged to form the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, or IEEE, since both societies interests overlaped.

Not only IEEE grew but it also became global!

Over the decades that followed, with IEEE’s continued leadership, the societal roles of the technologies under its aegis continued to spread across the world, and reach into more and more areas of people’s lives. The professional groups and technical boards of the predecessor institutions evolved into IEEE Societies.

• At its formation, the IEEE had 150,000 members, 140,000 of whom were in the United States.
• By the early 21st Century, IEEE served its members and their interests with 38 societies; 130 journals, transactions and magazines; more 300 conferences annually; and 900 active standards.
• IEEE’s fields of interest expanded well beyond electrical/electronic engineering and computing into areas such as micro- and nanotechnology, ultrasonics, bioengineering, robotics, electronic materials, and many others.
• By 2010, IEEE had over 395,000 members in 160 countries. Through its worldwide network of geographical units, publications, web services, and conferences, IEEE remains the world's largest technical professional association.

Fine! I got it but where is IEEE going?

• 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.
• IEEE's core purpose is to foster technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity.