Back IEEE Afrikaans معهد مهندسي الكهرباء والإلكترونيات Arabic Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers AST Elektrotexnika və Elektronika Mühəndisləri İnstitutu Azerbaijani برق و الکترونیک موهندیس قورومو AZB Інстытут інжынэраў электратэхнікі і электронікі BE-X-OLD Институт на инженерите по електротехника и електроника Bulgarian ইনস্টিটিউট অব ইলেকট্রিক্যাল অ্যান্ড ইলেকট্রনিক্স ইঞ্জিনিয়ার্স Bengali/Bangla IEEE Breton Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers BS

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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IEEE
TypeProfessional Organization
FoundedJanuary 1, 1963
HeadquartersNew York City
OriginsMerger of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and the Institute of Radio Engineers
Key peopleMoshe Kam, Current President
Area servedWorldwide
FocusElectrical, Electronics, Communications, Computer Engineering, Computer Science and Information Technology[1]
MethodIndustry standards, Conferences, Publications
RevenueUS$330 million
Members400,000+
Websitewww.ieee.org

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (or IEEE for short) an international non-profit, professional organization for the advancement of technology related to electricity. It has the most members of any technical professional organization in the world, with more than 400,000 members in more than 160 countries. About 45% of IEEE's members live outside the United States.[2][3]

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).

The IRE concerned mostly radio engineering. The major interests of the AIEE were wire communications and light and electric power systems. As technology developing, the IRE and the AIEE became difficult to distinguish. And people who belong to both group were increasing gradually. After World War II, the leadership of both the IRE and the AIEE merged the organizations on January 1, 1963.

IEEE says its purpose is "scientific and educational, directed toward the advancement of the theory and practice of electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering, as well as computer science, the allied branches of engineering and the related arts and sciences."[1] In pursuing these goals, the IEEE serves a major publisher of scientific journals, provides learning opportunities within the engineering sciences, research, and technology and so on.

IEEE consists of 150 countries, 350,000 members, 39 societies, organized around specialized technical fields, with more than 300 local organizations that hold regular meetings. Famous presidents of IEEE and its founding organizations include Elihu Thomson, Alexander Graham Bell, Ernst Weber. In 2008 the president of IEEE was Lewis M. Terman.

IEEE produces 30 percent of the world's literature in the electrical and electronics engineering and computer science fields, publishing well over 100 peer-reviewed journals. The content in these journals and from several hundred annual conferences are available in the IEEE's online digital library.

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "IEEE Technical Activities Board Operations Manual" (PDF). IEEE. Retrieved December 7, 2010., section 1.3 Technical activities objectives
  2. ↑ "IEEE at a Glance > IEEE Quick Facts". IEEE. December 31, 2010. Retrieved March 7, 2011.
  3. ↑ "IEEE 2009 Annual Report" (PDF). IEEE. October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved November 11, 2010.

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