IEEE Computer Society


IEEE Computer Society is a professional society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Its purpose and scope is "to advance the theory, practice, and application of computer and information processing science and technology" and the "professional standing of its members." The CS is the largest of 39 technical societies organized under the IEEE Technical Activities Board.
The IEEE Computer Society sponsors workshops and conferences, publishes a variety of peer-reviewed literature, operates technical committees, and develops IEEE computing standards. It supports more than 200 chapters worldwide and participates in educational activities at all levels of the profession, including distance learning, accreditation of higher education programs in computer science, and professional certification in software engineering.
The IEEE Computer Society is also a member organization of the Federation of Enterprise Architecture Professional Organizations.

History

The IEEE Computer Society traces its origins to the Subcommittee on Large-Scale Computing, established in 1946 by the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, and to the Professional Group on Electronic Computers, established in 1951 by the Institute of Radio Engineers. When the AIEE merged with the IRE in 1963 to form the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, these two committees became the IEEE Computer Group. The group established its own constitution and bylaws in 1971 to become the IEEE Computer Society.
The CS maintains its headquarters in Washington, D.C. and additional offices in California, China, and Japan.

Main activities

The IEEE Computer Society maintains volunteer boards in six program areas: education, membership, professional activities, publications, standards, and technical and conference activities. In addition, 12 standing committees administer activities such as the CS elections and its awards programs to recognize professional excellence.

Education and professional development

The IEEE Computer Society participates in ongoing development of college computing curricula, jointly with the Association for Computing Machinery. Other educational activities include software development certification programs and online access to e-learning courseware and books.

Publications

The IEEE Computer Society is a leading publisher of technical material in computing. Its publications include 12 peer-reviewed technical magazines and 20 scholarly journals called Transactions, as well as conference proceedings, books, and a variety of digital products.
The Computer Society Digital Library is the crown jewel of the Computer Society's digital assets and provides subscriber access to all CS publications, as well as conference proceedings and other papers, amounting to more than 750,000 pieces of content.
As most publications were delivered digitally in 2014, the IEEE Computer Society launched the complementary monthly digest Computing Edge magazine, which consists of curated articles from its magazines.

Technical conferences and activities

The IEEE Computer Society sponsors more than 170 technical conferences each year and coordinates the operation of several technical committees, councils, and task forces.
The IEEE Computer Society also maintains 12 standards committees to develop IEEE standards in various areas of computer and software engineering.
In 2010, the IEEE Computer Society introduced Special Technical Communities as a new way for members to develop communities focusing on selected technical areas. Current topics include broadening participation, cloud computing, education, eGov, haptics, multicore, operating systems, smart grids, social networking, sustainable computing, systems engineering, and wearable and ubiquitous technologies.

Technical committees

The IEEE Computer Society currently has 31 technical committees and two technical councils. A technical committee is an international network of professionals with common interests in computer hardware, software, its applications, and interdisciplinary fields within the umbrella of the IEEE Computer Society. A technical council is essentially a very large technical committee, and a task force is an emerging technology committee. A TC serves as the focal point of the various technical activities within a technical discipline which influences the standards development, conferences, publications, and educational activities of the IEEE Computer Society. Following are the current technical committees and councils:
The IEEE Computer Society recognizes outstanding work by computer professionals who advance the field in three areas of achievement: Technical Awards, Education Awards, and Service Awards.
In 2018, the organization won First Place in the annual Southern California Journalism Awards for ," by digital editor Michael Martinez and senior writer Lori Cameron, in the minority/immigration reporting online category. The awards saw record entries from around the world in 2018 from the biggest publishing, broadcasting, online, and media outlets.