About IEEE
The IEEE (Eye-triple-E) is a non-profit, technical professional association of more than 360,000 individual members in approximately 175 countries. The full name is the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., although the organization is most popularly known and referred to by the letters I-E-E-E.
Through its members, the IEEE is a leading authority in technical areas ranging from computer engineering, biomedical technology and telecommunications, to electric power, aerospace and consumer electronics, among others.
Through its technical publishing, conferences and consensus-based standards activities, the IEEE:
- produces 30 percent of the world's published literature in electrical engineering, computers and control technology,
- holds annually more than 300 major conferences and
- has nearly 900 active standards with 700 under development.
IEEE Societies
An IEEE Technical Society is made up of IEEE members in a specific area of electrotechnology. Currently, there are 38 IEEE Societies, which benefit their members with publications, awards, educational services and much more.
A Technical Council is made up of individual IEEE Societies. Currently, there are four councils in which these Societies belong.
The following is a list of some IEEE Societies. The complete list is here.
- IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society
- IEEE Computer Society
- IEEE Education Society
- IEEE Engineering Management Society
- IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
- IEEE Lasers & Electro-Optics Society
- IEEE Professional Communication Society
- IEEE Robotics & Automation Society
