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InstituteofElectricalandElectronicsEngineers
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TheInstituteofElectricalandElectronics
Engineers(IEEE,pronounced"ItripleE")[2]isa
professionalassociationwithitscorporateofficein
NewYorkCityanditsoperationscenterin
Piscataway,NewJersey.Itwasformedin1963from
theamalgamationoftheAmericanInstituteof
ElectricalEngineersandtheInstituteofRadio
Engineers.Today,itistheworld'slargestassociation
oftechnicalprofessionalswithmorethan400,000
membersinchaptersaroundtheworld.Itsobjectives
aretheeducationalandtechnicaladvancementof
electricalandelectronicengineering,
telecommunications,computerengineeringandallied
disciplines.

Contents
1 Name
2 History
3 MissionandVision
4 Organization
5 CurrentLeadership
6 Publications
7 Educationalactivities
8 IEEEConferences
9 Standardsanddevelopmentprocess
10 Membershipandmembergrades
11 Awards
11.1 Medals
11.2 Technicalfieldawards
11.3 Recognitions
11.4 Prizepaperawards
11.5 Scholarships
11.6 StudentActivities
12 Societies
13 Technicalcouncils
14 Technicalcommittees
15 Organizationalunits
16 IEEEFoundation
17 Seealso
18 Notesandreferences
19 Externallinks

InstituteofElectricalandElectronics
Engineers

Founded

January1,1963

Type

Professionalorganization

Focus

Electrical,Electronics,
Communications,Computer
Engineering,ComputerScienceand
InformationTechnology[1]

Location

Piscataway,NewJersey,US

Origins

MergeroftheAmericanInstituteof
ElectricalEngineersandtheInstituteof
RadioEngineers

Area
served

Worldwide

Method

Industrystandards,Conferences,
Publications

Members 430,000+
Key
people

BarryL.Shoop,PresidentandCEO

Revenue

US$413million

Website

www.ieee.org(https://www.ieee.org)

Name
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Electrical_and_Electronics_Engineers

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IEEEstandsforthe"InstituteofElectricalandElectronicsEngineers".Theassociationischartered
underthisfulllegalname.IEEE'smembershiphaslongbeencomposedofengineersandscientists.
Alliedprofessionalswhoaremembersincludecomputerscientists,softwaredevelopers,information
technologyprofessionals,physicists,andmedicaldoctors,inadditiontoIEEE'selectricalandelectronics
engineeringcore.Forthisreasontheorganizationnolongergoesbythefullname,exceptonlegal
businessdocuments,andisreferredtosimplyasIEEE.
TheIEEEisdedicatedtoadvancingtechnologicalinnovationandexcellence.Ithasabout430,000
membersinabout160countries,slightlylessthanhalfofwhomresideintheUnitedStates.[3][4]

History
ThemajorinterestsoftheAIEEwerewirecommunications
(telegraphyandtelephony)andlightandpowersystems.The
IREconcernedmostlyradioengineering,andwasformedfrom
twosmallerorganizations,theSocietyofWirelessandTelegraph
EngineersandtheWirelessInstitute.Withtheriseofelectronics
inthe1930s,electronicsengineersusuallybecamemembersof
theIRE,buttheapplicationsofelectrontubetechnologybecame
soextensivethatthetechnicalboundariesdifferentiatingtheIRE
andtheAIEEbecamedifficulttodistinguish.AfterWorldWarII,
thetwoorganizationsbecameincreasinglycompetitive,andin
1961,theleadershipofboththeIREandtheAIEEresolvedto
consolidatethetwoorganizations.Thetwoorganizations
formallymergedastheIEEEonJanuary1,1963.
NotablepresidentsofIEEEanditsfoundingorganizations
TheIEEEcorporateofficeisonthe
includeElihuThomson(AIEE,18891890),AlexanderGraham
17thfloorof3ParkAvenueinNew
Bell(AIEE,18911892),CharlesProteusSteinmetz(AIEE,
YorkCity
19011902),RobertH.Marriott(IRE,1912),LeeDeForest
(IRE,1930),FrederickE.Terman(IRE,1941),WilliamR.
Hewlett(IRE,1954),ErnstWeber(IRE,1959IEEE,1963),andIvanGetting(IEEE,1978).

MissionandVision
AccordingtoIEEEsofficialwebsite,[5]theircorepurposeistofostertechnologicalinnovationand
excellenceforthebenefitofhumanity.
Theirvisionistobecomeessentialtothetechnologicalcommunitythatexiststhroughouttheworld.
Theywanttheirmemberstobetheonestorevolutionizetechnologyandimproveglobalconditions.
IEEEscorevaluesincludetrust,growthandnurturing,globalcommunitybuilding,partnership,service
tohumanity,andintegrityinaction.

Organization
TheIEEEisincorporatedundertheNotforProfitCorporationLawofthestateofNewYork.[6]Itwas
formedin1963bythemergeroftheInstituteofRadioEngineers(IRE,founded1912)andtheAmerican
InstituteofElectricalEngineers(AIEE,founded1884).

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