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The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers or IEEE (pronounced as eye-triple-ee) is an international non-profit, professional organization incorporated in the State of New York, United States. It is the largest technical professional organization in the world (in number of members), with more than 360,000 members in 150 countries (as of 2004). The IEEE 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). It has a dual complementary regional and technical structure - with organizational units based on geography (e.g., the IEEE Philadelphia Section) and technical focus (e.g., the IEEE Computer Society). Most IEEE members are electrical engineers, computer engineers, and computer scientists, but the organization's wide scope of interests has attracted engineers in other disciplines (e.g., mechanical and civil,) as well as life scientists, physicists, and mathematicians. The IEEE's Constitution defines the purposes of the organization as "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." In pursuing these goals, the IEEE serves as a major publisher of journals and a conference organizer in its fields of interest. It is also a leading developer of industrial standards in a broad range of disciplines, including Power and Energy, Biomedical Technology and HealthcareHealth science is the discipline of applied science which deals with human and animal health. There are two parts to health science: the study, research, and knowledge of health and the application of that knowledge to improve health, cure diseases, and u, Information TechnologyInformation technology (IT) or information and communication technology (ICT) is the technology required for information processing. In particular the use of electronic computers and computer software to convert, store, protect, process, transmit, and ret, Telecommunications, Transportation, NanotechnologyNanotechnology as a collective term refers to technological developments on the nanometre scale, usually 0. One nanometre equals one thousandth of a micrometre or one millionth of a millimetre. The term sometimes applies to any microscopic technology., and Information AssuranceInformation security deals with several different " trust" aspects of information. Another common term is information assurance . Information security is not confined to computer systems, nor to information in an electronic or machine-readable form. It ap. IEEE develops and participates in educational activities within its fields of interest, such as accreditationGenerally, accreditation is the process by which a facility becomes officially certified as providing services of a reasonably good quality, so that the public can trust in the quality of its services. In the United States, the term is most often used wit of electrical engineering programs in institutes of higher learning. It manages a separate organizational unit (IEEE-USA) which recommends policies and implements programs specifically intended to serve and benefit the members, the profession, and the public in the United States.
Notable Presidents of IEEE and its founding organizations include Elihu ThomsonElihu Thomson ( March 29, 1853 March 13, 1937) was an engineer who was instrumental in the founding of major electrical companies in the United States, Britain and France. He was born in Manchester ( England) on 29 March 1853, but his family moved to Phil (AIEE, 1889-1890), Alexander Graham BellAlexander Graham Bell ( March 3, 1847 August 2, 1922) was a scientist, inventor, and founder of the Bell telephone company. In addition to his work in telecommunications technology, he also was responsible for important advances in aviation and hydrofoil (AIEE, 1891-1892), Charles Proteus SteinmetzCharles Proteus Steinmetz ( April 9, 1865- October 26, 1923) was born in Breslau, Silesia, Germany. He developed theories for alternating current that made possible the expansion of the electric power industry in the United States. Steinmetz studied elect (AIEE, 1901-1902), Lee deForest (IRE, 1930), Frederick E. Terman (IRE, 1941), William R. Hewlett (IRE, 1954), Ernst Weber (IRE, 1959; IEEE, 1963), and Ivan Getting (IEEE, 1978).
