IEEE in the News

IEEE Fellow: Don't expect NFC payments to have a major mobile impact
Network World, US
27 April 2012

Jack Winters IEEE Fellow and founder of Jack Winters Communications LLC, said during an interview with Network World that he didn't yet see any reason to shift away from credit cards to mobile phone payments and said that NFC-based payments weren't likely to have a major impact until the technology could reach a critical mass where it was available everywhere.

Ships: The role of human errors in the technological landscape (Portuguese Version)
website of the São Paulo State Engineers Union, Brazil
26 April 2012

Feature length interview with Joseph Valdus, IEEE Life Fellow and Bill Hayes, Vice President of the IEEE Broadcast Technology Society. Joseph discusses the causes that led to the ship’s sinking, and the role human error still plays in today’s technological landscape. In addition, Bill shares how wireless saves lives and his perspectives regarding the wreckages of the Costa Concordia, in Italy, and the Bateau Mouche, in Brazil. 

Why Robot Swarms Look Set To Roam The Earth
TechWeekEurope, UK
19 April 2012

IEEE Member Antonio Espingardeiro explains his fascination with robots and provides a snapshot of what swarm robots are, recent developments and advancements in the field,  how the concept of swarm robots emerged, and what role they can play in the future.

Virtualisation - Don't let security lag behind technology maturity
ComputerWorldUK, UK
19 April 2012

Kevin Curran, Senior IEEE Member comments on how best to protect virtualised infrastructures.

Carriers cap LTE services to avoid fixed-line cannibalization, says IEEE's Saracco
Network World, US
17 April 2012

Roberto Saracco, IEEE Senior Member and the director of the Telecom Italia Future Centre, said during an interview with Network World that the major reason carriers are placing data caps on their LTE services is to prevent users from going exclusively with wireless data services and ditching their landline connections. 

Titanic: One Century of Technological Legacy and Innovation (Portuguese Version)
website of the São Paulo State Engineers Union, Brazil
16 April 2012

Feature length article includes Gordon Day, IEEE President and CEO, and Bill Hayes, Director of Engineering and Technology at Iowa Public Television and Vice President of the IEEE Broadcast Technology Society. In the article, Gordon discusses the rich history shared between Titanic and IEEE, and Bill Hayes shares his expertise regarding the current technological context of the navigation area and the role played by human error in disasters.

Viewpoint: Why wireless can create traffic-free roads
BBC, US
12 April 2012

William Webb, IEEE Fellow and chief technology officer of Neul, outlines a future vision of traffic-free roads in smart cities and shares his perspective on the many technologies that will create congestion-free roads.

IEEE Identifies Continued Obstacles Toward the Global Adoption (Japanese Version)
Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, Japan
6 April 2012

Tomonori Aoyama, IEEE Life Fellow, discusses cloud computing and comments some people think that if major companies adopts cloud systems, then 2012 might become a turning point.

Hybrid cloud adoption issues are a case in point for the need for industry regulation of cloud computing
Business Computing World, UK
3 April 2012

Vladimir Getov IEEE Senior Member and Professor of Distributed and High Performance Computing at the University of Westminster, London, outlines the challenges around hybrid cloud security and calls for industry regulation.

Earth Hour and the Global Energy Dilemma
Go Green Radio, US
30 March 2012

Go Green Radio features IEEE Fellow John McDonald, who discusses the impact of Earth Hour, the latest technological breakthroughs shaping our energy future, and what each of us can do to positively impact the way energy is distributed around the world.

Future, Flexible Hybrid Optical/Wireless Networks
Converge! Network Digest, US
20 March 2012

IEEE Fellow, Dr. Leonid Kazovsky, speaks one-on-one with Converge! Network Digest Editor, Jim Carroll, about the future of flexible optical/wireless networks. 

There’s Never A Bad Time To Be An Entrepreneur
Forbes, US
18 March 2012

John Cioffi, IEEE Fellow and CEO of Assia Inc., says there is never a bad time to be an entrepreneur. He shares his story of entrepreneurial success and gives advice on how to be a successful entrepreneur on Forbes.

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No cloud? You are making a mistake: IEEE
CIOL, India
16 March 2012

Some believe that 2012 could be a tipping point year for cloud adoption, particularly if large enterprises can serve as trailblazers in cloud adoption.  According to IEEE CIO and senior member Alexander Pasik, once larger enterprises witness the success of their competitors and contemporaries, more companies will transition to the cloud.

Don't Blame Wall Street For Our Woes; Blame The School System
Forbes, US
13 March 2012

Norman Augustine, IEEE Life Fellow and retired chairman and CEO of Lockheed Martin, discusses the state of the U.S. education system, how it relates to unemployment, and what can be done to improve it.

Cloud changed the rules of the game (Portuguese Version)
Convergência Digital, Brazil
11 March 2012

The potential benefits of cloud-based systems are widely discussed and difficult to ignore: significant cost reduction in operations and maintenance of infrastructure, high scalability and accessibility, less concerns about overloading servers and lack of storage space, and rapid deployment.

Women in engineering push to bolster their ranks
Winston-Salem Journal, US
11 March 2012

Karen Panetta, IEEE Fellow and professor of electrical and computer engineering at Tufts University, discusses the challenges women face in engineering and what is being done to encourage women to pursue careers in the field.

Report: Day After Thailand Flood Water Level Normal, Hard Drive Prices up (German Version)
FOCUS Online News, Germany
9 March 2012

Tom Coughlin, IEEE VP, discusses the water masses are long since drained away, but the computer industry is feeling the effects of flooding in Thailand still: The hard drive manufacturers that produce much of their equipment in an emerging country, still need months to their factories back on its feet. "My prediction: Prices will be off until next year to be higher than before the flood."

The IEEE Talks Fiber
Communications Technology, US
8 March 2012

Communications Technology features commentary from IEEE members Dr. Leonid Kazovsky, Ori Gerstel, and Jun Shan Wey, on trends related to optical fiber at OFC.

Major Obstacles Toward the Global Adoption of Cloud Computing Identified by IEEE
InfoTech Spotlight powered by TMCnet, US
24 February 2012

Dr. Siani Pearson, an IEEE Senior Member and Senior Researcher at the Cloud and SecurityLab at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, discusses the many business concerns about cloud security, performance unpredictability, and possible benefits.

Is the future of cloud-based systems cloudy or bright?
MacNews.com, US
24 February 2012

Alexander Pasik, IEEE CIO, discusses cloud computing and its potential, convenience, and burden in the coming years.

How Technology Helping the Elderly is Turning into a Big Business Opportunity
Economic Times, US
21 February 2012

Majd Alwan, IEEE Senior Member, shares his insight into how technology innovations are benefiting the elderly and addressing the increasingly growing aging society.

A Mobile Solar Generator for Energy-Impoverished Rural Areas
Aol Energy, US
26 January 2012

IEEE was recognized in AOL Energy for its participation in a program called the Millennium Development Goals. IEEE established a pilot program which indentified Reliable Electricity as one of the key enablers of economic growth in areas of the world where incomes are less than US$2 a day.

The Role of Technology in Taking a Stand
Forbes.Com, US
18 January 2012

Vint Cerf, IEEE Fellow, encourages society to adopt changes and advancements in technology to enhance experiences in life and overcome challenges.

Coud Computing's Pros and Cons:  IEEE CIO Weighs In (Portuguese Version)
InformationWeek Brazil, Brazil
17 January 2012

Alexander Pasik, IEEE CIO, discusses cloud computing service models and the economics of integrating cloud computing.

The Metadata Generation
IEEE Spectrum, US
10 January 2012

Stuart Lipoff, IEEE Senior Member, discusses how enabling devices to automatically aggregrate and generate data such as location and timestamp can significantly improve how consumers manage and protect their personal  content.
 
The Golden Age of Consumer Electronics
IEEE Spectrum, US
10 January 2012

A blog by Nahum Gershon, IEEE Senior Member, was featured in IEEE's Spectrum as part of their coverage of the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show.  It discusses the paradigm shift in the roles of the military, consumers, and businesses with regard to technology innovation.

CES 2012: Technology trends to watch out for
PluggedIn, UK
6 January 2012

IEEE highlights five technology trends to look out for in 2012, including: video on demand, online growth of home networking technology, fully connected services, smartphone hacking, and long term storage advances. 

Internet Access Is Not a Human Right
The New York Times, US
4 January 2012

Vint Cerf, IEEE Fellow, shares his view on Internet access and whether it should be considered a civil or even a human right.

IEEE Experts Predict Smartphone Hacking Will Soar in 2012 (Portuguese Version)
Techlider, Brazil
3 January 2012

Dr. Madjid Merabti, an IEEE Senior Member, discusses how free rogue applications for smartphones pose a security threat to the public, but they do not see their smartphones as having the same security threats as their PCs and laptops.

Technology Fumbles Could Leave Investors Wary
Investor Uprising, US
January 2012

Thomas Coughlin, IEEE Senior Member, shares his insight on some of the pitfalls and challenges recently experienced by consumer technology device manufacturers from an investment standpoint.

2012 and the Technology Blahs
FoxNews.com, US
27 December 2011

Nahum Gershon, IEEE Fellow and Jeffrey Voas, IEEE Fellow, discuss 2012 tech trends beyond the latest gadget innovations.

Nano technology, nine times cheaper!
IBNLive.com, India
20 December 2011

Dr. Ramgopal Rao, IEEE Member of IIT Bombay unveiled products developed by Nano Sniff Technologies Private Limited, an entrepreneurial venture at the institute in Indicon 2011.
 
Dr Takako Hashimoto, IEEE WIE coordinator in the Asia Pacific region speaks to Japanese junior and senior students in an effort to encourage women (Japanese Version) (PDF 570 KB)
Kyoiku Shimbun, Japan
19 December 2011

Tatako Hashimoto, IEEE Senior Member, discusses raising the ranks of women engineers in an effort to encourage women to improve their status.  In Japan, the percentage of women in engineering is the lowest among the 36 compared countries. 

“Inter Cloud will be in practical use” says Goto, vice chair of GICTF (Japanese Version)
Computerworld, Japan
19 December 2011

Atsuhiro Goto, IEEE Member and a Computer Society Board of Governor, discusses the future of intercloud computing with Computerworld Japan.

Mobile Predictions for 2012: Security, Payments, Windows Phone and More
CIO.com, US
13 December 2011

Jeffrey Voas (IEEE Fellow) and Kevin Curran (IEEE Senior Member), offer insightful predictions on mobile security and smartphone hacking trends in 2012 for CIO’s Senior Editor Al Sacco.

Getting the Right Money -- and People, Behind Your Entrepreneurial Dream
Forbes.Com, US
12 December 2011

John Cioffi, IEEE Fellow and Chairman and CEO of ASSIA shares advice for engineers interested in entrepreneurship and the importance of having a good idea, having adequate money, and the right group of individuals to achieve success.

Raising Global Ranks of Women Engineers (PDF, 124 KB)
Minority Engineer, India
11 December 2011

IEEE’s Women in Engineering Society is raising the global ranks of women engineers through IEEE member established programs that support women in engineering and encourage female students to pursue an engineering career.

Music Gaming Won’t Die (Chinese Version) (PDF, 1.03 MB)
EEPW, China
11 December 2011

David Kushner writes that while smash hits like Guitar Hero and Rock Band brought music-oriented games into the center stage of popular culture, the genre is quickly evolving with new technologies that do away with plastic instruments entirely.

Paying the price for those free apps (PDF, 18.9 KB)
Bank Info Security, UK
29 November 2011

Jeffrey Voas, IEEE Fellow and a computer scientist at the National Institute of Standards, Kevin Curran, IEEE Senior Member and head of the School of Computing and Intelligence Systems at the University of Ulster in Londonderry and Madjid Merabti, IEEE Senior Member and professor of networked systems at Britain's Liverpool John Moores University share their insights in the Government Information Security Blogs regarding the prediction that 2012 will be a disruptive year of widespread mobile hacking.

Transposing Multidisciplinary Frontiers in Order to Deal with Fake Images and Videos in the 21st Century (Portuguese Version)
IT Web /Blog IEEE Talking about Technology, Brazil
28 November 2011

Anderson Rocha, IEEE Member, writes about the advancements made in digital forensics in the 21st century.

Green Innovation and Low Carbon Development Drives the Global Economic Development in the Next Five Years (Chinese Version)
China5e.com, China
28 November 2011

Mei Shengwei, IEEE Senior Member, shares his insights in an interview about the hot issues of green innovation and low carbon development in China.

How Can We Encourage the Engineers of Tomorrow?
Forbes Blog.com, US
14 November 2011

Vint Cerf, IEEE Fellow and Internet Evangelist, Google, discusses what we can do to encourage students to be excited about science and engineering through interactive programs such as IEEE’s tryengineering.org.

Cloud Computing's Pros and Cons: IEEE CIO Weighs In
CIO Insight, US
11 November 2011

Alexander Pasik, IEEE CIO, discusses the pros and cons of the three core cloud computing service models, the varied economics of scale, systems-integration challenges, security questions, and its future.Alexander Pasik, IEEE CIO, discusses the pros and cons of the three core cloud computing service models, the varied economics of scale, systems-integration challenges, security questions, and its future.

How To Enter Solar Grid Business (PDF 442 KB)
Electronics Bazaar, India
11 November 2011

Daman Sood, IEEE Senior Member and executive committee member of IEEE Delhi section, talks about the future of Solar Grid business and how entrepreneurial companies can take advantage.

Challenging to Increase the Number of Women in Engineering (Japanese Version) (PDF, 271 KB)
Kyoiku Katei Shimbun (Education and Household Newspaper), Japan
7 November 2011

Professor Takako Hashimoto, IEEE Senior Member, discusses the difficulty Japanese women encounter when it comes to taking childcare leave and the need for role models to increase the number of women choosing a career in engineering.

Q&A With IEEE's Dr. W. Charlton (Chuck) Adams, Jr.
FierceSmartGrid, US
2 November 2011

Chuck Adams, IEEE Senior Member, speaks with FierceSmartGrid on his vision of new business models that will emerge with Smart Grid. He compares the industry's transformation to changes already experienced in the computing and telecommunications sectors and calls for a concerted effort to engage consumers in Smart Grid.

Inspired by nature’s feared plant, local engineer invents “flycatcher” robot (Korean Version)
Chosun Ilbo, South Korea 
1 November 2011

Professor Cho Kyu-Jin, IEEE Member and professor at Seoul National University’s School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, introduced a carbon-fiber flycatcher robot at an IEEE conference in May. This technology can be applied to powering delicate micro robots and generating artificial muscles for patients with facial paralysis. 

What’s keeping CIOs awake at night?
Fierce CIO, US
26 October 2011

Alexander Pasik, IEEE CIO shares his approach to managing the “unknown” of IT issues while leading with a forward-looking vision and plan with Fierce CIO editor, Caron Carlson. 

How image processing will change your world in future
The Economic Times, India
18 October 2011

IEEE Fellow Dr. Richard Baraniuk explains the positive impact of image processing technologies and research with The Economic Times.

Driverless cars on our roads by 2020
TechEye, UK
17 October 2011

IEEE intelligent transportation experts Dr. Azim Eskandarian and Professor Alberto Broggi provide their perspectives on the potential for driverless cars by the end of the decade. 

Nanoscience: how it could change technology (Portuguese Version)
IT Web, Brazil
9 October 2011

Joao Antonio Zuffo, IEEE Senior Member discusses the most recent developments in nanoscience and nanotechnology with an emphasis on the top-to-bottom and bottom-to-top approaches and how they are converging.

Does Europe have a poor record of employing women in engineering jobs?
Women in Technology, UK 
7 October 2011

Teresa Schofield, IEEE UK and Republic of Ireland chair of the Women in Engineering (WIE) group, discusses the need for governments to do more to encourage further opportunities for women in engineering. 
 

Multi-payment platforms and security: A developing relationship (PDF, 35 KB)
Electronic Payments International, UK
4 October 2011

Steve Furnell, IEEE Senior Member, discusses the developing relationship between multi-payment platforms and security and believes the way forward, given the near certain ubiquity of mobiles in the future, might be to use these devices as a receptor of authentication information.
 

Interview: Mr. Gordon W. Day, IEEE 2012 President & CEO (Japanese Version) (PDF, 908 KB)
Nikkei Electronics, Japan
3 October 2011

Gordon Day, IEEE 2012 President-Elect, discusses the general activities of IEEE with Nikkei Electronics, as well as its focus for the future and the concern with students moving away from science and technology. 

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Infrastructure in the Cloud: How IaaS Can Revamp Your IT Environment (PDF 3.63 MB)
PC Today, US
1 October 2011

Alexander Pasik, CIO of IEEE, discusses how cloud-based infrastructure can revamp your IT environment; however it may not be a fit for every company.

V3 Cloud Summit: Start-ups and small businesses to drive cloud take-up
V3, UK
27 September 2011

Steve O'Donnell, IEEE Member and UK cloud computing expert, outlines the different approaches to cloud technology by small businesses and larger enterprises explaining that start-ups will drive the take-up of cloud computing.

IEEE campaign aims to drive uptake of female engineers
Eureka Magazine, UK
23 September 2011

Teresa Schofield, IEEE Member and UK Women in Engineering (WIE) Chair, highlights the need to encourage more women to pursue engineering careers. Schoefield says encouragement, pay levels and work culture must improve. 

How to increase the global ranks of women engineers
Engineer Live, US
23 September 2011

Dr Takako Hashimoto, IEEE WIE coordinator in the Asia Pacific region and associate professor of computer science at Chiba University of Commerce in Japan, discusses the existing gender gap in engineering.

Could A Self-Healing Smart Grid Have Prevented The SDG&E Blackout?
AOL, US
15 September 2011

Massoud Amin, IEEE Senior Member, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Minnesota, and chairman of the IEEE Smart Grid discusses a "self-healing grid" to prevent debilitating power disruptions. 

Innovation Across the Value Chain Will Help Medical Technology Players Create New Markets
Express Healthcare, India
15 September 2011

Dinesh Bindiganavale, IEEE Member and healthcare consultant, gives an overview of the latest trends in medical technology in India.

IEEE Bionic Limb experts discuss bionic limbs that can move naturally will come out in 15 years (Japanese Version)
Robonable, Japan
14 September 2011

IEEE life sciences experts Dr. Hugh Herr and Dr. Todd Kuiken discuss EMBC 2011 and advances in wearable technology.

We Are Not In Kansas Anymore
AOL Energy, US
14 September 2011

Massoud Amin, IEEE Senior Member discusses creating a smarter and more secure critical infrastructure through a more secure, resilient and smarter grid.

Nanotechnology is increasingly in daily life (Portuguese Version)
IG Tecnologia, Brazil
9 September 2011

IEEE member and Nanotechnology expert Antonio Zuffo explains the usage of nanotechnology in everyday life.

Advanced technology rakes in dollars during recession
TechEye, UK
7 September 2011

"We are still living difficult times, an economic storm," IEEE Member Antonio Espingardeiro says. "However, history tells us that after a great depression there's a new set of opportunities. It seems to me that this a crucial time for research. A time where technology seems boosting our lives in ways that we never thought seems a promising investment. Talking in a short term the next five to ten years will serve as a laboratory for testing new devices, software, ideas that will have direct applicability in a not too distant future."

What the WHO's Cellphone Cancer Statement Really Means (Chinese Version)
Electronic Engineering & Product World (EEPW), China
7 September 2011

Mr. Kenneth Foster, IEEE Member, expresses his viewpoints on the International Agency for Research on Cancer's (IARC) decision to classify radio-frequency electromagnetic fields from cellphone use as "possibly carcinogenic."

Leveraging the Recent China Internet Forum to Analyze the Chinese Web over the Last 6 Months - The Growing Gap among Chinese Web Companies (Chinese Version) (PDF, 1.21 MB)
Communications Weekly, China
5 September 2011

Dejan Milojicic, IEEE Fellow shared his opinion with Communications Weekly stating that mobile services will become the dominant force on the web. 

No Energy Crisis in China if Renewable Energy to Be Used Sufficiently (Chinese Version) (PDF, 1.69)
Electric Power, China
September 2011

Lu Qiang, IEEE Fellow, academician of CAS, discusses the future of energy consumption and the importance for highly populated countries like China to utilize multiple energy sources to avoid any potential energy crisis.
 
Multimedia Cloud Computing (Chinese Version) (PDF, 1.45 MB)
Electronic Engineering & Product World (EEPW), China
September 2011

Mr. Zhu Wenwu, IEEE Fellow, shares his viewpoints on the technology development, and future trends and applications of multimedia cloud computing.