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The notable IEEE members below have a lot of good things to say about the value of IEEE membership: how it can help your career, sharpen your research, and expand your professional network in your field.
Dr. Vinton Cerf
IEEE Fellow
Vice President & Chief Evangelist, Google
Received the Draper Prize for development of the Internet with IEEE members Leonard Kleinrock, Robert Kahn and Dr. Lawrence Roberts
“It’s the interaction among people, the side conversations, and the chatting in front of a whiteboard that makes IEEE so valuable.”
Dr. Paul Gray
IEEE Life Fellow
Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost
University of California at Berkeley
“I joined IEEE because of IEEE’s journals and important opportunities they offer. In fact, I had my first paper published when I was an IEEE student member.”
Dr. Deborah Frincke
Senior IEEE Member
Chief Scientist for Cybersecurity Research
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
“To make lasting contributions to a discipline, you really need to have an organization like IEEE behind you.”
Photo credit: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Megha Basu
IEEE Graduate Student Member
Cornell 2010
“The two important factors of being an engineer are staying up with cutting-edge technologies and networking. What I think IEEE provides is the best combination of both worlds.”
Dr. Lawrence Roberts
IEEE Member
Founder and current Chairman of Anagram, Inc.
Received the Draper Prize for development of the Internet with IEEE members Leonard Kleinrock, Robert Kahn and Dr. Vinton Cerf
“As a member of IEEE, I find it is an invaluable source of information and conduit for discussion.”
Elizabeth Plowman
IEEE Graduate Student Member
Drexel University
“I joined IEEE because innovation does not happen in a vacuum. You can have the smartest people in the world, but without collaboration the technology is not going to go anywhere.”
Dr. Victor Lawrence
IEEE Fellow
Bachelor Chair Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Stevens Institute of Technology
“IEEE encourages professional learning through its international conferences, workshops, short courses and publications.”
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