Proceedings of the IEEE Centennial Special Issue

Welcome to Our Centennial Celebration Issue! by R. J. Trew (PDF, 81 KB) 

Scanning the Proceedings for History by G. W. Day (PDF, 83 KB)

Centennial Special Issue by Managing Editor (PDF, 112 KB)
 

The issue starts with a series of articles attempting to set the stage with some reflections based on predictive essays that were published 50 years ago in a special 50th anniversary issue published. The first article in this series is by Proceedings Editorial Board Member, Joel Trussell, who coordinated the collection of the additional five articles that follow his own.

Overview for Reflections and Reviews of Past Predictions by H. J. Trusell (PDF, 258 KB)

Back to the Future—1962 Redux by R. Lucky (PDF, 175 KB)

Like Being There by J. L. Flanagan (PDF, 174 (KB)

To Learn About Nature Look to Nature Itself by E. R. Lewis (PDF, 154 KB)

Computational Social Systems by E. E. Santos (PDF, 126 KB)

Research Funding and the Proceedings of the IEEE Centennial by R. J. Trew (PDF, 183 KB)
 

In the next article, a former Proceedings Editorial Board member, Peter Cochrane, makes a few predictions regarding the future.

100 Years in the Past and 100 Years in The Future by P. Cochrane (PDF, 225 KB)

The following 19 sections in the issue deal with the general topics selected for this Centennial Special Issue. Each section is introduced by a Section Prolog to describe the contents of the section and provide some additional information to the reader.

1. cyber-physical systems;
2. electric power and energy engineering;
3. engineering education;
4. entertainment technologies;
5. hardware/software co-design; 
6. mass storage and data retrieval;
7. materials for electronics, photonics & energy storage;
8. medical devices and electronics;
9. neurotechnological systems: the brain-computer interface;
10. optics and photonics;
11. personal and home electronics;
12. privacy and cybersecurity;
13. radio spectrum access;
14. the search for life: SETI;
15. science and engineering beyond Moore's Law;
16. social implications of technology;
17. space exploration and science;
18. transportation and navigation technology;
19. wireless communications technology.

The issue also includes an article which discusses the style and contents of this journal.

A Centennial Review of Style and Contents in the Proceedings of the IEEE by H. Sales (PDF, 864 KB)

James E. Brittain, Associate Editor of History, was invited to close out the centennial special issue by contributing an essay about his personal perspectives and experiences as it related to the importance of history at the IEEE.

Scanning My Past: Some Personal Reflections Stimulated by the Proceedings Centennial by J. E. Brittain (PDF, 376 KB)