An index of 2020 news releases that were posted during the year.

2020 news releases

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, 5G, and IoT will be the Most Important Technologies in 2021, According to New IEEE Study
19 November 2020

IEEE the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for humanity, today released the results of a survey of Chief Information Officers (CIOs) and Chief Technology Officers (CTOs) in the U.S., U.K., China, India, and Brazil regarding the most important technologies for 2021 overall, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the speed of their technology adoption and the industries expected to be most impacted by technology in the year ahead. 

IEEE Unveils ‘Generation AI 2020: Health, Wellness, and Technology in a Post-COVID World’
26 October 2020

IEEE, the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for humanity, today unveiled "Generation AI 2020: Health, Wellness, and Technology in a Post-COVID World."

IEEE Members Elect K. J. Ray Liu as 2021 IEEE President-Elect
12 October 2020

K. J. Ray Liu, IEEE Fellow, was elected as the 2021 IEEE President-Elect.

IEEE Shares Global Findings for the Power and Energy Industry in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
28 May 2020

IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for humanity, is committed to supporting a global response to COVID-19. A freely available new IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) white paper titled "Sharing Knowledge on Electrical Energy Industry’s First Response to COVID-19" draws upon input from global energy industry stakeholders in an effort to share insights to assist utilities and operators meet emerging challenges.

IEEE and the University of Illinois Begin Open Access Agreement
13 May 2020

IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for humanity, today announced it has entered an Open Access Read and Publish agreement with the University of Illinois, one of the leading institutions for engineering research.  

IEEE Provides Free Access to COVID-19 Relevant Research Articles and Standards in IEEE Xplore® Digital Library
7 April 2020

IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional organization advancing technology for humanity, is committed to supporting the global response to COVID-19. The organization is providing free, direct access to a collection of various COVID-19 related research articles and standards to help researchers understand, manage and combat the different aspects of the pandemic.  

Message from IEEE on coronavirus COVID-19
16 March 2020

As you are aware, last week the World Health Organization officially declared the novel coronavirus COVID-19 a pandemic. This global health crisis is a unique challenge that has impacted many members of the IEEE family. We would like to express our concern and support for all the members of the IEEE community, our staff, our families, and all others affected by this outbreak.

IEEE Future Networks Releases the International Network Generations Roadmap, Helping Developers Identify and Overcome Challenges of 5G and Future Network Deployment
25 February 2020

IEEE, the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for humanity, and the IEEE Future Networks Initiative today announced the release of the IEEE International Network Generations Roadmap (INGR), First Edition.

IEEE Introduces TechRxiv™, a New Preprint Server for Unpublished Research
29 January 2020

IEEE, the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for humanity, announces the launch of TechRxiv.org, a preprint server for the global technology community.

IoT Community and IEEE Announce Collaboration to Accelerate Global Adoption of Industrial Internet of Things
23 January 2020

The Internet of Things Community® (IoT Community®), the world’s largest and longest standing global independent IoT thought leadership community and the IEEE IoT Initiative today announced a series of collaborative activities to help accelerate the digital transformation of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and to speed the development of IoT for broader adoption across enterprise and industrial sectors.