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Attend the 15 March Webinar on Continuous Integration for Agile Embedded Development

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Hear more about CI for agile embedded development and register for this free IEEE Computer Society webinar at 11 a.m. PST/2 p.m. EST/18:00 GMT on 15 March. Read more

Innovation and Tech Transfer Experts to Speak at RSA IEEE Security & Privacy Panel

17 February, 2012

A distinguished panel of innovators and entrepreneurs from government and private industry will discuss how they make technology transfer work at IEEE Security & Privacy magazine’s panel at RSA Conference 2012. Also, be sure to visit IEEE Computer Society staff and editors in Booth #2633 throughout the conference. Read more

IEEE Division VIII Director-Elect Candidates Named

7 February, 2012

The IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors has selected James D. Isaak and Susan K. (Kathy) Land as IEEE Division VIII Director-Elect nominees. Read more

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Beng Chin Ooi Receives 2012 Kanai Award

30 January, 2012

Beng Chin Ooi, National University of Singapore computer science professor and editor in chief of IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, has been named winner of the IEEE Computer Society’s 2012 Tsutomu Kanai Award. Read more

CS Webinars Help Lockheed Martin Cut Training Costs

16 January, 2012

The IEEE Computer Society has signed an agreement to produce 20 webinars for Lockheed Martin Corp. through an innovative program that allows companies to meet employee training goals at a reasonable cost. Read more

Winners Announced in TryComputing.org Lesson Plan Contest

11 January, 2012

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New Systems Engineering Curriculum Ready for Review

9 January, 2012

The newest version of the Graduate Reference Curriculum for Systems Engineering is now available for review. Read more

IEEE Software Magazine to Sponsor “Computing: The Human Experience”

23 December 2011

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Paul Croll Awarded 2012 Hans Karlsson Award

20 December, 2011

IEEE Computer Society Vice President for Technical and Conference Activities Paul Croll has been named the 2012 recipient of the Hans Karlsson Award, which commemorates achievement in computer standards. Read more

 

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GenProg: A Generic Method for Automatic Software Repair

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Server-Side Streaming Processing of WS-Security

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Electures-Wiki—Toward Engaging Students to Actively Work with Lecture Recordings

From the October-December 2011 issue of IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies

Heterogeneity in "Homogeneous" Warehouse-Scale Computers: A Performance Opportunity

From the July-December 2011 issue of Computer Architecture Letters

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Technology Transfer: A Software Security Marketplace Case Study

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Discovery, Innovation, and Creativity: The Core of Computing

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For bank robbery, we spend more on prevention than we lose; for cybercrime, the reverse is true. How can we increase the effort on cybersecurity so that the situation improves?

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Society Publications Seek Editors in Chief for 2013-2014 Terms

The IEEE Computer Society seeks applicants for the position of editor in chief, serving two-year terms starting 1 January 2013.

Prospective candidates are asked to provide (as PDF files), by 1 March 2012, a complete curriculum vitae, a brief plan for the publication’s future, and a letter of support from their institution or employer.

Calls for Papers

  • IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies seeks submissions of original research. For more information, please see the official call for papers.
  • IEEE Transactions on Haptics seeks submissions of original research. For more information, see the official call for papers.
  • IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing seeks submissions of original research. For more information, see the official call for papers.

Conference Calendar

February 25-29, 2012

HPCA 2012: IEEE International Symposium on High-Performance Computer Architecture , New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

February 28 - March 2, 2012

PACIFICVIS 2012: IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium, Songdo, Korea.

March 4-8, 2012

VR 2012: IEEE Virtual Reality, Costa Mesa, California, USA.

March 6-8, 2012

CLASS 2012: IEEE International Conference on Cloud Applications, Services, and Systems, Wuhan, China.

March 19-23, 2012

PERCOM 2012: 10th International Conference in Pervasive Computing and Communications, Lugano, Switzerland.

March 26-29, 2012

AINA 2012: IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications, Fukuoka, Japan.

March 27-30, 2012

DIGITEL 2012: IEEE International Conference On Digital Game And Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning , Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan.

March 27-30, 2012

WMUTE 2012: IEEE International Workshop On Wireless, Mobile And Ubiquitous Technology In Education, Takamatsu , Kagawa, Japan.

March 31 - April 4, 2012

CGO 2012: 2012 International Symposium on Code Generation and Optimization, San Jose, California, USA.

April 1-5, 2012

ICDE 2012: 28th IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering, Washington, DC, USA.

April 1-3, 2012

SSIAI 2012: 2012 IEEE Southwest Symposium on Image Analysis & Interpretation, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.

April 1-3, 2012

ISPASS 2012: IEEE International Symposium on Performance Analysis of Systems and Software, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.

April 11-13, 2012

ISORC 2012: IEEE International Symposium on Object / Component / Service-Oriented Real-Time Distributed Computing, Shenzhen, China.

 

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