Special Student Offer for 2010

Students can now join both IEEE and the IEEE Computer Society and get free access to the Computer Society Digital Library (CSDL) for just $40 USD.

 

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Renew your IEEE Computer Society membership today to keep enjoying access to Safari Books Online, technical and business online courses, and substantial savings on publications, products and services.

 

A New Approach to Social Computing

Social computing plays a central role in next-generation software, as well as politics, society, and culture. Computing Now's November theme examines society online.

 

Attend the Supercomputing Conference

There's still time to register for SC09 from 14-20 November in Portland. The theme of this year's annual supercomputing conference is Computing for a Changing World.

 

Designing Emotion into Computers

Jonathan Gratch, an Associate Director for Virtual Humans Research at the University of Southern California's Institute for Creative Technologies, has been named TAC's first editor in chief.


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A Biocomputing Thrust

At SC09, set for 14-20 November in Portland, learn how the acceleration of knowledge creation, a data explosion, and the interdependence of disciplines is driving biological research.

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Sorel Reisman was voted 2010 president-elect, Roger Fujii first vice president, and Jeffrey Voas second vice president in this year's IEEE Computer Society election, which saw increased turnout and greater use of online ballots.

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John Vig Presents IEEE Milestone at UCLA

 29 October, 2009

John Vig, president and CEO of IEEE, presented University of California, Los Angeles with an IEEE Milestone award for it being the location of the first Arpanet connection in 1969.
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Tomash Computing Library Now Online

 21 October, 2009

The Erwin Tomash Library, one of the most comprehensive collections of books and manuscripts on the history of computing, is now available on the IEEE Computer Society website.
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Francine Berman Named Kennedy Award Winner

20 October, 2009

The IEEE Computer Society and the Association for Computing Machinery will jointly present the inaugural Ken Kennedy Award to Francine Berman for her leadership in building national-scale cyberinfrastructure.
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CS to Participate in UCLA Internet Anniversary

19 October, 2009

The IEEE Computer Society will participate in the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science’s 40th anniversary of the Internet on 29 October.

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Stephen Seidman Elected CSAB President

16 October, 2009

Stephen B. Seidman, the IEEE Computer Society’s Representative Director, has been named president of CSAB.
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Varanasi and Jones Named CSAB Fellows

16 October, 2009

Murali R. Varanasi and Lawrence G. Jones have been named CSAB Fellows for their outstanding contributions to the computing profession and computing education.
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Car and Parrinello Named 2009 Fernbach Winners

 15 October, 2009

Roberto Car and Michele Parrinello, developers of the Car Parrinello Molecular Dynamics (CPMD) approach, are joint recipients of the 2009 Sidney Fernbach Award.
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Seymour Cray Award Goes to NII’s Kenichi Miura

15 October, 2009

Kenichi Miura, a professor at the National Institute of Informatics, is the 2009 winner of the IEEE Computer Society’s prestigious Seymour Cray Computer Engineering Award.
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Nominations for Software Process, Theory Awards Due

13 October, 2009

The deadlines are approaching to nominate individuals for the Software Process Achievement, Richard E. Merwin, and Harlan D. Mills awards.
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Sorel Reisman Voted 2010 President-Elect

12 October, 2009

Sorel Reisman was voted 2010 president-elect, Roger Fujii first vice president, and Jeffrey Voas second vice president in this year’s IEEE Computer Society election, which saw increased turnout and higher popularity of online ballots.
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Computer Magazine Now Available in Print or Digital

9 October, 2009

Computer magazine, the IEEE Computer Society’s flagship magazine, is now available to renewing members in print or digital formats.
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Nominate a Volunteer for a Service Award

9 October, 2009

Nominate a deserving volunteer for an IEEE Computer Society higher-level service award to show appreciation for their contributions.
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Computing Now November Theme: Society Online | New Magazine Articles | New Journal Articles

Computing Now November Theme: Society Online

Social computing plays a central role in next-generation software, community-based decision making, and analyzing how technology affects politics, society, and culture.

The Use of Mobile Social Presence

Five studies explore how automated context sharing via mobile phones can affect communication, creating rich, new experiences and increasing feelings of social presence.

The Evolution of Online Identity

When we can send and receive proven identity claims over the Web, we’ll be better able to engage safely in personal and commercial transactions.

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New Magazine Articles:

Managing the Security Wall of Data

Mike Howard of Microsoft shows he manages his time and how you can be more effective as a security person.

Virtual Senses

Take a look at new products that explore different facets of our senses.

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New Journal Articles:

A Systematic Survey of Program Comprehension through Dynamic Analysis

From the September-October 2009 issue of IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Message from the Editor in Chief

From the October-December 2009 issue of IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Chasing the Weakest System Model for Implementing Ω and Consensus

From the October-December 2009 issue of IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing

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Raise Your Standards series:
Training and Certification

The IEEE Computer Society's Certified Software Development Associate (CSDA) and Certified Software Development Professional (CSDP) programs can help advance your career.

Computing LivesComputing Lives podcast series:
On the Arpanet

Thirty years after Douglas Engelbart's initial demonstration, many of his pioneering visions are now commonly found in personal computers and the World Wide Web.

Top TakesTop Takes podcast: The Economics of Architecture-First

The architect, either as an individual, a role, or a team, lovingly crafts, grows, and governs that architecture as it emerges from the thousands of individual design decisions of which it's composed.

Dejan MilojicicTrend Wars video:
Cloud Computing

Computing Now editor Dejan Milojicic explores cloud computing's promise and challenges with HP's Russ Daniels and eBay's Franco Travostino.

Board of Governors Events | Calls For Papers | Conference Calendar

IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors Events

November 16 - 17, 2009

Executive Committee Meeting and Third Board of Governors Meeting, Hyatt Regency, New Brunswick, NJ, USA (IEEE Mtgs: 17-22 November 2009) Monday, 16 November: FinCom Meeting 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m., BoG Caucus: 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., ExCom Meeting, 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, 17 November: BoG Meeting 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Calls for Papers

  • 2010 Computing Professionals Conference Call for Participation
    CP2010 conference seeks to create an interactive forum for computing-related practitioners, educators, standards developers, regulatory organizations, industrial users, and researchers to share their expertise and knowledge in discussions of professional strength strategies for succeeding in a rapidly changing technical, economic, and social environment.
    The Conference provides an opportunity for Computing Professionals to engage and interact to stretch their professional perspectives, learn what works now, and bring added value to themselves as professionals and their organizations.
    The Conference format will consist of invited keynote presentations, presentations by leading experts, workshops, panels, open mike sessions, surveys and special interest round tables to allow exchange of innovative concepts, ideas, applications, feedback and lessons learned.
    For more information, visit http://computingprofessionals.org or call 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.

Conference Calendar


November 14 - 20, 2009

SC 2009. International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis, Portland, Oregon, USA.

November 23 - 26, 2009

ATS 2009. Asian Test Symposium, Taichung, Taiwan.

December 6 - 9, 2009

ICDM 2009. International Conference on Data Mining, Miami, Florida, USA.

December 7 - 10, 2009

WVM 2009. Winter Vision Meetings, Snowbird, Utah, USA.

 

 


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