Recent News
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. Read more
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. Read more
Roberto Car and Michele Parrinello, developers of the Car Parrinello Molecular Dynamics (CPMD) approach, are joint recipients of the 2009 Sidney Fernbach Award. Read more
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. Read more
G. Giles, J. Wang, A. Sehgal, K.J. Balakrishnan, and J. Wingfield of Advanced Micro Devices have been named recipients of the Ned Kornfield Best Paper Award, which will be presented at the IEEE Computer Society-sponsored ITC. Read more
The IEEE Computer Society is launching a new design competition for undergraduates with prizes totaling $10,000. The purpose of the competition is to promote excellence. Teams of three to five undergraduates will be invited to design a CPU simulator, a program used in many architecture courses to illustrate how computers work. Read more
IEEE-USA and the IEEE Computer Society will be working together to develop an examination requested by state licensure boards for prospective use in licensing software engineering professionals. Read more
Registration is now underway for International Test Conference, the leading forum for electronics test technology, scheduled for 1-6 November at the Austin Convention Center. Read more
The IEEE Computer Society is moving forward with the refresh of the Certified Software Development Professional examination, which will bring the credential in alignment with the 2010 refresh of the Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK) as well as current software engineering industry trends. The changes will maintain the CSDP’s standing with the ISO-IEC standard for certification programs. Read more
Software engineering needs to be developed into a bona-fide engineering profession, and certifications are an important means of achieving this, IEEE Computer Society Executive Director Angela Burgess told attendees at a session of the NASSCOM HR Summit. Burgess’ presentation during the 28-29 July meeting at Le Royal Meridian in Chennai, India, drew about 450 CEOs, senior human relations professionals, and training, industry, and academic executives. Read more
The IEEE Computer Society’s technical magazines and journals saw their influence grow significantly over the last year, with significant impact factor increases reported throughout the Society’s stable of high-quality, peer-reviewed technical publications. Read more
IEEE Computer Society volunteers are gearing up to refresh the Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK), adding new knowledge areas and revising others to align the guide with current curriculum and industry practices. Read more
The IEEE Computer Society has launched an outreach campaign called Raise Your Standards targeted at technology professionals and the corporations who hire them. The initiative’s message will be communicated via nine video vignettes on You Tube, MySpace, and SecondLife, as well as via http://raiseyourstandards.org and a DVD distributed at conferences and tradeshows. Read more
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