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Tomash Computing Library Now Online

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

Francine Berman Named Kennedy Award Winner

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 

Car and Parrinello Named 2009 Fernbach Winners

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 

Seymour Cray Award Goes to NII’s Kenichi Miura

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  

AMD Team Wins ITC Best Paper Award

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

New Student Design Competition Launched

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, CS to Create Professional Software Engineering Exam

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 Open for International Test Conference

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

CSDP Exam Refresh in Full Swing

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 Advance to Profession

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 

Citation Rates Surge for Computer Society Publications

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

Computer Society to Refresh SWEBOK Guide

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

IEEE Computer Society Launches Corporate Initiative

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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