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CS InnovatorsIEEE Computer Society Vice President of Standards Activities and software consultant Charlene "Chuck" Walrad discusses why standards are so important. Featured StoryImproving Accuracy in Tattoo Image Retrieval
Latest NewsUCLA's Algirdas Avižienis Honored with Eckert-Mauchly
Infosys Adopts Computer Society Software CertificationsInfosys, a world leader in consulting and technology services, has adopted the IEEE Computer Society’s Certified Software Development Associate (CSDA) and Certified Software Development Professional (CSDP) certifications. Infosys will use the two credentials to enhance software development standards within the company. Read more» MATLAB Creator Cleve Moler Wins Computer Pioneer Award
In the NewsIEEE Computer Society Helps Reduce Training Costs
Student's Artificial Intelligence Project Wins 4 Awards
Remapping Computer Circuitry to Avert Bottlenecks
Seymour Cray Ushered in the Era of Supercomputers
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Whether for passports, credit cards, laptops, or mobile phones, automated methods of identifying citizens through their anatomical features or behavioral traits have become a common feature of modern life. Tattoo images, are routinely collected by law enforcement agencies and used in apprehending criminals and identifying suspects. However, the current practice of tattoo matching and retrieval, based on ANSI/NIST classes, is error-prone due to limited vocabulary and labeling. 
Algirdas Avižienis of the University of California, Los Angeles will receive the 2012 Eckert-Mauchly Award for fundamental contributions to fault-tolerant computer architecture and computer arithmetic. His conceptual designs led to construction of the Self-Testing and Repairing (STAR) computer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology. 
Have you heard of MATLAB? Cleve Moler, creator of the popular software, is this year's Computer Pioneer Award recipient. Moler, a co-founder, chairman, and chief mathematician of 
Providing training and development programs to employees is an essential part of any successful business, but the investment can be pricey. It costs about US $1000 a year to train an employee, according to the American Society for Training and Development. To help companies get a handle on such costs, the IEEE Computer Society has launched two programs. The Corporate Affiliate Program (CAP) gives employees free access to the society’s thousands of online courses, hundreds of digital books, dozens of proficiency exams, and discounts on other products. The training webinars program offers companies custom online courses produced by the society. 
Romanian high school student Ionu? Alexandru Budi?teanu won four prizes at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair with an artificial intelligence project designed to help the visually impaired to ‘see’ with their tongue. The purpose of this project is to create a low-cost device to help blind people, who once were able to see and have memorized the shape of objects. He won the IEEE Computer Society prize, the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) prize, the IEEE Foundation Presidents’ Scholarship Award and the IEEE Foundation Prize, in total some USD 14,000. 
In an article published in Computer, Parthasarathy Ranganathan, a Hewlett-Packard electrical engineer, offers a radical alternative to today’s computer designs that would permit new designs for consumer electronics products as well as the next generation of supercomputers, known as exascale processors. IEEE Computer Society seeks nominees for the position of IEEE Division V Delegate-Director-elect. 
When supercomputer pioneer Seymour Cray set his mind on designing more powerful machines, he eliminated distractions. Cray (1925-96) often worked late at night when no one was around to bother him. He avoided company meetings, public relations and chitchat, all of which he felt were a waste of time and energy. He even turned down an invitation from the White House.