Monthly Archives: October 2011

IEC-IEEE Challenge -How Does Electrotechnology Impact Economic, Social and Environmental Development?

By Admin in Announcements, IEEE-SA Programs & Services, Training & Education on 10/31/2011 Comments closed
There have been more inventions during the past 100 years than in all of the previous history of mankind. This unprecedented technological advancement influences global trade and the environment, and brings social changes at national, regional and international levels. Electrical, electronic and related technologies – collectively known as electrotechnology – impact people’s comfort and standard [...]

IEEE Standards Used in Your Everyday Life

By Admin in Inside the IEEE-SA, Standards at Work on 10/29/2011 Comments closed
Technology standards ensure that products and services perform as intended. They also foster interoperability, create uniform design, installation and testing methods, protect users and their environment and improve the quality of life of countless communities and individuals worldwide. IEEE-SA is a central source of standards in traditional and emerging technologies, particularly in telecommunications, information technology [...]

How Standards Are Made – The IEEE-SA Process

By Admin in Inside the IEEE-SA on 10/24/2011 Comments closed
The process of developing a standard is typically facilitated by a Standards Development Organization (SDO), which adheres to fair and equitable processes that ensure the highest quality outputs and reinforce the market relevance of standards. SDOs such as IEEE, IEC, ISO, and others offer time-tested platforms, rules, governance, methodologies and even facilitation services that objectively [...]

Virtual Environments – A Thriving Ecosystem

By Admin in Announcements, IEEE-SA Programs & Services, Inside the IEEE-SA, International Collaboration, Training & Education on 10/20/2011 Comments closed
What we now think of as cinema, games, virtual environments, augmented reality, interactive TV, and immersive simulations are combining in new ways. As computing and network power increase over the next decades, interacting with synthetic or mixed environments will force these currently separate arenas to come together in new ways, ultimately driven by consumer demand. [...]

Insightful Reads – October 2011

By Admin in Inside the IEEE-SA on 10/17/2011 Comments closed
Here’s a list of interesting standards-related articles that have crossed our desktops.  We thought they were worth sharing and hope you enjoy. Q&A with IEEE’s Dick DeBlasio - Dick DeBlasio discusses IEEE 2030, Smart Grid Standard Flame Resistant Clothing Specification Improves Safety – Explains the importance of clothing  and electrical safety and how the NESC protects [...]

Collaboration to Perform, Educate and Promote Power System Testing

By Admin in Announcements on 10/12/2011 Comments closed
MoU Signed to Develop Conformance Framework for Syncrophasors The IEEE Conformity Assessment Program (ICAP) and Washington State University Laboratory through its smart Grid Demonstration and Research Investigation lab (SGDRIL), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop and implement a standards-based, Smart Grid related test program. The program focuses on IEEE C37.118(TM) syncrophasor performance, [...]

New Working Group: Stop eCrime Open Recruitment

By Admin in Announcements, Inside the IEEE-SA, International Collaboration, Standards at Work, Standards Development Process on 10/10/2011 Comments closed
The IEEE-SA’s Industry Connections Security Group (ICSG), is dedicated to promoting collaboraton and information sharing across the IT security industry and is open to participation. To date, the ICSG has worked to form the following Working Groups to address common issues in the IT security arena: ICSG Malware Working Group The group’s goal is to [...]