Monthly Archives: November 2011

IEEE-SA Group Dedicated to Helping Stop eCrime

By Admin in Announcements, IEEE-SA Programs & Services, Inside the IEEE-SA on 11/29/2011 Comments closed
The IEEE-SA’s Industry Connections Security Group (ICSG),  is dedicated to helping promote collaboration and information sharing across the IT security industry and is open to participation.  To date, the ICSG has worked to form the following Groups to help address common issues in the IT security arena: ICSG Malware Group The group’s goal is to [...]

Environmental Assessment Standards Committee Seeks New Members

By Admin in Announcements, Job Opportunities, Standards Development Process on 11/23/2011 Comments closed
The Environmental Assessment of Standards Committee (EASC) is seeking new member nominees. Ideal candidates must be active in IEEE, be familiar with IEEE processes, and meet the outlined criteria. The EASC is realigning its membership to ensure a balance of stakeholder perspectives in the committee, and to fill recent vacancies. The EASC would like to [...]

What Happens When Standards Have Errors

By Admin in Inside the IEEE-SA, Standards Development Process, Training & Education on 11/21/2011 Comments closed
Sometimes a standard may need a technical or editorial correction to be made. IEEE accommodates these needs using a Corrigenda or an Errata Sheet. Corrigenda corrects a technical error, as well as a semantic error. Since they are correcting technical errors, Corrigenda do need a PAR and go through a consensus ballot. Errata sheets are [...]

IEEE Standards Workshop Planned in India

By Admin in Announcements, Inside the IEEE-SA, International Collaboration on 11/15/2011 Comments closed
In anticipation of the related experiences and opportunities, IEEE-SA is pleased to confirm its inaugural participation in INDICON 2011 next month in Hyderabad, India. INDICON is an annual IEEE event that is hosted by different IEEE Sections throughout India. This year’s theme of “Engineering Sustainable Solutions” resonates not only with the mission of the IEEE-SA [...]

Insightful Reads – 10 November 2011

By Admin in Inside the IEEE-SA on 11/10/2011 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. Coordinating the Smart Grid’s New Phase of Global Implementation – By W. Charlton Adams Jr., IEEE-SA, discusses the third phase of the smart grid movement -  implementation. Q&A With IEEE’s Dr. W. Charlton [...]

IEEE Members Receive Prestigious Awards

By Admin in Announcements on 11/07/2011 Comments closed
IEEE SENIOR MEMBER NAMED WINNER OF 2011 TECHAMERICA INNOVATOR AWARD FOR GREEN TECH Wael William Diab, a senior member of IEEE,  was recognized for his leadership in developing Broadcom’s Energy Efficient Networking (EEN) solutions and helping to reduce global carbon footprint at the 53rd Annual David Packard Medal of Achievement and Innovator Awards on October [...]