• Institute of Electrical & Electronics engineers.• Headquartered in New York City.• The world’s largest technical professional society, with a worldwide membership of more than 375,000 electrical, electronics, computer engineers and computer scientists in Approximately 160 countries.

BACKGROUND & HISTORY

• 1884: The American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) is founded.

• Radio, a new electrical technology, arose in the first decade of the twentieth century.

• Formation of the IRE, 1912.• On January 1, 1963, the IEEE was born with

150,000 members, 140,000 of whom were in the United States.

IEEE STANDARDS ASSOCIATION

• World’s largest professional organization committed to the advancement of technological innovation and excellence to benefit all of humanity.

• This association has developed thousands of standards to provide a basis for regulation and remove barriers for development.

EXAMPLES

• IEEE Information Technology Standards• IEEE Power and Energy Standards• IEEE Telecommunications Standards• IEEE Nuclear Engineering Standards• IEEE Power Switchgear Standards• IEEE Power Transmission and Distribution

Standards• IEEE Software Engineering Standards

IEEE MEMBERSHIP

• The organization's wide scope of interests has attracted people in other disciplines as well (e.g., computer science, mechanical and civil engineering) as well as biologists, physicists, and mathematicians.

• An individual can join the IEEE as a student member, professional member, or associate member.

• The individual must fullfil certain academic or professional criteria and abide to the code of ethics and bylaws of the organization.

CATEGORIES OF IEEE MEMBERSHIP

• Student members.• Members.• Society Affiliates.• Senior members.• Fellow members.• Honorary members.• Life members.

IEEE CODES OF ETHICS

1. To accept responsibility in making decisions consistent with the safety, health, and welfare of the public, and to disclose promptly factors that might endanger the public or the environment.

2. to be honest and realistic in stating claims or estimates based on available data.

3. to reject bribery in all its forms.

IEEE CODES OF ETHICS

4. To seek, accept, and offer honest criticism of technical work, to acknowledge and correct errors, and to credit properly the contributions of others

5. To avoid injuring others, their property, reputation, or employment by false or malicious action.

6. To assist colleagues and co-workers in their professional development and to support them in following this code of ethics.