Winning the Region 8 Chapter of the Year Award in 2020
One new award was introduced this year, to appreciate the efforts of running virtually activities The IEEE cares for its members and caters for a variety of interests. The IEEE has 39 different global technical Societies and each Society focuses on a specific technical domain,…
Space Shuttle Challenger: Mission STS-51-L. An Engineer’s view to the disaster
A full-length interview with Burton Dicht, the Director of Student & Academic Education Programs for the IEEE. A mechanical engineer with experience in the aerospace industry, designing aircrafts. A very interesting documentary was released lately by Netflix, called Challenger: The Final Flight. This documentary focuses…
IEEE Region 8 Industrial Bootcamp: where business skills meet technical expertise
Due to the worldwide health crisis, the Bootcamp had to be postponed to September 2020, from its first originally scheduled date. Region 8 Industrial Bootcamp was the winning idea at the University Activities Category of the Acceleration Contest 2019 of IEEE Region 8 Professional and…
New Volunteering Opportunities Available for Members in Europe, Middle East, and Africa
Piscataway, NJ, USA 12 October 2020 – IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for humanity, has created new volunteer opportunities for IEEE Collabratec, the organization’s community and collaboration platform. According to John Day, IEEE Director of Member Products & Programs,…
IEEE Day Badge now available on IEEE Collabratec
The badge will be available throughout the month of October. Plus, discover special IEEE Day Offers IEEE Day is right at the corner for 2020, and today one new badge on IEEE Collabratec is launched to enhance even more the excitement for this different IEEE…
A different IEEE Day 2020
Leveraging Technology for a Better Tomorrow IEEE Day is celebrated every year on the first Tuesday of October. For 2020 this is happening on October 6th. During this day we celebrate the first gathering in history when engineers worldwide and IEEE members gathered to share…
How Estonia’s Management of Legacy IT Has Helped It Weather the Pandemic
While the rest of the world struggled to shift work and school online, Estonia was already there In “The Hidden World of IT Legacy Systems,” I describe how the Covid-19 pandemic spotlighted the problems legacy IT systems pose for companies, and how they especially affect governments….
IEEE Region 8 Virtual Student & Young Professionals Congress 2020
IEEE R8 Virtual Student & Young Professionals Congress will be held from 14th to 26th of September 2020 in a hybrid format with 3 hours of daily content. The IEEE Region 8 SYP Congress is an event of great tradition and perhaps the most expected…
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