November 2013

This month's featured IEEE News source is IEEE Spark. IEEE Spark is an online publication intended to inspire students ages 14-18 to learn more about engineering, technology, and computing, and raise excitement about careers in these disciplines.

IEEE Spark features articles on technological innovation, university preparation tips, professional career profiles, at-home activities, comics, and more! IEEE Spark is brought to you by IEEE with generous funding from the IEEE New Initiatives Committee.

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All new higher-grade IEEE members are invited to participate in a New Member Orientation session designed to help members get the most out of their membership.

These live webinars, which include a 30-minute formal presentation followed by Q&A, provide an overview of IEEE membership and access instructions for members-only benefits and services. Topics include managing your IEEE Account, setting up a profile on memberNet, logging into myIEEE, networking opportunities, and much more.

IEEE has recently launched a new mentoring service called IEEE MentorCentre.

This product allows individuals seeking a professional mentoring partnership to identify potential mentors based upon their specialized area of practice, level of experience, Societal affiliation, or a number of other factors. Similarly, those willing to give back to the profession can register as a mentor. This new service replaces the Mentoring Connection product formerly offered to IEEE members.

The IEEE Signal Processing Society welcomes proposals from prospective organizers of 2014 summer schools under the S3P (Seasonal Schools in Signal Processing) Program.

S3P seasonal schools are typically either summer schools or winter schools, and are geared towards providing graduate students, early stage researchers, and practitioners with background on selected topics in signal processing.

Nominations are due 31 January annually for the IEEE Technical Field Awards (TFAs).

The IEEE Information Theory Society Thomas M. Cover Dissertation Award, established in 2013, is awarded annually to the author of an outstanding doctoral dissertation.

IEEE is pleased to announce the launch of a global insurance marketplace, powered by Clements Worldwide, for members based in Regions 8, 9, and 10.

Last call for student project entries for 2013 Smarter Planet Challenge: Student Projects Changing the World: deadline 1 November

Do you have an innovative solution to a real-world or humanitarian problem? Are you ready to apply your engineering and business skills in order to develop and implement your solution? Are you willing to share your knowledge and expertise so that future students can benefit and learn from your project experience? If you answered yes to these questions, the IBM/IEEE 2013 Smarter Planet Challenge is for you.

The Center for Leadership Excellence (CLE) is a learning resource aimed at meeting the self-improvement needs of professionals as well as those who are preparing to enter professional practice in the electro-technology fields served by IEEE.

All IEEE members — practitioners, students, volunteers, and non-volunteers — are encouraged to make use of CLE resources.