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IEEE Future Directions is your resource to emerging technologies within IEEE. The team has identified specific technologies as primary focus areas and has established them as formal initiatives to engage IEEE and the general public. For each initiative, you can find a wealth of knowledge, resources, and opportunities to participate. Visit each featured portal for access to upcoming conferences, news articles, technical papers, related standards, professional organizations, and academic programs.

2015 Member-Driven Initiatives – Funding Available

Overview The Board of Governors of the IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) has allocated $40,000 for Member-Driven Initiatives for the 2015 calendar year. The funding is open to all Signal Processing Society members, Chapters and Committees. However, all proposals must include the involvement of the local Chapter. Allocation of funds will be competitive. Access the application here.

vTools release announcement: Usability and interface enhancements

The IEEE MGA vTools team is happy to announce successful new releases for the following vTools applications:

Request for proposals: Humanitarian projects: deadline 30 September

The IEEE Humanitarian Ad Hoc Committee (HAHC) is tasked with supporting the IEEE Board-endorsed vision of IEEE volunteers around the world carrying out and/or supporting impactful humanitarian activities at the local level, i.e., “feet on the ground.” HAHC is currently soliciting proposals for humanitarian projects that are aligned with this vision. The committee will review proposals and grant awards between US$20,000 and US$100,000. Project activities to be funded by the grant must be completed by the end of calendar year 2015 to be considered. The deadline is 30 September.

Geographic unit website feature: Automatic feed of officers and events available

The listing of committee members and upcoming events for geographic units is now available as a feed to IEEE geographic unit websites. There are two ways to have a website that is automatically updated:

Save the Date: IEEE Day 2015 is 6 October

IEEE Day 2015 will be held on Tuesday, 6 October. This will be the sixth anniversary of IEEE members celebrating the anniversary of the first time IEEE members gathered to share their technical ideas in 1884. Since the first IEEE Day event in 2010, the number of events worldwide has grown over 600%, from 80 to over 520! The IEEE Day team needs you to help grow this annual event even larger. This is a great opportunity for you to connect your members to IEEE on a local and global scale. Section and Chapter leadership engagement is critical to IEEE Day's success.

IEEE in 2030 Challenge seeks proposals for innovative projects: Deadline extended to 15 September

IEEE has launched the IEEE in 2030 Challenge with the goal of finding innovative, creative, and potentially disruptive approaches that will help engineers and technical professionals working in industry. The IEEE New Initiatives Committee will be awarding small seed grants (US$40,000 or less) to those projects that are selected. Applications may be submitted by one or more IEEE members or organizational units, individually or in cooperation with an IEEE staff group.

Member Discounts: International travel guide for members in Regions 8-10

There once was a time when traveling abroad seemed an exotic experience, suited for the heads of business or well-to-do families on vacation. Now traveling abroad is a way of the world. Professionals, students and families often travel several times a year for business and pleasure.

Call for Papers: TSIPN Special Issue on Inference and Learning over Networks

IEEE Women in Engineering news: Live chat series, 2016 leadership conference, virtual career fair, awards program, summits

IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) is pleased to announce some exciting upcoming events and opportunities: WIE Live Chat Series Upcoming live chats include:

“Detour: Coping When Life Doesn’t Go According to Plan,” presented by Courtney Clark - Tuesday, 18 August 2015, 10:00 a.m. ET
“How do you motivate a person (or a team) to do something hard?” presented by Tara Chklovski - Wednesday, 26 August 2015, 1:00 p.m.

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