Beyond Standards Blog

Common Purpose, Different Paths: Stories of IEEE Standards Developers

From Wi-Fi to electric vehicles (EVs), and medical devices to smart grid, IEEE has nearly 1,200 active standards and 1,000 standards under development. Behind IEEE’s leadership in standards development and related collaboration around the world are the volunteers who share a common commitment to fostering technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity.

5 Ways Technology Standards Can Help You In Your Career

Jeffry Handal, an IEEE volunteer, credits his knowledge of standards with helping him land his job at Cisco Systems Inc. During the technical screening part of the application process, he was able to refer to standards when answering multiple technical questions, which helped him stand out from other job applicants.

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IEEE SA News

Guest Contributor21 June 2022

Setting the Standard for Future Remote Patient Monitoring and Telehealth Solutions

Highlights Reimbursements to healthcare providers and patient access and familiarity with RPM technology were among the most important factors for telehealth deployment.Creating robust standards for disparate system interoperability is needed to make RPM clinically viable with data collection and transmission. In May 2022, at the annual American Telehealth Association (ATA)…
IEEE SA News

Purva Rajkotia14 June 2022

Building Human-Centric Cyber Security into Next-Generation Connected Systems

Highlights Ballooning numbers and types of cyber security threats are putting organizations and individuals at risk and eroding trust in today’s digital architectures.IEEE SA launched an Industry Connections activity. It focuses on decentralized, distributed, and heterogeneous systems; cyber security needs for special use cases; and new and developing technologies. Digital…
Technology

IEEE Standards Association (IEEE SA)6 June 2022

Ethical Considerations of Extended Reality (XR)

Highlights As XR allows users to see the world in new ways, the autonomous and intelligent systems enabling this emergent field also raise ethical questions about the collection and usage of user data.IEEE SA published a series of white papers on XR ethics drawing insights from global researchers, industry professionals,…
Energy

IEEE Standards Association (IEEE SA)1 June 2022

What You Need to Know about the 2023 National Electrical Safety Code

Highlights The 2023 NESC will be released 1 August 2022 and become effective 1 February 2023. Pre-orders for the 2023 NESC are available. The updates ensure the Code remains relevant, as new technologies come into use, as well as trustworthy, as safer ways of working are realized. We welcome you…
IEEE Standards Working Groups

IEEE SA Working Groups25 May 2022

Delivering State-of-the-Art Testing Procedures for 5G Device Safety through IEC/IEEE Joint Standards

Highlights 5G mmWave is a key element of 5G technology. Within a few years, most 5G mobile devices will have mmWave capability. IEC/IEEE 63195 joint standards aim to meet advances in mobile technology and help consumers feel confident that 5G technology is matched with the highest EMF safety testing standards.…
Healthcare & Life Sciences

Maria Palombini19 May 2022

Podcast: Is AI Good for Medicine and the Patients It is Trying to Help?

Highlights We need to ask how pragmatic AI is in delivering good medicine and enhancing patient outcomes equally.This podcast series dives deep into conversations with multi-disciplinary experts about the pragmatic, responsible, and equitable use of AI in healthcare.Take a sneak peek at the topics covered in the series. New episodes…
Artificial Intelligence Systems

IEEE SA Working Groups11 May 2022

How To Make Autonomous Systems More Transparent and Trustworthy

Highlights IEEE 7001 standard describes specific, measurable levels of transparency that can be assessed objectively, and identifies compliance that can be determined during system design.IEEE 7001 complements and extends the IEEE 7000 series, which focuses on various aspects of ethics in engineering to enable societal benefit.The IEEE CertifAIEd program was…
Technology

IEEE SA Working Groups4 May 2022

Advancing Autonomous Robot Development and Adoption Through Standards

Autonomy is the ability to perform tasks without help. In the case of autonomous robots, obstacles may arise internally like an electrical short or a broken part or externally such as encountering debris. These instances can cause mission interruption or failure. Greater autonomy requires adaptive mechanisms to overcome disturbances that…
Energy

IEEE SA Working Groups26 April 2022

Addressing Grid Reliability As Renewable Energy Integration Speeds up

The trend to connect large-scale wind, solar, battery and other inverter-based resources (IBRs) to the electric power grid is accelerating. The U.S. Department of Energy estimates that solar power alone, for example, could account for as much as 40% of the nation’s annual electricity generation by 2035, although the penetration…
Connectivity & Telecom

IEEE Standards Association (IEEE SA)21 April 2022

Bringing Reliable, Universal Connectivity to Mexico

Paola Cicero was intrigued with India’s effort to understand their internet connectivity needs as part of the country’s effort to improve rural communications. As a volunteer at the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE SA) contributing to the Connectivity and Telecom Practice, she soon realized that Mexico, where she currently lives and…