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Full form of IEEE: Here, we are going to learn about the IEEE, full form of IEEE, overview, history, head office, IEEE standards, IEEE growth and globalization, etc. By Anushree Goswami Last updated : April 4, 2024

IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IEEE is an abbreviation of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. It is the largest association of technical professionals in the world who are devoted and committed to progressing innovation and technological brilliance for the advantage of humanity. This association of technical professionals is created to put up industry principles, serve professionals comprised in every phase of the electrical, electronic and computing field. It also arranges and manages conferences and offers a platform for publication of researches and works. IEEE contains around 1,000 employees to assist in its activities. The Executive Director and senior executives are part of the Management Council. The council administers the IEEE staff functions. As of January 2019, José M. F. Moura is the President and CEO of IEEE. According to 2018 reports, Toshio Fukuda is elected for the 2020 presidency.

Following mentioned below are the fields in which IEEE focuses,

• Electrical Engineering
• Electronics & Communication Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Information Technology

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IEEE History

• In 1963, IEEE was established by the union of the two institutes, in which the first one is the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE) and the second one is the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE).
• In 1912, the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE) was established and in 1884 AIEE was established. In the early days of foundation, it contained 150,000 members, in which 140,000 members were from the United States. At the present time, it contains 420000 members in 160 countries with 44.5 percent outside of the United States.

IEEE Head office

The head office of IEEE is situated in New York in United States of America.

IEEE Standards

• 802 - LAN/MAN
• 802.1 - Media access control (MAC)
• 802.2 - Logical Link Control (LLC)
• 802.3 - Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD).
• 802.11 - Wireless Networking "Wi-Fi"

IEEE Growth and Globalization

• Under IEEE, the technologies which are consisted of are incessantly reached across the world and reached into very significant areas of people's lives.
• By the beginning of the 21st century, according to reports, IEEE provided services to its members and their interests with 38 Societies; 130 journals, transactions and magazines; more than 300 conferences annually; and 900 active standards.

IEEE Important points

• The pronunciation of IEEE is Eye Triple E.
• It is a non-profit technical professional association.
• It works to offer benefits to Humanity.
• It is highly recognized for developing standards for the computer and electronics industry.