IEEE Computer Society is an organizational unit of the IEEE, which was established in 1963 when the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) and the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE) merged to create the IEEE. At the time of the merger, the AIEE?s Subcommittee on Large-Scale Computing (established 1946) merged with the IRE?s Technical Committee on Electronic Computers (established 1948) to create the IEEE Computer Group. The group became the IEEE Computer Society in 1971.

Role in IEEE

IEEE Computer Society Headquarters Office in Washington, DC

In the hierarchy of IEEE, the Computer Society is one of nearly 40 technical societies organized under the IEEE?s Technical Activities Board. However due to its size (about 85,000 members and affiliates) and scope of activities, the Computer Society enjoys unusual status. It has two voting members on the 31-member IEEE Board of Directors; it is represented on the IEEE?s Executive Committee; and it runs many of its publications, conferences, and membership recruiting efforts with a somewhat greater degree of autonomy than other societies and organizational units within IEEE.

Vision and goals

The Computer Society declares itself ?dedicated to advancing the theory, practice, and application of computer and information processing technology.? It strives ?to be the leading provider of technical information and services to the world's computing professionals?

Main activities

IEEE Computer Society Publications Office - Los Alamitos, CA

Relations with other professional associations

The IEEE Computer Society faces competition from professional associations in the general areas of computer science and information technology. On the computer science side, the main organization outside the IEEE is the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), although the ACM and Computer Society cooperate in several joint publications and conferences. In the area of information technology, the Computer Society competition comes mainly from several commercial trade shows, as well as several popular publications, mostly on-line. Some of these publications are more focused on applications and commercial equipment than the peer-reviewed Computer Society magazines and journals. The IEEE Computer Society also faces some internal competition from other societies within IEEE whose fields of interest intersect with those of the Computer Society.

Notable leaders

Notable leaders of the IEEE Computer Society (and its predecessor IRE and AIEE committees) include Charles Concordia, W.H. MacWilliams, Morton Astrahan, Edward McCluskey and Albert Hoagland.

IEEE Computer Society Awards

The IEEE Computer Society recognizes outstanding work by computer professionals who advance the field through exceptional technical achievement and service to the profession and to the society. Awards are offered in the following categories: Technical Awards, Education Awards, Service Awards, Certificate of Appreciation and Golden Core Awards.

Publications

A complete list of IEEE Computer Society publications is available from the Computer Society Digital Library. The Computer Society also maintains the Computing Now portal site, which provides access to periodical content.

See also

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Association for Computing Machinery
• Australian Computer Society
• British Computer Society
• Canadian Information Processing Society
• New Zealand Computer Society
• Association of Information Technology Professionals

Further reading

• Smith, Merlin G.: IEEE Computer Society: Four Decades of Service, Computer, 24(9):6–12, September 1991.

External links

• For more information about the IEEE Computer Society, see www.computer.org.
• An Interview with Charles Concordia.
• IEEE Computer Society Awards.

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