Roughly half the world’s population is female, but the STEM fields don’t reflect that. The 2024 U.N. Global Education Monitoring Report on gender found that…
Continue Reading....Sarah Downs Equips NASA’s Robots With Assembly Skills
Like many engineers, Sarah Downs says she knew she wanted to pursue a STEM career from a young age. As a teenager, she discovered robotics…
Continue Reading....Fishery Satellite Surveillance Redefines Ocean Oversight
In the eastern Indian Ocean, south of Java in the vast sea stretching toward Australia, a fishing vessel slightly alters its course while operating near…
Continue Reading....Panasonic’s PV-460 Camcorder Stabilized Shaky Videos
If you grew up in the 1980s or ’90s, you likely remember shaky home video footage, taken with a handheld camcorder, of family gatherings, vacations,…
Continue Reading....IEEE Remembers Computer Scientist Peter G. Neumann
The computing community recently lost one of its enduring voices: IEEE Fellow Peter G. Neumann. The renowned computer scientist and respected risk analyst died on…
Continue Reading....STEM Needs Leaders From Every Generation at the Table
Working in isolation, especially for leaders, is rapidly becoming an outmoded idea. The modern era is defined by rapid technological advancements and increasingly complex, collaborative…
Continue Reading....IEEE’s Global Museum Brings Engineering History to You
Many IEEE members who collect historical engineering artifacts often offer them to the IEEE History and Heritage group, which includes the IEEE History Center, to…
Continue Reading....Amazon’s Astro Robot Sound Turns Motion Into Story
In 2018, Amazon brought me in as the lead UX Sound Designer for Astro, its first consumer home robot. Astro used cameras and other sensors…
Continue Reading....IEEE Rolls Out Large Language Models Training Course
Large language models have moved out of the research lab and into engineers’ daily workflow. LLMs serve as reasoning engines that can orchestrate complex tasks…
Continue Reading....Commemorating 70 Years of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence is the transformative, strategic technology of the early 21st century. It is significantly reshaping practically every aspect of our lives, including in ways…
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