History of IEEE
IEEE was officially founded in this year after a major merger of AIEE and IRE.
When is 1963?
IEEE has more than this many members worldwide.
What is 400,000?
IEEE publishes this famous magazine about broad technology.
What is IEEE Spectrum?
Most IEEE Student Branches are found at this type of institution?
What is a university or college?
The IEEE logo shows this shape with an electron orbital.
What is a diamond kite with an arrow?
When formed in 1963, IEEE had about this many members.
What is 150,000 members?
Members live in more than this many countries?
What is 160?
IEEE develops the standards (IEEE 802.11) for this common wireless internet protocol.
What is Wi-Fi?
IEEE runs this global 24-hour programming competition.
What is IEEEXtreme?
IEEE offers this type of membership to students.
IEEE celebrated its 50th anniversary in this year.
When is 2013?
IEEE is divided into this many technical societies.
What is 39?
IEEE Xplore contains more than this many technical documents.
What is 5 million?
DAILY DOUBLE!!
IEEE was founded in 1963 with about 150,000 members. Today, it has over 400,000 members in 160+ countries. If membership had grown linearly from 1963 to today, what would have been the average number of new members added per year (rounded to the nearest hundred)?
What is about 4,600 members per year?
(Calculation: 400,000 − 150,000 = 250,000 new members over ~54 years → 250,000 ÷ 54 ≈ 4,630)
IEEE awards this medal named after this famous inventor.
What is the Edison Medal?
In the 1970's, IEEE expanded into this major new field beyond electrical engineering.
What is computer science?
IEEE members volunteer in these two main groups to advance technology globally.
What are societies and councils?
This standard (IEEE 802.3) is widely used for wired internet connections.
What is Ethernet?
IEEE student members can apply for these to support their education.
What are scholarships and fellowships?
This professional grade is the highest recognition IEEE can give.
What is IEEE Fellow?
IEEE first launched its online digital library, IEEE Xplore, in this year.
When is 2000?
IEEE hosts this flagship global conference for technology leaders.
What is the IEEE Sections Congress?
IEEE 754 is the standard for this important computer operation.
What is floating-point arithmetic?
IEEE offers this online platform to help members learn new skills.
What is IEEE Learning Network (ILN?
IEEE headquarters are located in this U.S. State.
What is New Jersey?