MGA Scoop - February 2023 Issue
MGA Scoop
February 2023
Upcoming Events
- Insurance Concepts and Products: How to Secure Your Assets and Income
8 February 2023 | 2pm ET
In today’s economic environment, asset and income protection is more important than ever. Please join Graham Fuller from AMBA as he leads a conversation about how to protect your assets and income by leveraging Life and Disability and other forms of insurance to help ensure that the life you have created for you and your loved ones remains secure in the event of the unexpected.
This webinar is being presented in partnership with the IEEE Member Discounts Program.
Register today - 2023 IEEE Vision, Innovation, and Challenges Summit and Honors Ceremony (VICS)
5 May 2023 | All day + evening ceremony
Click here to learn more about the 2023 IEEE Vision, Innovation, and Challenges Summit and Honors Ceremony (VICS).
IEEE Virtual Events Calendar
The IEEE Virtual Events Calendar provides an up-to-date listing of major events available on demand.
Call for Nominations: 2024 IEEE MGA Leadership Positions: Deadline 15 March 2023
The IEEE Member and Geographic Activities (MGA) Nominations and Appointments (N&A) Committee is soliciting nominations for the following 2024 leadership positions:
- MGA Vice President-Elect/Board Chair-Elect
- MGA Treasurer
- MGA Vice Chairs
- Geographic Unit Operations
- Information Management
- Member Development
- Committee Chairs
- Admission and Advancement (IEEE)
- MGA Awards and Recognition
- MGA Geographic Unit Operations Support Committee
- Chair is VC-GUO
- MGA IEEE.tv Advisory
- MGA IT Coordination and Oversight Committee
- Chair is VC-Information Management
- IEEE Life Members Committee
- MGA Member Benefits Portfolio Advisory
- MGA Membership Recruitment and Recovery
- MGA Member Engagement and Life Cycle Committee
- Chair is VC-Member Development
- Operations Manual Compliance Committee
- MGA Potentials Editorial Board
- MGA Student Activities Committee
- MGA Training Committee
- MGA vTools Committee
- IEEE Young Professionals Committee
- IEEE HKN – MGA Governor-At-Large
The deadline to submit nominations for the above positions is 15 March 2023.
A complete list of available MGA positions, committee descriptions, and information on the MGA Nominations and Appointments process are available.
Nominate yourself or a colleague now
For questions, email mga-noms@ieee.org
The IEEE Diversity Report
Learn about the activities of the IEEE Diversity & Inclusion Committee in its inaugural year, resources available to the IEEE community, and the various initiatives across IEEE that impact diversity, equity, and inclusion. This report is available to IEEE volunteers and professional staff only.
IEEE | Rutgers Online Mini-MBA for Engineers and Technical Professionals
The IEEE | Rutgers Online Mini-MBA for Engineers program was developed to help corporate employees bridge the gap between business and engineering as they prepare for growth in their career. Members just like you are taking steps toward advancing their careers, learning from mentors, and expanding their networks by taking advantage of this exclusive leadership program. Now registering for the March and September 2023 sessions. Enroll today and engineer your future!
Open for Registration: IEEE Intensive Wireless Communications Live Course Series
Invest in your career development and get the training you need to stay ahead of vital topics in wireless communications. IEEE’s Intensive Wireless Communications highly interactive, live course series provides the in-depth training you need. Train your whole team at once! For organizational access, learn more.
IEEE DataPort Grows Rapidly: More than 3M Users, 4K Datasets
The IEEE DataPort research data platform has grown rapidly since its inception in 2016. The community closed out 2022 with more than 3 million users and 4 thousand datasets. Now’s a great time to join this active user community to access research data, store and share your own research, and collaborate with peers.
Visitors to the site can access open access datasets and upload standard datasets at no cost, and subscribers can access all datasets and host data competitions. IEEE Society members are entitled to a free IEEE DataPort individual subscription as part of their society membership.
Join the IEEE DataPort community today to:
- Gain exposure and citations for your research
- Store datasets up to 2 TB, 10 TB for institutional subscribers
- Meet funding agency requirements with Open Access options
- Access 4,000+ data sets
- Host data competitions and collaborate with other researchers
Want to extend these benefits and more to your entire organization? IEEE DataPort Institutional Subscriptions provides additional benefits for academic facilities, research labs, government institutions, and private companies. Benefits include additional storage of up to 10 TB per dataset, custom dashboards for multiple users, data management tools, and additional branding options. We’re pleased to welcome prestigious Dartmouth College as our most recent Institutional Subscriber.
We look forward to you joining the IEEE DataPort community.
IEEE Spectrum Stories
How This Record Company Engineer Invented the CT Scanner
The machine, made to image the human brain, won him a Nobel Prize.
Examining the Impact of 6G Telecommunications on Society
What to consider before the next generation of connectivity.
IEEE Forms Board Dedicated to Its Humanitarian Activities
The body oversees sustainable development programs.
Celebrate IEEE Foundation’s 50th Anniversary
To commemorate its 50-year Anniversary, the IEEE Foundation, the philanthropic partner of IEEE, will celebrate and unveil events throughout 2023 that showcase the profound impact that donor support makes around the world and its plans for the future. You are invited to reflect on 50 years of impact in the Virtual Celebration on 1 March 2023 at 1:00 pm ET. Look back on the milestones, while looking toward the future of the IEEE Foundation. Please register at https://webinars.on24.com/ieeedigital/foundation50.
For additional information, contact Laura Bessey, Donor Relations, at donate@ieee.org or +1 732-465-7817.
Get Involved with Humanitarian Technology Activities at IEEE - Volunteer with IEEE HTB!
The IEEE Humanitarian Technologies Board (formerly the Humanitarian Activities Committee) & IEEE SIGHT are looking for passionate volunteers eager to contribute to the HTB vision of IEEE volunteers around the world carrying out and supporting impactful humanitarian technology activities at the local level. Please submit your application by 12 February 2023.
Save the Date: IEEE Education Week is Coming in 2023
IEEE Education Week is coming! Save the Date: 2-8 April 2023!
IEEE Education Week highlights educational programs and resources for students, educators, and technical professionals on their journey of lifelong learning.
Whether you want to learn more or showcase your unit's educational resources, visit educationweek.ieee.org on how you can participate in 2023!
Help Spread the Word: Become an IEEE Education Week Ambassador
Interested in helping us to spread the word about IEEE Education Week? We are looking for motivated volunteers who are willing to serve as an IEEE Education Week Ambassador. From sharing information about education events and updates with your region to helping organize local and virtual events, there are a variety of ways to help! Use our toolkit materials to communicate with your IEEE communities and your network. Email the IEEE Education Week team to see how you can help - educationweek@ieee.org.
Learn Something New with IEEE's Newest Course on Digital Privacy
Learn about concepts and the common misconceptions surrounding privacy, leading to defining digital privacy and introducing a privacy taxonomy capturing common privacy-related violations. Whether you need to learn new skills for yourself or for your organization, explore this course to get the ethical foundations and framework of privacy that will help you make sound decisions in complex situations.
Save your seat: 2-Day Live Training Session on IEEE 802.11ax
Register now for "IEEE 802.11ax: An Overview of High Efficiency Wi-Fi (Wi-Fi 6)." This virtual training will provide an overview of the features and optimizations introduced by IEEE 802.11ax to the physical and medium access control layers, which lead to the improvements in Wi-Fi. Purchase this course program by 17 February 2023 for the opportunity to ask questions and to interact with the instructors in a virtual format.
Offer IEEE Certificates at Your Next Event
Add value to your IEEE conferences and technical events by offering IEEE PDH's/CEUs. IEEE OUs, Societies, Sections, and Chapters are eligible to offer IEEE credentials for qualified events. If you are an IEEE OU, Society, Section, or Chapter, and want to learn more about these certificates, please contact us at: eab-ceuadmin@ieee.org.
EPICS in IEEE Call for Service Learning Project Proposals
Make a difference in your local community through engineering and create a team to design and develop an impactful solution using engineering and technology. EPICS in IEEE funds student teams up to 10K to use the engineering design process to create solutions that help their local community in the areas of Environment, Access and Abilities, Education and Outreach, and Human Services. Submit your service learning proposal by March 1st to be considered in the next round of funding. Hear from two of our current EPICS in IEEE teams about their projects for inspiration: Perseverance Creates Success for Project Koyash & The Garden with Hopes to Promote Transformation with an Entire Community.
HKN's Pathways to Industry Conference 2-3 February, Registration Still Open!
Don't miss out on getting your resume in front of the industry's top recruiters! Pathways to Industry gives engineering students and early career professionals the opportunity to build your networks, get career advice from industry insiders, meet with recruiters from top companies and hear about current job opportunities. Plus, you will be able to keep up with Tech to make sure that you stay technically relevant! Attend and get your resume in front of decision makers in our resume book. To learn more and to register: https://hkn.ieee.org/pathways-to-industry.
IEEE STEM Summit: Available On Demand
Thank you to everyone who made the IEEE STEM Summit a success! Read about how the Summit brought together STEM enthusiasts and IEEE members from around the world, and check out all the sessions available on demand delivered by pre-university leaders.
Celebrating Brilliant Minds and a Bright Future: IEEE EAB Awards
IEEE Educational Activities Board (EAB) Awards recognize and honor major contributions to engineering and technical education. Awards are given for meritorious activities in accreditation, continuing education, educational innovation, pre-university education, service to the IEEE EAB, employee professional development, informal education systems, and related achievements that advance the practice of engineering and engineering education.
There is also a fellowship and a scholarship awarded to rising stars studying engineering. First year graduate students (2023-2024) are eligible to apply.
Nominations and applications will be accepted beginning 1 Feb 2023.
For complete details or to nominate/apply, please visit: www.ieee.org/education/awards.
New IEEE eLearning Course: What History Can Teach Us About the Present and Future of High Performance Computing
Explore IEEE's newest elearning course on how history shaped the present and future of High Performance Computing. Learn how application developers stopped worrying about optimization in the 90s and early 2000s and how this affected the ability of applications to take advantage of the hardware when things changed. Whether you need to learn new skills for yourself or for your organization, hear from our subject matter expert on how applications need to be structured in order for the compiler to convert them into optimized code that will take full advantage of the hardware.
Resources for Volunteers
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Webex Event User Guide available here
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Interested in using Google Meet? Find out more at http://meet.google.com or send us an email at mga-im@ieee.org.
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IEEE Center for Leadership Excellence (CLE)
Find volunteer training and resources in the IEEE CLE. -
IEEE Learning Network
The IEEE Learning Network (ILN) gives members easy access to online learning content from across IEEE, all in one place. Browse hundreds of courses on core and emerging technologies, leadership skills, and more. -
Additional IEEE Virtual Events Resources
The following IEEE resources can also be useful for organizers looking to virtualize their events:- IEEE.tv’s video on Recording Your Presentation with Zoom
- MGA’s vTools resources