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Connect with Engineers Worldwide Through the IEEE App

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One of its many features is connecting members with other app users who have similar interests or affiliations, or live nearby. The app also lets members stay up to date with news, access their IEEE subscriptions, and find research papers. The app can recommend upcoming conferences and meetings based on your interests and location.

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How MIT’s Muriel Medard Pioneered the Universal Decoder

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As the head of the network coding group at the university’s Research Laboratory for Electronics , the IEEE Fellow led a team that created a silicon chip that eliminates the need for custom decoding hardware to spot signal errors. After graduating, she joined the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1998 as an assistant professor.

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Inventor of AT&T’s Datakit, the First Virtual Connection Switch, Dies at 85

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He left there in 1966 to join the University of Cambridge as an assistant director of research. AT&T named him chief scientist, and in that position he worked on developing architecture and protocols for a large-scale Internet so that customers could connect to it from their homes. where he continued his networking work.

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Get to Know the IEEE Board of Directors

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Mathur is currently a professor of practice and a member of the academic council at Marwadi University , in Rajkot, India. A prolific lecturer, Rahman has made more than 850 presentations at conferences and invited speaking engagements in more than 30 countries.

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IEEE’s Honor Society Expands to More Countries

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There are now more than 270 IEEE-HKN chapters at universities around the world. There are now 30 chapters outside the United States, including ones recently established at universities in Ecuador, Hungary, and India. In October the Nu Theta chapter debuted at Purdue University Northwest in Hammond, Ind.

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Early-Career Telecom Engineer Is a Model of IEEE Engagement

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Muhammad Hamza Ihtisham Employer : Jazz in Lahore, Pakistan Title: Network experience specialist in radio Member grade: IEEE member Alma mater: University of the Punjab “I asked my parents and my principal for permission to switch my focus from medicine to computer science,” he says. That was a turning point for me,” he says.

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A Non-Engineer’s Journey to IEEE Leadership

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She either waited outside the conference room or helped with tasks such as serving refreshments. Her husband is a computer science professor at the University of Technology, Jamaica , in Kingston. A friend told her about a temporary job overseeing exams at the Jamaican Institute of Management, now part of the University of Technology.

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