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Over 150 scholars and practitioners from industry, academia, government, and civil society gathered at IEEE ETHICS 2025 to examine questions of ethics and social justice in artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies.

Joseph Carvalko has won the 2024 white paper prize “To Recognise Excellence In AI Research” for the paper, “Generative AI, Ingenuity, and Law,” published in the June 2024 issue of the IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society.

SSIT member Mario Aleman has received an IEEE Foundation Community Enablement Proof of Concept 2nd Place Award

The ISTAS 2025 theme is “Al Evolution and Revolution” and it is focused on the upheaval Al is causing in the world.

The IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT) is proud to announce that two of its members, Robert Dent…  Read More

Incoming 2025 IEEE SSIT President-Elect Murty Polavarapu was recognized Saturday November 23 with an IEEE Member and Geographic Activities Discretionary Award at the TAB MGA meeting in Dallas, TX, USA. The award was given “in recognition of outstanding contributions as an IEEE MGA volunteer.”

IEEE SSIT Treasurer Howard Wolfman was recognized by the IEEE Member and Geographic Activities (MGA) Board with a 2024 MGA Leadership Award on Saturday November 23, in Dallas, TX USA.

Ramalatha Marimuthu, who is SSIT’s Madras India Chapter Chair, and a IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society Associate Editor, was recognized November 22, 2024, in Dallas, TX, with the IEEE EAB Meritorious Achievement Award in Continuing Education.

Modem Futura is your guide to the bold frontiers of tomorrow.

Call for Papers — IEEE ETHICS-2025: Emerging Technologies, Ethics, and Social Justice — 6-8 June 2025, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois (Chicago Area), USA

ISTAS25 will be held at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, CA, September 10-12, 2025, and themed AI Evolution and Revolution.

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ISTAS 2024 continued on Thursday September 19 in Puebla, Mexico, with a second day of outstanding programming addressing the social implications of artificial intelligence, as well as sustainability and climate change, ethics and human values, and technology policy and law.

CS president Jyotika Athavale called the conference’s topic a reminder to IEEE members and the technical community that “everything we do has a lasting impact… that extends far beyond the insularity of the scientific community” to encompass the “broader implications” of technology, and in particular artificial intelligence.

ISTAS 2024 in Puebla, Mexico, has officially opened!
Tom Coughlin 2024 IEEE President gave the opening address this morning September 18, 2024, via recorded feed.
Virtual registration is still available for attendees outside of Mexico.

Dr. Monica Huerta (Ecuador Section) was awarded the IEEE Region 9 Eminent Engineer Award for 2024 for R9.

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What if education systems were doing more and thinking differently about preparing learners to thrive in the future? Join hosts Dr. Sean Leahy, and Professor Punya Mishra of Arizona State University for conversations on improving education and the futures of learning.

Dr. Guru Madhavan received the IEEE Norbert Wiener Award on Friday October 13, 2023, at the IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), Villanova University, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.