Category: SSIT Announcements

SSIT’s August 2025 Podcast is now LIVE on IEEE TV

Check out this AI Resources Hub expanding on topics from ISTAS 2025.

IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society
“Al Evolution and Revolution”
September 10-12, 2025
Hosted by Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California

SSIT expressed gratitude at their August 2025 Board of Governors meeting to Lew Terman, who stepped down as IEEE SSIT Secretary after 16 distinguished years in the role.

The SSIT Nominations & Appointments Committee is opening a second call for the position of President-Elect.

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.

The IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT) Chapters Committee announces a Call for Proposals to organize impactful events and activities that explore and address the intersection of technology and society.

SSIT is seeking candidates for President-Elect (2025 – 2026) and 3 Board of Governors Members-at-Large (2026-2028). All positions are voting…  Read More

Peter Reid, OAM was one of the foundational members of the IEEE Society for Social Implications of Technology (SSIT) Standards…  Read More

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 Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT) of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) seeks applications and nominations for the position of Editor-in-Chief (EIC) or Co-Editors-in-Chief (Co-EICs) of the IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society (TTS) for a three-year term (once renewable) beginning 1 January 2026.

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.

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.

Dear colleagues, the February 2024, IEEE Series / TAB meeting gave me the opportunity to learn about an IEEE program that I was previously unaware of.   It is called IEEE REACH, which is a short for Raising Engineering Awareness through the Conduit of History. 

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