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Please contact the SSIT Newsletter Editor-in-Chief, Shannon Lodoen (lodoens@erau.edu), if you have a news item, SSIT-related update, volunteer opportunity, call for papers, award notice, or “Feature Article” idea for a future issue.
Submissions are due in the first week of the month.
Current Newsletter
Click here to access the June 2026 newsletter. From that issue:
Dear Readers,
It’s getting into summertime in the Northern hemisphere, which is often when things slow down for the Newsletter. Nonetheless, we’ve got news to share, and we’re happy to be bringing you the latest on:
- Murty Polavarapu’s June President’s Message, which covers SSIT achievements from the first half of 2026, governance updates, and upcoming events
- SSIT President-Elect Kalyan Sen’s 2026 IEEE PES Noberini Award
- Reminders about upcoming submission deadlines for an SSIT-endorsed conference, the 2026 IEEE World Forum on Public Safety Technology (WF-PST)
- Recaps of two webinars, the SSIT Education Committee’s webinar introducing the newly launched IEEE SSIT Member-Driven Education Initiative (MDEI) and Patrick Mikalef’s research webinar on “Making Sense of AI: Explanations, Trust, and What AI Does to Us as Humans” A Standards Column featuring Peng Fan, P3700 Working Group Chair of P3700, Standard for Intelligent Modeling of Emergency Corridor for Surface Lifeline Structures in Disasters
- A new issue of IEEE Technology and Society Magazine (TSM)
- And more!
As always, we welcome your submissions for future newsletter content, which can be submitted via Google webform or email to lodoens@erau.edu. The deadline for inclusion in the next issue is 5 July.
Sincerely,
Shannon Lodoen and Aleksander Franiczek
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