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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

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.

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 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.

Access IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society (TTS) Volume 5, Issue 4, 2024 – Co-Designing Technology with Society toward Human…  Read More

It is with great sadness that I am announcing the passing of our dear colleague and friend Banu Onaral on December 18, 2024.  

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.

The Earth 3 podcast will explore Earth 1 through the lens of Science, Technology, the Environment, Ethics, and Law, or STEEL for short.

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.

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.

Access IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society (TTS) Volume 5, Issue 2, 2024 Issue (5,2) Front Cover Publication Information Table…  Read More

Access IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society (TTS) Volume 5, Issue 1, 2024 Issue (5,1) Front Cover Publication Information Table…  Read More