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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.

Clinton Andrews, a Past-President of SSIT, has been recognized with the IEEE PES Robert Noberini Distinguished Contributions to Power Engineering Professionalism Award.

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

Prof.  Moshe Y. Vardi, an IEEE-SSIT Distinguished Lecturer, has received the IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award in Honor of the Women of ENIAC.

The deadline for the IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society Special Issue on Ethical Innovation with/in Music Technology has been extended to December 31, 2025.

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.

Access IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society (TTS) Volume 6, Issue 1, 2025 – Special Issue on Data Breaches in…  Read More

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 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.

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.