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Immediate SSIT Past-President Luis Kun has been recognized by the IEEE Computer Society as a Distinguished Contributor.

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The IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT) is pleased to announce that Dr. Kalyan Sen has been elected SSIT President-Elect for 2025–2026.

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Access IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society (TTS) Volume 6, Issue 3, 2025 – Special Issue on on AI, Empathy…  Read More

Dr. Francesca Rossi presented “AI Ethics: from Principles to Practice” as a SSIT Webinar on 10 July 2025. Click here…  Read More

Dr. Maike Luiken presented the IEEE Planet Positive 2030 Initiative and some of its achievements, outputs and plans forward; for…  Read More

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.

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

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SSIT launched a Call for SSIT Board of Governors President-Elect Candidates with a deadline of 30 September 2023. SSIT thanks…  Read More

A ballot for the election of three members to the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology Board of Governors…  Read More

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The Society on Social Implications of Technology is one of seven IEEE technical societies that make up IEEE Division VI.

This SSIT Guest Lecture was presented by Prof Ali Hessami, Vega Systems, UK at a Chapter Meeting organised by IEEE…  Read More

The IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT) has had many volunteers step into leadership positions for purposefully limited terms over the past half-century. We address the challenges and opportunities of our day and then move on, unlike some world leaders who cannot bear to fade away.

As an SSIT member, you can take advantage of the Multiple Society Discount Program to connect across several IEEE Societies…  Read More

Where do historical debates take us? Their political and economic contexts are similar to ours, and even the list of technological issues is familiar. Many decades later, institutions still feel shaky, economies remain inequitable, geopolitics are increasingly multipolar, and societies are riven by technological change.

Jeffrey (Jeff) Robbins, a dedicated SSIT member, author, and ISTAS presenter for over forty years, died April 18, 2022. “He added so much to SSIT over many years, with much humor and good will.”