• Japan Mentoring Event

    In December 2025, the 2nd Group Mentoring Initiative (GMI) event was held during a SYWL (Students, Young Professionals, Women in Engineering, and Life Members) Workshop at Ritsumeikan University’s Osaka Ibaraki Campus. This event was jointly organized by the IEEE Japan ...

    Published On: 16 June 2026Categories: LMAG Activities, Mentoring127 words0.6 min read
  • AgeTech Dataset competition

    The IEEE AgeTech Global Dataset Competition 2026 is a global initiative designed to accelerate the development of high-quality datasets that can drive innovation in artificial intelligence (AI) for healthy longevity. While advances in AI have transformed many sectors, progress in AgeTech remains ...

    Published On: 10 June 2026Categories: AgeTech198 words1 min read
  • AgeTech Brain Webinar

    From Brain Signals to Better Living: Neurotech in AgeTech June 11, 2026 | 1 PM ET The webinar, hosted by IEEE Brain and the AgeTech Initiative, will explore how emerging neurotechnologies can serve as a foundational layer for detecting early signs ...

    Published On: 2 June 2026Categories: AgeTech, Announcements76 words0.4 min read
  • Milestone to the Rijndael AES Cipher

    Picture: Left to right: IEEE President Tom Coughlin, prof. Vincent Rijmen, prof. Joan Daemen In November 2025, IEEE 2024 President Tom Coughlin officially dedicated the Rijndael Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Milestone bronze plaque during a ceremony at Arenberg Castle in ...

    Published On: 26 May 2026Categories: IEEE History, LMAG Activities233 words1.2 min read
  • Boyd Ruamcharoen Finn History Prize

    Boyd Ruamcharoen from Harvard University won the 2025 Bernard S. Finn IEEE History Prize awarded by the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) for his paper “Tropicalizing the Portable Radio: Electronics and the U.S. Military’s Battle Against Fungi in ...

    Published On: 12 May 2026Categories: IEEE History214 words1.1 min read
  • SPAC 2025

    In October, 2025, the IEEE Group Mentoring Initiative returned to Ottawa’s Student Professional Awareness Conference (SPAC), an afternoon-long career fair and networking event organized by Ottawa’s three IEEE Student Chapters and sponsored by the section and local industry. An hour-long ...

    Published On: 5 May 2026Categories: LMAG Activities, Mentoring121 words0.7 min read
  • Thompson Okanagan Section IEEE Extreme Competition

    In October 2025, the IEEE Thompson Okanagan Section, located in south-central British Columbia, Canada, hosted the 24-hour IEEE Xtreme 19.0 programming competition. The event highlighted inter-institutional collaboration, with student participation from Okanagan College and Thompson Rivers University. IEEE Extreme ...

    Published On: 28 April 2026Categories: LMAG Activities, Mentoring84 words0.5 min read
  • IEEE Response Challenge

    In January 2026, IEEE President & CEO Mary Ellen Randall launched the IEEE Impact Challenge™—as a global call to action to help inspire tomorrow’s engineers and technologists to design a better world for all, and to turn expertise into innovation. The ...

    Published On: 27 April 2026Categories: Announcements, Humanitarian125 words0.6 min read