IEEE Boston Social Implications of Technology

05/27/2014

Nowadays, as the features of wireless communication products and systems are getting more in number and sophisticated to stay competitive, the products have to contain both hardware and software. It is thus beneficial for an engineer or manager to acquire a broad understanding on how a modern wirele…

04/16/2013

Wow!

By Donisha Dansby Jack Andraka is not your ordinary teenager. Instead of hanging out with friends or watching TV, Andraka prefers working in a lab, looking for a new way to detect cancer. The crazy...

03/04/2013

TONIGHT'S MEETING - 6:00 PM, Monday, 4 March
Society on Social Implications of Technology and Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society
Can Computers Read Our Minds? Real-Time Brain Input for Interactive Systems
Dr. Erin Solovey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
http://www.ieeeboston.org/org/subgroups/social_implications.html

Most human-computer interaction techniques cannot fully capture the richness of the user’s thoughts and intentions when interacting with a computer system. For example, when we communicate with other people, we do not simply use words, but also accompanying cues that give the other person additional...

02/18/2013

See the section's new YouTube link for video course previews for four spring courses.

https://www.youtube.com/user/IEEEBostonSection

Intro to Linux Part I
Intro to Linux Part II
Advanced Embedded Linux Optimization
Intro to the Android Application Framwork

These can also be accessed through the IEEE Boston Section's website at
www.ieeeboston.org

02/11/2013

TONIGHT'S SIT MEETING POSTPONED!

Society on Social Implications of Technology [SIT030]
Presentations

6:00 PM, Monday 11 February
Accident Caused by Human Error – But Which Humans?
Dr. Paul Picciano, Senior Human-Systems Engineer, Aptima

TONIGHT'S SIT MEETING IS POSTPONED. NEW DATES WILL BE POSTED ONCE DETERMINED!

01/30/2013

The full paper submission deadline for the 2013 IEEE Body Sensor Networks Conference to be held May 7 - 9, 2013 at the MIT Media Lab has been extended to February 28, 2013. See the conference website for more details, www.bsn2013.org

The 10th International Conference on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks (BSN 2013) will address BSN research and offer participants a unique forum to discuss the key issues and innovative solutions for sensors, communications, algorithms, systems, and applications. The conference feature...

02/29/2012

Please join us at 5:30 PM, Monday, March 19 for our chapter talk - The Tor Project: Anonymity on the Internet by Andrew Lewman, Executive Director of The Tor Project http://www.ieeeboston.org/org/subgroups/social_implications.html

Tor, "the onion router," allows people to achieve anonymity online, improve their security, and share data over public networks while maintaining their privacy. Tor is used by activists and whistleblowers to avoid internet surveillance, by law enforcement and intelligence services for op...

01/25/2012

Please join us for the joint IEEE Entrepreneurs’ Network and Social Implication of Technology Society meeting on February 7 at 7:00PM Leveraging Social Media for Marketing http://www.ieeeboston.org/org/subgroups/social_implications.html

Social media is fast becoming a mainstay of marketing. Companies are finding they need to promote their products and services on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter just to keep up with the competition. But are simple promotions all there really is to social media? How do you fully leverage ...