IEEE UK and Ireland Section ExCom and Chapter Chair's Meeting The autumn ExCom and Chapter Chair's meeting will take place on 26th October. The meeting is a hybrid event allowing attendance either in-person or remotely. The physical meeting takes place at the BT Tower, London and needs to be pre-booked - further details [...]
Online Panel Session | Future Directions of Communications: Vision, Standards and Requirements Description Pervasive communications, built on the foundations of standards providing multi-vendor interoperability, continue to transform our daily lives. This panel will discuss the current and future direction of wired and wireless communications technologies, their supporting standardisation activities, and their requirement. [...]
IEEE UK and Ireland Section Vice Chair Candidates | Technical Talk and Q&A Session An opportunity to meet your IEEE UK and Ireland Section Vice-Chair candidates for 2022-2023. Technical talks followed by their position statements and Q&A Session. Paul Cunningham Talk Title "Adopting a Interoperability based approach to supporting achievement [...]
This year we have the honour to have Dr Doron Swade presenting our traditional annual Christmas lecture on "Story-telling in the history of computing".
In this era of incessant and convergent global change and challenge, the role of engineers in addressing societal needs is more vital than ever. This lecture will explore key barriers and opportunities in engineering skills, culture and practice that impact on our ability to be a profession that is truly fit for the future.
The operator is frequently considered as the main sources of vulnerability in command and control systems; for example, in a 2006 survey 79% of fatal accidents in aviation were attributed to “human error.” Focusing on interactive systems specificities, this presentation provides a comprehensive description of faults covering both development and operation phases.