The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a professional organization headquartered in New York City with over 375,000 members worldwide. It was formed in 1963 from the merger of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and the Institute of Radio Engineers. IEEE develops thousands of standards to advance technological innovation for the benefit of humanity and has members in fields such as computer science, engineering, and mathematics.

1. • Institute of Electrical & Electronics engineers.
• Headquartered in New York City.
• The world’s largest technical professional
society, with a worldwide membership of more
than 375,000 electrical, electronics, computer
engineers and computer scientists in
Approximately 160 countries.

2. BACKGROUND & HISTORY
• 1884: The American Institute of Electrical Engineers
(AIEE) is founded.
• Radio, a new electrical technology, arose in the first
decade of the twentieth century.
• Formation of the IRE, 1912.
• On January 1, 1963, the IEEE was born with
150,000 members, 140,000 of whom were in the
United States.

3. IEEE STANDARDS ASSOCIATION
• World’s largest professional organization committed
to the advancement of technological innovation and
excellence to benefit all of humanity.
• This association has developed thousands of
standards to provide a basis for regulation and
remove barriers for development.

4. EXAMPLES
• IEEE Information Technology Standards
• IEEE Power and Energy Standards
• IEEE Telecommunications Standards
• IEEE Nuclear Engineering Standards
• IEEE Power Switchgear Standards
• IEEE Power Transmission and Distribution
Standards
• IEEE Software Engineering Standards

5. IEEE MEMBERSHIP
• The organization's wide scope of interests has attracted
people in other disciplines as well (e.g., computer science,
mechanical and civil engineering) as well as biologists,
physicists, and mathematicians.
• An individual can join the IEEE as a student member,
professional member, or associate member.
• The individual must fullfil certain academic or professional
criteria and abide to the code of ethics and bylaws of the
organization.

6. CATEGORIES OF IEEE MEMBERSHIP
• Student members.
• Members.
• Society Affiliates.
• Senior members.
• Fellow members.
• Honorary members.
• Life members.

7. IEEE CODES OF ETHICS
1. To accept responsibility in making decisions
consistent with the safety, health, and welfare of
the public, and to disclose promptly factors that
might endanger the public or the environment.
2. to be honest and realistic in stating claims or
estimates based on available data.
3. to reject bribery in all its forms.

8. IEEE CODES OF ETHICS
4. To seek, accept, and offer honest criticism of
technical work, to acknowledge and correct errors,
and to credit properly the contributions of others
5. To avoid injuring others, their property, reputation,
or employment by false or malicious action.
6. To assist colleagues and co-workers in their
professional development and to support them in
following this code of ethics.