"Proceedings of the IEEE" to Mark Centennial Milestone in 2012

PISCATAWAY, N.J., Sept. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- For many, the name Marconi conjures up a history book recollection of the inventor of radio. But for readers of Proceedings of the IEEE, the most highly-cited general-interest journal in electrical engineering and computer science, approaching its 100th year of publication in 2012, Guglielmo Marconi was an esteemed author of significant papers written about his wireless and other technological innovations during the early 1900's.

"Publishing articles by giant thinkers like Marconi is but one example of why the highly-cited Proceedings of the IEEE is so valued by both readers and contributors and has endured as a vital window on the world of changing technology for nearly a century," said Editor-In-Chief, Robert J. Trew, in announcing the publication's centennial year celebration of the past and future of electrical engineering technology. "When Proceedings of the IEEE was founded in 1913, the word 'technology' had a different meaning. Today, the journal provides the most in-depth tutorial and review coverage of technical developments that shape our world by enlisting guest editors and authors from the best research facilities, leading edge corporations and universities from all over the world."

One of the highlights of the upcoming centennial celebration will be a Future Predictions Competition, which will identify the best new technology ideas for the future. Entrants will be invited to submit a 1,500-word description of the technological innovation they predict and a roadmap of how they envision the supporting technologies will evolve to facilitate the realization of their predicted innovation.

During 2012, there will be 13 issues of Proceedings instead of the usual 12. A special Centennial Retrospective Issue will be published on May 15, 2012 and will review the past and present and future of technology over the next 20, 50, and 100 years. Topics for this issue include: Wireless Communications, Space Exploration and Science, Engineering Education and the Role of the Engineer in Society, Consumer and Home Electronics, Materials Science, Computers and IT, Technical Research in 2112, Medical Devices, Flexible Electronics, Energy and Power, Optical Devices, Mass Storage, Seeking Extraterrestrial Life and Radio Spectrum Access.

Energy coverage will continue to be an important focus for the journal.  Every issue will also include an article from the IEEE History Center. And for Proceedings' 101st year of publication in 2013, the general theme of all issues will be technology 101 with topics to include High-Resolution Information Processing of Remote Sensing Data, the Smart Home and more.

Some key energy-related special issues scheduled for the Centennial Year of publication include: Addressing the Intermittency Challenge: Massive Energy Storage in a Sustainable Future and a special issue on Marine Energy Technology. Other planned key issues include: Audiovisual Communications Frontiers, Antennas in Wireless Communications, The Evolution of Optical Networking, Beyond HDTV, Memristor Technology, Large Scale Electromagnetic (E/M) Computation and Web Scale Multimedia Processing and Applications

Two special issues, one on Quality of Life Technology (QoLT) and the other covering Remote Sensing of Natural Disasters, will focus on the concept of using technology to improve quality of life and detect natural disasters.

Already underway, and scheduled to continue well into 2013, classic papers from the Proceedings of the IEEE's archives by famed industry pioneers like Lee de Forest and Claude Shannon are being made available online at http://www.ieee.org/proceedings.

For more information about the "Proceedings of the IEEE" Centennial Celebration in 2012, visit http://www.ieee.org/proceedings.  For media interested in specific activities or papers, email Lauren Russ at [email protected].

SOURCE IEEE