IEEE Innovation at Work

There are lots of reasons why employees may want to earn professional development certificates – validation of expertise, added prestige, a pay increase and better chance of promotion, to name a few. But why should employers offer certificates? Here’s Why

1. Greater Appeal: Offering professional ...
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A full year has passed since Hurricane Maria left Puerto Rico’s 3.3 million residents without power. Just last month, the island’s power authority announced electricity had been fully restored. However, some residents were still waiting. But work on building a stronger electric grid in Puerto ...
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By 2040, up to 75% of vehicles on the road will be automated to some degree. This swift increase in autonomous vehicles (AVs) presents a new and significant challenge: how to process, store and protect the expansive volumes of data created by AVs and ...
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From 1987-1997, electricity demand in the United States jumped over 25%. In the following decade, demand increased by 18%. But since then, electricity use has been flat, stuck right around 4 trillion kilowatt hours per year. Just before the recession hit in 2006, the U.S ...
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Edge computing is all about processing data locally, bolstering visuals, response time, and confidence. The edge brings high-performance computing power right to where the action is, a huge advantage for time-sensitive applications. As the education sector learns to leverage the power of classroom devices, edge ...
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For all the advantages of artificial intelligence (AI), it also has the potential for extreme disadvantage, as cyber security researchers recently revealed at the Black Hat USA 2018 security conference. Just as AI has made it possible for iPhones to automatically recognize faces and unlock ...
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To be considered for top engineering jobs, a comprehensive resume is essential. And just because you’re in a mid- or senior-level position doesn’t mean you couldn’t use a few pointers for dusting off that old resume to ensure it piques hiring managers’ interest, especially in ...
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Cyber insurance is a relatively new field. As such, it’s open to all sorts of confusion and misunderstanding. That’s what the Virginia-based National Bank of Blacksburg is learning. The bank and its insurer, Everest National Insurance Co., are in the midst of a legal battle ...
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Removing fraud and trust from the equation, blockchain technology verifies, records and coordinates transactions autonomously without the need for third parties. It implies the role of intermediaries will diminish, which has a critical impact on legacy market players, whose business model is often based on ...
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