IEEE Innovation at Work

Technology is changing the world we live in, almost faster than today’s workforce can keep up. According to the World Economic Forum’s The Future of Jobs report, by 2020 most occupations will require core skills that weren’t considered crucial in the mid-2010s. There’s no way ...

There’s growing interest in the use of blockchain in the supply chain sector. The secure digital ledger technology can be shared among partners to track cargo, shipments and parcels, ensuring all handling requirements are met. Two of the largest U.S.-based shipping companies, UPS and FedEx, ...

New this year in Cache Valley, Utah, is a one-of-its-kind school bus equipped with additional safety features, including a camera system allowing the bus driver a 360° view of the outside of the bus whenever the driver uses a turn signal or puts the vehicle ...

Legacy technology has stalled the full potential of the smart grid, making the act of processing the volume of smart grid and smart home data ridiculously expensive and technically unfeasible. But recent advances in connectivity, data management, analytics and machine learning give us the tools ...

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

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...