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2009 IEEE Toronto International Conference - Science and Technology
for Humanity
(TIC-STH 2009)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, September, 26-27, 2009.
On September, 26-27th, 2009 on the base of
Ryerson University
was lead 2009 IEEE Toronto International Conference - Science and Technology
for Humanity.
A non-profit organization, IEEE is the world's leading professional association for the advancement of technology.
The IEEE name was originally an acronym for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. Today, the organization's scope
of interest has expanded into so many related fields, that it is simply referred to by the letters I-E-E-E (pronounced Eye-triple-E).
A Brief History of IEEE
IEEE, an association dedicated to the fostering of technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity, is the world’s
largest technical professional society. It is designed to serve professionals involved in all aspects of the electrical, electronic and
computing fields and related areas of science and technology that underlie modern civilization. IEEE’s roots, however, go back to 1884
when electricity was just beginning to become a major force in society. There was one major established electrical industry, the
telegraph, which—beginning in the 1840s—had come to connect the world with a communications system faster than the speed of
transportation. A second major area had only barely gotten underway - electric power and light, originating in Thomas Edison’s
inventions and his pioneering Pearl Street Station in New York.
Foundation of the AIEE
In the spring of 1884, a small group of individuals in the electrical
professions met in New York. They formed a new organization
to support professionals in their nascent field and to aid them in their efforts to apply innovation for the betterment of humanity —
the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, or AIEE for short. That October the AIEE held its first technical meeting in
Philadelphia.
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