IEEE Industrial Electronics Society History
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The year 2011 is a very special year for the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES): it is our 60th anniversary. You may be surprised that our history goes as far back as the early 1950s. Careful preparations were made to celebrate this very special occasion. | The year 2011 is a very special year for the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES): it is our 60th anniversary. You may be surprised that our history goes as far back as the early 1950s. Careful preparations were made to celebrate this very special occasion. | ||
| − | Past President Gerald Cook informed me that more information can be found in a message that he published in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics in 1984 [1] about the history of our Society. Thinking that many of our members, especially those who are relatively new to the Society, might welcome such historical facts, I reiterate a few interesting points that he made in his original article. I’ve also added a few. | + | Past President Gerald Cook informed me that more information can be found in a message that he published in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics in 1984<ref>Reference |
| + | [1] G. Cook, ‘‘Message from the past president: | ||
| + | A brief history of the Industrial Electronics | ||
| + | Society of IEEE,’’ IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., | ||
| + | vol. IE-31, pp. 1–2, Feb. 1984.</ef> about the history of our Society. Thinking that many of our members, especially those who are relatively new to the Society, might welcome such historical facts, I reiterate a few interesting points that he made in his original article. I’ve also added a few. | ||
*The first conference of the Society was held in 1975 in Philadelphia with the acronym IECI’75. Until then, only a session was being sponsored at the annual conferences of the IEEE Industry Applications Society. | *The first conference of the Society was held in 1975 in Philadelphia with the acronym IECI’75. Until then, only a session was being sponsored at the annual conferences of the IEEE Industry Applications Society. | ||
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[http://www.ieee-ies.org/ Link to IEEE Industrial Electronics Society] | [http://www.ieee-ies.org/ Link to IEEE Industrial Electronics Society] | ||
Revision as of 19:38, 12 October 2011
Looking Back at 60 Years of IES
Originally published in the September 2011 Issue of Industrial Electronics Magazine, by Okyay Kaynak
The year 2011 is a very special year for the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES): it is our 60th anniversary. You may be surprised that our history goes as far back as the early 1950s. Careful preparations were made to celebrate this very special occasion.
Past President Gerald Cook informed me that more information can be found in a message that he published in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics in 1984[1]
