In 2023, IEEE reinforced its leadership position, helping to guide innovation in a direction that benefits humanity. In particular, we continued to embrace members from various demographics and locations and to foster a global culture that is diverse, inclusive and respectful.
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In 2023, the IEEE Diversity & Inclusion Committee advanced its strategic plan that focuses on further embedding DEI into procedures and processes throughout the organization. A newly launched volunteer toolkit aimed to bolster DEI initiatives throughout IEEE and provide support for ongoing activities in this area. Cases of IEEE DEI efforts are outlined below.
Members of the EPICS in IEEE Adaptive Mouse team at the University of Florida at Gainesville collaborate on product design for a mouse and keyboard all in the same device that can be used with one hand
EPICS in IEEE project team member Jordan Britt from North Carolina State University with the Wheelchair Electric Assist prototype
IEEE Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) organizes university and high-school students to work on engineering-related projects with local community organizations. In 2023, the EPICS in IEEE Access & Abilities Competition, made possible thanks to a bequest to the IEEE Foundation, empowered student teams globally to deliver engineering projects that help solve accessibility issues within communities, enable adaptive services, redesign technology for equity and develop assistive technologies. Projects included:
IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) has taken significant steps to promote change in the industry and enhance employment opportunities for women in technical fields. In 2023, IEEE launched IEEE WIE Day to coincide with International Women in Engineering Day. WIE members, staff members, affinity groups and student branches organized more than 100 events worldwide to celebrate the occasion and support an ever-growing community of women in STEM.
Since 2016, IEEE MOVE has aided more than a quarter million natural disaster victims with communications, computers and power solutions. This year, IEEE expanded the award-winning program to provide relief and outreach to India and the Caribbean, which are frequently affected by severe storms. In 2023, the IEEE MOVE team in India assembled more than 50 portable emergency solar mobile chargers and life-saving solutions that can be easily deployed in disaster-stricken areas throughout the country.
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This year, 12 of IEEE’s new fully open access journals were accepted for indexing by Clarivate and received their first Journal Impact Factors. Each year, Clarivate examines the influence and impact of scholarly research and offers an objective means to evaluate the world’s leading journals.
In 2023, IEEE reached a three-year open access agreement with Hellenic Academic Libraries Link (HEAL-Link), a consortium of Greek universities that includes 43 institutions, as well as with CRUE, a consortium of Spanish universities. With these new agreements, researchers belonging to participating Greek and Spanish institutions are now able to publish open access articles in approximately 200 leading journals and magazines produced by IEEE, making them instantly available and free to read by the general public.
This year, IEEE Access celebrated its 10-year publishing anniversary, with a number of activities marking the occasion. These included a collection of the top 10 most impactful IEEE Access articles over the last decade, as well as a video on IEEE.tv featuring author testimonials and commentary from the editor-in-chief.
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