Kathy Pretz

3 weeks ago | spectrum.ieee.org | Kathy Pretz

It’s been a busy three years since IEEE Women in Engineering celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2022. WIE facilitates the recruitment and retention of women in technical disciplines around the world. It also works to inspire girls to pursue an engineering career. There are student chapters at universities around the globe. Men may join the affinity group as well. Women make up less than a third of the world’s workforce in technology-related fields, according to a report by the World Bank Group.

1 month ago | spectrum.ieee.org | Kathy Pretz

IEEE continues to raise its visibility as a trusted voice on mitigating the effects of climate change. Last year Saifur Rahman, the 2023 IEEE president, represented the organization in several sessions at the U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP29). Representatives from more than 200 countries attended the November event, held in Baku, Azerbaijan. Rahman, a power expert, is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Virginia Tech.

2 months ago | spectrum.ieee.org | Kathy Pretz

If you have an implanted medical device, have been hooked up to a machine in a hospital, or have accessed your electronic medical records, you might assume the infrastructure and data are secure and protected against hackers. That isn’t necessarily the case, though. Connected medical devices and systems are vulnerable to cyberattacks, which could reveal sensitive data, delay critical care, and physically harm patients.

2 months ago | cyberera.com.ng | Kathy Pretz

Tech leaders also ranked cloud computing and robotics as most importantBy Kathy Pretz For the second year in a row, top tech leaders selected artificial intelligence as the most important current technology.

Jan 20, 2025 | spectrum.ieee.org | Kathy Pretz

Shoppers probably don’t realize how large a role data science plays in retail. The discipline provides information about consumer habits to help predict demand for products. It’s also used to set prices, determine the number of items to be manufactured, and figure out more efficient ways to transport goods. Those are just some of the insights that data scientist Vivek Anand extracts to inform decision makers at the Gap, a clothing companyheadquartered in San Francisco.