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IEEE Evolution
IEEE One Voice
IEEE Tagline
IEEE Video Contest - Engineering
IEEE Xplore- Searching with IEEE Xplore
IEEE-754 Single Precision Representation: Part 1 of 2
IEEE Interest Video: Louisiana Tech University
A Smart Grid for Intelligent Energy Use
IEEE Student Video Competition 2012, BerkeleyTeam2012
IEEE Xplore Getting started guide
TORI AMOS live IIEEE
IEEE Biomedical Engineering Video

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IEEE Evolution
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  • Published: 20 Apr 2007
  • Duration: 2:15
  • Updated: 03 Jun 2012
Author: penyaskito
A promotional video which shows a part of the history of engineering. Join IEEE!!!!
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IEEE One Voice
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  • Published: 17 Mar 2009
  • Duration: 7:22
  • Updated: 14 Jun 2012
Author: IEEETV
The "IEEE: One Voice" Video is aimed at making those in the technology community feel proud to be part of IEEE, and encourage those who are not affiliated with IEEE to feel good about the contributions of technology to society. Recorded in conjunction with IEEE's 125th anniversary. For more information on IEEE's 125th anniversary visit www.ieee125.org.
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IEEE Tagline
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  • Published: 23 Feb 2010
  • Duration: 1:25
  • Updated: 15 Jun 2012
Author: ieeeunicauca
This fast-moving video introduces IEEE's tagline, Advancing Technology for Humanity. This video illustrates how innovations by IEEE and its members positively impact the world.
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IEEE Video Contest - Engineering
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  • Published: 17 Jan 2008
  • Duration: 2:00
  • Updated: 09 May 2012
Author: FreyToler
Here is our entry for the IEEE 90-second video contest. We would like to say thanks to IEEE for putting on this contest and for recommending our other video as an inspiration for others. We'd also like to say thanks to Jennifer Johnson and Clyde Smith for making this video possible. We hope you enjoy the video and good luck to everybody who enters the contest! Created by Ben Toler and Emile Frey. Ben Toler Louisiana Tech University Electrical Engineering & Physics Major IEEE Junior Representative Emile Frey IV Louisiana Tech University Electrical Engineering Major Computer Science Minor IEEE Treasurer
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IEEE Xplore- Searching with IEEE Xplore
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  • Published: 28 Jun 2010
  • Duration: 3:42
  • Updated: 28 Mar 2012
Author: IEEEXplore
In this tutorial, you'll learn tips and best practices for searching with IEEE Xplore. Please see the full suite of Self Paced Training tutorials in high resolution at: www.ieee.org
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IEEE-754 Single Precision Representation: Part 1 of 2
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  • Published: 29 Apr 2009
  • Duration: 4:57
  • Updated: 15 May 2012
Author: numericalmethodsguy
Learn how the IEEE-754 standard represents a floating point number in single precision.
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IEEE Interest Video: Louisiana Tech University
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  • Published: 11 Dec 2007
  • Duration: 5:52
  • Updated: 08 May 2012
Author: FreyToler
Here is a video we put together for the Louisiana Tech IEEE interest meeting. There are 2 funny skits after the informational section of the film. We hope you enjoy the film. Please comment and rate. Thank you for watching.
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A Smart Grid for Intelligent Energy Use
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  • Published: 19 Jan 2009
  • Duration: 8:54
  • Updated: 11 Jun 2012
Author: IEEETechActivities
A Smart Grid for Intelligent Energy Use: The Smart Grid involves the use of communications and computing technology to transmit and distribute energy more efficiently. This video describes the smart grid and how it will reduce our carbon footprint through energy efficiency and the integration of renewable sources of energy. Featuring interviews recorded at the IEEE Plug-In Hybrid Vehicles: Accelerating Innovation Conference (2007) and the IEEE Energy 2030 Conference (2008). Produced by IEEE and ScienCentral, Inc., with funding from IEEE Power & Energy Society, IEEE-USA, and the IEEE New Technology Directions Committee (NTDC). 8 minutes running time. Copyright 2009 For additional information, visit: www.ieee.org
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IEEE Student Video Competition 2012, BerkeleyTeam2012
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  • Published: 27 Jan 2012
  • Duration: 1:58
  • Updated: 19 May 2012
Author: BerkeleyTeam2012
Our entry for the IEEE Student Video Competition of 2012. We would like to thank everyone who contributed to our video. Also see: www.ieeeusa.org
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IEEE Xplore Getting started guide
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  • Published: 09 Mar 2010
  • Duration: 6:36
  • Updated: 24 Aug 2010
Author: kmovern15
This is a short tutorial/ getting started guide for the new IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Made for students and staff at GUC (Gjøvik University College)
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TORI AMOS live IIEEE
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  • Published: 19 Feb 2008
  • Duration: 7:13
  • Updated: 17 Jun 2012
Author: Aereoflash
With your E's And your ease And I do one more Need a lip gloss boost In your america Is it God's Is it your's Sweet saliva With your E's And your ease And I do one more I know we're dying And there's no sign of a parachute We scream in catherdrals Why can't it be beautiful Why does there Gotta be a sacrifice Just say yes You little arsonist You're so sure you can save Every hair on my chest Just say yes You little arsonist With your E's And your ease And I do one more Well I know we're dying And there's no sign of a parachute In this Chapel Little chapel of love Can't we get a little grace And some elegance No we scream in cathedrals Why can't it be beautiful Why does there Gotta be a sacrifice
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IEEE Biomedical Engineering Video
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  • Published: 10 Jul 2010
  • Duration: 2:01
  • Updated: 02 Jun 2012
Author: FerreliRJ
This 20-minute video, produced by EMBS, describes the emerging field of biomedical bngineering from a USA industry perspective. www.embs.org
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IEEE-USA Online Video Scholarship Competition
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  • Published: 04 Oct 2007
  • Duration: 3:18
  • Updated: 18 Jun 2011
Author: aquecan
Please see the below website for complete competition rules. www.ieeeusa.org
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IEEE Computer Society membership
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  • Published: 13 May 2009
  • Duration: 2:14
  • Updated: 22 Aug 2010
Author: ieeeComputerSociety
The IEEE Computer Society is the leading provider of technical information, community services, and personalized services to the world's computing professionals.
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  • IEEE Evolution...2:15
  • IEEE One Voice...7:22
  • IEEE Tagline...1:25
  • IEEE Video Contest - Engineering...2:00
  • IEEE Xplore- Searching with IEEE Xplore...3:42
  • IEEE-754 Single Precision Representation: Part 1 of 2...4:57
  • IEEE Interest Video: Louisiana Tech University...5:52
  • A Smart Grid for Intelligent Energy Use...8:54
  • IEEE Student Video Competition 2012, BerkeleyTeam2012...1:58
  • IEEE Xplore Getting started guide...6:36
  • TORI AMOS live IIEEE...7:13
  • IEEE Biomedical Engineering Video...2:01
  • IEEE-USA Online Video Scholarship Competition...3:18
  • IEEE Computer Society membership...2:14
A promotional video which shows a part of the history of engineering. Join IEEE!!!!
2:15
IEEE Evo­lu­tion
A pro­mo­tion­al video which shows a part of the his­to­ry of en­gi­neer­ing. Join IEEE!!!!...
pub­lished: 20 Apr 2007
au­thor: penyask­i­to
7:22
IEEE One Voice
The "IEEE: One Voice" Video is aimed at mak­ing those in the tech­nol­o­gy com­mu­ni­ty...
pub­lished: 17 Mar 2009
au­thor: IEEETV
1:25
IEEE Tagline
This fast-mov­ing video in­tro­duces IEEE's tagline, Ad­vanc­ing Tech­nol­o­gy for Hu­man­i­ty. T...
pub­lished: 23 Feb 2010
2:00
IEEE Video Con­test - En­gi­neer­ing
Here is our entry for the IEEE 90-sec­ond video con­test. We would like to say thanks to IEE...
pub­lished: 17 Jan 2008
au­thor: Frey­Tol­er
3:42
IEEE Xplore- Search­ing with IEEE Xplore
In this tu­to­ri­al, you'll learn tips and best prac­tices for search­ing with IEEE Xplore....
pub­lished: 28 Jun 2010
au­thor: IEE­EX­plore
4:57
IEEE-754 Sin­gle Pre­ci­sion Rep­re­sen­ta­tion: Part 1 of 2
Learn how the IEEE-754 stan­dard rep­re­sents a float­ing point num­ber in sin­gle pre­ci­sion....
pub­lished: 29 Apr 2009
5:52
IEEE In­ter­est Video: Louisiana Tech Uni­ver­si­ty
Here is a video we put to­geth­er for the Louisiana Tech IEEE in­ter­est meet­ing. There are 2 ...
pub­lished: 11 Dec 2007
au­thor: Frey­Tol­er
8:54
A Smart Grid for In­tel­li­gent En­er­gy Use
A Smart Grid for In­tel­li­gent En­er­gy Use: The Smart Grid in­volves the use of com­mu­ni­ca­tions...
pub­lished: 19 Jan 2009
1:58
IEEE Stu­dent Video Com­pe­ti­tion 2012, Berke­leyTeam2012
Our entry for the IEEE Stu­dent Video Com­pe­ti­tion of 2012. We would like to thank ev­ery­one ...
pub­lished: 27 Jan 2012
6:36
IEEE Xplore Get­ting start­ed guide
This is a short tu­to­ri­al/ get­ting start­ed guide for the new IEEE Xplore Dig­i­tal Li­brary. M...
pub­lished: 09 Mar 2010
au­thor: kmovern15
7:13
TORI AMOS live IIEEE
With your E's And your ease And I do one more Need a lip gloss boost In your amer­i­ca I...
pub­lished: 19 Feb 2008
au­thor: Aere­oflash
2:01
IEEE Biomed­i­cal En­gi­neer­ing Video
This 20-minute video, pro­duced by EMBS, de­scribes the emerg­ing field of biomed­i­cal bngi­nee...
pub­lished: 10 Jul 2010
au­thor: Fer­re­liRJ
3:18
IEEE-USA On­line Video Schol­ar­ship Com­pe­ti­tion
Please see the below web­site for com­plete com­pe­ti­tion rules. www.​ieeeusa.​org...
pub­lished: 04 Oct 2007
au­thor: aque­can
2:14
IEEE Com­put­er So­ci­ety mem­ber­ship
The IEEE Com­put­er So­ci­ety is the lead­ing provider of tech­ni­cal in­for­ma­tion, com­mu­ni­ty serv...
pub­lished: 13 May 2009
2:43
Wel­come to the IEEE Com­put­er So­ci­ety
The IEEE Com­put­er So­ci­ety is the world's lead­ing or­ga­ni­za­tion of com­put­ing pro­fes­siona...
pub­lished: 14 May 2009
5:35
Dean Kamen's Robot­ic "Luke" Arm
Seg­way in­ven­tor Dean Kamen is look­ing to re-in­vent the pros­thet­ic arm. IEEE Spec­trum caugh...
pub­lished: 13 Feb 2008
au­thor: spec­trum­mag
23:48
In­ter­view With Tech­nol­o­gist from IEEE, Hak5 1105.1
This time on the show, lock­ing down your PC with prox­im­i­ty and a lit­tle blue­tooth magic --...
pub­lished: 21 Mar 2012
au­thor: Hak5­Dar­ren
1:48
IEEE Spec­trum Dean Kamen's Atrif­i­cal Arm (part 2)
part 2...
pub­lished: 06 Feb 2008
au­thor: Sniper­PIKACHU
2:32
IEEE Top Trends for 2012 at CES: Ev­ery­thing Con­nect­ed
IEEE Fel­low and chief tech­nol­o­gy of­fi­cer at Broad­com Cor­po­ra­tion, Dr. Henry Samueli, discu...
pub­lished: 11 Jan 2012
au­thor: IEEE­org
9:23
IEEE How To Build A Robot Arm
www.​TheAccidentalSuccessfulCIO.​com can teach you how to run an IT de­part­ment bet­ter than a...
pub­lished: 10 Mar 2009
5:36
IEEE Mem­ber­ship... Why We Joined
IEEE young pro­fes­sion­al mem­bers in­ter­viewed on their value of IEEE mem­ber­ship ser­vices, be...
pub­lished: 03 Dec 2008
au­thor: IEEETV
3:51
Ware­house Robots at Work
IEEE spec­trum (spectrum.​ieee.​org) takes you in­side Kiva Sys­tems' robot­ic ware­house, wh...
pub­lished: 21 Jul 2008
au­thor: spec­trum­mag
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    IEEE
    200px
    Type Professional Organization
    Founded January 1, 1963
    Location New York City, New York, United States
    Origins Merger of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and the Institute of Radio Engineers
    Key people Gordon Day, President and CEO
    Area served Worldwide
    Focus Electrical, Electronics, Communications, Computer Engineering, Computer Science and Information Technology[1]
    Method Industry standards, Conferences, Publications
    Revenue US$330 million
    Members 400,000+
    Website www.ieee.org

    The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE, read I-Triple-E) is a non-profit professional association headquartered in New York City that is dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence. It has more than 400,000 members in more than 160 countries, about 51.4% of whom reside in the United States.[2][3]

    Contents

    History[link]

    The IEEE corporate office is on the 17th floor of 3 Park Avenue in New York City

    The IEEE is incorporated under the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law of the state of New York in the United States.[4] It was formed in 1963 by the merger of the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE, founded 1912) and the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE, founded 1884).

    The major interests of the AIEE were wire communications (telegraphy and telephony) and light and power systems. The IRE concerned mostly radio engineering, and was formed from two smaller organizations, the Society of Wireless and Telegraph Engineers and the Wireless Institute. With the rise of electronics in the 1930s, electronics engineers usually became members of the IRE, but the applications of electron tube technology became so extensive that the technical boundaries differentiating the IRE and the AIEE became difficult to distinguish. After World War II, the two organizations became increasingly competitive, and in 1961, the leadership of both the IRE and the AIEE resolved to consolidate the two organizations. The two organizations formally merged as the IEEE on January 1, 1963.

    Notable Presidents of IEEE and its founding organizations include Elihu Thomson (AIEE, 1889–1890), Alexander Graham Bell (AIEE, 1891–1892), Charles Proteus Steinmetz (AIEE, 1901–1902), Lee De Forest (IRE, 1930), Frederick E. Terman (IRE, 1941), William R. Hewlett (IRE, 1954), Ernst Weber (IRE, 1959; IEEE, 1963), and Ivan Getting (IEEE, 1978).

    IEEE's Constitution defines the purposes of the organization as "scientific and educational, directed toward the advancement of the theory and practice of Electrical, Electronics, Communications and Computer Engineering, as well as Computer Science, the allied branches of engineering and the related arts and sciences."[1] In pursuing these goals, the IEEE serves as a major publisher of scientific journals and organizer of conferences, workshops, and symposia (many of which have associated published proceedings). It is also a leading standards development organization for the development of industrial standards (having developed over 900 active industry technical standards) in a broad range of disciplines, including electric power and energy, biomedical technology and healthcare, information technology, information assurance, telecommunications, consumer electronics, transportation, aerospace, and nanotechnology. IEEE develops and participates in educational activities such as accreditation of electrical engineering programs in institutes of higher learning. The IEEE logo is a diamond-shaped design which illustrates the right hand grip rule embedded in Benjamin Franklin's kite, and it was created at the time of the 1963 merger. [5]

    IEEE has a dual complementary regional and technical structure – with organizational units based on geography (e.g., the IEEE Philadelphia Section, IEEE South Africa Section [1]) and technical focus (e.g., the IEEE Computer Society). It manages a separate organizational unit (IEEE-USA) which recommends policies and implements programs specifically intended to benefit the members, the profession and the public in the United States.

    The IEEE includes 38 technical Societies, organized around specialized technical fields, with more than 300 local organizations that hold regular meetings.

    The IEEE Standards Association is in charge of the standardization activities of the IEEE.

    Publications[link]

    IEEE produces 30% of the world's literature in the electrical and electronics engineering and computer science fields, publishing well over 100 peer-reviewed journals.[6]

    The published content in these journals as well as the content from several hundred annual conferences sponsored by the IEEE are available in the IEEE online digital library for subscription-based access and individual publication purchases.[7]

    In addition to journals and conference proceedings, the IEEE also publishes tutorials and the standards that are produced by its standardization committees.

    Educational activities[link]

    Picture of the place where an office of IEEE works in the District University of Bogotá, Colombia.

    The IEEE provides learning opportunities within the engineering sciences, research, and technology. The goal of the IEEE education programs is to ensure the growth of skill and knowledge in the electricity-related technical professions and to foster individual commitment to continuing education among IEEE members, the engineering and scientific communities, and the general public.

    IEEE offers educational opportunities such as IEEE eLearning Library,[8] the Education Partners Program,[9] Standards in Education[10] and Continuing Education Units (CEUs).[11]

    IEEE eLearning Library is a collection of online educational courses designed for self-paced learning. Education Partners, exclusive for IEEE members, offers on-line degree programs, certifications and courses at a 10% discount. The Standards in Education website explains what standards are and the importance of developing and using them. The site includes tutorial modules and case illustrations to introduce the history of standards, the basic terminology, their applications and impact on products, as well as news related to standards, book reviews and links to other sites that contain information on standards. Currently, twenty-nine states in the United States require Professional Development Hours (PDH) to maintain a Professional Engineering license, encouraging engineers to seek Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for their participation in continuing education programs. CEUs readily translate into Professional Development Hours (PDHs), with 1 CEU being equivalent to 10 PDHs. Countries outside the United States, such as South Africa, similarly require continuing professional development (CPD) credits, and it is anticipated that IEEE Expert Now courses will feature in the CPD listing for South Africa.

    IEEE also sponsors a website[12] designed to help young people understand better what engineering means, and how an engineering career can be made part of their future. Students of age 8–18, parents, and teachers can explore the site to prepare for an engineering career, ask experts engineering-related questions, play interactive games, explore curriculum links, and review lesson plans. This website also allows students to search for accredited engineering degree programs in Canada and the United States; visitors are able to search by state/province/territory, country, degree field, tuition ranges, room and board ranges, size of student body, and location (rural, suburban, or urban).

    Standards and development process[link]

    IEEE is one of the leading standards-making organizations in the world. IEEE performs its standards making and maintaining functions through the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA). IEEE standards affect a wide range of industries including: power and energy, biomedical and healthcare, Information Technology (IT), telecommunications, transportation, nanotechnology, information assurance, and many more. In 2005, IEEE had close to 900 active standards, with 500 standards under development. One of the more notable IEEE standards is the IEEE 802 LAN/MAN group of standards which includes the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard and the IEEE 802.11 Wireless Networking standard.

    Membership and member grades[link]

    Most IEEE members are electrical and electronics engineers, but the organization's wide scope of interests has attracted people in other disciplines as well (e.g., computer science, mechanical and civil engineering) as well as biologists, physicists, and mathematicians.

    An individual can join the IEEE as a student member, professional member, or associate member. In order to qualify for membership, the individual must fulfil certain academic or professional criteria and abide to the code of ethics and bylaws of the organization. There are several categories and levels of IEEE membership and affiliation:

    • Student Members: Student membership is available for a reduced fee to those who are enrolled in an accredited institution of higher education as undergraduate or graduate students in technology or engineering.
    • Members: Ordinary or professional Membership requires that the individual have graduated from a technology or engineering program of an appropriately accredited institution of higher education or have demonstrated professional competence in technology or engineering through at least six years of professional work experience. An associate membership is available to individuals whose area of expertise falls outside the scope of the IEEE or who does not, at the time of enrollment, meet all the requirements for full membership. Students and Associates have all the privileges of members, except the right to vote and hold certain offices.
    • Society Affiliates: Some IEEE Societies also allow a person who is not an IEEE member to become a Society Affiliate of a particular Society within the IEEE, which allows a limited form of participation in the work of a particular IEEE Society.
    • Senior Members: Upon meeting certain requirements, a professional member can apply for Senior Membership, which is the highest level of recognition that a professional member can directly apply for. Applicants for Senior Member must have at least three letters of recommendation from Senior, Fellow, or Honorary members and fulfill other rigorous requirements of education, achievement, remarkable contribution, and experience in the field. The Senior Members are a selected group, and certain IEEE officer positions are available only to Senior (and Fellow) Members. Senior Membership is also one of the requirements for those who are nominated and elevated to the grade IEEE Fellow, a distinctive honor.
    • Fellow Members: The Fellow grade of membership is the highest level of membership, and cannot be applied for directly by the member – instead the candidate must be nominated by others. This grade of membership is conferred by the IEEE Board of Directors in recognition of a high level of demonstrated extraordinary accomplishment.
    • Honorary Members: Individuals who are not IEEE members but have demonstrated exceptional contributions, such as being a recipient of an IEEE Medal of Honor, may receive Honorary Membership from the IEEE Board of Directors.
    • Life Members and Life Fellows: Members who have reached the age of 65 and whose number of years of membership plus their age in years adds up to at least 100 are recognized as Life Members – and, in the case of Fellow members, as Life Fellows.

    Awards[link]

    Through its awards program, the IEEE recognizes contributions that advance the fields of interest to the IEEE. For nearly a century, the IEEE Awards Program has paid tribute to technical professionals whose exceptional achievements and outstanding contributions have made a lasting impact on technology, society and the engineering profession.

    Funds for the awards program, other than those provided by corporate sponsors for some awards, are administered by the IEEE Foundation.

    Medals[link]

    Technical field awards[link]

    Recognitions[link]

    Prize paper awards[link]

    Scholarships[link]

    • IEEE Life Members Graduate Study Fellowship in Electrical Engineering was established by the IEEE in 2000. The fellowship is awarded annually to a first year, full time graduate student obtaining their masters for work in the area of electrical engineering, at an engineering school/program of recognized standing worldwide.[13]
    • IEEE Charles LeGeyt Fortescue Graduate Scholarship was established by the IRE in 1939 to commemorate Charles Legeyt Fortescue's contributions to electrical engineering. The scholarship is awarded for one year of full-time graduate work obtaining their masters in electrical engineering an ANE engineering school of recognized standing in the United States.[14]

    Societies[link]

    IEEE is supported by 38 societies, each one focused on a certain knowledge area. They provide specialized publications, conferences, business networking and sometimes other services.[15][16]

    Technical councils[link]

    IEEE technical councils are collaborations of several IEEE societies on a broader knowledge area. There are currently seven technical councils:[15][17]

    Technical committees[link]

    To allow a quick response to new innovations, IEEE can also organize technical committees on top of their societies and technical councils. There are currently two such technical committees:[15]

    Organizational units[link]

    IEEE Foundation[link]

    The IEEE Foundation is a charitable foundation established in 1973 to support and promote technology education, innovation and excellence.[18] It is incorporated separately from the IEEE, although it has a close relationship to it. Members of the Board of Directors of the foundation are required to be active members of IEEE, and one third of them must be current or former members of the IEEE Board of Directors.

    Initially, the IEEE Foundation's role was to accept and administer donations for the IEEE Awards program, but donations increased beyond what was necessary for this purpose, and the scope was broadened. In addition to soliciting and administering unrestricted funds, the foundation also administers donor-designated funds supporting particular educational, humanitarian, historical preservation, and peer recognition programs of the IEEE.[18] As of the end of 2009, the foundation's total assets were $27 million, split equally between unrestricted and donor-designated funds.[19]

    Copyright policy[link]

    The IEEE requires authors to transfer their copyright for works they submit for publication.[20][21]

    The IEEE generally does not create its own research. It is a professional organization that coordinates journal peer-review activities and holds subject-specific conferences in which authors present their research. The IEEE then publishes the authors' papers in journals and other proceedings, and authors are required to give up their exclusive rights to their works.[20]

    Section 6.3.1 IEEE Copyright Policies – subsections 7 and 8 – states that "all authors…shall transfer to the IEEE in writing any copyright they hold for their individual papers", but that the IEEE will grant the authors permission to make copies and use the papers they originally authored, so long as such use is permitted by the Board of Directors. The guidelines for what the Board considers a "permitted" use are not entirely clear, although posting a copy on a personally controlled website is allowed. The author is also not allowed to change the work absent explicit approval from the organization. The IEEE justifies this practice in the first paragraph of that section, by stating that they will "serve and protect the interests of its authors and their employers".[20][21]

    The IEEE places research papers and other publications such as IEEE standards behind a "pay wall"[20], although the IEEE explicitly allows authors to make a copy of the papers that they authored freely available on their own website. As of September 2011, the IEEE also provides authors for most new journal papers with the option to pay to allow free download of their papers by the public from the IEEE publication website.[22]

    IEEE publications have received a Green[23] rating the from SHERPA/RoMEO guide[24] for affirming "authors and/or their companies shall have the right to post their IEEE-copyrighted material on their own servers without permission" (IEEE Publication Policy 8.1.9.D[25]). This open access policy effectively allows authors, at their choice, to make their article openly available. Roughly 1/3 of the IEEE authors take this route[citation needed].

    Some other professional associations do not impose the same requirements on authors. For example, the USENIX association[20] requires that the author only give up the right to publish the paper elsewhere for 12 months (in addition to allowing authors to post copies of the paper on their own website during that time). The organization operates successfully even though all of its publications are freely available online.[20]

    See also[link]

    References[link]

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    2. ^ "IEEE at a Glance > IEEE Quick Facts". IEEE. December 31, 2010 (2010-12-31). http://www.ieee.org/about/today/at_a_glance.html#sect1. Retrieved March 7, 2011 (2011-03-07). 
    3. ^ "IEEE 2010 Annual Report". IEEE. October 2011 (2011-10). http://www.ieee.org/documents/ieee_annual_report_10_1.pdf. Retrieved May 15, 2012 (2012-05-15). 
    4. ^ "IEEE Technical Activities Board Operations Manual". IEEE. http://www.ieee.org/about/volunteers/tab_operations_manual.pdf. Retrieved November 10, 2010 (2010-11-10). , section 1.1 IEEE Incorporation
    5. ^ "IEEE – Master Brand and Logos". www.ieee.org. http://www.ieee.org/about/toolkit/masterbrand/index.html. Retrieved 2011-01-28. 
    6. ^ About IEEE
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    Tori Amos

    Tori Amos at the 2008 Comic-Con
    Background information
    Birth name Myra Ellen Amos
    Born (1963-08-22) August 22, 1963 (age 48)
    Newton, North Carolina, United States
    Genres Piano rock, art pop, alternative rock, electronica
    Occupations Musician, vocalist, songwriter, record producer
    Instruments Piano, harpsichord, clavichord, Hammond organ, harmonium, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer, Kurzweil, clavinet, vocals
    Years active 1986–present
    Labels Atlantic
    Epic
    Universal Republic
    Deutsche Grammophon
    Associated acts Y Kant Tori Read
    Website toriamos.com
    everythingtori.com
    Notable instruments
    Bösendorfer piano[1]

    Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos; August 22, 1963) is an American pianist, singer-songwriter and composer. Amos originally served as the lead singer of 1980s synthpop group Y Kant Tori Read, and as a solo artist was at the forefront of a number of female singer-songwriters in the early 1990s. She was also noteworthy early in her solo career as one of the few alternative rock performers to use a piano as her primary instrument. Some of her charting singles include "Crucify", "Silent All These Years", "God", "Cornflake Girl", "Caught a Lite Sneeze", "Professional Widow", "Spark", "1000 Oceans", and "A Sorta Fairytale", her most commercially successful single in the U.S. to date.[2]

    As of 2005, Amos had sold 12 million albums worldwide.[3] She has been nominated for 8 Grammy Awards. Amos was also named one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in 1996.[4]

    Contents

    Early life[link]

    Amos was born in Newton, North Carolina. When she was two, her family moved to Baltimore, Maryland, where she began to play the piano. By age five, she had begun composing instrumental pieces on piano and, while living in Rockville, Maryland, she won a full scholarship to the Preparatory Division of the Peabody Conservatory of Music.[5] Her scholarship was discontinued at age 11 and she was asked to leave. Amos has asserted that she lost the scholarship because of her interest in rock and popular music, coupled with her dislike for reading from sheet music.[5] In 1972, The Amos family moved to Silver Spring, Maryland, where her father, Reverend Edison Amos, became pastor of the Good Shepherd United Methodist church. At the age of 13 she began playing at gay bars and piano bars, chaperoned by her father.[5][6]

    Amos first came to local notice by winning a county teen talent contest in 1977, singing a song called "More Than Just a Friend". As a senior at Richard Montgomery High School, she co-wrote "Baltimore" with her brother Mike Amos for a competition involving the Baltimore Orioles. The song won the contest and became her first single, released as a 7" single pressed locally for family and friends during 1980 with another Amos-penned composition as a B-side, "Walking With You". Prior to this period she performed under her middle name, Ellen, but permanently adopted Tori after a friend's boyfriend told her it suited her.[7] At age 21, Amos moved to Los Angeles to pursue her music career after several years performing on the piano bar circuit of the D.C. area.[8]

    Atlantic years (1986–2001)[link]

    Y Kant Tori Read[link]

    In 1986, Amos formed a music group, Y Kant Tori Read, the name of which was a reference to her days at the Peabody Conservatory, where she was able to play songs on her piano by ear, but was never successful at sight reading.[9] In addition to Amos, the group was composed of Steve Caton (who would later play guitars on all her subsequent albums until 1999), drummer Matt Sorum, bass player Brad Cobb and, for a short time, keyboardist Jim Tauber. Following several phases of writing and recording, during which Amos has since asserted that the band lost their musical edge and direction due to interference from record executives, in July 1988, the Y Kant Tori Read's self-titled debut album was released. Although its producer, Joe Chiccarelli, has stated that Amos was very happy with the album at the time,[10] it is now out of print and Amos has expressed no interest in reissuing it.[11] Following the album's commercial failure and the group's subsequent disbanding, Amos began working with other artists (including Stan Ridgway, Sandra Bernhard, and Al Stewart) as a backup vocalist. She also recorded a song called "Distant Storm" for the film China O'Brien; in the credits, the song is attributed to a band called Tess Makes Good.[12] It was the only song recorded by the band, and its only commercial release was in the film.

    Solo career[link]

    Despite the disappointing reaction to Y Kant Tori Read, Amos still had to comply with her six-record contract with Atlantic Records, who in 1989 wanted a new record by March 1990. The initial recordings were declined by the label, which Amos felt was because the album had not been properly presented.[13] The album was reworked and expanded under the guidance of Doug Morris and the musical talents of Steve Caton, Eric Rosse, Will MacGregor, Carlo Nuccio, and Dan Nebenzal, resulting in Little Earthquakes, an album recounting her religious upbringing, sexual awakening, struggle to establish her identity, and sexual assault. This album became her commercial and artistic breakthrough.

    Amos traveled to New Mexico with personal and professional partner Eric Rosse in 1993 to write and largely record her second solo record, Under the Pink. The album was received with mostly favorable reviews and sold enough copies to chart at #12 on the Billboard 200, a significantly higher position than the preceding album's position at #54 on the same chart.[14]

    Amos performing on her Dew Drop Inn tour in 1996

    Her third solo album, Boys for Pele, was released in January 1996. The album was recorded in an Irish church, in Delgany, County Wicklow, with Amos taking advantage of the church recording setting to create an album ripe with baroque influences, lending it a darker sound and style. She added harpsichord, harmonium, and clavichord to her keyboard repertoire, and also included such anomalies as a gospel choir, bagpipes, church bells, and drum programming. The album garnered mixed reviews upon its release, with some critics praising its intensity and uniqueness while others bemoaned its comparative impenetrability. Despite the album's erratic lyrical content and instrumentation, the latter of which kept it away from mainstream audiences, Boys for Pele is Amos's most successful simultaneous transatlantic release, reaching #2 on both the Billboard 200 and the UK Top 40 upon its release at the height of her fame.[15][16]

    Fueled by the desire to have her own recording studio to distance herself from record company executives,[17] Amos had the barn of her home in Cornwall converted into a state-of-the-art recording studio, Martian Engineering Studios.

    From the Choirgirl Hotel and To Venus and Back, released in May 1998 and September 1999, respectively, differ greatly from previous albums as Amos's trademark acoustic piano-based sound is largely replaced with arrangements that include elements of electronica, dance music, vocal washes and sonic landscapes. The underlying themes of both albums deal with womanhood, and Amos's own miscarriages and marriage. Reviews for From the Choirgirl Hotel were mostly favorable and praised Amos's continued artistic originality. While not her highest chart debut, debut sales for From the Choirgirl Hotel are Amos's best to date, selling 153,000 copies in its first week.[18] To Venus and Back, a two-disc release of original studio material and live material recorded from the previous world tour, received mostly positive reviews and included the first major-label single available for sale as a digital download.[19]

    Motherhood inspired Amos to produce a cover album, recording songs written by men about women and reversing the gender roles to show a woman's perspective.[20] That idea grew into Strange Little Girls, released in September 2001, one year after giving birth to her daughter. The album is Amos's first concept album, with artwork featuring Amos photographed in character of the women portrayed in each song. Amos would later reveal that a stimulus for the album was to end her contract with Atlantic without giving them new original songs; Amos felt that since 1998, the label had not been properly promoting her and had trapped her in a contract by refusing to sell her to another label.[21]

    Epic Records years (2002–07)[link]

    With her Atlantic contract fulfilled after a 15-year stint, Amos signed to Epic in late 2001. In October 2002, Amos released Scarlet's Walk, another concept album. Described as a "sonic novel", the album explores Amos's alter ego, Scarlet, intertwined with her cross-country concert tour following 9/11. Through the songs, Amos explores such topics as the history of America, American people, Native American history, pornography, masochism, homophobia and misogyny. The album had a strong debut,[22][23] demonstrating that Amos' fan base remained intact through the label change. However, Scarlet's Walk is Amos' last album to date to reach certified gold status.[24]

    Amos in concert in June, 2005

    Not long after Amos was ensconced with her new label, she received unsettling news when Polly Anthony resigned as president of Epic Records in 2003. Anthony had been one of the primary reasons Amos signed with the label and as a result of her resignation, Amos formed the Bridge Entertainment Group. Further trouble for Amos occurred the following year when her label, Epic/Sony Music Entertainment, merged with BMG Entertainment as a result of the industry's decline.[25] Amos would later hint in interviews that during the creation of her next album, those in charge at the label following the aforementioned merger were interested "only in making money", the effects of which on the album have not been disclosed.[citation needed]

    Amos released two more albums with the label, The Beekeeper (2005) and American Doll Posse (2007). Both albums received mixed reviews, some of which stated that the albums suffered from being too long.[26][27] The Beekeeper was conceptually influenced by the ancient art of beekeeping, which she considered a source of female inspiration and empowerment. Through extensive study, Amos also wove in the stories of the Gnostic gospels and the removal of women from a position of power within the Christian church to create an album based largely on religion and politics. The album debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200,[28] placing her in an elite group of women who have secured five or more US Top 10 album debuts.[29] American Doll Posse, another concept album, was fashioned around a group of girls (the "posse") who are used as a theme of alter-egos of Amos's. Musically and stylistically, the album saw Amos return to a more confrontational nature.[30] Like its predecessor, American Doll Posse debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200.[14]

    During her tenure with Epic Records, Amos also released a retrospective collection titled Tales of a Librarian (2003) through her former label, Atlantic Records; a two-disc DVD set Fade to Red (2006) containing most of Amos's solo music videos, released through the Warner Bros. reissue imprint Rhino; a five disc box set titled A Piano: The Collection (2006), celebrating Amos's 15 year solo career through remastered album tracks, remixes, alternate mixes, demos, and a string of unreleased songs from album recording sessions, also released through Rhino; and numerous official bootlegs from two world tours, The Original Bootlegs (2005) and Legs & Boots (2007) through Epic Records.

    Universal Music years (2008–present)[link]

    Universal Republic (2008–2011)[link]

    In May 2008, Amos announced that, due to creative and financial disagreements with Epic Records, she had negotiated an end to her contract with the record label, and would be operating independently of major record labels on future work.[31][32] In September of the same year, Amos released a live album and DVD, Live at Montreux 1991/1992, through Eagle Rock Entertainment, of two performances she gave at the Montreux Jazz Festival very early on in her career while promoting her debut solo album, Little Earthquakes. By December, after a chance encounter with chairman and CEO of Universal Music Group, Doug Morris, Amos signed a "joint venture" deal with Universal Republic Records.[33][34][35][36]

    Abnormally Attracted to Sin, Amos's tenth solo studio-album and her first album released through Universal Republic, was released in May 2009 to mostly positive reviews. The album debuted in the top 10 of the Billboard 200,[37] making it the Amos' seventh album to do so.[38] Abnormally Attracted to Sin, admitted Amos, was a "personal album", not a conceptual one.[39] Continuing her distribution deal with Universal Republic, Amos released Midwinter Graces, her first seasonal album, in November of the same year. The album features reworked versions of traditional carols, as well as original songs written by Amos.[40]

    During her contract with the label, Amos recorded vocals for two songs for David Byrne's collaboration album with Fatboy Slim, entitled Here Lies Love,[41] which was released in April 2010. In July of the same year, the DVD Tori Amos- Live from the Artists Den was released exclusively through Barnes & Noble.

    After a brief tour from June to September 2010, Amos released the highly exclusive live album From Russia With Love in December the same year, recorded live in Moscow on 3 September 2010. The limited edition set included a signature edition Lomography Diana F+ camera, along with 2 lenses, a roll of film and 1 of 5 photographs taken of Tori during her time in Moscow. The set was released exclusively through toriamos.com and only 2000 were produced. It is currently unknown as to whether the album will receive a mass release.

    Deutsche Grammophon (2011–present)[link]

    In September 2011, Amos released her first classical music album, Night of Hunters, featuring variations on a theme to pay tribute to such renowned composers as Bach, Chopin, Debussy, Granados, Satie and Schubert, through the Deutsche Grammophon label, a division of Universal Music Group. She is currently writing the music for Samuel Adamson's musical adaptation of the George MacDonald story The Light Princess for the Royal National Theatre, which was originally expected to debut in spring 2012[42] but has now been deferred.[43] Amos has, however, confirmed the release of an album in 2012 marking the 20th anniversary of her debut album Little Earthquakes.[44] The album will consist of songs from her back catalogue rearranged and performed by the Metropole Orchestra.

    On May 1st, 2012, Amos announced the formation of her own record label Transmission Galactic, which she intends to use to develop new artists.

    In print[link]

    Released in conjunction with The Beekeeper, Amos co-authored an autobiography with rock music journalist Ann Powers entitled Piece by Piece (2005). The book's subject is Amos's interest in mythology and religion, exploring her songwriting process, rise to fame, and her relationship with Atlantic Records.

    Image Comics released Comic Book Tattoo (2008), a collection of comic stories, each based on or inspired by songs recorded by Amos. Editor Rantz Hoseley worked with Amos to gather 80 different artists for the book, including Pia Guerra, David Mack, and Leah Moore.

    Additionally, Amos and her music have been the subject of numerous official and unofficial books, as well as academic critique, including Tori Amos: Lyrics (2001) and an earlier biography, Tori Amos: All These Years (1996).[45][46][47]

    "Tori Amos: In the Studio" (2011) by Jake Brown features an in-depth look at Amos's career, discography and recording process.[48]

    In 2011 Adrienne Trier-Bieniek, a sociology graduate student at Western Michigan University, received her PhD for a dissertation entitled “All I Am: Defining Music as an Emotional Catalyst through a Sociological Study of Emotions, Gender and Culture". Trier-Bieniek focused on Amos' female fans and the emotional support they receive from listening to Amos' music. Along with Patricia Leavy, Trier-Bieniek contributed a chapter to the book "The Art of Social Critique"[49] which addressed Amos' later albums and songwriting skills.

    Personal life[link]

    Family[link]

    Amos in 1993 Alexandra Palace, London

    Amos is the third child of Rev. Dr. Edison and Mary Ellen Amos. She was born at the Old Catawba Hospital in Newton, North Carolina, during a trip from their Georgetown home in Washington, D.C. Her maternal grandparents were of mixed European and Eastern Cherokee ancestry; of particular importance to her as a child was her grandfather, Calvin Clinton Copeland, who was a great source of inspiration and guidance to her as a young child, offering a more pantheistic spiritual alternative to her father and paternal grandmother's traditional Christianity.[50]

    Early in her professional career, Amos befriended author Neil Gaiman, who became a fan after she referenced him in the song "Tear in Your Hand" and also in print interviews.[51] Although created before the two met, the character Delirium from Gaiman's The Sandman series (or even her sister Death) is inspired by Amos; Gaiman has stated that they "steal shamelessly from each other".[52] She wrote the foreword to his collection Death: The High Cost of Living; he in turn wrote the introduction to Comic Book Tattoo. Gaiman is godfather to her daughter and a poem written for her birth, Blueberry Girl, was published as a children's book of the same name in 2009.[53]

    Amos married English sound engineer Mark Hawley on February 22, 1998. Their only child, a daughter named Natashya "Tash" Lórien Hawley, was born on September 5, 2000, a few weeks after Tori's 37th birthday. The family divides their time between Sewall's Point in Florida, Kinsale[54] (County Cork) in Ireland, and Cornwall in England.

    Activism[link]

    In June 1994, Amos co-founded RAINN, The Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, a toll-free help line in the US connecting callers with their local rape crisis center. Amos, herself a survivor of sexual assault,[55] was seen as unlocking the silence of her assault through her music; thus "Unlock the Silence" went on to become a year-long campaign for RAINN when Amos became a national spokesperson for the organization. By the summer of 2006, RAINN had received its one millionth caller[56] and the organization's success has led to it ranking in "America's 100 Best Charities" by Worth, and one of the "Top 10 Best Charities" by Marie Claire.

    Discography[link]

    As of 2011, Amos has released 12 solo studio albums during her solo career; all but the first two are self-produced.

    Amos has also released more than 30 singles and 60 B-sides, and has contributed original material to nine film soundtracks, including Higher Learning (1995), Twister (1996), Great Expectations (1998) and Mission: Impossible II (2000). Her cover of the 1952 hit "You Belong to Me" appears on the soundtrack to 2003's Mona Lisa Smile.

    Tours[link]

    Amos, who has been performing in bars and clubs from as early as 1976 and under her professional name as early as 1991 has performed more than 1,000 shows since her first world tour in 1992. In 2003, Amos was voted fifth best touring act by the readers of Rolling Stone magazine. Her concerts are notable for their changing set lists from night to night.

    Little Earthquakes Tour 
    Amos's first world tour began on January 29, 1992 in London and ended on November 30, 1992 in Auckland. She performed solo with a Yamaha CP-70 unless the venue was able to provide a piano.[57][58] The tour included 142 concerts around the globe.
    Under the Pink Tour 
    Amos's second world tour began on February 24, 1994 in Newcastle upon Tyne and ended on December 13, 1994 in Perth, Western Australia. Amos performed solo each night on her iconic Bösendorfer[citation needed] piano, and on a prepared piano during "Bells for Her". The tour included 181 concerts.
    Dew Drop Inn Tour 
    The third world tour began on February 23, 1996 in Ipswich, England, and ended on November 11, 1996 in Boulder. Amos performed each night on piano, harpsichord, and harmonium, with Steve Caton on guitar on some songs. The tour included 187 concerts.
    Plugged '98 Tour 
    Amos's first band tour. Amos, on piano and Kurzweil keyboard, was joined by Steve Caton on guitar, Matt Chamberlain on drums, and Jon Evans on bass. The tour began on April 18, 1998 in Fort Lauderdale and ended on December 3, 1998 in East Lansing, Michigan, including 137 concerts.
    Five and a Half Weeks Tour / To Dallas and Back 
    Amos's fifth tour was North America–only. The first part of the tour was co-headlining with Alanis Morissette and featured the same band and equipment line-up as in 1998. Amos and the band continued for eight shows before Amos embarked on a series of solo shows. The tour began on August 18, 1999 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and ended on December 9, 1999 in Denver, including 46 concerts.
    Strange Little Tour 
    This tour was Amos's first since becoming a mother in 2000 and her first tour fully solo since 1994 (Steve Caton was present on some songs in 1996). It saw Amos perform on piano, Rhodes piano, and Wurlitzer electric piano, and though the tour was in support of her covers album, the set lists were not strictly covers-oriented. Having brought her one-year-old daughter on the road with her, this tour was also one of Amos's shortest ventures, lasting just three months. It began on August 30, 2001 in London and ended on December 17, 2001 in Milan, including 55 concerts.
    On Scarlet's Walk / Lottapianos Tour 
    Amos's seventh tour saw her reunited with Matt Chamberlain and Jon Evans, but not Steve Caton. The first part of the tour, which featured Amos on piano, Rhodes, and Wurlitzer, was six months long and Amos went out again in the summer of 2003 for a tour with Ben Folds opening. The tour began on November 7, 2002 in Tampa and ended on September 4, 2003 in West Palm Beach, featuring 124 concerts. The final show of the tour was filmed and released as part of a DVD/CD set titled Welcome to Sunny Florida (the set also included a studio EP titled Scarlet's Hidden Treasures, an extension of the Scarlet's Walk album).
    Original Sinsuality Tour / Summer of Sin 
    This tour began on April 1, 2005 in Clearwater, Florida, with Amos on piano, two Hammond B-3 organs, and Rhodes. The tour also encompassed Australia for the first time since 1994. Amos announced at a concert on this tour that she would never stop touring but would scale down the tours. Amos returned to the road in August and September for the Summer of Sin North America leg, ending on September 17, 2005 in Los Angeles. The tour featured "Tori's Piano Bar", where fans could nominate cover songs on Amos's website which she would then choose from to play in a special section of each show. One of the songs chosen was the Kylie Minogue hit "Can't Get You Out of My Head", which Amos dedicated to her the day after Minogue's breast cancer was announced to the public. Other songs performed by Amos include The Doors' "People are Strange", Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus", Joni Mitchell's "The Circle Game", Madonna's "Live to Tell" and "Like a Prayer", Björk's "Hyperballad", Led Zeppelin's "When the Levee Breaks" (which she debuted in Austin, Texas, just after the events of Hurricane Katrina), Kate Bush's "And Dream of Sheep" and Crowded House's "Don't Dream It's Over", dedicating it to drummer Paul Hester who had died a week before. The entire concert tour featured 82 concerts, and six full-length concerts were released as The Original Bootlegs.
    American Doll Posse World Tour 
    This was Amos's first tour with a full band since her 1999 Five and a Half Weeks Tour, accompanied by long-time band mates Jon Evans and Matt Chamberlain, with guitarist Dan Phelps rounding out Amos's new band.[59] Amos's equipment included her piano, a Hammond B-3 organ, and two Yamaha S90 ES keyboards. The tour kicked off with its European leg in Rome, Italy on May 28, 2007, which lasted through July, concluding in Israel; the Australian leg took place during September; the North American leg lasted from October to December 16, 2007, when the tour concluded in Los Angeles. Amos opened each show dressed as one of the four non-Tori personae from the album, then Amos would emerge as herself to perform for the remaining two-thirds of the show. The entire concert tour featured 93 concerts, and 27 full-length concerts of the North American tour were released as official bootlegs in the Legs and Boots series.
    Sinful Attraction Tour 
    For her tenth tour, Amos returned to the trio format of her 2002 and 2003 tours with bassist Jon Evans and drummer Matt Chamberlain while expanding her lineup of keyboards by adding three M-Audio MIDI controllers to her ensemble of her piano, a Hammond B-3 organ, and a Yamaha S90 ES keyboard. The North American and European band tour began on 10 July 2009 in Seattle, Washington and ended in Warsaw on 10 October 2009. A solo leg through Australia began in Melbourne on 12 November 2009 and ended in Brisbane on 24 November 2009. The entire tour featured 63 concerts.
    Night of Hunters tour 
    Amos' eleventh tour was her first with a string quartet, Apollon Musagète, (Amos' equipment includes her piano and a Yamaha S90 ES keyboard) and her first time touring in South Africa. It kicked off on 28 September 2011 in Finland, Helsinki Ice Hall and ended on 22 December 2011 in Dallas, Texas.[60]

    Award nominations[link]

    Grammy Awards
    Year Nominated work Award Result
    1995 Under The Pink Best Alternative Music Album Nominated
    1997 Boys for Pele Best Alternative Music Album Nominated
    1999 From the Choirgirl Hotel Best Alternative Music Album Nominated
    "Raspberry Swirl" Best Female Rock Vocal Performance Nominated
    2000 To Venus and Back Best Alternative Music Album Nominated
    "Bliss" Best Female Rock Vocal Performance Nominated
    2002 Strange Little Girls Best Alternative Music Album Nominated
    "Strange Little Girl" Best Female Rock Vocal Performance Nominated

    Note: In 2003 the Tori Amos album Scarlet's Walk (deluxe edition) was nominated in the category "Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Packaging", this nomination went to the art directors Dave Bett and Sherri Lee. Also in 2003, "Timo on Tori (Don't Make Me Come To Vegas) a remix of the Tori Amos song Don't Make Me Come to Vegas was nominated in the category "Best Remixed Recording, Non Classical" this nomination went to the remixers Mark Buttrich and Timo Maas.

    Brit Awards
    Year Nominated work Award Result
    1995 Best International Female Nominated
    MTV Video Music Awards
    Year Nominated work Award Result
    1992 Silent All These Years Best Female Video Nominated
    Best Cinematography in a Video Nominated
    Best New Artist in a Video Nominated
    Breakthrough Video Nominated

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    Dean Kamen

    Kamen on one of his inventions, the Segway
    Born (1951-04-05) April 5, 1951 (age 61)
    Rockville Centre, New York
    Residence Westwind
    Nationality American

    Dean L. Kamen (born April 5, 1951) is an American entrepreneur and inventor from New Hampshire.

    Born in Rockville Centre, New York, he attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute, but dropped out before graduating after five years of private advanced research for drug infusion pump AutoSyringe. [1][2] He is the son of Jack Kamen, an illustrator for Mad, Weird Science and other EC Comics publications.

    Contents

    Career[link]

    President Bill Clinton and Kamen in the White House, Kamen riding the iBOT Mobility System

    Inventions[link]

    Kamen is best known for inventing the product that eventually became known as the Segway PT, an electric, self-balancing human transporter with a sophisticated, computer-controlled gyroscopic stabilization and control system. The device balances on two parallel wheels and is controlled by moving body weight. The machine's development was the object of much speculation and hype after segments of a book quoting Steve Jobs and other notable IT visionaries espousing its society-revolutionizing potential were leaked in December 2001.

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    Kamen Stirling Generator 10 coupled to Water Still 12 (from US patent 7,340,879)

    Kamen has worked extensively on a project involving Stirling engine designs, attempting to create two machines; one that would generate power, and the Slingshot that would serve as a water purification system.[3] He hopes the project will help improve living standards in developing countries.[4][5] Kamen has a patent issued on his water purifier, U.S. Patent 7,340,879, and other patents pending. Kamen claims that his company DEKA is now working on solar power inventions.[5]

    Kamen is also the co-inventor of a compressed-air-powered device that would launch a human into the air in order to quickly launch SWAT teams or other emergency workers to the roofs of tall, inaccessible buildings.[6][7]

    Kamen was already a successful and wealthy inventor, after inventing the first drug infusion pump and starting a company, AutoSyringe, to market and manufacture the pump.[8] His company DEKA also holds patents for the technology used in portable dialysis machines, an insulin pump (based on the drug infusion pump technology),[9] and an all-terrain electric wheelchair known as the iBOT, using many of the same gyroscopic balancing technologies that later made their way into the Segway.

    FIRST[link]

    In 1989, Kamen founded FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), a program for students to get people interested in science, technology, and engineering. One competition started and run by FIRST is the FRC or FIRST Robotics Competition. In 2011, it held 55 regional competitions around the globe, and one international competition in St. Louis, MO.[10] FIRST has gained a great deal of publicity from companies such as Autodesk, BAE Systems, Bausch and Lomb, Boeing, CNN, General Electric, General Motors, Google, Microsoft, National Instruments, Coca-Cola, Boston Gears, Motorola, Delphi, Kodak, Johnson and Johnson, Rockwell Automation, Xerox, Harris, Underwriter's Laboratories, Microchip, Caterpillar and PTC as well as many Universities and colleges.

    FIRST has many robotic programs, including the Jr.FLL (Junior FIRST Lego League) and the FLL (FIRST Lego League) for younger students, and the FTC (FIRST Tech Challenge) and the FRC (FIRST Robotics Competition) for high school aged students.[11]

    Kamen says that the FIRST competition is the invention he is most proud of, and predicts that the 1 million students who have taken part in the contests so far will be responsible for some significant technological advances in years to come.[12]

    Awards[link]

    During his career Kamen has won numerous awards. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1997 for his biomedical devices and for making engineering more popular among high school students. In 1999 he was awarded the 5th Annual Heinz Award in Technology, the Economy and Employment,[13] and in 2000 received the National Medal of Technology from then President Clinton for inventions that have advanced medical care worldwide. In April 2002, Kamen was awarded the Lemelson-MIT Prize for inventors, for his invention of the Segway and of an infusion pump for diabetics. In 2003 his "Project Slingshot," a cheap portable water purification system, was named a runner-up for "coolest invention of 2003" by Time magazine.[14] In 2005 he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for his invention of the AutoSyringe. In 2006 Kamen was awarded the "Global Humanitarian Action Award" by the United Nations. In 2007 he received the ASME Medal, the highest award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers,[15] in 2008 he was the recipient of the IRI Achievement Award from the Industrial Research Institute,[16] and in 2011 Kamen was awarded the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Mechanical Engineering of the Franklin Institute.[17]

    Kamen received an honorary "Doctor of Engineering" degree from Kettering University in 2001, an honorary "Doctor of Science" degree from Clarkson University on May 13, 2001, an honorary "Doctor of Science" degree from the University of Arizona on May 16, 2009, and an honorary doctorate from the Wentworth Institute of Technology when he spoke at the college's centennial celebration in 2004, and other honorary doctorates from North Carolina State University in 2005, Bates College in 2007, the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2008,[18] the Illinois Institute of Technology in 2008 and Plymouth State University in May 2008. Kamen, "One of the world's most prominent and prolific inventors", received the prestigious Stevens Honor Award on November 6, 2009, given by the Stevens Institute of Technology and the Stevens Alumni Association.

    Personal life[link]

    His primary residence is a hexagonal, shed style mansion he has dubbed Westwind,[4] located in Bedford, New Hampshire, just outside of the larger city of Manchester. The house has at least four different levels and is very eclectically conceived, with such things as hallways resembling mine shafts, 1960s novelty furniture, a collection of vintage wheelchairs, spiral staircases and secret passages, an observation tower, a fully equipped machine shop, and a huge cast-iron steam engine which once belonged to Henry Ford built into the center atrium of the house (which is actually small in comparison), which Kamen is working to convert into a Stirling engine-powered kinetic sculpture.

    Also on the property there is a softball field regularly used by the local police force. Kamen owns two helicopters, which he regularly uses to commute to work, and has a hangar built into the house as well.[19][20][21][22]

    He is the main subject of Code Name Ginger: the Story Behind Segway and Dean Kamen's Quest to Invent a New World, a nonfiction narrative book by journalist Steve Kemper published by Harvard Business School Press in 2003 (in paperback as Reinventing the Wheel).

    His company, DEKA, annually creates intricate mechanical presents for him. Recently, the company created a robotic chess player, which is a mechanical arm attached to a chess board, as well as a vintage-looking computer with antique wood, and a converted typewriter as a keyboard. In addition, DEKA has recently received funding from DARPA to work on a brain-controlled prosthetic limb called the Luke Arm.[23]

    Dean Kamen owns and pilots two Raytheon 390 Beechcraft Premier I jets.[20][24][25]

    Kamen is also a member of the USA Science and Engineering Festival's Advisory Board.[26]

    Dean of Invention, a TV show on Planet Green starring Kamen and correspondent Joanne Colan, in which they investigate new technologies, premiered on October 22, 2010.[27]

    See also[link]

    References[link]

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    2. ^ "$500,000 LEMELSON-MIT PRIZE AWARDED TO DEAN KAMEN". Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Engineering. http://web.mit.edu/invent/n-pressreleases/n-press-02LMP.html. Retrieved 2012-04-28. 
    3. ^ Colbert and Kamen Solve the World’s Water Problems. Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides. Wired. March 25, 2008
    4. ^ a b Kirsner, Scott (8.07). "Breakout Artist". Wired. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.09/kamen_pr.html. Retrieved 2009-03-11. 
    5. ^ a b Harris, Mark (22 July 2009). "Segway inventor on future technology". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jul/22/dean-kamen-interview. Retrieved 2009-09-18. 
    6. ^ Williams, Chris (16 May 2006). "DARPA plots emergency man-cannon". The Register. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/16/man_slinger/. Retrieved 2009-03-11. 
    7. ^ US Patent Application No. 20060086349
    8. ^ Steve Kemper. Code Name Ginger: the story behind Segway and Dean Kamen's quest to invent a new world. Havard Business School Press. p. 13. ISBN 1-57851-673-0. 
    9. ^ Steve Kemper. Code Name Ginger: the story behind Segway and Dean Kamen's quest to invent a new world. Havard Business School Press. p. 19. ISBN 1-57851-673-0. 
    10. ^ "FRC Regional Events". http://usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/regionalevents.aspx?id=430. 
    11. ^ FIRST Official Website - accessed December 23, 2009
    12. ^ Harris, Mark (10 June 2010). "Brain scan: Mr Segway's difficult path". The Economist. http://www.economist.com/node/16295592?story_id=16295592. Retrieved 2010-06-11. 
    13. ^ The Heinz Awards, Dean Kamen profile
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    15. ^ "ASME Medal". American Society of Mechanical Engineers. http://www.asme.org/about-asme/honors-awards/achievement-awards/asme-medal. Retrieved October 1, 2011 (2011-10-01). 
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    17. ^ "Benjamin Franklin Medal in Mechanical Engineering". Franklin Institute. 2011. http://www.fi.edu/franklinawards/11/bf_mechanical.html. Retrieved December 23, 2011 (2011-12-23). 
    18. ^ "Two Hundredth And Thirtieth Commencement Exercise". Georgia Institute of Technology. 2008-05-03. http://smartech.gatech.edu/bitstream/handle/1853/22251/oop08-006_Commencement_masters&under_5-08.pdf?sequence=1. Retrieved 2011-07-09. 
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    21. ^ "N-Number Inquiry Results". http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/nnumsql.asp?NNumbertxt=36DK. Retrieved 2009-03-11. 
    22. ^ Iconoclasts (TV show), Season 2, Show #10. Isabella Rossellini and Dean Kamen November 16, 2006
    23. ^ "New Luke Arm Video - Medgadget". www.medgadget.com. http://www.medgadget.com/archives/2008/06/new_luke_arm_video.html. Retrieved 2009-03-11. 
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    26. ^ http://www.usasciencefestival.org/about/advisors retrieved 2010-07-05
    27. ^ About Dean Of Invention: A New Show Dedicated To The World's Greatest Scientific Breakthroughs Of Today

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