Structure of IEEE
The structure of IEEE is divided according to two principles: on the one hand there is a geographical division of IEEE and on the other hand there is a division into application areas.
Geographical division
IEEE is geographically divided into 10 regions:
- Region 1-6: United States
- Region 7: Canada
- Region 8: Europe, Middle East and Africa
- Region 9: Latin America
- Region 10: Azia and Australia
IEEE Student Branch Leuven is located in Region 8.
IEEE regions are further divided into Sections. Mostly, for each country there is a section. For IEEE Student Branch Leuven this is the IEEE Benelux Section. Some other universisties in the Benelux section also have a student branch:
Division into application areas
Another way of dividing IEEE is the division of the broad region of intrest of IEEE into different application areas focussing on a specific theme. Such an application area is called a Society. There are 42 societies in total:
- IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society
- IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society
- IEEE Broadcast Technology Society
- IEEE Circuits and Systems Society
- IEEE Communications Society
- IEEE Components Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology Society
- IEEE Computational Intelligence Society
- IEEE Computer Society
- IEEE Consumer Electronics Society
- IEEE Control Systems Society
- IEEE Council on SuperConductivity
- IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society
- IEEE Education Society
- IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society
- IEEE Electron Devices Society
- IEEE Engineering Management Society
- IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
- IEEE Geoscience & Remote Sensing Society
- IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
- IEEE Industry Applications Society
- IEEE Information Theory Society
- IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Council
- IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society
- IEEE Lasers & Electro-Optics Society
- IEEE Magnetics Society
- IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society
- IEEE Nanotechnology Council
- IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society
- IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society
- IEEE Power Electronics Society
- IEEE Power Engineering Society
- IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society
- IEEE Professional Communication Society
- IEEE Reliability Society
- IEEE Robotics & Automation Society
- IEEE Sensors Council
- IEEE Signal Processing Society
- IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology
- IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society
- IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society
- IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society
- IEEE Vehicular Technology Society
Societies and sections intersect in Chapters. A chapter is part of a section that organizes local events focussing on a specific application area. Within IEEE Benelux Section the following chapters are active:
- Antennas and Propagation, and Microwave Theory and Techniques (joint chapter)
- Circuits and Systems
- Consumer Electronics
- Computer Society
- Electronic Devices
- Electromagnetic Compatibility
- Engineering Management
- Industry Applications and Power Electronics (joint chapter)
- Information Theory
- Lasers and Electro-Optics
- Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society
- Signal Processing
- Solid-State Circuits Society
- Vehicular Technology and Communications (joint chapter)