IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society

IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society
Name	IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society
Formation	1954
Type	Professional society
Headquarters	Piscataway, New Jersey
Leader title	President
Parent organization	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society

The IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society serves professionals concerned with electromagnetic interference mitigation, radio frequency coexistence, signal integrity, and electromagnetic compatibility testing, engaging practitioners from Bell Labs, NASA, DARPA, Siemens, and General Electric. It connects engineers who work on standards and measurement techniques used by Federal Communications Commission, European Telecommunications Standards Institute, International Electrotechnical Commission, Telecommunications Industry Association, and 3rd Generation Partnership Project stakeholders. The Society interacts with researchers affiliated with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, Imperial College London, and Tsinghua University.

History

The Society traces roots to post‑World War II concerns also addressed by National Bureau of Standards, Navy Research Laboratory, United States Air Force, UK Ministry of Defence, and NATO programs that gave rise to early EMC activities. Early meetings involved engineers from AT&T, RCA, Marconi Company, Philips, and Westinghouse Electric Company. Over successive decades the Society responded to technological shifts driven by developments at Bell Labs and research at Argonne National Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Milestones include alignment with standardization efforts led by International Telecommunication Union, collaborations with European Space Agency, and engagement in interoperability forums with Intel Corporation and Microsoft Corporation research teams.

The Society's remit spans topics relevant to practitioners at Airbus, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Raytheon Technologies as well as consumer electronics firms like Samsung Electronics and Sony Corporation. Areas of technical focus include radiated emissions, conducted immunity, lightning protection used by Airbus, Boeing, and Eurocopter programs, electromagnetic shielding relevant to Panasonic Corporation products, and power electronics EMC issues encountered by General Motors and Toyota Motor Corporation. The Society organizes tutorials and short courses taught by researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Cambridge, and ETH Zurich and liaises with regulators such as Japan Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and China Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

The Society publishes peer‑reviewed journals and transactions that attract submissions from authors at Google, Apple Inc., Facebook (Meta Platforms), Nokia, and Ericsson. Major venues include symposia analogous in prestige to events at ACM Sigcomm or SPIE meetings, and conferences held in cities such as San Francisco, London, Beijing, Munich, and Tokyo. Proceedings are cited in standards drafted by IEEE Standards Association committees, ITU‑R working parties, and technical bodies at IEC. Tutorials and special sessions have featured keynote presenters from Princeton University, Caltech, Harvard University, Cornell University, and University of Michigan.

The Society maintains technical committees comparable to panels at IEEE Communications Society and collaborates with groups from SAE International, ASME, and ASTM International. Working groups address EMC topics in automotive systems for Society of Automotive Engineers standards, avionics interoperability for RTCA, Inc. and EUROCAE, and medical device EMC linked to Food and Drug Administration guidance and World Health Organization considerations. Committees coordinate research agendas with laboratories such as National Institute of Standards and Technology, Fraunhofer Society, and CSIRO.

Membership comprises engineers and scientists from HP Inc., Texas Instruments, Analog Devices, Broadcom Inc., and academic members from Yale University, University of Tokyo, and McGill University. Governance follows models used by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers regional units and involves an elected board, technical directors, and conference program chairs drawn from institutions like Johns Hopkins University, Duke University, University of Texas at Austin, and Purdue University. The Society participates in IEEE regional activities across Region 1 (IEEE), Region 2 (IEEE), and Region 10 (IEEE) and coordinates student branches at MIT, Georgia Institute of Technology, and University of Waterloo.

Recognition programs mirror awards from IEEE and honor contributions comparable to those acknowledged by National Academy of Engineering, Royal Academy of Engineering, and European Research Council grant recipients. Awardees have included engineers whose work interfaces with programs at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, CERN, Bell Labs Innovations Research Center, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Prizes highlight achievements in EMC theory, measurement, and standards development, celebrating collaborations with companies such as ABB, Schneider Electric, and Infineon Technologies.

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