IEEE Collabratec Reaches 100,000 Member Milestone

IEEE Collabratec reached a milestone in August: greater than 100,000 IEEE members (plus 250,000 nonmembers) on the net networking platform. To commemorate the achievement, IEEE launched a 100,000-member badge for customers.

The badges acknowledge members for his or her participation in IEEE Collabratec’s communities and dialogue boards. Additionally they reward customers for creating networks with different IEEE members and fixing IEEE Puzzlers brainteasers.

“Since 2021 IEEE Collabratec has been a game-changer in my membership journey,” IEEE Member Jaramogi Khalfani Adofo Odhiambo says. He’s a member of the IEEE Uganda Section. “I join with fellow volunteers around the globe and have discovered mentorship and help for private progress.

“Collabratec is greater than a community; it’s a vibrant group that celebrates studying, management, and collaboration.”

The platform was launched in 2015 to assist members keep related with the group and native sections.

Rolling out new options

Since its debut, IEEE Collabratec has launched new options. Listed below are some latest additions:

• The IEEE Puzzlers group, which premiered in 2021, presents a enjoyable, partaking expertise for many who get pleasure from fixing brainteasers similar to lacking numbers and logic video games. There are totally different ranges of issue. Individuals who appropriately remedy the puzzles obtain badges and recognition on the web site. There are a number of kinds of badges, primarily based on what number of puzzles customers remedy. A badge is awarded when members remedy 7, 15, 30, 50, and 75 puzzles. Seventeen group members from seven international locations presently have the very best degree badge, which is awarded for fixing 555.
• The IEEE Mentoring Program pairs mentors with members who’re in search of steering on matters similar to their profession, training, management, volunteering, or a selected technical discipline. This system, created in 2023, is open to IEEE members of any grade. Anybody is usually a mentor, whether or not they’re a scholar or a seasoned skilled. As of July, about 3,700 members have signed as much as information others, a 25 % improve since final 12 months. There are about 1,300 mentor-mentee pairings now, with IEEE senior members representing half of the mentors. A brand new group devoted to mentoring is scheduled to debut this 12 months.
• To higher mirror members’ IEEE contributions, similar to main a committee or organizing an occasion, digital certificates are offered for volunteering. Every individualized doc contains the particular person’s identify, the place they held, and the years served. Each place held has its personal certificates. A member’s record of roles is up to date yearly. Customers can obtain the certificates and add them to their LinkedIn profile or résumé. Certificates additionally could also be printed for displaying.

“IEEE Collabratec has served as a very unifying power throughout our world technical group—bridging disciplines, geographies, and generations,” IEEE Life Fellow Fredrick Mintzer says. Mintzer, recipient of the 2022 IEEE Emberson Award, is a frequent Collabratec contributor. “For a decade, Collabratec has embodied the One IEEE philosophy by fostering collaboration and empowering members and nonmembers alike to attach, contribute, talk about, debate, and develop collectively.”

To be taught extra about IEEE Collabratec, try the user guide, FAQs, and users’ forum.