Recently Published Point of View Articles
The Point of View feature allows authors to explore topics of personal interest and of interest to members of the IEEE community. This format provides a forum for both information exchange and discussion of important topics. The scope of this section ranges from opinions on the importance of particular new concepts or discoveries to discussion of educational and professional trends to personal positions and predictions on various technical topics.
Below are some of the recently published articles.2020
2019
- An Outlook for Quantum Computing
- E-Skin: From Humanoids to Humans
- The Trolley, the Bull Bar, and Why Engineers Should Care About the Ethics of Autonomous Cars
- Toward the Agile and Comprehensive International Governance of AI and Robotics
- Moving Forward With Molecular Communication: From Theory to Human Health Applications
- Thoughts on Engineering Creativity
- Cooking With Computers: The Vision of Digital Gastronomy
2018
- Forced Decryption and the Fifth Amendment: A Technical Perspective
- Improving the Diversity of Faculty in Electrical and Computer Engineering (iREDEFINE ECE)
- How Is the Networked Society Impacting Us?
2017
- The Car as an Ambient Sensing Platform
- Can the Internet Be Greener?
- Spent Nuclear Fuel is not the Problem
- An Enduring Problem: Radioactive Waste From Nuclear Energy
- Solid-State Drive (SSD): A Nonvolatile Storage System
- Should Engineers Be on Tap or on Top?
- Safety and Security of Cyber-Physical and Internet of Things Systems
- Intellectual Property and Universities: A Path Forward
- The Cognitive Dynamic System for Risk Control
- Spatial Technology and Social Media in Remote Sensing: Challenges and Opportunities
- Our Hidden Figures
- The New Moneyball: How Ballpark Sensors Are Changing Baseball
- Beyond Smart Grid—A Cyber–Physical–Social System in Energy Future
2016
- Solving Puzzles With Missing Pieces: The Power of Systems Biology
- Fundamental Research and U.S. National Security
- Patents: When They Make Sense and When They Do Not
- The Future of Cloud Gaming
- Technology Versus Privacy Issues in Preventing Distracted Driver Accidents
- The Role of New Technologies in Solving the Spectrum Shortage
- Additive Manufacturing: A Key Enabling Technology for Next-Generation Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Systems
- Interactive Displays: The Next Omnipresent Technology
- Minting Money With Megawatts
- Ethics and Autonomous Systems: Perils and Promises
- Future Broadband Access Networks
- Rewards of tutorials
2015
- Automating Analytical Homework
- Big Data for Modern Industry: Challenges and Trends
- Considering the Total Cost of Electricity From Sunlight and the Alternatives
- Nuclear Power Versus Renewable Energy—A Trend Analysis
- Digital rights management: The cost to consumers
- Renewables Can Help Transform Lives in Rural Areas
- Energy Return on Investment (EROI) of Solar PV: An Attempt at Reconciliation
- In Defense of Engineering Education
- Frameworks for Companies to Share Data With Researchers
- International Education
- The Aftermath of the Missing Flight MH370: What Can Engineers Do?
- To Spike or Not to Spike: That Is the Question