Build Volunteer Communities with IEEE Computer Society Technical Communities and Councils

The Technical Community on Business Informatics and Systems aligns business intelligence, information science, and computer engineering into an engineering science for businesses.

The Technical Community on Cloud Computing promotes research, education, and industry in cloud computing.

The Technical Community on Computational Life Sciences advances computational methods and tools for modeling and analysis of life science problems, especially biology, medicine, and healthcare.

The Technical Community on Computer Architecture delves into the architecture (integrated hardware and software design) of general- and special-purpose computers.

The Technical Community on Computer Communications promotes those systems that integrate computing functions and telecommunications facilities.

The Technical Community on Data Engineering examines the role of data in the design, development, management, and utilization of information systems.

The Technical Community on Dependable Computing and Fault Tolerance examines computer systems where faults are considered natural, anticipated events and, thus, can be tolerated.

The Technical Community on Distributed Processing addresses the technical aspects of specifying, designing, implementing, and evaluating distributed computing systems.

The Technical Community on High Performance Computing advances high-performance computing networking, storage, analysis concepts, technologies, and applications.

Technical Community on Intelligent Informatics deals with tools and systems using biologically and linguistically motivated computational paradigms, such as artificial neural networks, fuzzy logic, data mining, Web intelligence, and VR.

The Technical Community on the Internet advances research from a software perspective into the Internet, its underlying technologies, and the applications it supports.

The Technical Community on Learning Technology promotes Advanced Learning Technologies and other tech that can dramatically improve learning.

The Technical Community on Mathematical Foundations of Computing focuses on theoretical computer science and mathematical tools to model and analyze computing devices, algorithms, and programs.

The Technical Community on Microprocessors and Microcomputers addresses the architecture, design, and application of microprocessors and microcomputers, as well as sponsors the Hot Chips and Hot Interconnects conferences.

The Technical Community on Microprogramming & Microarchitecture addresses all aspects of microarchitecture, including high-performance and low-power processors (superscalar, VLIW, and so on), and memory hierarchies.

The Technical Community on Multimedia Computing addresses all aspects of hardware and software systems that bring about the synchronization of different media: audio, video, text, and animation.

The Technical Community on Multiple-Valued Logic focuses on many-valued systems, such as multiple-valued logic devices and circuits, fuzzy systems and soft computing, quantum and reversible computing, and spectral techniques.

The Technical Community on Parallel Processing acts as an international forum to promote parallel processing research and education, as well as sets up technical standards.

The Technical Community on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence addresses pattern recognition, artificial intelligence, expert systems, natural language understanding, image processing, and computer vision.

The Technical Community on Real-Time Systems addresses hardware and software issues related to computers in real-time data systems, operating systems, and database management.

The Task Force on Rebooting Computing promotes novel ways to restart computer performance scaling and encourages holistic approaches that redefine computing.

The Technical Community on Scalable Computing fosters research and education in scalable computing.

The Technical Community on Security and Privacy addresses operating system security, data encryption, access-control mechanisms, database protection, network security, and impact of privacy protection legislation.

The Technical Community on Semantic Computing addresses matching of semantics of computational content to that of naturally expressed user intentions.

The Technical Community on Services Computing advances a cross-discipline community about the science and technology of bridging the gap between business services and IT services.

The Technical Community on Software Engineering addresses the myriad ways that software is designed, developed, and evolving.

The Test Technology Technical Community treats all aspects of test technology as they pertain to test implementation, test design, manufacturing test, and standardization.

The Technical Community on Very Large Scale Integration addresses the interactions of VLSI design, including system-level design, logic-level design, circuit-level design, and semiconductor processes.

The Technical Community on Visualization and Graphics promotes research in computer graphics, visualization, and virtual reality, as well as their application to science, engineering, business, and the arts.