IEEE Computer Society

<p>IEEE Computer Society (commonly known as the Computer Society or CS) is a technical society of the <a href="/facts/Institute_of_Electrical_and_Electronics_Engineers/UddC4pUW">Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers</a> (IEEE) dedicated to computing, namely the major areas of hardware, software, standards and people, "advancing the theory, practice, and application of computer and information processing science and technology." It was founded in 1946 and is the largest of 39 technical societies organized under the <a href="/facts/IEEE_Technical_Activities_Board/UddC4pUW">IEEE Technical Activities Board</a> with over 375,000 members in 150 countries, more than 100,000 being based in the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a> alone.
</p><p>It operates as a "global, non-governmental, not-for-profit professional society" publishing 23 peer-reviewed journals, facilitating numerous technical committees, and developing IEEE computing standards, It maintains its headquarters in <a href="/facts/Washington%2c_DC/enXPK156">Washington, DC</a> and additional offices in <a href="/facts/California/zLW2vdQJ">California</a>, <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a>, and <a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT">Japan</a>.
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IEEE Computer Society