Resources Available From the IEEE Standards Association

No Cost Public Access to Relevant IEEE Standards

The IEEE SA is providing no-cost public access to relevant IEEE standards used by technologists, engineers, scientists, manufacturers, and others as they respond to the global COVID-19 public health emergency. Go to Access Standards to learn more and to access and download PDFs of the standards.

IEEE Open Source Development Tools

IEEE has an Open Source program called IEEE SA Open. The platform provides new communities of technology collaboration that harnesses the power of familiar open source development tools with IEEE's member network, technical expertise, and resources with the goal to accelerate innovation and enable technological advancements. The platform enables independent software developers, startups, projects, academia, foundations, and industry organizations to create, test, manage, and deploy projects.

The platform is freely available for communities to come together and begin open projects that respond to the crisis, or to be used in this time of social distancing.

Getting started is easy:

Step 1: Create an IEEE Account

Step 2: Login, read and accept the terms

Step 3: Find and fork a project, start a new personal project, or apply to create a new group-based project by sending an email to opensourceopps@ieee.org

Additional Support for Standards Development Groups

To meet the need for increased virtual meetings as standards work continues to progress, the IEEE SA is accelerating a change of its standards development communities remote-meeting platform. The IEEE SA now offers WebEx accounts to its standards committees and working group officers. The current teleconference software, JoinMe, will continue to be provided until 3 May.

If you are a standards committee or working group officer and choose to use an IEEE SA-provided WebEx account prior to the JoinMe use end date, you may do so. The IEEE SA will provide accounts to any existing JoinMe user accounts that have been used within the last 12 months.

Automated notices have been sent out by WebEx to IEEE standards committee and working group officers. If you did not receive a notice and still need a WebEx account for your working group, go to https://ieee-sa.imeetcentral.com/webex. Once you have accessed the link, your request will be verified by IEEE staff and an account will be provided within three to five business days.