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WEBINAR 21 OCT 15:00 UTC: IEEE – Thematic Study Day: Artificial Intelligence

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Two-panel event graphic. The left two-thirds is a solid vivid blue-violet field with white condensed sans-serif text: "IEEE History Week" at top, "Thematic Study Day:" below it, "Artificial Intelligence" in large bold letters, and the date 21 October 2026 along the bottom. The right third is a grainy black-and-white historical photograph of an early electrical test site, with tall wooden poles, large hoop-shaped conductors and spherical electrodes strung on overhead cables, a lattice tower and low buildings behind, set in an open grassy field.REGISTER | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK

On Wednesday, 21 October 2026 at 11:00–13:05 EDT (15:00–17:05 UTC), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) hosts a webinar ‘Thematic Study Day: Artificial Intelligence‘ as part of IEEE History Week. Presenters from the IEEE Computer Society, the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society and the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society trace the history of AI: the term itself as a brand, Soviet AI and its engineering cultures, the history of robotics and automation, and the 39-year partnership between AI and the Computational Intelligence Society.

11:00 EDT (15:00 UTC) — INTRODUCTION TO THE EVENT

11:05 EDT (15:05 UTC) — ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: THE HISTORY OF A BRAND
Thomas Haigh – IEEE Computer Society

11:35 EDT (15:35 UTC) — SOVIET AI AND ITS ENGINEERING CULTURES
Ksenia Tatarchenko – IEEE Computer Society

12:05 EDT (16:05 UTC) — TRACING THE HISTORY OF ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION THROUGH NARRATIVES AND NETWORKS
Selma Sabanovic – IEEE Robotics and Automation Society

12:35 EDT (16:35 UTC) — AI AND THE IEEE COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SOCIETY: PARTNERS FOR 39 YEARS
James Bezdek – IEEE Computational Intelligence Society

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