Potentials Magazine provides 140,000 undergraduate and graduate students members of IEEE with a publication to address global issues, technology trends, and career development topics.

Bi-monthly publication focusing on educational and industry themes such as:

• Careers/graduate education
• Internet of Things
• Self-driving technology
• Student and YP Entrepreneurship

IEEE Potentials Magazine is a publication dedicated to undergraduate and graduate students and young professionals. IEEE Potentials explores career strategies, the latest in research, and important technical developments. Through its articles, it also relates theories to practical applications, highlights technology’s global impact, and generates international forums that foster the sharing of diverse ideas about the profession.

Submission of Papers: Prospective authors are invited to submit articles of
up to 4,000 words. Articles should be aimed at a student audience and
should not represent original research. The Potentials style requires no
abstract, no citations from within the main text and minimal equations, but liberal
use of relevant, captioned illustrations and photographs is encouraged.
For more information, refer to the Magazine’s Information for Authors. Articles
for consideration should be uploaded to mc.manuscriptcentral.com/pot-ieee.

Theme Issue: Space Exploration

Release: July/August 2020

Lead Editors:
Dario Schor—schor@ieee.org
Diane Kotelko—diane.kotelko@magellan.aero

A theme issue on “Space Exploration” will cover new hardware and software developments enabling human and robotic space exploration.  Authors are encouraged to discuss the scientific and/or commercial benefits of current and future technologies and missions using concepts suitable for a student audience.

Topics include but are not limited to:

■Commercial versus rad-hard electronics
■ Technologies enabling human performance in space
■ Satellite communications and deep space networks
■ Payload instrumentation
■ Student satellite and rocket competitions

■ Satellites, rovers, space stations, and launch vehicles
■ Bioinformatics and systems biology
■ Earth observation satellites and remote sensing
■ Ground station networks

Theme Issue: Big Data and Data Science

Release: November/December 2020

Lead Editors:
Syrine Ferjaoui – syrine.ferjaoui.eng@ieee.org
Thanos Kakarountas–kakarountas@ieee.org

A theme issue on “Big Data and Data Science” will cover how data are changing the world today and how researchers and companies are embracing the digital transformation era using big data and data science to solve real-world problems and create new values. Authors are encouraged to discuss the scientific and/or commercial benefits of current and future data technologies and methods using concepts suitable for a student audience.
Topics include but are not limited to:

■ Data management
■ Digital transformation
■ Data analytics
■ Data privacy/data governance
■ Models and algorithms
■ Data science/machine learning
■ Optimization and visualization
■ Policies for big data
■ Use cases/case studies

Theme Issue: Smart Cities: Review and Challenges Ahead

Release: January/February 2021

Lead Editors:
Sharad Sinha—sharad_sinha@ieee.org
Cátia Bandeiras—catiafmbandeiras@gmail.com
John Benedict Boggala—john.benedict.007@gmail.com
Syrine Ferjaoui—syrine.ferjaoui.eng@ieee.org

“Smart Cities: Review and Challenges Ahead” will explore the current state of smart cities around the world and the challenges in their implementation and realization. It also examines the question: What makes a city smart? Authors should discuss the scientific and/or commercial benefits of current and future technologies using concepts suitable for a student audience.

Topics include but are not limited to:

■ An introduction to smart cities
■ Case studies of smart cities
■ Public transportation – tech/systems and mobility
■ Economics of a smart city
■ Sustainability aspects

■ Energy and buildings
■ Health care and security
■ Security of Smart Infrastructure
■ Smart power grids, smart hospitals, and smart schools