IEEE Council on Radio-Frequency Identification: History, Present, and Future Vision

This article summarizes the history and present state of the IEEE Council on Radio-Frequency Identification (CRFID). The aim, scope, and achievement of CRFID on technical & academic activities, publications, and membership services & education are highlighted, with focus on how CRFID commits and grows resources to achieve its goals for its technical communities. This article also provides the vision and path to the council's future, and on this path, CRFID is broadening the technological frontiers of IoT, Blockchain, Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), Cyber-Physical Social Systems (CPSS), Digital Twins, Parallel Systems, Parallel Intelligence, and many other related enabling and transformational techniques.