Subcommittees

Subcommittees

Awards Subcommittee

Co-Chairs:

1. André Kaup (12/31/2027) (1st)
2. Homer Chen (12/31/2026) (1st)

Members:

1. Mei Han
2. Junsong Yuan (12/31/2026) (2nd)
3. Xiaohong Liu (12/31/28) (1st)
4. Hui Yuan (12/31/28) (1st)

Responsibilities:

• Issue open calls for SPS awards and nominations.
• Manage awards voting among TC members and identify endorsed nominations.
• Submit endorsed nominations to SPS Awards Board.

Conferences & Workshops Subcommittee

Chairs:

1. Nicola Conci (12/31/2027) (2nd)

Members:

1. Alexandros Iosifidis (12/31/2027) (1st)
2. Li Cheng (12/31/2027) (1st)
3. Dong Liu (12/31/2027) (1st)
4. Jong-Seok Lee (12/31/2027) (1st)
5. Aydin Akan (12/31/28) (2nd)

Responsibilities:

• Maintain lists of Area Chairs and reviewers for IVMSP areas in ICIP, ICASSP, and the IVMSP workshop.
• Propose recommendations for the improvement of the paper handling and review processes in IVMSP related conferences.
• Area Chair and Reviewer Coordination, Challenges, Competitions.
• The “Challenges Task Force” to be tasked with evaluating Signal Processing Cup and Video and Image Processing Cup proposals, liaising with the SPS Challenge Program and proposing challenge competitions demonstrating and benchmarking advances in image, video and multidimensional signal processing technology.
• The “ML for IVMSP Task Force” to be tasked with liaising with the boards of ML, CV, and Multimedia conferences to explore and encourage synergies between SPS and core ML, CV and Multimedia conferences in the areas of image, video and multidimensional signal processing.

Challenges and Data Collections

Chair:

1. Ercan E Kuruoglu (12/31/2027)

Members:

1. Yang Li (12/31/28) (1st)
2. Koray Kayabol (12/31/2027) (1st)

Industry and Government Subcommittee

Chair:

1. Ambarish Natu (12/31/2026) (1st)

Members:

1. William Puech (12/31/2026) (2nd)
2. Balu Adsumilli (12/31/2027) (1st)
3. Sheng Li (12/31/28) (1st)
4. Bihan Wen (12/31/28) (1st)

Responsibilities:

• Look for and engage in opportunities for greater interaction with Industry and Government.

Nominations and Elections Subcommittee

Chair:

1. Yongyi Yang (12/31/2026) (1st)

Members:

1. Ting Yao (12/31/2026) (1st)
2. Zhibo Chen (12/31/2026) (1st)
3. Chang Xu (12/31/2027) (1st)
4. Syed Mohsen Naqvi (12/31/2027) (1st)
5. Shiqi Wang (12/31/2027) (1st)

Responsibilities:

• Collect nominations for Technical Committee members and Vice Chair positions.
• Conduct the election process.

Education and Student Subcommittee

Chair:

1. Jenq-Neng Hwang (12/31/2026) (1st)

Members:

1. Mylène Farias (12/31/2026) (2nd)
2. Jiwen Lu (12/31/2026) (2nd)
3. Aladine Chetouani (12/31/2027) (2nd)
4. Alexandre Benoit (12/31/2026) (1st)
5. Lucas Thomaz(12/31/2027) (1st)

Responsibilities:

• Looks for and engages in opportunities for greater interaction and involvement of students with the TC activities and events.
• Webinars
• Summer/Winter school events

Technical Directions and Initiatives Subcommittee

Chair:

1. Chia-Wen Lin (12/31/2026) (1st)

Members:

1. Zoltan Kato (12/31/28) (1st)
2. Guangtao Zhai (12/31/28) (1st)
3. Aykut Koc (12/31/28) (1st)

Responsibilities:

• Manage and maintain the EDICS list for the TC and ensure it is being used consistently in all TC related conferences and workshops.
• Work with the Editors-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Image Processing and other SP Society Transactions to ensure that IVMSP related areas are accurately represented in the EDICS of these Transactions.
• Identify future trends and directions in IVMSP technical areas.
• The “ICIP Innovations Subcommittee” to be tasked with exploring, formulating and proposing program and event innovations to the ICIP organising committee to help maintain the relevance of the conference to the community.

Web, Publicity and Liaison Subcommittee

Chair:

1. Aydin Alatan (12/31/2026) (1st)

Members:

1. Fengqing Maggie Zhu (12/31/27) (1st)
2. Xinfeng Zhang (12/31/28) (1st)

Responsibilities:

• Maintain the TC web site together with the SPS staff.
• Promote awareness of the TC activities via the SPS e-Newsletter, the SPS web site, and other applicable venues.
• Maintain lists of Associate and Affiliate Members and ensure efficient communication of TC activities.