Call for Nominations-EiC

Call for Nominations: Editor-in-Chief

Nomination Deadline 1 October 2021

The IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) invites nominations for the position of Editor-in-Chief for the following journal: Open Journal of Signal Processing. The Editor-in-Chief appointment is for a 3-year term starting on 1 January 2022. Nominators should take into consideration the need for representation of diversity in the Editor-in-Chief nomination slate, when submitting their nominations.

The nominee must be a member in good standing of the IEEE and of the IEEE Signal Processing Society. He/she must have served as an Associate Editor, special issue editor, or in a management capacity for an archival journal published by IEEE.  Preference shall be given to candidates who have served as Associate Editors of one or more Signal Processing Society archival publications. Desirable qualities include: solid technical accomplishments, leadership, integrity and ethical standards, organizational and management skills, and a vision for moving the journal forward.

The duties include the identification of Associate Editors to serve across the scope of the journal; management of the day-to-day operations of the journal through ScholarOne Manuscripts with the assistance of the Signal Processing Society's publications staff; monitoring of quality and timeliness of publications; identification of areas that require strengthening; and working with the Society and its Technical Committees to achieve these goals.

The Editor-in-Chief will report to the Society's Vice President-Publications. He/she chairs the Editorial Board for the publication and serves on and is a voting member of the Society's Publications Board. The Editor-in-Chief is expected to participate in Publications Board meetings at ICASSP in the Spring and in the Fall at ICIP (with limited travel support covered by IEEE SPS) and in additional teleconferences, contributing to decisions about publication policies and priorities. The term of service will be from 1/1/2022 to 12/31/2024.

Please submit nominations to: Marc Moonen, SPS Vice President-Publications, via email to Marc.Moonen@esat.kuleuven.be.

Nominations must include:

1. Name of candidate and nominator;
2. a brief IEEE-style biography (up to 200 words), including a listing of the candidate's editorial experience;
3. a web address that contains the candidate’s CV (do not send a curriculum vitae with the nomination);
4. a brief narrative supporting statement from the nominator(s); and
5. optionally, a statement of interest of up to 500 words stating the nominee’s vision for the journal.

Nomination Deadline: 1 October 2021.