Subcommittees

Subcommittees

Area Chair and Reviewer Coordination Subcommittee

Chair: Alessandro Foi
Members:
Mireille Boutin
Marco Cagnazzo
Chaker Larabi

• 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.

Awards Subcommittee

Chair: Mujdat Cetin
Members:
Frederic Dufaux
C. C. Jay Kuo
Dong Xu

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

Competitions and Challenges Subcommittee

Chair: Keigo Hirakawa
Members:
Yannick Berthoumieu
Gene Cheung
Ioannis Kompatsiaris

• Solicit proposals for competitions in IVMSP areas in the SP Cup.
• Process the proposals through TC voting for TC endorsement.

Conferences & Workshops Subcommittee

Chair: Lina Karam
Members:
Kjersti Engan
Aleksandra Pizurica
Yap-Peng Tan

• Prepare and disseminate open calls for future IVMSP workshops.
• Evaluate conferences and workshops seeking technical co-sponsorship prior to the TC voting for endorsement.

Education Subcommittee

Chair: Sanghoon Lee
Members:
Christine Guillemot
Hsueh-Ming Hang

• Solicit contributions for publication in the SPS Resource Center.
• Solicit proposals for seasonal schools and other educational activities of the TC.
• Establish liaison with the Signal Processing Education Technical Committee.

Industry and Government Subcommittee

Chair: Debargha Mukherjee
Members:
Homer H. Chen
Alexander Loui
Peter Schelkens

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

Nominations and Elections Subcommittee

Chair: Xiao-Ping (Steven) Zhang
Members:
Aydin Alatan
Fernando Pereira
Giuseppe Valenzise

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

Student Subcommittee

Chair: Patrick LeCallet
Members:
David Bull
Stefan Winkler

• Looks for and engages in opportunities for greater interaction and involvement of students with the TC activities and events.

Technical Directions Subcommittee

Chair: Vishal Monga
Members:
Ghassan Alregib
Jenny Benois-Pineau
Weisi Lin

• 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.

Web and Publicity Subcommittee

Chair: Nikolaos Boulgouris
Members:
Tao Mei
Ivana Tošić

• 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.

Liaisons

• Liaison to the SPS News Letter
  Nikolaos Boulgouris
• Liaison to the Multimedia Signal Processing TC
  Oscar Au
• Liaison to the Industry DSP Technology Standing Committee
  Gaurav Sharma

Others

• Editor in Chief, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
  Gaurav Sharma
• Editor in Chief, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia
  Wenwu Zhu