Subcommittees

Award Subcommittee:

Chair: Luisa Verdoliva

Members: Patrick Bas, Jan Butora, Tiziano Bianchi, Marc Chaumont, Zeki Erkin, Shunquan Tan
Mission: The mission of this committee is to collect nominations (SPS awards, Distinguished Lecturers), identify members for Senior Member/Fellow nomination

Nominations and Elections Subcommittee

Chair: Emanuele Maiorana
Members: Anselmo Ferreira, Minoru Kuribayashi, Ni Rongrong, Victor Sanchez 
Mission: The role of this subcommittee is to collect nominations for TC members and Vice Chair/Chair positions, conduct the election process. Ensure diversity of SPS members

Web and Publicity Subcommittee

Chair: Zeki Erkin
Members: Anselmo Ferreira, Pavel Korshunov, Pawel Korus, Minoru Kuribayashi
Mission: This subcommittee maintains the IFS TC website together in collaboration with SPS staff, promotes the awareness of the TC activities.

Technical Directions Subcommittee

Chair: Luisa Verdoliva
Members: Roberto Caldelli, Jana Dittmann, Anselmo Ferreira, Pavel Korshunov
Mission: This subcommittee identifies future trends and directions in IFS, promotes the vitality and growth of the IFS-TC.

Workshop/Challenges Subcommittee

Chair: Tiziano Bianchi
Members: Irene Amerini, Paolo Bestagini, Aparna Bharati, Roberto Caldelli, Riccardo Lazzeretti, Manhua Liu, Victor Sanchez, Jiande Sun
Mission: This subcommittee is in charge of soliciting proposal for workshops (e.g. WIFS), but also for competitions (SP Cup or other).

Education Subcommittee

Chair: Jana Dittmann
Members: Bindu Chandna, Xiangui Kang, Pawel Korus, Daniel Moreira, Allan Pinto, Alessandro Piva
Mission: Responsibilities of the subcommittee include creation of content of interest to SPS members (contributions to be published on the Resource Center)

Industry and Government Subcommittee

Chair: Scott McCloskey
Members:  Marco Fontani
Mission: The objective of this subcommittee is to attract non-academic individuals to the IFS community, fill the gap between signal processing researchers and practitioners

Regional Representatives

Mission: The four regional publicize the IFS TC activities in their region (Asia, Europe, North America, and South America)

• Asia: Xiangui Kang
• Europe: Luisa Verdoliva
• North America: Daniel Moreira
• South America: Allan Pinto

Area Chairs

Members: Paolo Bestagini, Marc Chaumont, Zeki Erkin, Daniel Moreira, William Puech, Christian Riess.
Mission: Area chairs drive the review of papers for that area submitted to SPS’s conferences and workshops. Each Area Chair will have a number of reviewers, which shall normally include elected Associate and Affiliate Technical Committee Members. Other responsibilities may include proposal of special sessions and special issues in that area.

T-IFS Liaison

Members: Marc Chaumont
Mission: The role of this sub-committee is to foster links between the IFS TC and the T-IFS.