Recent years have witnessed the rapid development of virtual reality (VR). Above 90% of VR content is in the form of 360° video, also called omnidirectional video or panoramic video. Generally speaking, 360° video offers immersive and interactive viewing experience, as the viewers are able to freely move their heads in the range of 360° × 180° to access different viewports. Therefore, the perception of 360° video is significantly different from that of traditional video.

Each month, the Chapter Briefs Newsletter will feature an OU Analytics Tip that will be helpful to all who utilize the OU Analytics tool.  This month's Tip features instructions on how chapter chairs can obtain data on arrears members (non-renewals) in their chapter, by society...

Are you looking to energize signal processing students, early stage researchers, and industry practitioners in your area? Consider hosting a Seasonal School for young engineers near you!

In accordance with the Bylaws of the IEEE Signal Processing Society, the membership will elect, by direct ballot, THREE Members-at-Large to the Board of Governors for three-year terms commencing 1 January 2021 and ending 31 December 2023, as well as TWO Regional Directors-at-Large for the corresponding regions: Regions ​1-6 (​USA) and Region ​8 (Africa, Europe, & Middle East) for two-year terms commencing 1 January 2021 and ending 31 December 2022.

The Signal Processing Society has recently launched its first fully open access journal, the IEEE Open Journal of Signal Processing (OJ-SP). OJ-SP is dedicated to publishing high-impact, peer-reviewed articles on the innovations and emerging topics covering the full scope of signal processing. This fully open access journal welcomes papers addressing the theory, algorithms with associated architectures and implementations, and applications related to processing information.

2020 Multimedia Prize Paper Award Nomination Period is Open. Any paper published in T-MM in 2017, 2018, or 2019 is eligible. Judging shall be on the bases of originality, subject matter, timeliness, potential impact, and presentation quality.

Every year the US Army spends close to 60 percent of funds allocated for a given air platform on maintenance and sustainment. Helicopters like the HH-60 Pave Hawk and the UH-60 Black Hawk undergo maintenance every at pre-determined cycles and their mechanical and electrical components have a finite life expectancy. 

Image filtering is a fundamental task in computer vision and image processing. Various linear and nonlinear filters are routinely used for enhancement, superresolution, sharpening, restoration, etc. The focus of this thesis is on kernel-based filtering that has received significant attention in recent years.

Imaging of the human body using a number of different modalities has revolutionized the field of medicine over the past several decades and continues to grow at a rapid pace. More than ever, previously unknown information about biology and disease is being unveiled at a range of spatiotemporal scales. Although results and clinical adoption of strategies related to the computational and quantitative analysis of the images have lagged behind development of image acquisition approaches, there has been a noticeable increase of effort and interest in these areas in recent years.