Something really innovative has happened in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, where the third IEEE Workshop on Information Forensics and Security (WIFS) took place in November 2011. The 2011 WIFS, in a partnership with the Brazilian Association of Forensic Experts of the Federal Police (APCF), included in its program a series of oral presentations, posters, and demos, which represent an effort of the forensics experts to call the attention of academics to problems they often face.

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The IEEE Signal Processing Society congratulates 53 SPS members who were recognized with the grade of Fellow as of 1 January 2012. Nominations are now being accepted till March 1, 2012, for the IEEE Fellow Class of 2013.

The IEEE SPS journals are highly ranked in the latest journal citation report.

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