Call for Nominations of Editors-in-Chief for TMC and TMM

The IEEE Signal Processing Society invites nominations for the positions of Editor-in-Chief for the journals IEEE Transactions on Multimedia and IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.

Both Transactions are co-sponsored by the IEEE Signal Processing Society. The nominee must be a member in good standing of IEEE and of the IEEE Signal Processing Society.  He/she must have served as an associate editor or in a management capacity for an archival journal.

The duties include the identification of associate editors to serve across the scope of the journals, management of the day-to-day operations of the journals; identification of areas that require strengthening and working with the sponsoring societies to achieve that goal.

Each Editor-in-Chief reports to the Steering Committees of the respective journal.  He/she chairs the Editorial Board for the publication. The terms of service will be from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2013.

Please submit nominations to Ali H. Sayed, Vice President-Publications, IEEE Signal Processing Society, via sayed@ee.ucla.edu by February 28, 2010.  Your nomination must include a brief biography (of no more than one page).  The biography should include the web address that contains the candidate’s CV (do not send complete curricula vitae with the nomination). Also include a statement of the candidate's experience as an associate editor or other publication management position.  Should the nominee so desire, a statement of interest of up to 500 words may be included stating the nominee's interest and special qualifications for the position.

Desirable qualities:  Solid technical accomplishments, leadership, integrity and ethical standards, organizational and management skills, and eagerness to continue to move the journals forward to higher levels of accomplishment.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF for [Name of the journal]

1.        Names of candidate and nominator
2.        A short IEEE-style biography
3.        A narrative supporting statement from the nominator
4.        A personal statement by the candidate (optional, limited to 500 words)