IEEE SPS 2010 Members-at-Large and Directors-at-Large Election Results

Jose’ M.F. Moura
Past President and Chiar, Nominations and Appointments Committee

Members-at-Large Election Results:

Three new Members-at-Large will take their seats on the Signal Processing Society Board of Governors beginning 1 January 2011 and will serve until 31 December 2013. Ten candidates competed for the three Member-at-Large positions. The successful candidates represent a broad spectrum of the Signal Processing Society, and the Board of Governors confirmed the election results at their 30 September 2010 Board meeting. The successful candidates are:

Petar M. Djurić Stony Brook, State University of NY USA	William Clem Karl Boston University USA	Sergios Theodoridis University of Athens Greece

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Completing their terms as Members-at-Large on 31 December 2010 are: Li Deng (Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA); Alex Gershman (Darmstadt University of Technology, Darmstadt, Germany); and Rabab Ward (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada).

The Board of Governors (BoG) is the governing body that oversees the activities of the IEEE Signal Processing Society. The SPS BoG has the responsibility of establishing and implementing policy, and receiving reports from its standing boards and committees. Members-at-Large represent the member view point in the Board decision-making. They typically review, discuss, and act upon a wide range of items affecting the actions, activities, and health of the Society. More information can be found at the IEEE Signal Processing Society website.

Regional Directors-at-Large Election Results:

The new Regional Directors-at-Large will take their seats on the Signal Processing Society Board of Governors and Membership Board beginning 1 January 2011 and will serve until 31 December 2012. Regional Directors-at-Large promote and foster local activities (such as conferences, meetings, social networking) and encourage new chapter development; represent their regions to the core of SPS; offer advice to improve membership relations, recruiting and service to their regions; guide and work with their corresponding chapters to serve their members; and assist the Vice President-Awards and Membership in conducting chapter reviews. The new Regional Directors-at-Large are:

Roberto Pieraccini, SpeechCycle, Inc.
Regional Director-at-Large for Regions 1-6

Roxana Saint-Nom, Instituto Tecnologico de Buenos Aires
Regional Director-at-Large for Regions 7 and 9

Carlo Regazzoni, University of Genova
Regional Director-at-Large for Region 8

Ta-Sung Lee, National Chiao Tung University.
Regional Director-at-Large for Region 10