Nominate by Oct. 15: Chapter of the Year Award

The IEEE Signal Processing Society Chapter of the Year Award will be presented for the first time in 2012. The award will be presented annually to a Chapter that has provided their membership with the highest quality of programs, activities and services.

The award will be presented annually in conjunction with the International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) to the Chapter's representative. The award will consist of a certificate and a check in the amount of $1,000 to support local chapter activities. The winning Chapter will also be invited to publish an article in the IEEE Inside Signal Processing eNewsletter. The nominated Chapters will be evaluated based on the following Chapter activities, programs and services during the past year:

1. Technical activities (e.g. technical meetings, workshops and conferences, tours with industry)
2. Educational programs (e.g. courses, seminars, student workshops, tutorials, student activities)
3. Membership development (e.g. programs to encourage students and engineers to join the society, growth in chapter’s membership, member advancement programs)
4. Annual IEEE Chapter report submitted by the chapter.

Selection will be based on the nominator’s submission of the nomination form and the annual IEEE Chapter report. Nominations should be submitted to John Treichler, SPS Vice President-Awards and Memberships, via j.treichler@ieee.org. Nominations must be received no later than 15 October 2011. Further information on the Chapter of the Year Award, as well as the nomination form can be found on the Society’s website at this link.