April 2012

Steven Kiemyang Tjoa (University of Maryland), “Sparse and nonnegative factorizations for music understanding” (2011), Advisor: Prof. K. J. Ray Liu

The IEEE Signal Processing Society invites nominations for the 2013 Class of SPS Distinguished Lecturers (DLs). The deadline for nominations is 1 June 2012. Each year, up to ten (10) technically diverse and geographically dispersed individuals serve as IEEE Signal Processing Society Distinguished Lecturers. Up to five (5) new individuals are appointed each year, and their formal term of appointment is two calendar years.

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Nominations are due 1 July 2012 for the 2013 IEEE Medals and Recognitions.

We summarize some of the items MLSP TC has been working on during the past five months including our: upcoming MLSP workshop, upcoming Data Analysis Competition, recently elected/nominated/retiring MLSP members, upcoming MLSP TC meeting, and recent MLSP awards.

New tutorials and transcripts expand IEEE training options for the IEEE Xplore® digital library, IEEE the world’s largest technical professional association, has launched 11 tutorials in 7 languages as part of the organization’s online training and support program for the IEEE Xplore® digital library.

The self-paced tutorials are presented on the IEEE client services Web page as voice-narrated Flash videos with complete downloadable transcripts in the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish.

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The Advanced Communication Systems Lab is seeking individuals with practical signal processing research experience. You will make key contributions in original research and develop innovative products and solutions for the GE businesses including Aviation Systems, Energy, Healthcare and Water as well as US Government agencies such as DARPA, DoE and DHS.

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As a special benefit of IEEE membership, for the month of April IEEE-USA is offering a free eBook, Engineering the Art of Negotiation – Part 2 – How to Handle Your Colleagues.

Information on how to download this eBook will be available in the April Benefits Bulletin of IEEE-USA.