IEEE SPS 2012 Members-at-Large and Directors-at-Large Election Results

Mos Kaveh,
Past President and Chair, 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 2013 and will serve until 31 December 2015. Nine 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 will confirm the election results at their 4 October 2012 Board meeting. The successful candidates are:

John Apostolopoulos Hewlett-Packard Laboratories

Walter Kellerman University Erlangen-Nuremberg

Bjorn Ottersten Royal Institute of Technology

Completing their terms as Members-at-Large on 31 December 2012 are: Fernando Pereira (Instituto Superior Tecnico & Instituto de Telecomunicacoes); Antonia Papandreaou-Suppappola (Arizona State University); and Mats Viberg (Chambers University of technology).

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:

Two new Regional Directors-at-Large will take their seats on the Signal Processing Society Board of Governors and Membership Board beginning 1 January 2013 and will serve until 31 December 2014. 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:

Anthony Kuh University of Hawaii Regional Director-at-Large for Regions 1-6

Mauro Barni University of Siena Regional Director-at-Large for Region 8

Completing their terms as Regional Directors-at-Large on 31 December 2012 are: Yun-Qing Shi, New Jersey Institute of Technology for Regions 1-6 and Carlo Regazzoni, University of Genova.