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Call for Nominations: Chief Editor, SigPort and Chief Editor, Resource Center

IEEE Signal Processing Society Vice President-Membership Nikos Sidiropoulos invites nominations for the positions of Chief Editor, Signal Processing Repository (SigPort) and Chief Editor, Resource Center for a 3-year term starting 1 January 2018. Nominations must be received no later than 31 March 2017.

SIGPORT
SigPort is the Society’s online archive of manuscripts, reports, theses, and supporting materials. It collects technical material of interest to the broad signal processing community. It hosts material ineligible or unintended for formal publication, and manuscripts to help individuals obtain early exposure and feedback on their work prior to possible formal publication. You can view the SigPort portal at http://www.sigport.org/.

The SigPort Chief Editor’s duties include identification of Editors to serve on the editorial board of SigPort; management of the day-to-day operations of SigPort through periodic reports and user feedback; identifying areas that require strengthening of SigPort; oversight of SigPort submissions; monitoring the quality of SigPort; oversight of the SigPort Editorial Board; and ensuring the visibility of SigPort. The Chief Editor is responsible for working with the Society’s Vice President-Membership to create strategic and long-term plans for SigPort. The Chief Editor chairs the SigPort Editorial Board and serves on and is a voting member of the Society’s Membership Board.

NOTE: Nominations for the SigPort Chief Editor are restricted to members in good standing of the IEEE and the Society. Preference will be given to individuals who have experience with both web-based platforms and have IEEE publications experience, such as former associate editor of IEEE publications and/or past members of the Publications Board.

RESOURCE CENTER
The Resource Center, formerly known as SigView, is the Society’s online library of tutorials, lectures, presentations and more. The SPS Resource Center was developed to bring additional value and benefit to SPS members. You can view the Resource Center portal at http://rc.signalprocessingsociety.org/.

The Resource Center Chief Editor’s duties include identification of Editors to serve on the editorial board of the Resource Center; management of the day-to-day operations of the Resource Center; identifying areas that require strengthening of the Resource Center; coordination and management of the Resource Center submissions; monitoring the quality of the Resource Center; editorial coordination; oversight of the Resource Center Editorial Board; library management of the Resource Center portal; and ensuring the visibility of the Resource Center The Chief Editor is responsible for working with the Society's Vice President-Membership to create strategic and long-term plans for the Resource Center. The Chief Editor chairs the Resource Center Editorial Board and serves on and is a voting member of the Society's Membership Board.

NOTE: Nominations for the Resource Center Chief Editor are restricted to members in good standing of the IEEE and the Society. Preference will be given to individuals who have experience with society publications, such as former associate editors of IEEE publications and/or past members of the Publications Board.

Nominations should be submitted to Theresa Argiropoulos at t.argiropoulos@ieee.org, who will collect the nominations on behalf of Nikos Sidiropoulos, Vice President-Membership. Nominations must include:

  • a brief IEEE-style biography, including a listing of the candidate’s editorial experience;
  • a web address that contains the candidate’s CV (do not send a curriculum vitae with the nomination);
  • a brief narrative supporting statement from the nominator(s);
  • optionally, a statement of interest of up to 500 words stating the nominee’s vision for the position.

Nominations must be received no later than 31 March 2017.

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