Republished from the IEEE Biometrics Council (BMC) Newsletter _{The full IEEE Biometrics Council's Newsletter (Vol 22, 2017) is available here   Content list: New Vice Presidents IEEE Trans. on Biometrics Interview: Kenneth D. Gantt Research paper: Cardiovascular Biometrics: Combining Mechanical and Electrical Signals Conference report: BIOSIG 2016 Calendar} Proposal on IEEE Transactions on Biometrics, Behavior, and Identity Science: IEEE Biometrics Council has submitted a proposal to IEEE for starting a new Transactions, tentatively named as "IEEE Transactions on Biometrics, Behavior, and Identity Science". The proposed IEEE Transactions on Biometrics, Behavior, and Identity Science would be a major source of dissemination of scientific innovations and progress in this domain. Details are provided in the newsletter. The IEEE Biometrics Council request the research community to fill the online form to show their interest in the proposal Transactions: https://tinyurl.com/kmyqhl4 Deadline to submit the online form: March 31, 2017 Call for Proposal for IEEE Conference on Biometrics Theory, Application and Systems (BTAS), 2018 Deadline: May 31, 2017 Details are given at: http://ieee-biometrics.org/index.php/news Please send proposals to Sebastien Marcel, Vice-President for Conferences, IEEE Biometrics Council at marcel@idiap.ch