Nikos Sidiropoulos
Vice President-Membership and Chair, Chapters Review Committee

The IEEE Signal Processing Society Santa Clara Valley Chapter and the Vancouver Chapter have been selected as the recipients of the 2017 Chapter of the Year Award. This is the first year that two chapters have been designated with this honor!

The Chapter of the Year Award will be presented at the ICASSP 2018 Awards Ceremony in Vancouver, Canada. The award is presented annually to Chapters that have provided their membership with the highest quality of programs, activities and services. The SPS Santa Clara Valley Chapter and the SPS Vancouver Chapter will receive a certificate and a check in the amount of $1,000 to support local chapter activities. The Chapters will publish an article in a future issue of the IEEE Inside Signal Processing eNewsletter.