IEEE SPS 2018 Members-at-Large and Regional Directors-at-Large Election Results

Rabab Ward
SPS Past President and Chair
Nominations and Appointments Committee

Members-at-Large Election Results:

Three new Members-at-Large will take their seats on the IEEE Signal Processing Society Board of Governors beginning 1 January 2019 and will serve until 31 December 2021. Eight candidates competed for the three Member-at-Large positions. These successful candidates represent a broad spectrum of the IEEE Signal Processing Society. The new Members-at-Large are:

Completing their terms as Members-at-Large on 31 December 2018 are: Robert W. Heath, Jr., The University of Texas at Austin; Lina J. Karam, Arizona State University; and Min Wu, University of Maryland. 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 2019 and will serve until 31 December 2020. 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-Membership in conducting chapter reviews. The new Regional Directors-at-Large are:

Completing their terms as Regional Directors-at-Large on 31 December 2018 are: Zhengdao Wang, Iowa State University for Regions 1-6 and Ana Isabel Pérez-Neira, Technical University of Catalonia for Region 8.