IEEE SPS 2021 President-Elect, Members-at-Large, and Regional Directors-at-Large Election Results

Ali H. Sayed
SPS Past President and Chair, Nominations and Appointments Committee

President-Elect Election Results:

This year, all eligible IEEE Signal Processing Society Members were able to cast their vote for the next IEEE Signal Processing Society President-Elect. The President-Elect will sit on the IEEE Signal Processing Society Board of Governors beginning 1 January 2022 and will serve until 31 December 2023, when they will be elevated to Society President. The next President-Elect is:

Min Wu
University of Maryland

Member-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 2022 and will serve until 31 December 2024. Nine 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:

Xiaoli Ma Georgia Institute of Technology

Anthony Vetro Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs

Hong (Vicky) Zhao Tsinghua University

Completing their terms as Members-at-Large on 31 December 2021 are: Douglas O’Shaughnessy, INRS-EMT, University of Quebec, Canada; Zhi-Quan (Tom) Luo, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China; and Zhi (Gerry) Tian, George Mason University, USA. 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 IEEE Signal Processing Society Board of Governors and Membership Board beginning 1 January 2022 and will serve until 31 December 2023. 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:

André L.F. de Almeida Federal University of Ceará (Regions 7&9)

Tsung-Hui Chang The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (Region 10)

Completing their terms as Regional Directors-at-Large on 31 December 2021 are: Charles Casimiro Cavalcante, Universidade Federal do Ceará for Regions 7&9 and Wing-Kin (Ken) Ma, The Chinese University of Hong Kong for Region 10.