IEEE SPS 2022 Members-at-Large and Regional Directors-at-Large Election Results

Ahmed Tewfik
SPS Past President and Chair, Nominations and Appointments Committee

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 2023 and will serve until 31 December 2025. Seven 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:
 

Mónica Bugallo Stony Brook University

Yonina Eldar Weizmann Institute of Science

Gaurav Sharma University of Rochester

Completing their terms as Members-at-Large on 31 December 2022 are: Pascale Fung, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong; Patrick A. Naylor, Imperial College London, United Kingdom; and Roxana Saint-Nom, Eurocase, Bairex Constructions, Universidad Argentina de la Empresa, Argentina. 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 2023 and will serve until 31 December 2024. 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:

Petros T. Boufounos Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (Regions 1-6)

Constantinos B. Papadias The American College of Greece (Region 8)

Completing their terms as Regional Directors-at-Large on 31 December 2022 are: Iole Moccagatta, Intel, for Regions 1-6 and Maria Sabrina Greco, University of Pisa for Region 8.