Call for Officer Nominations: Vice President-Technical Directions

Athina Petropulu
Chair, 2024-2025 SPS Nominations and Appointments Committee

DEADLINE: 2 February 2024

IEEE Signal Processing Society President Athina Petropulu, in her capacity as 2024-2025 Chair of the Society’s Nominations and Appointments Committee, invites nominations for the IEEE Signal Processing Society Officer position Vice President-Technical Directions for the term of 1 January 2025-31 December 2027.

Nominations for the Vice President-Technical Directions position must be submitted through the online nomination system. The following information is required for each nomination: candidate name, contact information, IEEE Region, IEEE member number, candidate’s brief biography including information about current SP, IEEE, or other Society volunteer activities, a photo, as well as a statement of interest stating the candidate's vision for the position and their commitment to adhere to IEEE’s code of ethics. Nominations must be received no later than 2 February 2024. Full details can be found on the web. 

VICE PRESIDENT-TECHNICAL DIRECTIONS (Term: 1 January 2025-31 December 2027)

The duties of the Vice President-Technical Directions is to oversee the activities of the Society’s technical community, as embodied in its Technical Committees, in order to improve the Society’s technical profile within and outside IEEE; to assist the Society in identifying emerging technologies at the nexus of signal processing; assist in the creation of the TAB Five-Year Society Review document; and to proactively engage the Society’s members in strengthening the technical mission of the Society as defined in its Field of Interest.

The Vice President-Technical Directions is responsible for chairing the Technical Directions Board. The Vice President-Technical Directions is an ex-officio member of all the Society’s Technical Committees and serves on, and is a voting member of the Society's Board of Governors and Executive Committee.

NOTE: The Vice President-Technical Directions may have previously served as an elected Technical Committee Chair, and may have served in one or more of the following positions: General Chair or Technical Chair of ICASSP, ICIP or GlobalSIP; Editor-in-Chief of a Signal Processing Society sponsored publication.

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