IEEE SPS 2024 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 2025 and will serve until 31 December 2027. 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:

Georgios B. Giannakis University of Minnesota

Anna Scaglione Cornell University

Z. Jane Wang University of British Columbia

Completing their terms as Members-at-Large on 31 December 2024 are: Xiaoli Ma, Georgia Institute of Technology; Anthony Vetro, Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs; and Hong (Vicky) Zhao, Tsinghua University. 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 viewpoint 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 2025 and will serve until 31 December 2026. 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:

Subhro Das MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, IBM Research (Regions 1-6)

Marius Pesavento Technische Universität Darmstadt (Region 8)

Completing their terms as Regional Directors-at-Large on 31 December 2024 are: Petros T. Boufounos, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories for Regions 1-6 and Constantinos B. Papadias, The American College of Greece for Region 8.