Ahmed Tewfik

SPS Past President and Chair, SPS Nominations and Elections Committee

It is my pleasure to announce that the IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) annual election will commence on 17 October, and your vote is more important than ever! This year, all eligible SPS Members will vote for the Regional Directors-at-Large for Regions 7&9, and Region 10 (term 1 January 2026 through 31 December 2027), and Members-at-Large (term 1 January 2026 through 31 December 2028) of the IEEE Signal Processing Society Board of Governors (BoG).

Ballots will be mailed to SPS members. The ballot includes a diverse slate of candidates for all elections, which were vetted by the SPS Nominations and Elections Committee, as well as a space for write-in candidates. SPS members will have the opportunity to cast their votes via the web at https://eballot4.votenet.com/IEEE for up to one Regional Director-at-Large for your corresponding Region: Regions 7 & 9 (Canada & Latin America) and Region 10 (Asia and Pacific) Africa), and three Member-at-Large candidates. This year, nine Member-at-Large candidates were nominated by the IEEE Signal Processing Society and one Member-at-Large candidate was nominated from member petition. Ballots must be received at the IEEE no later than 4 December 2025 to be counted. Members must meet the eligibility requirements at the time the ballot data is generated to be eligible to vote. To be eligible to vote in this year’s Society election, you had to have been an active SPS Member, Affiliate, or Graduate Student Member as of 19 September 2025. This is the date when the list of eligible Society voting members was compiled.

The 2025 candidates for Regional Director-at-Large (presented in alphabetical order by surname) appear below. Candidate biographies will be included in the ballot.

Region 7 & 9:

 Region 10:

The 2025 candidates for Member-at-Large (presented in alphabetical order by surname) appear below. Candidate biographies will be included in the ballot.

The BoG is the governing body that oversees the activities of the SPS. The SPS BoG has the responsibility of establishing and implementing policy and receiving reports from its standing boards and committees and comprises 24 Society members: the President and President-Elect who are elected by the voting members of the Society, five Vice President officers of the Society who are elected by the BoG, nine Members-at-Large elected by the voting members of the Society, four Regional Directors-at-Large elected locally by Society voting members of the corresponding region, as well as the Awards Board Chair, Industry Board Chair, and Young Professionals Committee Chair. The seven officers are the President, President-Elect, the Vice President-Conferences, Vice President-Education, Vice President-Membership, Vice President-Publications, and Vice President-Technical Directions. The Executive Director of the Society serves ex-officio, without vote.

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.

Regional Directors-at-Large are SPS members who are elected locally by Society voting members of the corresponding Region via the annual election to serve on the Society’s BoG as nonvoting members and voting members of the Society’s Membership Board.

More information on the IEEE SPS can be found on Signal Processing Society website.