Society News

IEEE Section Chairs and Section Membership Development Chairs receive a monthly email notification regarding newly joined members in your Section. The current list of new members (those who joined in the past 30 days) is available through SAMIEEE, your volunteer analytics tool. The report provides member contact information: name, mailing address, email address, phone number, type of membership (traditional, e-membership), Societies joined, grade, and reasons for joining IEEE.

Nominate an IEEE member for Fellow.  It will be one of the high points in their career.  The nomination period for the 2018 Fellow Class is open and will continue through 1 March 2017. Visit the Fellow web page for nominee eligibility requirements, steps to become an IEEE Fellow, nomination instructions, this year's list of Fellows, and much more

The inaugural IEEE Vision, Innovation, and Challenges Summit (IEEE VIC Summit) will take place at The Palace Hotel in San Francisco, CA, USA, on 25 May 2017. It will present a unique opportunity to meet, mingle, and network with peers and some of the top technology “giants” in the world. It will be a dynamic one-day event to showcase the breadth of engineering by bringing together innovators, visionaries, and leaders of technology in the Silicon Valley area to discuss what is imminent, to explore what is possible, and what will these emerging areas mean for the future.

Alex Acero,
Chair, SPS Nominations and Appointments Committee

In accordance with the Bylaws of the IEEE Signal Processing Society, the membership will elect, by direct ballot, THREE Members-at-Large to the Board of Governors (BoG) for three-year terms commencing 1 January 2018 and ending 31 December 2020, as well as ONE Regional Director-at-Large each for the corresponding regions: Regions 7 & 9 (Canada and Latin America) and Region 10 (Asia and Pacific Rim) for two-year terms commencing 1 January 2018 and ending 31 December 2019.