Society News

The 2012 Annual Reporting and Rebate cycle has begun. All Section Officers and Chapter/Affinity Group Chairs have been contacted with a reminder that the following annual reports are required to be eligible for a rebate.

Tainan Chapter Receives the 2012 Chapter of the Year Award

The IEEE Signal Processing Society Tainan Chapter has been selected as the second recipient of the 2012 Chapter of the Year Award!

SPS Members Receive 2013 IEEE Awards

IEEE has announced the 2013 recipients of the IEEE Medals, Prize Paper, Service Awards, Corporate Recognitions and/or Honorary Membership awards.

The following six Signal Processing Society members received IEEE Awards:

IEEE FOUNDERS MEDAL to LEO BERANEK (LFIEEE) – Founder (retired), Bolt, Beranek, and Newman, Boston, MA, USA

IEEE RICHARD W. HAMMING MEDAL to ARTHUR ROBERT CALDERBANK (FIEEE) – Dean of Natural Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

Upcoming Distinguished Lectures – January 2013

2013 Class of Distinguished Lecturers Announced

The IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) announced the 2013 Class of Distinguished Lecturers. Five colleagues were honored and they are: Sergio Barbarossa (Sapienza University of Rome); Mauro Barni (University of Siena); Robert Heath Jr. (University of Texas at Austin); V. John Mathews (University of Utah ); and Mari Ostendorf (University of Washington).

Call for Nominations: IEEE Technical Field Awards

Nominations are due 31 January 2013 for the 2014 IEEE Technical Field Awards (TFA).

Changes to IEEE Geographic Unit Officer Reporting Process

Effective 28 September 2012, all geographic unit officer reporting is to be submitted using vTools.OfficerReporting.

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