Society News

This year SP Cup competition was on “Exploring Power Signatures for Location Forensics of Media Recordings”, to determine the location-of-recording by exploring a time-varying signature embedded in media recordings. This year 52 teams (around 334 students) registered for the SP Cup and 33 submitted their work. Three teams have been selected to participate in the final competition at ICASSP 2016.

Call for Nominations: IEEE Medals and Recognitions

Nominations are due 1 July 2016 for the 2017 IEEE Medals and Recognitions.

IEEE Medals are the highest recognition within the IEEE awards hierarchy, with the prestigious IEEE Medal of Honor as the premier award. IEEE Medals embrace broad and significant contributions within the technical fields of interest of IEEE.

New Society Officer for 2017

The Board of Governors of the IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) elected one new officer who will start his term on 1 January 2017:

Call for Nominations: Regional Directors-at-Large

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 2017 and ending 31 December 2019, as well as ONE Regional Director-at-Large each for the corresponding regions: Regions 1-6 (USA) and Region 8 (Europe, Middle East, Africa) for two-year terms commencing 1 January 2017 and ending 31 December 2018.

Call for Nominations: 2017 Distinguished Lecturers

Chapter & DL News, Society News

The IEEE Signal Processing Society invites nominations for the 2017 Class of SPS Distinguished Lecturers (DLs). The deadline for nominations is 31 May 2016. Each year, up to ten (10) technically diverse and geographically dispersed individuals serve as IEEE Signal Processing Society Distinguished Lecturers.

42 Signal Processing Society Members Elevated to Senior Member

March 2016

The IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) is honored to announce the elevation of 42 of its members to the grade of IEEE Senior Member. These members have demonstrated outstanding professional performance, exhibited professional maturity through long-term experience, and established themselves as leaders in their respective IEEE-designated fields of interest. Senior Member is the only membership grade that is eligible to be nominated for IEEE Fellow. The new Senior Members of the IEEE Signal Processing Society are:

Call for Nominations: Regional Directors-at-Large and Members-at-Large

March 2016

Reminder call for Nominations: IEEE Fellow Class of 2017: Deadline 1 March

February 2016

Visit the Fellow web page for nominee eligibility requirements, steps to become an IEEE Fellow, nomination instructions, and much more

The nomination period for the 2017 Fellow Class is open and will continue through 1 March 2016.

Call for Nominations: IEEE Signal Processing Letters Editor-in-Chief

February 2016