Society News

IEEE Sections Congress 2014 (SC2014) will be held 22-24 August 2014, at the RAI Convention Centre, in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The primary audience for IEEE Sections Congress is IEEE members who are volunteering within the MGA structure (Region, Geographic Councils, Section, Subsection, Chapter, and Affinity Group), but volunteers from other IEEE units are encouraged to attend as well.

Call for Nominations: IEEE Medals and Recognitions

Nominations are due 1 July 2014 for the 2015 IEEE Medals and Recognitions. Nominations for IEEE Awards Board Chair, Vice Chair, or Member-at-Large are due 15 March 2014.

New IEEE vTools Features and Enhancements

vTools.Meetings version 4.3 introduces new features and usability enhancements,

such as:

IEEE Women in Engineering News: 20th Anniversary, International Leadership Conference, Call for Awards Nominations

Join IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) in celebrating 20 years of IEEE WIE.

In 1994, the IEEE Board of Directors established the Women in Engineering (WIE) committee to support the recruitment and retention of women within IEEE. Since then, IEEE WIE has grown to 450+ affinity groups with 15,000+ members around the world. With over 800 outreach, humanitarian, technical, community, and professional events last year, WIE is impacting, enhancing, and enabling the lives of hundreds of thousands of women and young girls in communities worldwide.

Upcoming Distinguished Lectures – March 2014

New IEEE vTools Features and Enhancements

The IEEE MGA vTools team is happy to announce successful new releases for the following vTools applications: vTools.Meetings version 4.3 introduces new features and usability enhancements, such as:

2013 Annual Reporting and Rebate Requirements: due 31 March

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:

2013 IEEE Signal Processing Society Awards Announced

The IEEE Signal Processing Society will announce the following Society's prestigious awards during ICASSP 2014 in Florence, Italy: Society Award, Technical Achievement Award, Meritorious Service Award, Education Award, and different Best Paper Awards.

Upcoming Distinguished Lectures – February 2014