Society News

The Fellow Reference Committee Chair, Alle-Jan van der Veen is seeking nominations for four new members of the 2014 Fellow Reference Committee.

Call for Nominations: IEEE Technical Field Awards

Nominations are due 31 January annually for the IEEE Technical Field Awards (TFAs).

Call for Nominations: Chapter of the Year Award (Deadline Oct 15)

The IEEE Signal Processing Society Chapter of the Year Award will be presented for the third time in 2014. The award will be presented annually to a Chapter that has provided their membership with the highest quality of programs, activities and services. The award will be presented annually in conjunction with the International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) to the Chapter’s representative.

2014 Class of Distinguished Lecturers Announced

The IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) announced the 2014 Class of Distinguished Lecturers. Five colleagues were honored and they are: Maria Greco (University of Pisa); Alex Kot (School of EEE); Bhaskar Rao (University of California, San Diego); Andrew Singer (University of Illinois ); and Akihiko (Ken) Sugiyama (NEC Corporation).

Upcoming Distinguished Lectures – October 2013

IEEE MGA Operations Manual Change - Geographic Unit Officer Term Limits

The IEEE Member and Geographic Activities Board approved a motion that limits the number of years any one individual may serve in any one geographic unit officer position.

Upcoming Distinguished Lectures – September 2013

SPS Members Receive 2014 IEEE Technical Field Awards

IEEE has announced the 2014 recipients of the IEEE Technical Field Awards.

The following three Signal Processing Society members received IEEE Awards:

IEEE JAMES L. FLANAGAN SPEECH AND AUDIO PROCESSING AWARD to BIING-HWANG JUANG (FIEEE) — Motorola Foundation Chair Professor and GRA Eminent Scholar, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

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