Technical Committee News

Recent Patents in Signal Processing (September 2014) – Compressed Sensing in Signal Processing

For our September 2014 issue, we cover recent patents granted in the area of compressed sensing. The section below covers patents granted recently for contributions to image enhancement, tomography, image and video compressing & decompressing, signal reconstruction and augmented reality gaming.

News from the Speech and Language Processing Technical Committee (SLTC)

Welcome to the Fall 2014 edition of the IEEE Speech and Language Processing Technical Committee's Newsletter! This issue of the newsletter includes 7 articles and announcements from 13 contributors, including our own staff reporters and editors. Thank you all for your contributions! This issue includes news about IEEE journals and recent workshops, SLTC call for nominations, and individual contributions.

IEEE Special Technical Community on Social Network E-Letter

Since Feburary 2013, IEEE Special Technical Community on Social Network (STCSN) has launched its E-letter on social network related projects and researches every three months on the website (http://stcsn.ieee.net/e-letter).

The aim of the STCSN E-Letter is to provide timely updates on recent developments, hot research topics, and society news in the area of social networking. Each edition publishes a set of research articles that discuss topics in the realm of the community.

News from the Audio and Acoustic Signal Processing (AASP)-TC

Technical Committee News, Society News

The Audio and Acoustic Signal Processing (AASP) Technical Committee promotes the advancement of technologies and applications in audio and acoustic signal processing and enhances interaction with similar organizations within IEEE and throughout the world.

Special Interest Groups

Last year, the SPS Board of Governors approved the creation of Special Interest Groups. Special Interest Groups are provisional groups that are created to quickly address emerging technical areas.

Samsung Launches Major Digital Health Initiative

Samsung recently revealed its Samsung Digital Health Initiative to accelerate innovations in preventive health technology. The Samsung Digital Health Initiative features new hardware and software platforms and a $50 million investment fund.

Recent Patents in Signal Processing (August 2014) – Passive radar systems and related signal processing methods

For our August 2014 issue, we cover recent patents granted in the area of passive radar systems. The section below covers patents granted recently for passive radar related signal processing methods focusing on activity detection, sport monitoring, radar based surveillance, object detection and tracking.

Call for Nominations: Technical Committee Vice Chair and Member Positions

July 2014