We are pleased to announce that, as of October 2018, the IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging has formally been accepted for indexing by the Clarivate Analytics Web of Science.

Upcoming webinar, 29 January 2019 by Dr. Victor Elvira. In many problems of signal processing, the interest is in estimating unknown static variables given a set of observations. The hidden parameters and the available data are usually related through a specific model. 

The IEEE Signal Processing Society is happy to announce the addition of eleven new Chapters formed in 2018. We welcome the following SPS Chapters and wish them great success in their future activities and events:

IEEE SPS has built a streamlined mechanism for employers to add a job announcement by simply filling in a simple job opportunity submission Web form related to a particular TC field. To submit job announcements for a particular Technical Committee, the submission form can be found by visiting the page below and selecting a particular TC.

The IEEE Signal Processing Society is excited to launch the new Technical Pre-Approved Seasonal Schools Program, which will reward Chapters with a history of high quality programs and help increase the Society’s visibility and overall membership development of Students.

Smart CE systems (or, simplistically, smart electronic systems) are envisioned to be energy, security, and response smart. These three aspects and the design tradeoffs among them are the key for next-generation CE. Energy smart ensures minimal energy consumption that allows longer battery life and smaller energy bills. 

The IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal is being presented to Alan Willsky of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

IEEE Signal Processing Society Past President Rabab K. Ward in her capacity as Chair of the Society’s Nominations and Appointments Committee invites nominations for the IEEE Signal Processing Society Officer positions of President-Elect for the term 1 January 2020-31 December 2021 and Vice President-Membership for the term 1 January 2020-31 December 2022.

For our January 2019 issue, we cover recent patents granted in the area of face recognition. In one embodiment no. 10,162,999, a method includes accessing an image file associated with a first user of a communication system and detecting a face in an image corresponding to the image file. 

The future of computing is at crossroads. The technological advances that have sustained the exponential growth of computing performance over the last several decades are slowing and the roadmap for future advances is uncertain.