UCSF Aims to Bridge "the Last Mile" in Precision Medicine
1 December 2014
Precision medicine is a new model of health care which gains insights from an individual's history and biology patterns, to create more precise diagnosis and treatment, at a lower cost. Precision medicine is a big data problem. Despite the completion of Human Genome Project more than ten years ago and the development in the field as a whole, precision medicine is still not a routine practice of medicine due to the lack of appropriate technical work and software platforms.
Activity Update from the MLSP Technical Committee
1 December 2014
The Machine Learning for Signal Processing Technical Committee (MLSP TC) is involved with activities that support the use of Machine Learning techniques for Signal Processing problems. The scope of this TC is fairly wide, ranging from traditional machine learning and pattern recognition, to approaches that combine material from both disciplines. Under the scope of the MLSP TC we find areas such as source separation, graphical and kernel methods for time-series, Bayesian non-parametrics, and matrix and tensor factorizations among many more.
Image of the Month: Costs of sequencing a human genome
1 December 2014
A team led by Stanford electrical engineers has compressed a completely sequenced human genome to just 2.5 megabytes – small enough to attach to an email. The engineers used what is known as reference-based compression, relying on a human genome sequence that is already known and available. Their compression has improved on the previous record by 37 percent. The genome the team compressed was that of James Watson, who co-discovered the structure of DNA more than 60 years ago
Signal Processing Conferences
1 December 2014
Please refer to the following webpage for the latest updates on upcoming conferences in Signal Processing. http://www.signalprocessingsociety.org…
Read moreIEEE International Conference on Advanced Video and Signal based Surveillance (AVSS)
1 December 2014
The AVSS Steering Committee invites formal proposals for the 2016 conference in USA. The primary aim of AVSS is to promote the advancement of…
Read moreTryEngineering.org Goes Mobile
1 December 2014
TryEngineering.org, IEEE’s online engineering education resource for pre-university educators, parents, and students, is now available in a new…
Read moreMember Loyalty Program Lets Sections Recognize Members for their Years of Membership
1 December 2014
Eligible Section volunteers can purchase lapel pins and certificates for their members that commemorate select milestones as an IEEE member…
Read moreCall for Participation: IEEE Signal Processing Cup 2015
1 December 2014
The IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) invites your participation in the Second Annual SP Cup, a competition for undergraduate students to be held…
Read moreNew IEEE Internet of Things Initiative (IoT) Newsletter Announced
1 December 2014
The IEEE Internet of Things Initiative (IoT) announced it has launched its new IEEE IoT eNewsletter, a bi-monthly online publication highlighting…
Read moreRecent Patents in Signal Processing (December 2014) – Image Denoising
1 December 2014
For our December 2014 issue, we cover recent patents granted in the area of image denoising. The section below covers patents granted recently for…
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