Call for Officer Nominations: Vice President-Conferences and Vice President-Publications

IEEE Signal Processing Society Past President K. J. Ray Liu in his capacity as Chair of the Society’s Nominations and Appointments Committee invites nominations for the IEEE Signal Processing Society Officer positions of Vice President-Conferences and Vice President-Publications for the term 1 January 2015-31 December 2017.

Please send your nominations to Theresa Argiropoulos, SPS Senior Manager, Operations, via t.argiropoulos@ieee.org or fax to 732-235-1627. Nominations must include candidate name and contact information, as well as a brief biography and information about current SP, IEEE, or other Society volunteer activities. Nominations must be received no later than 28 February 2014. The complete call for nominations can be found at the Society’s website.

Vice President-Conferences Position Details:

The Vice President-Conferences is a voting member of the Society’s Board of Governors and of the Executive Committee, chairs the Society’s Conference Board and its Executive Subcommittee and acts as liaison to the Board of Governors for all technical meeting activity. The Vice President-Conferences is responsible for assuring that the Society’s technical meetings meet the policy, quality, and business goals established by the Board of Governors and the IEEE.

The duties of the Vice President-Conferences include management responsibility for all Society conference and workshop teams; identification of locations to propose future ICASSP, ICIP, GlobalSIP, ChinaSIP and any other SPS-sponsored major conference locations; recommend policy to the Board of Governors in the area of management of the Society’s technical meetings and apply such policy on behalf of the Board of Governors; enforce IEEE policy as it applies to the Society’s technical meetings; creation of strategic and long-term plans for the Society’s technical meeting activities; and assist in the creation of the TAB Five-Year Society Review document and represent the Society at IEEE meetings or meetings of other organizations on conference matters or as requested by the Society’s President or Board.

NOTE: The Vice President-Conferences preferably should have served as a General Chair, Technical Program Chair or Finance Chair for an IEEE symposium or major conference. Preferred candidates are those who have served as past General Chair or Finance Chair for ICASSP or ICIP.

Vice President-Publications Position Details:

The Vice President-Publications is a voting member of the Board of Governors and Executive Committee; chairs the Society’s Publications Board and acts as liaison to the Board of Governors for all publication matters.

The duties of the Vice President-Publications include the oversight of Society publication activities; the identification and appointment (with the advice and consent of the Executive Committee) of Editors-in-Chief for the Society’s periodical journals, membership magazine, newsletter(s) or other magazines; management of the activities of the Editors-in-Chief; drafting strategic and long-term plans for the Society’s publications; oversight of financial matters pertaining to the Society’s publications such as page budgets; oversight of the Society's online manuscripts submission interface; management of online and electronic publication initiatives; responsible for the creation of the TAB Five-Year Publications Review document and assisting in the creation of the TAB Five-Year Society Review document; assist in preparing of new periodical and publications/products proposals; represents the Society on the IEEE Panel of Editors; and represent the Society at IEEE meetings or meetings of other organizations for publication matters or as requested by the Society’s President or Board.

NOTE: The Vice President-Publications must have served as an Editor-in-Chief, or in an equivalent management capacity for an archival journal published by IEEE