The Design and Implementation of Signal Processing Systems Technical Committee has the mission to promote and support activities of the IEEE Signal Processing Society in the areas of: i) design, development and implementation of signal processing systems; ii) design of algorithms with implementation in mind and iii) design of software tools and methodologies to support the design of signal processing systems.

The Bio Imaging and Signal Processing (BIPS) Technical Committee updates this month on awards, past and future competitions and more

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IEEE Fellow is the highest grade of membership of the IEEE. It honors members with an outstanding record of technical achievements, contributing importantly to the advancement or application of engineering, science and technology, and bringing significant value to society. Around this time (end of November), the new class of IEEE Fellows is announced. Hopefully, the list contains many names familiar to you. If not, then perhaps it is a good idea to nominate someone yourself!

The IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) appointed several new Chairs for committees that report to the Membership Board.

For our November 2014 issue, we cover recent patents granted in the area of Signal Processing for Big Data.

Le An, (University of California, Riverside) “Real-World Person Identification”(2014) Advisor: Bir Bhanu Person Identification or recognition has been receiving broad interests and it is highly desirable in applications such as security monitoring, authentication, etc. In order to recognize a person, different traits, including fingerprint, face, and gait, can be used.

Das, Jnaneshwar (University of Southern California) “Data-driven Robotic Sampling for Marine Ecosystem Monitoring” Advisor: Sukhatme, Gaurav S. (2014) Spontaneous emission into the lasing mode fundamentally limits laser linewidths.

The following SPS Distinguished lectures will be held in the upcoming months

SPS Distinguished Lectures

Atlanta17 November 2014Maria Sabrina Greco (University of Pisa, Italy)Lecture topics: TBD. Contact chapter chair Alessio Medda at alessio.medda@gtri.gatech.edu for more information.

Now 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 at the related TC section pages. To submit job announcements for a particular Technical Committee, the submission form can be found by visiting the page below and clicking on a particular TC. A link for the form can be found in the sidebar menu of the TC pages.