Positions available for outstanding theoretical researchers with high impact publications in IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing and similar quality journals to work on signal processing and communications for smart grid and sensor networking problems. Send vita with names of three references, a research plan, and sample publications to rblum(at)Lehigh(dot)edu

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Steger, Scott Tiedeman(California Institute of Technology) “A fundamental approach to phase noise reduction in hybrid Si/III-V lasers”,  Advisor: Yariv, Amnon(2014) Spontaneous emission into the lasing mode fundamentally limits laser linewidths.

Burgin, Mariko Sofie  (University of Michigan) “Physics-based modeling for high-fidelity radar retrievals”,  Advisor: Moghaddam, Mahta, Ulaby, Fawwaz T. (2014) Knowledge of soil moisture on a global scale is crucial for understanding the Earth's water, energy, and carbon cycles.

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.

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.

The first EURASIP PhD Summer School will be held on 8-12 September 2014 in Pisa (Italy) and will focus on Radar Signal Processing. The School aims to providing PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, and young scientists with the unique opportunity to meet and learn from leading experts about the most advanced signal processing techniques applied in radar systems for remote sensing, target classification and surveillance.

During the last couple of months a number of machine learning and signal processing contests have recently finished and the final rankings have been announced.

IEEE SigView has recently posted two presentations about Cognitive Information Processing as (1) Bayesian Data Fusion for Cognitive Dynamical Systems and (2) Deep Dynamic Bayesian Networks as a bio-inspired interaction modeling in Interaction Driven - Cognitive Dynamic Systems (ID-CDS).

As a special benefit to IEEE members for the month of July, IEEE-USA is offering "Leading and Managing Engineering & Technology – Book 1: Perspectives on Leading and Managing." Gerard H. “Gus” Gaynor writes that the competencies needed to lead and manage continue to be misunderstood.