Do you know someone, living or deceased, who has made one or more major contribution(s) to IEEE Technical Activities? Now is your chance to nominate him or her for the Technical Activities Board Hall of Honor. Nominees will be considered based on their contributions to the creation, development, or advancement of the technical objectives of IEEE. The final 2014 recipient(s) will be determined by the IEEE Technical Activities Board at the November 2014 meeting.

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The DISPS TC 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 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.

Jing Lin (The University of Texas at Austin) “Robust Transceivers for Combating Impulsive Noise in Powerline Communications”, Advisor: Prof. Brian L. Evans, 2014 Future smart grid systems will intelligently monitor and control energy flows in order to improve the efficiency and reliability of power delivery. This monitoring and control requires low-power, low-cost and highly reliable two-way communications between customers and utilities.

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Boise State University is seeking teaching support, including a full-time lecturer. Successful candidates will at a minimum have an earned Master’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering and teaching experience at an ABET accredited university or significant industry experience. While outstanding candidates from all areas of electrical and computer engineering are encouraged to apply, the Department has specific needs in the fields of digital signal processing, communications, and computer engineering.

The task of nominating a Senior Member for Fellow grade got easier with the new Fellow On-line System.

Melbourne School of Engineering is seeking to appoint up to three academic staff to join the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering in the Melbourne School of Engineering (MSE).