The IEEE Signal Processing Society Chapter of the Year Award will be presented for the third time in 2014. The award will be presented annually to a Chapter that has provided their membership with the highest quality of programs, activities and services. The award will be presented annually in conjunction with the International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) to the Chapter’s representative. The award will consist of a certificate and a check in the amount of $1,000 to support local chapter activities.

The IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) announced the 2014 Class of Distinguished Lecturers.

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The IEEE Member and Geographic Activities Board approved a motion that limits the number of years any one individual may serve in any one geographic unit officer position. This term limit policy is applicable to the following geographic units: Region, Section, Subsection, Geographic Council, Chapters, and Affinity Groups. Section 9 - Geographic Organizational Units - of the IEEE MGA Operations Manual outlines the new policy within each unit type’s section of the manual.