Important Dates for submitting SPS Travel Grant Application for ICIP 2017
Application Open: May 8, 2017
Application and Recommendation Letter Deadline: May 24, 2017 at 12:00 PM EDT
Application Closed: May 24, 2017 at 12:00 PM EDT
Decisions Announced: June 2, 2017
ICIP Travel Grant Application Form: Application Form (link is externa
The Technical Committee on Information Forensics and Security (IFS-TC) is inviting proposals for its flagship workshop WIFS, to be held in Fall/Winter2018. The workshop is technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) and the Biometrics Council (BMC). The proposal
should target an audience around 120-160 attendees. Interested groups and individuals are strongly encouraged to approach the members of the IEEE IFS-TC WIFS subcommittee to openly discuss and improve their proposals1. The proposals should be complete and detailed.
EAB is launching a call for nominations for the eleventh European Biometrics Research and Industry Awards. These prestigious awards are granted annually to individuals who have been judged by a panel of internationally respected experts to be making a significant contribution to the field of biometrics research and innovations in Europe.
Interspeech 2017 was hosted in Stockholm. First off, I can’t emphasize enough how stunning Sweden in the summer is. Highlights for me included lunch at the idyllic Botanic Gardens, swimming in the nearby lake between sessions (lots of locals swim before going to work!), casually running into the King and Queen, and being very generously welcomed by a local friend to his family’s summer house. Stockholmers clearly have pride in their city, and I can see why.
This past December saw the annual election of new members to the Speech and Language Technical Committee. The purpose was to fill the places of those whose 3-year terms were coming to an end. SLTC membership is associated with subject areas, and in this year's election (for the 2018-2020 term) we had 19 openings in 10 areas. In addition, on a biannual cycle, we n