Society News

The IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) announced the 2012 Class of Distinguished Lecturers. Five colleagues were honored and they are: Tülay Adali (University of Maryland); John Apostolopoulos (Hewlett-Packard Labs); Yonina Eldar (Israel Institute of Technology); Ton Kalker (Hewlett-Packard Labs); and Pierre Moulin (University of Illinois-Urbana).

Society Chapters Listing Report

The Society Chapters Listing Report provides contact information for those Society Chapters whose chapter chair position is currently active.

This roster is available on the Technical Activities Roster page at: http://www.ieee.org/go/ta_roster. In order to access this roster you will need to login using your web account.

Shining Bright, the Golden Era of Signal Processing

Li Deng, the EIC of IEEE Signal Processing Magazine (SPM), in representing his entire SPM editorial team, would like to share some thoughts with all SPM readers in this departing eNews article and he would also like to take this opportunity to report some new initiatives from SPM. His editorial team took a unique approach to running SPM and their approach turned out to be quite successful. Li also uses this article to express his special, wholehearted thanks to his IEEE colleagues and to introduce Prof. Abdelhak Zoubir, the new editor-in-chief of SPM.

IEEE Awards Program Announces Call for 2013 Nominations

IEEE has bestowed technical field awards on individuals in recognition of their contributions and leadership in specific fields of interest to the IEEE.

Upcoming Distinguished Lectures – November 2011

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IEEE SPS 2011 Member-at-Large Election Results

The Board of Governors (BoG) is the governing body that oversees the activities of the IEEE Signal Processing Society. Four new Members-at-Large will take their seats on the Signal Processing Society Board of Governors beginning 1 January 2012. Three will serve for a three-year term until 31 December 2014 (Philip Chou, C.-C. Jay Kuo and Anna Scaglione) and the fourth (Fernando Pereira) will fill a vacant Member-at-Large position for the 2012 calendar year.

Nominate by Oct. 15: Chapter of the Year Award

The IEEE Signal Processing Society Chapter of the Year Award will be presented for the first time in 2012. The award will be presented annually to a Chapter that has provided their membership with the highest quality of programs, activities and services.

Call for Nominations: IEEE MGA Awards, Recognizing Outstanding IEEE Volunteers

You can help recognize the efforts of outstanding volunteers by nominating individuals for one of the prestigious IEEE Member and Geographic Activities (MGA) Awards.

Nominations for 2012 New Faces of Engineering Recognition; College Edition Program Started

Nominations are now open for IEEE members under 30 to be recognized as the IEEE/IEEE-USA's 2012 "New Face of Engineering." In addition, a "College Edition" program for IEEE student members has started.

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