Society News

Nominate an IEEE Senior Member or IEEE Life Senior Member as an IEEE Fellow by 1 March 2010.

Funding Information for SPS Chapters

The IEEE Signal Processing Society provides funding support to local chapters for hosting Distinguished Lecturers and light refreshment break associated with chapter events. Chapters should follow the procedure for pre-approval and reimbursement.

Upcoming Distinguished Lectures – February 2010

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2009 Annual Reporting and Rebate Requirements for Chapters

The 2009 Annual Reporting and Rebate cycle process is now underway. All Section Officers and Chapter/Affinity Group Chairs have been contacted with a reminder that the following annual reports are required to be eligible for a rebate:

Call for Nominations - IEEE Division IX Director

The IEEE Division IX Division-Director Nominating Committee invites nominations for the position of Division IX Director. Division Directors are elected to the IEEE Board by members of Societies they represent. They first serve as Directors-elect before becoming Directors and Members of the IEEE Board. Division Directors represent the membership of his/her Division in the IEEE Assembly as a voting delegate.

Regional Directors-at-Large and Member-at-Large Elections: Call for Nominations

In accordance with the Bylaws of the IEEE Signal Processing Society, the membership will elect, by direct ballot, THREE Members-at-Large to the Board of Governors (BoG) for three-year terms commencing 1 January 2011 and ending 31 December 2013, as well as ONE Regional Director-at-Large each for the corresponding regions: Regions 1-6 (US), Regions 7 and 9 (Canada and Latin America), Region 8 (Europe/Middle East/Africa) and Region 10 (Asia/Pacific Rim) for two-year terms commencing 1 January 2011 and ending 31 December 2012.

38 SPS Members Elevated to IEEE Fellow

The IEEE Signal Processing Society congratulates the following 38 SPS members who were recognized with the grade of Fellow as of 1 January 2010:

Signal Processing Society Members Receive 2010 IEEE Medals

Four SPS members have been selected to receive prestigious IEEE Medals in 2010. They are: Ray Dolby (Dolby Laboratories, Inc., San Francisco, CA) for the IEEE Edison Medal; John M. Cioffi (Stanford University, Stanford, CA) for the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal; Ronald Schafer (Hewlett Packard, Palo Alto, CA) for the IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal; and Alfonso Farina (SELEX-Sistemi Integrati, Rome, Italy) for the IEEE Dennis J. Picard Medal for Radar Technologies and Applications.

Upcoming Distinguished Lectures - January 2010

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