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 Constitution Amendments

At its 15 September 2011 meeting, the Board of Governors of the IEEE Signal Processing Society passed amendments to the Society’s Constitution document.

Upcoming Distinguished Lectures – December 2011

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vTools News: New Tools, New User Community

A beta version of the new tool to report new geographic organizational unit officers or officer changes has been released.

Call for Officer Nominations: Vice President-Finance and Vice President-Technical Directions

IEEE Signal Processing Society Past President Jose' M.F. Moura in his capacity as Chair of the Society’s Nominations and Appointments Committee invites nominations for the IEEE Signal Processing Society Officer positions of Vice President-Finance and Vice President-Technical Directions for the term 1 January 2013 through 31 December 2015.

Enhanced Senior Member Application Launched

Effective 29 July 2011, IEEE Admission and Advancement launched a new Senior Member Application.

The new application includes numerous enhancements, based on feedback from volunteers and members, including:

SPS Members Receive IEEE Technical Field Awards

IEEE has announced the 2012 recipients of IEEE Technical Field Awards and SPS members were recipients of five of the 25 awards.

The SPS award recipients appear in bold text below:

2012 Class of SPS Distinguished Lecturers Announced

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.

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