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IEEE Section Chairs and Section Membership Development Chairs receive a monthly email notification regarding newly joined members in your Section. The current list of new members (those who joined in the past 30 days) is available through SAMIEEE, your volunteer analytics tool. The report provides member contact information: name, mailing address, email address, phone number, type of membership (traditional, e-membership), Societies joined, grade, and reasons for joining IEEE.

IEEE Future Directions has launched the IEEE 5G Initiative and the corresponding IEEE 5G Technical Community to address the challenges associated with 5G and lay the foundation to realize its many opportunities.

IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) is pleased to announce upcoming events and opportunities: International Leadership Conference (WIE ILC) Registration is open for the 2017 WIE ILC, taking place 22-23 May 2017, in San Jose, CA, USA. Attendees will have the opportunity to create communities that fuel innovation, facilitate knowledge sharing, and provide support through highly interactive sessions designed to foster discussion and collaboration.

IEEE MGA is excited to announce a new online petition form for forming new Chapters, Affinity Groups, Student Branches, Student Branch Chapters, and Student Branch Affinity Groups. Access the online petition form The above link also provides more information about IEEE geographic unit formation policies and petitions, including links to the petition forms for forming Councils, Sections, and Subsections.

Nominations are due 31 January annually for the IEEE Technical Field Awards (TFAs). IEEE TFAs are awarded for contributions or leadership in a specific field of interest of the IEEE and are among the highest awards presented on behalf of the IEEE Board of Directors.

All IEEE members are encouraged to submit a nomination for a worthy candidate within their technical fields.

Nominate an IEEE member for Fellow. It will be one of the high points in their career. The nomination period for the 2018 Fellow Class is open and will continue through 1 March 2017.

Visit the IEEE Fellow Program web page for nominee eligibility requirements, steps to become an IEEE Fellow, nomination instructions, and much more.

IEEE Signal Processing Society Past President Alex Acero in his capacity as Chair of the Society’s Nominations and Appointments Committee invites nominations for the IEEE Signal Processing Society Officer positions of President-Elect for the term 1 January 2018-31 December 2019 and Vice President-Conferences and Vice President-Publications for the term 1 January 2018-31 December 2020.

The IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal is being presented to H. Vincent Poor of Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.  IEEE selected Dr. Poor to receive the award, "for fundamental contributions to signal processing and its application to digital communications". The Alexander Graham Bell Medal is given for exceptional contributions to communications and networking sciences and engineering.

The IEEE Signal Processing Society congratulates the SPS members who will receive the Society's prestigious awards during ICASSP 2017 in New Orleans, USA.

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