Engin Erzin (SPE TC), Geert Leus (SPCOM TC), V. John Mathews (VP-Conference), and Ali H. Sayed (VP-Publications).
 

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Since April 2007, the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine has introduced a new form of publication - the Inside Signal Processing E-Newsletter.  This monthly electronic newsletter will complement the bi-monthly Magazine to serve the members in the IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS).  Through email notification and expanded coverage on its website, the E-Newsletter will provide members with timely updates on:

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In-Depth E-News Article

Introducing IEEE-THEMES:  A New Kind of Conference from the Signal Processing Society by V. John Mathews (SPS Vice President-Conference) and     Ali H. Sayed  (SPS Vice President-Publications)

For nearly sixty years, the IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) has provided its members access to the
latest technologies and scientific breakthroughs through the quality of its conferences and
publications. In the past, the conference and publication arms of the Society have worked
independently for the most part. We are pleased to announce a joint initiative of the Conference
Board and the Publications Board of the Society -- IEEE Thematic Meetings on Signal Processing
(IEEE-THEMES).

IEEE-THEMES is a one-day meeting, devoted to a specific theme. The first meeting will be held on
March 15, 2010 at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel in Dallas, Texas. The theme for this first meeting is
Signal and Information Processing for Social Networking. More information about the meeting can be
found at www.ieee-themes.org.

How is IEEE-THEMES different from other conferences? There are several ways in which the new
series will distinguish itself from others. The Proceedings of IEEE-THEMES will be published as a
special issue of the IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing (J-STSP). The papers
presented at the meeting will be selected based on a thorough and rigorous review of full-length
manuscripts submitted to J-STSP in response to the call-for-papers for IEEE-THEMES. This means
that the quality of the papers presented at the conference will be comparable to those in archival
journals. We are committed to ensuring the highest quality for all our conferences, and expect
IEEE-THEMES to serve as a model for achieving this goal.

IEEE-THEMES will provide a true learning experience to the attendees of the meeting. The meeting
will run in a single track (no parallel sections), with each presentation lasting for about 30 minutes.
Because the learning aspect of the conference is as important as the novelty of the research results
presented at the meeting, we are requiring that the papers be presented by experienced, senior
authors of the paper and not students. Of course, students may be first authors, and may present
their papers at the meeting if they are sole authors.

For the first time in the history of the IEEE Signal Processing Society, we will provide live feeds of
the IEEE-THEMES for virtual attendance. The video and audio feeds from the meeting will also be
available for future downloads.

We have made the cost of attending the meeting as low as possible for members of the Signal
Processing Society. For both on-site and virtual attendance, the Society members will receive a 50%
discount over the full registration rates. This is a significant reduction over IEEE member rates for
registration. This is yet another benefit of membership of the Society.

It is easy for you to attend the first IEEE-THEMES if you are planning to attend ICASSP 2010 in
Dallas. The meeting takes place on the day of tutorials at ICASSP. If you are one of many who
cannot stay away from work for more than a day, the one-day format may be especially suited for
you. For all of you who have a technical interest in social networks or want to learn about signal and
information processing in social networks, we look forward to seeing you on site or virtually on March
15, 2010.

About the authors:  V. John Mathews is Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Utah, and is SPS Vice President-Conferences. Ali H. Sayed is Professor and Chairman in the Electrical Engineering Department at UCLA, and is SPS Vice President-Publications.

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Technical Committee Updates:  Signal Processing for Communications and Networking (SPCOM) TC by Geert Leus (SPCOM TC Chair)

The Signal Processing for Communications and Networking Technical Committee (SPCOM TC) aims at illuminating and exploring signal processing challenges in communications and networking, and can be situated at the intersection of the IEEE Signal Processing (SPS), Communications (COMSOC), and Information Theory (IT) Societies.

The SPCOM TC played an active role in organizing two Thematic Symposia at ICASSP09. One symposium dealt with Signal Processing for 4G Wireless. Overview talks were given by Gerhard Fettweis, David Gesbert, and Qing Zhao. The other symposium on Network-Distributed Signal Processing was co-organized by the SAM TC and the SPTM TC, and included the overview speakers Zhi-Quan (Tom) Luo, Martin Vetterli, and Rick Blum. More information on those Thematic Symposia can be found on the ICASSP09 website.

The flagship conference of the SPCOM TC is the IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC). This year's SPAWC09 was held June 21-24 in Perugia, Italy. The conference was a great succes with 146 published papers and 180 registrations. Plenary talks were given by Milica Stojanovic from the Northeastern University, Bhaskar Rao from the University of California at San Diego, Bertrand Hochwald from Beceem Communications, Sergio Barbarossa from the University of Rome "La Sapienza", and Leandros Tassiulas from the University of Thessaly. Some of the slides can be downloaded from the SPAWC 2009 website. Next year, SPAWC 2010 will be held in Marrakech, Morocco, chaired by Mounir Ghogho from the University of Leeds and Ananthram Swami from the Army Research Lab.

For more information, please visit the SPCOM TC's webpage.

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Activity Updates from Signal Processing Education Technical Committee by Engin Erzin (TC Liaison to E-News)

SPS/Connexions Initiative to be Advanced by Education TC:  At the IEEE Signal Processing Education (SPED) Technical Committee meeting at ICASSP 2009 in Taipei, the Committee voted to assume leadership of the SPS/Connexions open DSP education initiative during the interim phase leading to a new Society activity. The Education TC is forming a subcommittee to provide leadership for the initiative as the number of authors and volume of material to be evaluated for "lensing" scales upward, and to develop and refine the processes of their evaluation, lensing, and maintenance. The Education TC will nurture this process with the intent of developing it into a success that will then transition to a new society-wide activity.

The SPED TC has also been actively involved in nominations of deserving colleagues for Society level recognitions.  The TC recently nominated two renowned professors with real-world experience as possible candidates for IEEE Distinguish Lecturers. These nominees are not only widely consulted by industry practitioners, but also involve in several new initiatives to enhance the teaching of applied digital signal processing and its implementations.  For the IEEE Signal Processing Education Award, the TC has also nominated a candidate who has contributed greatly to the advancement of DSP Education and whose textbooks are widely referenced by many universities worldwide.

SPED TC members were active participants in the annual conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), held this past June in Austin, TX. In particular, there was a session devoted to signal processing education sponsored by the Computers in Education Division of ASEE.
 

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