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Shihab Shamma, College Park,
Maryland, for applications of signal
processing to auditory neuroscience.
Weifeng Su, Buffalo, New York, for
contributions to multiple-input, multiple output wireless communications
and cooperative networks.
Matthew Valenti, Morgantown, West
Virginia, for contributions to cooperative
diversity and development of distributed
turbo codes.
Sergiy Vorobyov, Espoo, Finland, for
contributions to optimization in robust
signal processing.
Stefan Winkler, Singapore, for contributions to perceptual video quality
measurement.
Dong Xu, Sydney, Australia, for contributions to recognition and retrieval of
multimedia and biometric data.
Dong Yu, Bothell, Washington, for
contributions to context-dependent automatic speech recognition.
Changshui Zhang, Beijing, China, for
contributions to semisupervised learning
for signal processing.
Lei Zhang, Hong Kong, for contributions to sparsity-based image modeling and perceptual image quality
assessment.
Tong Zhou, Beijing, China, for contributions to robust identification and estimation of control systems.
The following individuals were evaluated by the SPS, but are not SPS
members.
Alexander Bronstein, Tel Aviv, Israel,
for contributions to three-dimensional
geometric processing in imaging.
Hany Farid, Hanover, New Hampshire, for contributions to digital
forensics.
Michael Riley, New York, New York,
for contributions to automatic speech
recognition using weighted finitestate transducers.

2017 IEEE SPS Awards presented
in Calgary, Canada
The IEEE SPS congratulates the following SPS members who will receive the
Society's prestigious awards during the
IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing
(ICASSP 2018) on 15-20 April in Calgary, Canada.
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The Society Award
honors outstanding
technical contributions in a field within the scope of the
IEEE SPS and outstanding leadership
Alex Acero
within that field. The
Society Award comprises a plaque, a
certificate, and a monetary award of
US$2,500. It is the highest-level award
bestowed by the IEEE SPS. This year's
recipient is Alex Acero, "for contributions
to speech technology and leadership in
the signal processing community."
The Technical
Achievement Award
is presented this year
to Patrick Flandrin
"for contributions to
the theory and application of nonstationPatrick Flandrin
ary signal analysis"
and to Ahmed H.
Tewfik "for contributions to digital watermarking, multimedia,
and wavelets." The
Technical Achievement Award honors a
person who, over a
Ahmed H. Tewfik
period of years, has
made outstanding technical contributions to theory and/or practice in technical areas within the scope of the
Society, as demonstrated by publications, patents, or recognized impact on
this field. The prize for the award is
US$1,500, a plaque, and a certificate.
The Meritorious
Service Award is presented this year to
Mari Ostendorf and
John H. Cozzens,
"for exemplary service to and leaderMari Ostendorf
ship in the Signal
Processing Society."
The award comprises
a plaque and a certificate; judging is based
on dedication, effort,
and contributions to
the Society.
The Signal ProcessJohn H. Cozzens
ing Society Education
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March 2018

Award honors educators who have made
pioneering and significant contributions
to signal processing
education. Judging is
based on a career of
C.-C. Jay Kuo
meritorious achievement in signal processing education as
exemplified by writing scholarly books
and texts, course materials, and papers on
education; inspirational and innovative
teaching; and creativity in the development of new curricula and methodology. The award comprises a plaque, a
monetary award of US$1,500, and a
certificate. The recipient of the SPS
Education Award is C.-C. Jay Kuo, "for
contributions to signal, image and multimedia education."
The Meritorious
Regional/Chapter
Service Award honors the outstanding contributions of
any member of the
Society to regionChirag Nitinchandra
al activities of the
Paunwala
SPS. J u d g i n g i s
b a s e d o n d e d i c a t i o n , effort, and
contributions made to activities
aimed at promoting the technical and
educational activities of the SPS in one
specific Region/Chapter as well as
its local membership participation.
The award comprises a plaque and a
certificate. The Meritorious Regional/Chapter Service Award is being
awarded for the first time to Chirag
Nitinchandra Paunwala, "for exemplary
service to and leadership in the Signal
Processing Society."
The Industrial
Leader Award recognizes an industry
business or technical
leader whose leadership has resulted in
major and outstanding advances or new
Alfonso Farina
directions using signal processing technologies within the scope of the Society. This
award is for executive leadership resulting
in major advances and new directions
using signal processing in a business area.
The prize is US$1,500, a plaque, and a

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