Bylaws

Approved 20 September 2007

500.0 TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES.

501. Technical Committees.

A Technical Committee is one that functions in a specific technical area. The creation of a new technical committee, changes in charters, or changes to the name of a technical committee must be approved by the Board of Governors. A Technical Committee shall operate in accordance with the bylaws and policies of the Society, in furtherance of the Society's mission.

Technical Committee Chairs are voting members of the Technical Directions Board. Each Technical Committee Chair holds one vote on the Technical Directions Board. In the event the Technical Committee Chair can not attend the Technical Directions Board meeting, an alternate may be assigned. Each Technical Committee Chair must submit annually to the Vice President-Technical Directions the specific individual who will serve as alternate for the Committee.

The Technical Committees of the Signal Processing Society are:

1. Audio and Electroacoustics

2. Bio Imaging and Signal Processing

3. Design and Implementation for Signal Processing Systems

4. Image, Video and Multidimensional Signal Processing

5. Information Forensics and Security

6. Machine Learning for Signal Processing

7. Multimedia Signal Processing

8. Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing

9. Signal Processing Education

10. Signal Processing for Communications and Networking

11. Signal Processing Theory and Methods

12. Speech and Language Processing.

The Industry DSP Technology Standing Committee shall in every way function like a technical committee; its chair shall serve ex-officio, with vote on the Technical Directions Board.

1. Scope. Each Technical Committee shall promote activities within its area of technical interest, and shall provide expertise and assistance as follows:

1. assist with the review of papers within scope in cooperation with journal and magazine editors;

2. assist in the review of papers submitted to Society technical meetings;

3. organize and operate society-sponsored/co-sponsored symposia, seminars, and workshops, or sessions at technical meetings of the Society or of the IEEE, at all levels, and at meetings of other organizations having Board-approved cooperative relationships with the Society, in accordance with IEEE rules and procedures and the rules for such meetings;

4. make nominations in the Society awards process and vet nominations for technical excellence as requested by the Awards Board;

5. assist Editors-in-Chief in identifying appropriate Associate Editos candidates;

6. in addition, the Signal Processing Education Technical Committee shall promote all aspects of education relevant to the Society and its members.

2. Management. The Chair of each Technical Committee shall be nominated by the Technical Committee itself and appointed by the Executive Committee. The term of office shall be no more than two calendar years. A second term as Chair is permitted but may not be consecutive.

   The members of the Technical Committee shall select, from among their number, a secretary to maintain a roster of the members and to communicate the Technical Committee's activities to the Vice President-Technical Directions of the Society and to the staff office.

3. Membership. Technical Committee members shall be elected by the members of the Technical Committee itself, with the approval of the Vice President-Technical Directions. Technical Committee membership is limited to 25-30 members, with the exception of the Signal Processing Theory and Methods Technical Committee, which may have up to 50 members and the Speech and Language Processing Technical Committee, which may have up to 60 members. The Vice President-technical Directions shall be an ex-officio member of all Technical Committees.

502. Technical Subgroups.

A Technical Subgroup may be organized to cover a specified portion of the Society's Field of Interest. Each Technical Subgroup shall be governed by a Technical Committee.

Subgroups may organize special issues of transactions or a special section in an issue of a transactions.

Any service for subgroup members, beyond those provided to all Society members, is the financial responsibility of the subgroup members. Any assessment to defray subgroup activities, whether monetary or otherwise, requires the endorsement of the Board of Governors and any other approval required by the rules and practices of the IEEE.

503. Technical Committee Reviews.

Technical Committees will be subject to periodic, formal reviews. The reviews will be done on a rotating basis, during which each Technical Committee will undergo a review once every three years.

The Technical Committees review cycle is as follows:

Cycle One:

• Multimedia Signal Processing Technical Committee

• Signal Processing Education Technical Committee

• Signal Processing Theory and Methods Technical Committee

• Speech and Language Processing Technical Committee

Cycle Two:

• Audio and Electroacoustics Technical Committee

• Design and Implementation for Signal Processing Systems Technical Committee

• Image, Video and Multidimensional Signal Processing Technical Committee

• Industry DSP Technology Standing Committee

• Machine Learning for Signal Processing Technical Committee

Cycle Three:

• Bio Imaging and Signal Processing Technical Committee

• Information Forensics and Security Technical Committee

• Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Technical Committee

• Signal Processing for Communications and Networking Technical Committee

No later than 31 January of each year, the TC Review Committee shall provide to each Technical Committee Chair being reviewed the TC Review template. The template provides a “snapshot of the TC’s membership and activities, including, but not limited to, sponsored/co-sponsored workshops; paper review for sponsored/co-sponsored major conferences; session organization for major sponsored/co-sponsored conferences; awards nominations; associate editor nominations by EDICS and journal; distinguished lecturer nominations; TC elections; TC bylaws; number of TC meetings, attendance and quorum; diversity of membership; web page address and date of last update. The TC Review Committee will individually meet with each TC Chair at ICASSP to discuss the review report. The TC Review Committee will study the reports and make formal remarks and recommendations via the review report. The TC Review Committee will submit the final report, which includes their recommendations, for every Technical Committee reviewed to the Board of Governors for formal acceptance.