Audio and Acoustic Signal Processing Technical Committee

Policies and Procedures

This document presents the Policies and Procedures of the Audio and Acoustic Signal Processing Technical Committee (AASP TC) of the IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS). These Policies and Procedures should guide the operation of this committee, but they are not bylaws and hence can be altered by majority vote of AASP TC members.

1. Purpose and Activities
1. Purpose: To promote the advancement of technologies and applications in audio and acoustic signal processing and to enhance interaction with similar organizations within IEEE and throughout the world.
2. Activities
1. Assist with the review of papers in collaboration with IEEE journal and magazine editors.
2. Conduct the review of papers submitted to Society conferences.
3. Organize and operate symposia, seminars, workshops and sessions at technical meetings of the Society or of the IEEE, at all levels, and at meetings of other organizations having cooperative relationships with the Society, in accordance with IEEE rules and procedures and the rules of such meetings.
4. Nominate candidates for the SPS and IEEE awards and prizes.
2. Membership
1. All AASP TC members must be current IEEE and SPS members of good standing, and must be willing to serve and to carry out the duties of membership.
2. Regular members are elected based on the needs of the AASP TC and will serve for a three-year term. Elections should be held each January, with AASP TC election business conducted via email.
3. Associate editors of the IEEE Transactions of Audio, Speech, and Language Processing are automatically eligible to participate in the AASP TC.
3. Management
1. The Chair is responsible for organizing the activities of the AASP TC and maintaining communication with the officers of the Society and other similar organizations.
2. The Chair is responsible for maintaining a roster of the membership and for the recording of minutes of all committee meetings.
4. Conduct of Business
1. The technical committee will hold at least one meeting per year, that being during the annual ICASSP meeting.
2. The technical committee may also conduct business via e-mail at the request of the Chair.
3. A majority of legal votes cast by AASP TC members shall be necessary for the conduct of business.
4. The order of business of AASP TC meetings shall be organized by the Chair and made available to the members prior to the meetings.
5. Elections
1. The Chair of the AASP TC shall be nominated from among the members of AASP TC and elected by a plurality of legal votes cast by the AASP TC members. Candidates for the new TC chair may be nominated by current committee members, or the TC chair may appoint a nominating committee to recommend candidates for new TC chair.
2. New member selection shall be made once each year. Candidates can be self-nominated or nominated by TC members.
3. Nomination of candidates for Society and IEEE awards and prizes shall be done by the AASP TC as required. The AASP TC Chair may appoint an Award Subcommittee to coordinate the nomination process.