Newsletter – Vol. 28, February 2017
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Announcement: 2017 Best Paper Awards
Announcement: 2017 Society Awards
Calendar of Events
EURASIP Seasonal Schools
Open Special Issues
Published Special Issues
Recent Ph.D. Theses
Job Posts
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Announcement: 2017 Best Paper Awards
The European Association for Signal Processing (EURASIP) congratulates the authors of the following papers that have been selected for Best Paper Awards. The awards will be presented at EUSIPCO 2017 in Kos island, Greece.

Signal Processing (Elsevier)
Ljubisa Stankovic, Srdjan Stankovic, Moeness Amin, “Missing samples analysis in signals for applications to L-estimation and compressive sensing”, Signal Processing 94 (2014), 401–408.

Speech Communication (Elsevier)
On an exceptional basis, this year two papers have been selected for this award:

Tiago H. Falk, Wai-Yip Chan, Fraser Shein, “Characterization of atypical vocal source excitation, temporal dynamics and prosody for objective measurement of dysarthric word intelligibility”, Speech Communication 54 (2012), 622–631.

Kuldip Paliwal, Belinda Schwerin, Kamil Wojcicki, “Speech enhancement using a minimum mean-square error short-time spectral modulation magnitude estimator”, Speech Communication 54 (2012), 282–305.

EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing (Springer)

Gilles Puy, Pierre Vandergheynst, Rémi Gribonval and Yves Wiaux, “Universal and efficient compressed sensing by spread spectrum and application to realistic Fourier imaging techniques”, EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing 2012, 2012:6.

EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing (Springer)

Xiaolin Shen and Lu Yu, “CU splitting early termination based on weighted SVM”, EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing 2013, 2013:4.

EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking (Springer)

Ejder Bastug, Mehdi Bennis, Marios Kountouris and Merouane Debbah, “Cache-enabled Small Cell Networks: Modeling and Tradeoffs”, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking (2015) 2015:41.
contributed by Kostas Berberidis, EURASIP Awards Coordinator back to top
Announcement: 2017 Society Awards
The European Association for Signal Processing (EURASIP) congratulates the following colleagues who will receive the Society’s prestigious awards. The awards will be presented at EUSIPCO 2017 in Kos island, Greece.

The Early Career Award is awarded to an outstanding researcher and engineer working within the technical scope of EURASIP at an early or mid-stage of their career, whose current work shows not only significant scientific achievements but also high potential to advance scientific knowledge through novel, timely and significant endeavors.
This year’s recipient is Dr. Herwig Wendt, “For Significant Contributions to Statistical Inference in Multivariate Multidimensional Multifractal Analysis”.

The Technical Achievement Award honors a person who, over a period of years, has made outstanding technical contributions to theory or practice in technical areas within the scope of the Society, as demonstrated by publications, patents, or recognized impact in this field.
This year’s recipient is Prof. Robert W. Heath Jr., “For Significant Contributions to Signal Processing in MIMO Communication Systems”.

The Group Technical Achievement Award is given to the head of a group in academia or industry that has achieved significant contributions in signal processing and related areas over a number of years.
This year’s recipient is Prof. Joos Vandewalle, “For Sustained Pioneering Contributions to Theory and Applications in Signal Processing and Machine Learning”.

The Meritorious Service Award is given to recognize individuals who have given distinguished service to the Society in the form of significant contributions to the development of EURASIP, distinguished service to the advancement and pursuit of the technical objectives of EURASIP, or active cooperation in actions supported or sponsored by EURASIP.
This year’s recipient is Prof. Markus Rupp, “For Leadership and Activities as EURASIP Chair and for Continuous Commitment with EURASIP over the last fifteen years in almost all aspects”.

The Athanasios Papoulis Award is given to honor scientists whose work has had a major impact on various aspects of signal processing education. The award is offered only when there is an exceptional candidate nomination and not on a regular basis.
This year’s recipient is Prof. Sergios Theodoridis , “For Sustained Fundamental Contributions to Research and Education in Signal Processing and Machine Learning”.

contributed by Kostas Berberidis, EURASIP Awards Coordinator back to top
Calendar of EURASIP Co-Sponsored Events
Event organizers who wish to apply for EURASIP co-sponsorship should send an e-mail to the EURASIP Events Coordinator, containing the following information: (1) Name of the conference/workshop, (2) Place and dates, (3) Previous editions of the conference/workshop, (4) Previous co-sponsorship, (5) Expected number of attendees, (6) Names of plenary speakers, (7) A rationale as to why EURASIP should sponsor the conference/workshop.
Reports of past EURASIP co-sponsored events can be found on the 'Past Conferences' webpage.
Name & Link Date Location
EUSIPCO 2017, The 25th European Signal Processing Conference
(Paper submission deadline: Mar. 5, 2017)
August 28 - September 2, 2017 Kos, Greece
contributed by Patrick A. Naylor, EURASIP Events Coordinator back to top
EURASIP Seasonal Schools

The EURASIP BoD welcomes proposals from prospective organizers of seasonal schools. For more information, click here.
Name & Link Date Location
IEEE SPS and EURASIP Summer School on Signal Processing for 5G Wireless Access May 29 - Jun. 1, 2017 Gothenburg, Sweden
2017 IEEE-EURASIP Summer School on Signal Processing (S3P-2017) Sep. 4 - 8, 2017 Capri, Italy
Reports of past EURASIP Seasonal Schools can be found on the Seasonal Schools webpage.
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Open Special Issues of EURASIP Journals
Signal Processing Deadline
Data Mining in Human Activity Analysis
Mar. 15, 2017
Special Issue on Data-driven Multimedia Processing and Evaluation
Jul. 31, 2017
Speech Communication Deadline
Realism in Robust Speech and Language Processing May 31, 2017
EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking Deadline
Heterogeneous cloud radio access networks March. 31, 2017
EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing Deadline
Visual information learning and analytics on cross-media big data Jul. 31, 2017
EURASIP Journal on Information Security Deadline
Signal processing for network forensics and security May 1, 2017
contributed by Alexander Bertrand, EURASIP Newsletter Editor back to top
Recently Published Special Issues of EURASIP Journals
EURASIP Journal on Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Issue
Biomedical Informatics with Optimization and Machine Learning
Yang Shen, Jiayu Zhou, Shuai Huang, Zhangyang Wang and Qing Ling
Feb. 2017
EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing Issue
Computer Vision in Road Safety and Intelligent Traffic
Edited by Ankit Chaudhary, Reinhard Klette, J. L. Raheja and Xia Jin
Feb. 2017
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Recently submitted Ph.D. Theses in EURASIP Library
Author Title & Link University Supervisors Publication Year
Torrellas, Marc Transmission Strategies for Interfering Networks with Finite Rate and Outdated Channel Feedback Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Adrian Agustin, Josep Vidal 2016
Lagen, Sandra Coordination Strategies for Interference Management in MIMO Dense Cellular Networks Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya Adrian Agustin de Dios, Josep Vidal Manzano 2016
Cierny, Michal Contributions to Analysis and Mitigation of Cochannel Interference in Cellular Wireless Networks Aalto University Risto Wichman 2017
Cheng, Yao Advanced Multi-Dimensional Signal Processing for Wireless Systems Ilmenau University of Technology Martin Haardt 2016
contributed by Aggelos Pikrakis, EURASIP Web Services Coordinator back to top
Job Posts
EURASIP encourages employers to post open research positions in Signal Processing on the EURASIP Job Site.
Open positions will be continuously accessible online and will be advertised monthly in the EURASIP Newsletter.
Open Positions Institution Location Closing Date
Postdoctoral Researcher in Biomedical Machine Learning University of Oxford Oxford, UK Mar. 1, 2017
Research Grant Universidade da Beira Interior Covilha, Portugal Mar. 3, 2017
Postdoctoral Research Grant Universidade da Beira Interior Covilha, Portugal Mar. 3, 2017
Post-Doctoral Candidate in Machine Learning for Smart Energy and Internet of Things Aalto University, Otakaari, Finland Mar. 6, 2017
Ph.D. Positions Johannes Kepler University (JKU) Linz, AU Mar. 31, 2017
PhD stipends in acoustic signal processing, machine learning, and information theory Aalborg University Aalborg, DK May 1, 2017
Postdoc in Voice Biometrics EURECOM Sophia Antipolis Biot, France May 1, 2017
Ph.D position in Digital Image Forensics EURECOM Sophia Antipolis Biot, France Sep. 1, 2017
Post-doctoral positions in Statistical Signal Processing for Gravitational Wave Astronomy CNRS AstroParticule et Cosmologie Paris, FR Dec. 31, 2017
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