Abstract :
Please accept my warmest greetings and best wishes as we begin 2011. There is great excitement and energy this year to continue to implement a number of high-priority initiatives that were reconfirmed or developed as part of the IEEE Signal Processing Society´s most recent long-range planning (LRP) exercise during the 2010 International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP) that was held in Hong Kong. As mentioned in earlier columns, a continuing driver for such plans is the provision of meaningful benefits to Society membership and greater engagement of the Chapters, students, and practitioners in the Society´s affairs and services. Opportunities also continue to be explored on collaboration and partnership with colleagues in other fields of science and engineering, a number of which have provided the fundamental basis for signal processing during its genesis as a recognized and vibrant discipline and others that provide application opportunities that continue to motivate and energize innovations in our profession.
