Reaching outward [President´s Message]

In about three weeks another ICASSP will present the opportunity to share the latest technical developments in signal processing, conduct Society business, socialize, and enjoy the evocative cultural and historical gems of Prague. The 66th Prague Spring Music Festival will be in full swing to complement another annual festival focused on Czech gastronomy. While signal processing´s relevance to gastronomy is still being investigated, the field´s contributions to music are very well documented and current. Indeed, the conference will have sessions on music signal processing, and IEEE Journal on Selected Topics on Signal Processing´s special issue on music signal processing will be out not long after the conference.