SOCIETY NEWS CAS Distinguished Lecturers 2008-2009 The CAS Society has named the following members as IEEE Distinguished Lecturers for 2008-2009. The topics of their lectures are listed below. For details of the Distinguished Lecturer Program, see http://ewh.ieee.org/soc/icss/dlp.php Corey Chang, Dolby Laboratories, USA Lecture #1: Perceptual audio coding: An introduction and some current topics  Chua-Chin Wang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Email: ccwang@ee.nsysu.edu.tw Lecture #1: Circuit and System Implementation of An Implantable Biomedical Device for Micro-stimulation and Neural Sensing  David Pan, University of Texas at Austin, USA Lecture #1: Synergistic Modeling and Optimization for Nanometer IC Design/Manufacturing Integration  Gerald E. Sobelman, University of Minnesota, USA Lecture #1: Flexible VLSI Architectures for UWB, MIMO and Cognitive Radio  Georges G. E. Gielen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Lecture #1: Design of high-resolution CMOS digitial-to-analog converters. Lecture #2: Systematic Design of high-performance Delta-Sigma converters Lecture #3: Hardware implementation of ultra-low-power sensor networks  Huifang Sun, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, USA Lecture #1: Concept, Standards, and New research topics of Digital Video Technology Lecture #2: MPEG Standards and its DTV Applications Lecture #3: Multiview video coding  John Harris, University of Florida, USA Lecture #1: Biologically Inspired Signal Processing Lecture #2: Automatic Speech Processing Techniques for Enhancing Cell Phone Speech Lecture #3: Biologically Inspired Sensing and Coding of Signals  Kai-Kuang Ma, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Lecture #1: Super-Resolution Imaging Lecture #2: Images and Video Compression: Algorithms, Optimization, and Trend  Sudhanshu Shekhar Jamuar, University of Putra, Malaysia Lecture #1: Current Trends of Low Voltage Analog Design for Wireless Application Lecture #2: Design Techniques and CMOS Implementation of Low Noise Amplifier (LNA)http://ewh.ieee.org/soc/icss/dlp.phpmailto:ccwang@ee.nsysu.edu.twshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1
Nominations for the Annual CAS Society Awards Nominations for the annual CAS Society awards are now being accepted. All nominations must be submitted electronically to cass-awards@ieee.org by February 15, 2008. Please limit nominations to four pages (excluding references). Nomination forms can be found at the CASS Website: http://ewh.ieee.org/soc/icss/awards.php. Questions regarding awards and nominations should be sent to cass-awards@ieee.org.  New CASS Chapter Established in Portugal A new CASS Chapter has been established in Portugal. The chair is Antonio Navarro http://www.av.it.pt/navarro/  Region 8 Vice President Elected for 2008 Angel Rodriguez-Vazquez has been elected as Vice President Region 8 of the CAS Society, effective January 1, 2008.  New Website Created for IEEE CAS Magazine A new website has been created for the IEEE CAS Magazine: http://ieee-cas.org/CASM.php mailto:cass-awards@ieee.orghttp://ewh.ieee.org/soc/icss/awards.phpmailto:cass-awards@ieee.orghttp://www.av.it.pt/navarro/http://ieee-cas.org/CASM.phpshapeimage_3_link_0shapeimage_3_link_1shapeimage_3_link_2shapeimage_3_link_3shapeimage_3_link_4
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