SOCIETY NEWS

CAS President Thanos Stouraitis Recognized for his Service
At the Board of Governors meeting in Athens, Greece on November 16th, 2013, Thanos Stouraitis was presented a plaque to recognize and commemorate his service and commitment to Circuits and Systems Society. Thanos has served as CAS President for the last two years and has contributed significantly to the continued success and growth of the Society.

Call for Awards Nominations
This message is to notify you that nominations for the annual awards of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society are now being accepted. Nominations should now be submitted online by 15 February 2014. Please go to http://ieee-cas.org/about/awards where you will find descriptions of the awards being given in 2014 and the online submission.
Society Awards
Pre-Doctoral Scholarship
http://ieee-cas.org/2014-ieee-circuits-and-systems-society-pre-doctoral-scholarship-nominations-form
Paper Awards
http://ieee-cas.org/2014-ieee-circuits-and-systems-society-best-paper-award-nominations-form
Chapter of the Year Awards
http://ieee-cas.org/2014-ieee-circuits-and-systems-society-chapter-award-nominations-form
Student Travel Awards
http://ieee-cas.org/2014-student-travel-award-nominations
It is very desirable that members who have contributed significantly to the various CAS Society activities highlighted by our awards be recognized. This is our way of showing our appreciation for their accomplishments.
Questions regarding awards and nominations should be sent to manager@ieee-cas.org.
Thank you for your cooperation and effort.
Thanos Stouraitis
2013 CAS Awards Committee Chair

The CAS Society has named its new Distinguished Lecturers for 2014-15. If you are interested in inviting a DLP speaker to your region, please get in touch with your local IEEE-CAS chapter chair. Your chapter chair will contact the DLP chair to make arrangements for sponsoring a DLP lecture. The current DLP chair is Enrico Macii enrico.macii@polito.it. Please remember to check the DLP page for the latest updates.
The new DLP speakers are: David Atienza, Hsueh-Ming Hang, Mohsin Jamali, Jaeseok Kim, Tsorng-Juu (Peter) Liang, Pui-In Mak, Yehia Massoud, Ricardo Reis, Sergios Theodoridis, and Albert Wang.
Click the image on the right to download the full bios and abstracts of the new DLP lecturers.