Many of you know me through research, editorial work, or conferences — but you may not know that I am running for IEEE Signal Processing Society Regional Director-at-Large (Regions 1–6), nominated by the Society for a term beginning January 2027.
I have been an SPS member for over 15 years, and this society has shaped my career in ways I did not fully appreciate until I looked back. My PhD at Maryland, my years at Qualcomm, and my current work turning Wi-Fi sensing research into real products — none of it happened in isolation. It happened inside a community of researchers, reviewers, mentors, and collaborators that SPS helped build. I want to invest in that community more directly.
Regions 1–6 is home to an extraordinary concentration of signal processing talent — in universities, national labs, and companies — and I think we can do more to connect it. A few things I care most about:
Many local chapters are underserved and underconnected, and members outside major hubs can feel distant from the Society's core activities.
Industry practitioners in our region do important signal processing work but often feel peripheral to SPS — that's a missed opportunity on both sides.
PhD students and early-career researchers are the Society's future, and we should be far more intentional about bringing them in before they graduate and drift away.
I come to this role not as a career Society insider, but as someone who has engaged deeply with SPS from the member and contributor side — and I think that perspective is exactly what regional representation needs.
Voting opens mid-August and closes October 1. I would be honored to have your support, and regardless of how you vote, please do vote — and pass the word to your students and colleagues. (https://eballot.app/ieee)