Newsletter – Vol. 37, June 2026

The European Association for Signal Processing (EURASIP) is pleased to announce this year's recipients of the Best Paper Awards. Recall that, for the year 2026, the journals which, according to the EURASIP regulations, met the awarding requirements are the following:

• Signal Processing
• Signal Processing: Image Communication
• EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking
• EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing

The papers considered for this year's awards should have been published within the period 2021-2024. The evaluation process has been completed and EURASIP congratulates the authors of the following papers that have been selected for the Best Paper Awards. EURASIP is also deeply thankful to the Editors-in-Chief and all members of the Selection Committees for their valuable help in the awarding process. The awards will be presented at the Awards Ceremony during the Opening Ceremony of EUSIPCO 2026.

Signal Processing
Signal processing on higher-order networks: Livin’ on the edge... and beyond. Signal Processing 187, 2021, 108149 (2021).
Michael T. Schaub, Yu Zhu, Jean-Baptiste Seby, T. Mitchell Roddenberry, Santiago Segarra

Signal Processing: Image Communication
UIEC^2-Net: CNN-based underwater image enhancement using two color space. Signal Processing: Image Communication 96, 2021, 116250 (2021).
Yudong Wang, Jichang Guo, Huan Gao, Huihui Yue

EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking
Collaborative offloading for UAV-enabled time-sensitive MEC networks. EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking 2021, 1 (2021).
Wen-Tao Li, Mingxiong Zhao, Yu-Hui Wu, Jun-Jie Yu, Ling-Yan Bao, Huan Yang, Di Liu

EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing
Design of sparse arrays via deep learning for enhanced DOA estimation. EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing 2021, 17 (2021).
Steven Wandale, Koichi Ichige

contributed by Eva Lagunas, EURASIP Director for Awards

EURASIP created and maintains a database of PhD theses at https://theses.eurasip.org/, which is one of the World's largest in the area of signal processing. The database also keeps track of monthly downloads.

Every year, a committee of experts nominated by the EURASIP Board of Directors shortlists up to 10 theses in various areas of signal processing, from which up to 3 are selected for the award. The selection process is based on the evaluation of the impact of the theses, their subsequent journal and conference publications and related citations received, on the download statistics as well as on the review reports of independent reviewers.

The 2026 winners are:

Ricardo Augusto Borsoi, “Spectral Variability in Hyperspectral Unmixing: Multiscale, Tensor, and Neural Network-based Approaches”, Universite Cote d'Azur, Franc Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brasil.
Supervisors: Prof. Cédric Richard, Prof. José Bermudez
Liana Khamidullina, “Tensor Decompositions and Algorithms for Efficient Multidimensional Signal Processing”, Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany
Supervisor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Haardt.
Samuel Rey Escudero, “Robust Network Topology Inference and Processing of Graph Signals”, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain.
Supervisor: Prof. Antonio Garcia-Marques.

On behalf of the EURASIP Board of Directors, we would like to congratulate the winners.

contributed by Eva Lagunas, EURASIP Director for Awards

EURASIP Fellow nominations are invited with a deadline of October 31, 2026.
The EURASIP fellowship programme recognizes outstanding achievements of its members and volunteers. Each year, a select group of up to four signal processing researchers are elevated to EURASIP Fellow, the Association's most prestigious honour. Fellowships are awarded with a citation of the form “for contributions to …”, i.e. referring to a major long-term contribution to a technical field.

How to submit nominations
Any EURASIP member can nominate a colleague to be elevated to Fellow grade. Nominations should be submitted to the EURASIP Director for Awards by e-mail (awards@eurasip.org).
The nomination form can be downloaded from the EURASIP website at Fellowship-Nomination-Form.
The deadline is October 31st of every year.

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contributed by Steve McLaughlin, EURASIP President

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contributed by Nelly Pustelnik, EURASIP Director for Technical Programs and Membership

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