Fernando Pereira, a Full Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, and a Senior Researcher at Instituto de Telecomunicações in Lisbon, Portugal, was recently interviewed by the IEEE Signal Processing Society as a distinguished member.

With a long-standing commitment to science, Fernando Pereira has made significant contributions to the field of digital video representation technologies and standards. He has been an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer since 2005 and was elevated to IEEE Fellow in 2008 for his "contributions to object-based digital video representation technologies and standards." He served on the IEEE Signal Processing Society Board of Governors as a Member-at-Large for the 2012 and 2014-2016 terms and held the position of Vice-President for Conferences from 2018 to 2020. In 2017, he also served as a member of the IEEE Signal Processing Society Awards Board. In recognition of his outstanding service, he was honored with the 2023 Leo L. Beranek Meritorious Service Award.

Since 2013, Fernando Pereira has been a EURASIP Fellow, recognized for his "contributions to digital video representation technologies and standards." He was elected to the European Signal Processing Society Board of Directors for the 2015-2018 term and received the 2023 EURASIP Meritorious Service Award. In addition, he has been an IET Fellow since 2015.

Throughout his career, he has held key leadership roles in numerous IEEE Signal Processing Society conferences and workshops, most notably serving as the Technical Chair for ICIP twice, in Hong Kong (2010) and Phoenix (2016), demonstrating his global impact and dedication to the field.

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