IEEE ComSoc Elections

I am running for ComSoc President in the 2026 elections. The voting period is from May 28 until July 23, 2026. Your vote is very important for shaping the future of a global and diverse ComSoc.  

Position Statement

By serving in multiple volunteering roles at IEEE ComSoc, I have gained experience and knowledge that I have invested in improving ComSoc in several areas. I have greatly contributed to ComSoc member satisfaction, recruitment and retention through my leadership of projects to create new services. As VP MGA I implemented mentoring and career development programs for the students and young professionals, improved Chapters funding and enhanced their collaborations, bringing the ComSoc member satisfaction to the highest standards, and spearheading humanitarian and global collaboration activities. As the Director of Online Content, I created the Media Center for members to access video content. I have extensive experience in all aspects covered by ComSoc, including publications, conferences, technical activities and membership. I would like to leverage this diverse experience and background to keep improving ComSoc.

If elected as ComSoc President, it will be my honor to continue serving our community, bringing my viewpoint about technical and strategic aspects to evolve ComSoc in a diverse and sustainable way that is useful for all our members. If entrusted with the confidence of ComSoc members, I will commit my time and dedication to:

• Maintain the high reputation of our publications, conferences and events, and extend our activities in a way that everybody is welcome to participate.
• Increase ComSoc's public visibility, promote the value of our profession and highlight the contributions of our technologies to humanity.
• Offer more benefits and value to our members and promote the sense of belonging to the ComSoc community.
• Increase the participation of industry in our activities and strengthen ComSoc as the preferred venue for industry-academia collaboration.
• Increase the support and funding to chapters, technical committees, and industry communities, as our vehicles to innovate and fulfil our mission.
• Ensure that members from all membership grades and sectors, including students, young professionals, academics and industry members, enjoy the same opportunities to participate.
• Potentiate humanitarian activities and offer support to economically disadvantaged members.
• Promote integrity, openness, diversity and inclusion through the development of transparent processes.
• Improve quality and efficiency in all our operations.

Biography

Ana García Armada is a Professor at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, where she has held many management positions (Head of Signal Theory and Communications Department, Vice-dean of Electrical Engineering, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of International Relations). She has been a member of the organizing committee of many conferences and, in particular, the General Chair of IEEE MeditCom 2024 and IEEE Globecom 2021. She is serving as the associate EiC of the IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society. She has been a Member at Large of the Board of Governors, the Director of Online Content, the VP MGA, and is currently the VP Conferences of IEEE ComSoc. She has published around 300 papers in journals and conferences and she holds seven patents. She has received the outstanding service award from IEEE ComSoc Signal Processing and Communications Electronics TC and from IEEE ComSoc WICE, and the IEEE ComSoc/KICS Exemplary Global Service Award.

IEEE Comsoc Leadership Experience

IEEE Communications Society: Vice President of Conferences (2026-27).

IEEE Communications Society: Vice President of Member and Global Activities (2022-23 and 2024-25).

IEEE Signal Processing and Computing for Communications Technical Committee (SPCC): Chair (2024-25).

IEEE Open Journal of Communications Society: Associate Editor in Chief (from 2024).

IEEE Communications Society: Director of Online Content (2020-2021).

IEEE Communications Society: Member at Large of the Board of Governors (2020-2021).

IEEE Communications Society: Voting member of Technical Committee/Industry Community Recertification Standing Committee (2020-2025).

IEEE Communications Society: Voting member of Information Technology Standing Committee (2020-2021)

IEEE ComSoc Women in Communications Engineering Committee (WICE): Chair (2018-2019).

Major initiatives created under the leadership of Ana Garcia Armada

ComSoc Media Center

Communications for All humanitarian program

Career Fair at major ComSoc conferences

ComSoc Students Tech Leadership conferences

On-site childcare at ComSoc flagship conferences

ComSoc Mentoring Program

ComSoc Twin Chapters Program

ComSoc Student Ambassador Program

ComSoc Research Collaboration Pitch

ComSoc Connector

Thank you very much for your support. For any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me:

e-mail: ana.garcia [@] uc3m [DOT] es

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