With the year coming to a close, I couldn’t help but reflect on our experiences in 2020 and 2021. I began my term as president of the IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) roughly 65 days before we were told to work from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As I write this column 18 months later, I find myself, like many of you, still largely working remotely. During this period, we have learned a great deal about what we can and cannot accomplish online. We have learned that copresence is not always essential for facilitating meetings and work outputs. However, we also learned how much copresence facilitates really getting to know those with whom we work. Without the casual chatter that arises naturally when we bump into a colleague in a hallway or in those few minutes before a meeting really begins, our ability to form meaningful relationships is hampered.

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走出我们的“文化贫民窟”[总统致辞]


随着这一年即将结束，我不禁反思了我们在 2020 年和 2021 年的经历。大约 65 天后，我开始担任 IEEE 信号处理协会 (SPS) 主席，因为我们被告知在家工作。应对新冠肺炎 (COVID-19) 大流行。 18 个月后，当我撰写本专栏时，我发现自己和你们中的许多人一样，大部分时间仍然在远程工作。在此期间，我们学到了很多关于我们可以在网上完成什么和不能完成什么的知识。我们了解到，共在并不总是促进会议和工作成果所必需的。然而，我们也了解到，共处对于真正了解与我们一起工作的人有多大帮助。当我们在走廊里遇到同事或会议真正开始前的几分钟时，如果没有自然产生的随意闲聊，我们建立有意义的关系的能力就会受到阻碍。