TENCON'96: IEEE Region 10 Conference Digital Signal Processing Applications Perth, Western Australia 27 - 29 November 1996 Tutorials 26 November 1996 Call for Papers http://ciips.ee.uwa.edu.au/tencon96.html The 1996 IEEE Region 10 Conference will be held in Perth, Western Australia, from 27 to 29 November 1996. The theme of the conference, Digital Signal Processing Applications is intentionally broad to promote wide interaction among researchers in this important area. The conference also seeks the participation of developers and planners of DSP system infrastructure. Sponsored by: IEEE Region 10, IEEE WA Section, IEEE Signal Processing Society, IEEE Communications Society, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society. In association with IE(Aust). For further information please contact the Conference Secretariat at: TENCON'96, Conference Secretariat Australis Promotions Pty Ltd PO Box 1025 Bentley Delivery Centre WA, 6983 Australia tel: +61-9-470-2552 fax: +61-9-470-2556 send email to: tencon96@ee.uwa.edu.au or to: oztralis@icenet.com.au List of Topics for TENCON'96 The suggested areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: Audio and Electroacoustics * Transducers * Active noise reduction * Echo cancellation * Broadband audio coding * Aids for the handicapped Underwater Acoustic Signal Processing * Array processing, beamforming * Time delay estimation * Radar, geophysical, biomedical applications * Theoretical and applied underwater acoustics Speech Signal Processing * Speech production and perception * Speech analysis and synthesis * Speech recognition Digital Signal Processing * Filter design and structures * Fast algorithms * Signal reconstruction * Adaptive filtering * Nonlinear signal and systems * Time-frequency analysis Signal Processing Applications * System design methods * Hardware, software, trade-offs and integration * Designing custom processors and architectures for algorithms * Power systems Statistical Signal and Array Processing * Power spectrum analysis * Higher order spectrum analysis * Statistical signal analysis * System identification * Array signal processing * Detection Image and Multi-dimensional signal Processing * Image/video coding * Motion estimation * Image analysis and segmentation * Image filtering, restoration and enhancement * Theory, algorithms and systems VLSI for Signal Processing * Architectures and VLSI hardware * Algorithms and application mappings * Programmable signal processors * Testing and fault tolerance * Architectures and VLSI hardware * Languages and real-time software Neural Networks for Signal Processing * System identification and spectral estimation by Neural Networks * Neural Networks for image and speech processing * Non-linear signal learning and processing * Theory and applications Organizing and Technical Committees for TENCON'96 General Chair Yianni Attikiouzel, Uni of WA, Australia Technical Chair King Ngan, Uni of WA, Australia Exhibition Chair Harry MacDonald Western Power, Australia Publications Chair Roberto Togneri, Uni of WA, Australia Treasurer Wojciech Kuczborski, Edith Cowan University, Australia Technical Committee Oscar Au, Uni of Sci & Tech, Hong Kong Laurie Cahill, La Trobe University, Australia W. K. Cham, Chinese University, Hong Kong M. H. Er , Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Rob Evans, Uni of Melbourne, Australia Rokuya Ishii, Yokohama National Uni, Japan Nagisa Ishiura, Osaka Uni, Japan Mineo Kaneko, Tokyo Institute of Tech, Japan Shigeru Katagiri, ATR Laboratories, Japan Robin King, Sydney Uni, Australia C. C. Ko, Nat. Uni of Singapore, Singapore S.U. Lee, Seoul Nat. Uni, Korea Y.H. Lee, KAIST, Korea Miles Moody, Qld Uni Tech, Australia Koso Murakami, Osaka Uni, Japan D. Nandagopal, DSTO, Australia Thong Nguyen, Uni of Tasmania, Australia A. Nishihara, Tokyo Inst of Tech, Japan M. Palaniswami, Uni of Melbourne, Australia S. C. Pei, Nat Taiwan Uni, Taiwan W. C. Siu, Polytechnic Uni, Hong Kong C. H. Wei, Nat. Chiao Tung Uni, Taiwan Paper submission Authors are invited to submit 5 copies of a full paper for oral or poster presentation. Papers, maximum of 6 pages long, should be printed on ISO A4 white papers, written in English in two-column format in Times or very similar font style, 10 points with 2.5 cm margins on all four sides. Each submission must be accompanied by a letter that includes the following information: full title of the paper technical area corresponding author (name, postal and email addresses, telephone and fax numbers At least one of the authors must register as a delegate. All papers will be acknowledged by electronic or postal mail. Papers will be reviewed by senior researchers in the field. Best Student Paper Award Submissions should clearly indicated that the paper is to be considered for the Best Student Paper Award. A student, or a group of students must be the primary author(s) and have contributed over 70% of the paper. Tutorial and Special Session Proposals Proposals outlining the subject area in 2-3 pages (A4) and including a short c.v. of the organizer of the proposed tutorial or special session should be submitted to the Conference Secretariat by 15 March 1996. Exhibitor Information A large group of participants from industry, government organizations and academia are expected. Potential exhibitors should submit their requirements to the Conference Secretariat by May 10, 1996. Author's Schedule Tutorial proposals 15 March 1996 Special session proposals 15 March 1996 Deadline for submission of papers 10 May 1996 Notification of acceptance 5 July 1996 Submission of camera-ready papers 23 August 1996