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                     2001 IEEE-EURASIP WORKSHOP ON
                 NONLINEAR SIGNAL AND IMAGE PROCESSING
                            June 3-6, 2001
                       Hyatt Regency Baltimore
                       Baltimore, Maryland USA
                        www.ece.udel.edu/nsip

NSIP-01 is the fifth biennial international workshop on nonlinear
signal and image processing. The workshop provides a unique, high
quality forum for the presentation and discussion of technical
advances in nonlinear methods for a wide array of communications,
signal, bio systems, image and multimedia processing applications.

WORKSHOP TOPICS:
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   * Order statistic type filters: medians, weighted medians, stack
     filters, etc. 
   * Morphological signal/image processing and analysis 
   * Robust signal processing
   * Higher Order Statistics, Volterra and general polynomial type
     filters 
   * Lower Order Statistics, alpha-stable processes
   * Stable process modeling, including Internet traffic
     applications
   * Nonlinear methods in communications
   * Nonlinear methods in array and multichannel signal processing
   * Halftoning and digital printing
   * Nonlinear time-frequency methods
   * Bio systems processing applications
   * Image, video, audio, and multimedia applications

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS AND SPECIAL SESSIONS:
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Keynote presentations will cover various perspectives on the
wireless communications industry and technologies and include
presentations by
   * David Farber, Chief Technologist at the FCC (Federal
     Communications Commission)
   * Vincent Poor, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Princeton
     University
Special technical sessions will feature invited speakers in the
following areas:
   * Signal Processing in Heavy-Tailed, Stable Distribution, Noise
     Chairs: Ananthram Swamai and Brian Sadler, Army Research Laboratory
   * Bioinformatic Signal Processing
     Chair: Ilya Shmulevich, Tampere University of Technology 
   * Outliers And Missing Data in Dynamic Analysis
     Chair: Ron Pearson, Institut fur Automatik, ETH, Zurich
   * Nonlinear Methods in Communications
     Chair: Visa Koivunen, Helsinki Univ. of Technology
   * Digital Halftoning
     Chair: Daniel Lau,  University of Delaware
   * Nonlinear Methods for Signal Resolution Enhancement
     Chairs: Robert Stevenson, Notre Dame University, and
     Russell Hardie, University of Dayton

WORKSHOP SETTING:
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The workshop location, the Inner Harbor of Baltimore, is among the
most enjoyable sites in the United States. The maritime attractions,
historic quarters, and closely knit neighborhoods provide an engaging
backdrop for a diverse set of attractions including the restored Inner
Harbor waterfront, the National Aquarium, and top rated museums and
sporting attractions.

SUBMISSION PROCEDURES:
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Authors are invited to visit http://www.ece.udel.edu/nsip/, to fill in
submission forms and submit their papers electronically in PDF format.
A 2-3 page summary of the paper, including title, authors' names and
affiliations, figures, results, and references are requested.
Once submissions are accepted, authors will be required to prepare a
final camera-ready paper (5-page limit) for publication in the workshop
proceedings. A LaTeX style file for the camera-ready format is
available on the NSIP-01 WWW site.

AUTHOR'S SCHEDULE:
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            Paper proposals due                       November 1, 2000
            Notification of paper acceptance          January 26, 2001
            Camera-ready papers due                   March 16, 2001

Check the NSIP-01 WWW site for up-to-date information on paper
proposals and status, workshop registration, special sessions, keynote
speakers, and travel information.

                      http://www.ece.udel.edu/nsip/

WORKSHOP CHAIRS AND COMMITTEES:
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CONFERENCE CHAIRS
     Kenneth Barner                 Gonzalo Arce
     University of Delaware         University of Delaware
     Tel: +1-302-831-6937           Tel: +1-302-831-8030
     barner@ece.udel.edu            arce@ece.udel.edu
FINANCE
     Xiang Xia
     University of Delaware
     Tel: +1-302-831-8038
     xxia@ece.udel.edu
PUBLICITY
     Moncef Gabbouj
     Tampere University of Technology
     moncef.gabbouj@tut.fi
PUBLICATIONS
     Charles Boncelet               Daniel Lau
     University of Delaware         University of Delaware
     Tel: +1-302-831-8008           Tel: +1-302-831-3280
     boncelet@ece.udel.edu          lau@ece.udel.edu
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
     Neal Gallagher                 Saleem Kassam
     Edward J. Delp III             Stephen Marshall
     Jaakko Astola                  Ioannis Pitas
     Giovanni Sicuranza             Athina Petropulu
     Akira Taguchi                  Sanjit K. Mitra
     Anathram Swami                 A. Brinton Cooper
     John Goutsias                  Dimitrios Hatzinakos
     Hans Burkhardt                 Edward Coyle
     Murat Kunt                     V. John Mathews
     Yrjo Neuvo                     Jean Serra
     A. N. Venetsanopoulos          Pao-Ta Yu
     Andrew Singer                  Russell Hardie
     Visa Koivunen                  Robert L. Stevenson
     Pauli Kuosmanen                Javier Garcia-Frias 
     Peter Warter                   Fernando Cruz
     Ilya Shmulevich