Eighth International Symposium on Signal Processing and its Applications ISSPA 2005, 22-25 August 2005, Sydney, AUSTRALIA University of Wollongong Call For Papers ISSPA 2005 is the eighth in a series of successful international symposia focusing on the theory and applications of signal processing. For the last 18 years, it has provided a forum for engineers and scientists engaged in research, development and applications of Signal Processing. The regular technical program will run for three days along with an exhibition of signal processing products. In addition, tutorial sessions will be held one day before the opening of the conference. Papers are invited in, but not limited to, the following topics: 1. Digital Filter Design & Structures 2. Signal Processing for Communications 3. Multirate Filtering & Wavelets 4. Image and Video Coding 5. Adaptive Signal Processing 6. Image Enhancement and Restoration 7. Time-Frequency/Time-Scale Analysis 8. Biomedical Signal and Image Processing 9. Security Signal Processing & Digital Watermarking 10. Neural Networks & Pattern Recognition 11. Statistical Signal & Array Processing 12. Blind Source Separation 13. Radar & Sonar Processing 14. Signal Processing Education 15. Speech Processing & Recognition 16. Multimedia Signal Processing 17. Image & Multidimensional Signal Processing 18. Image Sequence Analysis & Processing 19. Machine Learning 20. Photonic & Optical Signal Processing 21. VLSI for Signal and Image Processing 22. Other Signal Processing Applications Perspective authors are invited to submit full length (four pages) papers for presentation in any of the areas listed above (show area in your submission). We also encourage the submission of proposals for tutorials and sessions on special topics. All submitted articles will be subject to a double blind peer-review process. Accepted papers will be published in a CD-ROM and distributed at the symposium; a hard copy volume of the proceedings will also be available for purchase on site. All technical inquiries should be directed to the technical chairs. Schedule Full paper submission: March 15, 2005 Tutorial & special session proposals: March 15, 2005 Notification of acceptance: May 16, 2005 Camera ready paper: June 10, 2005 Conference Secretariat School of Electrical Computer and Telecommunications Engineering University of Wollongong Northfields Avenue Wollongong, NSW 2522, AUSTRALIA Tel : +61 2 4221 3065 Fax : +61 2 4221 3236 For more details consult the conference website: http://www.elec.uow.edu.au/isspa2005 Steering Committee Chair B. Boashash, QUT, Brisbane, Australia Honorary Conference Chair B. Bogner, Emeritus Prof. Univ. Adelaide, Australia Conference Chair A. Bouzerdoum Univ. Wollongong, Australia Technical Program Chairs A. Beghdadi Univ. Paris 13, France T. Wysocki Univ. Wollongong, Australia Special Session Chairs K. Abed Meraim ENST Paris, France M. Gabbouj TUT, Finland Plenary Sessions M. G. Amin Villanova Univ., USA Tutorials M. Ibn-Kahla Queens Univ., Canada Sponsorship & Exhibits I. Burnett Univ. Wollongong, Australia International Publicity A. Boudraa Ã^École Navale, France. Publications P. Ciufo Univ. Wollongong, Australia Finance & Registration P. Costigan Univ. Wollongong, Australia Student Session P. Premaratne Univ. Wollongong, Australia Local Arrangements & Social Events J. Lukasiak C. Ritz Univ. Wollongong, Australia Webmaster S. L. Phung ECU , Australia International Liaisons I. Tabus, Europe S. Anderson, Australia K. Assaleh, Middle East A. P. Suppappola, North America A. Belouchrani, Africa A. Cichocki, Asia