------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for papers ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2006 IEEE International Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processing (Formerly the IEEE Workshop on Neural Networks for Signal Processing) September 6 - 8, 2006, Maynooth, Ireland Deadlines: Paper Submission March 31, 2006 Data analysis competition March 31, 2006 (Revised) ------------------------------------------- http://mlsp2006.conwiz.dk/ --- The sixteenth in a series of IEEE workshops on Machine Learning for Signal Processing (MLSP) will be held in Maynooth, Ireland, September 6-8, 2006. Maynooth is located 15 miles west of Dublin in Co. Kildare, Ireland?s equestrian and golfing heartland (and home to the 2006 Ryder Cup). It is a pleasant 18th century planned town, best known for its seminary, St. Patrick's College, where Catholic Priests have been trained since 1795. (http://www.countykildare.com) The workshop, formally known as Neural Networks for Signal Processing (NNSP), is sponsored by the IEEE Signal Processing society (SPS) and organized by the MLSP technical committee of the IEEE SPS. The name of the NNSP technical committee, and hence the workshop, was changed to Machine Learning for Signal Processing in September 2003 to better reflect the areas represented by the technical committee. The workshop will feature keynote addresses, technical presentations, special sessions and tutorials, all of which will be included in the registration. Papers are solicited for, but not limited to, the following areas: Learning Theory and Modeling; Bayesian Learning and Modeling; Sequential Learning; Sequential Decision Methods; Information-theoretic Learning; Neural Network Learning; Graphical and Kernel Models; Bounds on performance; Blind Signal Separation and Independent Component Analysis; Signal Detection; Pattern Recognition and Classification, Bioinformatics Applications; Biomedical Applications and Neural Engineering; Intelligent Multimedia and Web Processing; Communications Applications; Speech and Audio Processing Applications; Image and Video Processing Applications. A data analysis and signal processing competition is being organized in conjunction with the workshop. This competition is envisioned to become an annual event where problems relevant to the mission and interests of the MLSP community will be presented with the goal of advancing the current state-of-the-art in both theoretical and practical aspects. The problems are selected to reflect the current trends to evaluate existing approaches on common benchmarks as well as areas where crucial developments are thought to be necessary. Details of the competition can be found on the workshop website. Selected papers from MLSP 2006 will be considered for a special issue of Neurocomputing to appear in 2007. The winners of the data analysis and signal processing competition will also be invited to contribute to the special issue. MLSP'2006 webpage: http://mlsp2006.conwiz.dk/ Paper Submission Procedure Prospective authors are invited to submit a double column paper of up to six pages using the electronic submission procedure described at the workshop homepage. Accepted papers will be published in a bound volume by the IEEE after the workshop and a CDROM volume will be distributed at the workshop. ------------------------- MLSP'2006 webpage: http://mlsp2006.conwiz.dk/ MLSP 2006 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: General Chair Seán MCLOONE, NUI Maynooth, Technical Chair Tülay ADALI , University of Maryland, Baltimore County Program Chairs Marc Van HULLE, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Jan LARSEN , Technical University of Denmark Finance/Registration Chair Barak PEARLMUTTER, Hamilton Institute, NUI Maynooth Proceedings Chair Scott C. DOUGLAS, Southern Methodist University Publicity Chair Patrick DE MAZIÈRE, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Competition Chairs Deniz ERDOGMUS, Oregon Graduate Institute Vince CALHOUN. Olin Neuropsychiatry Res. Ctr., Yale University America Liaison Yann LECUN, New York University Asia Liaison Andrzej CICHOCKI, Brain Science Institute - RIKEN Europe Liaison Erkki OJA, Helsinki University of Technology -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: http://www.kuleuven.be/cwis/email_disclaimer.htm