ICASSP
30th Anniversary

Technical Program

CC indicates Pennsylvania Convention Center.
Marriott indicates Marriott Hotel.


Friday, March 18
14:00 - 17:00
Tutorial: TUT-1: Signal Processing in Computational Genomics	CC: Room 109

Tutorial: TUT-2: MIMO systems for wireless communications	CC: Room 111

Tutorial: TUT-3: Data compression, Good-Turing estimation, and language modeling	CC: Room 113-A

Tutorial: TUT-4: Cross-layer Optimized Wireless Multimedia Transmission: Principles, Standards, Solutions and New Paradigms	CC: Room 113-B

Workshop: Digital Signal Processing System-Level Design Based on LabVIEW and TMS320C6000™ DSPs	CC: Room 112-A

Saturday, March 19
07:30 - 08:00
Meeting: Strategic Planning Breakfast	Marriott: Room 306
08:00 - 16:00
Meeting: Strategic Planning Meeting	Marriott: Room 306
09:00 - 12:00
Tutorial: TUT-5: Music Information Retrieval	CC: Room 109

Tutorial: TUT-6: Digital fingerprinting for multimedia forensics	CC: Room 111

Tutorial: TUT-7: Finite and infinite random matrix theory	CC: Room 113-A

Tutorial: TUT-8: Distributed source coding: theory, algorithms, and applications	CC: Room 113-B

Tutorial: TUT-9: From Kalman to particle filtering	CC: Room 113-C
09:00 - 16:30
Workshop: Teaching with TMS320C6713 DSK Workshop	CC: Room 112-A
12:00 - 13:00
Meeting: Strategic Planning Luncheon	Marriott: Room 306
13:30 - 16:30
Tutorial: TUT-10: Independent component analysis and multiway factor analysis	CC: Room 109

Tutorial: TUT-11: Signal and image processing issues in molecular and cellular imaging	CC: Room 111

Tutorial: TUT-12: Signal processing for sensor networks	CC: Room 113-A

Tutorial: TUT-13: Machine learning in speech and language processing	CC: Room 113-B

Tutorial: TUT-14: Linear Algebra for Three-Way Arrays: A Signal Processing Perspective	CC: Room 113-C
17:30
Welcome Reception & Student Awards	Crystal Tea Room

Sunday, March 20
07:30 - 09:00
Meeting: Signal Processing Letters Meeting	Marriott: Room 304

Meeting: Signal Processing Magazine Meeting	Marriott: Room 306
08:30 - 10:00
Meeting: Award Board Meeting	Marriott: Room 302
09:00 - 13:00
Workshop: New Signal Processing capabilities in MATLAB and Simulink	CC: Room 112-A
11:00 - 12:30
Meeting: Multimedia Signal Processing TC Meeting	Marriott: Room 305
11:00 - 12:00
Speaker's Brunch	Marriott: Salon ECD
11:00 - 12:30
Meeting: Transactions on S&A Processing Meeting	Marriott: Room 303

Meeting: Transactions on SP Editorial Board Meeting	Marriott: Salon K
11:30 - 12:30
Meeting: Information Forensics and Security Technical Committee Meeting	Marriott: Room 308
12:30 - 13:00
Opening & Awards Ceremony	CC: Exhibit Hall C
13:00 - 14:00
Plenary: PLEN-1: Can Hollywood Survive in the Digital Age?	CC: Exhibit Hall C
14:00 - 14:30
Coffee Break	CC: Exhibit Hall C
14:30 - 16:30
Special Session: SS-1: Advances in Sparse Signal Representation	CC: Room 113-C

IMDSP-L1: Watermarking	CC: Room 113-B

SP-L1: Voice Morphing	CC: Room 113-A

Special Session: SS-2: Signals and Their Processing for Data Storage Systems	CC: Room 111

SPCOM-L1: Ultra Wideband Communication I	CC: Room 109

SAM-L1: Sensor Networks I	CC: Room 108-A

SPTM-L1: Applications of Particle Filtering	CC: Room 108-B

SPCOM-P1: Wireless Networks: Relaying and Cross-Layer Issues	CC: Poster 1

SP-P1: Prosody and Speech Synthesis	CC: Poster 2

SP-P2: General Topics in ASR	CC: Poster 3

IMDSP-P1: Video Coding and Transmission	CC: Poster 4

SPCOM-P2: (Semi)blind Algorithms and ICA	CC: Poster 5

SPTM-P1: Sampling, Extrapolation and Interpolation	CC: Poster 6

ITT-P1: Biomedical and Biometric Applications	CC: Poster 7

AE-P1: Loudspeaker and Microphone Array Signal Processing	CC: Poster 8
17:00 - 19:00
Panel: PANEL-1: Women In Signal Processing	Marriott: Salon IJ
18:00 - 19:00
Meeting: Publications Board Dinner	Marriott: Room 309
19:00 - 23:00
Meeting: Publications Board Meeting	Marriott: Room 310

Monday, March 21
07:00 - 07:45
Speakers' Breakfast	Marriott: Salon ECD
07:30 - 09:00
Meeting: Signal Processing Education TC Meeting	Marriott: Room 304
08:00 - 09:00
Plenary: PLEN-2: Signal Processing for Large Scale Sensor Networks	CC: Exhibit Hall C
09:00 - 09:30
Coffee Break	CC: Exhibit Hall C
09:30 - 11:30
Special Session: SS-3: Statistical Signal Processing in the Post-genomic Era	CC: Room 113-C

Special Session: SS-4: Energy Constrained Signal Processing, Communications, and Networking	CC: Room 113-B

SP-L2: Spoken Language Understanding and Dialog	CC: Room 113-A

SP-L3: Speech Perception and Psychacoustics	CC: Room 111

SPCOM-L2: DSL Communication	CC: Room 109

MLSP-L1: Blind Source Separation and Independent Component Analysis	CC: Room 108-A

IMDSP-L2: Denoising	CC: Room 108-B

SAM-P1: Sensor Networks II	CC: Poster 1

SP-P3: Speech Analysis and Synthesis	CC: Poster 2

SP-P4: Model-based Robust Speech Recognition	CC: Poster 3

IMDSP-P2: Video Coding	CC: Poster 4

SPCOM-P3: Ultra Wideband Communication II	CC: Poster 5

SPTM-P2: System Modeling, Representation and Identification I	CC: Poster 6

ITT-P2: Signal Processing Applications	CC: Poster 7

AE-P2: Echo Cancellation, Active Noise Control, and Transducers	CC: Poster 8
11:30 - 13:00
Meeting: Audio and Electroacoustics TC Meeting	Marriott: Room 307

Meeting: Machine Learning for SP TC Meeting	Marriott: Room 306

Meeting: Sensor Array and Multichannel Meeting	Marriott: Salon L

Meeting: Signal Processing Theory & Methods Meeting	Marriott: Salon K

Meeting: Standing Committee on Industry DSP Tech. Meeting	Marriott: Room 302
13:00 - 15:00
Special Session: SS-5: Large random matrices and perfomance evaluation of large digital communication systems	CC: Room 113-C

MSP-L1: Multimedia Security and Content Protection	CC: Room 113-B

SP-L4: Confidence Measures and Rejection Algorithms	CC: Room 113-A

Panel: PANEL-2: Does the World Need More Engineers?	CC: Room 111

SPTM-L2: Analysis of Adaptive Filtering Algorithms	CC: Room 109

MLSP-L2: Pattern Recognition and Classification	CC: Room 108-A

Special Session: SS-6: Signal Processing for Molecular Imaging	CC: Room 108-B

SPCOM-P4: Sensor Networks III	CC: Poster 1

SP-P5: Speech Mining and Audio-Visual Information Processing	CC: Poster 2

SP-P6: Feature-based Robust Speech Recognition	CC: Poster 3

IMDSP-P3: Image coding	CC: Poster 4

SPCOM-P5: Turbo Detection and Equalization	CC: Poster 5

SPTM-P3: System Modeling, Representation and Identification II	CC: Poster 6

DISPS-P1: DSP Implementation I	CC: Poster 7

AE-P3: Broadband and Perceptual Coding	CC: Poster 8
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee Break	CC: Exhibit Hall C
15:30 - 17:30
Special Session: SS-7: Towards a New Generation of Radio Astronomical Instruments	CC: Room 113-C

IMDSP-L3: Video Coding	CC: Room 113-B

SP-L5: Discriminative Training	CC: Room 113-A

IMDSP-L4: Biometrics I	CC: Room 111

SAM-L2: MIMO Systems and Space-Time Coding	CC: Room 109

SPCOM-L3: Co-operative Relays	CC: Room 108-A

SPTM-L3: Parameter Estimation - Theory and Methods	CC: Room 108-B

SPED-P1: Signal Processing Education	CC: Poster 1

SP-P7: Language Modeling and Identification	CC: Poster 2

SP-P8: Text-Independent Speaker Recognition	CC: Poster 3

IMDSP-P4: Image and Video Indexing and Retrieval	CC: Poster 4

SPCOM-P6: Channel Estimation and Modeling	CC: Poster 5

SPTM-P4: Adaptive Systems and Filtering	CC: Poster 6

DISPS-P2: DSP Implementation II	CC: Poster 7

AE-P4: Applications to Music	CC: Poster 8
18:00
Philadelphia Art Museum Extravaganza	Philadelphia Museum of Art

Tuesday, March 22
07:00 - 07:45
Speakers' Breakfast	Marriott: Salon ECD
08:00 - 09:00
Plenary: PLEN-3: Gene Profiling, Clustering, and Networking	CC: Exhibit Hall C
09:00 - 09:30
Coffee Break	CC: Exhibit Hall C
09:30 - 11:30
Special Session: SS-8: Advances in Waveform Agile Sensor Processing	CC: Room 113-C

Special Session: SS-9: Robust Video Coding	CC: Room 113-B

SP-L6: Quantization and Quality Measurement	CC: Room 113-A

SP-L7: Speech Enhancement with Noise Reduction	CC: Room 111

SPCOM-L4: MIMO Capacity and Performance	CC: Room 109

SAM-L3: Beamforming	CC: Room 108-A

IMDSP-L5: Restoration and Segmentation	CC: Room 108-B

IMDSP-P5: Biomedical Imaging	CC: Poster 1

SP-P9: Acoustic Modeling and Clustering Algorithms	CC: Poster 2

SP-P10: Topics in Speaker Recognition	CC: Poster 3

IMDSP-P6: Image/Video Storage, Retrieval and Authentication	CC: Poster 4

SPCOM-P7: Acquistion, Synchronization and Tracking	CC: Poster 5

SPTM-P5: Stationary Signals and Spectrum Analysis	CC: Poster 6

SPTM-P6: Signal Restoration, Reconstruction and Enhancement	CC: Poster 7

AE-P5: Spatial and Multichannel Audio, Audio for Multimedia	CC: Poster 8
11:30 - 13:00
Meeting: Bio Imaging and Signal Processing TC Meeting	Marriott: Room 306

Meeting: Design & Implementation of SP Systems TC Meeting	Marriott: Room 303

Meeting: Executive Committee Meeting	Marriott: Room 302

Meeting: Image and Multidimensional SP TC Meeting	Marriott: Room 305

Meeting: Signal Processing for Communications TC Meeting	Marriott: Room 304

Meeting: Speech Processing TC Meeting	Marriott: Salon K
11:45 - 12:45
Panel: PANEL-3: When will Smart Antennas be ready to the market?	CC: Room 108-A
13:00 - 15:00
Special Session: SS-10: Modeling, Indentification, and Control of Large-scale Dynamical Systems	CC: Room 113-C

DISPS-L1: JPEG2000 Implementations	CC: Room 113-B

Special Session: SS-11: Human Language Technology: Applications and Challenge of Speech Processing - Part I	CC: Room 113-A

AE-L1: Applications to Music	CC: Room 111

SPCOM-L5: MIMO Precoding and Transmit Design	CC: Room 109

MLSP-L3: Bayesian Learning and Modeling	CC: Room 108-A

IMDSP-L6: Biomedical Imaging	CC: Room 108-B

IMDSP-P7: Image Formation - Image Representation and Quality Assessment	CC: Poster 1

SP-P11: Topics in Speech Coding and Enhancement	CC: Poster 2

SP-P12: Large Vocabulary ASR	CC: Poster 3

IMDSP-P8: Image Restoration and Enhancement	CC: Poster 4

SPCOM-P8: Multi-carrier, OFDM, and DMT Communication	CC: Poster 5

SPTM-P7: Nonstationary Signals and Time Series Analysis	CC: Poster 6

SAM-P2: Space-Time Processing for Communications	CC: Poster 7

MLSP-P1: Blind Signal Separation and Independent Component Analysis	CC: Poster 8
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee Break	CC: Exhibit Hall C
15:30 - 17:30
Special Session: SS-12: Recent Developments in Ultrasound Imaging Technology	CC: Room 113-C

IMDSP-L7: Image and Video Indexing and Retrieval	CC: Room 113-B

Special Session: SS-13: Human Language Technology: Applications and Challenge of Speech Processing - Part II	CC: Room 113-A

AE-L2: Auditory Modeling and Hearing Aids	CC: Room 111

SPCOM-L6: MIMO Channel Estimation and Decoding	CC: Room 109

SPTM-L4: Nonlinear Systems	CC: Room 108-A

SPTM-L5: AR/ARMA System Modeling and Identification	CC: Room 108-B

IMDSP-P9: Video Segmentation and Tracking	CC: Poster 1

SP-P13: Speech Analysis and Production	CC: Poster 2

SP-P14: Feature Extraction and Modeling	CC: Poster 3

IMDSP-P10: Image Segmentation	CC: Poster 4

SPCOM-P9: CDMA and Spread Spectrum Communication	CC: Poster 5

SPTM-P8: Multirate Signal Processing and Wavelets I	CC: Poster 6

SAM-P3: Array Processing	CC: Poster 7

MLSP-P2: Learning Theory and Classification	CC: Poster 8
18:00 - 20:00
Panel: PANEL-4: Funding Agencies: Signal Processing Research for Communications -- Current Focus and Visions for the Future	Marriott: Salon E
19:00 - 20:00
Meeting: Conference Board Dinner	Marriott: Salon K
19:30 - 20:30
Update on Human Language Technology Programs at DARPA	CC: Room 113-A
20:00 - 23:00
Meeting: Conference Board Meeting	Marriott: Salon L

Wednesday, March 23
07:00 - 09:00
Meeting: Long-Range Planning and Implementation Meeting	Marriott: Room 302
07:00 - 07:45
Speakers' Breakfast	Marriott: Salon ECD
08:00 - 09:00
Plenary: PLEN-4: Making Machines Speak and Listen - Why It is Still Interesting	CC: Exhibit Hall C
09:00 - 09:30
Coffee Break	CC: Exhibit Hall C
09:30 - 11:30
Special Session: SS-14: Applications of Differential Geometry to Signal Processing	CC: Room 113-C

IMDSP-L8: Video Coding and Transmission	CC: Room 113-B

SP-L8: Speaker Recognition using Acoustic and Higher Level Features	CC: Room 113-A

MSP-L2: Conent Based Information Retrieval and Pattern Discovery	CC: Room 111

SPCOM-L7: Channel Estimation and Equalization	CC: Room 109

Special Session: SS-15: Statistical Signal Processing in Sensor Networks	CC: Room 108-A

SPTM-L6: Signal Restoration and Reconstruction	CC: Room 108-B

IMDSP-P11: Feature Extraction and Analysis	CC: Poster 1

SP-P15: Adaptation and Normalization	CC: Poster 2

SPCOM-P10: Applications in Communications	CC: Poster 3

IMDSP-P12: Authentication and Watermarking	CC: Poster 4

SPCOM-P11: Iterative MIMO Decoding	CC: Poster 5

SPTM-P9: Multirate Signal Processing and Wavelets II	CC: Poster 6

SAM-P4: Signal Detection and Estimation	CC: Poster 7

MLSP-P3: Bioinformatics and Biomedical Applications	CC: Poster 8
11:30 - 13:00
Meeting: ICASSP to ICASSP Meeting	Marriott: Salon K

Meeting: SP Chapters Chairs Committee Meeting	Marriott: Salon L

Meeting: Technical Directions Committee Meeting	Marriott: Room 306
13:00 - 15:00
Special Session: SS-16: High-Dimensional Geometry in Signal Processing	CC: Room 113-C

IMDSP-L9: Image Coding	CC: Room 113-B

SP-L9: Large Vocabulary ASR	CC: Room 113-A

SP-L10: Novel Methods for Speech Analysis	CC: Room 111

DISPS-L2: DSP Implementations for Wireless	CC: Room 109

SPCOM-L8: Turbo Decoding and Iterative Receivers	CC: Room 108-A

SPTM-L7: Nonlinear Filtering	CC: Room 108-B

IMDSP-P13: Image and Video Processing	CC: Poster 1

SP-P16: Topics in Speech Processing and Systems	CC: Poster 2

MSP-P1: Multimedia Signal Processing I	CC: Poster 3

IMDSP-P14: Motion Detection and Estimation	CC: Poster 4

SPCOM-P12: MIMO Space-time Code Design	CC: Poster 5

SPTM-P10: Detection, Estimation, Classification Theory and Applications I	CC: Poster 6

SAM-P5: Source Localization and Tracking	CC: Poster 7

MLSP-P4: Machine Learning Applications	CC: Poster 8
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee Break	CC: Exhibit Hall C
15:30 - 17:30
Special Session: SS-17: Distributed Source and Joint Source-channel Coding	CC: Room 113-C

IMDSP-L10: Video Segmentation and Tracking	CC: Room 113-B

SP-L11: Noise Robust Speech Recognition	CC: Room 113-A

IMDSP-L11: Image Feature Extraction and Analysis	CC: Room 111

ITT-L1: Radar and Sonar Applications	CC: Room 109

MLSP-L4: Learning Theory	CC: Room 108-A

SPTM-L8: Signal Enhancement and Noise Reduction	CC: Room 108-B

IMDSP-P15: Biometrics II	CC: Poster 1

SP-P17: Topics in Speech Enhancement, Separation and Dereverberation	CC: Poster 2

MSP-P2: Multimedia Signal Processing II	CC: Poster 3

IMDSP-P16: Image Filtering and Modeling	CC: Poster 4

SPCOM-P13: MIMO Transceiver Design	CC: Poster 5

SPTM-P11: Detection, Estimation, Classification Theory and Applications II	CC: Poster 6

SAM-P6: Applications of Multichannel Signal Processing	CC: Poster 7

MLSP-P5: Speech and Audio Processing Applications	CC: Poster 8

Thursday, March 24
08:00 - 09:00
Meeting: Board of Governors Breakfast	Marriott: Salon K
09:00 - 17:00
Meeting: Board of Governors Meeting	Marriott: Salon K
12:00 - 13:00
Meeting: Board of Governors Luncheon	Marriott: Salon L