Wavelet Symposium

[Nirwan Ansari, 201-596-3670]

The following symposium on wavelets might arouse interest in
the Neural Networks community.


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                     New Jersey Institute of Technology
              Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
           Center for Communications and Signal Processing Research
                                 presents
                           One-day Symposium on
 
                  MULTIRESOLUTION IMAGE AND VIDEO PROCESSING:
                           SUBBANDS AND WAVELETS
 
           Date: March 20, 1992 (Friday, just before ICASSP week)
                    Place: NJIT, Newark, New Jersey
                                 Organizers: 
                             A.N. Akansu, NJIT
                             M. Vetterli, Columbia U.
                             J.W. Woods, RPI
 
                                 Program:
 
 08.30-09.00 Registration and Coffee
 09.00-09.10 Gary Thomas, Provost, NJIT: Welcoming Remarks
 09.10-09.40 Edward H. Adelson, MIT: Steerable, Shiftable Subband Transforms
 09.40-10.10 Ali N. Akansu, NJIT: Some Aspects of Optimal Filter Bank Design
             for Image-Video Coding
 10.10-10.40 Arnaud Jacquin, AT&T Bell Labs.: Comparative Study of Different
             Filterbanks for Low Bit Rate Subband-based Video Coding
 10.40-11.00 Coffee Break
 11.00-11.30 Ronald Coifman, Yale U.: Adapted Image Coding with Wavelet-packets
             and Local Trigonometric Waveform Libraries
 11.30-12.00 Philippe M. Cassereau, Aware Inc.: Wavelet Based Video Coding
 12.00-12.30 Michele Barlaud, Nice U.: Image Coding Using Biorthogonal Wavelet
             Transform and Entropy Lattice Vector Quantization
 
 12.30-01.30 Lunch
 
 01.30-02.00 Jan Biemond, Delft U.: Hierarchical Subband Coding of HDTV
 02.00-02.30 Martin Vetterli, Columbia U.: Multiresolution Joint Source-Channel
             Coding for HDTV Broadcast
 02.30-03.00 John W. Woods, RPI: Compression Coding of Video Subbands
 03.00-03.30 Rashid Ansari, Bellcore: Hierarchical Video Coding: 
             Some Options and Comparisons
 
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                 Registration Fee: $20, Lunch included
                       Parking will be provided 
 
                        EARLY REGISTRATION ADVISED
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                          For Early Registration:
                   Send your check to(payable to NJIT/CCSPR)
                              A.N. Akansu 
                              NJIT ECE Dept.
                              University Heights
                              Newark, NJ 07102
                              Tel:201-5965650
                              email:ali at hertz.njit.edu
 
                              DIRECTIONS TO NJIT
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 GARDEN STATE PARKWAY:
 Exit 145 to Route 280 East. Exit King Blvd. At traffic light turn right.
 Third traffic light is Central Ave. Turn right. One short block, turn
 left onto Summit Ave. Stop at guard house for parking directions.
 
 ROUTE 280 EAST:
 Follow directions outlined above.
 
 NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE:
 Exit 15W to Route 280 West. Stay in right-hand lane after metal bridge.
 Broad Street is second exit(landmarks-RR station on left, church spire
 on right). Turn left at foot of ramp. One short block to stop sign.
 Turn left onto King Blvd. At 4th light, turn right onto Central Ave.
 (stay left). One short block, turn left onto Summit Ave. Drive to
 guard house for parking directions.(If you miss the Broad St. exit,
 get off at Clinton Ave. Turn left at foot of ramp; left onto
 Central Ave; right onto Summit Ave.)
 
 ROUTE 280 WEST:
 Follow directions outlined above.
 
 FROM NEWARK AIRPORT:
 Take a taxi to NJIT campus. We are next to Rutgers Newark Campus.
 
 HAVE A SAFE TRIP!