Connectionists: CALL FOR PAPERS - ICA 2009: Intl. Conf. on Independent Component Analysis and Signal Separation

[ICA2009]

Dear Colleagues,

Next year, the 8th International Conference on Independent Component
Analysis and Signal Separation (ICA2009) will be held in Paraty, one of
Brazil's most charming tourist destinations. In accordance with the
tradition established by the previous ICA conferences, our wish is that
next year's event be a special moment for our community to share ideas and
experiences in a most pleasant environment.

In the following, you will find the Call for Papers of ICA2009, which
contains all relevant information about the event. We look forward to
receiving your technical contribution and meeting you in Paraty!

Best regards,

Allan Kardec Barros and Joao Marcos T. Romano.
General Chairs, ICA2009

Tulay Adali and Christian Jutten
Technical Chairs, ICA2009

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               8th International Conference on
               Independent Component Analysis
                   and Signal Separation

                       Paraty, Brazil

                     15-18 March 2009

           http://www.dspcom.fee.unicamp.br/ica2009

The 8th International Conference on Independent Component Analysis and
Signal Separation, ICA 2009, will be held in Paraty, Brazil, March 15-18,
2009. The meeting will feature keynote addresses by leading researchers,
as well as invited and contributed papers.

Prospective authors are invited to submit papers in the following areas
(but not limited to):

* Algorithms and Architectures: non-linear ICA, probabilistic models,
sparse coding, linear & nonlinear models, convolutive & noisy models;

* Theory: optimization, complex methods, time-frequency representations;

* Applications: audio, bio-informatics, biomedical engineering,
communications, finance, text, image processing, psychology;

* Emerging Technologies: analogue and digital VLSI implementations,
photonics;

* Functional Neuroimaging: EEG, MEG, fMRI analysis, applications in
neuroscience;

* Speech and Musical Audio: source separation, denoising, dereverberation,
temporal models, computational auditory scene analysis (CASA),
beamforming;

* Visual and Sensory Processing: image processing and coding,
image separation.

SPECIAL SESSION ON EVALUATION

ICA 2009 will feature a special session on the first community-based
Signal Separation Evaluation Campaign (http://sisec.wiki.irisa.fr/).
Researchers entering the campaign are encouraged to submit a paper to this
session describing their approach. Papers discussing new algorithms or
application strategies for existing algorithms (e.g. signal
representation, parameter settings) are both welcome. Accepted papers will
be published in the proceedings of ICA 2009, after review by the
evaluation chairs and the program chairs.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Proceedings will be published in Springer-Verlag's Lecture Notes in
Computer Science Series (LNCS). LNCS is published, in parallel to the
printed books, in full-text electronic form. All contributions must be
original, and must not have been previously published, nor be under review
for presentation elsewhere. Extended versions of a selection of papers
presented at the conference will be considered for a special issue of a
journal to appear in 2009. Detailed instructions for submission to ICA
2009 and further information will be available in the conference website.

IMPORTANT DATES:

* October 15, 2008 - Submission deadline
* December 5, 2008 - Notification of acceptance
* December 15, 2008 - Final paper due