Connectionists: [LVA/ICA 2018] Call for Participation (+ University accommodation deadline approaching)

[m.plumbley at surrey.ac.uk]

Dear Connectionists, Registration is open for LVA/ICA 2018: more information below (including approaching deadline for University special-rate accommodation). 
Best wishes, Mark

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== LVA/ICA 2018 - FIRST CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ==

14th International Conference on
Latent Variable Analysis and Signal Separation

July 2-6, 2018
University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
http://cvssp.org/events/lva-ica-2018

 ** Registration now open. Early registration deadline: 31 May 2018
 ** University accommodation deadline approaching: 12 April 2018

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The International Conference on Latent Variable Analysis and Signal
Separation, LVA/ICA 2018, is an interdisciplinary forum where researchers
and practitioners can experience a broad range of exciting theories and
applications involving signal processing, applied statistics, machine
learning, linear and multilinear algebra, numerical analysis and
optimization, and other areas targeting Latent Variable Analysis problems.


== Registration - http://cvssp.org/events/lva-ica-2018/registration/

Conference registration is now open.

Early registration deadline: 31 May 2018


== Accommodation - http://cvssp.org/events/lva-ica-2018/accommodation/

We have secured a number of guaranteed rooms for delegates at the 
University of Surrey Manor Park Campus. You can select the dates of stay 
during the registration process.

 ** University accommodation booking deadline approaching - 12 April 2018

If you missed the deadline for booking accommodation but would like to 
stay on campus, please email our Conference Team (FASSevents at surrey.ac.uk) 
confirming your name, registration booking reference and the nights stay 
required. Our team will check availability of additional rooms for you.


== Programme Overview - http://cvssp.org/events/lva-ica-2018/program/

LVA/ICA will be held from the 2nd to the 6th of July 2018, including a 
Summer School day (2 July), and the Main Conference (3-5 July), and is 
followed by an Audio Day (6 July). 

The programme will include oral and poster papers in topics including:
Audio Data and Methods; Bayesian Approaches; Biomedical Data and Methods;
Deep Learning and Data-driven Methods; ICA Theory and Methods; Matrix and 
Tensor Factorizations; Nonlinear Mixtures; and Sparsity-Related Methods.
There will be special sessions on Advances in Phase Retrieval & 
Applications and on Tensor Decompositions, and the programme will include
the results of the Signal Separation Evaluation Campaign (SiSEC 2018).

For the list of accepted papers, see: 
http://cvssp.org/events/lva-ica-2018/papers/


== Keynote Speakers - http://cvssp.org/events/lva-ica-2018/keynotes/

- Tuomas Virtanen
  Laboratory of Signal Processing
  Tampere University of Technology, Finland

- Orly Alter
  Scientific Computing & Imaging Institute
  and Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, USA

- Andrzej Cichocki
  Brain Science Institute, RIKEN, Japan


== Venue - http://cvssp.org/events/lva-ica-2018/venue/

LVA/ICA 2018 will be held at the University of Surrey, Guildford, in the
South East of England, UK. The university is a ten minute walk away from
the town centre, which offers a vibrant blend of entertainment, culture
and history.  Guildford is 40 minutes from London by train, and convenient
for both London Heathrow and London Gatwick airports.


== Conference Chairs ==

- General Chairs
  Mark Plumbley - University of Surrey, UK
  Russell Mason - University of Surrey, UK

- Program Chairs
  Sharon Gannot - Bar-Ilan University, Israel
  Yannick Deville - Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse 3, France


== Important Dates ==

 - University accommodation deadline: April 12, 2018
 - Early registration deadline: May 31, 2018
 - Summer School: July 2, 2018
 - Main Conference: July 3-5, 2018
 - Audio Day: July 6, 2018


== Website ==

For further information about the conference and on how to register, 
please visit: http://cvssp.org/events/lva-ica-2018

We look forward to your participation,

The LVA/ICA 2018 Organizing Committee
Email: lva.ica.2018 at gmail.com

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Prof Mark D Plumbley
Professor of Signal Processing
Centre for Vision, Speech and Signal Processing (CVSSP) 
University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, UK
Email: m.plumbley at surrey.ac.uk

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 LVA/ICA 2018
 14th International Conference on Latent Variable Analysis and Signal Separation
 July 2-6, 2018, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
 http://cvssp.org/events/lva-ica-2018
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