Eighth International Symposium on Signal
                    Processing and its Applications
            ISSPA 2005, 22-25 August 2005, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
                        University of Wollongong

                            Call For Papers

ISSPA 2005 is the eighth in a series of successful international
symposia focusing on the theory and applications of signal processing.
For the last 18 years, it has provided a forum for engineers and
scientists engaged in research, development and applications of Signal
Processing. The regular technical program will run for three days along
with an exhibition of signal processing products. In addition, tutorial
sessions will be held one day before the opening of the conference.
Papers are invited in, but not limited to, the following topics:

1. Digital Filter Design & Structures
2. Signal Processing for Communications
3. Multirate Filtering & Wavelets
4. Image and Video Coding
5. Adaptive Signal Processing
6. Image Enhancement and Restoration
7. Time-Frequency/Time-Scale Analysis
8. Biomedical Signal and Image Processing
9. Security Signal Processing & Digital Watermarking
10. Neural Networks & Pattern Recognition
11. Statistical Signal & Array Processing
12. Blind Source Separation
13. Radar & Sonar Processing
14. Signal Processing Education
15. Speech Processing & Recognition
16. Multimedia Signal Processing
17. Image & Multidimensional Signal Processing
18. Image Sequence Analysis & Processing
19. Machine Learning
20. Photonic & Optical Signal Processing
21. VLSI for Signal and Image Processing
22. Other Signal Processing Applications

Perspective authors are invited to submit full length (four pages)
papers for presentation in any of the areas listed above (show area in
your submission). We also encourage the submission of proposals for
tutorials and sessions on special topics. All submitted articles will be
subject to a double blind peer-review process.

Accepted papers will be published in a CD-ROM and distributed at the
symposium; a hard copy volume of the proceedings will also be available
for purchase on site. All technical inquiries should be directed to the
technical chairs.

Schedule
  Full paper submission:                  March 15, 2005
  Tutorial & special session proposals:   March 15, 2005
  Notification of acceptance:             May 16, 2005
  Camera ready paper:                     June 10, 2005

Conference Secretariat
  School of Electrical Computer and Telecommunications Engineering
  University of Wollongong
  Northfields Avenue Wollongong, NSW 2522, AUSTRALIA
  Tel : +61 2 4221 3065 Fax : +61 2 4221 3236

For more details consult the conference website:
http://www.elec.uow.edu.au/isspa2005

Steering Committee Chair
  B. Boashash,
    QUT, Brisbane, Australia

Honorary Conference Chair
  B. Bogner, Emeritus Prof.
    Univ. Adelaide, Australia

Conference Chair
  A. Bouzerdoum
    Univ. Wollongong, Australia

Technical Program Chairs
  A. Beghdadi
    Univ. Paris 13, France
  T. Wysocki
    Univ. Wollongong, Australia

Special Session Chairs
  K. Abed Meraim
    ENST Paris, France
  M. Gabbouj
    TUT, Finland

Plenary Sessions
  M. G. Amin
    Villanova Univ., USA

Tutorials
  M. Ibn-Kahla
    Queens Univ., Canada

Sponsorship & Exhibits
  I. Burnett
    Univ. Wollongong, Australia

International Publicity
  A. Boudraa
    Ã^École Navale, France.

Publications
  P. Ciufo
    Univ. Wollongong, Australia

Finance & Registration
  P. Costigan
    Univ. Wollongong, Australia

Student Session
  P. Premaratne
    Univ. Wollongong, Australia

Local Arrangements & Social Events
  J. Lukasiak
  C. Ritz
    Univ. Wollongong, Australia

Webmaster
  S. L. Phung
    ECU , Australia

International Liaisons
  I. Tabus, Europe
  S. Anderson, Australia
  K. Assaleh, Middle East
  A. P. Suppappola, North America
  A. Belouchrani, Africa
  A. Cichocki, Asia