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The 2009 APSIPA Annual Summit and Conference is the inaugural event supported by the Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association (APSIPA).


The APSIPA is a new association that promotes research and education on signal processing, information technology, and communications. The fields of interest of APSIPA include signals processing information processing, recognition, classification, communications, networking, computing, system design, security, implementation, technology, as well as their applications to scientific, engineering, and social areas.

Tutorials:

The 2009 APSIPA Annual Summit and Conference is going to organize 4 to 8 tutorials on Oct. 4, 2009 in the following four areas: Signal Processing, Communications, Computer/Information, and Circuits and Systems/VLSI. Prospective tutorial presenters should submit proposals before 15 April 2009 by email to the Tutorial Session co-Chairs Thomas Fang Zheng (fzheng@tsinghua.edu.cn), Mrityunjoy Chakraborty (mrityun@ece.iitkgp.ernet.in), Subhrakanti Dey (s.dey@ee.unimelb.edu.au) and Helen Meng (hmmeng@se.cuhk.edu.hk).


Each tutorial proposal should contain the following information:
- Title of the proposed tutorial;
- Names/affiliation of the presenters (including a brief bio and contact information);
- An introduction (maximum 1 page), including the importance of the topic, the objectives of the proposed tutorial, and a brief outline of the main target audience;
- A presentation outline (maximum 2 pages), and an indication if there are multiple presenters, and how the presentation will be shared;
- A list of any special equipment necessary for the presentation, including information if such equipment is required to be supplied by the conference organizers.

Proposals will be evaluated by the Tutorial Session co-Chairs based on the relevance/significance of the topic, potential interest to the conference attendees, the balance of the topics across the technical areas, and the presence and quality of the overview tutorial.

Notification of acceptance of proposals is scheduled for 1 July 2009.

Important Due Dates and Author's Schedule:
Proposals for Special Session:                                   March 10, 2009
Proposals for Forum, Panel and Tutorial Sessions:                April 15, 2009 (extended)
Deadline for Submission of Full Papers in Regular Sessions:  April 15, 2009 (extended)
Deadline for Submission of Full Papers in Special Sessions:  April 30, 2009 (extended)
Notification of Acceptance:                                         July  1, 2009
Deadline for Submission of Camera Ready Papers:      August 1, 2009
Tutorial Session (Hokkaido University) Date:                October 4, 2009
Conference dates:                                                     October 5 - 7, 2009

Detail Information:
WEB Site : http://www.gcoe.ist.hokudai.ac.jp/apsipa2009/

Local Arrangement/Secretary:  
Shingo Yoshizawa (Hokkaido University, Japan)

Organizing Committee:

Honorary Chairs
Sadaoki Furui (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
Meng-Hwa Er (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

General co-Chairs
Yoshikazu Miyanaga (Hokkaido University, Japan)
K. J. Ray Liu (University of Maryland, USA)

Technical Program co-Chairs
Hitoshi Kiya (Tokyo Metropolitan Univ., Japan)
Tomoaki Ohtsuki (Keio University, Japan)
Mark Liao (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
Takao Onoye (Osaka University, Japan)

Forum co-Chairs
Wan-Chi Siu (Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ., Hong Kong)
Xinhua Zhuang (University of Missouri , USA)
Waleed Abdulla (University of Auckland , New Zealand)

Panel Session co-Chairs
Kiyoharu Aizawa (Tokyo University, Japan)
Min Wu (University of Maryland , USA)
Ling Guan (Ryerson University , Canada)

Special Session co-Chairs
Nobuo Hataoka (Tohoku Institute of Tech., Japan)
Antonio Ortega (University of Southern California , USA)
Kosin Chamnongthai (KMUTT , Thailand)
Jiwu Huang (Sun Yat-sen University , China)

Tutorial Session co-Chairs
Thomas Zheng (Tsinghua University, China)
Mrityunjoy Chakraborty (IIT Kharagpur , India)
Subhrakanti Dey (University of Melbourne , Australia)
Helen Meng (Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong , Hong Kong)

Publicity co-Chairs
Naohisa Ohta (Keio University, Japan)
Susanto Rahardja (I2R A*STAR, Singapore)
Chong-Yung Chi (National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan)
Namsoo Kim (Seoul National University, Korea)

Publication co-Chairs
Hideaki Sakai (Kyoto University, Japan)
Ying-Chang Liang (I2R, A*STAR, Singapore)

Fundraising Chair
Yoh’ichi Tohkura (National Institute of Informatics, Japan)

Finance Chair
Akira Taguchi (Musahi Institute of Technology, Japan)