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CFP: ICA Research Network Workshop, Liverpool, UK, 18-19 Sept 2006



Dear List,

I hope this workshop may be of interest to those of you working in
computational auditory scene analysis, or audio source separation. Best
wishes, Mark Plumbley

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                     *** CALL FOR PAPERS ***

                2006 ICA Research Network Workshop 
                          www.icarn.org

                          Liverpool, UK
                     18 - 19 September 2006 

The ICA Research Network is sponsored by the Engineering and Physical
Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) in the UK, and is aimed at improving
communications in the area of Blind Source Separation (BSS) and
Independent Component Analysis (ICA). The 2006 ICA Research Network
Workshop will be held at the University of Liverpool covering the latest
developments and techniques in the area of BSS/ICA.

Topics

The workshop will feature keynote addresses and technical presentations
(oral and poster), which will be included in the registration. Papers
are solicited for, but not limited to, the following areas:

* Algorithms and Architectures for BSS/ICA
  - Nonlinear ICA
  - Probabilistic Models
  - Sparse Coding
  - etc
* Theory of BSS/ICA
  - Optimization
  - Complex Methods
  - Time-Frequency Representations
  - etc
* Applications of BSS/ICA
  - Audio
  - Bio-Informatics
  - Biomedical Engineering
  - Communications
  - Finance
  - Image Processing
  - Psychology
  - Computational Auditory Scene Analysis (CASA)
  - etc

Extended Abstract Submission Procedure

Prospective authors are invited to submit extended abstracts of no more
than two A4-size pages, including: 

* Title 
* Authors' details 
* the work with contexts and 
* preliminary results (a Table or a Figure) 

Submission

Please submit your extended abstract by e-mail (with a PDF attachment)
with the subject "Extended Abstract Submission" to
icarnw06@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Full Paper Submission Procedure

Authors of accepted extended abstracts will be invited to submit a paper
of up to four pages in the PDF format. At least one author of each
accepted paper must undertake to attend the workshop.

Accepted papers will be published in a bound volume. Authors of the most
innovative papers will be invited to submit substantially extended and
updated versions of their papers for further review and possible
publication in the International Journal of Neural Systems.

Important Dates/Deadlines

Submission of extended abstract                5 May  2006 
Notification of acceptance                     2 June 2006 
Submission of camera-ready accepted paper    7 August 2006 
Author registration                          7 August 2006 
Workshop                              18-19 September 2006 

Contact

For more information visit www.icarn.org or email
icarnw06@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Professor A K Nandi
David Jardine Chair of Signal Processing
 
Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics
The University of Liverpool
Brownlow Hill, Liverpool, L69 3GJ, UK
 
Tel: +44 151 794 4525   Fax: +44 151 794 4540
http://www.liv.ac.uk/eee/academicstaff/nandi.htm
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Dr Mark D Plumbley
Centre for Digital Music
Department of Electronic Engineering
Queen Mary University of London
Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7882 7518
Fax: +44 (0)20 7882 7997
Email: mark.plumbley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.elec.qmul.ac.uk/people/markp/