ICASSP FLORENCE ITALY Under the Tuscan Sun. 25 th -30 th May 2014

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1 ICASSP 2014 ITALY Under the Tuscan Sun 25 th -30 th May 2014

2 florence, 25 th 30 th may 2014 preliminary planning ICASSP 2014 Expected 2500 attendees May 25 (Sunday) 4 tutorials in the afternoon All tutorials free attendance with proof of student status May 26 (Monday) 8 tutorials - 4 in the morning and 4 in the afternoon 8 parallel half-day workshops Workshops are selected upon open call on specific hot topics and have a broader coverage and scope than special sessions. They are opened by a tutorial presentation by a distinguished speaker followed by oral presentations, and may also feature a final panel discussion led by the organizers

3 florence, 25 th 30 th may 2014 preliminary planning ICASSP 2014 May (Tue to Fri) 4 periods per day Early morning sessions, late morning sessions, distinguished lectures, afternoon sessions 4 PLENARY LECTURES: one per day in the after-lunch period ORAL PRESENTATIONS (regular+special sessions) a total of 12 session periods over 4 days 6 parallel sessions per period avg. 150 attendees each a total of 72 sessions - 6 papers/session oral papers POSTER PRESENTATIONS Up to 8 sessions per period a total of 96 poster sessions - 10 papers/session Up to 960 poster papers

4 florence, 25 th 30 th may 2014 preliminary planning ICASSP 2014 KEY FEATURES: after-lunch plenary talks experimented with success at EUSIPCO 2006 increase of attendance half-day workshops side-by-side with tutorials with specialized CfPs and invited talks free tutorials for students social event in a historic building Palazzo del Bargello

5 florence, 25 th 30 th may 2014 additional features ICASSP 2014 rooms for side meetings each day dinner banquet and opening ceremony space for storage space for rehearsal space for conference team meetings large exhibit space (up to 50 booths) resting areas for attendees Internet café and Wi-Fi coverage

6 why florence? one of the most attractive city in europe nice weather in springtime easily reachable by plane, train or car

7 click ICASSP 2014 how to get to florence? florence is in tuscany BY CAR BY PLANE it is a main node of the italian florence highway has its system own international airport which is 15 minutes by bus from BY the TRAIN conference site and the city center FIRENZE SANTA MARIA NOVELLA pisa airport station offers is many one of lowcost the high-speed flights, and railway is terminal connected stations to florence located by on train the (50 ) junction and fast between bus (1h) milan (1h30 ) and rome (1h30 ) milan florence rome

8 The Venue PALAZZO DEI CONGRESSI PALAZZO DEGLI AFFARI FIRENZE

9 Palazzo dei Congressi Palazzo degli Affari

10 click ICASSP 2014 conference venue palazzo dei congressi di FIRENZE the palazzo dei congressi is in the very heart of the old town 2 minutes walking distance from the FIRENZE SANTA MARIA NOVELLA terminal station less than half mile from the duomo and 1 mile from the uffizi museum palazzo dei congressi station duomo city center the auditorium main hall hosts up to participants, but a high quality audio-video connection can be easily arranged with another 500-seat room

11 florence, 25 th 30 th may 2014 preliminary budget ICASSP attendees 2000 attendees REVENUE BUDGET 6. Registration Fees Conf. Publicat. Sales 0 8. Exhibits Social Event All Other Receipts Total Conf. Revenue Conference Loans Total Receipts REVENUE BUDGET 6. Registration Fees Conf. Publicat. Sales 0 8. Exhibits Social Event All Other Receipts Total Conf. Revenue Conference Loans Total Receipts EXPENSE 14. Management Services Registration Expense Promotion Conf. Publicat Exhibits/Vendors Local arrangements Social Functions Program Expense Administration Committee All Other Outlays Total Conf Exp Loan Repayments Total Outlays SURPLUS/(LOSS) 29. Surplus(Loss)-(Item 13 less Item 26) EXPENSE 14. Management Services Registration Expense Promotion Conf. Publicat Exhibits/Vendors Local arrangements Social Functions Program Expense Administration Committee All Other Outlays Total Conf Exp Loan Repayments Total Outlays SURPLUS/(LOSS) 29. Surplus(Loss)-(Item 13 less Item 26)

12 ICASSP 2014 the organizing committee

13 florence, 25 th 30 th may 2014 organizing committee 1/2 ICASSP 2014 general co-chairs Fulvio Gini (University of Pisa, Italy) Marco Luise (University of Pisa, Italy) technical co-chairs Abdelhak Zoubir (University of Darmstadt, Germany) Mauro Barni (University of Siena, Italy) finance chair Petar Djuric (Stony Brook University, NY, USA) publicity co-chairs G. Tong Zhou (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA), Filippo Giannetti (University of Pisa)

14 the organizing committee General Chairs Fulvio GINI, University of Pisa, Full Professor IEEE Fellow, SPTM & SAM IEEE SPS TC member Technical Co-Chair of EUSIPCO 2006 & RADARCON 2008 Associate Editor IEEE Trans. AES, Elsevier SP Former Associate Ed. of IEEE Trans. SP and Hindawi JASP Co-EIC of Hindawi Int. J. Navigation and Observation EURASIP AdCom Member & Awards chair Marco LUISE, University of Pisa, Full Professor IEEE SM, National Secretary of Italian GTTI Co-chairman of 4 editions of TWDC General Chair of URSI ISSSE 98, EURASIP EUSIPCO 2006, European Wireless 2010 Former Assoc. Ed. of IEEE Trans. Commun. and Wiley ETT Co-EIC of Hindawi Int. J. Navigation and Observation

15 the organizing committee Technical Chairs Abdelhak ZOUBIR, University of Darmstadt, FP IEEE Fellow, SPTM, SAM, & SPE IEEE SPS TC member Plenaries Co-chair ICASSP 2008 General Co-Chair of ISSPIT 2003, SAM 2008 Technical Chair IEEE Workshop SSP 2001 & ISSPA 1996 Special Sessions & Tutorials Chair ICASSP 94 Former Assoc. Ed. IEEE SP Associate Editor Hindawi JASP and Elsevier SP Mauro BARNI, University of Siena, AP IEEE SM, IFS SPS TC & former Multimedia SP TC Member General Chairman IEEE Multimedia SP Workshop 2004 General Chairman IW Digital Watermarking 2005 Technical Chairman Information Hiding Workshop 2005 EIC of Hindawi J. Information Security Assoc. Editor IEEE Trans. CS Video Techn., IEEE SP Mag., IEEE SP Letters, IET Proc. Inf. Security, Hindawi JASP

16 the organizing committee Finance & Publicity Chairs Petar M. DJURIĆ, Stony Brook University, FP IEEE Fellow, Vice-President for Finance IEEE SPS Member of Executive Committee and Publication and Conf. Boards IEEE SPS, Technical Co-chair CAMSAP 2009 Former Chair IEEE SPTM TC and Treasures Conf. Board AE IEEE SP Mag., IEEE J. on Special Topics in SP Former Assoc. Ed. IEEE Trans. SP G. Tong ZHOU, Georgia Tech, FP IEEE SM, Former Chair IEEE SPTM TC Secretary of the Conf. Board IEEE SPS General Co-Chair GENSIPS 02 Publicity Chair EUSIPCO 2006, IEEE SSAP 96, IEEE SPAWC 99, IEEE DSP 02 Tutorial Chair ICASSP 99, Publications Chair IEEE SSP 03 Former Assoc. Ed. IEEE Trans. SP, IEEE SP Letters

17 florence, 25 th 30 th may 2014 organizing committee 2/2 ICASSP 2014 publications chairs Maria S. Greco (University of Pisa) exhibits chair Fabrizio Berizzi (University of Pisa) special sessions co-chairs Sergio Barbarossa (Univ. of Rome La Sapienza ), Ananthram Swami (ARL, Adelphi MD, USA) tutorials co-chairs Ercan Kuruoglu (CNR, Italy), Antonio Napolitano (Univ. Naples Parthenope ) plenary chair Ezio Biglieri (WISER srl, Italy) local arrangements chair Graciela Stiavetti (D.G.M.P. srl, Pisa) registrations chair Veronica Chiaverini (D.G.M.P. srl, Pisa)

18 the organizing committee D.G.M.P Srl local arrangements chair Graciela Stiavetti registrations chair Veronica Chiaverini role and functions accounting and financial management registration and accommodation of attendees reservation and executive management of the conference venue social and entertainment program for all conference attendees and accompanying parties

19 the organizing committee D.G.M.P Srl D.G.M.P. srl has been in business since 1979 D.G.M.P.Viaggi is the travel agency of DGMP Group small/medium size meeting on its record Continuing Medical Education courses 400+ conferences with more than 200 participants 100+ conferences with more than 500 participants

20 the organizing committee D.G.M.P Srl main meetings in the ICT area 1/2 from 1985 yearly Tyrrhenian International Workshop on digital communications Participants: organizing committee: CNIT IEEE from 2001 yearly QoS IP International Workshop On QoS in Multiservice IP Networks Participants: 200 committee: Politecnico di Torino, Università di Roma 2001 European Network Sigmobile paricipants: 450 venue: Firenze - italy committee: Università di Firenze 2001 MobiCom th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking participants: 900 venue: Roma - Italy committee: ACM Sigmobile USA 2001 International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory participants: 550 venue: Pisa - Italy committee: Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell informazione, Università di Pisa - Italy

21 the organizing committee D.G.M.P Srl main meetings in the ICT area 2/ European Wireless Participants: 300 venue: Firenze - Italy committee: Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell informazione, Università di Pisa Italy th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO2006) Participants: 900 venue: Firenze - Italy committee: Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell informazione, Università di Pisa - Italy th International Conference on Information Fusion (FUSION2007) Participants: 400 venue: Firenze - Italy committee: NATO Undersea Research Centre, La Spezia Italy 2008 IEEE Radar Conference (RadarCon2008) Participants: 650 venue: Roma - Italy committee: Finmeccanica, Università di Pisa, Università di Roma La Sapienza - Italy

22 the organizing committee D.G.M.P Srl Recent/upcoming large meetings september 2008 Conference of European Association Study of Diabetology committee: EASD - European Association Study of Diabetology participants: 15,000 venue: NUOVA FIERA di ROMA Italy

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