We extend a very warm welcome to the 40th IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) 2015 in Brisbane, Australia.
On behalf of the entire Conference Organising Committee and the IEEE Signal Processing Society it is our honour and pleasure to be your hosts.
Brisbane is a young city by world standards yet, after Sydney, the oldest capital on the Australian mainland. From its harsh beginnings as the Moreton Bay Penal Settlement, it has blossomed to become one of the most attractive cities in the world. It boasts a picturesque, winding river, distinctive architecture, cycleways and a sunny, warm climate. The Conference venue, the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, is perfectly located in the city’s “cultural precinct”. There are many opportunities nearby to explore the great outdoors and the wonderful food and hospitality Brisbane has to offer.
Since getting the green light that Brisbane would host ICASSP 2015 in Australia, the Organising Committee, supported by our professional conference management, Arinex and CMS, has been working hard to ensure that the Brisbane event will be successful from technical, networking and social perspectives.
We’re confident that you will find ICASSP 2015, with its wide range of signal-processing topics, to be technically stimulating. With five fantastic plenary speakers, seventeen tutorials and 149 general and special sessions, there’s something to suit every taste. Students, moreover, can participate in the Signal Processing Cup and take advantage of the Careers Luncheon.
School of ICASSP is an exciting new initiative for this year, which incorporates a series of invited lecturers, run in parallel with the regular oral and poster sessions. The topics for School of ICASSP have been selected to provide an overview of some of the big advances in signal processing over the last decade. It covers the topics we’d all like to say we knew about, for example, the particle filter, the K-SVD and Massive MIMO. These sessions will fill the knowledge gaps with lectures by the original inventors or leading exponents in these fields, and are ideal for everyone who has an interest in signal processing. They will be particularly useful to early-stage Ph.D. students and some of our colleagues in industry.
The highlight of our social program is Thursday evening’s Conference Dinner at the recently restored Brisbane City Hall. You will be amazed at the beauty of this heritage building. This is a wonderful opportunity to network, renew old friendships and make new acquaintances whilst enjoying fine Australian cuisine. Nor should you miss the Welcome Reception on Monday night at our conference venue—rightly renowned for its catering!
We are extremely grateful for the support of our patrons and exhibitors. During breaks we encourage all delegates to visit our patron and exhibitor booths in the Great Hall.
We trust that you will find the Conference to be an enjoyable and memorable event. We hope that the contacts you make here are of lasting benefit to your careers.
Enjoy your visit to Brisbane. Make yourself at home!
Vaughan Clarkson and Johnathan Manton
General Co-Chairs, ICASSP 2015 Organising Committee