ICASSP 2014

ICASSP 2014

25th-30th May 2014

FLORENCE – ITALYUnder the Tuscan Sun

ICASSP 2014florence, 25th – 30th may 2014preliminary planning

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

ICASSP 2014florence, 25th – 30th may 2014preliminary planning

May 27-30 (Tue to Fri)4 periods per dayEarly 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 - 432 oral papers

POSTER PRESENTATIONSUp to 8 sessions per period a total of 96 poster sessions - 10 papers/sessionUp to 960 poster papers

ICASSP 2014florence, 25th – 30th may 2014preliminary planningKEY FEATURES:

after-lunch plenary talksexperimented with success at EUSIPCO 2006 – increase of attendance

half-day workshopsside-by-side with tutorials – with specialized CfPs and invited talks

free tutorialsfor students

social event in a historic buildingPalazzo del Bargello

ICASSP 2014florence, 25th – 30th may 2014additional features

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

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why florence?

one of the most attractive city in europe

easily reachable by plane, train or car

nice weather in springtime

how to get to florence?florence is in tuscany

BY CAR

• it is a main node of the italian highway system

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florence

BY TRAIN

• FIRENZE SANTA MARIA NOVELLA station is one of the high-speed railway terminal stations located on the junction between milan (1h30’) and rome (1h30’)

BY PLANE

• florence has its own international airport which is 15’ minutes by bus from the conference site and the city center

• pisa airport offers many lowcost flights, and is connected to florence by train (50’) and fast bus (1h)

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rome

milan

PALAZZO DEI CONGRESSI – PALAZZO DEGLI AFFARI FIRENZE – www.firenzefiera.it

The Venue

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Palazzo dei Congressi

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Palazzo degli Affari

conference venuepalazzo dei congressi di FIRENZE –www.firenzefiera.it

the auditorium main hall hosts up to 1.000 participants, but a high quality audio-video connection can be easily arranged with another 500-seat room

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

duomocity center

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ICASSP 2014florence, 25th – 30th may 2014preliminary budget

1500 attendees 2000 attendees REVENUE BUDGET

6. Registration Fees € 925.000

7. Conf. Publicat. Sales € 0

8. Exhibits € 73.000

9. Social Event € 64.000

10. All Other Receipts € 25.000

11. Total Conf. Revenue € 1.087.000

12. Conference Loans € 0

13. Total Receipts € 1.087.000

EXPENSE14. Management Services € 90.000

15. Registration Expense € 20.000

16. Promotion € 20.000

17. Conf. Publicat. € 18.000

18. Exhibits/Vendors € 3.500

20. Local arrangements € 228.520

21. Social Functions € 524.000

22. Program Expense € 11.000

23. Administration € 48.350

24. Committee € 0

25. All Other Outlays € 0

26. Total Conf Exp. € 963.370

27. Loan Repayments € 0

28. Total Outlays € 963.370

SURPLUS/(LOSS)

29. Surplus(Loss)-(Item 13 less Item 26) $ € 123.630

REVENUE BUDGET

6. Registration Fees € 697.030

7. Conf. Publicat. Sales € 0

8. Exhibits € 73.000

9. Social Event € 48.000

10. All Other Receipts € 0

11. Total Conf. Revenue € 818.030

12. Conference Loans € 0

13. Total Receipts € 818.030

EXPENSE14. Management Services € 80.000

15. Registration Expense € 15.000

16. Promotion € 16.000

17. Conf. Publicat. € 15.000

18. Exhibits/Vendors € 3.000

20. Local arrangements € 225.520

21. Social Functions € 393.000

22. Program Expense € 11.000

23. Administration € 39.350

24. Committee € 0

25. All Other Outlays € 0

26. Total Conf Exp. € 797.870

27. Loan Repayments € 0

28. Total Outlays € 797.870

SURPLUS/(LOSS)

29. Surplus(Loss)-(Item 13 less Item 26) $ € 20.160

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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)

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General Chairs

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

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

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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

Technical Chairs

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

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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

Finance & Publicity Chairs

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

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local arrangements chairGraciela Stiavetti (D.G.M.P. srl, Pisa)

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publications chairsMaria S. Greco (University of Pisa)

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exhibits chairFabrizio Berizzi (University of Pisa)

special sessions co-chairsSergio Barbarossa (Univ. of Rome “La Sapienza”),Ananthram Swami (ARL, Adelphi MD, USA)

registrations chairVeronica Chiaverini (D.G.M.P. srl, Pisa)

tutorials co-chairsErcan Kuruoglu (CNR, Italy), Antonio Napolitano (Univ. Naples “Parthenope”)

plenary chairEzio Biglieri (WISER srl, Italy)

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venue• social and entertainment program for all conference

attendees and accompanying parties

role and functions

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local arrangements chairGraciela Stiavetti

registrations chairVeronica Chiaverini

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from 1985 yearly Tyrrhenian International Workshop on digital communications Participants: 100-200

organizing committee: CNIT – IEEE

from 2001 yearly QoS IP – International Workshop On QoS in Multiservice IP NetworksParticipants: 200committee: Politecnico di Torino, Università di Roma

2001 European Network Sigmobileparicipants: 450 venue: Firenze - italycommittee: Università di Firenze

2001 MobiCom 20017th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networkingparticipants: 900 venue: Roma - Italycommittee: ACM Sigmobile – USA

2001 International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theoryparticipants: 550 venue: Pisa - Italycommittee: Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’informazione, Università di Pisa - Italy

main meetings in the ICT area 1/2

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2002 European WirelessParticipants: 300 venue: Firenze - Italycommittee: Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’informazione, Università di Pisa – Italy

2006 14th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO2006)Participants: 900 venue: Firenze - Italycommittee: Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’informazione, Università di Pisa - Italy

2006 9th International Conference on Information Fusion (FUSION2007)Participants: 400 venue: Firenze - Italycommittee: NATO Undersea Research Centre, La Spezia – Italy

2008 IEEE Radar Conference (RadarCon2008)Participants: 650 venue: Roma - Italycommittee: Finmeccanica, Università di Pisa, Università di Roma “La Sapienza” - Italy

main meetings in the ICT area 2/2

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september 2008

Conference of

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committee: EASD - European Association Study of Diabetology

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