General Chairs

March 25-30, 2012
Kyoto International Conference Center
KYOTO, JAPANhttp://www.icassp2012.org

H. Sakai (Kyoto Univ.)
T. Nishitani (Tokyo Metro. Univ.)
Technical Program Chairs
A. Sugiyama (NEC Corp.)
H. Kiya (Tokyo Metro. Univ.)
Finance Chairs
T. Onoye (Osaka Univ.)
M. Shozakai (Asahi Kasei)
Local Arrangement Chairs
Y. Iiguni (Osaka Univ.)
T. Kawahara (Kyoto Univ.)
Y. Kajikawa (Kansai Univ.)
Publicity Chairs

The 37th International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP) will
be held at the Kyoto International Conference Center in Kyoto, Japan, on March 25 - 30, 2012.
The ICASSP meeting is the world’s largest and most comprehensive technical conference
focused on signal processing and its applications. The conference will feature world-classspeakers, tutorials, exhibits, and over 50 lecture and poster sessions on:

M. Kawamata (Tohoku Univ.)
T. Fujii (Tokyo City Univ.)
S. Ohno (Hiroshima Univ.)
Registration Chairs
S. Nakamura (NiCT)
H. Saruwatari (NAIST)

Audio and acoustic signal processing
Bio imaging and signal processing
Design and implementation of signal processing systems
Image, video and multidimensional signal processing
Industry technology tracks
Information forensics and security
Machine learning for signal processing

Multimedia signal processing
Sensor array and multichannel signal processing
Signal processing education
Signal processing for communications and networking
Signal processing theory and methods
Speech processing
Spoken language processing

Publications Chairs
K. Arakawa (Meiji Univ.)
I. Yamada (Tokyo Tech.)
K. Ichige (Yokohama Nat’l Univ.)
Exhibits Chairs
A. Nakamura (NTT CS Lab.)
H. Oka (Panasonic)
M. Suzuki (Fujitsu Corp.)

Kyoto: The Cultural Heart of Japan. Kyoto is special because it reigned as the national capitalof Japan for more than 1000 years. Seventeen UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Sites are
situated in a cityscape dominated by 2000 temples and shrines. The rich heritage is also
reflected in modern technical advances of Japanese frontier and leading industries. You andyour family will be welcomed with all the hospitality of the cultural heart of Japan.

Tutorial Chairs
K. Hirose (Univ. of Tokyo)
K. Aizawa (Univ. of Tokyo)
Y. Miyanaga (Hokkaido Univ.)
Plenary Sessions Chairs

Submission of Papers: Prospective authors are invited to submit full-length, four-page
papers, including figures and references, to the ICASSP Technical Committee. All ICASSP
papers will be handled and reviewed electronically. The ICASSP 2012 website will provide youwith further details. Please note that the submission dates for papers are strict deadlines.

K. Nakayama (Kanazawa Univ.)
T. Saito (Kanagawa Univ.)
S. Makino (Univ. of Tsukuba)Special Sessions Chairs
K. Takeda (Nagoya Univ.)

Notice: IEEE Signal Processing Society enforces a “no-show” policy. Any accepted paper
included in the final program is expected to have at least one author or qualified proxy attend
and present the paper at the conference. Authors of the accepted papers included in the final
program who do not attend the conference will be subscribed to a "No-Show List", compiled by
the Society. The "no-show" papers will not be published by IEEE on IEEEXplore or other publicaccess forums.

A. Taguchi (Tokyo City Univ.)
M. Ikehara (Keio Univ.)
Promotion Chairs
A. Nishihara (Tokyo Tech.)
H. Yamauchi (Ritsumeikan Univ.)
Advisory Board Chair

Tutorial and Special Session Proposals: Tutorials will be held on March 25 and 26, 2012.
Brief proposals must include title, outline, contact information, biography and selected publications for the presenter, a description of the tutorial, and material to be distributed to participants. Special sessions proposals must include a topical title, rationale, session outline,
contact information, and a list of invited speakers. Tutorial and special session authors arereferred to the ICASSP 2012 website for additional information regarding submissions.

S. Furui (Tokyo Tech.)
North American Liaison
A. Sayed (UCLA)
European Liaison
M. Vetterli (EPFL)
Asian Liaisons
L.-S. Lee (National Taiwan Univ.)

Important Deadlines
Special Session & Tutorial Proposals Due
Notification of Special Session & Tutorial Acceptance
Submission of Regular Papers
Notification of Paper Acceptance
Revised Paper Upload Deadline
Author's Registration Deadline

K.-K. Ma (Nanyang Tech. Univ.)

August 11, 2011
September 15, 2011
September 27, 2011
December 22, 2011
January 19, 2012
January 26, 2012

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Secretaries
K. Hayashi (Kyoto Univ.)
R. Nakagawa (Asahi Kasei)
K. Nishikawa (Tokyo Metro. Univ.)