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Signal Processing for Multimedia
Lecture Schedule
There is a coffee break midway in each three-hour lecture.
July 6
8:45-9:00
Jim Byrnes
Prometheus Inc.
Brief opening remarks
Keynote Lecture
9:00-12:00
Andy Tescher
Lockheed Martin
An overview of signal processing for multimedia, from the past to the future
Part I: Underlying Technology
14:30-17:30
John Benedetto
University of Maryland
Mathematics for multimedia signal processing, I
July 7
9:00-12:00
Paulo Ferreira
Universidade de Aveiro
Mathematics for multimedia signal processing, II
14:30-17:30
Bruno Torresani
Centre de Physique Theorique, Marseille
Time-frequency and time-scale transforms
July 8
9:00-12:00
Pierre Duhamel
ENST, France
Joint source-channel coding
14:30-17:30
Tor Ramstad
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Robust image and video communication for mobile multimedia
20:30-22:00
Poster session
Contributed papers
July 9
9:00-12:00
Vasilis Mertzios
Democritus University of Thrace
Pattern recognition
14:30-17:30
Stephane Jaffard
University of Paris XII
Analysis of multifractal signals
July 10
9:00-10:15
Paulo Ferreira
Interpolation methods applied to telecommunication problems
10:45-12:00
Jim Byrnes
Energy spreading transforms for robust data compression and transmission
Part I:Panel Discussion
14:30-17:30
Ideas for future collaboration and research in mathematics of signal processing
July 11-12

Trips to Florence, Siena, and ???
(depending upon participant interest)
Part II:Specific Applications
July 13
9:00-12:00
Manfred Schroeder
Universitaet Goettingen
Speech processing
14:30-17:30
Peter Noll
Technische Universitaet Berlin
Wideband audio
July 14
9:00-12:00
Les Atlas
University of Washington
Representing variations in acoustic signals for military and speech applications
14:30-17:30
Jan Biemond
Delft University of Technology
Video processing
July 15
9:00-12:00
Stig Mjolsnes
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Secure digital payments and other internet commercial transactions
14:30-15:45
Fred Williams
Williams and Associates
Intellectual property protection for multimedia
16:15-17:30
Josh Zeevi
Technion, Haifa
Multispectral imaging
20:30-22:00
Poster session
Contributed papers
July 16
9:00-12:00
Thomas Sikora
Heinrich Hertz Institut
Standards for multimedia
14:30-15:45
Tor Ramstad
Mobile multimedia
16:15-17:30
Vasilis Mertzios
Pattern recognition applications in multimedia systems
20:30-22:00
Poster session
Contributed papers
July 17
9:00-12:00
Ezio Biglieri
Politecnico di Torino
Digital communication over the wireless channel, today and tomorrow
Part II:Panel Discussion
14:30-17:30
The next ten years of multimedia signal processing
17:30
Jim Byrnes
Closing remarks

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