SPSS 2014
Second IEEE SPS Italy Chapter
Summer School on Signal Processing
Frascati (Rome), Italy
July 7th - 11th 2014
Sponsored by the IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) Italy Chapter
and the Italian National Telecommunications and Information Technologies Group (GTTI).
Organizatively supported by the Department of Engineering, University Roma Tre, Rome, Italy
Second IEEE SPS Italy Chapter Summer School on Signal Processing
The school is intended to provide a broad perspective on fundamentals topics in the
signal processing field, thanks to the participation of many Italian and International
renowned experts. The expected audience includes graduate students, early stage
researchers, and practitioners working in the research areas of signal processing.
Participants are encouraged to present their research activity in a demo/poster
session, in order to foster the interaction between the participants and the lecturers.
Program
The school will propose the following lectures organized in two tracks:
• Standard Track on "Novel Signal Processing Algorithms and Techniques":
• 30 Years of Audio Coding: How we arrived at audio playback in iPhone and its
underlying technology, Dr. Akihiko K. Sugiyama (IEEE Distinguished Lecturer),
NEC Information and Media Processing Labs, Japan
• Signal processing for anomaly detection, Prof. Josef Kittler, Centre for vision,
Speech and Signal Processing, University of Surrey, UK (EURASIP Seminar)
• Video compression: from the beginning to the HEVC standard, Prof. Enrico
Magli, Turin Polytechnic, Italy
• Semantic Media Retrieval, Prof. Francesco De Natale, University of Trento, Italy
• Pattern Recognition: Principles and Beyond, Prof. Sergios Theodoridis,
University of Athens, Greece (EURASIP Seminar)
• Special Track on “3D Content Information Processing. From Capture to Delivery”:
• An Introduction to 3D Multimedia Processing, Prof. Alessandro Neri, University
Roma Tre, Italy
• 3D Immersive Environments: Technological and Aesthetical Aspects, Prof. Enrico
Menduni, University Roma Tre, Italy
• Advanced 3D Video Processing and Coding, Dr. Aljoša Smolić, Disney Research
Zurich, Switzerland
Organizing Committee
Alessandro Neri, University Roma Tre
Patrizio Campisi, University Roma Tre
Marco Carli, University Roma Tre
Emanuele Maiorana, University Roma Tre
Federica Battisti, University Roma Tre
Anna Maria Vegni, University Roma Tre
Steering Committee
Mauro Barni, University of Siena
Francesco De Natale, University of Trento
Riccardo Leonardi, University of Brescia
Enrico Magli, Polytechnic of Turin
Venue
Carlo Regazzoni, University of Genova
The school will be held at the Park Hotel Villa Ferrata in Frascati, a delightful hill Stefano Tubaro, Polytechnic of Milan
town located 20 kilometers south-east of Rome, famous for its notable villas, for Alessandro Neri, University Roma Tre
some excellent cuisine, and also closely associated with science, being the home Patrizio Campisi, University Roma Tre
Marco Carli, University Roma Tre
location to several international scientific laboratories (ESA, ENEA, INFN, etc.).
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