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President's
Message
The
Asia-Pacific region is not only the fastest growing
economic region in the world, but also the fastest growing
region in terms of technology, if measured by research
publications submitted/accepted to international conferences.
There are some organizations such as the IEEE and EURASIP
that foster global and/or regional interaction and collaboration
on research and education in signal and information
processing. However, there was no such organization
serving the Asia-Pacific region. Each region has its
own characteristics and technology bases, therefore
a regional organization can provide a unique service
to its scientific community while providing a collective
identity and representation to the world community.
With
these ideas in mind, APSIPA (Asia-Pacific Signal and
Information Processing Association) was established
on October 5, 2009, and officially registered in Hong
Kong. The inaugural conference, "2009 APSIPA Annual
Summit and Conference (APSIPA ASC 2009)," was successfully
held in Sapporo, Japan, with more than 250 attendees
from 17 countries including Europe. The second conference,
"APSIPA ASC 2010" was held in Singapore with
more than 400 attendees from 18 countries, and the third
conference, "APSIPA ASC 2011" was held in
Xi'an, China, which was also a great success.
APSIPA
is a non-profit organization covering all aspects of
signals and information including processing, recognition,
classification, communications, networking, computing,
system design, security, implementation, and technology
with applications to scientific, engineering, health,
and social areas.
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- Providing education,
research and development exchange platforms
for both academia and industry
- Organizing common-interest
activities for researchers and practitioners
- Facilitating
collaboration with region-specific focuses and
promoting leadership for worldwide events
- Disseminating
research results and educational material via
publications, presentations, and electronic
media
- Offering personal
and professional career opportunities with development
information and networking
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APSIPA has
recently launched a new e-only, open-access journal
"APSIPA Transactions on Signal and Information
Processing" published from Cambridge University
Press. APSIPA has also started Distinguished Lecturer
Program with 10 selected Distinguished Lecturers.
APSIPA ASC 2012 will be held from December 3rd to 6th,
2012, in Hollywood, CA, USA. We look forward to working
with many more active faculties, researchers, engineers
and students in the area of signal and information processing
in the Asia-Pacific region.
Sincerely,
Sadaoki Furui
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