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President's
Message
As you may know, the
Asia-Pacific region is the fastest growing economic
region in the world. It is also the fastest growing
region in the world in terms of technology, if measured
in terms of 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, from October 4 to 7 with more than 250 attendees
from 17 countries including Europe.
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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objectives: |
- 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 ASC
2010 will be held from December 14 to 17 in Singapore.
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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