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Dear Music and Science people, The LVA/ICA conference below may be of interest to anyone working on e.g. musical audio source separation. Best wishes, Mark

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== LVA/ICA 2018 - CALL FOR PAPERS ==

14th International Conference on
Latent Variable Analysis and Signal Separation

July 2-6, 2018
University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
http://cvssp.org/events/lva-ica-2018

Paper submission deadline: January 15, 2018

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The International Conference on Latent Variable Analysis and Signal
Separation, LVA/ICA 2018, is an interdisciplinary forum where researchers
and practitioners can experience a broad range of exciting theories and
applications involving signal processing, applied statistics, machine
learning, linear and multilinear algebra, numerical analysis and
optimization, and other areas targeting Latent Variable Analysis problems.

We are pleased to invite you to submit research papers to the 14th LVA/ICA
which will be held at the University of Surrey, Guildford, UK, from the 2nd
to the 6th of July, 2018. The conference is organized by the Centre for
Vision, Speech and Signal Processing (CVSSP); and the Institute of Sound
Recording (IoSR).

The proceedings will be published in Springer-Verlag's Lecture Notes in
Computer Science (LNCS).


== Keynote Speakers ==

- Orly Alter
Scientific Computing & Imaging Institute
and Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, USA

- Andrzej Cichocki
Brain Science Institute, RIKEN, Japan

- Tuomas Virtanen
Laboratory of Signal Processing
Tampere University of Technology, Finland


== Topics ==

Prospective authors are invited to submit original papers (8-10 pages in
LNCS format) in areas related to latent variable analysis, independent
component analysis and signal separation, including but not limited to:

- Theory:
    * sparse coding, dictionary learning
    * statistical and probabilistic modeling
    * detection, estimation and performance criteria and bounds
    * causality measures
    * learning theory
    * convex/nonconvex optimization tools
    * sketching and censoring for large scale data

- Models:
    * general linear or nonlinear models of signals and data
    * discrete, continuous, flat, or hierarchical models
    * multilinear models
    * time-varying, instantaneous, convolutive, noiseless, noisy,
      over-complete, or under-complete mixtures
    * Low-rank models, graph models, online models

- Algorithms:
    * estimation, separation, identification, detection, blind and
      semi-blind methods, non-negative matrix factorization, tensor
      decomposition, adaptive and recursive estimation
    * feature selection
    * time-frequency and wavelet based analysis
    * complexity analysis
    * Non-conventional signals (e.g. graph signals, quantum sources)

- Applications:
    * speech and audio separation, recognition, dereverberation and
      denoising
    * auditory scene analysis
    * image segmentation, separation, fusion, classification, texture
      analysis
    * biomedical signal analysis, imaging, genomic data analysis,
      brain-computer interface

- Emerging related topics:
    * sparse learning
    * deep learning
    * social networks
    * data mining
    * artificial intelligence
    * objective and subjective performance evaluation


== Venue ==

LVA/ICA 2018 will be held at the University of Surrey, Guildford, in the
South East of England, UK. The university is a ten minute walk away from
the town centre, which offers a vibrant blend of entertainment, culture and
history.  Guildford is 40 minutes from London by train, and convenient for
both London Heathrow and London Gatwick airports.


== Conference Chairs ==

- General Chairs:
  Mark Plumbley - University of Surrey, UK
  Russell Mason - University of Surrey, UK

- Program Chairs
  Sharon Gannot - Bar-Ilan University, Israel
  Yannick Deville - Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse 3, France


== Important Dates ==

 - Paper submission deadline: January 15, 2018
 - Notification of acceptance: March 19, 2018
 - Camera ready submission: April 16, 2018
 - Summer School: July 2, 2018
 - Conference: July 3-6, 2018


== Website ==

For further information and information on how to submit, please visit:
http://cvssp.org/events/lva-ica-2018


We look forward to your participation,

The LVA/ICA 2018 Organizing Committee
Email: [log in to unmask]

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Prof Mark D Plumbley
Professor of Signal Processing
Centre for Vision, Speech and Signal Processing (CVSSP) 
University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, UK
Email: [log in to unmask]

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 LVA/ICA 2018
 14th International Conference on Latent Variable Analysis and Signal Separation
 July 2-6, 2018, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
 http://cvssp.org/events/lva-ica-2018
 Paper submission deadline: January 15, 2018
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