EIG's sponsorship of the big event is part of the company's commitment to the furtherance of the joint cooperation between the two parties and is part of the Group's efforts to boost various scientific activities, particularly those that fit within the country's aggressive plans for ensuring a well-integrated, knowledge-intensive economy.
On this occasion, Sheikh Tariq bin Faisal Al Qassimi, EIG Chairman, said, "The progress of a nation is measured by the status of its science progress and its citizens' scientific readiness. And due to the fact that modern sciences are the basic pillar of a solid project, it has become incumbent on all generations to spare no effort to enhance their nation's scientific competitiveness and consequently leverage its position among other nations."
"Our country is on its way to reap the dividends of the colossal efforts exerted by its own people to apply the international standards criteria that must be implemented by any modern nation. And our sponsorship of the WoSPA forms part of our efforts to attain this noble end. By sponsoring this major gathering, we follow in the footsteps of our great leaders, particularly HH Dr Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qassimi, Ruler of Sharjah, Member of the UAE Supreme Council and Supreme President and Chairman of Sharjah University, and emulate their commitment to fostering scientific, literary, intellectual, artistic and cultural gatherings."
The conference is of paramount importance for signal processing theory and its applications, said Professor Boualem Boashash, Dean of the University of Sharjah's Engineering College. "It's part of a series of scientific researches conducted on the development of world economies, where the Digital Revolution serves as the main catalyst of a robust economic development," he added.
The gathering, organized by the College's Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, is in line with the methodology envisaged by HH Dr Sheikh Sultan to strengthen the country's scientific potential and provide the best possible means for Sharjah to become a sought-after destination for scientists and researchers from different countries and with varied specializations, he noted.
The conference features 13 workshops where 100 leading specialists in the field will participate, including scientists, researchers and representatives of Arab, regional and global scientific associations and universities interested in signal processing and its applications.
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Emirates Investment Group (EIG) has announced its support and sponsorship of the 2008 International Workshop on Signal Processing and its Applications (WoSPA), organized under the auspices of HH Dr. Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qassimi, Ruler of Sharjah and Member of the UAE Supreme Council, on 18 to 20 March at Sharjah University.
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The WoSPA is part of a series of workshops dedicated to signal processing theory and applications. It started in 1990 as part of the International Symposium on Signal Processing and its Applications (ISSPA-90). WoSPA was first held as a separate workshop in 1993 in Brisbane, Australia. It was followed by WoSPA97, WoSPA2000, WoSPA2002, and in 2005 it was merged with CCSP (International Conference on Communication, Computer and Signal Processing), which was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. WoSPA provides a forum for engineers and scientists engaged in research and development in different fields and applications, with the common interest of Signal Processing, to discuss common objectives and applications, and to interact with leading specialists in the field. WoSPA encourages collaboration between industry, academia and government institutions. This international workshop is organized by the University of Sharjah, UAE, and will take place on its premises on 18 - 20 March 2008.Workshop Format: The workshop program is comprised of both oral and poster presentations. As in previous WoSPAs, it is intended that the morning session be mostly devoted to keynote and invited speakers, whereas the afternoon is for poster presentations, subject to the review of final submissions.
This fifth WoSPA will emphasize multidisciplinary research works involving signal processing in different engineering and fundamental fields. For that, three special sessions will be organized on:
• Multi-disciplinary research in Signal Processing
• Signal Processing for Civil and Architectural Engineering
• Emerging fields in Signal Processing
Papers are invited in, but not limited to, the following topics:
• Methods: Statistical Signal and Array Processing, Time-Frequency/Time-Scale Analysis, Non-linear System Theory, Image and Multi-dimensional Signal Processing (SP), Independent Component Analysis, Wavelets and Multi-rate SP, Fractals, Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition, Digital Filter Design, Algorithms and Implementation, Sensor Networks, Genomics SP, Software Computing, Cross-Layer Design, others.
• Applications: Biomedical Signal Processing, Audio and Video Signal Processing, Radar and Sonar, Machine Vision, Coding, Encryption and Watermarking, Biometrics, Object Recognition, Detection and Tracking, Wireless Communications, Cooperative Communications, Guidance & Control, Speech Recognition & Speaker Identification, Multimedia Signal Processing, others.
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Posted by Lara Lynn Golden, News EditorWednesday, March 19 - 2008 at 16:15 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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