COMPUTER-INTENSIVE METHODS IN CONTROL AND SIGNAL PROCESSING First Announcement Call for Papers The 2nd IEEE European Workshop on COMPUTER-INTENSIVE METHODS IN CONTROL AND SIGNAL PROCESSING (Can We Beat the Curse of Dimensionality?) August 28-30, 1996 Prague, Czech Republic Organized by Institute of Information Theory and Automation Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and School of Engineering & Information Sciences University of Reading, UK Participating Society IEEE Control Systems Society SCOPE The aim of this IEEE Workshop is to bring together researchers and practitioners working in academical and governmental institutions, and industry. Particular emphasis is placed on the " curse of dimensionality", i.e. the extreme dimensionality of computations connected with implementation of theoretically optimal mathematical procedures of inference and decision making. TOPICS The extreme dimensionality of computations required by theoretically optimal mathematical procedures of inference and decision-making is a serious obstacle in a variety of fields such as control, signal processing, image reconstruction, pattern recognition, nonparametric estimation, expert systems, etc. The "curse of dimensionality" has often been cured by just ad hoc simplifications at the cost of losing a lot from the theoretical properties of the optimal solution. Recent progress in attacking high-dimensional problems in the above mentioned fields makes it possible to think of picking up widely applicable principles and methods of handling or at least approaching the problem. The key idea of the Workshop is that the problem is common to a number of different disciplines such as control theory, mathematical statistics, system identification, information theory, statistical mechanics, artificial intelligence (to name but a few), and that we can and should learn from each other. Because of a strongly inter-disciplinary character of the Workshop, we plan to give a considerable space to invited lectures by leading specialists in various fields. The Workshop will further include several sessions of contributed papers, poster sessions and computer demonstrations. Topics relevant to the Workshop include: Parallel algorithms and architectures Neural nets Approximation methodologies Finite-dimensional estimation, filtering and control Complexity Multivariate integration and optimization Statistics and approximations Non-traditional approaches FEES The registration fee is 300 Swiss francs. A reduced fee of 200 Swiss francs applies to students. WORKING LANGUAGE The working language of the Workshop is English. TECHNICAL DISPLAYS Related hardware and software will be demonstrated during the Workshop. This will appear as part of the poster session. The exhibition and software presentation will be free to all participants. DEADLINES Receipt of extended abstracts itshape (3 copies about 2 pages) 15 February 1996 Notification of acceptance 31 March 1996 Receipt of final papers 15 June 1996 GENERAL ENQUIRIES M. Karny IEEE Workshop CMP'96 Institute of Information Theory and Automation P.O. Box 18, 182 08 Prague, Czech Republic Tel : +42-2-6641 3421, Fax : +42-2-6641 4903 E-mail: school@utia.cas.cz PAPER/PROGRAMME ENQUIRIES K. Warwick IEEE Workshop CMP'96 Department of Cybernetics P.O. Box 225, Whiteknights Reading RG6 2AY, Berkshire, UK Tel: +44-734-318210, Fax: +44-734-318220 E-mail: kw@cyber.rdg.ac.uk The more detailed information with the application form and members of organizing comittee and its postscript version can be also obtained on WWW on the http://www.utia.cas.cz/user_data/scientific/AS_dept/CMP96/cfp.html or asked for at berec@utia.cas.cz