Contributed by: luise@iet.unipi.it

7th Tyrrhenian International Workshop on Digital Communications

SIGNAL PROCESSING IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Viareggio, Italy, 10-14 September 1995 - Hotel Astor


Co-Chairmen

Marco LUISE - University of Pisa - Dip. di Ingegneria
dell'Informazione
Via Diotisalvi 2 - 56126 PISA (Italy)
Phone: +39 50 568662  Fax: +39 50 568522  E-mail: luise@iet.unipi.it

Ezio BIGLIERI - Politecnico di Torino - Dipartimento di Elettronica
Corso Duca degli Abruzzi  24 - 10129 TORINO (Italy)
Phone +39 11 5644030 Fax: +39 11 5644099  E-mail: biglieri@polito.it

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Scientific Secretariat
University of Pisa - Dip. di Ingegneria dell'Informazione
Via Diotisalvi 2 - 56126 PISA - Italy

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Organizing Secretariat
INCOR - DGMP srl
Via Carducci 62/E - 56010 GHEZZANO (Pisa) - Italy

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Organizing Committee:
European Space Agency
European Union - Human Capital & Mobility Program
Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario Telecomunicazioni CNIT
Riccardo De Gaudenzi (European Space Agency)
Mario Mancianti (University  of Pisa, Italy)
Giancarlo Prati (University  of Parma, Italy)
Franco Russo (University of Pisa, Italy)
Gregori Vazquez (Polytechnic de Cataluna, Barcelona, Spain)

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ANNOUNCEMENT
This Workshop is the seventh in a series, launched in 1983 and held
every other year, devoted to different aspects of Digital
Communication. The goal of this edition is to provide a world-wide
forum for the presentation and discussion of recent advances and new
applications of Digital Signal Processing (DSP) techniques to the
different aspects of a telecommunication system. This Workshop will
be held at the Astor Hotel of Viareggio, on the seashore near Pisa,
and the Proceedings will be published in a volume by Elsevier
Amsterdam (NL). The technical program will feature both tutorial and
state-of-the-art presentations in the areas below:

* Signal Processing in Satellite Networks
Riccardo DE GAUDENZI - ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands

* Joint Source/Channel Coding for Multimedia Applications
Prof. James MODESTINO - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA

* Adaptive Signal Processing Techniques
Anibal FIGUEIRAS-VIDAL - Polytechnic of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

* Applications of DSP to Personal Communication Networks (PCN)
Ramjee PRASAD - Delft Univ. of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

* The Use of DSP in Channel Estimation/Equalization and Modem Design
Umberto MENGALI - University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

* Recent Applications of DSP Techniques
Gregori VAZQUEZ-GRAU - Polytechnic of Cataluna, Barcelona, Spain

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The venue:

VIAREGGIO
The city of Viareggio and the surrounding coastal area, the
Versilia, spreads out on a wide territory from the luxuriant forest
of Migliarino to Lido di Camaiore along the Tyrrhenian sea, close to
the beautiful cities of Pisa and Lucca.
The Hotel Astor is located on the sea front in the very heart of the
Viareggio promenade. Most of the rooms overlook the sea, others face
the wonderful setting of the Apuan Alps. All the rooms are furnished
with good taste and provided with every modern comfort (TV, minibar,
air-conditioning); it has spacious public rooms, an indoor heated
swimming pool.

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For more information, please contact the co-chairmen at the address
above.