LVA/ICA 2010: Registration open + Call for Late-breaking / demo submissions

[Emmanuel Vincent <emmanuel.vincent@xxxxxxxx>]

[Apologies for cross-postings]

Dear colleagues,

Registrations are now open for the LVA/ICA conference on Latent Variable 
Analysis and Signal Separation (http://lva2010.inria.fr/).
LVA will held on September 27-30 in the Palais du Grand Large, in the 
ancient city of Saint-Malo, a picturesque sea resort located in 
Brittany, in the north-west of France.

Among other topics, this conference features more than 20 papers on 
music and audio source separation.

Note that the IEEE MMSP conference on Multimedia Signal Processing will 
be held at the same place on October 4-6, 2010, just a few days after 
the LVA/ICA conference. This offers a good opportunity to visit Brittany 
and its beautiful natural landscape and architectural heritage between 
the two conferences!

LVA will also feature a special Late-breaking / demo session for which 
submissions are open until July 31st, 2010.

LVA PROGRAM
In addition to contributed presentations by leading researchers in the 
field of signal separation, latent variable analysis, sparse component 
analysis, compressed sensing, independent component analysis, including 
audio and biomedical applications, LVA will feature
 o a panel discussion on The future of latent variable analysis and 
signal separation
P. Smaragdis (USA), T. Bell (USA), Andrzej Cichocki (Japan), Michel 
Fliess (France), Christian Jutten (France)
 o a community-based SIgnal Separation Evaluation Campaign (SiSEC 2010) 
and a panel discussion on Evaluation of Signal Separation and Remaining 
Challenges
S. Araki (Japan), F. Theis (Germany), G. Nolte (Germany)
 o plenary lectures by
       Pierre Comon,     University of Nice, France
       Stephane Mallat, Ecole Polytechnique, France
       Mark Girolami,     University of Glasgow, UK
       Arie Yeredor,       Tel-Aviv University, Israel

For more details on LVA we invite you to have a look at the technical 
and social program which is now online at http://lva2010.inria.fr/

CALL FOR LATE-BREAKING / DEMO SUBMISSIONS
LVA will also feature a late-breaking demo session which will be 
dedicated to the presentation of:
 o Early results and ideas that are not yet fully formalized and evaluated
 o Software and data of interest to the community, with focus on open 
source resources
 o Signal separation systems evaluated in SiSEC 2010 but not associated 
with a full paper
Submissions to the late-breaking/demo session are welcome in the form of 
a non-reviewed abstract, which will be included in the conference 
program on a first come first served basis, but not published in the 
proceedings.
The deadline for late-breaking/demo/SiSEC abstract submission is July 
31st, 2010. This abstract is to be sent to the Program Chairs at 
lvaica2010 at gmail . com

VENUE
Saint Malo (http://www.saint-malo-tourisme.com/index.jsp?lang=en), the 
corsair city, is an ancient city and pitoresque sea resort located in 
Brittany, in the north-west of France. Chateaubriand, Surcouf, Jacques 
Cartier... from writers to privateers and sailors, many were the good 
men who hailed from Saint-Malo. As if in honour of their pride and 
independence, the forts and ramparts of the corsair city face the sea, 
adding to the city's charm and its exceptional setting. To visitors and 
event-goers, the city offers the beauty of its maritime views and the 
wealth of its historical heritage. A city of 52,000 inhabitants that is 
lively all year round, Saint-Malo's heart beats to the rhythm of the 
major event it hosts, festivals as the Etonnants Voyageurs or 
Internationally renowned regattas such as the Route du Rhum.

IMPORTANT DATES
 o July 6, 2010:    Camera ready paper due
 o July 15, 2010:  Author registration / early registration deadline.
    At least one author of each accepted paper MUST BE REGISTERED to 
the conference by this date to guarantee inclusion of the paper in the 
proceeedings.
 o July 31, 2010:  Late-breaking / demo / SiSEC abstract submission 
deadline

We are looking forward to welcoming you in Saint-Malo,

Best regards,

Vincent Vigneron, Vicente Zarzoso, Eric Moreau
Program Chairs

Remi Gribonval and Emmanuel Vincent
General Chairs