Subject: IEEE TSAP: Special Issue on Blind Signal Processing for Speech and Audio Applications From: Guy Brown <g.brown(at)DCS.SHEF.AC.UK> Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 10:47:45 +0100Dear List, Please find enclosed the call for a special issue of IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing that I'm co-editing. Submissions in the field of computational auditory scene analysis (CASA) are very welcome. Best wishes Guy Brown --- Call for Papers IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing Special Issue on Blind Signal Processing for Speech and Audio Applications A special issue of IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing will be dedicated to recent advances in blind signal processing for speech and audio applications. The special issue will represent a vehicle whereby researchers can present new studies of blind signal processing techniques for speech and audio applications, thus paving the way for future developments in the field. Prospective papers should be unpublished and present solid research work offering innovative contributions either from a methodological or application point of view. In particular, submissions are encouraged on theory and methods related to the following areas. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): * Blind source separation of speech and audio signals * Independent component analysis * Blind dereverberation of speech and audio signals * Sparse component analysis * Blind channel identification of acoustic systems * Computational auditory scene analysis SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: Prospective authors should prepare manuscripts according to the Information for Authors as published in any recent issue of the Transactions and as available on the web at http://www.ieee.org/organizations/society/sp/infotsa.html. Note that all rules will apply with regard to submission lengths, mandatory overlength page charges, and color charges. Manuscripts should be submitted electronically through the online IEEE manuscript submission system at http://sps-ieee.manuscriptcentral.com/. When selecting a manuscript type, authors must click on "Special Issue of T-SA on Blind Signal Processing for Speech and Audio Applications." Authors should follow the instructions for the IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing and indicate in the Comments to the Editor-in-Chief that the manuscript is submitted for publication in the Special Issue on Blind Signal Processing for Speech and Audio Applications. We require a completed copyright form to be signed and faxed to 1-732-562-8905 at the time of submission. Please indicate the manuscript number on the top of the page. SCHEDULE: Submission deadline: July 1, 2006 Notification of acceptance: January 31, 2007 Final manuscript due: March 15, 2007 Publication date: July 2007 GUEST EDITORS: Dr. Shoji Makino, NTT Communication Science Laboratories, Japan maki(at)cslab.kecl.ntt.co.jp Dr. Te-Won Lee, University of California, San Diego, USA tewon(at)ucsd.edu Dr. Guy Brown, University of Sheffield, UK g.brown(at)dcs.shef.ac.uk --- Dr. Guy J. Brown Senior Lecturer Department of Computer Science University of Sheffield Regent Court 211 Portobello Street Sheffield S1 4DP United Kingdom Tel :: +44 (0)114 222 1821 Fax :: +44 (0)114 222 1810 Email :: g.brown(at)dcs.shef.ac.uk Web :: http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/~guy