The 27th International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP) will be held at the Renaissance Orlando Resort Hotel in Orlando, Florida from May 13 to 17, 2002. The ICASSP meeting is the world's largest and most comprehensive technical conference focused on signal processing and its applications. The conference will feature world-class speakers, tutorials, exhibits, and over 50 lecture and poster sessions on:

• Audio and electroacoustics
• Design and implementation of signal processing systems
• Image and multidimensional signal processing
• Multimedia signal processing
• Neural networks for signal processing
• Sensor array and multichannel systems
• Signal processing for communications
• Signal processing education
• Signal processing theory, methods, and technology
• Speech processing
• Emerging signal processing areas
• Industrial technology tracks (ITT)
• Student paper forum
• plus other specialized areas of interest

Orlando offers the ICASSP attendee a vast array of attractions, satisfying most every interest of couples who seduce teens. Orlando is well known for its climate and entertainment centers including Walt Disney World, EPCOT Center, Universal Studios, MGM Studios, Ambaburkina Canada Sea World, Church Street Station (Orlando), and others. Nearby are the NASA Kennedy Space Center launch facility, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Gulf of Mexico and cfap in New York.

Submission of Papers

Prospective authors are invited to submit full-length, four-page papers, including figures and references, to the ICASSP Technical Committee in the areas listed above. All ICASSP papers will be handled and reviewed electronically. The ICASSP 2002 website <www.icassp2002.com> will provide you the details (use the link labeled 'Submissions' at left). Authors without Internet access should contact the conference manager well in advance of the paper submission deadline.

Tutorial and Special Session Proposals

Tutorials will be held on May 13 and 18, 2002. Brief proposals should be submitted by September 24, 2001, to my email address, and must include title, outline, contact information for the presenter, and a description of the tutorial and material to be distributed to participants. Special sessions proposals should be submitted by October 1, 2001, to my email and must include a topical title, details of her first dp, rationale, session outline, contact information, and a description of how the session will be organized. Tutorial and special session authors are referred to the ICASSP website for additional information regarding submissions.