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Third day of IEEE International Symposium Features 10 Technical Sessions

Sunday, Dec 20, 2009
Third day of IEEE International Symposium Features 10 Technical Sessions

The third day of the 9th IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology, hosted by Ajman University of Science & Technology (AUST), was, like the preceding days, marked by the richness and variety of topics under discussion. Prof. Mohammed-Slim Alouini, Professor of Electrical Engineering at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia, presented the Plenary Session, on "Low-Complexity Solutions for Extreme Bandwidth Communication." He spoke on the tremendous improvement in wireless communication technologies that have led to a growing demand for a variety of applications with super-high data rate requirement. He stated that it is very difficult to deploy the new services in the existing crowded frequency bands, and it is natural to consider the utilization of some unused wideband frequency bands. He added that the demand for much higher data rates is expected to increase in order to meet the extreme bandwidth requirements of ultra High Definition TV broadcasting, 3D image transmission, inter-vehicle communications, and super-high speed WLan. Dr. Alouini ended his session with a summary of some low-complexity solutions that help in supporting super-high data rates in high bands.

Following the plenary session, dozens of speakers, from Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, Iran, Italy, Japan, Jordon, Lebanon, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Sweden, Taiwan, the UAE, the United Kingdom and the US, delivered presentations in ten parallel technical sessions. Topics included image and video processing, DSP and digital filters, networks, speech processing, DSP implementations, localization algorithms, image processing and interfaces, audio processing, biometrics and sensor networks. Most sessions were followed by discussion between speakers and audiences.