ICASSP 2010 Coverage

Firstly: Weddings take a lot of energy... 

Secondly:

Bright and early tomorrow morning a group of us will be leaving from ye' old Starkville for Dallas, TX, home of the 2010 ICASSP conference. It will be quite a day of driving, but it sure beats trying to make a flight. 

It is my intention to mention on interesting parts of the proceedings here, with special comment and mention on topics pertaining to Compressed Sensing. Of course, ICASSP is a huge conference, bringing together people studying a wide range of research topics, many of which seem to have little to no relation other than the term "signal." This is why I intend to parse through it all to find some gems, if at all possible. I have no idea what is on the schedule this year, so the pickings may in fact be slim. But, we all now know how popular CS is because of its ability to magically reconstruct images of President Obama, so who knows, the entire conference might be abuzz with CS topics.

If you find my comments a little naive at times, and not quite yet jaded, that would be because this is my first conference. I've never attended anything like this before, and I'm just now realizing that there are actually other people who are interested in the same things I am. It is a remarkable discovery. 

If you are attending ICASSP and want to talk about CS topics, signal processing in general, life, or anything else, except for trying to cover papers, I am completely free this year. We didn't make the submission deadlines, so you will have to wait till ICIP in Hong Kong to see our work. I would love to put up informal interviews about your research (if it pertains to CS or really interesting), so just shoot me an email (eric.tramel at gmail dot com) or leave a comment below and I'll try to meet up with you in Dallas. Or, if you see me on the conference floor, just stop me and say "Hi." I'm not too terribly hard to miss: fiery red beard. 

I look forward to seeing all your wonderful work tomorrow!