General chairs' welcome

On behalf of the IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing (GlobalSIP) Organizing Committee, we would like to cordially welcome you to Austin, Texas. Austin is known as the Live Music Capital of the World. Indeed, Austin offers many opportunities to experience music just a stones throw away from the convention center, but it also has much to offer residents and visitors. Austin is also the capital of Texas and is home to the University of Texas at Austin, leading technology companies, and a number of emerging startups in diverse areas from signal processing, communications, semiconductors, and gaming. Several annual events are held in Austin including the Formula 1 US Grand Prix, the Austin City Limits Music Festival (ACL), and the South-by-Southwest music, film, and interactive conference and festival (SXSW also called “Southy-By”).