Eurasip (co-)sponsored Events Report on the Fourth International Workshop on Image Analysis for Emerging President's Message Call for Tutorial Papers Eurasip Secretary-treasurer's Report Calendar of Events Year Date Event Location Eurasip Involvement Chairperson/information Nonlinear Signal and Imag

Dear EURASIP members, As you may have noticed, the Newsletter issue you are reading at this moment has changed with respect to the latest ones. This change is not only a formal one but it corresponds to the intention of giving a better service to our members through the Newsletter as well. The EURASIP AdCom estimated that this task would require an extra effort and therefore there was a call for applications to the position of EURASIP Newsletter coeditor. This call was publicized through the previous Newsletter issue, the EURASIP website, and direct mailing. As a result of this call, we received sixty-two applications. First of all, I would like to thank all the people that expressed their interest in collaborating with EURASIP. The Ad-Com will take into account your interest and we hope to be able to cooperate with as many as possible of you in the near future in other EURASIP projects. Second, it is my pleasure to announce that, after analyzing all the applications, the AdCom contacted Luca Simone Ronga who accepted the position of EURASIP Newsletter coeditor. I would like to publicly welcome Luca to the AdCom and thank him for his commitment with EURASIP. Finally, as I already commented in my previous message, the structure and contents of the Newsletter is currently being redesigned. If you have any suggestions to improve its usefulness, please send them to our Newsletter coeditors: Piet Sommen In an effort to upgrade the scientific content of the Newsletter, the EURASIP AdCom decided to include a tutorial paper in each Newsletter issue. The Newsletter is being distributed to approximately 1500 EURASIP members, so it is envisaged that a tutorial paper will spread the author's views to a rather wide audience. Prospective authors are invited to submit manuscripts (2–6 pages) on topics that are of a general interest to the Signal Processing community. The papers should be written in a style, also, readable by a nonspecialist reader. The submitted papers will go through a reviewing process in order to guarantee a high scientific quality. The EURASIP main account movements during the financial period from 1st April 2002 until 31st December 2002 are documented in the table below in Euros (€). EURASIP's finances are looking favorable, as can be verified from the previous balances and accounts as given in the Newsletters. during the 9th, 10th, and 11th of April 2003. The workshop featured …

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