2004 IEEE International Symposium on
Spread Spectrum Techniques and Applications
http://www.isssta2004.org/

Fairmont Resort, Leura, Australia
30 August - 2 September, 2004

   Wideband Signal Processing - Taking Spectrum into the Future

   The  2004  IEEE  International Symposium on Spread Spectrum Techniques
   and Applications will be held at the Fairmont Resort, Leura (about 100
   km  from Sydney), Australia, from Monday, 30 August, through Thursday,
   2  September, 2004. ISSSTA 2004 will highlight theoretical performance
   of  existing  and  future  systems,  as well as novel applications and
   implementations  of spread spectrum technology. MIMO systems and Ultra
   wideband will join the list of topics which will include

                            Theory
     * Information theory of SS, MIMO channels
     * Performance bounds, capacity limits
     * SS signal processing including ultra wideband
     * Sequence and waveform design
     * Signal acquisition and tracking
     * Coding and modulation for SS and multi-user systems
     * Information security LPI, LPD
     * Receivers and diversity techniques
     * Space-Time coding for SS systems
     * Adaptive equalization, channel estimation and SS signal detection
     * Interference suppression and Cancellation
     * Multiple access techniques and capacity analysis
     * Antenna arrays, multi-sensor channels
     * Remote sensing, radar, sonar and positioning system performance
     * Multicarrier CDMA

                          Applications
     * Performance of SS/CDMA MIMO and multi-sensor systems
     * Ultra wideband (UWB) systems
     * Resource allocation, power control
     * Ad-hoc SS/CDMA networks
     * Performance of SS/CDMA satellite systems
     * 4G system concepts
     * Quantum applications
     * Tools for system analysis
     * Integrated circuit design and implementation
     * Communications using chaos

   Paper Submissions
   The  deadline  for submission is 1 February 2004, with notification of
   decisions  by 1 April 2004. Camera ready copies must be submitted by 1
   June  2004.  All  accepted  papers  will be allowed twenty minutes for
   presentation  and  be  five  pages  in  length  for publication in the
   conference  proceedings.  Information  for  electronic  submission  of
   papers  will be posted at a later date. Inquiries to paper submissions
   should contact

   Dr. Predrag Rapajic
   School of Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications
   University of New South Wales
   UNSW Sydney NSW 2052, Australia
   Phone: +61 2 9385 4050
   Fax: +61 2 9385 5993
   Email: P.Rapajic@unsw.edu.au

   Conference Location
   The  conference  will  be held at Fairmont Resort, about 2 km from the
   centre  of  Leura,  in  the state of New South Wales. Leura is a small
   town  located  in the Blue Mountains, about 100 km from Sydney airport
   and  can be reached by car on the Great Western highway or by train in
   about 2.5 hours. Alternate accomodation is available in Leura.
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   General Enquiries
   Inquiries  on  general  matters  related  to  the  symposium should be
   addressed to

   Dr. Ian Opperman
   CWC, University of Oulu
   PO Box 4500, FIN-90014, Finland
   Mobile: +358 40 707 6344
   Fax: +358 8 553 2845
   Email: Ian.Oppermann@ee.oulu.fi