IWSSIP97 - Technical program




Wednesday, May 28


Lecture Hall

9.30 - 9.50 Opening

9.50 - 10.50
TUTORIAL, Chair: Cz. Jedrzejek
Thomas Sikora, Heinrich Hertz Institute for Communication
Technology, Berlin, Germany
The MPEG-4 Standardisation Activity - Perspectives on Very Low Bit Rate Video Coding



Lecture Hall


11.20 - 13.00
Special session VLBC - VERY LOW BIT RATE CODING
Chair: Cz. Jedrzejek

11.20 - 11.45
M. Bober, L. Ciepli„nski, University of Surrey, UK
Multiresolution Vector Quantisation for Very Low Bitrate Video Coding

11.45 - 12.10
T. Major, Syracuse University, USA
Cz. Jedrzejek, ATR Bydgoszcz and ITTI Pozna„n, Poland
Image Compression Using Modified Wavelet EZW Scheme

12.10 - 12.35
M. Bartkowiak, M. Doma„nski, Poznan„ Univ. of Technology, Poland,
P. Gerken, University of Hannover, Germany
Modified H.263 Codec with Improved Color Reproduction

12.35- 13.00
R. Stasi„nski, Poznan„ University of Technology, Poland,
J. Konrad, INRS-Telecom, Canada,
A New Approach to Generation of Shape-Adaptive Transforms



Room 312
11.20 - 12.40
Regular Session G1 - GENERAL TECHNIQUES AND ALGORITHMS
Chair: Z. Bojkovic

11.20 - 11.40
M. Lang, Technical University of Vienna, Austria
Reweighted Least Squares Design of FIR Filters in the Complex Domain

11.40 - 12.00
J. Sawicki, Poznan„ University of Technology, Poland
Reducing Impulsive Noise in Adaptive Nonlinear Circuits

12.00 - 12.20
B. Mertzios, Democtritus Univ. of Thrace, Greece
The General Analytic Solution of Continuous-Time Generalized Systems Using the Fundamental Matrix Operator

12.20 - 12.40
R. Choras, Univ. Technology Agriculture Bydgoszcz, Poland
Image Processing Using Gabor Expansion



Lecture Hall

14.30 - 15.30
TUTORIAL, Chair: K. Fazekas
B. Edler, University of Hannover, Germany Overview on the Current Development of MPEG-4 Audio Coding



Lecture Hall
15.40 - 16.40
Regular Session H1 - ANALOG AND DIGITAL CIRCUITS
Chair: B. Mertzios

15.40 - 16.00
A. Handkiewicz, P. Sniatala, M. Lukowiak,
Poznan„ University of Technology, Poland
Object-Oriented Desing System for Colour Image Filters

16.00 - 16.20
M. Karlsson, M. Vesterbacka, L. Wanhammar
Linköping University, Sweden
A Robust Differential Logic Style with NMOS Logic Nets

16.20 - 16.40
A. Dabrowski, Poznan„ University of Technology, Poland
K. Sozan„ski, Pedagogical University of Zielona Góra, Poland
Comparison of Alternative for Digital Branching Filtering (crossover systems) and Digital Conversion for Application to Speaker Systems



Room 312
15.40 - 16.40
Regular Session G2 - GENERAL TECHNIQUES AND ALGORITHMS
Chair: J. Sawicki

15.40 - 16.00
P. Korohoda, Univ. Minning Metallurgy (AGH Kraków) Poland
SVD as a Tool to Assess Results of Changing Pixel Order for Vector Generation Used in Image Compression

16.00 - 16.20
R. Stasi„ski, Pozna„n University of Technology, Poland
On Improving the Discrete-Time Wavelet Transform

16.20 - 16.40
E. Lukasik, Pozna„n University of Technology, Poland
Seeking After Good Time - Frequency Representation of Sound Signals



Lecture Hall
17.10 - 18.30
Regular Session H2 - ANALOG AND DIGITAL CIRCUITS
Chair: A. Dabrowski

17.10 - 17.30
P. Wasilewski, Technical University of Lodz, Poland
2-D Programmable Discrete Wavelet Transform Implementation in FPGA Device for Real-Time Image Processing

17.30 - 17.50
B. Al-Besher, A. Bouridane, D. Crookes,
The Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland, U.K.
A Novel Serial Division Architecture

17.50 - 18.10
P. Turcza, T. Zieli„ski, Univ. Minning Metallurgy (AGH Kraków)
Poland On Accelerating DSP Algorithms Using FPGA Hardware

18.10 - 18.30
P. Turcza, T. Zieli„ski, Univ. Minning Metallurgy (AGH Kraków) Poland
Real-Time Implementation of MPEG Audio Psychoacoustical Modelon Fixed-Point Motorola DSP56002''

Room 312
17.10 - 18.30
Regular Session G3 - GENERAL TECHNIQUES AND ALGORITHMS
Chair: R. Choras

17.10 - 17.30
H.Tawfik, P. Liatsis, UMIST, U.K.
Prediction of Non-Linear Time Using Higher-Order Neural Networks

17.30 - 17.50
F. Jurkovic–, University of Maribor, Slovenia
Direct and Inverse Modeling with Max-min and Max-product Neurons Using in Feedforwafd Control

17.50 - 18.10
J. Alba, L. Docí, S. Ruibal, University of Vigo, Spain
Growing Gaussian Network Classifiers with Discriminant Rules

18.10 - 18.30
R. Kotrys, P. Remlain, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
The Genetic Algorithm Used In Search of the Good Ring TCM Codes



Thursday, May 29


Lecture Hall

9.00 - 10.00
TUTORIAL, Chair: B. Zovko-Cihlar
K. Wesolowski, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
Blind equalization

Lecture Hall

10.30 - 11.50
Regular Session M1 - IMAGE, VIDEO, AND MULTIMEDIA
Chair: S. Sangwine

10.30 - 10.50
N. Doulamis, A. Doulamis, S. Kollias, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
A Two Layer Neural Network Scheme for Improving the Classification of Aerial Images

10.50 - 11.10
B. Gosselin, Polytechnical Faculty Mons, Belgium
On the Combination of Neural Nets Classsifiers for Handwritten Character Recognition

11.10 - 11.30
M. Helbing, Philips Dialogue Systems,
Aachen, Germany, L. Kahl, C.Rothlübbers, R.Orglmeister, Technical University Berlin, Germany
A Reliable Algorithm for Automatic Contour Estimation in Medical Ultrasonic Images of the Human Heart

11.30 - 11.50
H. Palus, Silesian University of Technology, Poland
Single-Coloured Object Recognition in Scenes with A Known Background

Room 312
10.30 - 11.50
Regular Session S1 - SPEECH AND AUDIO PROCESSING
Chair: P.Dymarski

10.30 - 10.50
G. Chollet, A. Constantinescu, ENST Paris and CNRS URA-820, France and IDIAP, Switzerland,
K. Choukri, ELRA, France
Multilingual Speech Databases: Beyond Speech Dat

10.50 - 11.10
J. Klec–kova, University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic
Creation of the Language Model for the Spontaneous Czech Speech Recognizer

11.10 - 11.30
V. Matous‡ek, P. Mautner, University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic,
Word Recognition in Spontaneously Pronounced Czech Sentences

11.30 - 11.50
S. Grocholewski, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
Design of Polish Diphones Corpus

Lecture Hall

14.30 - 15.50
Regular Session M2 - IMAGE, VIDEO, AND MULTIMEDIA
Chair: J. Konrad

14.30 - 14.50
T. Major, Syracuse University, USA
Cz. Jedrzejek,
ATR Bydgoszcz and ITTI Pozna„n, Poland
Wavelet Still Image Plus H.263 Motion Estimation Coder E


14.50 - 15.10
D. Karras, S. Karkanis, University of Ioannina, Greece,
B. Mertzios
, Democtritus Univ. of Thrace, Greece
A New Wavelet Transform Based Compression Approach of Biomedical Images with Preservation of Important Textural Characteristics

15.30 - 15.50
A. Sam–ovic, Z. Bojkovic, Faculty of Traffic Transport Engineering, Belgrade, Yugoslavia,
D. Milovanovic, Univ. of Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Image Quality in LOT Subband Decomposition and VQ coding


Room 312
14.30 - 15.50
General Session S2 - SPEECH AND AUDIO PROCESSING
Chair: V. Matou‡sek

14.30 - 14.50
G. Jahns, Federal Agriculture Research Centre Braunschweig, Germany
W. Kowalczyk, Free University Amsterdam, The Netherlands,
K. Walter, Federal Agriculture Research Centre Braunschweig, Germany An Application of Soud Processing Techniques for Detemining Condition of Cows

14.50 - 15.10
M. Veinovic, M. Mikosavljevic, B. Kova–cevic, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia
On Robust Speech Formant Tracking

15.10 - 15.30
T. Rutkowski, Cz. Basztura, Technical University of Wrocaw, Poland Automatic Speaker Recognition in Different Transmission Conditions

15.30 - 15.50
L. Stanimirovic, Institute Mihajlo Pupin, Yugoslavia
Serbian Connected Digit Recognition System

Lecture Hall
16.20 - 17.40
Regular Session M3 - IMAGE, VIDEO, AND MULTIMEDIA
Chair: M. Doma„nski

16.20 - 16.40
K. Zhang, M. Bober, J. Kittler, University of Surrey, U.K.
Intra Frame Bit Generation Model for Effective Bit rate Control in Image Sequence Coding

16.40 - 17.00
S. Bauer, B. Zovko-Cihlar, M. Grgic, Faculty of Electrical Eng. Computing, Zagreb, Croatia
Video Quality Improvement by Variable Bit Rate coding

17.00 - 17.20
A. Revoly, B. Tarr, K. Csányi, K Fazekas, Technical University of Budapest, Hungary
Scalable Video Coding for Multimedia

17.20 - 17.40
S. Labajo, N. García, A. Pacheco, C. Mu„oz, Technical University of Madrid, Spain
Multimedia Communication On Generic Netwofks.

Room 312
16.20 - 17.40
Regular Session S3 - SPEECH AND AUDIO PROCESSING
Chair: E. Lukasik

16.20 - 16.40
P. Dymarski, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Speech Coding Based on Classification

16.40 - 17.00
K. Basciuk, S. Brachmanski, W. Myslecki, Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland
A Digital Speech Coding Set-Up with Delta CVSD Modulation

17.00 - 17.20
M. Markovic, Institute of Applied Mathematics and Electronics, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
D. Dimitrijevvic,
SAGA Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Z. Bojkovic,
Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering, Yugoslavia
Interactive Voice Communications Over Internet Based on CELP 4800 b/s Speech Coding

17.20 - 17.40
J. Baszun, A. Petrovsky, Belorussian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, Belorussia
Evaluation Digital Signal Processing System for the Cochlear I mplants Based on the Stack Machine



Friday, May 30


Room 312
9.00 - 10.00
Regular Session M4 - IMAGE, VIDEO, AND MULTIMEDIA

Chair: A. Dziech

9.00-9.20
P. Liatsis, M.-A. Diamadopoulos, UMIST, U.K.
Lane recognitin for semi-autonomous vehicle navigation.

9.20-9.40
A. Marana, S. Velastin, L. Costa, R. Lotufo, University of London, U.K,
Automatic Estimation of Crowd Density using Texture

9.40-10.00
J. Turan, University of Kosice, Slovakia
K. Fazekas, L. Kövesi, Technical University of Budapest, Hungary,
Traffic Motion Estimation Using Invertible Rapid Transform

Room 311
9.00 - 10.00
Special Session F32- 32ND ANNIVERSARY OF FFT
Chair: R. Stasi„nski

9.00-9.20
S. Sangwine, The University of Reading, U.K.,
Fourier Transforms of Colour Images: the Quaternion FFT

9.20-9.40
V. Delic, V.S†enk, I. Radujkov, University of Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
Fast Hadamard Transform Based on Modified Cooley-Tukey FFT Algorithm

9.40-10.00
A. Petrovsky, M. Kachinsky, Belorussian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, Belorussia
Structural Synthesis of Parallel-Pipeline FFT Processor for R-Dimensionnal Signal Processing

Room 312
10.30 - 12.10
Regular Sssion M5 - IMAGE, VIDEO, AND MULTIMEDIA
Chair: P. Liatsis

10.30 - 10.50
A. Bardos, S. Sangwine, The University of Reading, U.K.
Recursive Vector Median Filtering of Colour Images

10.50 - 11.10
A. Koschan, Technical University Berlin, Germany
Segmentation of Color Images for the Minimization of Interreflections

11.10 - 11.30
Rendón, L. Salgado, J. Menéndez, N. Baecia, Technical University of Madrid, Spain
Adaptive Color Quantization Through Self-Organization Neural Networks

11.30 - 11.50
J. Mihalik, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia
Multistage Interpolative Vector Quantization of Image

11.50 - 12.10
A.Dziech, W.Besbas, A.Nabout, N.Eldin, University of Wuppertal, Germany
New Method for Fast Closed Contour Extraction

Room 311
10.30 - 12.10
Regular Session A - IMPLEMENTATIONS AND APPLICATIONS
Chair: K. Wesolowski

10.30 - 10.50
I. Kopriva, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Design of Digital Signal Peak Limiter for SSB Modulated Signals

10.50 - 11.10
W. Sauer-Greff, P. Clemens, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
Reduced Complexity Receivers for Multi-Dimensional Systems with Intersymbol and Interchannel Iterference

11.10 - 11.30
S. Munk, NESA A/S, Denmark, J. Sorensen, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
A Concept for Monitoring Radial Distribution Networks Based on Very Few Measurements

11.30 - 11.50
S. Dumbrava, Technical University of Iasi, Romania
Trajectory Tracking Control of Robot Joints Using Passivity Based Adaptive Controllers

11.50 - 12.10
Z.Fazekas, KFKI Research Institute for Measurement and Computing Techniques, Budapest, Hungary
Graph-Based Description of Retinal Blood-Vessels in Fluorescein Angiograms