The Symposium is jointly organized by the IEEE Hong Kong Chapter of Signal Processing and the Centre for Multimedia Signal Processing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. It strives to bring together people in multimedia signal processing, communications, and computing to provide an international forum for the reporting of current developments, new ideas and applications in these respective areas. The Symposium will bring together keynote speakers, researchers and the industrial community, providing a bridge between state of the art multimedia processing and best engineering practice. It will include regular sessions on all aspects as well as special sessions on specific advanced topics of multimedia technology. Tutorials and keynote lectures will be organized and given by prominent researchers.

Procedures
Prospective authors are invited to propose papers, special sessions, and tutorials, in one or more, but not restricted to, the technical areas listed below. Submissions should be directed to:

ISIMP2001, Centre for Multimedia Signal Processing
Department of Electronic & Information Engineering
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

Papers: Authors should submit five copies of their manuscripts. Each paper should be of four-page length and conform to the IEEE two-column format. Papers must be camera ready on 8.5x11 white paper, two-column format in Times or similar font style, using 10 points or larger font with one inch margin on all four sides. It should also include authors' names, affiliations, e-mail, and a short abstract.

Paper Categories
Topics for regular sessions include, but not limited to, the following: