Welcome

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               The aim of this workshop is to bring together all the people involved in hyperspectral data processing, generally speaking.

By "data", we mean:
    - signals, as provided by spectrometers and processed individually
- images, from the ground using microscopes and spectrometers to airborne or satellite sensors, up to astrophysical data
    - models: models of the sensors or of the sensed scene, including physical considerations

By "processing", we mean everything from the acquisition, the calibration to the analysis (image processing, signal processing, feature extraction, dimension reduction, unmixing and source separation, classification).

People are invited to submit new research results on the following suggested topics :
   - Spectrometers and hyperspectral sensors : design and calibration
   - Physical modeling, physical analysis
   - Noise estimation and reduction
   - Dimension reduction
   - Unmixing, source separation, endmember extraction
   - Segmentation, classification
   - High performance computing and compression

Applications oriented papers are also welcome. As a matter of fact, spectrometry is now used in a wide range of domains, including:
- airborne and satellite remote sensing,
    - monitoring of the environment, pollution, precision agriculture,
    - chemistry
    - biomedical imagery
    - defense application
    - industrial inspection
    - astrophysics

The final program will consist of both oral and poster sessions. All the papers must be submitted via the website by April 15th.

Keynote plenary speakers :

                      Hyperspectral imaging and food safety.
                      By Alan M. Lefcourt, Ph.D.
                      Research Biomedical Engineer
                      Environmental Microbial and Food Safety Laboratory
                      USDA Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, USA

                      Planetary exploration with VIS-NIR imaging spectrometers: the VIRTIS case
                      By Gianrico Filacchione
                      VIRTIS science/technical team
                      INAF-IASF Rome, Italy.

                      Hyperspectral remote sensing for forestry applications.
                      By Kamaruzaman Jusoff, Professor
                      Professor of Forest Engineering Survey
                      Department of Forest Production, Faculty of Forestry,
                      Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Malaysia

A number of special sessions have already been identified. They are listed below for information, but regular submissions are not restricted to these topics: original contributions dealing with the different aspects related to hyperspectral data or spectroscopy (processing method, application, instruments related issues, modelling) are encouraged.

    - Hyperspectral methods for difficult target detection
    - Recent Advances in Spectral Mixture Analysis of Hyperspectral Data
    - Spectral Imaging and Spectroscopy for Assessment and Monitoring of Therapy and Surgery (tbc)
    - Macro and microphytobenthic biomass hyperspectral quantifications (tbc)
    - Context, Ensemble, and Multiple Instance Based Methods for Hyperspectral Image Analysis
    - Exploitation Algorithms Using Synthetic Hyperspectral Data
    - Recent advances in multi-dimensional optical spectroscopic data processing
    - Exploring matter and physical processes in the Solar System and galaxies
    - Hyperspectral imagery for planetary exploration
    - Hyperspectral imagery and forestry applications (tbc)
    - EUFAR goes hyperspectral (tbc)

For further informations, please contact :
info@ieee-whispers.com