Harmonic Analysis and Statistics
for
Signal and Image Processing
A Research Training Network funded by the European Commission.
2002-06
HASSIP was a Research Training Network funded from 2002 to 2006 by the European Commission
within the programme Improving the Human Potential. Its goal was to develop research and training activities in various areas of mathematical
analysis and statistics, related to signal and image processing problems.
HASSIP also offered several job opportunities (Marie Curie doctoral and postdoctoral
fellowships) in its sites.
The aim of the HASSIP network is to develop research activities
and systematic interactions in areas of mathematical analysis and statistics
directly connected to signal and image processing. While standard
research is carried out at an international level at all participating institutions
in cooperation with their individual partners the proposal is going for
integration at a higher level. Thus it is one of the declared goals of
HASSIP to shorten the development cycle for new algorithms by bringing
together those who are involved in this process: the mathematicians and physicists
working on the foundations (with view towards applications), the partners
doing applied research (mostly engineering departments), are more experienced
when it comes to implementations. High tech industry worldwide is in need
for know-how and trained people in this area, and has shown very strong interest
in our programme. The main research goal is therefore to improve the link
between the foundations and real word applications, by developing new nonstandard
algorithms, by studying their behaviour on concrete tasks, and to look for
innovative ways to circumvent shortcomings or satisfy additional request
arising from the applications. In doing so we expect to stimulate research
in this area and the interactions in theoretical and applied domain.
From the mathematical point of view, the main areas involved are:
- Harmonic analysis, in particular time-frequency and time-scale analysis.
- Statistics, with a particular emphasis on statistical models for
signals and images.
- Numerical analysis for signal processing applications.
The research activities of the network will be centered around a few selected
applications:
- Audio signal modeling and compression.
- Image and video encoding and compression.
- Signal and image restoration and modification.
Marseille [CNRS-UP]:
- Laboratoire d'Analyse, Topologie et Probabilités (CNRS
and Université de Provence), Signal Processing group.
- Laboratoire de Mécanique et d'Acoustique (CNRS), Modélisation,
Synthèse et Contrôle des Signaux Sonores et Musicaux.
- Projet METISS, IRISA, INRIA Rennes.
Vienna [UVIE-NuHAG]:
- The Numerical Harmonic Analysis Group, at the Mathematics Department,
University of Vienna.
- Institut fur Nachrichtentechnik und Hochfrequenztechnik, Technical
University of Vienna.
- Department of Computer Science, University of Innsbruck.
Cambridge [UCAM-DENG]:
- Signal Processing Laboratory, Depart of Engineering.
Louvain la Neuve [UCL]:
- FYMA (Unité de Physique Théorique
et de Physique Mathématique).
Lausanne [EPFL]:
- Biomedical Imaging group, Ecole Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne.
- Laboratoire de Traitement du Signal, Ecole Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne.
- Communication Technology Laboratory, Swiss Federal
Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich.
Bremen [U-Bremen]:
- Zentrum für Technomathematik, AG Technomathematik,
University of Bremen.
- Mathematics Department, University of Marburg.
Munich [GSF-Munich]:
- Institut fur Biomathematik und Biometrie at
GSF, Munich.
Technion Haifa [IL-TECH]:
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Technion-Israel
Institute of Technology. home page; contact .
This network is a Research Training Network
of the European Community, under the programme
Contract : HPRN-CT-2002-00285.