Delving into Non-convex Optimisation and Matrix Factorisation, the second bi-annual London Workshop on Signal Processing Theory and Methods will take place on 13 and 14 September 2018 at Imperial College London.

Dates: 13-14 September 2018

Venue: Room 408, EEE Building, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus (No. 16 on Campus Map)

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Confirmed speakers

• Nigel Birch, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK
• Helmut Bölcskei, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• Alex Bronstein, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
• Yuxin Chen, Princeton University, USA
• Yuejie Chi, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
• Cédric Févotte, Institut de recherche en informatique de Toulouse (IRIT), France
• Reinhold Häb-Umbach, Paderborn University, Germany
• John Hershey, Google, USA
• Yue M. Lu, Harvard University, USA
• Gongguo Tang, Colorado School of Mines, USA
• John Wright, Columbia University, USA

Timetable

Thursday, 13 September 2018

• 10:00-10:30 Registration and welcome coffee, EE 611
• 10:30-11:00 Welcome from the organisers
• 11:00-11:45 Yuejie Chi
• 11:45-12:30 Gongguo Tang
• 12:30-14:00 Lunch and poster session, EE 611
• 14:00-14:45 Yue M. Lu
• 14:45-15:30 Reinhold Häb-Umbach
• 15:30-16:00 Coffee break, EE 611
• 16:00-16:45 John Hershey
• 16:45-17:30 Yuxin Chen
• 17:30-19:00 Rooms 408 and 611 available for networking
• 19:00-21:30 Dinner (by invitation only)

Friday, 14 September 2018

• 9:00-9:30 Nigel Birch
• 9:30-10:15 Cédric Févotte
• 10:15-11:00 Helmut Bölcskei
• 11:00-11:30 Coffee Break, EE 611
• 11:30-12:15 John Wright
• 12:15-13:00 Alex Bronstein
• 13:00-14:00 Lunch, EE 611
• 14:00-15:00 Closing remarks from the organisers

All activities take place in EE 408 unless otherwise indicated.

Registration

Registration Fee: £10

To secure your place at the 2018 London Workshop on Non-convex Optimisation and Matrix Factorisation, please register at our eStore by 23:59 on 09 September 2018.

Special thanks to our sponsors…

…and organisers (in alphabetical order): Wei Dai, Pier-Luigi Dragotti, Christine Evers, Cong Ling and Patrick Naylor with the help of Melanie Albright.