The APSIPA is a new association and it promotes all aspects of research and education on signal and information processing. The field of interest of APSIPA concerns all aspects of signals and information including processing, recognition, classification, communications, networking, computing, system design, security, implementation, and technology with applications to scientific, engineering, and social areas.

In this panel, the significance and structure of APSIPA are introduced and its future is discussed.

Panelists:
Prof. S. Furui (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan) Prof. Lin-Shan Lee (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
Prof. K. J. Ray Liu (University of Maryland, USA)
Prof. Wan-Chi Siu (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)