DSP theory, algorithms and implementations, Image and video processing, Audio processing, Digital Television and stereovision, Multimedia data compression and editing, data bases, Electroacoustics, Psychoacoustics, Sound mastering, Human-computer interfaces, Image synthesis, analysis and recognition, Filter design and implementation, Vision and audio-based diagnosis in medicine and industry, Text-to-speech & speech-to-text algorithms, Artificial intelligence applications in DSP, Distributed and networked DSP systems, Virtual and augmented reality, Biometrics