CS Community: A new site and a Workshop on Sparsity and its application to large inverse problems, Cambridge, UK.

I just created a site that strives to unify the different pages of interest to the community at large. It is at:

http://compressedsensing.googlepages.com/

feedbacks are welcome. I expect it will be very much static. Please note the creation of the outreach site (reference 11).

On a somewhat related note, as it pertains to the community, Thomas Blumensath just mentioned to me the organization of a Workshop on Sparsity and its application to large inverse problems to be held at Robinson College, Cambridge University, Cambridge UK.

It'll take place on December 14-15, 2008. The pdf is here. It has been added to the CSCalendar.

Abstract:

The aim of this workshop will be to draw together much of the recent work on algorithms which encourage sparsity, such as the minimisation of cost functions involving Lp-norms (typically $$0 \le p \lt 2 $$), with good methods for solving inverse problems on large datasets such as high-resolution images and 3D data. Usually such problems must be solved iteratively and there is a great need to ensure rapid convergence if the dataset is large, in order to avoid long computation times. Of particular interest are a number of recent papers on fast solutions to L1-minimisation problems and also on iterative threshold reduction methods that allow good solutions to be found to the non-convex L0-minimisation problem. Within the iterative context, it is also possible to adjust the weighting functions for terms in an L2-minimisation so that it approximates an L1 or L0 minimisation process.
In addition to well-known applications such as image deconvolution, there are strong links between this work and the emerging field of compressed sensing. The proposed workshop will discuss the above problem areas and attempt to unify the fairly diverse set of techniques that are currently being used into a more fundamental framework. The workshop will include two plenary talks -Prof. Rich Baraniuk of Rice University is the first confirmed plenary speaker – oral presentations and a poster session.

Prospective authors are invited to submit a one-page extended abstract with references to Pier Luigi Dragotti (to see his e-mail click on the link), by 6-October-2008.

Dates: Sunday 14th and Monday 15th December 2008.
Location: Robinson College, Cambridge University, Cambridge UK.
Registration is free and includes meals and dinner on Sunday in the Old Kitchen at Trinity College, Cambridge.
Accommodation: Robinson College, (£63+VAT per night)