The International Conference on Consumer Electronics?China [Conference Reports]

Abstract

T he IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics– China (ICCE–China) 2016 was held at the Guangzhou National Integrated Circuits Design Industrialization Center for Modern Service Industry in Guangzhou, China, on 19–21 De cember. The conference objective was to serve as a platform in China for ex perts to exchange ideas and learn from one another. As the average wealth of a population increases, consumers can begin to afford more advanced products. Therefore, there is an increasing need for engineers to study fundamental theory and techniques for the development of advanced consumer products. To help meet this need, this conference focused on exchanging ideas in signal processing and consumer health care for the development of such advanced CE products. There were six major themes: ▼ signal processing, with a focus on the development of speech, audio, music, image, video, and multimedia applications ▼ biomedical engineering in the development of health monitoring, healthcare, and biomedical applications ▼ power saving, power monitoring, and power management applications ▼ smart control in home automation, home control, home monitoring, and home robot applications ▼ consumer networking, covering the Internet of Things, wireless, and cloud system applications ▼ optics, electronic devices, and circuits, with a focus on the development of CE circuits, sensors, and devices and their optical applications. ICCE–China participants came up with novel ideas and results in the areas of both theoretical breakthroughs and new CE applications. The fruitful results are expected to nurture professionals and students as well as generate revenue. The conference consisted of regular sessions, special sessions, tutorials, and keynotes, together comprehensively covering the aforementioned six themes. IEEE CE Society Past President Stefan Mozar and ICCE–China 2016 General Chair Prof. Wing-Kuen Ling delivered the opening keynote addresses. Ling then offered the first plenary talk, “Optimization for Time Frequency for Biomedical Consumer Electronics,” which presented optimization techniques for performing time–frequency analysis in the development of wearable biomedical CE products. These include such systems as those for classifying viral infections and bacterial infections based on coughing sounds, for classifying supraventricular tachycardias and ventricular Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MCE.2017.2684900 Date of publication: 14 June 2017 Prof. Wing-Kuen Ling, conference general chair, delivers the opening keynote.