Established in 1987, Pacific Rim Conference is the premier IEEE biennial event in the Pacific Northwest. It is our pleasure to invite you to participate in the first post-pandemic version of this event by submitting papers to the Communication, Computer, or Signal Processing tracks, or by organizing a special session. All accepted papers will appear in IEEE Xplore.

The topics of interest to PACRIM’24 encompass, but are not limited to, the following:

Communications

Co-chairs: Julian Cheng, University of British Columbia, Okanagan; Muhammad Hanif, Thompson Rivers University

• Communication Theory
• Wireless Communications and Networking
• Channel Measurement & Modeling
• OFDM/Multicarrier Systems
• Distributive/Cell-Free Massive MIMO
• Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces
• Resource & Mobility Management
• Network Architecture & Protocols
• IoT and Machine-Type Communications
• Machine Learning for Communications
• Millimeter Wave and Terahertz Communications
• Optical Communications
• Satellite and Space Communications
• Green Communications
• Cognitive Radio and Networks
• Communication & Networking Testbeds
• Security and Cryptography

Computers

Co-chairs: Jianping Pan, University of Victoria; Zhengman Fang, Simon Fraser University

• Computer Architecture
• Application/Domain-Specific Hardware Acceleration
• Embedded, Reconfigurable, Power-Aware Systems
• Memory-Centric Architecture and Systems
• Parallel and Distributed Computing
• Grid and Cloud Computing
• Data Mining and Knowledge Based Systems
• Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms
• Big Data Analytics
• High-Performance Computing
• Runtime Systems and Virtualization
• Programming, Compilation, and Automation Support
• Cyber Security and Privacy
• Multi-core Processors and Applications

Signal Processing

Co-chairs: Michael McGuire, University of Victoria; Xingyu Li, University of Alberta

• Signal Processing Theory and Methods
• Signal Processing for Medical and Biological Applications
• Signal Processing for Communications
• Machine Learning for Signal Processing
• Signal Processing for UAV Systems and IoT
• Graph Signal Processing and Applications
• Tensor Methods and Applications
• Video and Image Processing
• Speech and Audio Processing
• Multimedia Signal Processing
• Underwater Platforms and Sensors
• Array Signal Processing
• Sparse Signal Processing
• Information Forensics
• Computer Vision