Advances in Random Matrix Theory for Signal Processing Applications

Call for Papers

In recent years, the mathematical field of random matrix theory (RMT) has emerged as an extremely powerful tool for a variety of signal processing applications. Recent advances, both in the areas of exact (finite-dimensional) and asymptotic (large-dimensional) RMTs, have received strong interest from amongst the signal processing community and have been instrumental for a number of recent breakthroughs. For example, advances in RMT techniques have paved the way for the design of powerful multiantenna and multiuser signal processing modules which are currently revolutionizing the field of wireless communications; they have led to fundamental insights into the information-theoretic limits (achievable by any signal processing strategy) in multidimensional wireless channels; they have pushed forward the development of advanced synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging techniques; they have provided the key ingredient for designing powerful new detection and estimation techniques in array signal processing.

This Special Issue aims to bring together state-of-the-art research contributions that address open problems in signal processing using RMT methods. While papers that are primarily of mathematical interest will be considered, the main focus is on applications of these techniques to real-world signal processing problems. Potential topics include (but are not limited to) the following areas:

  • Modern wireless communication systems techniques, such as multiantenna and multiaccess, spectrum sensing and cognitive radio, wireless ad hoc and sensor networks, cooperative signal processing, information theory
  • Detection and estimation, array processing
  • Radar, MIMO radar, SAR imaging, and remote sensing

Before submission authors should carefully read over the journal's Author Guidelines, which are located at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/asp/guidelines.html. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/, according to the following timetable:

Manuscript DueNovember 1, 2009
First Round of ReviewsFebruary 1, 2010
Publication DateMay 1, 2010

Lead Guest Editor

  • Matthew McKay, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong

Guest Editors

  • Marco Chiani, Department of Electronics, Computer Sciences and Systems, University of Bologna, 40136 Bologna, Italy
  • Raj Rao Nadakuditi, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, 1301 Beal Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2122, USA
  • Christ Richmond, Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington, MA 02420-9108, USA
  • Peter Smith, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand