IEEE Winter School on Speech and Audio Processing organized and hosted by FORTH-ICSThe Signal Processing Laboratory of the Institute of Computer Science (ICS) of the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH) organized the international Winter School on Speech and Audio Processing for Immersive Environments and Future Interfaces of the IEEE Signal Processing Society (IEEE SPS Winter School on SAIE 2012, http://www.s3p-saie.eu/), which took place from January 16th to 20th 2012, at FORTH, in Heraklion Crete, Greece.

Recent Trends in Computer Architecture and Digital System InstructionWednesday, 8th February 2012, FORTH's amphitheatre "Georgios Lianis"

Best Paper Award at the EHB 2011 international conference to researchers of the Institute of Computer Science of FORTHThe paper entitled "An image analysis framework for the early assessment of hypertensive retinopathy signs", presented by Dr. Vangelis Sakkalis, researcher at the Institute of Computer Science (ICS) of the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH), received the Best Paper Award at the IEEE International Conference on e-Health and Bioengineering 2011 (EHB 2011, Iasi, Romania, 24-26 November 2011).

The ceremony of the 2011 Award for Excellence in Academic Teaching "Vassilis XANTHOPOULOS - Stephanos PNEVMATIKOS" The ceremony of the Award for Excellence in Academic Teaching "Vassilis XANTHOPOULOS - Stephanos PNEVMATIKOS" will be held at the main Hall of the National Library in Athens on December 13 2011, at 19.00 p.m.