Challenges and Open Problems in Signal Processing: Panel Discussion Summary from ICASSP 2017 [Panel and Forum]

This column summarizes the panel on open problems in signal processing, which took place on 5 March 2017 at the International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP) in New Orleans, Louisiana. The goal of the panel was to draw attention to some of the challenges and open problems in various areas of signal processing and generate discussion on future research areas that can be of major significance and impact in signal processing. Five leading experts representing diverse areas within signal processing made up the panel.