Whether you want to catch up on a missed keynote or see what makes IEEE ICASSP the premier event for signal processing professionals, this guide is for you. Download the full summary to explore ICASSP 2026’s top sessions and get inspired for the upcoming conference.
Background
As the first flagship conference of the IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS), ICASSP is the world’s largest and most comprehensive technical conference focused on signal processing and its applications. It is part of a global network of premier conferences and journals that define the future of acoustics, speech, machine learning, and signal processing. ICASSP connects directly to IEEE’s mission of advancing technology for humanity, ensuring that cutting-edge research has a profound and lasting impact well beyond the academic and professional communities.
ICASSP Through the Years
First held in 1976 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ICASSP was established to provide a dedicated, major international forum for the rapidly expanding fields of acoustics, speech, and signal processing. Over the decades, ICASSP has grown exponentially alongside the evolution of the technology it represents—from early digital signal processing to today’s breakthroughs in deep learning and artificial intelligence. Year after year, ICASSP brings together the brightest minds from academia and industry to network and share research.