Multi-modal data fusion using source separation: Two effective models based on ICA and IVA and their properties.

Fusion of information from multiple sets of data in order to extract a set of features that are most useful and relevant for the given task is inherent to many problems we deal with today. Since, usually, very little is known about the actual interaction among the data sets, it is highly desirable to minimize the underlying assumptions. This has been the main reason for the growing importance of d...