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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=IT link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message] <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>============================================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> CALL FOR PAPERS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Signal and Image Technologies (SIT) track at<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> SITIS 2012 - The 8th International Conference on<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> SIGNAL IMAGE TECHNOLOGY & INTERNET BASED SYSTEMS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> In cooperation with IEEE Technical Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> on Multimedia Computing (pending)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> November 25-29, 2012, SORRENTO - Naples, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> http://www.sitis-conf.org/<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>============================================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The SITIS conference is dedicated to research on the technologies used to <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>represent, share and process information in various forms, ranging from signal, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>image, and multimedia data to traditional structured data and semi structured <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>data found in the web. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The track "Signal & Image Technologies" (SIT) focuses on recent developments in <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>digital signal processing and pays particular attention to evolutions in audiovisual <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>signal processing, analysis, coding and authentication, and retrieval techniques. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Image Processing and Analysis<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Image filtering, Restoration, Enhancement<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR>* Image segmentation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR>* Image acquisition, manipulation and compression<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Image synthesis<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Image databases<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Content based image retrieval<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Pattern analysis and recognition<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Shape matching<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Learning and classification<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Colour Imaging<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Multispectral processing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Stereoscopic and 3D processing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* 3D Object Extraction<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Surface reconstruction<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Geometric algorithms<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Computational geometry<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Signal processing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Theory and Methods<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Gibbs models and MRFS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Digital Filters and Filter Banks design<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Wavelets and Multirate Signal Processing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Spectral analysis<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Time frequency signal analysis<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Nonlinear and Multidimensional Signal Processing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Variational formulations<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* PDE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Radar, sonar<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Antennas<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Mobile Signal Processing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Fast algorithms<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Real time signal processing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Signal noise control<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Applications<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Archiving<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Digital video broadcasting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Biomedical Imaging<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Nuclear Xray, and magnetic resonance imaging<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Tomographic imaging<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Remote Sensing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Document Image Processing and Analysis<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Astronomy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Geosciences and environment<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Artificial intelligence applications<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Neural networks applications<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Fuzzy logic applications<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Biometrics and Applications<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Image/Video Coding and Authentication<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Coding standards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Image and video over networks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Error resilience<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Video processing and streaming<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Motion detection and estimation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Object tracking<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Image sequence processing and analysis<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Multimedia processing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Video streaming<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Watermark Embedding and Detection<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Reliable Watermark Recovery<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Stochastic Aspects of Data Hiding<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>==== Submission and publication ====<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The conference will include keynote addresses, tutorials, and regular and workshop sessions. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>SITIS'12 invites submission of high quality and original papers on the topics listed above. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Papers must be up to 8 pages and follow IEEE double columns publication format. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers for technical merit, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>originality, significance and relevance to track topics.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings and published by <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>IEEE Computer Society and referenced in IEEE explore and major indexes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>SITIS'12 online submission system:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sitis2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>==== Important Dates ====<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Submission: September 03, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Review notification: September 25, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Final submission: October 07, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Author registration: October 15, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>==== Program Committee ====<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>General Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Ernesto Damiani, University of Milan, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Program Chair<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Giuseppe De Pietro, ICAR-CNR, Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Track Chairs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Bruno Apolloni, University of Milan, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Albert Dipanda, University of Burgundy, France<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Local Organizing Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Luigi Gallo, ICAR-CNR, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Marco Anisetti, University of Milan, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Valerio Bellandi, University of Milan, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Fulvio Frati, University of Milan, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>==== Contact ====<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p 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