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DEADLINE EXTENSION : SEPTEMBER 21, 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> CALL FOR PAPERS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> (Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP<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> Track Signal and Image Technologies (SIT) - SITIS 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> 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> November 25 - 29, 2012, SORRENTO Naples - Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> (Sponsored by IEEE, ACM, IFIP pending)<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>The SITIS conference is dedicated to research on the technologies used to represent, share and process <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>information in various forms, ranging from signal, image, and multimedia data to traditional structured <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>data and semi structured data found in the web. The track "Signal & Image Technologies" (SIT) focuses on <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>recent developments in 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 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><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=EN-US> </span><span lang=FR>Image segmentation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR> Image acquisition, manipulation and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR> </span><span lang=EN-US>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><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><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>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. SITIS’12 invites <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>submission of high quality and original papers on the topics listed above. All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>by at least two reviewers for technical merit, originality, significance and relevance to track topics. Papers must be up <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>to 8 pages and follow IEEE double columns publication format. Accepted papers will be included in the conference<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>proceedings and published by 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>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>* Paper Submission: September 21, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Acceptance/Reject notification: October 07, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Camera ready: October 15, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Author registration: October 20, 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>Track Chairs<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>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>General Chair<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ernesto Damiani, Universitā degli Studi di Milano, Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Program Chair<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-------------<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>Local Organization 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>Luigi Gallo, ICAR-CNR, Italy <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Marco Anisetti, Universitā degli Studi di Milano, Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Valerio Bellandi, Universitā degli Studi di Milano, Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fulvio Frati, Universitā degli Studi di Milano, Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>