SCOPE
The purpose of SIGMAP 2014, the International Conference on Signal Processing and Multimedia Applications, is to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested on information systems and applications in the context of Signal Processing, including theory and practice in the field of telecommunications, image, video, audio, biometrics, etc., and Multimedia Applications related to representation, storage, authentication and communication of multimedia information.

The signal processing field, when combined with multimedia information encompasses a large number of research topics and emerging applications. A list of relevant topics is provided below, though many other topics could be listed.

Ideas on how to analyse and apply signal processing techniques to solve problems involving multimedia information and technology, either in the scope of R&D projects, engineering or business applications, are welcome. Papers describing new methods or technologies, advanced prototypes, systems, tools and techniques and general survey papers indicating future directions are also encouraged.

Papers describing original work are invited in any of the areas listed below. Accepted papers, presented at the conference by one of the authors, will be published in the Proceedings of SIGMAP, with an ISBN. Acceptance will be based on quality, relevance and originality. Both full research reports and work-in-progress reports are welcome. There will be both oral and poster sessions.

The best papers will be selected to appear either in an international journal or in a book to be published by Springer-Verlag.

Special sessions, case-studies and tutorials dedicated to technical/scientific topics related to the main conference are also envisaged: researchers interested in organizing a special session, companies interested in presenting their products/technology or researchers interested in holding a tutorial are invited to contact the conference secretariat.


CONFERENCE AREAS
Each of these topic areas is expanded below but the sub-topics list is not exhaustive. Papers may address one or more of the listed sub-topics, although authors should not feel limited by them. Unlisted but related sub-topics are also acceptable, provided they fit in one of the following main topic areas:

1. MULTIMEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS
2. MULTIMEDIA SIGNAL PROCESSING
3. MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS


AREA 1: MULTIMEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS

MPEG Standards and related issues
Digital Audio and Video Broadcasting
Architecture and Protocols
Interactive Multimedia: Games and Digital Television
Mobile Multimedia (GSM, GPRS, RF, Wi-Fi,…)
Multimedia Devices
Multimedia Security and Cryptography
Performance Measurement and Evaluation, QoS.
AREA 2: MULTIMEDIA SIGNAL PROCESSING

Multidimensional Signal Processing
Multimodal Signal Processing
Biometrics and Pattern Recognition
Education in Signal Processing
Image and Video Processing, Compression and Segmentation
Neural Networks, Spiking Systems, Genetic Algorithms and Fuzzy Logic
Perceptual/Human Audiovisual System Modeling
Sensors and Multimedia
AREA 3: MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS

Authentication and Watermarking
Distributed Multimedia Systems
Audio and Video Quality Assessment
Multimedia Databases, Indexing, Recognition and Retrieval
E-Learning, E-Commerce and E-Society Applications
Human-Machine Interface
Design and Implementation of Signal Processing Systems
Multimedia Authoring, Editing and Sharing
Semantic Analysis of Multimedia Data
3D Virtual Environments and Surveillance Applications
Biomedical Applications
Location Based Applications


PAPER SUBMISSION
Authors should submit a paper in English, carefully checked for correct grammar and spelling, addressing one or several of the conference areas or topics. Each paper should clearly indicate the nature of its technical/scientific contribution, and the problems, domains or environments to which it is applicable. To facilitate the double-blind paper evaluation method, authors are kindly requested to produce and provide the paper WITHOUT any reference to any of the authors, including the authors’ personal details, the acknowledgments section of the paper and any other reference that may disclose the authors’ identity.

Only original papers should be submitted. Authors are advised to read INSTICC's ethical norms regarding plagiarism and self-plagiarism thoroughly before submitting and must make sure that their submissions do not substantially overlap work which has been published elsewhere or simultaneously submitted to a journal or another conference with proceedings. Papers that contain any form of plagiarism will be rejected without reviews.

Authors can submit their work in the form of a Regular Paper, representing completed and validated research, or as a Position Paper, portraying a short report of work in progress or an arguable opinion about an issue discussing ideas, facts, situations, methods, procedures or results of scientific research focused on one of the conference topic areas. All papers must be submitted through the online submission platform PRIMORIS and should follow the instructions and templates that can be found under Guidelines and Templates. After the paper submission has been successfully completed, authors will receive an automatic confirmation e-mail.

PUBLICATIONS
All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, on paper and on CD-ROM support.
SCITEPRESS is member of CrossRef (http://www.crossref.org/).
All papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the SCITEPRESS Digital Library.
The proceedings will be submitted for indexation by Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index (ISI), INSPEC, DBLP, EI (Elsevier Index) and Scopus.

IMPORTANT DATES
Conference Date: 2 - 5 September, 2014
Regular Papers
Paper Submission: April 15, 2014
Authors Notification: June 16, 2014
Camera Ready and Registration: June 30, 2014

Position Papers
Paper Submission: May 23, 2014
Authors Notification: June 27, 2014
Camera Ready and Registration: July 9, 2014

SECRETARIAT
SIGMAP Secretariat
Address: Av. D. Manuel I, 27A, 2º esq.
2910-595 Setubal - Portugal
Tel.: +351 265 520 185
Fax: +44 203 014 8813
e-mail: sigmap.secretariat@insticc.org
Web: http://www.sigmap.icete.org/

VENUE
The conference will take place at the Vienna University of Technology (in German Technische Universität Wien).
For nearly 200 years the Vienna University of Technology has been considered Austria’s largest scientific research and educational institution, as well as one of the most successful technical universities in Europe.