47th Annual Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers

Asilomar Hotel and Conference Grounds
Pacific Grove, California
November 3-6, 2013

Authors are invited to submit papers before May 1st, 2013, in the following areas:
A. Communications Systems:
1. Modulation and Detection,
2. Coding and Decoding,
3. OFDM/Multicarrier,
4. Cognitive Radio,
5. Game Theory in Communications,
6. Physical Security,
7. 60 HGz,
8. Underwater Communications,
9. DSL and Wireline Technologies,
10. Optical Communications,
11. Wireless Video,
12. Future Trends

B. MIMO Communications and Signal Processing:
1. Space-Time Coding and Decoding,
2. Channel Estimation and Equalization,
3. Multiuser and Massive MIMO,
4. Cooperation,
5. Relaying,
6. Limited Feedback,
7. Interference Management

C. Networks:
1. Ad Hoc Networks,
2. Wireless Sensor Networks,
3. Network Information Theory,
4. Cooperative Diversity,
5. Optimization,
6. Heterogeneous Networks,
7. Cognitive/Adaptive Networks,
8. Social Networks,
9. Distributed Algorithms,
10. Security

D. Signal Processing and Adaptive Systems:
1. Compressive Sensing,
2. Machine Learning & Statistical Signal Processing,
3. Information Theoretic & Cognitive Signal Processing,
4. Adaptive Filtering,
5. Adaptive Sensing,
6. Fast Algorithms

E. Array Signal Processing:
1. Source Localization,
2. Source Separation,
3. Adaptive Beamforming
4. Robust Methods
5. Computational Aspects,
6. Applications (Sonar, Radar, Microphone arrays, etc.)

F. Biomedical Signal and Image Processing:
1. Medical Image Analysis,
2. Imaging Modalities,
3. Advances in Medical Imaging,
4. Biomedical Signal Processing,
5. Biomedical Applications,
6. Bioinformatics,
7. Image Registration and Multimodal Imaging,
8. Image Reconstruction,
9. Computer Aided Diagnosis,
10. Functional Imaging,
11. Visualization

G. Architecture and Implementation:
1. Energy Efficient Design,
2. High-Speed Computer Arithmetic,
3. Reconfigurable Signal Processing,
4. Multicore, Manycore and Distributed Systems,
5. Algorithm and Architecture Co-optimization,
6. System-Level Representation and Synthesis,
7. Cyber-Physical System Prototypes/Testbeds

H. Speech, Image and Video Processing:
1. Speech Processing,
2. Speech Coding,
3. Speech Recognition,
4. Narrowband/Wideband Speech and Audio Coding,
5. Document Processing,
6. Models for Signal and Image Processing,
7. Image and Video Coding,
8. Image and Video Segmentation,
9. Image and Video Analysis,
10. Image/Video Security, Retrieval and Watermarking,
11. Image and Video Enhancement/Filtering,
12. Biometrics and Security,
13. Wavelets

Submissions should include a 50 to 100 word abstract and an extended summary (500 to 1000 words, plus figures). Submissions must include the title of the paper, each author's name and affiliation, and the technical area(s) in which the paper falls with number(s) from the above list. Check the conference website (www.asilomarssc.org) for specific information on the electronic submission process. Submissions will be accepted starting February 1, 2013. No more than FOUR submissions are allowed per contributor, as author or co-author. All submissions must be received by May 1st, 2013. Notifications of acceptance will be mailed by mid July 2013, and author information
will be available on the conference website by late July 2013. Full papers will be due shortly after the conference and published in early 2014. All technical questions should be directed to the Technical Program Chair, Dr. Philip Schniter, e-mail schniter@ece.osu.edu or the General Chair, Dr. Robert W. Heath Jr., email rheath@ece.utexas.edu. Prospective organizers of special sessions are invited to submit proposals to schniter@ece.osu.edu or rheath@ece.utexas.edu by January 15, 2013. Proposals must include a topical title, rationale, session outline, contact information, and a description of how the session will be organized.

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
General Chair: Robert W. Heath Jr., The University of Texas at Austin
Technical Program Chair: Philip Schniter, The Ohio State University
Conference Coordinator: Monique P. Fargues, Naval Postgraduate School
Publication Chair: Michael Matthews, ATK Space Systems
Publicity Chair: Linda S. DeBrunner, Florida State University
Finance Chair: Frank Kragh, Naval Postgraduate School

The site for the 2013 Conference is at the Asilomar Conference Grounds, in Pacific Grove, CA. The grounds border the Pacific Ocean and are close to Monterey, Carmel, and the scenic Seventeen Mile Drive in Pebble Beach.
The Conference is organized in cooperation with ATK Space Systems, Monterey, CA. The IEEE Signal Processing Society is a technical co-sponsor of the conference.