*** 2nd International Workshop on Signal Processing Techniques for Ground Penetrating Radar Applications (SPT4GPRA) ***
*** https://tsp.vutbr.cz/documents/TSP2020_CFP_WS1_v1.pdf ***

2020 43rd International Conference on Telecommunications and Signal Processing (TSP)
July 7-9, 2020, Milan, Italy
Web: http://tsp.vutbr.cz/

Full Paper Submissions: March 15, 2020 (extended deadline)

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Technical co-sponsors: IEEE Region 8 (Europe, Middle East and Africa), IEEE Italy Section, Italy Section SP Chapter, Italy Section VT/COM Joint Chapter, IEEE Czechoslovakia Section, IEEE Czechoslovakia Section SP/CAS/COM Joint Chapter, and Scientific Association for Infocommunications, a Sister Society of the IEEE and the IEEE Communications Society.

The TSP 2020 Proceedings, containing presented papers at the Conference, will be submitted for indexing to the IEEE Xplore® Digital Library - IEEE Conference Record #49548, SCOPUS, Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of Thomson Reuters, DBLP, and Google Scholar databases.

After the conference, authors of about 25% highest rated papers will also be invited to submit the extended version for publishing in Special Journal Issues (papers to be published after significant extension and new review process):

• Special Issue Selected Papers from the 2020 43rd International Conference on Telecommunications and Signal Processing (TSP) of an Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417), an international peer-reviewed open access journal on all aspects of applied natural sciences published by MDPI and indexed by Web of Science (2018 JCR Q3; current Impact Factor: 2.217)
• International Journal of Advances in Telecommunications, Electrotechnics, Signals and Systems (IJATES) (ISSN 1805-5443), indexed by Google Scholar, CrossRef, WorldCat, EZB Elektronischen Zeitschriftenbibliothek, and Directory of Open Access Journals
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GENERAL INFORMATION:

Over the past 20 years, the Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) technology has seen tremendous progress in a wide range of applications including, the development of new algorithms for data processing and interpretation. GPR applications are numerous and currently include, sedimentology, ground-water contamination, glaciology, archaeology and cultural-heritage management, civil and geotechnical engineering, highway and transport infrastructure, forestry, planetary exploration, demining amongst others. Wide applicability of GPR together with the recent advancements within the field, has made the GPR technology an area of endeavour with high reliability and trust. Within the framework of the 2020 43rd International Conference on Telecommunications and Signal Processing (TSP) held during July 7-9, 2020 in Milan, Italy, the main scope of this Workshop are to encourage the publication of vanguard and pioneering research-based investigations and also provide ample opportunity for further discussions in areas of high interest within the context of the GPR signal processing techniques and applications. Hence, papers with a focus on advanced GPR signal processing techniques in areas including, but not limited to, the civil and environmental engineering, geology, archaeology, cultural-heritage and forestry management are encouraged. The followings are the areas of interest and priority for this workshop:

• Non-linear GPR signal processing
• Signal processing for clutter reduction and increase of the SNR for GPR data
• GPR signal, inverse scattering and image processing techniques for data interpretation
• Velocity and attribute analysis
• Simplified electromagnetic models for real-time GPR signal processing
• Estimation of the electromagnetic properties of materials from radar signals
• Frequency dependent attenuation analysis
• Signal processing for the development of new algorithms and numerical models
• Ground Penetrating Radar signal processing applications

Review papers in the above outlined research area will be considered!

Keywords: GPR, resampling, deconvolution, band-pass filtering, SNR enhancement, EM noise, attenuation analysis, attribute analysis, migration.

For more details please visit the Conference website at https://tsp.vutbr.cz/?page_id=4461#WS1-20 .

EDITORIAL BOARD:

• Dr. Fabio Tosti — School of Computing and Engineering, University of West London (UWL), London, UK (Main Contact: Fabio.Tosti@uwl.ac.uk)
• Prof. Dr. Amir M. Alani — School of Computing and Engineering, University of West London (UWL), London, UK
• Prof. Dr. Evert Slob — Department of Geoscience and Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
• Dr. Francesco Soldovieri — Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment (IREA-CNR), National Research Council, Naples, Italy

STUDENT BEST PAPER AWARD:

In cooperation with IEEE Czechoslovakia Section SP/CAS/COM Joint Chapter, to recognize outstanding technical contributions by students, as evidenced by the quality of papers, their presentations, and their technical excellence, the authors of the Best 5 Student Papers will be awarded during the conference by the Technical Committee. The Best Student Paper Award consists in a Plaque and a Certificate of Appreciation.

TSP ORGANIZERS:

The TSP 2020 is IEEE technically co-sponsored Conference organized in cooperation with eighteen universities:

• Brno University of Technology, Department of Telecommunications, Brno, Czech Republic
• Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Telecommunications and Media Informatics, Budapest, Hungary
• Czech Technical University in Prague, Department of Telecommunication Engineering, Prague, Czech Republic
• Isik University, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Sile/Istanbul, Turkey
• Istanbul Technical University, Electronics and Communication Engineering Department, Istanbul, Turkey
• Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Information Technology Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
• Karadeniz Technical University, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Trabzon, Turkey
• National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan
• Seikei University, Graduate School and Faculty of Science and Technology, Information Networking Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan
• Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Institute of Multimedia Information and Communication Technologies, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
• Tecnocampus, Escola Universitaria Politecnica de Mataró, Mataró, Spain
• Technical University of Sofia, Faculty of Telecommunications, Sofia, Bulgaria
• Université Paris 8, UFR MITSIC, Laboratoire d'Informatique Avancée de Saint-Denis (LIASD), France
• University “Politehnica” of Bucharest, Center for Advanced Research on New Materials, Products and Innovative Processes (“CAMPUS”)
• University of Ljubljana, Laboratory for Telecommunications, Ljubljana, Slovenia
• University of Patras, Physics Department, Patras, Greece
• VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, Department of Telecommunications, Ostrava, Czech Republic
• West Pomeranian University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Szczecin, Poland

IMPORTANT DATES:

• Full Paper Submissions: March 15, 2020 (extended deadline)
• Notification of Paper Acceptance: April 15, 2020
• Final Paper Submission: April 30, 2020
• Authors' Early Registration and Payment: May 10, 2020
• Authors' Late Registration and Payment: May 20, 2020

CONTACTS:

Web: http://tsp.vutbr.cz/
E-mail: tsp@feec.vutbr.cz

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TSP Organizers reserve the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the Conference (e.g., non-indexing in IEEE Xplore® and other databases) if the paper is not presented at the Conference.
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