The 13th International Conference on Signal Processing and Multimedia Applications – SIGMAP 2016

Venue:
Lisbon, Portugal

Event Date
26-28 July, 2016


Regular Papers
Paper Submission: March 1, 2016
Authors Notification: May 18, 2016
Camera Ready and Registration: June 2, 2016

Position Papers
Paper Submission: April 13, 2016
Authors Notification: May 18, 2016
Camera Ready and Registration: June 2, 2016

Workshops
Workshop Proposal: April 14, 2016

Doctoral Consortium
Paper Submission: May 20, 2016
Authors Notification: May 30, 2016
Camera Ready and Registration: June 9, 2016

Special Sessions
Special Session Proposal: May 3, 2016

Tutorials
Tutorial Proposal: June 30, 2016

Demos
Demo Proposal: June 30, 2016

Panels
Panel Proposal: June 30, 2016


The purpose of SIGMAP 2016, 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.

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
4. NEW RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENTS IN MULTIMEDIA

AREA 1: MULTIMEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS
• Digital Audio and Video Broadcasting
• Interactive Multimedia: Games and Digital Television
• Mobile Multimedia
• Multimedia Devices
• Multimedia Security and Cryptography
• Performance Measurement and Evaluation, QoS
AREA 2: MULTIMEDIA SIGNAL PROCESSING
• Biometrics and Pattern Recognition
• Education in Signal Processing
• Image and Video Processing, Compression and Segmentation
• Multidimensional Signal Processing
• Multimodal Signal Processing
• Neural Networks, Spiking Systems, Genetic Algorithms and Fuzzy Logic
• Perceptual/Human Audiovisual System Modeling
• Sensors and Multimedia
AREA 3: MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS
• 3D Virtual Environments and Surveillance Applications
• Audio and Video Quality Assessment
• Authentication and Watermarking
• Biomedical Applications
• Design and Implementation of Signal Processing Systems
• Human-Machine Interface
• Multimedia Databases, Indexing, Recognition and Retrieval
• Semantic Analysis of Multimedia Data
AREA 4: NEW RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENTS IN MULTIMEDIA
• Indexing of Large-Scale Multimedia Signals
• Multimedia and Big Data
• Multimedia and Cloud Computing
• Multimedia Applications in Cloud Computing
• Multimedia in Economics, Finance, Business Analytics
• Multimedia Security and Privacy in Cloud computing and Social Networking
• Multimedia Security, Forensic, Privacy for Big Data
• Privacy‐preserving Multimedia Fusion and Analytics
• Secure Multimedia Transmission
• Secure Multi-party Computation for Big Multimedia
SIGMAP is part of ICETE, the 13th International Joint Conference on e-Business and Telecommunications.

ICETE 2016 will be held in conjunction with PECCS 2016 and PhyCS 2016.

ICETE KEYNOTE LECTURES
Hamid Aghvami, King's College London, United Kingdom
Giuseppe Bianchi, University of Roma Tor Vergata, Italy
Anastasios Economides, University of Macedonia, Greece
Erina Ferro, CNR-ISTI, Italy
Mateo Valero, Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain

ICETE CONFERENCE CHAIR
Mohammad S. Obaidat, Fordham University, United States

PROGRAM CHAIR
Enrique Cabello, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
http://www.sigmap.icete.org/ProgramCommittee.aspx

SIGMAP Secretariat
Address: Av. D. Manuel I, 27A, 2º esq.
2910-595 Setúbal - Portugal
Tel.: +351 265 520 185
Fax: +351 265 520 186
e-mail: sigmap.secretariat@insticc.org
Web: http://www.sigmap.icete.org/