<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div class="gmail-m_-2684441023739387034gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Final submission deadline: April 13<br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote" style="font-size:12.8px"><br><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div>* Time-constrained Signal, Image and Video Processing in Robotics *<br></div><div><br></div><div>SIGNAL 2017, May 21 - 25, 2017 - Barcelona, Spain</div><div>The Second International Conference on Advances in Signal, Image and Video Processing - from Sensing to Applications</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.iaria.org/conferences2017/SIGNAL17.html" target="_blank">http://www.iaria.org/conferenc<wbr>es2017/SIGNAL17.html</a><br><div><div><br></div><div>******************************<wbr>***********</div><span style="font-size:12.6667px;line-height:13.5533px">[Apologies for any cross-posting]</span><div><span style="font-size:12.6667px;line-height:13.5533px"><br></span></div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Dear Colleague,</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br>The Second International Conference on Advances in Signal, Image and Video Processing, SIGNAL 2017 (<a href="http://www.iaria.org/conferences2017/SIGNAL17.html" target="_blank">http://www.iaria.org/conferen<wbr>ces2017/SIGNAL17.html</a>) will take place next May in Barcelona, Spain <span style="font-size:12.8px">and will include several special sessions, namely one on Time-constrained Signal, Image and Video Processing in Robotics.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div>This thematic track will provide an opportunity to bring together researchers with interests in signal processing applied to robots and autonomous systems. This special session aims to receive contributions regarding innovative concepts, methodologies and techniques in the field of robotics, computer vision and signal processing, as well applications of these developments to solving practical problems.<br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><div><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:13.5533px;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal">As chair of that special session, I would like to invite </span>you to submit</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.8px"> papers </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:13.5533px;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">in the following and related areas:</span><br></div><div><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:13.5533px;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><br></span></div><div><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:13.5533px;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><div style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal"> * human-robot interaction</div><div style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal"> * localization, mapping and navigation</div><div style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal"> * vision based control</div><div style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal"> * object detection, segmentation and categorization</div><div style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal"> * semantic scene understanding and categorization</div><div style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal"> * robustness and generalization of algorithms to conditions and environments</div><div style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal"> * multimodal sensor fusion</div><div style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal"> * sensor calibration</div><div style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal"> * Signal Processing Architectures</div><div style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal"> * real-time and efficient solutions for applications</div><br style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal">*PRELIMINARY DATES*</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal"><br style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal">* Paper submission: 3</span><span class="gmail-m_-2684441023739387034gmail-m_6361501991946795578gmail-m_-3609916094888034454gmail-aBn" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal"><span class="gmail-m_-2684441023739387034gmail-m_6361501991946795578gmail-m_-3609916094888034454gmail-aQJ">rd January, 2017</span></span><br style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal">* Notification of acceptance: </span><span class="gmail-m_-2684441023739387034gmail-m_6361501991946795578gmail-m_-3609916094888034454gmail-aBn" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal"><span class="gmail-m_-2684441023739387034gmail-m_6361501991946795578gmail-m_-3609916094888034454gmail-aQJ">3rd March, 2017</span></span><br style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal">* Camera ready: </span><span class="gmail-m_-2684441023739387034gmail-m_6361501991946795578gmail-m_-3609916094888034454gmail-aBn" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal"><span class="gmail-m_-2684441023739387034gmail-m_6361501991946795578gmail-m_-3609916094888034454gmail-aQJ">9th April, 2017</span></span><br></span></div><div><span style="line-height:13.5533px"><span style="font-size:12.6667px"><br></span></span></div><div>* CONTRIBUTION TYPES *</div><div><br></div><div>* Regular papers [in the proceedings, digital library]</div><div>* Short papers (work in progress) [in the proceedings, digital library]</div><div>* Posters: two pages [in the proceedings, digital library]</div><div>* Posters: slide only [slide-deck posted on <a href="http://www.iaria.org/" target="_blank">www.iaria.org</a>]</div><div>* Presentations: slide only [slide-deck posted on <a href="http://www.iaria.org/" target="_blank">www.iaria.org</a>]</div><div>* Demos: two pages [posted on <a href="http://www.iaria.org/" target="_blank">www.iaria.org</a>]<span style="line-height:13.5533px"><span style="font-size:12.6667px"><br></span></span></div><div><br></div><div>* REVIEW PROCESS *<br><br>SIVPR welcomes the submission of application papers with preference to the topics listed in the call for papers. All submitted papers will undergo a thorough review process; each paper will be refereed by at least three experts in the field based on relevance, originality, significance, quality and clarity.<br><br>The papers must consist of original, relevant and previously unpublished sound research results related to any of the topics of the conference<br><br>* PUBLICATION *<br><br></div><div>* See: <a href="http://www.iaria.org/format.html" target="_blank">http://www.iaria.org/format.ht<wbr>ml</a><br></div><div>* Before submission, please check and comply with the editorial rules: <a href="http://www.iaria.org/editorialrules.html" target="_blank">http://www.iaria.org/editorial<wbr>rules.html</a></div><div>* Submission site: <a href="http://www.iariasubmit.org/conferences/submit/newcontribution.php?event=SIGNAL+2017+Special" target="_blank">www.iariasubmit.org/conference<wbr>s/submit/newcontribution.php?<wbr>event=SIGNAL+2017+Special</a><br><br>* SPECIAL ISSUES *<br><br>Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions to one of the IARIA Journals: <a href="http://www.iariajournals.org/" target="_blank">http://www.iariajournals.org</a></div><div>Print proceedings will be available via Curran Associates, Inc.: <a href="http://www.proceedings.com/9769.html" target="_blank">http://www.proceedings.com/976<wbr>9.html</a><br></div><div>Articles will be archived in the free access ThinkMind Digital Library: <a href="http://www.thinkmind.org/" target="_blank">http://www.thinkmind.org</a><br></div></div><div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Best Regards,</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Antonio Neves</span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div></div></div></div></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>-- --<br>António J. R. Neves, Ph.D.<br>Assistant Professor<br>DETI / IEETA, University of Aveiro, Portugal<br></div><div><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajrneves/" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajrneves/</a><br></div><div><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B8YcFa3wS48hbG8tNUh6VHlFWHFTQ0JBYmlMQWJHckoxNnQ4&export=download"><br></div></div></div></div>
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