Apologies for any duplication of this announcement FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS: EC-VIP-MC 2003 ---> PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE: JANUARY 17, 2003 !!! FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS 4th EURASIP Conference focused on Video/Image Processing and Multimedia Communications http://www.vcl.fer.hr/ec2003/ 2-4 July 2003 Zagreb, Croatia The 4th EURASIP Conference focused on Video/Image Processing and Multimedia Communications (EC-VIP-MC) will be held at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Croatia, during 2-4 July 2003. The European Association for Speech, Signal and Image Processing (EURASIP) initiated this type of conference, in order to start a new tradition of conferences, each devoted to a specific area of discipline. The 2003 EURASIP Conference is the fourth biennial conference promoted by EURASIP and organised by Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Croatia. The first conference was organised in Prague, Czech Republic (1997), second in Krakow, Poland (1999), third in Budapest Hungary (2001). The aim of the EC-VIP-MC is to promote the interface of researchers involved in the development and application of methods and techniques within the framework of video/image processing and multimedia communications. The scientific program includes keynote and invited lectures by eminent international experts and contributed papers. Papers accepted by two independent reviewers will be published in Conference Proceedings available at the Conference and abstracted in the INSPEC database. TOPICS * Image and Video Processing * Image and Video Coding * Image Scanning, Display and Printing * Image and Video Indexing and Retrieval * Speech and Audio Processing * Watermarking and Encryption * Digital Signal Processing (DSP) * Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) * Video Streaming and Videoconferencing * Multimedia Signal Processing * Multimedia Databases * Multimedia and DTV Technologies * Multimedia Communications and Networking * Multimedia Human-Machine Interface and Interaction * Multimedia Applications * Standards and Related Issues KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Professor Touradj Ebrahimi, EPFL, Switzerland: Novel Frontiers in Multimedia Communications - New Media and Interfaces Professor Anthony G. Constantinides, Imperial College London, UK: On Contours, Corners and Cats: The Human Visual System and Image Processing Professor K. R. Rao, University of Texas at Arlington, USA: H.264/MPEG-4 Part 10 Advanced Video Coding INVITED LECTURE Professor Jiri Jan, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic: Signal and Image Data Processing in Ultrasonic Imaging SUBMISSION To submit a proposal, prepare a full camera-ready paper on six pages. "Instructions for Authors" are available on our web-site. Please send your submission electronically in PDF format to our e-mail address: vip@fer.hr IMPORTANT DATES Full camera-ready paper to be received by: January 17, 2003 Notification of acceptance mailed out by: February 07, 2003 Preliminary program available on the web-site by: February 17, 2003 Registration deadline: March 21, 2003 SOCIAL EVENTS (included in the registration fee!) * conference dinner * guided tour to National park "Plitvice Lakes" * guided Zagreb sightseeing SPONSORED BY EURASIP CO-SPONSORED BY IEEE Region 8 IEEE Croatia Section University of Zagreb GENERAL CHAIR Branka Zovko-Cihlar, University of Zagreb, Croatia PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS Sonja Grgic, University of Zagreb, Croatia Mislav Grgic, University of Zagreb, Croatia INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE List of the IPC members is available on the web. CONTACT INFORMATION Dr. Mislav Grgic EC-VIP-MC 2003 FER, Unska 3 / XII HR-10000 Zagreb CROATIA Telephone: + 385 1 6129 851 Facsimile: + 385 1 6129 717 E-mail: vip@fer.hr URL: http://www.vcl.fer.hr/ec2003/ PS: Feel free to distribute!