[sigCR] The 9th international conference SITIS-13 Apologies for multiple diffusion CALL FOR PAPERS

[SITIS'13]

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               The 9th International Conference on
    SIGNAL IMAGE TECHNOLOGY & INTERNET-BASED SYSTEMS (SITIS-13)
                   December 2 - 5, 2013
                   Kyoto Terrsa, Japan
                   http://www.sitis-conf.org/
                   
    In cooperation with 
    ACM SIGAPP French Chapter and
    IEEE Technical Committee on Multimedia Computing
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The SITIS conference is dedicated to research on the technologies used
to represent, share and process information in various forms, ranging
from signal, image, and multimedia data to traditional structured data
and semi-structured data found in the web.
SITIS 2013 aims to provide a forum for high quality presentations on
research activities centered on three main tracks:

****** Track on SIGNAL & IMAGE TECHNOLOGIES (SIT)
It focuses on recent developments in digital signal processing and pays 
particular attention to evolutions in audiovisual signal processing, 
analysis, coding and authentication, and retrieval techniques.
The track calls for research papers and reports directed at several
areas including:Image Processing and Analysis, Signal processing,
Image/Video Coding and Authentication, and Applications

****** TRACK on WEB COMPUTING AND APPLICATIONS (WeCA)"
It's focus is on emerging and novel concepts, architectures, technologies,
and methodologies for information management related to the Web and
cloud computing. In essence, the Web, with its different versions,
has created an interconnected world in which information can be
exchanged easily, tasks can be processed collaboratively, communities
of users with similarly interests can be formed to achieve efficiency
and improve performance, etc. Taking full advantage of these
interconnected environments to meet the ever increasing needs of
emerging applications requires solutions that address new issues
and challenges. The track calls for research papers and reports 
directed at several areas including: Data Semantics,Web-Centric Systems, 
Big Data, Information System Interoperability, Cloud, Cooperative 
information and Distributed Systems, and Information security

****** Track on MULTIMEDIA INFORMATION RETRIEVAL AND APPLICATION (MIRA)
It focuses on emerging modeling, representation and retrieval techniques
that take into account the amount, type and diversity of multimedia
information accessible in distributed computing environment. The internet, 
social networking, multimedia databases and management of multimedia
cultural collections have created the need for cross-fields models, 
paradigms and techniques for efficient modeling, management and
consumption of multimedia contents. The track calls for research 
papers and reports directed at several areas including Multimedia 
Query and Retrieval; Mobile and Location-Based Media, Social media 
and Social networking, Multimedia Security, and Multimedia Arts, 
Entertainment and Digital Culture.
	 
Submission and publication
The conference will include keynote addresses, tutorials, and regular
and workshop sessions. SITIS-13 invites submission of high quality and 
original papers on the topics listed above. All submitted papers will 
be peer-reviewed by at least three reviewers for technical merit, 
originality, significance and relevance to track topics. Papers must 
be up to 8 pages and follow IEEE double columns publication format. 
Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings and 
published by IEEE Computer Society and referenced in IEEE explore 
and major indexes. 

Journal special issue
Extended version of selected accepted papers will be considered for 
publication in a special issue of the journal: Multimedia Tools and 
Applications edited by Springer.

Important dates
* Paper Submission: September 8, 2013
* Acceptance/Reject notification: October 6, 2013
* Camera ready: October 13, 2013
* Author registration: October 20, 2013	

Committees
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General Chairs:
Setsuo Tsuruta, Tokyo Denki University,  Japan
Ernesto Damiani, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy

WeCA Track Chairs:
Kokou Yetongnon, University of Bourgogne, France
Richard Chbeir,  University of Pau, France

MIRA Track Chairs:
Shin'ichi Satoh, National Institute of Informatics, Japan
Yuichi Nakamura, Kyoto University, Japan

SIT Track Chairs:
Andrea Kutics, International Christian University, Japan
Albert Dipanda, University of Bourgogne, France 

More details about each track and detailed topics can be found on the 
conference website: http://www.sitis-conf.org/