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The 13th International Conference on SIGNAL IMAGE TECHNOLOGY &
INTERNET BASED SYSTEMS (SITIS-2017)
Jaipur, India, 04 December – 07 December 2017
http://www.sitis-conf.org/

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 spans two inter-related research domains that increasingly play a key role in connecting systems across network centric environments to allow distributed computing and information sharing. SITIS 2017 aims to provide a forum for high quality presentations on research activities centered on four main tracks:

**** Track on Signal Image & Vision Technologies (SIVT)
The focus of the "Signal Image & Vision Technologies" (SIVT) track is on recent developments in digital signal processing and pays particular attention to evolutions in audiovisual signal processing, analysis, coding and authentication, and retrieval techniques.

Topics of interest for track SIVT
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Image acquisition, vision
Image acquisition devices and sensors
Device calibration, characterization and modeling
Image and video coding and compression
Multimodal and multi-sensor models
Image processing and analysis
Image filtering, restoration, enhancement
Computational geometry
Signal processing
Wavelets and multirate signal processing
Spectral analysis
Remote sensing
Document image processing and analysis
Image/video coding and authentication

**** Track on Multimedia Information Retrieval and Application (MIRA),
The focus of the “Multimedia Information Retrieval and Application” (MIRA) track is on emerging modeling, representation and retrieval techniques that take into account the amount, type and diversity of multimedia information accessible in distributed computing environment.

Topics of interest for track MIRA:
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Multimedia Analysis and Processing
Multimedia content analysis
Content-based analysis for (big) multimedia data
Multimedia data modeling and visualization
Multimedia coding, compression, and processing
Multimedia Application for Information Retrieval
Retrieval and annotation of big multimedia data
Multimedia networking and communication
Location based multimedia information retrieval
Multimedia Systems and Services
Multimedia systems, services, architecture and implementations
Distributed multimedia systems
Multimedia benchmarks, evaluation protocols and standards
Multimedia security, rights management and forensics
Social networks, social media and Crowdsourcing

**** Track on Intelligent Web Computing and Applications (I-WeCA),
The focus of the “Intelligent Web Computing and Applications” (I-WeCA) track is on emerging and novel concepts, architectures and methodologies for information management, including the semantic web, big data, and cloud computing. Finally, social networks have grown rapidly in size and have witnessed a popular expansion to reach billions of users, providing a suitable space for sharing data, interacting with other users and forming communities with common interests.

Topics of interest for track I-WeCA:
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Data Semantics and Web-Centric Systems
Ontologies and Conceptual Data Modeling
Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
Web Information Retrieval
Web Tools and Languages
Semantic Technologies for Mobile Platforms
Big Data Management and Analytics
Service-based Computing
Data and Knowledge as a Services
Web Services, Mobile services, and Service Computing
Software Architecture and Middleware
Security, Privacy, and Trust
Semantic and Intelligent Services
Service Discovery, Selection, and Recommendation
Service Composition and Service-based data Integration

**** Track on Large, Heterogeneous Networks and their Applications (LHNA)
Watching streaming videos, uploading pictures and using cloud-based services will make high demands on mobile networks. At the same time more devices will be connected. Heterogeneous Networks, involving a mix of radio technologies and cell types working together seamlessly, will play an important role to service data hungry smartphones, especially in crowded areas.
The "Large, Heterogenous Networks and their Applications" (LHNA) track aims at promoting original and unpublished research works covering emerging and novel concepts, technologies, applications for categories related to large and heterogeneous networks. This includes issues related to radio (4/5G) and large wireless networks, traffic management, complex graphs, semantic Web, Big Data, and network security.

Topics of interest for track LHNA
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Large Network Analysis - methods, algorithms, processes, analytic tools
Graph processing / manipulation
Usage / implementation of Big Data algorithms
Avoiding fragmentation of the network graph
Dynamics and evolution patterns of social networks, trend prediction
Information broadcasting in Social Networks

Social analytic tools
Approaches based on Semantic Web Technologies
Ontologies for managing social networks
Social networks and cultural information
Social Network Analysis of Terrorist Networks
Cyber surveillance for unlawful activities for critical infrastructure protection
Participatory surveillance

Large/Heterogeneous Networks Security, privacy, trust and ethics
Privacy-preserving (social) network Analysis
Network Analysis for security applications
Network-based security measures and controls
Network Analysis for identifying and assessing cyber risks
Information security measures and controls, to help in identifying and assessing cyber risks

Architectures and methods for large/heterogeneous network management
Traffic management
Self-optimizing approaches
Self-configuration approaches
Cell coordination
Communities discovery and analysis in large scale online and offline social networks
Traffic prediction for dimensioning multimedia applications
Frameworks and Methodologies for large scale Collaboration
Social media search and management in large scale environments
Collective Awareness Platforms for Social (CAPS) and business innovation

Applications of large/heterogeneous networks:
Human-centric Computing and Cyber-Physical Systems
Internet of People
Internet of Things
Social Computing and Social Internet of Things
Mobile Network and Behavior Analysis
Internet of Sensing, Thinking and Creation
Internet of Swarm Intelligence and Games
Context-aware service discovery and recommendation
Ontologies for managing social/large networks
Large Scale Ontologies Matching and Mapping
Crowd Sensing, Sourcing, Intelligence and Wisdom
Biometric Sensors and Identifications
Brain Information Sensing and Processing
Brain-Computer Interface/Brain-Machine Interface
Internet of Brains and Lives
Wearable Computing and Implant Technology
Personal/Body Network and Near Field Communication
Affective Computing, Ubiquitous Social Computing
Smart Healthcare
Deep Learning for IoS and Urban Computing

More tracks and conference details can be found on the following web site: http://www.sitis-conf.org

Important dates
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Submission deadline: !!!! September 23, 2017 !!!!!!
Acceptance/Reject notification: October 21, 2017
Camera-ready: October 30, 2017
Author Registration: October 31, 2017

Submission and publication
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Papers must be up to 8 pages and follow IEEE double-column format. All papers accepted for presentation at the main tracks and workshops will be included in the conference proceedings, which will be published by IEEE Computer Society and referenced in IEEE Xplore Digital Library, DBLP and major indexes. Extended version of selected accepted papers will be considered for publication in major journals.

Submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least 3 peer reviewers. Papers will be evaluated based on relevance, significance, impact, originality, technical soundness, and quality of presentation. At least one author should attend the conference to present an accepted paper. Paper submission will only be online via SITIS 2017 submission site:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sitis2017

Program Chair
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Neeta Nain, Malavuya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India

Workshops Program Chair
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Luigi Gallo, National Research Council, Italy

Track Chairs
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Richard Chbeir, University of Pau, France
Ernesto Damiani, Khalifa University & EBTIC (Abu Dhabi), University of Milan (Italy)
Albert Dipanda, University of Burgundy, France
Andrea Kutics, International Christian University, Japan
Neeta Nain, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India
Joe Tekli, Lebanese American University, Lebanon
Ana Roxin, University of Bourgogne, France
Kokou Yetongnon, University of Bourgogne, France

Local Organizing Committee Chairs
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Neeta Nain, MNIT Jaipur
Vijay Laxmi, MNIT Jaipur

Technical Program Committee (Please check the web site for the full list)
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