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SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENSION: September 23, 2017 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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 Social Networks, Large Networks and their Applications (SLNA),
The focus of the “Social Networks, Large Networks and their Applications” (SLNA) track is on emerging and novel concepts, architectures and methodologies for social networks analysis, tools and applications, including issues related to complex graphs, semantics, big data, and security.

Topics of interest: for track SLNA
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Social Network Analysis - methods, algorithms, processes
Social analytic tools
Approaches based on Semantic Web Technologies
Ontologies for managing social networks
Social Networks and Security
User-centric applications
Large networks
Internet of People
Internet of Things …

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: August 27, 2017
Acceptance/Reject notification: October 3, 2017
Camera-ready: October 17, 2017
Author Registration: October 19, 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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