************************************************************************************
Technically co-sponsored by IEEE Region 8, EEE Austria Section, IEEE Czechoslovakia Section, IEEE Czechoslovakia Section SP/CAS/COM Joint Chapter, and IEEE Croatia Section Communications Chapter.

The TSP 2016 Proceedings, containing presented papers at the Conference, will be sent for indexing in the IEEE Xplore® digital library registered under IEEE Conference Record #38642, SCOPUS, Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of Thomson Reuters, DBLP, and Google Scholar databases.

Authors of the best rated and presented papers will be invited for publishing in special issues of international journals.
************************************************************************************

GENERAL INFORMATION:

You are kindly invited to participate in the 2016 39th International Conference on Telecommunications and Signal Processing (TSP - http://tsp.vutbr.cz/), which will be held on June 27-29, 2016, in Courtyard by Marriott Vienna Prater/Messe, Vienna, Austria.

The TSP Conference serves as a premier annual international forum to promote the exchange of the latest advances in telecommunication technology and signal processing. The aim of the Conference is to bring together both novice and experienced scientists, developers, and specialists, to meet new colleagues, collect new ideas, and establish new cooperation between research groups from universities, research centers, and private sectors from the whole Europe, America, Asia, Australia, and Africa.

TOPICS:

TSP 2016 has opened Call for Papers for Regular Full Paper Submissions (EXTENDED deadline set for March 1, 2016). We look forward to your innovative contributions in any of the following areas:

AREA 1: Telecommunications

1. Information Systems
2. Network Services
3. Network Technologies
4. Telecommunication Systems
5. Modelling, Simulation and Measurement

AREA 2: Signal Processing

6. Analog Signal Processing
7. Audio, Speech and Language Processing
8. Biomedical Signal Processing
9. Digital Signal Processing
10. Image and Video Signal Processing

For more details please visit the Conference website at http://tsp.vutbr.cz/?page_id=121.

SPECIAL SESSIONS:

The following Special Sessions will be organized:

Special Session 1: Fractional-Order Systems: Theory, Design and Applications
Special Session 2: Signal and Image Processing for Biometric Human Recognition: Theory, Methods, Applications and Systems
Special Session 3: Monitoring and Control Based on Image Processing
Special Session 4: Photonic Networks and Services: Theory, Design, Modeling, and Applications

STUDENT PAPER CONTEST:

In cooperation with IEEE Czechoslovakia Section CAS/COM/SP Joint Chapter, to recognize outstanding technical contributions by students, as evidenced by the quality of papers, their presentations, and their technical excellence, the authors of the Best 3 Student Papers will be awarded during the conference by the Technical Committee. The Best Student Paper Award consists in a Certificate and an IEEE Student or IEEE Graduate Student membership for 2017.

ORGANIZERS:

The TSP 2016 is IEEE technically co-sponsored Conference organized in cooperation with eleven universities:

- Department of Telecommunications, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic
- Department of Telecommunications and Media Informatics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Poland
- Department of Telecommunications, VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
- Institute of Telecommunications, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
- Laboratory for Telecommunications, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Department of Telecommunication Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
- Faculty of Telecommunications, Technical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
- Information Networking Laboratory, Graduate School and Faculty of Science and Technology, Seikei University, Tokyo, Japan

STEERING COMMITTEE:

- Ram M. Narayanan, The Pennsylvania State University, USA - Full Professor, IEEE Fellow
- Markus Rupp, Vienna University of Technology, Austria - Dean, IEEE Fellow
- Ismail Kaya, Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey, IEEE Member
- Sridhar Krishnan, Ryerson University, Canada - Associate Dean, IEEE Senior Member
- Mario Kušek, University of Zagreb, Croatia, IEEE Member - IEEE Croatia Section Communications Chapter Chair
- Shahram Minaei, Dogus University, Turkey - Full Professor, IEEE Senior Member
- Kimio Oguchi, Seikei University, Japan - Full Professor, IEEE Member
- Jakub Pęksiński, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Poland
- Hector Perez-Meana, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico - Full Professor, IEEE Senior Member
- Vladimir Poulkov, Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria - Dean, IEEE Senior Member
- Zdeněk Smékal, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic - Full Professor, IEEE Senior Member
- Attila Vidács, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary - Deputy Head of Department
- Miroslav Vozňák, VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic - Department Chair, IEEE Member
- Drago Žagar, University of Osijek, Croatia - Dean, IEEE Senior Member

IMPORTANT DATES:

Full Paper Submission: March 1, 2016 (Final Extension)
Notification of Paper Acceptance: April 5, 2016
Final Paper Submission: April 15, 2016
Authors' Early Registration and Payment: April 30, 2016
Authors' Late Registration and Payment: May 15, 2016
Listeners' Registration: June 27, 2016

CONTACTS:

For more information please visit the Conference website at http://tsp.vutbr.cz/. We are also ready to answer your questions emailed to tsp@feec.vutbr.cz.

Looking forward to meeting you in Vienna, Austria.

With best regards,

Norbert Herencsar and Karol Molnar
TSP 2016 Organizing Committee Members

Web: http://tsp.vutbr.cz/
E-mail: tsp@feec.vutbr.cz

Follow us on:
- Facebook https://www.facebook.com/tspconf
- Twitter https://twitter.com/TSPconf
===============================================================
Department of Telecommunications
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication
Brno University of Technology
Technicka 3082/12
616 00 Brno
Czech Republic