– Sensors for environmental monitoring;
– Submarine robotics (AUV—autonomous underwater vehicles, ROV—remotely operated vehicles, etc.);
– Monitoring of sea geomorphology, maritime activities, and navigation using remote sensors (radar/optical/satellite instruments) mounted on satellites, coastal structures, flying platforms (aircraft–helicopters), and ships;
– Coastal oceanography, for the measurement of wave motion and coastal erosion and related sensors;
– Development of imaging techniques for underwater mapping, underwater archaeology, submarine research, and structural monitoring and inspections;
– Development of mathematical, hydro fluid dynamic models for oceanography and related sensors;
– Physical oceanographic and submarine geophysics;
– Marine biology and aquaculture;
– Marine meteorology and study of the sea–atmosphere interface;
– Climate changes and related monitoring;
– Study of the anthropic impact on the marine environment.
This relation derives from an approach that moves from so-called ocean engineering (the study of applied engineering techniques to the scientific disciplines inherent in seas and oceans) towards ICT requirements.
In our case, this Special Issue intends to investigate the reverse path, i.e., to exploit the techniques and the ICT approaches, and in particular the study and application of signal- and image-based methods, and to explore the advantages of their application to the areas mentioned above.
In particular, this Special Issue seeks original contributions that address and discuss the impact and relevance of signals and images treatment and processing in R&D areas such as:
– Oceanographic engineering;
– Sensor and marine monitoring;
– Marine robotics;
– Optical and acoustic image analysis;
– Virtual and augmented reality for sea investigation;
– Human–sea interaction.
In addition to the abovementioned topics, innovative and breakthrough contributions based on the convergence of signal and image processing, analysis, and understanding in any challenging sea application are welcome.
design competition, 2020 IEEE/ASME AIM, July 6-10, 2020, Boston
December 12th, 2019 
Daniela Lopez de Luise Call for Participation: Student Design Competition
2020 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics
July 6-10, 2020, Boston, MA, USA
The 2020 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM 2020) invites undergraduate students to participate in the mechatronic systems design competition in July 2020 in Boston, MA, USA. We seek undergraduate student teams from different scientific disciplines and of various backgrounds to propose and demonstrate creative solutions to a specified real-life problem related to mechatronic systems and engineering. The purpose of the competition is to foster educational and research interest in mechatronics, create a forum for students to share their innovative ideas, and provide the mechatronics community with new perspectives on design and fabrication.
Topics: A general submission track and a special track will be organized in the competition. Separate awards will be setup for each track. However, the teams who participate in the special track are eligible for the awards in both tracks.
General Submission: We seek novel solutions that incorporate cutting edge technologies and take advantage of the considerable advances in mechatronics research. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: intelligent systems, control systems, cyber-physical systems, micro-electro-mechanical systems, human-machine interfaces, robotics, smart materials and structures, etc.
Special Track on Networked Computing Infrastructure: This track looks for innovative projects in the areas of computing, control, and communications for ground or air mobile platforms or edge applications. Teams must use Jetson TX2 embedded systems platform to develop solutions. Hardware and software technical support can be provided by the organizers if needed under the support of the Networked Airborne Computing team funded by US National Science Foundation through awards 1730675, 1730589, 1730570 and 1730325. Please see the link for more information: http://www.uta.edu/utari/research/robotics/airborne/index.php.
Competition Guidelines:
· Procedure: Teams are required to submit the project description (i.e., project title, abstract, team members, and advisor(s)). The ones accepted for the competition will be notified. The teams should design, build, and document their projects before AIM 2020 conference. During the conference, a poster/demonstration session will be held where the students present their projects. Teams are encouraged to bring the prototypes or demonstration videos of their projects.
· Participants: The competition is open to undergraduate students only. Each team should consist of no more than four members.
· Registration: At least one team member must register the AIM 2020 conference to participate in the competition.
Timeline: All submissions are through https://ras.papercept.net/conferences/scripts/start.pl. To be considered for the special track, please select the special track in the submission webpage.
Project Description Submission: March 1, 2020
Notice of Acceptance: March 15, 2020
Advance Registration: June 1, 2020
Organizers:
Dr. Hao Liu, Zhejiang University, China; hliu2000@zju.edu.cn
Dr. Xi Gu, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA; xi.gu@rutgers.edu
Dr. Yan Wan, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA; yan.wan@uta.edu
Invitation to contribute to the special issue “Advances in Mobile Mapping Technologies” in Remote Sensing [ISSN 2072-4292, IF 4.118]
December 12th, 2019 Daniela Lopez de Luise
Dear Colleagues,
We would like to invite you to contribute to the upcoming Special Issue of Remote Sensing on the topic "Advances in Mobile Mapping Technologies"!
We would like to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue of Remote Sensing by submitting original manuscripts, experimental work, and/or reviews in the field of Advances in Mobile Mapping Technologies. Open data, open source, and open hardware contributions are especially welcomed. Contributions may be from, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Novel multi-sensor fusion techniques
- System design and development
- Multispectral implementations and advances
- Robust calibration techniques
- New open data sets
- Improvements in positioning, including seamless indoor-outdoor 3D mapping
- Low-cost solutions
- Novel application cases in different challenging environments, e.g., indoor, urban, forest, underground, maritime, and underwater
- Solutions that generalize for different environments
- Simultaneous localization and mapping
- Point cloud processing
- Machine learning
- Deep learning
- Accuracy, precision, and quality assessment
- Autonomous navigation
- Post-disaster assessment
All submissions will undergo anonymous review to guarantee high scientific quality and relevance to the subject. Deadline for manuscript submissions is 31 October 2020. For more details, please visit
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/remotesensing/special_issues/RS_mobile_mapping
Please feel free to further distribute this invitation to potentially interested colleagues!
Yours sincerely,
The Guest Editors
Prof. Dr. Ville Lehtola
Prof. Dr. Andreas Nüchter
Prof. Dr. François Goulette
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Ville Lehtola
Assistant Professor
+31534898190 (tel)
+31639039933 (mob)
Indoor and Mobile mapping
University of Twente
ITC (building no. 75), room 2-042
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for papers – International Joint Conference on Biometrics 2020
December 12th, 2019 Daniela Lopez de Luise **************************************************************************
CALL FOR PAPERS
International Joint Conference on Biometrics (IJCB 2020)
Houston, USA
September 27-30, 2020
http://ieee-biometrics.org/ijcb2020/
** IJCB 2020 introduces a two-round paper submission procedure **
Paper submission first round: December 15, 2019
Paper submission second round: April 6, 2020
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The 2020 International Joint Conference on Biometrics (IJCB 2020)
combines two major biometrics research conferences, the Biometrics
Theory, Applications and Systems (BTAS) conference and the International
Conference on Biometrics (ICB). The blending of these two conferences in
2020 is through a special agreement between the IEEE Biometrics Council
and the IAPR TC-4, and should present an exciting event for the entire
worldwide biometrics research community.
** TOPICS OF INTEREST **
** Biometrics **
+ Physiological and Behavioral Biometrics
+ Identity Management
+ Person Re-identification
+ Social Biometrics
+ Soft biometrics
+ Multimodal Biometrics
+ Novel biometrics applications
+ Deep learning methods in biometrics
+ Mobile biometrics
+ Continuous authentication
** Security **
+ Device Identification
+ Privacy of Personal Identification Data
+ Privacy-preserving Computing
+ Usable Privacy and Security
+ Presentation attacks
+ Blockchain and biometrics
+ Adversarial learning
+ Presentation Attacks and Countermeasures
+ Biometric Template Protection
** Behavior Analysis **
+ Human Behavior Analysis
+ Behavior Modeling
+ Modeling the Interplay of Behavioral Modalities with Applications in
Biometrics and Security
** Forensics **
+ Surveillance
+ Pattern and Impression matching
+ Applications of Biometrics in Forensics & Law Enforcement
+ Deep learning for forensics
** SUBMISSION **
Paper submissions may be up to eight pages with additional pages of
references in IEEE conference format. Papers longer than six pages will
be subject to a page fee for the additional pages (two max). The
additional pages for the references do not incur any extra costs.
Submissions to IJCB 2020 should represent original research work that is
not under review elsewhere. All submissions will be rigorously reviewed
and should clearly demonstrate improvements over the existing state of
the art. Papers accepted and presented at IJCB 2020 will be available at
IEEE Xplore.
** JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUE **
A selection of the best reviewed papers from IJCB 2020 will be invited
to a special issue of the IEEE Transactions on Biometrics, Behavior and
Identity Science (TBIOM).
** IMPORTANT DATES **
IJCB 2020 introduces a two-round paper submission procedure. Details on
the submission are available on the conference website.
** First round submissions **
Paper submission: December 15, 2019
Decision to authors: February 11, 2020
Camera ready: March 9, 2020
** Second round submissions **
Paper submission: April 6, 2020
Decision to authors: June 9, 2020
Camera ready: July 6, 2020
Conference dates: September 27-30, 2020
Conference web-page: https://ieee-biometrics.org/ijcb2020
CFP for conference of Signal, image and Video Processing
December 12th, 2019 Daniela Lopez de Luise Dear Colleagues,
Download the PDF Call for Papers
The 5th International Conference on Advanced Technologies for Signal and Image Processing (ATSIP'2020) will be held in Sousse, Tunisia, on March 16-19, 2020 . ATSIP is a technical conference focused on signal processing and its applications. The conference will feature world-class speakers, tutorials, exhibits, and over 120 lecture and poster sessions. Topics include but are not limited to:
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SPECIAL SESSIONS
Besides regular sessions in the ATSIP'2020 Conference, special sessions are also an important part of the technical program, promoting the appropriate environment to foster discussion and collaboration on specific topics of interest.
- Modern Standard and Dialectal Arabic Speech Synthesis
- Gérard Chollet, CNRS-SAMOVAR, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France & Zied Lachiri , ENIT, Tunsia & Fathy Yassa, ,Speech Morphing Inc, USA
- Unconventional tools for smart signal and image processing: theory and Applications
- Nawres khalifa, ISTM, TUNISIA & Hassene seddik, ENSIT, TUNISIA
- Data and Information Quality
- Sonda AMMAR BOUHAMED, University of Sfax, Tunisia & Imen KHANFIR KALLEL, University of Sfax, Tunisia
- Medical application for doctor's assistance based EEG and EMG signals
- Hassene seddik, ENSIT, TUNISIA & Itaf Ben Slimen & Ayachi Monaam
PAPER SUBMISSION
Authors are invited to submit full-length papers of no more than six pages including results, figures and references. Papers will be accepted only by electronic submission through the conference web site:
Submissions must be original and should not have been published previously or be under consideration for publication while being evaluated for this conference.
Registered and Presented papers will be submitted for possible inclusion into IEEE Xplore as well as other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases.
IMPORTANT DATE
- Submission of Regular Papers………………: December 15 th, 2019
- Notification of Paper Acceptance……………: February 10th, 2020
- Revised Paper Upload Deadline……………: Februrary 15 th, 2020
- Author’s Registration Deadline………………: March 1st, 2020