****************************************************************** 3rd INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON VIDEO PROCESSING AND MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS VIPromCom-2001 13-15 June 2001 Borik Hotel Complex, Zadar, Croatia CALL FOR PAPERS The 3rd International Symposium on Video Processing and Multimedia Communications (VIPromCom-2001), will be held in Borik Hotel Complex, in the beautiful old town of Zadar on the Croatian Adriatic coast. VIPromCom-2001 is sponsored / co-sponsored by * IEEE Region 8, IEEE Croatia Section, EURASIP and University of Zagreb. The aim of the VIPromCom-2001 is to cover selected aspects of video and image processing theory and its applications, as well as advances in multimedia communications, and to be an international forum for presentation and discussion of advances in the field and new perspective research areas. The scientific program of VIPromCom-2001 will consist of invited lectures and oral presentations on new research results. Papers describing original work would be welcome in the areas listed below. All papers will be peer reviewed and acceptance will be based on quality, relevance and originality. Accepted papers will be published in the VIPromCom-2001 Proceedings that will be distributed to the participants at the symposium. TOPICS - Image and Video Processing - Image and Video Coding - Image Scanning, Display and Printing - Image and Video Indexing and Retrieval - Speech and Audio Processing - Watermarking and Encryption - Digital Signal Processing (DSP) - Standards and Related Issues - Multimedia Signal Processing - Multimedia Databases - Multimedia and DTV Technologies - Multimedia Applications - Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) - Video Streaming and Videoconferencing - Broadband Mobile Technology - Transport Protocols SUBMISSION To submit proposal prepare a full paper (four pages). Paper submission (tree-copies) must be sent by regular post to the VIPromCom-2001 program co-chair: Mr. Mislav Grgic VIPromCom-2001 FER, Unska 3 / XII HR-10000 Zagreb CROATIA SCHEDULE OF IMPORTANT DATES Full paper (four pages) submission to be received by: February 02, 2001 Notification of acceptance mailed out by: March 25, 2001 Camera-ready paper to be received by: April 13, 2001 Preliminary program sent to authors by: April 29, 2001 Registration deadline: May 18, 2001 SPONSORED / TECHNICALLY CO-SPONSORED BY * IEEE Region 8 IEEE Croatia Section EURASIP University of Zagreb * approval pending GENERAL CHAIR Branka Zovko-Cihlar University of Zagreb, Croatia PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS Sonja Grgic University of Zagreb, Croatia Mislav Grgic University of Zagreb, Croatia mgrgic@ieee.org INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE Paul Cristea, Romania Zarko Cucej, Slovenia Anthony Davies, UK Marek Domanski, Poland Marko Jagodic, Slovenia Kalman Fazekas, Hungary Janus Filipiak, Poland Borko Furht, USA Mohammed Ghanbari, UK Sonja Grgic, Croatia Andy Kucar, Canada Panos Liatsis, UK Basil G. Mertzios, Greece Pavol Podhradsky, Slovakia Karolj Skala, Croatia Franc Solina, Slovenia Jan Turan, Slovak Republic Krzysztof Wajda, Poland Branka Zovko-Cihlar, Croatia CONTACT INFORMATION Mr. Mislav Grgic VIPromCom-2001 FER, Unska 3 / XII HR-10000 Zagreb CROATIA Telephone: + 385 1 6129 851 Facsimile: + 385 1 6129 717 E-mail: mgrgic@ieee.org PLEASE VISIT VIPromCom WEB-SITE: http://www.vcl.fer.hr/vip/