------------------------------------------------------------------- EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing ------------------------------------------------------------------- Special Issue on Particle Filtering in Signal Processing Particle filtering is a Monte Carlo methodology that is used for nonlinear and non-Gaussian sequential signal processing. Its beginnings can be traced back into the late 1940s and early 1950s, which were followed in the last fifty years with sporadic outbreaks of intense activity. In the past few years, particle filtering has again gained the attention of scientists, statisticians, and engineers, and as a result, many new contributions have been reported. Although its implementation is computationally intensive, the widespread availability of fast computers and the amenability of the particle filtering methods for parallel implementation make them very attractive for solving difficult signal processing problems. The objective of this special issue is to present original research results on particle filtering and bring its vast scope of applications closer to the signal processing community. Original research papers are solicited from the following nonexhaustive list of topics. Other related work is also welcome for publication. Suggested Topics: - General theory of particle filtering - Communications - Target tracking - Positioning and navigation - Radar and sonar - Bioinformatics - Computer vision - Processing of speech and music signals - Bayesian networks - Architectures for particle filtering - Financial time series Submission procedure: Authors should follow the EURASIP JASP manuscript format described at the journal site http://asp.hindawi.com/. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the EURASIP JASP's web submission system at http://asp.hindawi.com/wss/, according to the following timetable. Manuscript Due April 30, 2003 Acceptance Notification October 31, 2004 Final Manuscript Due January 31, 2004 Publication Date 3rd Quarter, 2004 GUEST EDITORS: Petar M. Djuric, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2350, USA; djuric@ece.sunysb.edu Simon J. Godsill, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1PZ, UK; sjg@eng.cam.ac.uk Arnaud Doucet, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1PZ, UK; ad2@eng.cam.ac.uk EDITORIAL BOARD REPRESENTATIVE: Zhi Ding, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California - Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA