Signal Processing: Image Communication Call for Papers: Special Issue on European Projects on Visual Representation Systems and Services The fast evolution of digital technology in the last years has deeply transformed the way by which information, notably multimedia information, natural and synthetic, is generated, processed, represented, transmitted and stored. In these past years, hundreds of European projects have been running in the area of multimedia representation fulfilling different types of requirements and services. These projects have been targeting various types of multimedia technologies, systems, services, users, etc. all contributing to the development of European as well as world knowledge in this area. Although much has been published on the results of (past and running) European projects, this Special Issue of IMAGE COMMUNICATION on European Projects in Visual Representation Systems and Services intends to gather high quality technical contributions on visual representation technologies, systems, services and trials that have been (are being) developed in the context of projects funded by European Commission programmes. Papers on tools, systems and services fulfilling this requirement are solicited on, but not restricted to, the following areas: · Analysis and understanding · Coding · Modeling · Synthetic and natural hybrid composition · Indexing and retrieval · Adaptation · Authentication and protection · Services, requirements and functionalities · Architectures · Field trials · Standards All manuscripts should be submitted before 30 September 2004 to one of the guest editors. Authors should submit original papers electronically in Adobe PDF or Word format. Papers should be in English, with about 30 double-spaced pages at 12 points, including all figures and tables. The issue is scheduled for publication in the Fall of 2005. Guest Editors: Fernando Pereira Instituto Superior Tecnico – Instituto de Telecomunicacoes Av. Rovisco Pais, 1096 Lisboa Codex PORTUGAL Tel: + 351 21 8418460 Fax: + 351 21 8418472 E-mail: Fernando.Pereira@lx.it.pt Eric Badique European Commission, DG INFSO - IST Programme Unit G2 - IST Strategy Office BU31 3/10, B-1049 Brussels BELGIUM Tel: + 32 229 63466 Fax: + 32 229 66272 E-mail : Eric.Badique@cec.eu.int