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The Ninth International Conference on Digital Telecommunications
ICDT 2014
February 23 - 27, 2014 - Nice, France |
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- Colocated with other events part of NexComm 2014
- Posters will be presented during the conference
- A Work in Progress track is available for preliminary work
- A Research Ideas track is available for ideas in early stages
- A Doctoral Forum track is available for discussing and publishing early PhD thesis research
Submission (full paper) |
Sept 28 October 23, 2013 |
Notification |
Nov 23 November 25, 2013 |
Registration |
December 10, 2013 |
Camera ready |
December 22, 2013 |
ISSN: 2308-3964
ISBN: 978-1-61208-316-2 |
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All tracks/topics are open to both research and industry contributions.
Tracks:
SIGNAL: Signal processing in telecommunications
Signal processing theory and practice;
Image and multidimensional signal processing; Signal filter design and structures;
Multirate filtering, filter banks, and adaptive filters; Fast signal processing algorithms;
Nonlinear signals and systems;
Nonuniform transformation;
2D nonuniform DFT;
Fast algorithm of NDFT;
Advanced image/video coding;
Advanced prediction techniques;
Signal detection and reconstruction;
Spectral estimation and time-frequency analysis;
Higher order spectrum analysis;
Parameter estimation;
Array signal processing;
Statistical signal analysis;
Signal and system modeling;
Cyclostationary signal analysis;
Active noise control, active noise reduction and echo cancellation;
Psychoacoustics and room acoustics;
Signal processing for music;
Binaural systems and multidimensional signal systems;
Geophysical and seismic signal processing;
Nonlinear interpolation/resampling;
Extensions to wavelet based coding (x-lets);
Low complexity image/video compression;
Multiple resolution signal processing;
New approach to digital signal processing;
Compression of random data;
Recompression of compressed data;
2D projection of 3D data;
Stereo data matching;
Emerging applications requiring new compression tools;
Unified compression and recognition;
H.264 and latest video coding standards;
Latest audio coding standards
DATA: Data processing
Data transmission and reception mechanisms and techniques;
Enhanced tools for video data integrity;
Data mining, filtering, and reporting;
Secure data transmission;
Transmission media and data encoding;
Text reading devices (super-pen, pen-elite, reading-pen);
Scanned and generated lossy (progressive) multi-page text;
(Visually) lossless mechanisms;
Pricing data transmission;
Differential data transmission systems;
Data transmission equipments and transmission rates;
Delay-constrained data transmission;
Undersea and satellite data transmission techniques;
Performance evaluation of data transmission;
Multicast data transmission;
High speed data transmission;
Data transmission control;
Integrity and privacy in data transmission;
Data transmission standards
AUDIO: Audio transmission and reception systems
Audio transmission and reception systems and devices;
Digital audio transmission signal processing;
Audio transmission over Internet;
Audio Multiplexing Transmission Systems;
Stereo audio transmission signal;
Digital infrared audio transmission;
Multi-stream and multi-path audio transmission;
Wireless-compressed digital audio transmission;
Perceptual coding for audio transmission and storage;
Laser audio transmission;
Synchronizing video and audio transmission;
Wide-band audio transmission;
Index-frame audio transmission;
Digital audio transmission rights;
Noise in wireless audio transmission;
Audio tools and products;
Standards
VOICE: Voice over packet networks
Planning and implementing voice networks and systems;
Voice transmission systems;
Voice transmission performance;
Quality real-time voice transmission;
Metrics for quality of voice transmission;
Stereophonic voice transmission systems;
Header Compression for VoIP over WLAN;
Voice over IP solution for mobile radio interoperability;
VoIP over cable TV networks;
VoIP over Wi-Max
VIDEO: Video, conferencing, telephony
Digital video;
Video coding formats (ITU-T, SMPTE 421M, AVS-China);
Video coders and decoders;
Profiles, latency, intermediate formats;
Video surveillance and privacy;
Video feature requirements;
Network video recorders;
Graceful degradation of archive video;
Video data integrity (error detection, tamper resistance);
Alarm events for voice content (motion detection, object tracking, face recognitions);
Coding efficiency and distributed video coding;
Compression and scrambling;
Enhanced tools for video data integrity;
Multiple reference pictures;
Intra-layer and inter-layer prediction;
Fading prediction and loop filter;
Video with compression errors;
Viewing distance and perceptual quality;
Video quality models;
Omnidirectional video;
3D video;
Video standardization encoding;
Texture synthesizer
IMAGE: Image producing, sending, and mining
Model-based progressive image transmission;
Wireless image transmission;
Computer generated images;
Image security, scrambling, and regions of interest;
Timing requirements for image transmission;
Transmission of still and moving images;
Protocols for low bit rate;
Error-prone image transmission;
Energy efficient image transmission;
Multi-technology image formation;
Devices for image capturing and processing (cams, web-cams, etc.);
Scanning and sampling, quantization and halftoning, color reproduction;
Image representation and rendering, display and printing systems;
Image quality assessment;
Image search and sorting, video indexing and editing;
Integration of images and video with other media;
Image authentication and watermarking;
Image storage, retrieval and multimedia;
Image and video databases;
Generic coding of moving pictures;
Media stream packetization;
Modes for archival playback;
Image-based applications;
Standard for image processing;
Image analysis and segmentation;
Image filtering, restoration and enhancement;
Image representation and modeling;
Pattern recognition
SPEECH: Speech producing and processing
Tooling, Architectures, Components and Standards;
Voice modulation, frequencies;
Linguistics, Phonology and Phonetics;
Discourse and Dialogue;
Speech analysis, synthesis, coding, and recognition;
Speech enhancement and noise reduction;
Speech features, production, and perception;
Speech Coding and Transmission;
Speech Signal Processing;
Spoken Language Generation and Synthesis;
Speech QoS Enhancement;
Speaker Characterization and Recognition;
Spoken Language; Resources and Annotation;
Spoken/Multi-modal Dialogue Technology and Systems;
Spoken Language Information Extraction/Retrieval;
Speech Transmission Technology for the Aged and Disabled;
Audio-Visual Speech Processing;
Biomedical Applications of Speech Analysis;
Spoken document retrieval;
Speech Processing in a Packet; Network Environment;
Automatic Speech Recognition in the Context of Mobile Communications;
Human Factors in Speech and Communication Systems;
Automatic speech recognition and understanding technology;
Speech to text systems;
Spoken dialog systems;
Multilingual language processing;
New Applications of Spoken Language Technology and Systems
IPTV: IP/Mobile TV
IPTV applications and middleware;
On-demand television;
Interactive TV;
Broadcast TV data;
Broadcast content formats;
Stereo and 3D TV;
TVoDSL;
Television archiving;
IPTV broadcasting;
IPTV-aware devices;
IPTV regulatory issues and copyrights;
IPTV network infrastructure;
IPTV monitoring and management;
I[P]TV usage fees;
IPTV Personalization and QoS Implications
MULTI: Multicast/Broadcast Triple-Quadruple-play
Scalable video/audio coding;
Multiplexing video/audio/data;
Multimedia terminals;
Multimedia systems and protocols;
PSTN modems and interfaces;
Facsimile terminals;
Direct broadcast satellite;
Terrestrial broadcast television;
Cable modems;
Universal media access;
Format compatibility;
Media support platforms;
VoIP Quality for Triple Play;
Testing triple-play services;
Triple-play data encryption;
Triple-play services
CONTENT: Production, distribution
Content injection, cashing, storage, and distribution;
Producing and transmitting streaming content;
Content localization services;
Content and customers profiles;
Documenting and content authoring;
Authorizing topic-based content;
Content customization and metadata;
On-demand content;
Content retrieval from archives (alarm-based, time stamp-based);
Content management solutions and systems;
Unstructured content environment;
Multi-channel content delivery/publishing strategies;
Content reuse
HXSIP: H-series towards SIP
SIP and H-xxx architectures and logical components;
Instant messages and presence;
Management of QoS in SIP and H-xxx environments;
Basic SIP building blocks;
Security and firewalls with SIP and H-xxx series;
Service creation and telephony services with SIP and H-xxx;
Multimedia conferencing with SIP and H-xxx;
SIP application scenarios;
SIP (auto)configuration;
SIP and H-xxx beyond VoIP;
Leveraging SIP for Global Enterprise Roaming;
SIP, H-xxx and 3GPP;
Emergency Calling in SIP and H-xxx;
Advanced SIP and H-xxx applications and services;
SIP and H-xxx on Cable Networks;
SIP and H-xxx devices;
SIP and h-xxx deployment experience;
End-to-end SIP and H-xxx communications;
SIP/H.323 Interworking Function for real time communications
MULTE: Multimedia Telecommunications
Frameworks, architectures, systems for delivering voices, audio, and data;
Methodologies, technologies, procedures and mechanisms;
IMT-2000 concepts;
IMS concepts (IP Multimedia Systems);
Bluetooth and WLAN coexistence on handsets;
Packet-based multimedia communication systems;
Converging technology for voice and data networks;
Accessibility features for unpaired users;
Confidentiality for audiovisual services;
Multimedia transmission performance;
Multiplexing and synchronization;
Directory services for multimedia;
Computation complexity and costs (multiple simultaneous decoders);
Coding efficiency (embedded, bit-plane, arithmetic);
Compatibility between Analog/DVD and networks;
IP4/IP6 transition and NAT;
QoS/SLA, perceptual QoS, and formal visual tests;
Temporal and spatial scalability;
Pre-processing and predictive coding;
Coding with regions-of-interest;
Secure transcoding;
Computation power and resolution;
Transform and quantization;
Entropy coding;
Lossless and lossy compression;
Transmission in noisy environments; Voice/video/data in 4G;
Specialized medical applications;
Medical imaging and communications networks;
MPEG for endoscopy, microscopy, radiology, surgery;
Medical archiving systems;
Digital devices for image capturing (microscope, stethoscope);
Digital equipments and digital cinema;
Digital signature protection
MOBILE: Mobile technologies
3G+: UMTS, HSPA, HSUPA, HSDPA, HSOPA, WiMAX, UWB. LTE, All-IP LTE 4G and beyond; Seamless handover engineering; Cognitive radio; Mobile video surveillance; Pervasive/ubiquitous/mobile systems; Security and privacy issues for mobile and wireless systems; Mobile ad hoc networks
MEDMAN: Control and management of multimedia telecommunication
Video codec-aware of packets;
Monitoring via guard on patrol, central station, forensic analysis;
Managing single domestic licensing and granted patent pool for compressions;
End-to-end quality monitoring/management;
Perceived/offered quality: video-only, audio-only, audio-video;
In-service monitoring of voice/video/data services;
Real-time distributed imagery management systems;
Performance in voice/video/data systems;
Distributed multimedia service management;
Mobile multimedia network management;
Multi-point, multicast services management;
Deployment of multimedia services;
Network management models and architectures;
Billing and security for multimedia services;
Network measurement/monitoring for multimedia services
SARP: Software architecture research and practice
Distributed software architecture;
Architectural styles and patterns;
Architecture refinement and transformation;
Software architecture and pervasive systems;
Software architecture analysis & testing;
Architectural description languages (ADLs);
Component-based software architecture;
Dynamic software architecture;
Self-repairing software architecture;
Adaptive software architecture;
Aspect-oriented software architecture;
Service-oriented architecture [SOA];
Domain specific software architecture [DSSA];
Tools/Environments for software architects;
Product-line software architecture;
Industrial case studies and reports
STREAM: Data stream processing
Fundamentals on data stream processing;
Data stream processing and event stream processing;
Continuous query languages;
Time management in data stream systems;
Aggregated queries support;
Query processing with multiple, continuous, rapid, time-varying data streams;
Processing frequent itemset discovery queries;
Real-time stream data processing;
Network-aware operator placement for stream-processing systems;
Integrating database queries and Web searches;
Scalable Distributed Stream Processing;
Optimization of data stream processing;
Performance and overhead in data stream processing;
QoS adaptation in data stream systems;
Adaptive query processing in data stream;
Interactive distributed data stream processing and mining;
Data stream management systems;
Control theory on stream processing;
Processing high-speed data streams;
Stream processing in production-to-business software;
Multi-site cooperative data stream analysis;
Grid-based data stream processing;
Hyperdatabases for P2P data stream processing;
Sensor data stream processing in health monitoring;
Processing and sharing data streams in Grid-based P2P infrastructures
TRACK: Tracking computing technologies
Airport security communications technologies;
Hazards detection- automatic real-time material/object recognition;
Intelligent IP-based sensor networking for homeland security;
Real-time intelligence data validation and verification mechanisms;
Efficient data integration and mining techniques for NATO countries;
Secure distributed storage and data pinning;
SATCOM for HLS;
Critical aerospace communications systems;
HLS for air, land and sea operational environments;
Airborne real-time spatial tracking techniques;
Bio-authentication sensors and tools;
Cyber and physical security of key infrastructure and operations;
Protection of Real-time resilient communications network infrastructures;
International standards for data schema and data sharing between USA and other countries;
Emergency response tools;
Prediction of Intent;
Standards for Passenger Data Integration;
Sharing Addressing and Service Discovery in Auto-configuring MANETs;
Exploiting localization and network information (GPS, INS, GIS, terrain features, ToA, AoA, SNR, QoS) for improved ad-hoc networking in complex terrain;
Advanced indoor and outdoor location-based applications: real-time tracking, multimedia, bidirectional, proactive applications;
Location based services based on integrated cellular, ad hoc, RFID, and sensor networks;
New positioning techniques in support of location based servcies (indoor, cellular, satellite, hybrid);
Geographic Information Systems for supporting location based services;
Quality of location data
Integration of Hierarchical Location-Based Routing (HLBR) with Delay- and Disruption-Tolerant Neworks (DTNs);
Narrow-band control channels for HLBR; Location-aware (GPS-aware) Internet Browsers for Location-based services