CALL FOR PAPERS The International Conference on Signal Processing and Communications Systems – SPCS 2016 Website: www.spcs.peccs.org 25 - 27 July, 2016 Lisbon, Portugal <http://www.peccs.org/Glossary.aspx#11> <http://www.peccs.org/Glossary.aspx#11> Regular Papers Paper Submission: February 16, 2016 Authors Notification: May 5, 2016 Camera Ready and Registration: May 19, 2016 <http://www.peccs.org/Glossary.aspx#12> <http://www.peccs.org/Glossary.aspx#12> Position Papers Paper Submission: May 2, 2016 Authors Notification: June 6, 2016 Camera Ready and Registration: June 17, 2016 <http://www.peccs.org/Glossary.aspx#41> Workshops Workshop Proposal: February 26, 2016 <http://www.peccs.org/Glossary.aspx#46> Doctoral Consortium Paper Submission: May 30, 2016 Authors Notification: June 7, 2016 Camera Ready and Registration: June 17, 2016 <http://www.peccs.org/Glossary.aspx#42> Special Sessions Special Session Proposal: March 8, 2016 <http://www.ic3k.org/Glossary.aspx#43> Tutorials, Demos and Panels Proposals March 31, 2016 Sponsored by: INSTICC - Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication Sponsored by: INSTICC - Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication INSTICC is Member of: WfMC – Workflow Management Coalition In Cooperation with: ACM – Association for Computing Machinery SIGAPP – Special Interest Group on Applied Computing EUROMICRO IET – The Institution of Engineering Technology EURASIP - The European Association for Signal Processing Logistics Partner: SCITEVENTS – Science and Technology Events SPCS is part of <http://www.peccs.org/> PECCS, the 6th International Conference on Pervasive and Embedded Computing and Communication Systems. Registration to PEC allows free access to all other PECCS conferences. PECCS 2016 will be held in conjunction with <http://www.phycs.org/> PhyCS 2016. <http://www.biostec.org/KeynoteSpeakers.aspx> PECCS KEYNOTE LECTURE <http://www.peccs.org/KeynoteSpeakers.aspx#1> Siegfried Benkner, University of Vienna, Austria <http://www.peccs.org/KeynoteSpeakers.aspx#2> Maria R. Ebling, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, United States PUBLICATIONS All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, on paper and on CD-ROM support. SCITEPRESS is a member of CrossRef ( <http://www.crossref.org/> http://www.crossref.org/) and every paper is given a DOI (Digital Object Identifier). All papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the <http://www.scitepress.org/DigitalLibrary/Default.aspx> SCITEPRESS Digital Library. It is planned to publish a short list of revised and extended versions of presented papers with Springer in a <http://www.springer.com/series/7899> CCIS Series book . The proceedings will be submitted for indexation by Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index (ISI), INSPEC, DBLP, EI (Elsevier Engineering Village Index) and Scopus. AWARDS The awards will be announced and bestowed at the conference closing session. Please check the websites for further information: http://www.spcs.peccs.org/BestPaperAward.aspx PECCS CONFERENCE CHAIR César Benavente-Peces, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain PROGRAM CHAIR Andreas Ahrens, Hochschule Wismar, University of Technology Business and Design, Germany CONFERENCE AREAS: Each of these topic areas is expanded below but the sub-topics list is not exhaustive. Papers may address one or more of the listed sub-topics, although authors should not feel limited by them. Unlisted but related sub-topics are also acceptable, provided they fit in one of the following main topic areas: 1. IMAGE PROCESSING 2. AUDIO AND SPEECH SIGNAL PROCESSING 3. BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING 4. COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AREA 1: IMAGE PROCESSING * Adaptive Systems * Detection and Estimation * Image and Multidimensional Signal Processing * Image Processing * Multimedia Communication Systems * Time-frequency Analysis * Wavelet Signal Processing AREA 2: AUDIO AND SPEECH SIGNAL PROCESSING * Adaptive Systems * Audio and Speech Signal Processing * Detection and Estimation * Digital Filter Design and Implementation * Multimedia Communication Systems * Time-frequency Analysis * Wavelet Signal Processing AREA 3: BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING * Biomedical Signal Processing * Detection and Estimation * Remote Sensing and Signal Processing * Time-frequency Analysis * Biomedical Sensors AREA 4: COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS * Antennas and Propagation * Channel Measurements and Modeling * Coding and Modulation Techniques * Communication Systems * Diversity Techniques * Green communications * MIMO - Theory and Trials * OFDM Technology * Optical Communications and Networks * Signal Processing in Communications * Space-time cOding * Spread Spectrum and CDMA Systems * Ultra Wide-Band Communications * Wireless and Mobile Networks PROGRAM COMMITTEE <http://www.spcs.peccs.org/ProgramCommittee.aspx> http://www.spcs.peccs.org/ProgramCommittee.aspx SPCS Secretariat Address: Av. D. Manuel I, 27A, 2º esq. 2910-595 Setúbal - Portugal Tel.: +351 265 520 184 Fax: +351 265 520 186 e-mail: spcs <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] Web: http://www.spcs.peccs.org/