51st International Symposium ELMAR-2009

28-30 September 2009
Zadar, Croatia

http://www.elmar-zadar.org/

Submission deadline: March 16, 2009


CALL FOR PAPERS


The 51st International Symposium ELMAR-2009, the oldest 
conference in Europe, will be traditionally held in the 
beautiful old town Zadar on the Croatian Adriatic coast. 
While the scientific program is expected to create 
stimulating professional interaction, the crystal clear 
Adriatic Sea, warm summer atmosphere and wealth of historic 
monuments promise a pleasant and memorable stay. 

During the 50 years of activity ELMAR symposium became a 
significant scientific conference in the field of multimedia 
communications, image and video processing, navigation systems, 
speech and audio processing, telecommunications, wireless 
commununications, electronics in marine, naval architecture, 
sea ecology, and other advanced research areas. Besides, every 
year ELMAR symposium gathers specialists of various kinds 
(government representatives, navy, industry, universities and 
various business people from the region) to discuss the most 
recent issues and contribute to appropriate market development 
in Croatia.

The scientific program includes keynote talks by eminent 
international experts and contributed papers. Papers accepted 
by two independent reviewers will be published in symposium 
proceedings available at the symposium and abstracted in the 
INSPEC and IEEExplore database. ELMAR-2009 symposium is sponsored 
by the Croatian Society Electronics in Marine (ELMAR), technically 
co-sponsored by IEEE Region 8, IEEE Croatia Section, IEEE Croatia 
Section Chapter of the Signal Processing Society, IEEE Croatia 
Section Joint Chapter of the Antennas and Propagation / Microwave 
Theory and Techniques Societies and organized in cooperation with 
EURASIP (European Association for Signal, Speech and Image Processing).


TOPICS

* Image and Video Processing
* Multimedia Communications
* Speech and Audio Processing
* Wireless Commununications
* Telecommunications
* Antennas and Propagation
* e-Learning and m-Learning
* Navigation Systems
* Ship Electronic Systems
* Power Electronics and Automation
* Naval Architecture
* Sea Ecology
* Special Session Proposals - A special session consist of 
  5-6 papers which should present a unifying theme from a 
  diversity of viewpoints


KEYNOTE TALKS

* Prof. Gregor Rozinaj,Slovak University of Technology, 
  Bratislava, SLOVAKIA:
  The Role of Multimedia in Intelligent Human Machine Interface

* Mr. David Wood, European Broadcasting Union, 
  Geneva, SWITZERLAND:
  What strategy and research agenda for Europe in 'new media'?


SUBMISSION

"Author's Kit" is available here: http://www.elmar-zadar.org/

IMPORTANT: Web-based (online) paper submission of papers in PDF 
format is required for all authors. No e-mail, fax, or postal 
submissions will be accepted. Authors should prepare their papers 
according to ELMAR-2009 paper sample, convert them to PDF based 
on IEEE requirements, and submit them using web-based submission 
system by March 16, 2009.


SCHEDULE OF IMPORTANT DATES

Deadline for submission of full papers:		March 16, 2009
Notification of acceptance mailed out by:	May 11, 2009
Submission of camera-ready papers:		May 21, 2009
Preliminary program available by:		June 11, 2009
Registration deadline:				June 18, 2009
Accommodation deadline:				September 10, 2009


ORGANIZING SPONSOR

Croatian Society Electronics in Marine - ELMAR


TECHNICAL CO-SPONSORS

IEEE Region 8
IEEE Croatia Section
IEEE Croatia Section Chapter of the Signal Processing Society
IEEE Croatia Section Joint Chapter of the AP/MTT Societies


IN COOPERATION WITH

EURASIP - European Association for Signal, Speech and Image Processing


GENERAL CO-CHAIRS

Ive Mustac
Tankerska plovidba, Zadar, Croatia

Branka Zovko-Cihlar
University of Zagreb, Croatia


PROGRAM CHAIR

Mislav Grgic
University of Zagreb, Croatia


INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Juraj Bartolic, Croatia
David Broughton, United Kingdom
Paul Dan Cristea, Romania
Kresimir Delac, Croatia
Zarko Cucej, Slovenia
Marek Domanski, Poland
Kalman Fazekas, Hungary
Janusz Filipiak, Poland
Renato Filjar, Croatia
Borko Furht, USA
Mohammed Ghanbari, United Kingdom
Mislav Grgic, Croatia
Sonja Grgic, Croatia
Yo-Sung Ho, Korea
Bernhard Hofmann-Wellenhof, Austria
Ismail Khalil Ibrahim, Austria
Bojan Ivancevic, Croatia
Ebroul Izquierdo, United Kingdom
Kristian Jambrosic, Croatia
Aggelos K. Katsaggelos, USA
Tomislav Kos, Croatia
Murat Kunt, Switzerland
Panos Liatsis, United Kingdom
Rastislav Lukac, Canada
Lidija Mandic, Croatia
Gabor Matay, Hungary
Branka Medved Rogina, Croatia
Borivoj Modlic, Croatia
Marta Mrak, United Kingdom
Fernando Pereira, Portugal
Pavol Podhradsky, Slovak Republic
Ramjee Prasad, Denmark
Kamisetty R. Rao, USA
Gregor Rozinaj, Slovak Republic
Gerald Schaefer, United Kingdom
Mubarak Shah, USA
Shiguang Shan, China
Thomas Sikora, Germany
Karolj Skala, Croatia
Marian S. Stachowicz, USA
Ryszard Stasinski, Poland
Luis Torres, Spain
Frantisek Vejrazka, Czech Republic
Stamatis Voliotis, Greece
Nick Ward, United Kingdom
Krzysztof Wajda, Poland
Branka Zovko-Cihlar, Croatia


CONTACT INFORMATION

Assoc.Prof. Mislav Grgic, Ph.D.
FER, Unska 3/XII
HR-10000 Zagreb 
CROATIA

Telephone: + 385 1 6129 851
Fax: + 385 1 6129 717
E-mail: elmar2009 (at) fer.hr

For further information please visit:
http://www.elmar-zadar.org/