Advances and Applications in Signal, Image and Video Processing

Submission Deadline: 31 January 2024 (closed)

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Summary

Signal, video and image processing constitutes the basis of communications systems. With the proliferation of portable/implantable devices, embedded signal processing became widely used, despite that most of the common users are not aware of this issue, New signal, image and video processing algorithms and methods, in the context of a growing-wide range of domains (communications, medicine, finance, education, etc.) have been proposed, developed and deployed. Moreover, since the implementation platforms experience an exponential growth in terms of their performance, many signal processing techniques are reconsidered and adapted in the framework of new applications.

This Special issue covers the advances and application of Signal, Image and Video Processing. It will discuss integrating the principles of computer science, life science, healthcare, medical and statistics incorporated into statistical models using existing data, discovering patterns in data to extract the information, and predicting the changes and diseases based on this data and models. This SI will cover the practical advances and applications of advances and application of Signal, Image and Video Processing. This SI will be a valuable source of information for programmers, healthcare professionals, and researchers interested in understanding the advances and application of Signal, Image and Video Processing.

The topics to be discussed in this special issue but are not limited to:

Architectures and frameworks   

Signal processing architectures; Hardware and software for signal, image and video processing; Bio-signal acquisition, transmission, processing, and analysis; Compressive sensing (sparse sampling); Deep learning (graphical inference algorithms); High speed video acquisition, architecture and processing; Real-time signal architectures for image and video processing; Distributed information processing, transmission and storage over networks; High speed signal processing and architectures; Big image processing and analytics in multimedia tools and applications

Signal processing theory and methods

Embedded signal processing; Signal and information processing on graphs; Audio and acoustic signal processing; Digital and multirate signal processing; Image and video processing; Multi-camera imaging; Speech and language processing; Multimedia signal processing; Signal processing for communications; Statistical signal processing; Sensor array and multi-channel signal processing; Machine learning, feature detection, bio-inspired techniques; Pattern recognition; Social learning models, Bayesian signal processing; Cognitive information processing; Bio-metric analysis, forensic analysis watermarking and security; Processing signal, image and video collections; Implementation of signal, image and video processing systems

High speed signal processing: integrating 5G and IoT with satellite networks.

mmWave communications; Very high speed camera; High speed flying sensors; 6G - integrating 5G with satellite networks; Ultra-fast access signal processing; Satellite-to-satellite communications; Sea-to-space communications; Point-to-point wireless communication networks; Super-fast broadband signals; High speed optical broadcasting fibers lines; High data rates; Ultra fast access of Internet; Full home automation and home applications; Smart homes and cities; Global energy sources; Space and defense 6G-oriented technologies; Integrated satellite-to-satellite communications; Monitoring/driving natural calamities; Sea-to-Space communications; Nano antennas; Point-to-point wireless communication networks; Space roaming; Earth observation (backhaul link); Space observation (backhaul link); Small cells (cover zones without Internet); Space-IoT (monitoring sensors); Standard adaptation to 6G for handoff and roaming challenges (GPS, Galileo, COMPASS, GLONASS).

Agricultural signal applications

Agriculture systems; Sensing and monitoring ecological agriculture; Food security (Food safety, Traceability, Food value chain); Bioinformatics (Agricultural data, Livestock genetics, Big Data, etc.); Bio-sensing (Soil, Atmosphere, Culture monitoring, Livestock environment); Plasma, Micro Nano Bubble application to Agriculture; Field robotics (Drones, Field labor robotics, Robots-driven livestock care).

Signal/image metrics

Aesthetic quality assessment; Visual aesthetic; Image quality assessment; Blind noise assessment; Perceptual evaluation; Automatic segmentation; Perceptual video compression; Perceptual transparency; Energy-based segmentation; Ultrasound image segmentation; Photon-limited imaging; Processing demosaiced images; Image restoration; Image colorization; Image denoising; Image deconvolution; Random sampling; Semantic segmentation; Sparse imaging; Dense image arrays; Distortion visibility; Depth upsampling; Infrared, multispectral and hyperspectral imaging; Image inpainting; Patch matching; Image Stitching

Features and models for images/signals

3D Quality assessment models; Adaptive smoothing; Background subtraction; Probabilistic illumination models; Cumulative orientation features; Efficient video saliency; Deep convolutional networks; Edge-aware filters; Prediction inaccuracy modeling; Temporal predictions; Interactive multiview videos; Video authentication; Multi-modal images; Image mosaicking; Image fusion; Low-contrast images; Adaptive pixel transfer; Omnidirectional imaging; Superpixels and adaptive superpixels; Unsupervised segmentation; Edge detection; Morphological profiles.

Image/signal computation and services

Computational imaging; Biological imaging; Visual saliency; Computational photography; Perceptual metrics; 3D Data analysis; Visual content analysis; Video retrieval; Video conferences; Healthcare exercising signals; 3D Virtual views; Measuring seismic images; Landmark detection; Aerial images; Motion recognition; Object tracking; Crowd scenes; Satellite images; Visual media compression; Adaptive quantization; SDN for videos; Scene analysis; Scene recognition; Anomaly detection; High quality streaming media; Detecting urban roads; Action recognition; Lenses; Plenoptic cameras; Curvature detection; Normalized cuts and geodesics;

Special signal, image and video processing applications/domains

Big data collection, retrieval, analysis; Cyber-physical systems; Energy and smart Grid; Monitoring and control systems; Wireless and Internet of Things; Sensors and Body networks; Healthcare and citizen wellbeing; Transportation systems; 5G communications Networks and mm-Wave Systems; Cognitive radio networks; Cyber-physical security; Social networks and finance applications, etc.

Hands-free speech communication and microphone arrays

Acoustic scene analysis; Acoustic event detection; Echo cancellation; Noise suppression; Hearing aids; Microphone array technology and architectures; Source localization and separation; Spatial audio for immersive environments; Speech acquisition; Speech and speaker recognition technology; Speech and audio quality assessment; Privacy of speech communications, etc.

Wearable sensor signal processing

Signal pre-processing algorithms; Physiological parameter monitoring; Noise reduction; Feature extraction and classification; Off-line bio-signal processing; Real-time processing of sensor signals; Bio-mechanical feedback for diagnosis and rehabilitation; Static and dynamic calibration; Signal processing to improve sensor precision and accuracy; Time-efficient and power-efficient algorithms for big data; Sensor data fusion and integration; Body-area sensor networks: real-time communication and synchronization; Gesture and movement pattern recognition; Motion/Gait tracking, recognition, and analysis; Motion segmentation and evaluation; Wearable prototypes in human-centric experiments, etc.

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