IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia - ISM 2006
Special track: Remote Sensors for Audio Processing

In recent decades, the cost of acoustic technologies has declined
dramatically. Advances in networks, storage devices, and power
management have made it practical to consider the remote location of
sensors that either transmit data to a central processing facility or
store the data for later retrieval.

Nonetheless, many challenges remain for the fabrication, deployment,
and use of remote sensors. In locations with limited infrastructure,
power management and the ability for the user to access or retrieve
the data are paramount. In some situations, the need for localization
or improved signal to noise ratio may dictate the use of microphone
arrays. Deployment in hostile environments such as arctic or deep sea
conditions requires additional considerations.

Remote sensors are capable of generating large acoustic or mixed media
data sets. With these large corpora, the need for automated processing
becomes critical as the staffing requirements for human analysis are
both cost and labor prohibitive. The development of automated
analysis can yield valuable data such as seasonal or diel patterns of
animals, perimeter intrusion detection, and a myriad of other
applications.

This special session invites researchers to submit papers
describing either preliminary or mature results on topics related to
audio for remote sensors.

Topics of interest

Submissions and deadlines

The written and spoken language of ISM2006 is English. Authors should submit an 8-page maximum manuscript in double-column IEEE format including authors' names and affiliations, and a short abstract electronically. Submissions and inquiries should be directed to ism06-sensors@cs.sdsu.edu. Papers should adhere to the formatting instructions available in the submissions guidelines for regular papers. Please note that papers should not be submitted directly to ISM web site. Only electronic submissions will be accepted. All papers should be in Adobe portable document format (PDF). The paper should have a cover page, which includes a 200-word abstract, a list of keywords, and author's phone number and e-mail address. The Conference Proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press.

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