-------- Sorry for cross-posting -----------

EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing

Special Issue on Distributed Video Coding

(http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ivp/si/dvc.html)

Call for Papers

Distributed source coding (DSC) is a new paradigm based on two information theory theorems: Slepian-Wolf and Wyner-Ziv. Basically, the Slepian-Wolf theorem states that, in the lossless case, the optimal rate achieved when performing joint encoding and decoding of two or more correlated sources can theoretically be reached by doing separate encoding and joint decoding. The Wyner-Ziv theorem extends this result to lossy coding. Based on this paradigm, a new video coding model is defined, referred to as distributed video coding (DVC), which relies on a new statistical framework, instead of the deterministic approach of conventional coding techniques such as MPEG standards.

DVC offers a number of potential advantages. It first allows for a flexible partitioning of the complexity between the encoder and decoder. Furthermore, due to its intrinsic joint source-channel coding framework, DVC is robust to channel errors. Because it does no longer rely on a prediction loop, DVC provides codec independent scalability. Finally, DVC is well suited for multiview coding by exploiting correlation between views without requiring communications between the cameras.

High-quality original papers are solicited for this special issue. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

· Architecture of DVC codec

· Coding efficiency improvement

· Side information generation

· Channel statistical modeling and channel coding

· Joint source-channel coding

· DVC for error resilience

· DVC-based scalable coding

· Multiview DVC

· Complexity analysis and reduction

· DSC principles applied to other applications such as encryption, authentication, biometrics, device forensics, query, and retrieval

Authors should follow the EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing manuscript format described at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ivp/.

Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscripts through the EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/, according to the following timetable:

· Manuscript Due:              May 1, 2008

· First Round of Reviews:      August 1, 2008

· Publication Date:            November 1, 2008

Guest Editors

· Frederic Dufaux, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

· Wen Gao, School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Peking University, Beijing, China

· Stefano Tubaro, Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

· Anthony Vetro, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, MA, USA

_____________________________________________

Dr. Frederic Dufaux

Multimedia Signal Processing Lab.

Electrical Engineering Institute, School of Engineering

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

EPFL - STI - IEL - MMSPL - Station 11

CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

email: frederic.dufaux@epfl.ch

web : http://mmspl.epfl.ch

phone: +41 21 693 4714

mobile: +41 79 757 5963

fax: +41 21 693 7600