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Scope

Information fusion is the synergistic integration of information from different sources about the behavior of a particular system, to support decisions and actions relating to the system. Information fusion includes theory, techniques and tools for exploiting the synergy in the information acquired from multiple sources, for example sensors observing system behavior, databases storing knowledge about previous behavior, simulations predicting future behavior and information gathered by humans.

The 17th International Conference on Information Fusion (Fusion 2014) will be held in Salamanca, Spain. This event will provide a forum to discuss the latest research in Information Fusion its impacts for industry and institutions. It intends to bring together researchers and developers from industry and the academic world to report on the latest scientific and technical advances on this frame. to discuss and debate the major issues, and to showcase the latest systems using these technologies.

Topics

Potential authors are invited to submit papers describing novel ideas, advances and results in Information Fusion, both in theory and applications. Submissions on fresh, interdisciplinary topics are encouraged, including but not limited to the he following list:

• Theory and Representation 
  • Probability theory, Bayesian inference, random finite sets, fuzzy logic, Dempster- Shafer, evidential reasoning, belief functions, imprecise information, aggregation operators; Markov networks, description logics, ontologies.
• Algorithms for data and information fusion
  • Detection, localization, signal processing, sensor registration, target recognition and classification, nonlinear filtering, target tracking, data association, particle filters; situation assessment, pattern and behavioral analysis, rule-based fusion, predictive and Impact assessment, source-specific data fusion (image fusion, video tracking, sensor networks, radar data processing, passive sensors, soft sources, etc.), knowledge fusion, context-aided fusion.
• Fusion systems, design and Evaluation
  • Distributed fusion, sensor and fusion resource management, process management, active and passive fusion, hard soft data fusion, integrated systems, system design, hardware and software issues, network centric operations, high/low multi-level fusion, performance evaluation of fusion systems, benchmarks & testbeds, fusion performance modeling and evaluation.
• Related technologies 
  • Machine learning, pattern analysis, data mining, big data, automated reasoners, inference systems, networks & graph analysis, knowledge systems, intelligent agents and multi-agent systems, SoA architectures, formal methods, semiotics, fuzzy logic, neural networks, evolutionary computation, artificial intelligence, other emerging methodologies.
• Applications
  • Persistent surveillance, defense and intelligence, security, robotics, autonomous vehicles, intelligent transportation systems, aerospace, aeronautics, automotive, Ambient Intelligence sensor networks, manufacturing, fault detection, anomaly detection, remote sensing, economics and financial, environmental monitoring, medical and biology technologies, emerging applications.

Conference Location

The conference will take place in the Hospedería Fonseca, conveniently located in Salamanca town. The location provides easy access to all major transportation arteries and is within walking distance to most of Salamanca traditional points of interest.

Paper submissions

All papers must be formatted according to the IEEE Xplore template (letter Size Paper template), with a maximum length of 6-8 pages, including figures and references. The templates can be downloaded following the link: http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html or in the below links:

In order to submit a paper to the FUSIN 2014you must register as an author at Easychair: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fusion2014

 

Special Sessions Proposals for special sessions are welcome; organizers will collaborate in the promotion and review management in their proposed session.

Publication

Accepted papers will be included in FUSION 2014 Proceedings, published by IEEExplorer.

At least one of the authors will be required to register and attend the symposium to present the paper in order to include the paper in the conference proceedings. All accepted papers will be published by IEEExplorer.

Awards

Any paper can be considered for the best conference paper award. This edition will have the Jean Pierre Le Cadre Award for Best Technical paper, and awards for best student paper. The awarded students will participate in activities for conducting the conference.

Conferece Grants

There are 3 travels grants ($800) for students in honor of Tammy L. Blair. Besides, the BISITE research group (http://bisite.usal.es) of the University of Salamanca, organiser of FUSION 2014, offers50 accommodation grants to PhD students and young researchers, covering the accommodation during conference in a student residence or a hotel. Application rules are appear at conference website.

The BISITE research group (http://bisite.usal.es) of the University of Salamanca, organiser of FUSION 2014, offers 50 grants to facilitate the attendance to doctoral and young doctors.

Important Dates

• Special session proposals: 2 February, 2014 Extended: 10 February, 2014
• Tutorials proposals: 2 February, 2014 Extended: 10 February, 2014
• Submission dates: 5 March, 2014 Extended: 23 March, 2014
• Notification date: 10 May, 2014
• Paper ready deadline: 26 May, 2014
• Conference dates: 07-10 July 2014