FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS ECCTD 95 European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design 27-31 August 1995 Istanbul, TURKEY The 12th European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design will take place in Istanbul, Turkey, between 27-31 August 1995. The conference will focus on recent trends and advances on all aspects of Signal Processing and Circuits. The presentations will be made in the form of contributed and invited papers in regular or special sessions, student poster sessions and state-of-the-art talks by keynote speakers. Authors are invited to submit original technical papers describing novel research or engineering developments in the following areas : CIRCUITS : Analog, digital and mixed integrated circuits; communication and microwave circuits, switched-capacitor networks, neural networks. SIGNALS : Analog and digital;adaptive signals; image, speech and biomedical signal processing; multiresolution analysis; knowledge-based signal analysis. SYSTEMS : Analog, digital and hybrid systems; communication systems; VLSI and large scale systems; expert, discrete event, neural and fuzzy systems. MATHEMATICAL METHODS : Transform theory; linear and nonlinear system theory; fractals and chaos; large scale and multidimensional system analysis; graph theory. COMPUTATIONAL METHODS : Analysis and design tools; simulation, modeling and emulation; fault analysis; fuzzy and soft computing. AUTHORS' SCHEDULE : Submission of full papers : 30 November 1994 Notification of acceptance : 1 April 1995 Camera ready copy : 15 May 1995 Prospective authors should send six copies of their paper by 30 November 1994 to : ITU-ETA Vakfi (ECCTD-95), P.K. 34, Ataturk Havalimani, 34831, Istanbul, TURKEY. The cover sheet of the manuscript should include : 1 : Title of the paper; 2 : Author's name(s), address, affiliation and telephone; 3 : Name, e-mail address, telephone and fax number of the author to contact for correspondence. 4 : The technical area of the paper, and keywords. After notification of acceptance, the authors will be asked to prepare a four-page camera-ready manuscript to be included in the proceedings of the conference. TUTORIALS : The first day of the conference will be devoted to half or full day tutorials. Topics planned will include : Knowledge Based Signal Processing, Applications of Artificial Neural Networks, Fractal Techniques for Image Compresion, and other current subjects of interest. Conference Chairman : Prof. Izzet Cem Goknar Istanbul Technical University Electrical and Electronics Eng. Faculty Maslak, 80626, Istanbul, Turkey. Technical Program Chairman : Prof. Dr. Siddik Yarman Istanbul University Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Eng. Avcilar, 34850, Istanbul, Turkey. Special Sessions and Tutorials Chairman : Prof. Dr. Kemal Inan Middle East Technical University Dept. of Electrical and Electronics. Eng. 06531, Ankara, Turkey. Finance Chairman : Prof. Dr. Ergul Akcakaya Istanbul Technical University Electrical and Electronics Eng. Faculty Maslak, 80626, Istanbul, Turkey. Publications Chairman : Prof. Dr. Bulent Sankur Bogazici University Dept. of Electrical and Electronics. Eng. Bebek, 80815, Istanbul, Turkey. Publicity Chairman : Prof. Dr. Yorgo Istefanopulos Bogazici University Dept. of Electrical and Electronics. Eng. Bebek, 80815, Istanbul, Turkey. Exhibits Chairman : Prof. Dr. Ahmet Dervisoglu Istanbul Technical University Electrical and Electronics Eng. Faculty Maslak, 80626, Istanbul, Turkey. Local Arrengements Chairman : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cuneyt Guzelis Istanbul Technical University Electrical and Electronics Eng. Faculty Maslak, 80626, Istanbul, Turkey. Correspondence Chairman : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yusuf Leblebici Istanbul Technical University Electrical and Electronics Eng. Faculty Maslak, 80626, Istanbul, Turkey. Student Activities Chairman : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Omer Morgul Bilkent University Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Eng. 06533, Bilkent, Ankara, Turkey. Secretariat : ITU-ETA Vakfi P.K. 34, Ataturk Havalimani 34831, Istanbul, Turkey. Tel : (90-212) 246 60 47 ext. 12 Fax : (90-212) 240 13 49