The International Journal of Recent Advances in Signal & Image Processing has been conceptualized for effective dissemination and promulgation of original research in all fields of Signal and Image Processing. With a relentless pursuit of excellence, it aims at providing immaculate and superior research material, thus fostering the spirit of non-conformity, experimentation and de novo intellection among researchers in different parts of the world. IJRASIP strives ardently to present inceptive, innovative and invaluable research developments, both application oriented and theoretical, in all possible domains of Signal and Image Processing to a broad audience of academic researchers and industry practitioners in all major faculties - research and development, management, strategic planning, purchasing, design & styling, marketing, human resources etc. Ingeniousness and research impaction are the main parameters for evaluation of theoretical papers. Applications based on advanced theory and case studies aid in bridging the gap between theory and practice, and are particularly welcome. General approaches, formalisms, algorithms or techniques should be complemented with lucid illustrations allowing easy comprehension and subsequent suitable applicability. Although the main emphasis of IJRASIP is on original research papers, theoretical and integrative review articles, book reviews, and high-quality position papers are also published to keep readers up-to-date on the latest ideas, designs, and developments in these allied fields. Special review articles will be granted consideration based on the stage of evolvement of their respective fields. Although there is no restriction on the length of contributions, brevity will always be preferred. Brief articles will merit attention depending on their technical proficiency. Discussions of previously published papers are also welcome. Focus & Scope The focus and scope of International Journal of Recent Advances in Signal & Image Processing has been divided into the following categories: Signal Processing Acoustic and Vibration Signal Processing Adaptive Filtering & Signal Processing Analog and Mixed Signal Processing Array Signal Processing Audio/ Speech Processing and Coding Astrophysical Signal Processing Application of Signal Processing for Bioinformatics Application of Signal Processing for Biomedical & Cognitive Science Application of Signal Processing for Internet and Wireless Communications Application of Signal Processing for Sensor Networks Application of Signal Processing for Biomedical Application of Signal Processing for Genomic Application of Signal Processing for Seismic Application of Signal Processing for Radar Application of Signal Processing for Sonar Application of Signal Processing for Remote Sensing Application of Signal Processing for Positioning Application of Signal Processing for Embedded Systems Applications on Real Experimental Data Analysis Bioimaging and Signal Processing Biometrics & Authentication Biomedical Signal Processing Communication Signal Processing Computer Vision & Virtual Reality Cryptography and Network Security Design and Implementation of Signal Processing Systems Digital Signal Processing DSP Implementations and Embedded Systems Environmental Signal Processing Earth Resources Signal Processing Game Theory and Group Theory for Signal Processing Geophysical Signal Processing Hardware Implementation for Signal Processing Higher Order Spectral Analysis Image and Multidimensional Signal Processing Industrial Applications of Signal Processing Internet Signal Processing Information Theory Articles with a Signal Processing Perspective Multi-dimensional Signal Processing Machine Learning for Signal Processing Modulation and Channel Coding Multimedia & Human-computer Interaction Multimedia Communications Multimedia Signal Processing Natural Language Processing Next Generation Mobile Communications Nonlinear Signal Processing Optical Communications Optical Signal Processing Pattern Recognition Parallel and Distributed Processing Remote Sensing Rapid Prototyping and Tools for DSP Design RF and Wireless Communications Radar Signal Processing Signal Theory Software and Hardware Development for Signal Processing Sensor Array and Multi-channel Processing Signal Processing for Renewable Energy Signal Processing for Audio, Visual and Performance Arts Signal Processing for Disaster Management and Prevention Signal Processing for Human-Computer Interaction and Intelligent User Interfaces Signal Processing and Communications Education Signal Processing for Communications Signal Processing for Security Signal Processing Theory and Methods Soft Computing and Machine learning for Signal Processing and Communications Sonar Signal Processing and Localization Spectrum Estimation & Modeling Speech and Audio Coding Speech Processing Speech Synthesis & Recognition Spoken Language Processing Statistic Learning & Pattern Recognition Statistical Signal Processing TF Spectrum Analysis & Wavelet Time-Frequency/ Time-Scale Analysis Video Compression & Streaming Watermarking and Information Hiding Wavelet Analysis Image Processing Advance Image Processing Concepts Active Vision and Robotic Systems Architecture of Imaging and Vision Systems Autonomous Vehicles Biomedical Imaging Color Imaging Character and Handwritten Text Recognition Communication of Vsual Data Cognitive Aspects of Image Understanding Document Image Understanding Display and Printing Data Fusion from Multiple Sensor Inputs Digital Image Processing Embedded Image Processing Systems Electro-photography Image Processing Applications Image Capturing Image Generation Image Manipulation Image Analysis and Interpretation Image Processing: Coding Analysis and Recognition Image Filtering and Enhancement Image Sensing Image Permanence Image Databases Image Representation Image Coding and Transmission Imaging Systems and Image Scanning Imaging and Vision Systems Architecture Latent Image Multimedia Techniques Machine Vision and Robotic Systems Monitoring and Surveillance Systems New Visual Services over ATM/ Packet Network Non-impact Printing Technologies Network Architecture for Real-time Video Transport Object Modeling and Knowledge Acquisition Protocols for Packet Video Prepress and Printing Technologies Photographic Emulsions Retrieval and Multimedia Remote Image Sensing Real-time Image Processing Hardware and Architecture Signal-processing Aspects of Image Processing Storage and Transmission Scene Modeling Thermograph Underwater Imaging Video Coding Algorithms and Technologies Visual Inspection