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This edited volume contains a selection of refereed and revised papers originally presented at the International Symposium on Signal Processing and Intelligent Recognition Systems (SIRS-2014), March 13-15, 2014, Trivandrum, India. The program committee received 134 submissions from 11 countries. Each paper was peer reviewed by at least three or more independent referees of the program committee and the 52 papers were finally selected. The papers offer stimulating insights into Pattern Recognition, Machine Learning and Knowledge-Based Systems; Signal and Speech Processing; Image and Video Processing; Mobile Computing and Applications and Computer Vision. The book is directed to the researchers and scientists engaged in various field of signal processing and related areas.

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Pattern Recognition, Machine Learning and Knowledge-Based Systems.- Signal and Speech Processing.- Image and Video Processing.- Mobile Computing and Applications.- International Workshop on Advances in Image Processing, Computer Vision, and Pattern Recognition (IWICP-2014).- Work-in-Progress.

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Dr. Sabu M. Thampi is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology, Kerala, India. He has completed PhD degree in Computer Engineering from National Institute of Technology Karnataka, India.

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