Adv. Concepts for Int. Vision Systems (CFP) (fwd)

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                    First Call For Papers
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                         ACIVS'2001

                    3rd International Conference on
        ADVANCED CONCEPTS FOR INTELLIGENT VISION SYSTEMS
                   Theory and Applications

                    Baden-Baden (Germany)
                   July 30 - August 3, 2001

        (in conjunction with the 13th Int. Conf. on
        Systems Research, Informatics and Cybernetics)

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* CONFERENCE SCOPE
   
  ACIVS'2001 is the third of a series of conferences focusing on techniques for
building adaptive, intelligent, safe and secure imaging systems.
  Papers are sollicited in the areas of image processing, pattern recognition,
compression and algorithm assessment.

  Topics include (but are not limited to):

- Image Processing
  (adaptive filtering and image restoration, adaptive segmentation, model-based
algorithms, learning and nonlinear optimization, recurrent networks,
multiresolution and scale-space theory, fractals and multifractals).

- Pattern Recognition
  (statistical and structural pattern recognition, robust matching and parsing
algorithms, application of automata and grammars).
        
- Image and Video Compression Algorithms
  (wavelets, vector quantization, fractals, hybrid techniques, semantic image
compression, watermarking).

- Image Quality and Algorithmic Performance Evaluation
  (empirical evaluation techniques, image and video quality metrics [objective
and perceptually based metrics], methods [ROC curves, etc.] and professional
applications [medical, military, etc.]).

* PROGRAM COMMITTEE

 Scott Acton, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA.
 Sos S. Agaian, University of Texas, San Antonio, USA.
 Marwan Al-Akaidi, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK.
 Mauro Barni, Universita' di Siena, Italy.
 Jacques Blanc-Talon, CTA, Arcueil, France.
 Philippe Bolon, LAMII, University of Savoie, Annecy, France.
 Don Bone, Mediaware Solutions, Canberra, Australia.
 Adam Borkowski, IFTP, Warsaw, Poland.
 Nikolaos Bourbakis, SUNY, Binghamton, USA.
 Horst Bunke, IAM, Bern, Switzerland.
 Patrick Courtney, Visual Automation Ltd, Manchester, UK.
 Jennifer Davidson, Iowa State University, Ames, USA.
 Edward J. Delp, Purdue University, USA.
 Georgy Gimel'Farb, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
 Daniele Giusto, University of Cagliari, Italy.
 Heikki Kalviainen, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland.
 Haomin Jin, University of Tokyo, Japan.
 Itsuo Kumazawa, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan.
 Hideo Kuroda, Nagasaki University, Japan.
 Bruce Litow, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia.
 Claus B. Madsen, Aalborg University, Denmark.
 Hitoshi Maekawa, Saitama University, Japan.
 Anamitra Makur, Indian Institute of Science, India.
 Masoud Mohammadian, University of Canberra, Australia.
 Wojciech S. Mokrzycki, IPIPAN, Warsaw, Poland.
 Annick Montanvert, UPMF, Grenoble, France.
 Naoya Ohta, Gunma University, Kiryu, Japan.
 Andrew P. Paplinski, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
 Marcin Paprzycki, University of Southern Mississippi, USA.
 Fernando Pereira, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal.
 Sylvie Philip, ENSEA, Cergy, France.
 Wilfried Philips, Vakgroep TELIN, Gent, Belgium.
 Moshe Porat, Dept. of Electrical Eng., Technion, Israel.
 Dan Popescu, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia.
 Georges Stamon, IARFA, Paris VI University, France.
 Wojciech Szpankowski, Purdue University, USA.
 Frederic Truchetet, Le2i, Le Creusot, France.
 Juan Jose Villanueva, CVC Univ. Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain.
 Andries P.J. van der Walt, Stellenbosch Univ., South Africa.

* IMPORTANT DATES

              Expression of interest: December 22, 2000
                     Tutorials proposal: December 22, 2000
Notification of tutorials acceptance: January 26, 2001
       Deadline for paper submission: March 16, 2001
    Notification of paper acceptance: May 4, 2001
            Camera-ready manuscripts: June 1, 2001
                     Conference date: July 30/August 4, 2001

* EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

  Any person who intends to participate is invited to fill and send a reply
card available at: http://www.etca.fr/CTA/ACIVS01

* CONFERENCE WEB SERVER

  Information about the conference can be found at:
  http://www.etca.fr/CTA/ACIVS01

* TUTORIAL SUBMISSION

  Tutorials are sollicited on the following topics:
        - adaptive segmentation
        - pattern recognition
        - video compression
        - watermarking
        - algorithmic performance evaluation

* PAPER SUBMISSION AND REVIEW PROCESS

  All submissions will be reviewed by at least 2 members of the International
Programme Committee; additional reviewers may be consulted if needed. The
papers have to provide sufficient information about the background to the
problem, clearly indicate the original contribution, evaluate the results,
draw conclusions and provide adequate references.

  Full regular papers are 5 pages long (including figures) in times 11pt, A4.
There will be an extra cost for any additional page.

  We strongly recommend the use of LaTex format; the style macros will be
available soon at the conference web server (see above). Word documents or
other formats are also accepted, but only accompanied by the corresponding
PostScript files. Make sure that PS files are kept within reasonable limits.

  The papers can be sent by e-mail to either member of the steering committee.

   
* PROCEEDINGS

  All accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings.
Selected papers will be considered for publication in a book series.

* STEERING COMMITTEE
           
   Dr Jacques Blanc-Talon Dr Dan Popescu
   Geographie-Imagerie-Perception Mathematical and Information Science
   CTA/GIP CMIS/CSIRO
   16 bis, Av. Prieur de la cote d'or, GPO Box 664
   94114, Arcueil, FRANCE Canberra, ACT 2601, AUSTRALIA
   Jacques.Blanc-Talon@etca.fr Dan.Popescu@cmis.csiro.au

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