June 26-28 2013 ICIAR 2013 – 10th International Conference on Image Analysis and Recognition Portugal

June 26-28 2013. ICIAR 2013 – 10th International Conference on Image Analysis and Recognition Póvoa de Varzim Portugal.

ICIAR 2013 is the 10th conference of a series of ICIAR conferences organized in Portugal and Canada. Authors are invited to submit full papers showing original research contributions. The page limit is 8 pages (1-column) plus 2 extra pages.

Focused Topic: BIOMETRICS

Starting in ICIAR 2012 one of the days of the conference is focused in a special topic. In 2013 the focused topic will be “BIOMETRICS”. The sessions will comprise invited keynote speakers oral and poster presentations and a panel discussion. Authors are invited to submit full papers under this topic addressing original research developments.

The conference proceedings will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science series.

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INVITED SPEAKERS

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. John Daugman (Cambridge University UK) http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~jgd1000/

. José Príncipe (University of Florida USA) http://cnel.ufl.edu/people/people.php?name=principe

. Erkki Oja (Aalto University FI) http://users.ics.aalto.fi/oja/

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TOPICS

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. BIOMETRICS (focused topic)

· Image and Video Processing and Analysis:

Image restoration and enhancement

Image and video segmentation

Mathematical morphology

Color texture and motion analysis

3D image analysis

Tracking

Shape and matching

Real time imaging

· Image and Video Coding:

Still image and video coding;

Image and video encryption

· Image Retrieval and Indexing:

Image and video databases

Image and video retrieval and indexing

· Pattern Recognition Methods:

Feature extraction and selection methods

Classification and Clustering techniques

Ensembles and multi-classifiers

Hybrid methods

Syntactical methods

· Applications:

Biomedical Imaging

Document Processing

Remote Sensing

Multimedia

Security Systems

Visual Inspection

Sports

Other applications

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PAPER SUBMISSION

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Authors are invited to submit full papers showing original research contributions. The conference proceedings is planned to be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science series (Springer LNCS).

Only electronic submission will be accepted through the conference paper submission web page. See the conference web site for details.

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SPECIAL SESSIONS

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Proposals for special invited sessions are welcome however all papers will go through the normal review process. The proposed sessions must include a title contact information for the session chair(s) and their short bio’s and a list of authors already contacted or to be contacted.

Proposals should be submitted to the conference chairs not later than December 17 2012.

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IMPORTANT DATES

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Special session proposals deadline: December 17 2012 Paper Submission deadline: January 18 2013 Author Notification: March 1 2013 Camera-ready version: March 15 2013 Paper registration: April 8 2013

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Please find the call for papers and more information at the conference website:

http://www.iciar.uwaterloo.ca/iciar13

General Chairs:

Mohamed Kamel (IEEE and IAPR Fellow)

University of Waterloo Canada http://pami.uwaterloo.ca/kamel.html

Aurelio Campilho,

University of Porto Portugal http://www.fe.up.pt/~campilho

Conference Website:

http://www.iciar.uwaterloo.ca/iciar13/

Papers due:

January 18 2013