******* CALL FOR PAPERS *******
 
                  IEEE International Workshop on Content-based
                       Access of Image and Video Databases
 
                       (In conjunction with ICCV'98)
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                               Bombay, India
                               January 1, 1998
 
 
Research in computer vision, image processing, and databases is converging=
 towards handling multimedia content in databases. The fundamental issues in=
 the design of multimedia databases revolve around fast and robust selection=
 of multimedia data containing an answer to a visual content query. The=
 performance of image-content-based access is affected by issues that impact=
 the design of an entire multimedia database system such as multimedia=
 feature extraction, data representation, organization, query formulation=
 and search. While automatic methods of database creation are desirable,=
 human intervention is preferred in acquiring incremental specifications of=
 a query and in providing user feedback for evaluating the results of a=
 query. New database design frameworks are needed that combine visual=
 information with more traditional database information to respond to=
 queries. Finally, realistic evaluation criteria are needed for testing the=
 efficiency and accuracy of content-based access on image and video=
 databases of realistic size in domains of interest.=20
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The purpose of this workshop is to bring together researchers in computer=
 vision, image processing, database and other communities, addressing the=
 above-mentioned issues towards developing robust and computationally=
 effective content-based  search of multimedia databases. Original papers=
 are solicited that address topics for image and video data that include the=
 following:=20
 
1. Feature extraction and representation
2. Data organization
3. Query localization and recognition
4. Query formulation
5. Search and browsing
6.  Database systems and their evaluation.
 
Submissions should be limited to a length of 15 double-spaced pages,=
 incuding
figures and references. Send four copies of the complete, blind manuscript=
 and a cover sheet stating the (1) title (2) name and address of authors,=
 and (3) a brief summary describing originality, importance, relation to=
 other work, and its overall usefulness, to:
 
                               Tanveer Syeda-Mahmood
                               Xerox Webster Research Center
                               128-29E, 800 Phillips Rd.
                               Webster, NY 14580.
 
Important Dates:
 
                 Submission Deadline: Aug. 8,1997
                 Acceptance Notification: Sept. 18,1997
                 Camera-ready Papers: Oct. 20,1997
 
 
The workshop will be held in Bombay, India, before ICCV '98. Papers=
 submitted will be reviewed by the program committee, and the proceedings=
 will be available at the workshop. Further information about the workshop=
 can be found at: http://www.ctr.columbia.edu/~sfchang/cbiv98/workshop.html
 
Organizing Committee:
 
Tanveer Syeda-Mahmood, Chair
Ramesh Jain=20
Linda Shapiro=20
Shih-Fu Chang=20
 
Program Committee:
 
Ingemar Cox=20
Alfredo DelBimbo=20
Takeo Kanade=20
Amarnath Gupta=20
Anil Jain
Tom Huang=20
B.S. Manjunath=20
Rakesh Mohan=20
Raymond Ng=20
Rosalind Picard
Harpreet Sawhney=20
Michael Swain
Murat Tekalp
HongJiang Zhang
Sponsored by:
 
IEEE
IEEE Computer Society
Technical Committee on PAMI
Xerox Corporation