CALL FOR PAPERS Ukrainian Association on Information Processing and Pattern Recognition (UAsIPPR), UNESCO/IIP International Research/Training Centre for Information Technologies and Systems, NAS Hlushkov Institute of Cybernetics, Academy of Engineering Sciences, Ukrainian Engineering Society declare of the Fourth in a series of All-Ukrainian International conferences focussing on the theory and applications of Signal/Image Processing and Pattern Recognition UKROBRAZ-98 The Conference will held from the 19th to the 23rd of October 1998 in NAS Cybernetics Centre (40 Academician Hlushkov Ave, Kyjiv 252022, Ukraine). Papers are invited in the following topics: Methodological Problems of Pattern Recognition; Theoretical Basis of Signal Processing and Recognition; Theoretical Basis of Image Processing and Recognition; Computer and Discrete Geometry Problems; Simulating and Research Systems; Training and Selftraining Problems in Pattern Recognition; Automatic Recognition, Understanding and Synthesis of Speech Signals; Technical Diagnostics of Objects and Machines on its Signals and Fields; Printed and Hand-Written Texts Processing and Recognition; Drawing and Graphic Picture Processing and Recognition; Photopictures Processing and Recognition; Scene Processing, Recognition and Understanding; Processors Architecture for Signal/Image Processing and Recognition; Signal/Image Input/Output Tools and Multimedia Systems; Signal/Image Filtering, Compression, Reconstruction and Synthesis; Advanced Information Technologies and Systems Based on Signal/Image Processing; Audiovisual Data and Knowledge Bases of Different Purpose; Multimodal Means of Man-Machine Communication. PROGRAMME COMMITTEE VINTSIUK TARAS (Chairman) (Kyjiv, Ukraine) HRYTSENKO VOLODYMYR (Kyjiv, Ukraine) HAVRYLIUK OL'HA (Kyjiv, Ukraine) KULIAS ANATOLIJ (Kyjiv, Ukraine) BONDARENKO MYKHAJLO (Kharkiv, Ukraine) VASYL'JEV VOLODYMYR (Kyjiv, Ukraine) GIMEL'FARB GEORGIJ (Kyjiv, Ukraine) HLAVAC VACLAV (Prague, Czech Republic) HRYTSYK VOLODYMYR (L'viv, Ukraine) DRAGAN JAROSLAV (L'viv, Ukraine) IVAKHNENKO OLEKSIJ (Kyjiv, Ukraine) KYRYCHENKO MYKOLA (Kyjiv, Ukraine) KOZHEMJAKO VOLODYMYR (Vinnytsia, Ukraine) KOSONOCKY WALTER (Newark, USA) KUNCHENKO JURIJ (Cherkasy, Ukraine) KUSSUL' ERNST (Kyjiv, Ukraine) KUC ROMAN (New Haven, USA) OMEL'CHENKO VIKTOR (Kharkiv, Ukraine) PREDKO KONSTANTIN (Mohyliov, Bielarus') RASHKEVYCH JURIJ (L'viv, Ukraine) RYBAK VITALIJ (Kyjiv, Ukraine) SIRODZHA IHOR (Kharkiv, Ukraine) SHABANOV-KUSHNARENKO JURIJ (Kharkiv, Ukraine) SCHLESINGER MICHAIL (Kyjiv, Ukraine) ORGANIZING COMMITTEE VINTSIUK TARAS (Co-Chairman) (Kyjiv, Ukraine) HRYTSENKO VOLODYMYR (Co-Chairman) (Kyjiv, Ukraine) HAVRYLIUK OL'HA (Kyjiv, Ukraine) KULIAS ANATOLIJ (Kyjiv, Ukraine) MATSELLO VJACHESLAV (Kyjiv, Ukraine) KRAKOVS'KYJ VOLODYMYR (Kyjiv, Ukraine) TYMOFIJEVA NADIJA (Kyjiv, Ukraine) SAZHOK MYKOLA (Kyjiv, Ukraine) To take part in the Conference it is necessary to submit such materials: 1) an Application from every participant on a separate sheet with indication of surname, name and patronymic, scientific degree and rank, post, place of work, address, phone and fax numbers and e-mail address; 2) an Abstract in Ukrainian or English of no more than 300 words for review -- for those who want to be authors of the Proceedings. Deadline for submission is 1st July 1998. Please indicate the topic area of interest closest to your submission. Electronic abstracts submission will be preferred. We can handle ASCII- and MSWord files. The notifications of acceptance will be mailed out until 1st of August 1998. Camera-ready full papers (maximum 4 A4 pages) will be published and the Proceedings will be distributed at the Conference. Authors of accepted abstracts will be asked to provide the camera-ready Ukrainian or English versions of their papers before the 10th of September 1998. They must be sent to the Organizing Committee by regular mail. Instructions about the form of camera-ready papers are given on the back-side of this Call. The Conference Organizers reserve the right for conference programme forming and reports selection. Registration fee is $25 for each participant (it includes the price of a copy of the Proceedings) and is to be sent before the 10th of September to Payment Account of UAsIPPR No 260051991 in AKB "Perkombank", MFO 321712. Bank address is: 17 Petra Sahajdachnoho street, Kyjiv 252070 Ukraine. In the money transfer order should be pointed "Registration fee for participating in the conference UKROBRAZ-98" and the surname and initials of the participant as well. ADDRESS All correspondence regarding the conference should be addressed to: Taras Vintsiuk Speech Science Department UNESCO/IIP International Research-Training Centre for Information Technologies and Systems Mail: 40 Academician Hlushkov Avenue, Kyjiv 252022 Ukraine NAS Cybernetics Centre Tel.: +380 44 266-4356, +380 44 267-6949, +380 44 267-6035, +380 44 266-4178. Fax: +380 44 266-1570 E-mail: vintsiuk@uasoiro.freenet.kiev.ua --------------------------------------------------------------------------- AUTHOR'S GUIDE for UKROBRAZ-98 Camera-Ready Paper Your paper will consist of two (2) or four (4) pages, written in A4-size white paper and must conform to the specifications below. Put the following settings in the page setup of your word processor: - page size - 21cm (width) x 29.7cm (height) - left & right margins - 1.9cm (3/4 inches) - top & bottom margins - 2.54cm (1 inch) Use a laser printer to produce two (2) original black printings of your paper. Use as base fonts the Times New Roman of 10pt size. Lettering smaller than 9pt size is NOT allowed throughout the paper. Text should appear in two (2) columns but illustrations may span both columns. Put the following settings in the column setup of your word processor: - number of columns - 2 - column width - 8.1cm (3 2/5 inches) - space between columns - 1cm (2/5 inches) You should print on one side of the paper only. Please keep in mind that the manuscript you prepare will be photographed and printed as it is received. Preparation of manuscripts. The paper must be printed exactly how it is to appear in the Proceedings in two columns with single line-spacing. Only on the first page, the distance from the top edge of the paper to the top of the first line of type (the title) should be 3.0 cm. On the second and subsequent pages, the distance from the top edge of the paper to the top of the first line of typ should be 2.54 cm, as it is mentioned above. The text should be justified full in each column. Title, authors, affiliations and addresses. The title of the paper should be centered across the top of the first page and should be written in 17pt bold fonts. Author(s) should be written bellow the title in 12pt size italic fonts. Affiliation(s), addresses, e-mail addresses and telephone numbers, should be written bellow the author(s) in 10pt size fonts. These items should be centered across both columns, too. Abstract and main chapters. The abstract should appear at the top of the left-hand column in the first page about 1.2cm below the title area and it must not be more than 8cm in length. Leave some 1.2cm space between the end of the abstract and the beginning of the main text. Begin the main text with the INTRODUCTION and end it with the CONCLUSION. Finally, remember that REFERENCES should come last of all. Headings. Major headings are to be numbered and in 14pt bold font and in capitals without underline. They should be centered. Subheadings. Subheadings should be numbered and written in 12pt bold font. They should start on the left-hand margin of the column. Sub-subheadings. Sub-subheadings should be numbered and written in 10pt bold font. They should start on the left-hand margin of the column. Illustrations. All halftone illustrations (pictures) should be clear black on white prints. Do not supply photocopies. Make captions and number all illustrations and graphs. These must be in place in the camera-ready paper. Page numbers. Number your manuscript lightly with pencil on the bottom of the back-side of each page. Do not type page numbers. Your manuscript will be re-paginated. Equation numbers. When numbering equations, enclose numbers in parentheses and justified to the right-hand margin of the column. Symbols and acronyms. Use only IEEE standard symbols and unit abbreviation. Define any acronyms the first time they appear. References. List and number all references at the end of the paper. When citing references in the text, type the corresponding number in square brackets as shown at the end of this sentence [1]. Put the title of the reference between " " and/or write it with italic fonts.