-------------------------------------------------------- First Announcement and Call for Papers -- ICIAP99 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IMAGE ANALYSIS AND PROCESSING Venice, Italy September 27-29, 1999 Submission date: February 28, 1999 Updated information: http://www.dimi.uniud.it/~iciap99/ E-mail: iciap99@dimi.uniud.it ----------------------------------------------------------- The Conference is an international forum for discussion on advances in the fields of image analysis, understanding and communication. It is organised biennially by the Italian Chapter of the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR-IC). CONFERENCE CHAIRS Vito Roberto, University of Udine (General Chair) Virginio Cantoni, University of Pavia (Scientific Chair) Stefano Levialdi, University of Rome 'La Sapienza' (Program Chair) SPECIAL SESSIONS Five special events and sessions are planned within ICIAP'99; further information can be found on the Conference web site. - Advanced Video-based Surveillance Systems. Chaipersons: P.Mahonen, G.L.Foresti, C.S.Regazzoni. E-mail: foresti@dimi.uniud.it - Graph-theoretic Techniques in Computer Vision. - Design and Evaluation of Visual Interactive Systems. Chairperson: P.Bottoni E-mail: bottoni@dsi.uniroma1.it - Young Scientists Forum. Chairperson: A. Fusiello. E-mail: fusiello@dimi.uniud.it - European Research Projects. E-mail: iciap99@dimi.uniud.it SPECIAL ISSUES Special issues of three international magazines are planned in conjunction with ICIAP'99; further info on the Conference web site. - Image and Vision Computing (Elsevier): special issue on "Artificial Neural Networks for Image Analysis and Computer Vision". Guest Editors: V.Murino and G.L.Foresti. E-mail: murino@dimi.uniud.it - Pattern Recognition (Elsevier-Pergamon): special issue on "Data and Information Fusion in Image Processing and Computer Vision". Guest Editors: V.Roberto and E.Trucco. E-mail: v.roberto@dimi.uniud.it - Real Time Imaging (Academic Press) : special issue on "Video Processing and Communications in Real-time Video-based Surveillance Systems" . Guest Editors: G.L.Foresti and C.S.Regazzoni. E-mail: foresti@dimi.uniud.it SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM ICIAP99 will focus on Image-based Emerging Applications. Papers will be accepted for both oral and poster presentation. Scientific events planned in conjunction with ICIAP99 are: - An open forum for young scientists; - A special session on european research projects. The Conference Proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press. PROGRAM COMMITTEE C.Arcelli (I); J.P.Basille (F); A.Broggi (I); H.Bunke (CH); T.Caelli (USA); S.K.Chang (USA); L.P.Cordella (I); J.L.Crowley (F); L.De Floriani (I); A.Del Bimbo (I); V.Di Gesu' (I); D.Doermann (USA); M.Ferretti (I); O.Faugeras (F); R.B.Fisher (UK); H.Freeman (USA); A.Gagalowicz (F); C.Garbay (F); C.Guerra (I); S.Impedovo (I); A.K.Jain (USA); E.Jungert (S); J.Kittler (UK); W.Kropatsch (A); K.E.Liedtke (D); S.Mitra (USA); P.Mussio (I); L.Pastor (E); S.Peleg (IL); A.P.Pentland (USA); M.Sakauchi (JP); A.Sanfeliu (E); G.Sanniti di Baja (I); H.Samet (USA); L.Shapiro (USA); G.L.Sicuranza (I); S.L.Tanimoto (USA); G.Tascini (I); M.Tekalp (USA); E.Trucco (UK); G.Vernazza (I); J.Villanueva (E); A.Verri (I); S.Vitulano (I); H.Wechsler (USA); J.Yang (PRC); Y.Yeshurun (IL); B.Zavidovique (F) TECHNICAL COMMITTEE P.Bottoni; G.L.Foresti; A.Fusiello L.Lombardi; M.Pelillo LOCAL COMMITTEE V.Della Mea, S.Gentili, S.Marchetti CONFERENCE TOPICS Under the perspective of IMAGE-BASED EMERGING APPLICATIONS, topics will include (but not limited to): 1.-- Image Analysis: sensing, filtering and attention. Image operators and feature extraction; Shape and motion primitives; Color and texture primitives; Image and video sequence analysis; Segmentation and grouping; Active perception; Dedicated architectures. 2.-- Image Inference: learning, modeling and reasoning. Neural networks and perceptual learning; Pattern classification; Model acquisition; Shape analysis and reconstruction; Spatial data structures and spatial reasoning; 2D and 3D object recognition; Motion analysis and tracking. 3.-- Image Communication: coding, retrieval and dialogue. Image and video compression and coding; Digital and video libraries; Multimedia databases; Visual languages and computing; Human-computer interaction; Virtual and augmented reality. 4.-- Domain-oriented Applications. Biomedical applications; OCR and document processing; Cultural heritage; Remote sensing and GIS; Automated surveillance; Face recognition and tracking; Inspection and Quality Control; Telematics applications. PAPER SUBMISSION Four hard copies of the full paper should be mailed to: ICIAP99 Prof. Vito Roberto Dipartimento di Informatica, Universita' di Udine Via delle Scienze, 206 I 33100 Udine, Italy No electronic submission will be accepted. The papers should not exceed 18 A4 pages (12pt, 1.5 spacing); a cover sheet with the authors names and affiliations is also requested, with the complete address of the corresponding author, the topic area and an abstract (200 words). The papers will be refereed by three separate reviewers of the Program Committee. The electronic submission (PostScript format) will be requested for camera-ready manuscripts, via anonymous ftp. IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission deadline: February 28, 1999 Notification of acceptance: May 13, 1999 Camera-ready copy due: June 17, 1999 CONFERENCE FEES, ACCOMMODATION AND HOTEL INFORMATION Registration info may be found at: http://www.dimi.uniud.it/~iciap99/registration.html Reduced rates and low-cost accommodation are also included. Please, address any enquiries concerning registration fees, payments and hotel reservations to the Organizing Agency: consulta.umbria@sinfor.it CONFERENCE LOCATION The old historical centre of Venice in situated in north-eastern Italy, four kilometers from the mainland, on 118 islands of the Venetian Lagoon. Its singular appearance and wealth of art treasures make it unique. It is crossed by more than 150 canals and 400 bridges. Venice can be reached by car (to be left in one of the car parks on the mainland); by train (the Santa Lucia railway station); by airplane (the Marco Polo airport, about 13 Km from Venice). The Conference venue is downtown Venice, at the 'Zitelle' Cultural Centre, a complex of historical buildings designed by the great architect Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) on the Giudecca island, facing St. Mark's Square. It can be easily accessed by public boats from the railway station or the car terminals.