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      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
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 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.