Announcement and First Call for Papers  --  ICIG`2000
 
     First International Conference on Image and Graphics
     -- Image and Graphic Technology toward 21 Century and Beyond
 
                      Tianjin, China
                     August 16-18, 2000
 
 Organized by: China Society of Image and Graphics
 Hosted by: Tianjin Society of Image and Graphics
 In cooperation with: Nankai University
    Shanghai Society of Image and Graphics
    Tianjin International Conference Center for Science and Technology
 Co-Sponsored by: Microsoft Research, China
 
 General Information:
 The First International Conference on Image and Graphics will be =
 organized by the China Society of Image and Graphics. The theme of =
 ICIG`2000 is =93Image and Graphic Technology toward 21 Century and =
 Beyond.=94 The goal of the conference is to provide a forum for =
 researchers in Image and Graphics to describe recent advances, to =
 exchange up-to-date technical knowledge and experiences, and to debate =
 their views on future research and developments. Keynote speeches will =
 be delivered by world-renowned experts in the field.
 
 Topics:
 Topics of interest include, but will not be limited to, the following:
 Image processing (Capture, Coding, Transmission, Storage, Enhance, =
 Restoration, Reconstruction, etc.)
 Image analysis (Segmentation, Measurement, Texture, Motion, etc.)
 Image understanding (Matching, Scene interpretation, 3-D modeling, etc.)
 Pattern recognition applications (Character, Speech,  Image, Video, =
 etc.)
 Computer vision (Active, Real-time, Stereo, etc.)
 Graphic models and generation, Animation and  visualization
 Multimedia information, fusion, and processing (Digital video, Delivery =
 of visual information)
 Virtual reality, augmented reality and media immersion
 Multimedia database (Management, Query model, Indexing, Retrieval, =
 Mining, etc.)
 Applications (Telecommunication, Bio-medical, Document, Remote sensing, =
 Industrial, etc.)
 
 Honor Chair?
 Academician G.H. XU (Ministry of Science and  Technology, China)
 
 Advisors (alphabetical list):
 Academician D.B. Kuang (Shanghai Institute of  Technique Physics, China)
 Academician D.R. Li (Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and =
 Mapping, China)
 Academician G.G. Mu (Nankai University, China)
 Academician G.N. Ni (Institute of Computer Science, China)
 Academician Q.Y. Shi (Beijing University, China)
 Academician Y.S. Wu (Tsinghua University, China)
 Academician F.Q. Yang (Beijing University, China)
 Academician X. Zhang (Shanghai Jiaotong University, China)
 Prof. Y.M. Zhang (Tianjin University, China)
 
 General Co-Chairs (alphabetical list):
 Prof. W. Gao (Institute of Computing Technology, China)
 Prof. T.S. Huang (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
 Academician Y.H. Pan (Zhejiang University, China)
 Prof. I.T. Young (Delft University of Technology, Netherlands)
 
 Program Co-chairs (alphabetical list):
 Prof. J. Biemond (Delft University of Technology, Netherlands)
 Prof. K. Ikeuchi (University of Tokyo, Japan)
 Prof. Y.J. Zhang (Tsinghua University, China)
 Dr. Y.Q. Zhang (Microsoft Research, China)
 
 Program Committee (alphabetical list):=20
 Prof. G. Cantraine (Li=E8ge University, Belgium)
 Prof. Z.L. Cao (Tianjin Institute of Science and Technology, China)
 Prof. H. Dehlinger (Kassel University, Germany)
 Prof. E.L. Hall (University of Cincinnati, USA)
 Prof. Y.B. He (Fudan University, China)
 Prof. H. Ip (City University of Hongkong, China)
 Prof. A.K. Jain (Michigan State University, USA)
 Prof. Y.D. Jia (Beijing Institute of Technology, China)
 Prof. A. E. Kaufman (State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA)
 Prof. J. Kittler (University of Surrey, UK)
 Dr. D. Koo (Philips Laboratory, USA)
 Prof. C. Li (China Institute of Aeronautic, China)
 Prof. H. Li (Institute of Computing Technology, China)
 Prof. X.L. Li (China Science and Technology University, China)
 Dr. N. Merzlyakov (Academy of Sciences, Russian)
 Dr. F. Noo (Li=E8ge University, Belgium)
 Prof. S.C. Pei (National Taiwan University, China)
 Prof. T.C. Pong (Hongkong University of Science and Technology, China)
 Prof. D.X. Qi (Beijing North University of Industry, China)
 Prof. J.Y. Shi (Zhejiang University, China)
 Prof. A. Smeulders (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
 Prof. G. Sommer (Kiel University, Germany)
 Prof. G.Y. Suen (Concordia University, Canada)
 Prof. T.N. Tan (Institute of Automation, China)
 Prof. H.T. Tsui (Chinese University of Hongkong, China)
 Prof. L. J. Vliet (Delft University of Technology, Netherlands)
 Prof. G.A.W. West (Curtin University of Technology, Australia)
 Prof. Z.X. Xu (Shanghai University, China)
 Dr. B.L. Yeo (Intel Corporation, USA)
 
 Organizing Co-Chairs (alphabetical list):
 Director W.L. Dai (Tianjin Society of Image and Graphics, China)
 General sectary Z.A. Luo (China Society of Image and Graphics, China)
 Prof. F.H. Qi (Shanghai Jiaotong University, China)
 Dr. H. Shum (Microsoft Research, China)
 
 Papers Submission
 Authors are requested to submit three copies of full papers (in English) =
 of no more than eight (8) pages (including text, figures and references) =
 describing the original results of their research work. Submissions =
 should be on A4 or 8 1/2" x 11" paper using a single column and 10 to 12 =
 point Times font. Each copy of the paper should have a cover page =
 containing the title of the paper, the names and addresses (including =
 fax and E-mail) of the authors, and an abstract of no more than 200 =
 words. Three copies of each paper should be sent to:
  Professor Y.J. ZHANG,  Department of Electronic Engineering
  Tsinghua University,  Beijing 100084    China
 
 Submission in electronic format is encouraged. Please send an E-mail and =
 attach a Word-97 document, or a PostScript file, or a PDF file =
 (including cover page) to:
  zhangyj@ee.tsinghua.edu.cn
 
 All papers will be reviewed by at least two referees. The selection =
 criteria will include the accuracy and originality of ideas, the clarity =
 and significance of results, and the quality of the presentation. =
 Accepted papers will be printed in the Proceedings of the conference, =
 which will be available at the site. Selected papers will be published =
 in a special issue of the international journal =93Image and Vision =
 Computing=94.
 Important Dates:
 Paper Submission Deadline:  December 31, 1999
 Notification of Acceptance:  March 31, 2000
 Camera-Ready Copy Due:  May 31, 2000
 Early registration:   May 31, 2000
 
 For Further Information:
 Concerning the Technical Program:=20
      E-mail: csig@ns.ict.ac.cn=20
 Concerning the Organization:=20
      E-mail: tjsig@public.tpt.tj.cn
 
 Conference Web Page:   http://www.csig.org.cn/
 Cultural and Social Program & tjsig Web Page: =
 http://www.huazheng.com.cn/tjsig