15th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PATTERN RECOGNITION Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, 3-8 September 2000 Hotel Barcelo Sants http://www.cvc.uab.es/icpr2000 CALL FOR PAPERS ICPR2000 is the fifteenth international conference sponsored by the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR). The conference is held every two years and, in 2000, it will be held in Barcelona, Spain. ICPR2000 will be an international forum for discussion on recent advances in the fields of Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, Neural Networks, Image, Speech and Signal Processing and Robotics, as well as on their applications. Participants will have the opportunity to attend highly specialised presentations and to meet colleagues from the above fields. In addition, Barcelona offers a combination of history and modern convenience for attendants to enjoy from the Gothic Quarter, Picasso Museum, or Gaudí's Güell Park and Sagrada Familia to the more recent Olympic Ring or the Maremagnum. General Co-Chairs: Alberto Sanfeliu, IRI - Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya Juan Jose Villanueva, CVC - Univ. Autonoma de Barcelona Local Organisation Co-Chairs: Maria Vanrell, CVC - Univ. Autonoma de Barcelona Rene Alquezar, LSI - Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya Tutorial Chair: Joan Climent ESAII - Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya Workshops Chair: Maria Ines Torres Univ. Pais Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea Conference Track Chairs: Computer Vision and Image Analysis: Yiannis Aloimonos, Univ. Maryland, USA Jan-Olof Eklundh, Royal Inst. Techn., Sweden Pattern Recognition and Neural Networks: Anil K. Jain, Michigan State Univ., USA Josef Kittler, Univ. Surrey, UK Image, Speech and Signal Processing: Tom Huang, Beckman Inst., USA Jean Serra, CMM, France Applications, Robotics, Systems and Architectures: James Crowley, LIFIA, France Yoshiaki Shirai, Osaka University, Japan Local Organizing Committee Rafael Aracil - DISA - Univ. Politecnica de Madrid Joan Aranda, DESAII - Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya Francesc Casacuberta, DSIC - Univ. Politecnica de Valencia Antoni Grau, DESAII - Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya Josep Llados, CVC - Univ. Autonoma de Barcelona Enric Marti, CVC - Univ. Autonoma de Barcelona Judit Martinez, CVC - Univ. Autonoma de Barcelona Augusto Moragas, Hosp. Vall d'Hebron de Barcelona Nicolas Perez de la Blanca DECSAI - Univ. de Granada Xavier Roca, CVC - Univ. Autonoma de Barcelona Joan Serrat, CVC - Univ. Autonoma de Barcelona Francesc Serratosa, DEI - Univ. Rovira i Virgili de Tarragona Federico Thomas, IRI - Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya/CSIC Carme Torras, IRI - Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya/CSIC Jordi Vitria, CVC - Univ. Autonoma de Barcelona Topics Tracks include the following topics: Computer Vision and Image Analysis, Early Vision, Representation, Segmentation, Recognition (2D and 3D), Active Vision, Scene Understanding, Visual Navigation, Shape from X Motion Analysis, Texture and Colour, Feature extraction Pattern Recognition and Neural Networks Statistical Pattern Recognition, Structural and Syntactic Pattern Recognition AI-based Pattern Recognition Techniques, Multiresolution Classification Neural Networks for Classification and Regression, Self-Organising Networks Associative Memories, Learning, Feature Selectionm, Dimensionality Reduction Invariance in Recognition Image, Speech and Signal Processing Filtering, Enhancement and Restoration, Image Registration, Signal Coding and Co mpression, Signal Segmentation, Speech Processing, Speech Understanding Image and data representations, Mathematical Morphology, Wavelets, Visualisation Applications, Robotics, Systems and Architectures Automation and Robotics, Visual Inspection, Surveillance, OCR and Document Analy sis, Biomedical Imaging, Range Imaging, Smart Sensors, Mobile Robots Real Time Systems, Image Database Systems, Remote Sensing Applications, VLSI Arc hitectures, Multiprocessor Systems, Parallel Algorithms and Languages, Multimedia Important Dates: Paper submission deadline: November 15th, 1999 Acceptance notification: February 1st, 2000 Camera-ready copy submission: April 1st, 2000 Lower registration fee deadline:May 1st, 2000 Paper submission Authors are requested to submit their papers before November 15th, 1999. Papers should be written in English, with a maximum extension of 4 pages per paper and omitting authors' name and affiliation. In addition, a separate page must include title of paper, the names, affiliations and e-mail addresses of authors as well as postal address of the contact author, together with the paper abstract, a list of keywords and the preferred conference track and type of presentation (oral or poster). Papers should be submitted electronically using one of the required file formats that will be available shortly at the Conference web site (http://www.cvc.uab.es/ICPR2000). Alternatively, authors may send five copies of the paper on DIN A4 to the Conference Secretariat address. Review process Papers will be subject to blind review. Selection criteria include accuracy and originality of ideas, clarity and significance of results and quality of the presentation. Accepted papers will be scheduled for oral or poster presentation and will be printed in the Proceedings. Authors of accepted papers, or at least one of them, should be registered and are expected to present their works (oral or poster presentations) in the conference. Call for Contest Participation ICPR2000 offers the possibility to participate in several competitions of algorithms and techniques. More information will be available in the Contest section of the web site (http://www.cvc.uab.es/icpr2000). Results of each contest will be published as a paper in the conference proceedings. Tutorial Proposals ICPR'2000 invites proposals for the Tutorial Program. Tutorials will be held on September 3rd, 2000 immediately before the start of the main conference. Tutorials will be offered both on standard topics and on new and more advanced topics. Those interested in presenting a tutorial should submit a proposal to the ICPR'2000 Tutorial Chair, Prof. Joan Climent (climent@esaii.upc.es) before February 1st, 2000. A tutorial proposal should contain the following information: - A brief description of the tutorial. It has to be suitable for inclusion in the conference registration brochure. - A detailed outline of the tutorial. - Necessary background and potential target audience for the tutorial. - A brief resume of the presenter(s), which should include name, postal address, phone and fax numbers, e-mail address if available, background in the tutorial area and any available example of work in the area (ideally, a published tutorial-level article on the subject). Those submitting a proposal should keep in mind that tutorials are intended to provide an overview of the field; they should present reasonably well established information in a balanced way. Workshops The Joint Workshop S+SSPR'2000, that will join together the two IAPR International Workshops on Statistical Pattern Recognition and Structural-Syntactic Pattern Recognition, respectively, will be held in Alicante (Spain) from August 30 to September 1. In addition, ICPR'2000 will promote some workshops on specific topics in the previous or later days of the conference. Those interested in organising a workshop near Barcelona during these days should contact Prof. Maria Ines Torres (manes@we.lc.ehu.es), who will coordinate and support these events. Secretariat Address: OTAC, S.A. Gran Via Corts Catalanes, 454 - 1º, 08015-Barcelona (Spain) Phone: +34 93 423 94 08, Fax: +34 93 325 27 08