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                        RECPAD 2000                     =09
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        11th PORTUGUESE CONFERENCE ON PATTERN RECOGNITION=09
                Porto, Portugal, May 11th - 12th, 2000  =09
                Chairs: A. Campilho, A. Mendonca        =09
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                ANNOUNCEMENT AND 1ST CALL               =09
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                        **** SCOPE AND AIMS ****
RECPAD 2000 is the 11th edition of the Portuguese Conference on
Pattern Recognition of APRP - The Portuguese Association for
Pattern Recognition. RECPAD 2000 starts a new cycle of conferences
organised every two years with a broad spectrum, having specialised
workshops in intemediate years. A special poster session for
young scientists will be organised. Undergraduate and graduate
students are encouraged to submit their work. The topics to be
addressed include, but are not restricted to:
 
Topics
 * Pattern Recognition
* Image Processing and Analysis
* Computer Vision
* Signal Processing
* Neural Networks
* Image and Video Coding
* Mathematical Morphology
* Image in Graphics
* Applications (Medical, Industrial, Document Analysis and others)
 
                **** CALL FOR PAPERS AND ABSTRACTS ****
Full papers:
Four copies of papers, written in English, should be received by
the chairs at the address below, before December 17th, 1999.
The paper length should be at most 12 double spaced pages,
including an additional covering page containing full contact
details and e-mail address. All submissions will be peer
reviewed for originality, technical contents and relevance to
the theme of this conference. The full papers will be published
in the Conference proceedings and presented either as an oral or
poster presentation. Electronic submission is not acceptable.
For the final camera ready copy, electronic submission
(PostScript format) will be considered.
 
Abstracts:
Young scientists are encouraged to submit their work in a form
of an extend abstract written in English. Four copies should be
received by the chairs at the address below, before January 21st,
2000. The abstract length should be at most 4 double spaced pages,
including an additional covering page containing full contact
details and e-mail address. The submissions will be selected based
on technical content and relevance. The extended abstracts will be
published in the Conference proceedings and presented as a poster.
Electronic submission is not acceptable. For the final camera ready
copy, electronic submission (PostScript format) will be considered.
 
                        **** WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS ****
Proposals for workshops and tutorials are welcome. The proposal must
include the title, abstract, duration (maximum, 4 hours) and a short
CV of the authors. These will take place during the conference or on
May 10, 2000.
 
                        **** IMPORTANT DATES ****
* Full paper submission deadline: December 17th, 1999
* Notification of acceptance: February 25th, 2000
* Young scientist abstract submission deadline: January 21st, 2000
* Camera ready copy: March 24th, 2000
* Workshop and tutorials deadline: January 21st, 2000
* Conference: May 11th, 12th, 2000
 
 
                        **** GENERAL INFORMATION ****
Conference website: http://ineb.fe.up.pt/recpad2000
 
Submission address:
RecPad 2000; INEB-Instituto de Engenharia Biomedica,
Praca Coronel Pacheco, 1,
4050-453 Porto, Portugal
 
Conference secretariat:
Ms Gabriela Afonso
RecPad 2000; INEB-Instituto de Engenharia Biomedica,
Praca Coronel Pacheco, 1, 4050 Porto, Portugal
Tel: +351-2-2087131
Fax: +351-2-2087310
Email: recpad2000@ineb.fe.up.pt