***************************************************************** RECPAD 2000 11th PORTUGUESE CONFERENCE ON PATTERN RECOGNITION Porto, Portugal, May 11-12, 2000 Chairs: A. Campilho, A. Mendonca CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ***************************************************************** CONFERENCE WEBSITE: http://ineb.fe.up.pt/recpad2000 ================================================================= Sponsored by: IAPR - International Association for Pattern Recognition FEUP - Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto INEB - Biomedical Engineering Institute UP - University of Porto ================================================================= 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 intermediate years. A special poster session for young scientists will be organised. The topics to be addressed include, but are not restricted to: TOPICS ====== - Pattern Recognition - Computer Vision - Neural Networks - Mathematical Morphology - Image Processing and Analysis - Signal Processing - Image in Graphics - Image and Video Coding - Applications (Medical, Industrial, Document Analysis and others) ================================================================= INVITED SPEAKERS ================================================================= - L. B. Almeida, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal "Blind source separation in nonlinear mixtures" - C. Christopoulos, Ericsson, Sweden "The upcoming JPEG2000 standard" - M. Viergever, Univ. Utrech, The Netherlands "Segmentation of MR brain images" ================================================================= ORGANISING COMMITTEE ================================================================= J. Barbosa (P) C. Felgueiras (P) C. Sa' (P) M. Correia (P) A. P. Monteiro (P) J. Silva (P) L. Corte-Real (P) A. Puga (P) J. Tavares (P) ================================================================= SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ================================================================= L. B. Almeida (P) A. P. Monteiro (P) H. Araujo (P) J. Monteiro (P) J. Bulas-Cruz (P) F. Muge (P) B. Buxton (GB) A. Padilha (P) G. Sanniti di Baja (I) A. S. Pereira (P) A. Campilho (P) M. Piedade (P) L. Corte-Real (P) A. Pinho (P) J. Costeira (P) R. C. Pinto (P) H. Delingette (F) C. Sa' (P) J. Dias (P) J. M. Sa' (P) M. El-Sakka (CA) L. Sa' (P) P. Ferreira (P) A. Sanfeliu (E) M. Fisher (GB) B. S. Santos (P) N. Garcia (E) J. Sequeira (F) G. Granlund (S) J. Silva (P) M. Kamel (CA) W. Skarbek (PL) J. Kittler (GB) A. Sousa (P) J. S. Marques (P) M. Souto (E) P. Melo (P) K. Tombre (F) A. Mendonça (P) V. Valev (USA) M. Milanova (BG) H. Voigt (D) ================================================================= CONFERENCE PROGRAMME ================================================================= Covering the conference topics, the programme will include - 3 invited lectures - 31 oral presentations of full papers - 33 presentations of full papers, in 3 poster sessions - 17 presentations of extended abstracts, in 1 young scientists poster session. ================================================================= WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS ================================================================= WORKSHOP -------- Date : May 10, 9:00-12:30 h Title : Combining Multiple Decisions in Pattern Recognition and Adaptive Systems Organisers : M. Kamel (U. Waterloo) and A. Campilho (U. Porto) Objectives : To bring experts in the field of combining classi- fiers, together to exchange their ideas and to de- fine new directions for this important topic, which is becoming necessary in some applications. (http://www.fe.up.pt/~campilho/WORKSHOP/) TUTORIAL 1 ---------- Date : May 10, 14:00-16:00 h Title : Advanced Topics un Image Compression Lecturers : M. El-Sakka (U. Waterloo) Abstract : Over the last few decades, many good image compres- sion schemes have been developed. These schemes are currently used in commercial compression products/ systems, e.g., JPEG and GIF. The performance of these schemes varies from low to high compression ratios with low to high levels of degradation of decompressed images. This tutorial provides audiences with a solid understanding of the fundamentals and the princi- ples of various digital still-image compression schemes. Upon completion of the tutorial, the audiences will be equipped with the fundamental knowledge that will help them understand various compression tech- niques in such a way as to optimize their use for a particular application. TUTORIAL 2 ---------- Date : May 10, 16:00-19:00 h Title : Advanced Techniques in Image Segmentation Lecturers : M. Forero Vargas and O. Rojas Camacho (U.N.Colombia) Abstract : Review of advanced techniques in image segmentation: Canny-Deriche, Marr-Hildreth, Shen-Castan and fuzzy logic thresholding. ================================================================= LANGUAGE ================================================================= The official language of the conference will be English. ================================================================= SOCIAL PROGRAM ================================================================= The conference will take place at Porto, the second largest Portuguese city, recognized as World Heritage, by Unesco, and that will be one of the European Capitals of Culture, in 2001. Here you can see beautiful monuments of several styles (since the Roman epoch), admire the iron bridges over the river Douro, take pleasant walks along the river or by the sea, visit the Porto wine cellars, or just do some shopping. There will be a welcome reception, on May 10, and the conference dinner, on May 11. A special tour around Minho, the northwestern region of Portugal, characterised by its green lands, beautiful coast and unforgettable tastes, will take place on May-13, from 12:00 to 19:00. Lunch at one of the most pleasant Pousadas de Portugal (Portugal Inns), the Pousada of Santa Marinha, at Guimaraes, is included. More information will be available at the conference website. ================================================================= REGISTRATION ================================================================= The registration fee includes: proceedings, lunches (Thursday and Friday), coffee-breaks, conference dinner and diploma. The student fee does not include the conference dinner. ================================================================= REGISTRATION FEES ( PTE / EURO ): ================================================================= Before April 11/2000 After April 11/2000 CONFERENCE -------------------- ------------------- APRP Members___________40000 / 200____________50000 / 250 Non Members____________45000 / 225____________55000 / 275 Students_______________12000 / 60____________16000 / 80 Conference dinner______10000 / 50____________10000 / 50 WORKSHOP _________________10000 / 50 ___________12000 / 60 TUTORIALS 1+2 ____________14000 / 70 ___________17000 / 85 TUTORIAL 1 _______________ 7000 / 35 ___________ 9000 / 45 TUTORIAL 2 _______________10000 / 50 ___________12000 / 60 TOUR AROUND MINHO_________15000 / 75 ___________15000 / 75 PAYMENT METHODS: ---------------- - Cheque payable to INEB - RECPAD2000 - Bank transfer to Banco Pinto & Sottomayor, Ceuta Agency - Porto account nr. 0015 0038 0080 0160 11617 ================================================================= REGISTRATION FORM ================================================================= Please, print the registration form, from the conference website (http://ineb.fe.up.pt/recpad2000), and send it to the conference secretariat (address below). Please, send copy of your bank transfer order, with the registra- tion form. ================================================================= ACCOMMODATION ================================================================= Hotel reservations should be made directly to the hotel. Some suggestions for names, prices and location of the hotels are given at the conference website. ================================================================= GENERAL INFORMATION ================================================================= CONFERENCE WEBSITE: http://ineb.fe.up.pt/recpad2000 ------------------- CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT: ----------------------- Ms Gabriela Afonso INEB - RecPad 2000 Praça Coronel Pacheco, 1 4050-453 Porto, Portugal Tel : +351-22-2087131 Fax : +351-22-2087310 Email: recpad2000@ineb.fe.up.pt