First Call for Papers (text version) ICISP'2001 International Conference on Image and Signal Processing May 3 - 5, 2001 Ibn Zohr University ; Faculty of Sciences Agadir, Morocco May 3 - 5 , Agadir - Morocco PRESENTATION ICISP'2001 aims to provide researchers and practitioners from academia and industry with a forum to report on the latest developments in image and signal processing and their applications. The conference will also provide a unique opportunity for dialogue and synergy between scientists and engineers from different backgrounds with the common interest in image and signal processing. We cordially invite you to participate in this event by submitting your work in all aspects of this field from underlying technologies to applications, and from theory to practice. We look forward to seeing you in Agadir in May 2001 for what will be a most rewarding and exciting experience! ICISP'2001 is supported by : • IBN ZOHR UNIVERSITY • FACULTY OF SCIENCES - AGADIR • AMADEIA : Association Marocaine pour le Développement de l'Electronique, l'Electrotechnique, l'Informatique etl'Automatique. • CIPPRS/ACTIRF :Canadian Image Processing and Pattern Recognition Society. IMPORTANT DATES • 25 November 2000, Paper submission deadline; • 25 January 2001, Notification of results; • 01 March 2001, Final version of papers due. TECHNICAL PROGRAM The technical program will consist of invited talks, oral and poster sessions with topics of general interest in a single track. Best papers will be published in a special issue of the "AMADEIA Control, Computer Science and Signal Processing" Journal. We particularly encourage submissions from students. Papers are solicited addressing theoretical as well as practical issues related to the conference themes. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): Image processing • Document analysis • OCR and Handwriting Recognition • Signature verification • Image segmentation and restoration • Image compression and coding • Texture analysis • Object recognition • Biomedical image analysis • Quality Control by Artificial Vision • 2D and 3D scene analysis • Image processing in multimedia computing • Mathematical morphology • Wavelets • Image and Video watermarking • Image and Video indexing Signal processing • Spectral Analysis, time-frequency and time-scale representations • Modeling and statistical signal processing • Filtering, Detection and Estimation • Nonstationary, nongaussian and non linear signals and systems • Radar, Antennas • Telecommunications systems • biomedical applications • Architectures and Implementations • Acoustics SUBMISSION OF PAPERS Authors are invited to submit in English or in French(with an abstract in English) indicating the topics of papers. Papers can be submitted electronically to : • icisp@uqtr.uquebec.ca, for image processing; • icisp@serveur1.esta.ca.ma, for signal processing. Or 4 copies of the papers should be mailed to the following address : Prof. Driss MAMMASS Département de mathématiques B.P. 28/S Agadir, Morocco Papers should be no longer than 5000 words (approximately 8 A4 pages of text without figures at 10-point font). CONFERENCE GENERAL CO-CHAIRS * Driss MAMMASS (Univ. Ibn Zohr – Agadir ) * Driss ABOUTAJDINE (Univ. Mohamed V – Rabat ) INVITED SPEAKERS * Françoise PRETEUX ( Institut National des Télécommunications - France) * Jean Louis COATRIEUX ( Univ. Rennes I - France ) * Denis GINGRAS ( Univ. de Sherbrooke - Canada ) * Pierre COMON (Univ. de Nice - France) PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS • Fathallah NOUBOUD ( Univ. du Québec à Trois-Rivières – Canada) • Ali MOUDDEN (Univ. Ibn Zohr Agadir) • Hocine CHERIFI (Univ. de Bourgogne - France) INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE * Akram ALDROUBI ( Vanderbilt University-USA ) * Denis LAURENDEAU (Univ. Laval - Canada) * Patrick FLANDRIN (ENS Lyon - France) * Andrew C. DOWNTON (Univ. of Essex - United Kingdom) * Josep VIDAL (Univ. Poly. Catalunya- Spain) * Graham LEEDHAM (Nanyang Tech. University - Singapore) * Seiji HATA (Kagawa University - Japan) * Gérard EUDE (FRANCE TELECOM - France) * Robert SABOURIN (E.T.S. de Montréal - Canada) * Francis CASTANIE ( ENSEEIHT - France) * Mohamed CHERIET ( E.T.S. de Montréal -Canada) * Philippe BOLON ( Univ. de Savoie - France ) * Alain DIOU (Univ. de Bourgogne - France) * Alain CHALIFOUR ( Univ. du Québec à Trois-Rivières – Canada) * Georges STAMON (Univ. Paris-Sorbonne- France) * Rachid BENSLIMANE ( E.S.T. de Fès – Maroc) * Antonio BONAFONTE (Univ. Poly. Catalunya- Spain) * Taieb BENNANI (AMADEIA - Maroc) * Steven BEAUCHEMIN (Carleton University - Canada) * Messaoud BENIDIR (SUPELEC - France) * Dominique DECULTOT (Univ. Le Havre - France) * Gerard MAZE (Univ. Le Havre - France) * Mohamed DAOUDI ( E.N.I.C - France ) * Jean Luc DUGELAY (EURECOM - France) * Mohamed FADEL (Univ. Ibn Zohr Agadir ) * Mounim EL YACOUBI (Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Parana - Brazil) * Hiroyasu KOSHIMIZU (Chukyo University - Japan) * Kacem CHEHDI(Univ. Rennes 1, ENSSAT - France) * Lotfi SENHADJI (Univ. Rennes 1 - France) * Mériem JAIDANE (ENIT - Tunisie) * Javier HERNANDO-PERICAS (Univ. Poly. Catalunya- Spain) * Wacef GUERFALI (Ecole Poly. de Montréal - Canada) * Nadia GHAZZALI (Univ. Laval - Canada) * Lew F.C. Lew Yan VOON (Univ. de Bourgogne - France) * Amar MITICHE (INRS Télécommunication - Canada) * Kazuhiku YAMAMOTO (Gifu university - Japan) * Djemel ZIOU (Univ. de Sherbrooke - Canada) * Samir SAOUDI (ENST Bretagne- France) * El Houcine BAGHIOUS (Univ. Quimper - France) * Jacques ATTAL ( Univ. Montpellier II - France ) * Karim AFDEL (Univ. Ibn Zohr Agadir ) * El houcine AASSIF (Univ. Ibn Zohr Agadir ) * Abdrrahim EL MOATAZ (Univ. de Caen - France) * Pamela Cosman ( University of California San Diego ) * Denis HAMAD (Université de Picardie Jules Verne - France) LOCAL CO-CHAIRS * Hassan DOUZI (Univ. Ibn Zohr – Agadir) * Mostafa EL YASSA (Univ. Ibn Zohr – Agadir) ORGANIZING COMMITTEE M. ELHAZITI , T BALAFREJ, F.GHADI , M.WAKRIM, M. BOUYEKHF, A. REDOUANI, A. BOUIDI, M. OUDRA , A. DRIOUICH, B. FAIZ , A. OUELD GUEJDI, M. EZZAIDI and A. AMGHAR. Informations http://www.uqtr.uquebec.ca/~nouboud/icisp.html e-mail : icisp@uqtr.uquebec.ca icisp@serveur1.esta.ac.ma