CALL FOR PAPERS Machine Vision and Applications An International Journal Special Issue on Human Modeling, Analysis and Synthesis GUEST EDITORS: Ioannis Kakadiaris, Rajeev Sharma and Mohammed Yeasin Theme: In recent years there has been an explosion of research on new ways of understanding and representing the subtleties of human modeling, capturing, analysis, and synthesis. There have been several successful workshops and conference tracks in this area. This special isssue of Machine Vision and Applications is devoted to all aspects of modeling, analysis and synthesis of a person's appearance, movement and behavior. Suggested themes for submitted papers include (but not limited to): - Accurate anthropometric modeling and measurement - Human motion capture - Human motion synthesis and retargeting - Learning complex dynamics from video - Statistical and spatio-temporal models of human motion - Virtual humans and avatars - Interactive visual interfaces - Modeling of skin and clothing - Human activity recognition - Applications of human modeling, analysis and synthesis Timetable: Manuscript due: October 31, 2001 Notification of acceptance decision: December 28, 2001 Final Version due: January 18, 2002 Publication Date: May 2002 Submission: The guest editors at the address below, on or before October 31st, 2001 should receive five copies of the paper. Instructions for authors can be found at: http://link.springer-ny.com/link/service/journals/00138/instr.htm Please include a cover 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 the special issue. Submission address: Ioannis Kakadiaris Department of Computer Science University of Houston MS CSC 3010, 4800 Calhoun Houston, TX 77204-3010 USA