12th Scandinavian Conference on Image Analysis SCIA 2001 June 11-14, 2001 in Bergen, Norway Sponsored by: IAPR (The International Association for Pattern Recognition) http://www.iapr.org Second Announcement and Call for Papers: http://www.ux.his.no/scia2001/ Invitation to the 12th SCIA. Following the previous conferences in Greenland, SCIA 2001 - the 12th Scandinavian Conference on Image Analysis - will be held in Bergen on the west coast of Norway. The conference is arranged by the Norwegian Society for Image Processing and Pattern Recognition (NOBIM) and sponsored by the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR). The conference venue is Grieghallen, located in the city centre. Scientific Program: The conference will offer internationally acclaimed speakers in plenary talks and parallel sessions with selected oral presentations and posters. The conference language is English. The different presentations will cover unpublished theoretical or applied research results. Invited Speakers: Professor Theo Pavilidis, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA: "History of Image Analysis" Professor Josef Begün, University of Halmstad, Sweden: "Biometric Person Authentication" Professor Matti Pietikäinen, University of Oulu, Finland: "Machine Vision and Media Processing" Associate Professor Torbjørn Eltoft, University of Tromsø, Norway: "Neural Network approaches to Cluster-Detection-and-Labelling" In addition, we are working to find an invited speaker for the subject: "Images in the future mobile terminals". Pre-conference Workshop/Tutorial: A set of pre-conference half-day workshops/tutorials will be held on June 11, 2001: 1. ICA (Independent Component Analysis): Professor Erkki Oja, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland. 2. Data fusion: Professor Jon Atli Benediktsson, University of Iceland. Conference topics: * Image analysis * Computer vision * Pattern recognition * Neural networks * Statistical methods * Industrial applications * Multimedia * Biomedical applications * Remote sensing * Future technologies Paper submission and registration for presenting authors: Only full papers in English will be accepted, and the length should not exceed eight pages. All papers will be refereed by two reviewers for publication in the conference proceedings. Please send four copies of your paper to: SCIA2001, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Stavanger University College, P.O.Box 2557 Ullandhaug, N-4091 Stavanger, Norway Important dates: Paper submission deadline: November 6, 2000 Notification of acceptance: January 19, 2001 *Camera-ready copy: March 19, 2001 *Camera-ready copy must be accompanied by registration and payment by presenting author. The cover page must contain: * Title of the paper * Name(s), complete address and e-mail for the author(s) * Brief abstract (150-200 words) * Keywords describing the main subject of the paper (3-5 words) * Author's opinion on whether the paper is most suitable for oral or poster presentation * Name and address for correspondence Papers considerably longer than the final size, risk being rejected. The fee for one or two extra pages is NOK 500 per page. The fee for colour illustrations is NOK 4000 per page. The decision on oral or poster presentation will be taken solely on suitability, not on paper quality. Paper submission information is available at http://www.ux.his.no/scia2001/, where the LaTeX style file and an example file in the recommended two-column LaTeX format is available. Enquires: If you have scientific questions, please contact Ivar.Austvoll@tn.his.no. The program with further information about registration and payment will be send to you February 1, 2001. If you occasionally have seen this announcement, and want to have the program sent to you, please contact scia@plus-convention.no. Program Committee: Dr. Ivar Austvoll (Chairman), Norway Prof. Jussi Parkkinen, Finland Prof. Fritz Albregtsen, Norway Dr. Alfred Hanssen, Norway Prof. Gunilla Borgefors, Sweden Dr. Anne Solberg, Norway Dr. Bjarne Ersbøll, Danmark Organized by: Norsk forening for bildebehandling og mønstergjenkjenning (NOBIM) (Norwegian Society for Image Processing and Pattern Recognition) http://www.nobim.no/ SCIA2001 web site: http://www.his.no/scia2001/ or http://www.ux.his.no/scia2001/