ACIVS 2002 Call for Papers
   Advanced Concepts for Intelligent Vision Systems
                  September 9-11, 2002, 
               Ghent University, Belgium
            http://telin.rug.ac.be/acivs2002/

ACIVS 2002 is the fourth of a series of workshops focusing on techniques
for building adaptive, intelligent, safe and secure imaging systems. Papers
are solicited in the areas of image processing, pattern recognition,
compression and algorithm assessment. ACIVS 2002 will consist of three days
of lecture sessions, both regular (30 mns) and invited presentations. The
conference fee (approx. 300 EUR, i.e., currently about 260-270 US$) includes
a social program (conference dinner, coffee breaks, snacks and cultural
activities). Students and IEEE members can register at a reduced fee.

Venue

The Symposium will take place in the faculty of Applied Sciences,
Jozef-Plateaustraat 22, 9000 Ghent, Belgium on September 9-11, 2002. The
venue is located within walking distance of the historic center of the
beautiful medieval city of Ghent, which can be easily reached by train from
Brussels main airport.

Paper submission and review process

Prospective authors should prepare a full paper and submit it
electronically. The paper should consist of 4-8 pages in A4 format with 11
pt font and should conform to the style guidelines outlined on the ACIVS
2002 website. Accepted papers will be published in the CD-Rom conference
proceedings in pdf-format. Authors may optionally include a directory
containing additional multimedia content. 

Important deadlines

    March 23, 2002   Full paper submission
       May 3, 2002   Notification of acceptance
      May 31, 2002   Camera-ready papers due
      May 31, 2002   Early registration deadline
   August 24, 2002   Late registration deadline
     9-11 Sep 2002   ACIVS'2002 (Ghent)

Steering Committee

     Jacques Blanc-Talon, CTA, France.
     Wilfried Philips,  Ghent University, Belgium
     Dan Popescu, CSIRO, Australia.

Program committee

     Fritz Albregtsen, University of Oslo, Norway.
     Michel Barlaud, I3S/INRIA, France.
     Karlheinz Bers, FGAN-FOM, Germany.
     Philippe Bolon, University of Savoie, France.
     Don Bone, Mediaware Solutions, Australia.
     Pamela Cosman, University of California, San Diego.
     Mihai Datcu, DLR, Germany.
     Jennifer Davidson, Iowa State University.
     Georgy Gimel'Farb, Auckland University, New Zealand.
     Daniele Giusto, University of Cagliari, Italy.
     John Illingworth, University of Surrey, UK.
     Murat Kunt, EPFL, Switzerland.
     Hideo Kuroda, Nagasaki University, Japan.
     Bruce Litow, James Cook University, Australia.
     Claus B. Madsen, Aalborg University, Denmark.
     Wojciech S. Mokrzycki, IPIPAN, Poland.
     Guy Nason, University of Bristol, UK.
     Edgar Nyssen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
     Marcin Paprzycki, Oklahoma State University, USA.
     Jussi Parkkinen, University of Joensuu, Finland.
     Fernando Pereira, IST, Lisboa, Portugal.
     Matti Pietik�äinen, University of Oulu, Finland.
     Gianni Ramponi, Trieste University, Italy.
     Georges Stamon, SIP, Paris V University, France.
     Wojciech Szpankowski, Purdue University, USA.
     Frederic Truchetet, Le2i, Le Creusot, France.
     Juan Jose Villanueva, CVC/Univ. Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain.