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IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology

       Special Issue on Image- and Video-Based Biometrics


                       Call For Papers


Over the past two decades, image- and video-based biometrics as a research 
field has experienced exponential growth. In addition to such traditional 
techniques as face and fingerprint recognition, many image- and video-based 
techniques using iris, hand-shape, palm-print, gait, signature, and multi-modal 
analysis have been developed. The forge-resistant nature of biometric
technology 
makes it an ideal technology for applications ranging from forensic 
investigation for law enforcement, personal identification for secure access 
control, to video surveillance for public places. Biometric technology has 
increasingly become a viable addition to traditional identification technology.

The goal of this special issue is to collate the efforts and major achievements 
of scientists working on different biometric authentication techniques in an 
attempt to contribute to robust solutions to the many challenging problems in 
the area. High quality research papers are solicited to address theoretical as 
well as practical issues related to the Special Issue's theme. Topics of 
interest include but are not limited to:

1. Face/Fingerprint/Hand/Iris/Gait/Signature and any other image- and 
video-based biometrics

2. Multi-modal biometrics and fusion

3. Multi-algorithmic and multi-expert techniques

4. Performance evaluation methodologies, protocols and comparative benchmark 
results

5. New devices and applications


Submission Procedure:

To submit a paper to this special issue, authors should follow the instructions 
in the Information for Authors on the back cover of a recent issue of the IEEE 
Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology. Prospective authors 
should send manuscripts in pdf file through email to Prof. Xiaoou Tang at 
xtang@ie.cuhk.edu.hk.. 


Important Dates:

        Deadline for Manuscript Submission:     October 31, 2002
        Final Accepted Manuscript Due:          May 1, 2003
        Expected Publication Date:              August 2003


Guest Editors:

Xiaoou Tang
Department of Information Engineering
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shatin, Hong Kong
xtang@ie.cuhk.edu.hk

Songde Ma
National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition
Institute of Automation
Chinese Academy of Science
Beijing 100080, China
masd@mail.most.gov.cn 

Massimo Tistarelli  
Computer Vision Laboratory
DAP - University of Sassari 
Via Muroni 25
07100 Sassari - Italy
tista@dist.unige.it

Lawrence O'Gorman                 
Avaya Labs, Room 1B04 
233 Mt. Airy Road
Basking Ridge, NJ 07920, USA
logorman@avaya.com