Special Issue on
                          3D OBJECT RECOGNITION
          INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL of IMAGE and GRAPHICS (IJIG)
                     Guest Editor: Dr. M. BENNAMOUN
 
 AIM and SCOPE:
 Automatic object recognition is a multi disciplinary research area using
 concepts and tools from mathematics, computing, optics, psychology,
 pattern recognition, artificial intelligence and various other
 disciplines.  The purpose of this area is to provide a set of coherent
 paradigms and concepts for the purpose of designing systems that will
 ultimately emulate the functions performed by the Human Visual System
 (HVS). Hence, such systems should have the ability to recognize objects
 independently of their positions, orientations, or scales in the image. 
 
 The HVS is employed for tens of thousands of recognition events each
 day, ranging from navigation (through the recognition of landmarks or
 signs), right through to communication (through the recognition of
 characters or people themselves). Hence, the motivations behind the
 construction of recognition systems, which have the ability to function
 in the real world, is unquestionable and would serve industrial (e.g.
 quality control), military (e.g. automatic target recognition) and
 community needs (e.g. aiding the visually impaired). 
 
 The aim of this special issue is to bring together contributions from
 the latest developments in the field of 3D object recognition and its
 applications.  Prospective papers should be unpublished and present
 solid research work offering innovative contributions either from a
 theoretical or an applications point of view. 
 
 Papers are invited from, but not limited to, the following topics:
 1/ 3D acquisition systems
 2/ Segmentation
 3/ Surface registration and automatic correspondence determination
 4/ Curve and surface representations
 5/ Recognition: matching and pose estimation
 6/ 3D object recognition systems and applications
 
 SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
 Authors should follow the IJIG manuscript format described at the
 journal site http://www.worldscinet.com/journals/ijig/ijig.shtml . All
 submitted papers will be reviewed according to the guidelines and
 standards of the International Journal of Image and Graphics.
 Prospective authors should submit their manuscripts according to the
 following timetable. 
 
 IMPORTANT DATES:
 Manuscript Due:          3 June 2002
 Acceptance Notification: 4 November 2002
 Final Manuscript Due:    7 January 2003
 Publication Date:        Second Quarter of 2003
 
 FURTHER INFORMATION:
 Please contact the Guest Editor: mailto:m.bennamoun@qut.edu.au