CALL FOR PAPERS Sensor-based Protection of Vulnerable Road Users - Special Session at Intelligent Vehicles 2002 - June 18-20, 2002, Versailles, France http://www.inria.fr/actualites/colloques/2002/iv/index.en.html It is estimated that more than 430.000 pedestrians are injured and 39.000 killed yearly in traffic worldwide. Pedestrian accidents represent the second largest source of traffic-related injuries and fatalities, right after accidents involving vehicle occupants.Vehicle manufacturers and suppliers are developing several actuator concepts to decrease collision impact (extensible bumpers and motorhoods) but lacking is a sensor system to detect dangerous situations sufficiently ahead of time. The aim of this special session is to bring together researchers working on sensor systems (e.g. video, IR, radar, laser) that can detect and/or track pedestrians and other vulnerable road users (e.g. bicyclists) from a moving platform. Of interest are novel algorithms as well as new sensor and system concepts for this difficult problem. Contributions that involve quantitative results derived from experiments on large amounts of sensor data are especially welcome. Authors see conference web site for submission details. Please reference special session in the cover letter. For more information, contact the session chair. IMPORTANT DATES: Submission: December 1st, 2001 Notification of acceptance: March 1st, 2002 Camera-ready copy: April 1st, 2002 SESSION CHAIR: Dr. D.M. Gavrila, DaimlerChrysler Research, Ulm, Germany mailto:dariu.gavrila@DaimlerChrysler.com