********************************************************************************** * C A L L F O R P A P E R S ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- Technical Session on INDEXING AND RETRIEVAL OF IMAGES(CBIR) in The 2003 International Conference on Imaging Science, Systems and Technology(CISST'03) http://www.ashland.edu/~iajwa/conferences/2003/CISST/cisst.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA June 23-26, 2003 ********************************************************************************** * Dear Colleagues: You are invited to submit a draft paper. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. TECHNICAL SESSION: Indexing and Retrieval of Images (CBIR) http://www.ashland.edu/~iajwa/conferences/2003/CISST/cisst.html CHAIR OF SESSION: Atul Sajjanhar School of Information Technology Deakin University, Australia EMail: atul.s@ieee.org HISTORY: The CBIR session is part of CISST'03. CISST'03 will be hosted as part of The International Multiconference in Computer Science & Computer Engineering, which is a major annual international research event. The last Multiconference attracted over 1,550 computer science and Engineering researchers from 72 countries. It is anticipated that The 2003 Int'l Multiconference will attract about 2000 participants. The 2003 event is composed of 15 (planned) major conferences - attendees will have full access to all 15 conferences' sessions & tracks. The Multiconference website is: http://www.ashland.edu/~iajwa/conferences/ SUBMISSION OF PAPERS: Prospective authors are invited to submit the draft paper by email to the Session Chair. The due date is provided below. The length of the Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be limited to 7 (IEEE style) pages. Papers must not have been previously published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. The first page of the draft paper should include: title of the paper, name, affiliation, postal address, E-mail address, telephone number, & Fax number for each author. The first page should also include the name of the author who will be presenting the paper (if accepted) & a maximum of 5 keywords. EVALUATION PROCESS: Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity, & soundness. Each paper will be refereed by two researchers in the topical area. The Camera-Ready papers will be reviewed by one person. PUBLICATION: The conference proceedings will be published by CSREA Press (ISBN) in hardcopy/book. The proceedings will be available at the conference. Some accepted papers will also be considered for journal publication (soon after the conference). (In addition to the hardcopy, it is also planned to publish the papers on a CD.) All conference proceedings published by CSREA Press are considered for inclusion in major database indexes that are designed to provide easy access to the current literature of the sciences (database examples: ISI Thomson Scientific, IEE INSPEC, ...). ORGANIZERS/SPONSORS: A number of university faculty members & their staff in cooperation with the Monte Carlo Resort (Conference Division, Las Vegas ), will be organizing the conferences. The conferences will be sponsored by World Academy of Sciences & co-sponsored by Computer Science Research, Education, & Applications Press (CSREA: USA Federal EIN # 58-2171953) together with research centers, international associations, international research groups, & developers of high-performance machines & systems. The complete list of sponsors & co-sponsors will be available at a later time. (Previous conferences' sponsors included: CSREA, the National Supercomputing Center for Energy & the Environment - DOE, The Int'l Association for Mathematics & Computers in Simulation, The Int'l Technology Institute (ITI), Java High Performance Computing research group, World Scientific & Engineering Society, Sundance Digital Signal Processing Inc., Computer Vision R&A Tech., Hewlett-Packard Inc., Korea Information Processing Society (KIPS), Society of Japan (SIGMPS/IPSJ), IEEE, a number of publishers of books & journals, ...) LOCATION OF CONFERENCES: The conferences will be held in the Monte Carlo Resort hotel Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (with any overflows at other near-by hotels). The Monte Carlo Resort is a mega hotel with excellent conference facilities & over 3,000 rooms. The hotel is minutes from the Las Vegas airport with 24-hour shuttle service to & from the airport. This hotel has many vacation & recreational attractions, including: waterfalls, casino, spa, pools & kiddie pools, sunning decks, Easy River water ride, wave pool with cascades, lighted tennis courts, health spa (with workout equipment, whirlpool, sauna, ...), arcade virtual reality game rooms, nightly shows, snack bars, a number of restaurants, shopping area, bars, ... Many of these attractions are open 24 hours a day & most are suitable for families & children. The negotiated hotel's room rate for conference attendees is very reasonable (79USD + tax) per night (no extra charge for double occupancy) for the duration of the conference. The hotel is within walking distance from most other Las Vegas attractions (major shopping areas, recreational destinations, fine dining & night clubs, free street shows, ...). IMPORTANT DATES: Feb. 17, 2003 (Monday): Draft papers (about 5 pages) due March 21, 2003 (Friday): Notification of acceptance April 22, 2003 (Tuesday): Camera-Ready papers & Prereg. due June 23-26, 2003: All 15 Int'l Conferences SCOPE OF CBIR SESSION Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: O feature extraction O evaluation of image retrieval systems O character recognition O database architectures for image retrieval O AI techniques in image retrieval O web-based image retrieval O relevance feedback techniques O survey of techniques/systems O techniques for efficient indexing O Other aspects & applications relating to content based image retrieval