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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
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Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
June 23-26, 2003
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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