2nd CALL FOR PAPERS
 
           7th International Conference on
   Digital Image Computing - Techniques and Applications
                     (DICTA 2003)
 
                 10-12 December 2003
         Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
            http://www.tip.csiro.au/dicta2003
 
 DICTA 2003 is the seventh biennial conference on Digital Image 
 Computing - Techniques and Applications to be held in Sydney by 
 the Australian Pattern Recognition Society. The conference will 
 feature keynote addresses, technical presentations. Keynote 
 speeches will be delivered by experts in the fields.
 
 *INVITED SPEAKERS*
  Professor Nicholas Ayache (INRIA, France)
  Professor Richard Hartley (ANU, Australia)
  Professor Henk Heijmans (CWI, The Netherlands)
  Professor Thomas Huang (UIUC, USA)
  Professor Ray Jarvis (Monash, Australia)
 
 *SCOPE*
  Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
     * Object Recognition
     * Scene Understanding
     * Photogrammetry
     * Multimedia
     * Image Segmentation
     * Image Registration
     * Medical and Biomedical Imaging
     * Mathematical Morphology
     * Computer Graphics
     * Visualization
     * Virtual and Immersive Environments
     * Digital Video Communications
     * Multi-view and Stereo Vision
     * Motion Analysis and Surveillance
     * Automation and Robotics
     * Imaging Applications
 
 *IMPORTANT DATES*
   Full paper due:   11 August 2003
   Acceptance:       22 September 2003
   Camera-ready due: 13 October 2003
   Conference:       10-12 December 2003
 
 *PAPER SUBMISSIONS*
  - Prospective authors are invited to submit their full papers 
  electronically at the conference web site or directly at
  ( http://spot.cmis.csiro.au/DICTA2003/ ) before 11 August 2003. 
  Papers are limited to a maximum of ten (10) pages. Authors of 
  accepted papers, or at least one of them, should be registered 
  and are expected to present their work at the conference. 
 
  - The conference proceedings will be available at the conference 
  in paper and CD forms. Papers will also be available on the web.
 
  - Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit revised
  versions of their papers to be considered for publication in a
  special issue of the Image and Vision Computing journal published by
  Elsevier.
 
 *BEST PAPER PRIZES*
 DICTA 2003 will have two best paper awards: one for best paper, and
 one for best student paper.  The award will consist of an amount of
 A$1000 for best paper and A$500 for best student paper.  The best
 papers will be selected by the organising and the program committees.
 
 The rules of entry for best student paper are as follows: 
 * People eligible to take part must be registered as students, and
   authorisation from their supervisors needs to be provided.
 * The student must be the first author.
 * Students wishing to be considered for the prize must submit to
   dicta2003@csiro.au (a) willing to take part; (b) supervisor's
   authorisation.  The actual paper needs to be submitted at the
   conference web site.
 
 *ORGANISING COMMITTEE*
  Hugues Talbot, CSIRO (General Chair)
  Changming Sun, CSIRO (Programme Co-chair)
  Sebastien Ourselin, CSIRO (Programme Co-chair)
  Tony Adriaansen, CSIRO (Programme Co-chair)
  Carolyn Evans, CSIRO
  Paul Jackway, CSIRO
  Len Hamey, Macquire University
  Liz Gorry, CSIRO (Secretary)
 
 *PROGRAMME COMMITTEE*
  A. Bradley (CSSIP/UQ)
  M. Braun (UTS)
  M. Brooks (U Adelaide)
  T. Caelli (U Alberta, Canada)
  K. L. Chan (NTU, Singapore)
  T. Downs (UQ)
  B. Ersboll (TU Denmark)
  R. Fisher (U Edinburgh, UK)
  D. Fraser (ADFA)
  C. S. Fuh (NTU, Taiwan)
  A. Ginige (UWS)
  E. Hancock (York U, UK)
  R. Hodgson (U Massey, NZ)
  A. K. Jain (Michigan SU, USA)
  J. Jin (U Sydney)
  R. Klette (U Auckland, NZ)
  P. Kovesi (UWA)
  D. Levy (U Sydney)
  B. Lovell (UQ)
  A. Maeder (QUT)
  G. Malandain (INRIA, France)
  B. Milthorpe (UNSW)
  G. Newsam (DSTO)
  B. Pham (QUT)
  L. Quan (HKUST, Hong Kong)
  J. Richards (ANU)
  Y. Shirai (U Osaka, Japan)
  D. Suter (Monash)
  I. Svalbe (Monash)
  T. N. Tan (CAS, China)
  E. Trucco (Heriot-Watt U, UK)
  R. Van den Boomgaard (U Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
  M. Van Droogenbroeck (U Liege, Belgium)
  S. Venkatesh (Curtin)
  L. Vincent (Lizard Tech, USA)
  G. West (Curtain)
  H. Yan (City U, Hong Kong)
  I. T. Young (TU Delft, The Netherlands)
 
 *ACCOMMODATION* 
 Several hotels are located near the conference venue. Please ensure
 that you book early for the hotels as most hotels in the area are
 expected to be heavily booked for a large Jehovahs Witness conference
 in December. When booking, please also remember to mention that the
 room is for the DICTA2003 conference being hosted by CSIRO. Please
 check the conference web page for details.