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                            ICIP2003  
                        CALL FOR PAPERS
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             CALL FOR SPECIAL SESSIONS AND TUTORIALS

                    http://www.icip2003.org

                IEEE Signal Processing Society
           International Conference on Image Processing
                     September 14-17, 2003
                        Barcelona, Spain
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CONFERENCE FOCUS
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   The International Conference on  Image Processing (ICIP), sponsored
   by the IEEE Signal Processing Society, is the premier forum for the
   presentation of technological advances and  research results in the
   fields of theoretical,  experimental,  and applied image and  video
   processing.  ICIP-2003, the tenth in the series  that has been held
   annually since  1994,  will bring   together leading engineers  and
   scientists in image   processing from around  the  world.  Research
   frontiers in  fields ranging    from traditional  image  processing
   applications  to  evolving  multimedia and   video technologies are
   regularly advanced by   results  first reported in   ICIP technical
   sessions.
TOPICS OF INTERESTS
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1. IMAGE/VIDEO CODING AND  TRANSMISSION: 
   Still  image  and video coding,  model-based  and synthetic-natural
   hybrid coding,  source/channel coding, stereoscopic and 3-D coding,
   coding standards, image and video  over networks, error resilience,
   video streaming.

2. IMAGE/VIDEO PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS:
   Linear  and nonlinear  filtering   and  enhancement,   restoration,
   multiframe     image   restoration,   segmentation,    wavelets and
   multiresolution processing,  morphological  processing,   color and
   multispectral   processing,   stereoscopic  and   3-D   processing,
   modeling, analysis,    interpolation and  spatial  transformations,
   motion detection  and estimation, image  sequence processing, noise
   modeling, architectures and  software, neural,  adaptive, and fuzzy
   processing, computer vision.

3. IMAGE FORMATION:
   Acoustic, radar,  and  tomographic  imaging,  nuclear,  X-ray,  and
   magnetic resonance imaging, geophysical  and seismic imaging, radio
   astronomy    and    speckle    imaging,    optical    imaging,  and
   synthetic-natural hybrid image systems.

4. IMAGE SCANNING, PRINTING, DISPLAY AND COLOR:
   Scanning   and   sampling,   quantization   and halftoning,   color
   reproduction,  image representation   and   rendering, display  and
   printing systems, image quality assessment.

5. IMAGE/VIDEO STORAGE, RETRIEVAL, AND MULTIMEDIA:
   Image and video databases, image search and sorting, video indexing
   and  editing,  integration of images  and  video with  other media,
   content-based multimedia,  multimedia  applications, authentication
   and watermarking.

6. APPLICATIONS:
   Application of image  processing technology to any field, including
   biomedical    sciences,    astronomy,    geosciences,  environment,
   humanities, arts, forensic sciences, and document processing.


PAPER SUBMISSION
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   Prospective authors are invited to submit extended summaries of not
   more than     four  (4) pages     including results,  figures   and
   references.  Papers will be accepted  only by electronic submission
   through the conference web site.

   Submission of extended summary      : January 10, 2003
   Notification of acceptance          : April 10, 2003
   Submission of camera-ready papers   : May 9, 2003


TUTORIALS AND SPECIAL SESSIONS PROPOSALS
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   Tutorials  will be held on Sunday,   September 14, 2003.  Proposals
   for tutorials must include a title,  an outline of the tutorial and
   its motivation, contact information for the  presenter, and a short
   description of the material to  be covered. Proposals for tutorials
   should  be submitted  to    Fernando Pereira  (fp@lx.it.pt)  before
   December 10, 2002.

   ICIP-2003 will include a number of special sessions.  Proposals for
   special sessions must include  a title, contact information for the
   session chair(s), and a list of  authors who have agreed to present
   papers in  the session.  Proposals  for special sessions  should be
   submitted to Ferran Marques (ferran@gps.tsc.upc.es) before December
   10, 2002.


CONFERENCE VENUE
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   ICIP 2003 will be  held in the  Catalonia Palace of Congresses,  in
   Barcelona,  Spain. Barcelona is  one     of the  most    attractive
   destinations in  Europe both for its  architecture and its cultural
   life.  The recently opened Catalonia  Palace of Congresses with its
   advanced design,   offers functionality and  capacity together with
   the highest technology.


BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD
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   ICIP 2003 is  pleased to  announce an  award  for the Best  Student
   Paper.  Application for the  award will be by self-nomination after
   acceptance of the paper upon submission of the final manuscript.


CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
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General Chair
   Luis Torres (luis@gps.tsc.upc.es)
   Technical Univ. of Catalonia, Spain

Technical Program
   Philippe Salembier (philippe@gps.tsc.upc.es)
   Technical Univ. of Catalonia, Spain

   Edward J. Delp (ace@ecn.purdue.edu)
   Purdue Univ., USA

Special Sessions
   Murat Kunt (Murat.Kunt@epfl.ch)
   Swiss Federal Inst. of Technology, Switzerland

   Ferran Marques (ferran@gps.tsc.upc.es)
   Technical Univ. of Catalonia, Spain

Tutorials
   Fernando Pereira (fp@lx.it.pt)
   Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal

Publications
   Narciso Garcia (narciso@gti.ssr.upm.es)
   Technical Univ. of Madrid, Spain

Finance
   Josep R. Casas (josep@gps.tsc.upc.es)
   Technical Univ. of Catalonia, Spain

Local Arrangements
   Montse Pardas (montse@gps.tsc.upc.es)
   Technical Univ. of Catalonia, Spain

   Antoni Gasull (gasull@gps.tsc.upc.es)
   Technical Univ. of Catalonia, Spain

Exhibits
   Fabio Lavagetto (fabio@dist.dist.unige.it)
   Genova University, Italy

   Francesc Tarres (tarres@gps.tsc.upc.es)
   Technical Univ. of Catalonia, Spain

Publicity
   Nariman Farvardin (farvar@eng.umd.edu)
   Univ. of Maryland, USA

   Reginald Lagendijk (R.L.Lagendijk@its.tudelft.nl)
   Delft Univ. of Technology, The Netherlands

Registration
   Albert Oliveras (albert@gps.tsc.upc.es)
   Technical Univ. of Catalonia, Spain

Social Program
   Elisa Sayrol (elisa@gps.tsc.upc.es)
   Technical Univ. of Catalonia, Spain

Web and Computer Services
   Antonio Albiol (aalbiol@dcom.upv.es)
   Technical Univ. of Valencia, Spain

   Rafael Molina (rms@decsai.ugr.es)
   Univ. of Granada, Spain

European Commission Liaison
   Eric Badique (Eric.Badique@cec.eu.int)
   European Commission, Belgium

American Liaison
   Antonio Ortega (ortega@sipi.usc.edu)
   Univ. of Southern California, USA

Far East Liaison
   Kiyoharu Aizawa (aizawa@hal.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp)
   Univ. of Tokyo, Japan

Conference Manager
   Inter-Congres
   anabel.ayerbe@mccann.es

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