=============================================================== ICIP-2003 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION http://www.icip2003.org IEEE Signal Processing Society International Conference on Image Processing September 14-17, 2003 Barcelona, Spain =============================================================== CONFERENCE FOCUS 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. Papers will be presented in the following fields: * IMAGE/VIDEO CODING AND TRANSMISSION * IMAGE/VIDEO PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS * IMAGE FORMATION * IMAGE SCANNING, PRINTING, DISPLAY AND COLOR * IMAGE/VIDEO STORAGE, RETRIEVAL, AND MULTIMEDIA * APPLICATIONS For detailed conference program information, registration and hotel details, please visit our web site http://www.icip2003.org CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS The following experts will give exciting PLENARY PRESENTATIONS: - Alain Arneodo: Image Processing Genomic Sequences Using Space-scale Wavelet Techniques - Bernd Girod: Video Coding for Compression and Beyond - Richard F. Lyon: History and Future of Electronic Color Photography: Where Vision and Silicon Meet ICIP2003 features nine high-quality SPECIAL SESSIONS: - Distributed Source Coding - Redundant Representations and their Application to Visual Communications - Graph Theory in Image Processing - From Visual Models to Semantic Visual Information Retrieval - Partial Differential Equations and Differential Geometry in Image Processing - Sports Video Analysis - Advanced Methods for Motion Estimation - Processor Architecture for Image and Video Applications - The Role of Machine Learning in Extracting Semantics from Multimedia Content Finally, six half-day TUTORIALS will be given on Sunday, September 14, 2003: - Morphological Segmentation: Recent Advances - Advances in Face Processing: Detection and Recognition - Wavelet Video Coding: Principles and - The New H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC Video Coding Standard - Images as Fossilized Light: The Magic of Image-Based Rendering - Joint Audio-Visual Signal Processing SOCIAL PROGRAM In addition to the technical program, the organizing committee has put together a very attractive social program. The welcome cocktail will be offered in the Palau Reial de Pedralbes located close to the Conference venue, in a magnificent location surrounded by gardens. The ICIP-2003 Banquet and Awards Ceremony will take place in the Codorniu cellars, which are located Southwest of Barcelona in Penedes, one of the most important wine-growing areas in Spain. You will have the opportunity to visit the underground cellars and to know about the wine production process before dinner. The dinner itself will take place in one of the cellars where the wine is kept. Catalan and Spanish folklore entertainment will be included.