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First Call for Papers - SCIP @ IFSA2003
http://fuzzy.rug.ac.be/SCIP/
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We kindly invite you to participate in the special session on "SOFT
COMPUTING IN IMAGE PROCESSING" to be organised at the IFSA 2003 Conference.
IFSA 2003, the International Fuzzy Systems Association World Congress, is
held in Istanbul (Turkey), from June 29 until July 2.

Soft Computing techniques involve different methodologies, e.g. fuzzy set
theory, neural networks, genetic algorithms and rough set theory. The
capabiblity of these techniques to incorporate imprecision and incomplete
information, and to model very complex systems makes them a usefull tool in
many scientific areas. Needless to say, image processing is one of these
areas.

The aim of this session is to provide an international forum for
presentation of recent results and advances regarding soft computing
techniques in image processing. It is a unique opportunity for researchers
in this area to meet and to exchange ideas. It is also a way to establish
and/or intensify international cooperation. Topics include but are not
limited to:
- noise reduction in images
- edge detection and segmentation
- feature extraction
- image enhancement
- image compression
- similarity between images
- image analysis
- ...

Authors are invited to submit papers describing theoretical or practical
results. Authors are requested to submit a 4-page paper by January 30.
Please respect the following guidelines:
- Submit your paper as a postscript, tex, or pdf file
- Papers should include title, authors' name(s), affiliation(s) and
keywords. Please indicate the corresponding authors with their e-mail
addresses
- Papers should be of size A4
- The font should be Times Roman, 10 points, double column

We summarize the most important dates:
- Submission deadline: January 30, 2003
- Notification of acceptance: February 28, 2003
- Camera ready papers: May 9, 2003

**Important** : if you are interested in submitting a paper for the session
on "Soft Computing in Image Processing", please let us know with a short
email and a short abstract (this is important for the conference
organizers!). If you already have submitted a paper for the IFSA 2003
Conference and if you think it fits in the scope of this session, you can
let us know this as well. It is possible to have your paper moved into the
session!

Final note: the organisation of this special session is an initiative of the
SCIP Working Group. The aim of this working group is to establish and
intensify international cooperation between researchers that are active in
the area of soft computing in image processing. Do you want more information
about SCIP or do you wish to join us? Visit the website at
http://fuzzy.rug.ac.be/SCIP/ .

Kind regards,

Mike Nachtegael, Dietrich Van der Weken, Etienne E. Kerre
Ghent University
Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science
Fuzziness and Uncertainty Modelling Research Unit
Krijgslaan 281 (S9)
B-9000 Ghent (Belgium)
email: SCIP@rug.ac.be
URL: http://fuzzy.rug.ac.be/SCIP/