C A L L    F O R    P A P E R S
                            ICPR 2004
 
 17th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PATTERN RECOGNITION
 hosted by the British Machine Vision Association (BMVA)
 CAMBRIDGE, UNITED KINGDOM
 23rd - 26th August 2004
 http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/icpr2004/
 
 
 ICPR2004 is the 17th conference of the International Association
 for Pattern Recognition (IAPR). Started in 1973, ICPR is a major
 biennial event, aiming to stimulate research, development, and the
 application of pattern recognition, and to advance international
 co-operation in related disciplines.
 
 The ICPR2004 Theme is "Pattern Recognition in the Digital World".
 The conference will provide an international forum for discussions
 on recent advances
 in the fields of:
     o COMPUTER VISION AND ROBOTICS,
     o PATTERN RECOGNITION,
     o NEURAL NETWORKS,
     o IMAGE AND SIGNAL PROCESSING,
     o ARCHITECTURES, TECHNOLOGY AND TOOLS FOR PATTERN RECOGNITION AND
       IMAGE PROCESSING,
     o APPLICATIONS
        - BIOMEDICAL, MULTIMEDIA, DOCUMENT ANALYSIS,
        - REMOTE SENSING, BIOMETRICS, E-COMMERCE
        - INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION, OTHERS
 
 The conference programme will be organised into 5 tracks.
 For a detailed list of topics and the paper submission procedure,
 please visit http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/icpr2004/
 
 ICPR2004 will take place in Cambridge, in the heart of the UK. In
 addition to the technical program, participants can also enjoy the
 City with its culture and old English tradition. This historic City
 with its world-renowned University is within easy travelling distance
 from the main international airports in London and is extremely
 well-served by rail and coach services.
 
 Cambridge can boast of ancient monuments, a wealth of museums and
 galleries, as well as its famous book-shops and markets. Visitors
 should walk along the famous grass-covered banks of the River Cam or
 take a lazy summer punt along the river and enjoy the architectural
 glories of the riverside colleges. The best known of all Cambridge
 buildings is Kings College Chapel, with its world-famous choir.
 
 
 IMPORTANT DATES
Full paper submissions due: December 15th, 2003
Notification of acceptances: March 15, 2004
Final camera-ready papers due: May 15, 2004
 
Pre-Conference Tutorials: 22 August, 2004
Conference: 23 - 26 August, 2004

PAPER SUBMISSION

The paper page limit is 4 pages. Anonymous papers should be written in
English and submitted in pdf format. Formatting instructions provided
by the IEEE Computer Society Press are available from the ICPR 2004
conference web site. The online paper submission system is now open. 
Please follow links from the main web site to submit your paper.

 REGISTRATION
   Information on registration for the conference will be posted on the
   conference website in due course: http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/icpr04/
 
 TECHNICAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
 
 General Programme Committee Chair: Maria Petrou, University of Surrey, UK
 
 TRACK ONE: Computer Vision
 CHAIRS: Edwin Hancock, University of York, UK
          Mike Brady, University of Oxford, UK
 with Associated Theme: Machine Vision Applications
          Yuichi Ohta, University of Tsukuba, Japan
 
 TRACK TWO: Pattern Recognition and Neural Networks
 with Associated Theme: Document Analysis
 CHAIRS: Anil K Jain, Michigan State University, USA
          Horst Bunke, University of Bern, Switzerland
 
 TRACK THREE: Image and Signal Processing
 with Associated Theme: Medical Applications
 CHAIRS: Josef Bigun, University of Halmstad, Sweden
          Vaclav Hlavac, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic
          Chris Taylor, University of Manchester, UK
 
 TRACK FOUR: Multimedia Systems
 with Associated Theme: Image and Video Database Retrieval
 CHAIRS: Thomas Huang, University of Urbana, Champagne, USA
          Alberto Del Bimbo, University of Florence, Italy
          Ruud Bolle, IBM, USA
 
 TRACK FIVE: Architectures, Technology and Tools
 CHAIRS: Virginio Cantoni, University of Pavia, Italy
          Markus Vincze, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
 
 
 ORGANISING COMMITTEE
 
 General Chair: Josef Kittler, University of Surrey, UK
 Technical Chair: Maria Petrou, University of Surrey, UK
 Conference Manager: Rachel Gartshore, University of Surrey, UK
 Tutorials Chair: Richard Harvey, University of East Anglia, UK
 Satellite Workshops Chair: Andrew Fitzgibbon, University of Oxford, UK
 Publications Chair: Mark Nixon, University of Southampton, UK
 Publicity and Sponsorship Chair: Majid Mirmehdi, University of Bristol, UK
 Demos Chair: Adrian Clark, University of Essex, UK
 
FACE VERIFICATION COMPETITION

In order to promote evaluation of pattern recognition algorithms 
using publicly available datasets and standard performance assessment 
methodology, a competition for the best face verification algorithms 
will take place in conjunction with the ICPR 2004 conference.  Details
can be found at:

 http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/banca/icpr2004/

Important Dates:

Release of BANCA Dataset: October 1, 2003
Competition Registration Deadline: January 31, 2004
Results submission: March 31, 2004


 17TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PATTERN RECOGNITION
 "PATTERN RECOGNITION IN THE DIGITAL WORLD"
 http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/icpr04/