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CALL FOR PAPERS

International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - VISAPP 2006
http://www.visapp.org

February 25 - 28, 2005 - Setúbal, Portugal

sponsored by the Polytechnic Institute of Setubal (PORTUGAL)
organized by the Institute for Information Systems and Technologies, Control and Communication (INSTICC)
[co-located with the International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications http://www.grapp.org]

Venue: Polytechnic Institute of Setubal (PORTUGAL) 
http://www.visapp.org/Local_Information.htm

Important dates:
	Full paper submission: November 15, 2005 (Deadline Extended)
	Acceptance notification: December 12, 2005
	Final paper submission and registration: December 22, 2005
	Conference: 25-28 February, 2006


Keynote Speakers:
	Dr. Peter Robinson, University of Cambridge, U.K.
	Dr. Ken Perlin, New York University, U.S.A.
	Prof. André Gagalowicz, INRIA Rocquencourt, France
	(list not yet complete)

The conference has a double-blind review process and all the accepted papers will be published in the proceedings under an ISBN. Furthermore, we will have the best papers of the conference published in a book, by Springer. 

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Conference main topic areas:

  AREA 1: IMAGE FORMATION AND PROCESSING 
   - Computational Geometry
   - Multi-view Geometry
   - Illumination and Reflectance Modeling 
   - Image Formation, Acquisition Devices and Sensors 
   - Multimodal and Multisensor Models of Image Formation 
   - Image Quality
   - Image Filtering
   - Spatial Color Indexing
   - Enhancement and Restoration 
   - Mathematical Morphology
   - Implementation of Image and Video Processing Systems 

  AREA 2: IMAGE ANALYSIS 
   - Early Vision and Image Representation
   - Surface Geometry and Shape
   - Feature Extraction 
   - Segmentation and Grouping 
   - Time-Frequency Analysis 
   - Wavelet Analysis
   - Statistical Approach 
   - Structural and Syntactic Approach 
   - Fractal and Chaos Theory in Image Analysis
   - Image Registration
   - Video Analysis
   - Medical Image Analysis 

  AREA 3: IMAGE UNDERSTANDING 
   - Recognition and Indexing
   - Cognitive & Biologically Inspired Vision 
   - Cognitive Models for Interpretation, Integration and Control 
   - Neural Networks
   - Object, Event and Scene Recognition, Retrieval and Indexing 
   - Human Activity Recognition
   - Face and Gesture Recognition
   - Dynamics and Learning for Gesture Interpretation
   - Visual Learning
   - Pattern Recognition in Image Understanding
   - Optical Color Pattern Recognition
   - Data Mining in Pattern Recognition
   - Model Acquisition and Validation
   - 2D and 3D Scene Understanding
   - Localization and Recognition of 3D Object Features
   - Recognizing 3-D Object Shapes from Range Data 

  AREA 4: MOTION, TRACKING AND STEREO VISION 
   - Real-time Vision
   - Active and Robot Vision 
   - Visually Guided Robotics
   - Visual Navigation
   - Motion and Tracking
   - Stereo Vision and Structure from Motion
   - Matching Correspondence and Flow 
   - Model-based Object tracking in Image Sequences 
   - Tracking of People and Surveillance
   - Segment Cluster Tracking
   - Retrieval of 3D Objects from Video Sequences
   - Detecting 3D Objects Using Patterns of Motion and Appearance
   - Image-based Modeling and 3D Reconstruction 

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CONFERENCE CHAIR
Alpesh Ranchordas, E.S.T. Setúbal, Portugal 

PROGRAM CHAIR
Hélder J. Araújo, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Available at http://www.visapp.org/Program_Commitee.htm