--- C A L L F O R P A P E R S --- 3rd Iberian Conference on Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis IbPRIA 2007 Deadline for Paper Submission: November 17th, 2006 6th-8th June 2007, Girona, Spain http://ibpria2007.udg.cat IbPRIA is an endorsed IAPR (International Association for Pattern Recognition) conference co-organised by AERFAI and APRP, the Spanish and Portuguese chapters of the IAPR. IbPRIA is a single track conference consisting of high quality, previously unpublished papers, presented either orally or as a poster, intended to act as a forum for research groups, engineers and practitioners to present recent results, algorithmic improvements and promising future directions in pattern recognition and image analysis. A PDF version of the Call for Papers is available for download on the conference website at: http://ibpria2007.udg.cat/CFPIbPRIA2007.PDF -- Latest news -- * Three invited talks will be given by distinguished world classs researchers. We are proud to inform you that a keynote speech presented by Prof. Andrew Davison, Imperial College London, UK, is already confirmed. * An IAPR Best Paper Prize will be awarded to the most outstanding conference contribution. * Tutorials and Workshops hosted on 4 and 5 June will be free for all attending IAPR (AERFAI and APRP) members. -- About The Conference -- The 3rd Iberian Conference on Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis is looking for new theoretical results, techniques and main applications on any aspect of pattern recognition and image analysis, including but not restricted to the following topics: Pattern Recognition Image Analysis Computer Vision Multimedia Systems Statistical and Structural Pattern Recognition Neural Networks Bioinformatics Image Coding and Processing Shape and Texture Analysis Information Systems Speech Recogntion Natural Language Analysis Document Processing Robotics Remote Sensing Industrial Applications of Pattern Recognition Special Hardware Architectures Papers must be submitted electronically by November 17, 2006. Each paper will be blind-reviewed by at least two members of the international program committee, and will be accepted based on its originality, significance and clarity. Papers should describe original and unpublished work on the topics of the conference, and should not exceed 8 pages. All accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings, scheduled to be published in Springer LNCS Series. A copy of the proceedings will be distributed to all participants at the Conference. The best conference paper will be awarded an IAPR best paper prize. -- Programme Committee -- Lourdes Agapito, Queen Mary University of London, UK Helder Araújo, University of Coimbra, Portugal Hervé Bourlard, EPFL, Switzerland Patrick Bouthemy, IRISA, France Joachim Buhmann, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Horst Bunke, University of Bern, Switzerland Hans Burkhard, University of Freiburg, Germany Francisco Casacuberta, Polytechnical University of Valencia, Spain Vicent Caselles, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain Aurélio Campilho, University of Porto, Portugal Luís Corte-Real, University of Porto, Portugal Hervé Delinguette, INRIA, France Pierre Dupont, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium Marcello Federico, ITC-irst Trento, Italy Marco Ferreti, University of Pavia, Italy Ana Fred, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal Andrew Gee, University of Cambridge, UK Vito di Gesú, University of Palermo, Italy Edwin R. Hancock, University of York, UK Francisco Mario Hernández Tejera, Universidad de Las Palmas, Spain Laurent Heutte, Université de Rouen, France José Manuel Iñesta Quereda, Universidad de Alicante, Spain Jorge Marques, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal Hermann Ney, University of Aachen, Germany Wiro Niessen, University of Utrech, The Netherlands Francisco José Perales, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain Nicolás Pérez de la Blanca, University of Granada, Spain Fernando Pérez Cruz, Universidad Carlos III, Spain Maria Petrou, Imperial College, UK Pedro Pina, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal Armando Pinho, University of Aveiro, Portugal Ioannis Pitas, University of Thessaloniki, Greece Filiberto Pla, University Jaume I, Spain Alberto Sanfeliu, Polytechnical University of Catalonia, Spain Gabriella Sanniti di Baja, Istituto di Cibernetica CNR, Italy Pierre Soille, Joint Research Centre, Italy Karl Tombre, LORIA, France M. Inés Torres, University of the Basque Country, Spain Jordi Vitrià, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain Joachim Weickert, Saarland University, Germany Reyer Zwiggelaar, University of Wales, UK -- Important Dates -- * 17 November 2006 Submission of papers * 22 January 2007 Notification of acceptance * 5 February 2007 Camera ready paper * 10 April 2007 Early registration * 15 December 2006 Workshop/tutorial proposal -- Tutorials and Workshops -- Prior to the development of the IbPRIA2007 Conference, selected Tutorials and Workshops will be hosted on 4 and 5 June. IAPR (AERFAI and APRP) members can freely attend such related events. Members from all areas of the pattern recognition and image analysis community are cordially invited to submit proposals for tutorials and workshops, intended to facilitate an enriching discussion about challenging topics in pattern recognition and image analysis topics. Feel free to contact the workshop chair, Dr. Joaquim Salvi, via email at workshops@ibpria2007.udg.es or have a look at the conference website for further information regarding tutorial/workshop topics or organisation details. -- Instructions for Authors -- Full papers must be submitted electronically in Springer LNCS style for review in the conference format, already available on the conference website at: http://ibpria2007.udg.cat/submission.htm Prior to the submission deadline, it is necessary to connect to the conference web server in order to assign an account to upload the paper as well the affiliation information. -- Organising Committee -- The 3rd Iberian Conference on Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis IbPRIA 2007 is jointly organised by the Computer Vision and Robotics group of the Institute of Informatics and Applications, University of Girona, the Asociación Española de Reconocimiento de Formas y Análisis de Imágenes (AERFAI), and the Associação Portuguesa de Reconhecimento de Padrões (APRP). General Chairs: Joan Martí, University of Girona (Spain) José Miguel Benedí, Polytechnical University of Valencia (Spain) Ana Maria Mendonça, University of Porto (Portugal) Joan Serrat, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain) Tutorials/Workshops Chair: Joaquim Salvi, University of Girona (Spain) -- Enquiry and Information -- IbPRIA2007 Secretariat Institute of Informatics and Applications Campus of Montilivi s/n 17071 Girona - Spain Tel: + 34 972 418258 Fax: + 34 972 418976 http://ibpria2007.udg.cat Email: ibpria@ibpria2007.udg.es