I'd like to draw Your attention to the Special Session 7 "Mathematical
and Linguistic Techniques for Image Mining" of the 2nd International
Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications ( 8 - 11 March,
2007, Barcelona, Spain ). You are kindly invited to submit Your papers
to the Special Session 7. More details can be found at the conference
web-site: http://www.visapp.org/Special_Sessions.htm

Scope: Automation of image mining is one of the most important
strategic goals in image analysis, recognition and understanding
science and technologies. The main subgoals are developing and
applying of mathematical theory for constructing image models accepted
by efficient pattern recognition algorithms and for standardized
representation and selection of image analysis transforms.

The purpose of this special session is to discuss algebraic tools
providing a unified language for constructing and implementation of
image models and image analysis and recognition transforms. These
tools are mainly image algebras, descriptive image algebras and
logical and combinatorial pattern recognition algorithms.

Another important task of the session is to discuss linguistic tools
for image mining - image knowledge bases and image science ontologies
- and to estimate the prospects of the algebraic approach in
representation of image analysis knowledge in this environment.

The interpretation of algebraic and linguistic techniques will be
illustrated by automated medical diagnosis cases.

This special session is intended to cover, but it is not limited to,
the following topics:
1) Image Mining,
2) Mathematical Theory of Image Analysis,
3) Image Understanding,
4) Image Algebras,
5) Pattern Recognition in Image Understanding,
6) Algebraic, Structural, Syntactic and Logical-Combinatorial Approach,
7) Image Models,
8) Image Knowledge Bases,
9) Image Science Ontologies,
10) Automation of Medical Image Analysis.

Deadline for paper submission is 5 January 2007.

Best regards,

Special Session Chairs
Igor Gurevich (Dorodnicyn Computing Center, the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, the Russian Federation)
Heinrich Niemann (University of Erlangen-Nurnberg, Erlangen, Germany)
Ovidio Salvetti (Institute of Information Science and Technologies, Italian national Research Council, Pisa, Italy)