=============================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS =============================================================== Special Session of WILF2007 on "Soft Computing in Image Processing" http://wilf2007.disi.unige.it/scip07.html Portofino Vetta - Ruta di Camogli, Genova (Italy) July 7-10, 2007 =============================================================== SUBMISSION DEADLINE : March 3 2007 =============================================================== =============================================================== SESSION AIMS =============================================================== For over four decades, researchers in the area of image analysis have developed numerous methods and systems, many of which based on probabilistic paradigms, such as the well-known Bayesian decision rule and evidence-based decision-making systems. The main assumption is that physical laws are ruled by Aristotelic logic; in other words they arise from a crisp-world assumption. Anyway, this assumption is not always true in the physical world; as a matter of fact, crisp assumptions work for some problems, while they fails miserably whenever imprecision and accuracy are not following probabilistic rules. The rise of several major seminal theories proposed in early 60 including fuzzy logic, genetic algorithms, evolutionary computation, neural networks and their combination (the soft-computing paradigm in brief) are now leading techniques, allows to incorporate imprecision and incomplete information, and to model very complex systems, making them a useful tool in many scientific areas. These new methods may become more effective and powerful in real-world applications and can offer viable and effective solutions to some of the most difficult problems in image and pattern analysis. The purpose of this special session is to demonstrate some recent successes in solving image analysis problems by soft computing techniques and hopefully to motivate other image processing researchers to utilize this technology to solve their real-world problems. It will cover a range of domains, from more traditional ones such as image analysis at low, medium and high level, including pattern recognition and all the topics inherent to computer vision, all treated by means of soft-computing techniques. Topics include but are not limited to: -Soft computing algorithms for denoising and restoration -Soft computing techniques for pattern recognition -Soft computing algorithms for digital image processing, coding and encryption -Soft computing in computer vision -Soft computing algorithms for video content-based indexing and retrieval -Soft multimedia data analysis and visualization: texture, color, content, etc. -Applications, i.e. visual surveillance, face recognition, medical imaging, remote sensing, etc. =============================================================== SUBMISSION TO THE SPECIAL SESSION =============================================================== Manuscripts, prepared according to the Springer LNCS format (see Instructions for LNCS Authors of "Proceedings and Other Multiauthor Volumes" downloadable at http://www.springer.com/) may not be longer than 6 pages, including a cover sheet stating (1) Paper title, (2) Keyword(s), (3) Authors names and affiliations, (4) Contact Author's name and contact details including telephone/fax numbers and e-mail address, and (5) an Abstract (200 words). The paper must be submitted by March 3 2007 using the submission system http://wilf2007.disi.unige.it/openconf/openconf-wilf2007/index.php or sending directly the paper to the email address alfredo.petrosino@uniparthenope.it indicating in the subject "SCIP Session". =============================================================== PROCEEDINGS =============================================================== All papers will be blind peer-reviewed by at least two independent reviewers. All accepted papers submitted by registered participants will be published in the Lecture Notes on Computer Science Series, Springer. A selection of papers will be peer reviewed for originality, technical contents and relevance and will be considered for publication in a special issue of an international journal about image processing and computer vision we are planning. The expected publication date is mid of 2008. =============================================================== SESSION CHAIRS =============================================================== Isabelle Bloch, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications, CNRS, Dept TSI, France Alfredo Petrosino, Department of Applied Science, University of Naples "Parthenope", Italy