Special Session Soft Computing in Image Processing: Recent Advances at the FUZZ-IEEE 2008 Conference, Hong Kong, June 1-6, 2008 Call for Papers Vision in general and images in particular have always played an important and essential role in human life. In the past they were, today they are, and in the future they will continue to be one of our most important information carriers. Nowadays, the field of image processing also has numerous commercial, scientific, industrial and military applications. All these applications result from the interaction between fundamental scientific research on the one hand, and the development of new and high-standard technology on the other hand. In order to cope with the variety of image processing challenges, several techniques have been introduced and developed, quite often with great success. Among the different techniques that are currently in use, we also encounter soft computing techniques. Soft Computing is an emerging field that consists of complementary elements of fuzzy logic, neural computing, evolutionary computation, machine learning and probabilistic reasoning. The session "Soft Computing in Image Processing: Recent Advances" at FUZZ-IEEE 2008 aims at presenting and discussing recent advances in the field, and fits perfectly in the scope of WCCI 2008, which includes FUZZ-IEEE 2008. Topics include, but are not limited to, soft computing in/for: * Image quality improvement: filtering, noise removal, enhancement, restoration * Image analysis: edge detection, segmentation, pattern recognition, object recognition, interpretation * Image compression and image reconstruction * Image similarity * Computer vision * Satellite image processing * Medical image processing * Mathematical morphology * Wavelets Submission guidelines. Very detailed guidelines are available at the "Instructions for Authors"site of WCCI 2008. Papers are limited to 8 (instead of 6, as was earlier announced) pages, and a LaTeX-package can be downloaded from the site. Please follow the guidelines strictly because this is required in order for your paper to be published in the conference proceedings. Online submission. Authors have to submit their paper to the regular conference page (click here). We ask that you also send a copy directly to the session organizers mike.nachtegael@ugent.be and yuksel@erciyes.edu.tr. We summarize the most important dates: * Submission of papers: December 1, 2008. * Notification of acceptance: February 1, 2008. * Submission of camera ready papers: March 1, 2008.