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                    ICPR 2010 - Call for Contests
                       http://www.icpr2010.org

The ICPR 2010 Contest Chairs invite contest proposals for the 20th IAPR
International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR 2010) that will be
held in Istanbul, Turkey during August 23-26, 2010.

The ICPR 2010 contests will provide a setting where participants will
have the opportunity to evaluate their algorithms using publicly
available datasets and standard performance assessment methodologies,
publish their results in the proceedings of an internationally acclaimed
conference, and discuss technical topics in an atmosphere that fosters
active exchange of ideas. Members from all segments of the pattern
recognition community are invited to submit contest proposals for
review.

Each proposal will be assessed for its scientific content, proposed
structure and overall relevance. Contest organizers will be responsible
for the infrastructure of the contest (including provision of data and
evaluation of results), inviting participants and ensuring their
participation, and preparing an overview paper of the results.
Furthermore, individual results of the contests can be presented at
separate workshops at ICPR 2010 provided that these workshops do not
divert papers from the main conference.

/Submission Requirements:/

Researchers interested in organizing a contest as part of the ICPR 2010
Conference are kindly invited to send the following information to the
Contest Chairs by *Friday, August 28* at the latest:

    * Names and contact information of organizers
    * Title of the contest
    * Short description of the contest explaining its necessity,
      potential, relevance and timeliness
    * Short description of the data and the performance evaluation
      methodology that will be used in the contest
    * Short biographies of the organizers depicting their expertise in
      the field of the contest
    * Expected number of participation in the proposed contest
    * Any special request concerning practical arrangements, such as
      infrastructure, equipment, connectivity, etc. (Contest Chairs
      cannot guarantee satisfaction of these requests)

/Important Dates:/

August 28, 2009          Deadline for submission of proposals
September 28, 2009       Acceptance notification
April 30, 2010           Deadline for the overview paper of the contest
August 23, 2010          ICPR 2010 in Istanbul

/Contest Chairs:/

Asst. Prof. Selim Aksoy
Department of Computer Engineering
Bilkent University
E-mail: saksoy AT cs.bilkent.edu.tr

Assoc. Prof. Zehra Cataltepe
Department of Computer Engineering
Istanbul Technical University
E-mail: cataltepe AT itu.edu.tr

Dr. Devrim Unay
Department of Electronics Engineering
Sabanci University
E-mail: unay AT sabanciuniv.edu