======================================================================== DAGM 2011 - FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS ======================================================================== DAGM 2011: Annual Conference of the German Assoc. for Pattern Recognition (Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft fuer Mustererkennung DAGM e.V.) August 30th -- September 2nd, 2011 Frankfurt am Main, Germany includes the Adverse Vision Conditions Challenge (AVCC) 2011 in conjunction with the 35th annual conference of the German Classification Society (GfKL, Gesellschaft fuer Klassifikation e.V.) Conference Website: http://www.dagm2011.org General Chair: Rudolf Mester Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany http://www.vsi.cs.uni-frankfurt.de General Co-Chair: Michael Felsberg Linkoping University, Sweden http://www.cvl.isy.liu.se Papers due: Friday, March 18th, 2011 23:59 GMT (max. 10 pages, Springer LNCS style) Accepted papers to be published in the Springer LNCS series ======================================================================== The German Association for Pattern Recognition (DAGM) announces its 33rd Annual Pattern Recognition Symposium to be held this time in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The conference addresses recent advances in theory, methodology and applications in the fields of computer vision, pattern recognition and machine learning. As an extraordinary feature of DAGM 2011, the conference will be held parallel to and in conjunction with the 35th annual conference of the German Classification Society (GfKL, Gesellschaft fuer Klassifikation). Authors are invited to submit full-length, high-quality papers presenting previously unpublished work directly related to the key subjects of the conference. Submitted papers will be reviewed based on the criteria originality, soundness, presentation, and empirical evaluation. All papers will be *doubly blind* reviewed, normally by three members of the programme committee. DAGM is a single track meeting with oral and poster presentations and will include several keynote presentations and tutorials. The conference language for all papers and contributions is English. ======================================================================== TOPICS ======================================================================== We invite authors to submit papers related (but not limited) to the topics: * Image Analysis and Computer Vision * Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition * Mathematical Foundations of Pattern Recognition in Man and Machine, Statistical Data Analysis and Models * Applications in Nature Sciences and Engineering * Industrial Applications (e.g. Driver Assistance, Surveillance, Robot Navigation, Production Technology) * Bio-inspired Computer Vision and Biomedical Data Analysis and Imaging ======================================================================== PAPER SUBMISSION ======================================================================== The proceedings will be published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. The review process will be double blind. Papers will be allocated 10 pages and have to follow the Springer LNCS style. The best contributions will receive DAGM awards. We also invite contributions to the DAGM Young Researchers Forum where young scientists can present outstanding achievements from their studies towards the Bachelors', Diplom or Masters' degree, or during the first year following graduation. Details on how to contribute to the DAGM Young Researchers Forum are available on the DAGM 2011 website. ======================================================================== ADVERSE VISION CONDITIONS CHALLENGE (AVCC) ======================================================================== The 2011 DAGM conference hosts an extra challenge which focuses on the application of modern computer vision to realistic image data as it is ubiquitous in applications such as driver assistance, outdoor navigation, etc. By centering on 'adverse vision conditions', the AVCC sets a contrast to the choice of small sets of selected image data for evaluating algorithms and systems, as it is still predominant in many areas of computer vision. The AVCC is supported by Daimler Research. Each AVCC contribution should focus on new and innovative methods which are robust to adverse vision conditions, such as strong rain, snow, back light, or other bad illumination conditions, preferably in a driver assistance scenario. The formal conditions for papers targeting the AVCC are identical to those for regular DAGM papers, but they have to address explicitly at least one of the following tasks * Optical Flow * Stereo * Scene Flow * Ego motion computation * Segmentation * Object Detection * 3D-Modeling * Tracking * Free-Space Analysis The contribution has to show the validity of the proposed method on at least one of the sequences which will be provided on the AVCC web site. Authors who intend to participate to AVCC should submit a regular DAGM 2011 paper and indicate that it is meant as a contribution to AVCC 2011. A jury of experts from academia and industry will select the best contribution that qualifies for the AVCC and nominate the paper and its authors for the 2011 AVCC award. Specific details on the procedure for contributing to the AVCC are available on the DAGM 2011 website. ======================================================================== IMPORTANT DATES ======================================================================== Main Conference: August 30th -- September 2nd, 2011 Paper Submission deadline: extended to March 25th 2011 (23:59 GMT) Supplemental material deadline: extended to March 28th 2011 (23:59 GMT) Young Researchers Forum deadline: April 30th 2011 (23:59 GMT) Notification of paper acceptance: May 18th 2011 Camera ready paper deadline: June 01st 2011 (23:59 GMT) ========================================================================