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ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
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ICIAR 2011 - 8th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IMAGE ANALYSIS AND RECOGNITION
    June 22-24, 2011
    Burnaby, BC, Canada

General Chair:
    Mohamed Kamel (IEEE and IAPR Fellow)
    University of Waterloo, Canada
    http://pami.uwaterloo.ca/kamel.html

General Co-Chair:
    Aurelio Campilho
    University of Porto, Portugal
    http://www.fe.up.pt/~campilho 

Conference Website:
    http://www.iciar.uwaterloo.ca/iciar11/

Papers due:
    January 24, 2011

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ICIAR - International Conference on Image Analysis and
Recognition aims to bring together researchers in the
fields of Image Processing, Image Analysis and Pattern
Recognition.

The conference addresses recent advances in theory,
methodologies and applications. The scientific program
includes invited speakers and fully refereed contributions
that are published in the conference proceedings.

ICIAR series is organized annually, alternating between
Europe and North America. ICIAR 2011 will be held in
Burnaby, BC, Canada.

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TOPICS
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· Image and Video Processing and Analysis:
    Image restoration and enhancement
    Image and video segmentation
    Mathematical morphology
    Color, texture and motion analysis
    3D image analysis
    Tracking
    Shape and matching
    Real time imaging

· Image and Video Coding:
    Still image and video coding;
    Image and video encryption

· Image Retrieval and Indexing:
    Image and video databases
    Image and video retrieval and indexing

· Pattern Recognition Methods:
    Feature extraction and selection methods
    Classification and Clustering techniques
    Ensembles and multi-classifiers
    Hybrid methods
    Syntactical methods

· Applications:
    Biomedical
    Biometrics
    Document Processing
    Remote Sensing
    Multimedia
    Security Systems
    Visual Inspection
    Sports
    Other applications

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SPECIAL SESSIONS
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The following two special sessions are planned for ICIAR 2011:

(1) Multispectral and Hyperspectral Image and Video Processing
(2) New Advances in People Reidentification Based on Biometric Approaches

For more information please visit the conference web site:

    http://www.iciar.uwaterloo.ca/iciar11/specialsessions.php

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COMPETITIONS/CHALLENGES
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The following competition is part of ICIAR 2011:

    Hand Geometric Points Detection Competition
    Website: http://paginas.fe.up.pt/~hgc2011/
    Contact email: hgc2011@fe.up.pt

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PAPER SUBMISSION
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Authors are invited to submit full papers showing original
research contributions. The conference proceedings will be
published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer
Science series (Springer LNCS).

Only electronic submission will be accepted through the
conference paper submission web page. See the conference
web site for details.

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IMPORTANT DATES
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Paper submission deadline: January 24, 2011
Author notification: February 28, 2011
Camera-ready version and author registration: March 18, 2011
Non-author registration at a discount rate: May 21, 2011

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STUDENT TRAVEL GRANTS
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ICIAR 2011 announces the availability of 8 student travel
grants (STG) of $500 (five hundred Canadian dollars) each,
to support the travel expenses of students from outside
North America. The eligibility criteria for STG are:

1. to be a full-time student;
2. have at least one paper accepted;
3. have registered and presenting a paper (oral or poster)
   in the conference;
   
For more information on the application and selection
process, please check the web site.

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Please find the call for papers and more information at
the conference web site:

    http://www.iciar.uwaterloo.ca/iciar11