***************************************************** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION 19th International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2012) September 30 – October 3, 2012 Disney Coronado Spring Resort, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A. Sponsored by IEEE Signal Processing Society www.icip2012.com ***************************************************** Advanced registration rates available until July 13, 2012!! (www.icip2012.com/registration.asp) We invite you to attend the International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), to be held on September 30 - October 3 at the Disney Coronado Springs Resort, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A. ICIP, sponsored by the IEEE Signal Processing Society, is the premier forum for the presentation of technological advances and research results in the fields of theoretical, experimental, and applied image and video processing. ICIP 2012, the nineteenth in the series that has been held annually since 1994, will bring together leading engineers and scientists in image and video processing from around the world. Research frontiers in fields ranging from traditional image processing applications to evolving multimedia and video technologies are regularly advanced by results first reported in ICIP technical sessions. ***Plenary Talks: (www.icip2012.com/PlenarySpeakers.asp www.icip2012.com/PlenarySpeakers.asp) Dr. Markus Gross (Disney Research Zurich, Director) “Advancing Stereoscopic3D and Beyond: Potential for Media and Entertainment” Dr. Henry C. Ferguson (Space Telescope Science Institute, Head of Science Division) “Revealing the Distant Universe with Space Observatories” Prof. Jack Gallant (University of California at Berkeley, Professor) “Reverse Engineering the Human Visual System” ***Technical Sessions: (www.icip2012.com/RegularProgram.asp) The list of accepted papers is now available on the conference website. The final program will be made available as the conference date approaches. ***Tutorials: (www.icip2012.com/Tutorials.asp) Tutorials will be held on September 30, 2012. They cover topics important to the practitioners of image processing and are presented by experts in the field. ***Registration: (www.icip2012.com/registration.asp) Registration for ICIP 2012 is now open, and advance registration rates are available until July 13, 2012. ***Conference Venue and Hotel: (www.icip2012.com/Venue.asp) ICIP 2012 will be held at the Disney Coronado Springs Resort, located in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, a suburb of Orlando. Disney's Coronado Springs Resort is a Southwest-themed Disney resort hotel encircling Lago Dorado—a glimmering 22-acre lake—that evokes the spirit and romance of Spanish-colonial Mexico. A block of hotel rooms is available at this resort at the conference group rate of $185/night for stays between September 30 – October 3. ***Organizing Committee: (www.icip2012.com/OrganizingCommittee.asp) General Chair Prof. Eli Saber, Rochester Institute of Technology Technical Program Chairs Prof. Sheila Hemami, Cornell University Prof. Gaurav Sharma, University of Rochester Finance Chair Prof. Sohail Dianat, Rochester Institute of Technology Plenary Chair Prof. Dan Schonfeld, University of Illinois at Chicago Tutorials Chairs Prof. Lina Karam, Arizona State University Prof. Andreas Savakis, Rochester Institute of Technology Special Sessions Chair Prof. David Taubman, University of South Wales Publications Chairs Dr. Raghuveer Rao, Army Research Labs Dr. Prudhvi Gurram, MBO Partners Publicity Chairs Prof. Keigo Hirakawa, University of Dayton Dr. Farhan Baqai, Apple Inc. Industrial Program Chairs Dr. Khaled El-Maleh, Qualcomm Inc. Dr. Amir Said, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories Dr Anthony Vetro, Mitsubishi Electric Research Lab Exhibits Chairs Dr. Amit Singhal, Eastman Kodak Dr. Yaowu Xu, Google Awards Chair Dr. John Apostolopoulos, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories Local Arrangements Chair Prof. Hassan Foroosh, University of Central Florida International Liaisons Prof. Murat Tekalp, Koc University Prof. Alex Kot, Nanyang Technological University Prof. Ricardo de Queiroz, Universidade de Brasilia Prof. Brian C. Lovell, University of Queensland IEEE Orlando Prof. Xun Gong, University of Central Florida Conference Management Ms. Billene Mercer, CMS