***************************************************************
International Workshop on Depth Image Analysis (WDIA 2012)
In Conjunction with 21th International Conference on Pattern
Recognition 2012
November 11th, 2012, Tsukuba Science City, Japan

Scope:
3D depth data has turned out to be a key information source for
solving a large number of challenging applications. In the past
substantial advances have been demonstrated to process, analyze, and
interpret depth data. Through the recent development in consumer depth
cameras, in particular the low-cost Kinect, a new era of depth data
analysis emerges. Affordable depth cameras are changing the landscape
of computer vision and related research fields, with profound impact
far beyond the consumer electronics.

The purpose of this workshop is to timely address the challenges in
advanced depth acquisition techniques, processing and analyzing depth
data, and solving novel and challenging real tasks. The workshop will
bring together researchers from multiple subfields to discuss the
major research problems and opportunities of the emerging depth camera
revolution.

The scope of this workshop includes, but not limited to, the following
areas:
o Depth acquisition techniques
o Processing of depth data
o Analysis of depth data
o Fusion of depth data with other modalities
o 3D object recognition
o 3D shape modeling and retrieval
o Human action recognition in depth data
o 3DTV, e.g. Depth-Based Image Rendering
o Augmented reality / mixed reality
o Biomedical applications of depth data
o Other applications of depth data analysis
o Depth datasets
o Depth data visualization

The intended participants of this workshop are on the one hand
researchers in pattern recognition and computer vision who work in the
field of depth data processing and analysis. On the other hand,
researchers with 3D vision applications are welcome to explore the
potential of applying depth sensing techniques to solve challenging
application problems.

Registration and Publication:
All accepted papers will be made available online at the time of
workshop. In addition, the Organizing Committee is planning to publish
a post-workshop book by an international publisher to include extended
versions of the workshop papers.

More information at the workshop website:
http://cvpr.uni-muenster.de/WDIA2012