CALL FOR PAPERS
IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
Special Issue on 3D Video Representation, Compression and Rendering

A new set of 3D data formats and associated compression technology are
emerging with the aim to achieve higher compression of 3D and
multiview video content, and also facilitate the generation of
multiview output, e.g., as needed for multiview auto-stereoscopic
displays. This special issue will target the most recent technical
developments in this area including novel representations of natural
3D scenes as well as corresponding compression and rendering
techniques. Applications of interest include 3D broadcast, mobile
delivery, as well as interactive and immersive applications. Since 3D
quality assessment is critical to the development and evaluation of
new 3D coding and rendering technologies, papers that address quality
assessment of 3D video are also sought. This special issue also
targets novel coding architectures and techniques that address
interoperability and compatibility requirements of different 3D
services, as well as emerging standards in this area. The primary
objective of this special issue is to provide the image processing and
video coding community with a collection of papers that present the
most recent advances in 3D video representation, coding and rendering
technology.

We invited prospective authors to submit original and unpublished
research to this special issue. All submissions are expected to
exhibit high novelty and demonstrate the merits of the proposed
approach in terms of compression efficiency, rendering quality and/or
quality assessment. The topics of interest include, but are not
limited to:

    Novel representations of natural 3D scenes

    Compression techniques for stereo and multiview video content,
    supplemental data such as depth, as well as joint coding
    techniques that exploit inter-component correlations

    3D warping and rendering techniques, including depth-based image
    rendering and media retargeting

    Encoder optimization techniques including rate-distortion
    modeling, optimization and bit allocation

    3D quality assessment metrics and methodology, as well as
    evaluation studies, that relate to assessment of impairments
    caused by compression and rendering

    Novel coding architectures, interoperable systems and
    standardization

Submission Procedure: Manuscripts should be submitted by the below
deadline using the Manuscript Central system at
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tip-ieee. Further information on paper
preparation and submission can be found at
http://www.signalprocessingsociety.org/publiations/periodicals/image-processing/. Manuscripts
will be peer reviewed according to the standard IEEE review process.

Reproducible Research: It is encouraged that papers report results
based on publicly available test material and that software be made
available for review and experimental validation.

Schedule
Submissions due: 1 October 2012
First reviews completed: 15 December 2012
Revised manuscripts due: 1 February 2013
Second reviews completed: 1 April 2013
Final manuscript due: 15 April 2013
Publication date: July 2013

Guest Editors
Anthony Vetro, Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs, USA (avetro@merl.com)
Karsten Mueller, Fraunhofer HHI, Germany (karsten.mueller@hhi.fraunhofer.de)
Jens Rainer-Ohm, RWTH Aachen University, Germany (ohm@ient.rwth-aachen.de)
Gary Sullivan, Microsoft, USA (garysull@microsoft.com)
Pascal Frossard, EPFL, Switzerland (pascal.frossard@epfl.ch)
Sanghoon Lee, Yonsei University, Korea (slee@yonsei.ac.kr)

Web Link
http://www.signalprocessingsociety.org/uploads/special_issues_deadlines/video_representation.pdf