------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shape Analysis and Deformable Modeling 2012 6-8 February, 2012 - Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal http://icpram.org/SADM.asp SCOPE Deformable modeling is a powerful tool in extracting object shape, structure, and motion patterns. It is particularly suitable for non-rigid objects and has been widely used to measure and model, for instance, biological shape and shape evolution in medical data where shape extraction and analysis have shown enormous promise in understanding biological function and disease progression. Its application has a wide reach in all areas of computer vision. This special session is devoted to the discussion of recent advances in shape analysis and deformable modeling, in particular, for non rigid objects. Contributions presenting recent work on shape representation, extraction, learning, classification and dynamic modeling are particularly welcome. TOPICS OF INTEREST The technical topics include, but are not limited to: - Shape Representation and Learning - Shape Matching, Classification, and Registration - Active Shape Model and Active Appearance Model - Active Contour and Surface Model - Partial Differential Equations - Level Set Methods - Variational Methods - Shape Based Motion Analysis - Applications PAPER SUBMISSION Prospective authors are invited to submit papers in any of the topics listed above. Instructions for preparing the manuscript (in Word and Latex formats) are available at: Paper Templates (http://icpram.org/paper_templates.asp) Please also check the Submission Guidelines (http://icpram.org/submission_guidelines.asp). Papers should be submitted electronically via the web-based submission system at: http://www.insticc.org/Primoris PUBLICATIONS All accepted papers will be published in a special section of the conference proceedings book, under an ISBN reference and on CD-ROM support. All papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the SciTePress Digital Library (http://www.scitepress.org/DigitalLibrary/). CHAIR Xianghua Xie Swansea University U.K. SECRETARIAT CONTACTS e-mail: icpram.secretariat@insticc.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------------