Call For Participation ACVR First International Workshop on Assistive Computer Vision and Robotics in conjunction with the 17th International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing (ICIAP), Naples, Italy, www.iciap2013-naples.org Assistive technologies provide a set of advanced tools that can improve the quality of life not only for disabled, patients and elderly but also for healthy people struggling with everyday actions. After a period of slow but steady scientific progress, this scientific area seems to be mature for new research and application breakthroughs. The rapid progress in the development of integrated micro-mechatronic tools has boosted this process. However, many problems remain open especially as regards environment perception and interaction of these technological tools with people. The goal of the workshop is to give an overview of the state of the art of perception and interaction methodologies involved in this area with special attention to aspects related to computer vision and robotics. The International Workshop on Computer Vision and Robotics subsidiaries (ACVR) aims to bring together researchers working on problems of robotics and vision related to developing assistive technologies. Research papers are solicited in, but not limited to, the following topics: * Augmented and Alternative Communication * Human - Robot Interaction * Mobility Aids * Rehabilitation Aids * Domotic Healthcare * Technology for Cognition * Automatic Emotional Hearing * Activity Monitoring Systems * Manipulation Aids * Smart Environments * Safety and Security Events The workshop will be opened with a keynote speech from Andrea Cavallaro Professor of Multimedia Signal Processing at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) Important Dates Paper submission: May 15, 2013 Notification to the authors: June 1, 2013 Camera ready copy: June 10, 2013 Workshop: September 10, 2013 Submission Process / Information The Workshop proceedings will be published by Springer in the LNCS series, indexed as peer-reviewed publication in the Web of Science. The length of the papers is max 8 pages (with references included; always an even number of pages). Papers will be selected based on their originality, timeliness, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. Authors must follow the LNCS guidelines for their paper to be published by Springer, according to Springer's Information for LNCS authors. The submission site is: https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/ICIAPWS2013/ Organizing Committee General Chair: Marco Leo ( CNR - Institute of Optics) Danilo P. Mandic (Imperial College of London) Steering Committee: Cosimo Distante (CNR -Institute of Optics) David Looney (Imperial College of London) Annalisa Milella ( CNR - Institute of Intelligent Systems for Automation) Program Committee: Salvatore Anzalone (Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris) Donato Di Paola(CNR -Institute of Intelligent Systems for Automation) Cem Direkoglu (Dublin City University) Arcangelo Distante (CNR -Institute of Intelligent Systems for Automation) Flavio Esposito (Boston University) Henry Kautz (University of Rochester) Liliana Lo Presti (Boston University) Pier Luigi Mazzeo (CNR -Institute of Intelligent Systems for Automation) Markos Mentzelopoulos (University of Westminster) Mikel Rodriguez (INRIA/ENS) Davide Scaramuzza (University of Zurich) Paolo Spagnolo (CNR -Institute of Intelligent Systems for Automation)