9th International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC'13) July 29-31, 2013 Aquila Rithymna Beach Hotel Rethymnon, Crete Island, Greece http://www.isvc.net ISVC provides a common forum for researchers, scientists, engineers and practitioners to present their latest research findings, ideas, developments and applications in visual computing. We seek papers contributing to the state of the art and practice in any of the four central areas of visual computing: (1) computer vision, (2) computer graphics, (3) virtual reality, and (4) visualization. Of particular interest are papers that combine technologies from two or more areas. For a list of topics, see http://www.isvc.net **** Special Tracks***** Proposals are invited for special tracks on any topic relevant to the symposium. Special tracks are intended to stimulate in-depth discussions in special areas relevant to the symposium theme. A special track may span multiple sessions, depending on the quantity and quality of the papers submitted. All papers accepted in a special track will be published in the symposium proceedings. If you are interested in organizing a special track, please email a special track proposal to admin@isvc.net by February 15, 2013 (extended). Each special track proposal should include the following information: 1. Title 2. Scope and Topics 3. Names of organizers and contact information 4. Initial special track committee 5. Anticipated number of papers For a list of special tracks organized in previous years, please visit http://www.isvc.net *****Important Dates***** Special track proposals: February 15, 2013 (extended) Paper submissions May 10, 2013 Notification of acceptance June 10, 2013 Final camera ready paper June 28, 2013 Advance Registration June 28, 2013 ISVC'13 Symposium July 29-31, 2013 ****Keynote Speakers**** Thomas Ertl, University of Stuttgart, Germany Mel Slater, University College London, UK Serge Belongie University of California, San Diego, USA Anthony Hoogs, Kitware, USA Fei-Fei Li, Stanford University, USA (Area 1) Computer Vision Chairs: Li Baoxin, Arizona State University, USA Porikli Fatih, Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs (MERL) (Area 2) Computer Graphics Chairs: Zordan Victor, University of California at Riverside, USA Klosowski James, AT&T Research Labs, USA (Area 3) Virtual Reality Chairs: Joaquim Jorge, Technical Univ of Lisboa, Portugal Luo Xan, Qualcomm Inc., USA (Area 4) Visualization Chairs: Chen Min, University of Oxford, UK Gotz David, IBM, USA ISVC'13 will consist of invited and contributed presentations dealing with all aspects of visual computing. In addition to the main program, the symposium will include several keynote presentations, special tracks, and a poster session. Significantly extended and revised versions of selected papers will be considered for publication in a special issue of the International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools (IJAIT) (ISI/SCIE indexed) and the Computers and Graphics journal(ISI/SCIE indexed). Also, a "best paper" award ($500) is sponsored by Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs (MERL). The symposium's proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in Lecture Notes in Computer Science. ****Submission Procedure**** Papers submitted to ISVC'13 must not have been previously published and must not be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. A complete paper should be submitted in camera-ready format. The length should match that intended for final publication. The page limit is 12 pages. In submitting a paper the author(s) agree that, upon acceptance, they will prepare the final manuscript in time for inclusion into the proceedings and will present the paper at the symposium.