26TH BRITISH MACHINE VISION CONFERENCE Call for Workshops

BMVC 2015 Workshop: Call for Proposals 26TH BRITISH MACHINE VISION CONFERENCE 7-10 September 2015, Swansea, UK http://bmvc2015.swan.ac.uk Workshop Proposal Deadline: Friday 20 February 2015 Workshop Proposal Notification: Friday 6 March 2015 Workshop CRC Deadline: Friday 17 July 2015 Workshop Registration Deadline: Friday 7 August 2015 The British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC) is one of the major international conferences on computer vision and related areas. It is organised by the British Machine Vision Association (BMVA). The 26th BMVC will be held at Swansea University Singleton Campus, 7th-10th September 2015. The University Singleton Campus is set in a rolling parkland overlooking the majestic sweep of Swansea Bay, the start of the famously dramatic Gower coastline comprised of twenty-one bays and coves. BMVC2015 is a high quality single-track conference, comprising oral presentations and poster sessions (with oral acceptance <10% in the last 6 years). Workshop proposals to be held in conjunction with BMVC 2015 are solicited. Workshops will take place on the last afternoon of the conference on Thursday 10 September. The workshops are intended to be half-day events and to provide opportunities for in-depth discussions of focused topics, technical issues, or specific applications of computer vision and pattern recognition. Both established topics and new trends in related areas are welcomed. The workshop organisers are responsible for soliciting papers, handling submissions, carrying out peer review, notifying authors, and collecting camera-ready papers within the specified deadlines. BMVC 2015 will provide meeting facilities, collect workshop registrations, and distribute electronic proceedings. Proposals will be relevance to BMVC and will be evaluated by the BMVC 2015 organising committee. A workshop may contain both oral sessions and a short poster session. The overall length is restricted to a half day. Workshops will be made freely available to delegates that are registered to the main conference. Workshop presenters must register for the workshop event. Organisers may choose to invite speakers. The conference cannot provide financial support to invited speakers or the workshop organisers. One workshop registration fee can be waived for a workshop that has over 10 presenters. Proposals should include the following information: - Workshop title, and tentative call for papers for the workshop. - Proposers' names, titles, affiliations, and primary contact email. - Names and bios of any invited speakers and indication of whether they have agreed to speak. - Proposed Workshop format. - Description of relevance and viability. - Topics that will be covered and rough program. - Anticipated target audience as well as expected number of attendees, e.g. based on past events. Proposals should be submitted by email to bmvc2015@swansea.ac.uk by Friday 20 February 2015. BMVC 2015 Chairs.