ICIAR 2015 - 12th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IMAGE ANALYSIS AND RECOGNITION Call for Papers

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CALL FOR PAPERS (Deadline: March 9, 2015) -
    http://www.aimiconf.org/iciar15
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ICIAR 2015 - 12th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IMAGE ANALYSIS AND RECOGNITION
    July 22-24, 2015, Niagara Falls, Canada
    http://www.aimiconf.org/iciar15

General Chairs:
    Mohamed Kamel (IEEE and IAPR Fellow) 
    University of Waterloo, Canada, http://pami.uwaterloo.ca/kamel.html

    Aurelio Campilho
    University of Porto, Portugal, http://www.fe.up.pt/~campilho
 

Invited Speakers:
    Milan Sonka, University of Iowa, United States
    http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/ece/faculty-staff/milan-sonka

    Zhou Wang, University of Waterloo, Canada
    http://www.ece.uwaterloo.ca/~z70wang/

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ICIAR 2015 is the 12th conference of a series of ICIAR conferences organized
in Portugal and Canada. Authors are invited to submit full papers showing
original research contributions. The page limit is 8 pages (1-column - LNCS
Springer format), plus 2 extra pages.

The sessions will comprise invited keynote speakers, oral and poster
presentations and a panel discussion. Authors are invited to submit full
papers under the topics of the conference, addressing original research
developments.

The conference proceedings will be published in the Springer LNCS - Lecture
Notes in Computer Science series.

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TOPICS
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. Image and Video Processing and Analysis:
    Image restoration and enhancement
    Image and video segmentation
    Mathematical morphology
    Color, texture and motion analysis
    3D image analysis
    Tracking
    Shape and matching
    Real time imaging

. Image and Video Coding:
    Still image and video coding;
    Image and video encryption

. Image Retrieval and Indexing:
    Image and video databases
    Image and video retrieval and indexing

. Pattern Recognition Methods:
    Feature extraction and selection methods
    Classification and Clustering techniques
    Ensembles and multi-classifiers
    Hybrid methods
    Syntactical methods

. Applications:
    Biomedical Imaging
    Biometrics
    Document Processing
    Remote Sensing
    Multimedia
    Security Systems
    Visual Inspection
    Sports
    Other applications

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PAPER SUBMISSION
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Authors are invited to submit full papers showing original research
contributions.

The conference proceedings is planned to be published in the Springer
Lecture Notes in Computer Science series (Springer LNCS).

Only electronic submission will be accepted through the conference
paper submission web page. See the conference web site for details.

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SPECIAL SESSIONS
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Proposals for special invited sessions are welcome, however all
papers will go through the normal review process.

The proposed sessions must include a title, contact information for
the session chair(s) and their short bio's, and a list of authors
already contacted or to be contacted.

Proposals should be submitted to the conference chairs not later
than February 16, 2015.

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IMPORTANT DATES
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Special session proposals deadline: February 16, 2015
Paper Submission deadline: March 9, 2015 
Author Notification: April 10, 2015
Camera-ready version: April 24, 2015
Paper registration: May 1, 2015

Please find the call for papers and more information at the
conference website:

http://www.aimiconf.org/iciar15

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