Let me kindly inform you that the International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications (VISAPP 2015 - http://www.visapp.visigrapp.org/), to be held in Berlin, Germany (March 11 - 14, 2015) is now welcoming the submission of position papers whose deadline is scheduled for next November 17. A position paper presents an arguable opinion about an issue. The goal of a position paper is to convince the audience that your opinion is valid and worth listening to, without the need to present completed research work and/or validated results. It is, nevertheless, important to support your argument with evidence to ensure the validity of your claims. A position paper may be a short report and discussion of ideas, facts, situations, methods, procedures or results of scientific research (bibliographic, experimental, theoretical, or other) focused on one of the conference topics. Please check further details about position papers submission at the conference website (www.visapp.visigrapp.org/GuidelinesTemplates.aspx). The conference will be sponsored by the Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication (INSTICC) and technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Technical Community on Visualization and Graphics (IEEE CS - VGTC) and the Technical Committee on Multimedia Computing (IEEE CS - TCMC). VISAPP is interested in promoting high quality research as it can be confirmed by last year acceptance rates, where from 382 submissions, 17% were presented as full papers. Submitted papers will be subject to a double-blind review process. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, on paper and on CD-ROM support. The proceedings will be submitted for indexation by Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index (ISI), INSPEC, DBLP, EI (Elsevier Index) and Scopus. All papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the SCITEPRESS Digital Library (www.scitepress.org/DigitalLibrary). SCITEPRESS is a member of CrossRef (www.crossref.org). The conference program features a number of Keynote Lectures to be delivered by distinguished world-class researchers, including those listed below. Andrea Cavallaro, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom Daniel Thalmann, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Gerik Scheuermann, Universtät Leipzig, Germany Mauro Barni, Universita di Siena, Italy Zhigeng Pan, Zhejiang University, China Please check further details at the VISAPP conference website (www.visapp.visigrapp.org). Should you have any question please don't hesitate contacting me. Kind regards, Bruno Encarnacao VISAPP Secretariat Av. D. Manuel I, 27A 2.Esq. 2910-595 Setubal, Portugal Tel.: +351 265 520 184 Fax: +44 203 014 8813 Email: visapp.secretariat@insticc.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CALL FOR PAPERS International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications VISAPP website: www.visapp.visigrapp.org March 11 - 14, 2015 Berlin, Germany Sponsored by: INSTICC INSTICC is Member of: WfMC Technically Co-sponsored by: IEEE CS - VGTC and IEEE CS - TCMC Logistics Partner: SCITEVENTS IMPORTANT DATES: Position Paper Submission: November 17, 2014 Authors Notification (position papers): December 19, 2014 Final Position Paper Submission and Registration: January 12, 2015 PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS: Sebastiano Battiato, University of Catania, Italy Francisco Imai, Canon U.S.A. Inc., Innovation Center, United States PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Please check the program committee members at www.visapp.visigrapp.org/ProgramCommittee.aspx CONFERENCE AREAS: Area 1: Image Formation and Preprocessing - Image Formation, Acquisition Devices and Sensors - Device Calibration, Characterization and Modeling - Image Enhancement and Restoration - Image and Video Coding and Compression - Multimodal and Multi-sensor Models of Image Formation - Image Generation Pipeline: Algorithms and Techniques Area 2: Image and Video Analysis - Image Registration - Segmentation and Grouping - Early and Biologically-inspired Vision - Color and Texture Analyses - Shape Representation and Matching - Features Extraction - Visual Attention and Image Saliency Area 3: Image and Video Understanding - Cognitive Models for Interpretation, Integration and Control - Machine Learning Technologies for Vision - Face and Expression Recognition - Content-based Indexing, Search, and Retrieval - Object and Face Recognition - Object detection and Localization - Categorization and Scene Understanding - Event and Human Activity Recognition - Computational Photography - Near Duplicate Image Retrieval Area 4: Applications and Services - Entertainment Imaging Applications - Camera Networks and Vision - Document Imaging in Business - Medical Image Applications - Pervasive Smart Cameras - Human and Computer Interaction - Digital Photography - Media Watermarking and Security - Multimedia Forensics - Mobile Imaging - Imaging for Cultural Heritage (Modeling/Simulation, Virtual Restoration) Area 5: Motion, Tracking and Stereo Vision - Image-based Modeling and 3D Reconstruction - Stereo Vision and Structure from Motion - Active and Robot Vision - Optical Flow and Motion Analyses - Tracking and Visual Navigation - Video Surveillance and Event Detection - Vision for Robotics - Video Stabilization