13th International Conference on Image Analysis and Recognition Call for Papers

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CALL FOR PAPERS (Deadline: February 29, 2016) -    
http://www.aimiconf.org/iciar16 
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ICIAR 2016 - 13th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IMAGE ANALYSIS AND RECOGNITION
    July 13-15, 2016, Povoa do Varzim, Portugal
    http://www.aimiconf.org/iciar16 

General Chairs:

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

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


Invited Speakers (TENTATIVE):

    Alejandro Frangi, University of Scheffield, United Kingdom
    http://www.cistib.org/afrangi/
    

    Matti Pietikainen, University of Oulu, Finland 
    http://www.cse.oulu.fi/MattiPietikainen

    
    Jiri Matas, Czech Technical University, Czech Republic
    http://cmp.felk.cvut.cz/~matas/


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ICIAR 2016 is the 13th 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
January 23, 2016.

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IMPORTANT DATES
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Special session proposals deadline: January 23, 2016
Paper Submission deadline: February 29, 2016
Author Notification: April 4, 2016
Camera-ready version: April 15, 2016
Paper registration: April 22, 2016

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

http://www.aimiconf.org/iciar16

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