VIRTUAL 29th International Conference on Pattern Recognition Call for Papers

RE: CFP: IAPR's inaugural VIRTUAL ICPR 2027

The Int. Assoc. for Pattern Recognition (IAPR) is pleased to introduce the first:

   VIRTUAL 29th Int. Conf. on Pattern Recognition 2027
   Conference URL: https://iapr.org/icpr-2027/
   Detailed CFP: https://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/rbf/CFPICPRv27vn1.pdf
   Conference dates: October 4,5,6, and 14,15, 2027
   PC Contact: icpr27pc@iapr.org

to occur between the IAPR's flagship in-person ICPR conferences:
  2026 28th ICPR Lyon, France 
  2028 30th ICPR Sydney, Australia
Papers will have the same length, reviewing, and quality as the
in-person ICPRs.  We anticipate about 500 papers. They will be
published by Springer.

Why virtual?
- In-person major international conferences typically cost $3000 to attend
- Only one person from a lab typically can attend (due to cost)
- Mainly only authors attend (due to cost)
- The environmental impact of travel
- Visa problems are restricting ability to travel

An online conference reduces accidental face-to-face interactions.
However, it does allow new possibilities.
Innovations that we are trying are:

- many (50+ depending on the paper topics) smaller thematic sessions that
  allow easier interactions between and with authors. Delegates can attend
  as many or as few sessions as they wish.

- Sessions are concentrated over 5 hours, but spread across 5 days and 2 weeks
  to give delegates space for their normal professional lives.

- Extensive recording, so delegates can catch up on sessions they missed
  due to concurrent sessions or timetable conflicts.

- Open the conference platform 1 week before the conference, to allow
  browsing of the abstracts, papers, and short and long videos. This
  will make it easier to identify thematic sessions to attend, and authors
  to contact (using each paper's persistent chat interface).

- Low attendance cost. We aim for $400 for authors and $25 for non-authors
  at this non-profit conference.

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Conference topics
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As well as the traditional ICPR conference topics listed in the PDF CFP:
  https://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/rbf/CFPICPRv27vn1.pdf
we encourage papers on truly novel research problems.
Examples include (but not restricted to):

  * Universal Neuro-Symbolic Knowledge Engines
  * Omnimodal Embodied World Models
  * Continuous-Time Fluid Architectures
  * Mechanistic Fairness and Provable Unlearning
  * Adversarial Co-Evolutionary Data Ecosystems
  * Causal Discovery Foundation Models
  * Hyper-Personalized Cognitive Digital Twins
  
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Deadlines (tentative)
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* Paper submission deadline: March 1, 2027
* Reviews to authors: April 9, 2027
* Author rebuttal (optional): April 16, 2027
* Author notification: May 24, 2027
* Camera-ready submission: June 7, 2027
* Conference website open for delegate viewing: September 27, 2027
* Conference: October 4, 5, 6 and 14, 15, 2027 (Times will be announced later)

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Key Organizers
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General Chairs: Robert Fisher, Tin Kam Ho, Larry O'Gorman, Lale Akarun

Program Chairs: Adel M. Alimi, David Doermann, Albert Ali Salah, Terrence Sim, Vitomir Struc, Guoying Zhao