[visionlist] ICIAR 2018: Call for Papers

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CALL FOR PAPERS (Deadline: January 22, 2018 ) 
http://www.aimiconf.org/iciar18
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CALL FOR SPECIAL SESSIONS /WORKSHOPS (Deadline: December 22, 2017)
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ICIAR 2018 - 15th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IMAGE ANALYSIS AND 
RECOGNITION
June 27-29, 2018, Póvoa de Varzim, Porto, Portugal
http://www.aimiconf.org/iciar18

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

Fakhri Karray
University of Waterloo, Canada
http://pami.uwaterloo.ca/~karray

Bart ter Haar Romeny
Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
http://bmia.bmt.tue.nl/people/BRomeny


Invited Speakers:
Bram van Ginneken
Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
http://www.diagnijmegen.nl/index.php/Bram_van_Ginneken

Rita Cucchiara
Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy
http://personale.unimore.it/Rubrica/dettaglio/cucchiara

Alfredo Ruggeri
University of Padova, Italy
http://www.dei.unipd.it/~ruggeri


Focused Topics:
Together with the general topics of ICIAR (listed at the end), the three 
focused topics are:

•	Deep Learning in Biology and Medicine
•	Knowledge Discovery in Driver Behavior Recognition
•	Retinal Image Analysis for Screening and Diagnosis
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ICIAR 2018 is the 15th 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. 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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SPECIAL SESSIONS / WORKSHOPS
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Proposals for special sessions and challenges are welcome. Proposals 
should be submitted to the conference chairs not later than December 22, 
2017. So far, the approved proposals are:
•	Novel imaging methods for diagnosis and screening of ophthalmic 
diseases
K. Vermeer Rotterdam Eye Hospital, Netherlands, A. Mendonça, University 
of Porto, Portugal
•	Grand challenge on breast cancer histology image 
(iciar2018-challenge.grand-challenge.org/)
T. Araújo and G. Aresta (INESC TEC), C. Eloy, A. Polónia and P. Aguiar 
(I3S)
•	Artificial intelligence and machine learning as transformative agents 
in the industrial world
ICIAR 2018 Organizing Committee
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CONFERENCE TOPICS
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Focused Topics:

•	Deep Learning in Biology and Medicine
•	Knowledge Discovery in Driver Behavior Recognition
•	Retinal Image Analysis for Screening and Diagnosis

General Topics:
•	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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IMPORTANT DATES
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Special session /Workshops proposals deadline: December 22, 2017
Paper Submission deadline: January 22, 2018
Author Notification: March 12, 2018
Camera-ready version: March 26, 2018
Paper registration: April 9, 2018

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

http://www.aimiconf.org/iciar18

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