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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Apologies if you receive this more than once.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>ICIAR 2018 - 15<sup>th</sup> INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IMAGE ANALYSIS AND RECOGNITION<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>================================================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>CALL FOR PAPERS</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> (New submission deadline: February 1, 2018)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>================================================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>News:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Submission Deadline extended. New deadline: February 1, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>A Springer prize with the total of 1000 € will be awarded to the three best papers of the conference.</span><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>General information: </span></b><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.aimiconf.org/iciar18"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>http://www.aimiconf.org/iciar18</span></a> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Conference date: </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>June 27-29, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=PT style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=PT style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Venue: Póvoa de Varzim, Porto, Portugal <span style='color:blue'>(</span></span><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.aimiconf.org/iciar18/venue.php"><span lang=PT style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>https://www.aimiconf.org/iciar18/venue.php</span></a></span><span lang=PT style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue'>)</span><span lang=PT style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Call for papers: </span><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.aimiconf.org/iciar18/cfp.php"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>https://www.aimiconf.org/iciar18/cfp.php</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Important dates: </span><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.aimiconf.org/iciar18/dates.php"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>https://www.aimiconf.org/iciar18/dates.php</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>General Chairs</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>: <span style='color:blue'>(</span></span><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.aimiconf.org/iciar18/committees.php"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>https://www.aimiconf.org/iciar18/committees.php</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue'>)</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=PT style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Aurélio Campilho</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Fakhri Karray <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Bart ter Haar Romeny </span><span 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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Bram van Ginneken<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo8'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=PT style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=PT style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Rita Cucchiara <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo8'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=PT style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=PT style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Alfredo Ruggeri <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=PT style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Special Topics: </span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue'>(<a href="https://www.aimiconf.org/iciar18/cfp.php">https://www.aimiconf.org/iciar18/cfp.php</a>)</span><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo10'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Deep Learning in Biology and Medicine<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo10'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Knowledge Discovery in Human Behavior Recognition<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo10'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Retinal Image Analysis for Screening and Diagnosis<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Special Sessions, Challenges and Panel: </span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue'>(</span><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.aimiconf.org/iciar18/specialsessions.php"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>https://www.aimiconf.org/iciar18/specialsessions.php</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue'>)</span><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo10'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Special Session</span></u><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>: Novel imaging methods for diagnosis and screening of ophthalmic diseases<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo10'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Special Session</span></u><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>: Big visual data: challenges and applications <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo10'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Challenge</span></u><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>: Grand challenge on breast cancer histology image <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo10'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Panel</span></u><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>: Artificial intelligence and machine Learning as transformative agents in the industrial world<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p 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