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Pattern Recognition Letters - Call for Papers<br>
Special Issue on Learning and Recognition for Assistive Computer
Vision<br>
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<blockquote>Assistive Computer Vision refers to systems that support
people with physical and mental problems to better perform daily
tasks enhancing their quality of life. The advances in learning
and recognizing patterns are allowing a point of view in the
definition and development of more efficient and effective
assistive frameworks. In the light of this, it is important to
collect the most recent advancements in learning and recognition
algorithms to be exploited in different applications to be
employed to assist the modern society.<br>
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The aim of the special issue is to gather papers in which machine
learning and pattern recognition are the key core in the design of
advanced assistive computer vision systems to help human in tasks
such as:<br>
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<blockquote>· Rehabilitation<br>
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· Training<br>
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· Mobility<br>
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· Assessment and diagnosis of physical and cognitive
diseases<br>
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· Improving quality of Life<br>
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· Remote Healthcare<br>
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· Safe and security<br>
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· Remote Surgery<br>
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· Ambient Assisted Living<br>
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· Augmented Perception, Attention and Memory<br>
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<u>List of topics</u><br>
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<blockquote>We will invite authors to contribute with high quality
paper that will stimulate the research community on building
theory and applications of machine learning and pattern
recognition to be used in real-life environments for assistive
computer vision technologies.<br>
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Research papers exploiting new and innovative methodologies of
pattern recognition, computer vision and machine learning are
solicited in, but not limited to, the following areas:<br>
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<blockquote>· Augmented and Alternative Communication<br>
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· Human - Robot Interaction<br>
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· Mobility Aids<br>
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· Rehabilitation Aids<br>
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· Home Healthcare<br>
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· Technology for Cognition<br>
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· Activity Monitoring Systems<br>
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· Manipulation Aids<br>
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· Scene Understanding and exploration<br>
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· Visual Attention and Visual Saliency<br>
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· Smart Environments<br>
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· Safety and Security<br>
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· Ambient Assistive Living <br>
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· Quality of Life Technologies<br>
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· Navigation Systems<br>
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· Sensory Substitution<br>
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· Mobile and Wearable Systems<br>
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· Applications for the Visually Impaired<br>
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· Applications for hearing impaired<br>
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· Applications for the Ageing Society<br>
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· Datasets and Evaluation Procedures<br>
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· Personalized Monitoring<br>
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· Applications to improve health and well-being of
children and elderly<br>
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<u>Submissions and Revisions</u><u><br>
</u><br>
<blockquote>Submissions to the special issue must include new,
unpublished, original research. Papers must be original and have
not been published or submitted elsewhere. All papers must be
written in English. The submissions will be blind reviewed by at
least two experts. Papers should be submitted electronically using
the ELSEVIER submission system and following the Instructions for
Authors as indicated at the journal home page (Papers should be
prepared by adhering to the PRLetters guidelines at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.elsevier.com/journals/pattern-recognition-letters/0167-8655/guide-for-authors/">https://www.elsevier.com/journals/pattern-recognition-letters/0167-8655/guide-for-authors/</a>.
When submitting their papers through the online system, Authors
should select the acronym “SI: LR4ACV” to make it clear that they
are submitting to this SI.<br>
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All submissions will undergo initial screening by the Guest
Editors for fit to the Special Issue and prospects for
successfully negotiating the review process.<br>
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<u>Submission Schedule</u><br>
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<blockquote>Submission Period: June 1-30, 2018<br>
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Author notification: July 30, 2018<br>
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Revised papers due: September 15, 2018<br>
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Final notification: October 15, 2018<br>
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Publication: November 2018<br>
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<u>Managing Guest Editor</u><br>
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<blockquote>Giovanni Maria Farinella<br>
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<font size="-1">Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:gfarinella@dmi.unict.it">gfarinella@dmi.unict.it</a></font><br>
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<font size="-1">Affiliation: University of Catania, Italy</font><br>
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</font><u>Guest editors</u><br>
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<blockquote>Marco Leo<br>
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<font size="-1">Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:marco.leo@cnr.it">marco.leo@cnr.it</a></font><br>
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<font size="-1">Affiliation: National Research Council (CNR),
Italy</font><br>
<br>
Gérard Medioni<br>
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<font size="-1">Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:medioni@usc.edu">medioni@usc.edu</a></font><br>
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<font size="-1">Affiliation: University of Southern California,
USA</font><br>
<br>
Mohan Trivedi<br>
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<font size="-1">Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:mtrivedi@soe.ucsd.edu">mtrivedi@soe.ucsd.edu</a></font><br>
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<font size="-1">Affiliation: University of California at San
Diego, USA</font><br>
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