VISAPP 2012 (International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - http://www.visapp.visigrapp.org/) has an open call for papers, whose deadline is set for October 11th, 2011. We hope you can participate in this conference by submitting a paper reflecting your current research in any of the conference areas/topics.

This conference is sponsored by INSTICC, member of the WfMC - Workflow Management Coalition, and will be held in Rome, Italy, next year on 24 - 26 February. VISAPP 2012 is a component conference of VISIGRAPP, a joint conference that integrates knowledge areas related to Computer Vision, Imaging, Computer Graphics and Information Visualization, which are becoming more and more interrelated and sustain important interdisciplinary R&D work (http://www.visigrapp.org).

The International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications (VISAPP) aims at becoming a major point of contact between researchers, engineers and practitioners in Computer Vision. The conference will be structured along five main tracks, namely Image Formation and Preprocessing, Image and Video Analysis, Image and Video Understanding, Motion, Tracking and Stereo Vision and, Applications and Services.

VISAPP is interested in promoting high quality research as it can be confirmed by last year acceptance rates, where from 174 submissions, 16% were accepted as full papers. Additionally, 27% were presented as short papers and 16% as posters.

Submitted papers will be subject to a double-blind review process. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, on paper and CD-ROM support. CKXL
The proceedings will be submitted for indexation by major international indexers, including Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index (ISI), INSPEC, DBLP and Elsevier Index (EI).
Additionally, a short list of high quality papers presented at the conference will be selected so that revised and extended versions of these papers will be published by Springer-Verlag in the Communications in Computer and Information Science Series (CCIS).
Best paper awards will be distributed during the conference closing session.
All papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the SciTePress Digital Library (http://www.scitepress.org/DigitalLibrary/). SciTePress is member of CrossRef (http://www.crossref.org/).

Workshops and special sessions are also invited. If you wish to propose a workshop or a special session, for example based on the results of a specific research project, please contact the secretariat. Workshop chairs and Special Session chairs will benefit from logistics support and other types of support, including secretariat and financial support, to facilitate the development of a valid idea.

Please check further details at the VISAPP conference website (http://www.visapp.visigrapp.org/). There you will find detailed information about the conference structure. This conference is co-located with PECCS 2012 (2nd International Conference on Pervasive and Embedded Computing and Communication Systems - http://www.peccs.org/), and SENSORNETS 2012 (International Conference on International Conference on Sensor Networks - http://www.sensor-nets.org/). Registration to VISIGRAPP will enable free access to the PECCS and SENSORNETS Conferences (as a non-speaker).

Should you have any question please don't hesitate contacting me.


Kind regards,
Bruno Encarnacao

VISAPP Secretariat
Av. D. Manuel I, 27A 2.esq.
2910-595 Setubal, Portugal
Tel.: +351 265 520 184
Fax: + 44 203 014 5434
Email: visapp.secretariat@insticc.org



VISAPP 2012
http://www.visapp.visigrapp.org

24-26 February, 2012
Rome, Italy


IMPORTANT DATES:
 Regular Paper Submission: October 11, 2011
 Authors Notification (regular papers): December 2, 2011
 Final Regular Paper Submission and Registration: December 15, 2011


Sponsored by INSTICC
INSTICC is Member of WfMC


CONFERENCE AREAS

AREA 1: IMAGE FORMATION AND PREPROCESSING

       - Image Formation, Acquisition Devices and Sensors
       - Device Calibration, Characterization and Modeling
       - Multimodal and Multi-sensor Models of Image Formation
       - Image Enhancement and Restoration
       - Image and Video Coding and Compression


AREA 2: IMAGE AND VIDEO ANALYSIS

       - Early and Biologically-inspired Vision
       - Color and Texture Analyses
       - Shape Representation and Matching
       - Features Extraction
       - Segmentation and Grouping
       - Image Registration
       - Visual Attention and Image Saliency


AREA 3: IMAGE AND VIDEO UNDERSTANDING

       - Content-based Indexing, Search, and Retrieval
       - Machine Learning Technologies for Vision
       - Object and Face Recognition
       - Object detection and Localization
       - Categorization and Scene Understanding
       - Face and Expression Recognition
       - Event and Human Activity Recognition
       - Cognitive Models for Interpretation, Integration and Control


AREA 4: MOTION, TRACKING AND STEREO VISION

       - Stereo Vision and Structure from Motion
       - Optical Flow and Motion Analyses
       - Image-based Modeling and 3D Reconstruction
       - Tracking and Visual Navigation
       - Active and Robot Vision
       - Video Surveillance and Event Detection
       - Vision for Robotics

AREA 5: APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES

       - Media Watermarking, Security, and Forensics
       - Digital Photography and Online Photo Sharing
       - Camera Networks and Vision
       - Document Imaging in Business
       - Entertainment Imaging Applications
       - Medical Image Applications
       - Pervasive Smart Cameras
       - Human and Computer Interaction



CONFERENCE CHAIR
Jose Braz, Polytechnic Institute of Setubal, Portugal


PROGRAM CHAIR
Gabriela Csurka, Xerox Research Centre Europe, France


KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Sabine Süsstrunk, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
Colin Ware, University of New Hampshire, U.S.A.
(list not yet complete)


PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Please check the program committee members at http://www.visapp.visigrapp.org/program_committee.asp