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ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
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ICIAR 2011 - 8th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IMAGE ANALYSIS AND RECOGNITION
   June 22-24, 2011
   Burnaby, BC, Canada

General Chair:
   Mohamed Kamel (IEEE and IAPR Fellow)
   University of Waterloo, Canada
   http://pami.uwaterloo.ca/kamel.html

General Co-Chair:
   Aurelio Campilho
   University of Porto, Portugal
   http://www.fe.up.pt/~campilho

Conference Website:
   http://www.iciar.uwaterloo.ca/iciar11/

Papers due:
   January 17, 2011

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ICIAR - International Conference on Image Analysis and
Recognition aims to bring together researchers in the
fields of Image Processing, Image Analysis and Pattern
Recognition.

The conference addresses recent advances in theory,
methodologies and applications. The scientific program
includes invited speakers and fully refereed contributions
that are published in the conference proceedings.

ICIAR series is organized annually, alternating between
Europe and North America. ICIAR 2011 will be held in
Burnaby, BC, Canada.

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TOPICS
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· 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
   Biometrics
   Document Processing
   Remote Sensing
   Multimedia
   Security Systems
   Visual Inspection
   Sports
   Other applications

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SPECIAL SESSIONS
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The following two special sessions are planned for ICIAR 2011:

(1) Multispectral and Hyperspectral Image and Video Processing
(2) New Advances in People Reidentification Based on Biometric Approaches

For more information please visit the conference web site:

   http://www.iciar.uwaterloo.ca/iciar11/specialsessions.php

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COMPETITIONS/CHALLENGES
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The following competition is part of ICIAR 2011:

   Hand Geometric Points Detection Competition
   Website: http://paginas.fe.up.pt/~hgc2011/
   Contact email: hgc2011@fe.up.pt

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PAPER SUBMISSION
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Authors are invited to submit full papers showing original
research contributions. The conference proceedings will 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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Paper submission deadline: January 17, 2011
Author notification: February 28, 2011
Camera-ready version and author registration: March 18, 2011
Non-author registration at a discount rate: May 21, 2011

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

   http://www.iciar.uwaterloo.ca/iciar11