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ANNOUNCEMENT: CALL FOR PAPERS AND INVITED SESSIONS
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International Conference on Image Analysis and Recognition (ICIAR 2005)
September 28-30, 2005
Toronto, Canada

http://www.iciar.uwaterloo.ca/iciar05

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Paper submission deadline: February 22, 2005
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ICIAR - The International Conference on Image Analysis and Recognition
aims to bring together researchers in the fields of Image Processing,
Analysis and Recognition. The conference addresses recent advances in
theory, methodologies and applications. The scientific program will
include invited speakers and fully refereed contributions that will be
published in the conference proceedings.

ICIAR is organized annually, alternating between Europe and North
America. In 2004, the first conference was held in Porto, Portugal.
ICIAR 2005 will take place in Toronto, Canada.

Authors are invited to submit full papers showing original research
contributions. The paper should be no more that 8 pages (1-column)
including an abstract, all text, figures, tables and references. All
submissions will be handled electronically online through the conference
web site. Please check the web site for more details on formatting and
submission instructions:

http://www.iciar.uwaterloo.ca/iciar05

Proposals for special invited sessions are welcome, however all papers
will go through the normal review process. The proposed sessions must
include a title, contact information for the session chair(s), and a
list of authors already contacted or to be contacted.

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Topics
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The topics of the conference include, but are not limited to:

     * Image and Video Processing and Analysis
     * Image and Video Coding
     * Image Retrieval and Indexing
     * Image Description and Recognition
     * Biometrics
     * Color, Texture, and Motion Analysis
     * Applications:
           o Biomedical
           o Document Processing
           o Remote Sensing
           o Multimedia
           o Security Systems
           o Visual Inspection
           o Sports
     * Others

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Important Dates
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     Paper submission deadline        March 4, 2005
       Acceptance notification       April 26, 2005
          Camera-ready version         May 24, 2005
                    Conference    Sept. 28-30, 2005

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Committees
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  General Chair

       Mohamed Kamel, University of Waterloo, Canada
       (mkamel@uwaterloo.ca)

  General Co-Chair

       Aurelio Campilho, University of Porto, Portugal
       (campilho@fe.up.pt)

  Local Organizing Committee

       Paul Fieguth, University of Waterloo, Canada
       David Clausi, University of Waterloo, Canada
       Otman Basir, University of Waterloo, Canada
       Mahmoud Elsakka, University of Western Ontario, Canada
       Kostas Plataniotis, University of Toronto, Canada
       Rastislav Lukac, University of Toronto, Canada
       Alex Bot, IEEE Toronto Section, Canada

   Advisory and Program Committee

       M. Ahmadi (CA)            A. Padilha (PT)
       M. Ahmed (CA)             F. Pereira (PT)
       A. Amin (CA)              F. Perales (ES)
       O. Basir (CA)             N. Peres de la Blanca (ES)
       J. Bioucas (PT)           P. Pina (PT)
       T. Bui (CA)               A. Pinho (PT)
       M. Cheriet (CA)           C. Pinto (PT)
       D. Clausi (CA)            F. Pla (ES)
       L. Corte Real (PT)        K. Plataniotis (CA)
       M. El-Sakka (CA)          T. Rabie (CA)
       M. Ferreti (IT)           L. Rueda (CA)
       P. Fieguth (CA)           P. Scheunders (BE)
       M. Figueiredo (PT)        G. Schaefer (GB)
       A. Fred (PT)              M. Sid-Ahmed (CA)
       L. Guan (CA)              W. Skarbek (PL)
       E. Hancock (GB)           S. Sural (IN)
       M. Haindl (CK)            H. Tizhoosh (CA)
       E. Jerningan (CA)         D. Vandermeulen (BE)
       M. Kunt (CH)              M. Vento (IT)
       R. Lins (BR)              R. Ward (CA)
       J. Marques (PT)           D. Zhang (HK)
       A. Mendonça (PT)

   Conference Secretariat

       iciar05@pami.uwaterloo.ca
       Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (PAMI) Research Group
       Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
       University of Waterloo
       200 University Avenue West
       Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1
       CANADA
       Phone: +1 (519) 888-4567 x6752
       Fax:   +1 (519) 746-3077

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Supported By
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     * Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence Lab
       University of Waterloo, Canada
       http://pami.uwaterloo.ca

     * Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal
       http://www.fe.up.pt

     * INEB -- Biomedical Engineering Institute, Portugal
       http://www.ineb.up.pt


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