Call for Papers and Announcement Automatic Target Recognition XV (OR48) -- ATR'05 Part of SPIE's International Symposium on Defense and Security 28 March-1 April 2005 Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center, Orlando, FL, USA Abstract Due Date: 13 September 2004 Manuscript Due Date: 28 February 2005 Conference Chair: Firooz A. Sadjadi, sadja001@tc.umn.edu, Lockheed Martin Corp. Program Committee: Farid Amoozegar, Jet Propulsion Lab.; Mahmood R. Azimi-Sadjadi, Colorado State Univ.; David P. Casasent, Carnegie Mellon Univ.; Leon Cohen, CUNY/Hunter College; Belur V. Dasarathy, Consultant; Frederick D. Garber, Wright State Univ.; Guillermo C. Gaunaurd, Army Research Lab.; Izidor Gertner, CUNY/City College; Patti S. Gillespie , Army Research Lab.; Riad I. Hammoud, Delphi Electronics and Safety; Bahram Javidi, Univ. of Connecticut; Ismail I. Jouny, Lafayette College; Behzad Kamgar-Parsi, Naval Research Lab.; Timothy J. Klausutis, Air Force Research Lab.; Wolfgang Kober, Data Fusion Corp.; Aaron D. Lanterman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Abhijit Mahalanobis, Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control; Arthur W. Mansfield, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr.; Randolph L. Moses, The Ohio State Univ.; Robert R. Muise, Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control; Nasser M. This conference will emphasize all aspects relating to the modern automatic and machine assisted target and object recognition technology: concepts such as model-based object/target recognition and tracking, neural networks, wavelets, information fusion, knowledge-based methods, adaptive and learning approaches, and advanced signal and image processing concepts for detection, tracking, and recognition for sonar/acoustic, IR, radar, laser radar, multispectral and hyperspectral sensors. Papers dealing with the entire spectrum of algorithms, systems, and architecture in ATR/AOR will be considered. Papers presented at this conference will be automatically considered for inclusion in an ATR Special Issue in a referred journal. Papers are solicited in the following and related topics: IR-based Systems: detection, tracking, and recognition, phenomenological modeling of targets and background, polarization diversity, target/object and scene segmentation, performance evaluation issues. Hyperspectral-based Systems Registration Issues: detection, tracking, and recognition, phenomenological modeling of targets and background, polarization diversity, target/object and scene segmentation, performance evaluation issues. Radar/Laser Radar-based Systems: high-range resolution radar techniques, joint radar target tracking and classification, approaches, high- and low-frequencies, active and radiometric, laser-imaging radar, Doppler, polarization, multifrequency ladar target classification techniques, detection, tracking, recognition, segmentation, target, and clutter modeling, multisensor processing and fusion, performance evaluation issues. Sonar/Acoustic and Seismic-based Systems: inverse scattering, direct scattering of acoustic waves, tomographic image formation, material identification, low- to very low-frequencies, multisensor fusion, biosensor systems, performance evaluation issues. New Methodologies: information theoretical approaches in ATR, distributed and centralized sensor decision making, model-based object recognition, neural networks for ATR applications, wavelet decomposition methods for ATR, machine learning techniques, mission adaptive systems, data characterization, performance modeling, ATR/AOR development tools, ATR/AOR architecture. CFP posted by Dr. Riad Hammoud, Delphi E&S, riad.hammoud@delphi.com