CALL FOR PAPERS ASSET 2008 in imaging Analysis of Sensors Signals and Emerging Techniques in imaging: applications to Global Security. http://www.assets2008.com GENERAL INFORMATION ASSET 2008 is a conference focusing on techniques for processing images of any kind in the context of practical and industrial applications, with an emphasis on security and surveillance but not restricted to. The conference will be held in Châlon-sur-Saône (France), in the heart of the Burgundy wine region, on September 9-12, 2008. ASSET 2008 will consist of three days of lecture sessions, both regular and invited presentations, and poster sessions. The proceedings of ASSETS 2008 will be published by SPIE. TOPICS OF INTEREST Interested authors are encouraged to submit and to indicate the code of their favorite session(s) in doing so. 1 - OPTICS: Optics for Imaging Systems Session Chair: Pierre Chavel, Institut d'Optique - Graduate School, CNRS, Palaiseau, France 2 - TRENDS: New Trends in Visual Information Technology Session Chair: Langis Gagnon, CRIM, Canada 3 - COLOR: Color Imaging Techniques Session Chair: Christine Fernandez-Maloigne, Poitiers, France 4 - TOMO: Tomography for Industrial Inspection Session Chair: Samuel Legoupil, CEA, Saclay, France 5 - X-SPECTRAL: Infrared, Multispectral and Hyperspectral Imagery Session Chair: Jacques Blanc-Talon, DGA, France 6 - VOC : Vision on a Chip Session Chair: Thierry Bernard, ENSTA, France 7 - EMBED: Embedded Systems Session Chair: Donald Prévost, INO, Canada 8 - BIOMETRICS: Iris, Fingerprint, Face, Gait Recognition and Human Activity Surveillance Session Chair: Ron Kimmel, Technion, Israël 9 - NUMERICS: Numerical Applications and Implementation Session Chair: Claude Gomez and Serge Steer, INRIA, Rocquencourt, France 10 - ROB: Imaging for Robotics Session Chair: Rajah Chatila, LAAS, Toulouse, France 11 - EVAL: Performance Evaluation of Image Processing Techniques Session Chair: Philippe Bolon, ESIA, Annecy, France 12 - FORENSIC: Imaging in Forensic Sciences Session Chair: Patrick Perrot, IRCGN, Rosny-sous-bois, France IMPORTANT DATES March 26, 2008 : Full paper submission May 12, 2008 : Notification of acceptance Camera-ready papers due : June 9, 2008 September 10-12, 2008 : ASSETS 2008 ASSETS 2008 GENERAL CHAIR Bruno Guérin, ADERC, France. ASSETS 2008 SCIENTIFIC CHAIR AND CONTACT Jacques Blanc-Talon, DGA, MRIS, France : mris.blanc-talon@club-internet.fr Michel Paindavoine, Université de Bourgogne, France : Michel.Paindavoine@u-bourgogne.fr ASSETS 2008 PROGRAM COMMITTEE David Alleysson, UPMF, Grenoble, France Aishy Amer, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada Ronen Basri, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel Thierry Bernard, ENSTA, Paris, France Philippe Bolon, ESIA, Annecy, France Hervé Bredin, Centre for Digital Video Processing, Dublin City University, Ireland Alfred Bruckstein, Technion, Israël Andrea Cavallaro, Queen Mary, University of London, UK Rajah Chatila, LAAS, Toulouse, France Pierre Chavel, Institut d’Optique, Orsay, France Michael Elad, Technion, Israel Christine Fernandez-Maloigne, Poitiers, France Langis Gagnon, CRIM, Canada Claude Gomez, INRIA, Rocquencourt, France Dimitri Gorodnichy, ITI, Ottawa, Canada David Helbert, Poitiers, France Valérie Kaftandjian, INSA, Lyon, France Ron Kimmel, Technion, Israël Patricia Ladret, GIPSA, Grenoble, France Patrick Lambert, ESIA, Annecy Denis Laurendeau, Laval University, Canada Samuel Legoupil, CEA, Saclay, France Rémi Landais, ENST, Paris, France Laurent Letellier, CEA, Saclay, France Ludovic Macaire, LAGIS, Lille, France Joseph Mait, US Army Research Laboratory, USA Igor Nikiforov - LM2S/UTT, Troyes, France Patrick Perrot, IRCGN, Rosny-sous-bois, France Donald Prévost, INO, Canada Marinette Revenu, ENSI, Caen, France Mordechai (Moti) Segev, RBNI Nanotechnology Institute, Technion, Israel Serge Steer, INRIA, Rocquencourt, France Hugues Talbot, ESIEE, Noisy le Sec, France André Zaccarin, Laval University, Canada