ACM CIVR 2008

July 7-9, 2008

Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

http://www.civr2008.org

ACM International Conference on Image and Video Retrieval

 

You are cordially invited to the 2008 ACM International Conference on
Image and Video Retrieval (CIVR), held on July 7-9, 2008
(http://www.civr2008.org) at Sheraton Fallsview Hotel and Conference Centre
in the scenery city of Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.

ACM CIVR is the dedicated annual professional meeting for
communicating the state-of-the-art in image and video retrieval
research and technology. As in previous years, starting with the first
CIVR conference in 2002 and continuing on to the first ACM-branded
CIVR in 2007, the conference seeks to illuminate the state of the art
in image and video retrieval between researchers and practitioners
throughout the world and provide an international forum for the
discussion of challenges in the fields of image and video
retrieval. In a nutshell, ACM CIVR covers all aspects of image and
video retrieval: from underlying technologies and theories, to
applications and practice.

The exciting three-day conference consists of three major parts: the
regular and special sessions tracks on Monday and Tuesday, a full
Practitioner’s Day on Wednesday, and the VideoOlympics exhibition
showcasing live-action video search and retrieval on Tuesday evening.

We are excited to host two research keynote presentations by
Prof. Jiawei Han of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and
Prof. Alberto Del Bimbo of University of Florence, who will give
unique perspectives from their research work in academia. In addition,
one high-profile application keynote will be given by Dr. Edward Chang
of Google Research China.

The conference comprises several different technical program elements:
regular track full papers, special sessions full papers, a panel, and
Video Olympics.

The VideoOlympics exhibition is back on popular demand after its huge
success in CIVR 2007. This exhibition event (note that we do not call
it a competition) will run on the Tuesday evening, and we encourage
all attendees to come and cheer on the 11 teams of brave researchers
who will put on a show with their latest and greatest technologies.

We invite all attendees to actively participate in all CIVR ’08 has
to offer. We hope this conference will leave a long lasting impression
on all the participants, much the same way as the Niagara Falls that
will inspire you.


Jiebo Luo
CIVR’08 General Chair
Kodak Research Laboratories

Ling Guan
CIVR’08 General Co-chair
Ryerson University

Lei Zhang
CIVR’08 Publicity Chair
Microsoft Research Asia