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					Call For Papers
	Third International Conference on Image
	and Signal Processing (ICISP 2008)
	
				July 1-3, 2008
		Cherbourg-Octeville, Normandy, France
  	   http://www.stlo.unicaen.fr/icisp2008/
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Following the two successful previous editions of ICISP (Agadir 2001,
Agadir 2003), the Université de Caen Basse Normandie will organize the
next ICISP event in Cherbourg-Octeville, Normandy, France. ICISP aims
to provide researchers and practitioners from academia and industry with
a forum on the last developments in image and signal processing, multimedia
and computer graphics. The conference will also provide a unique opportunity
for sharing experiences from different backgrounds with the common interest in 
advanced in the above-mentioned fields. The scientific program of ICISP 2008
will include presentation of invited plenary talks, special sessions as well
as posters and regular sessions with contributed research papers.

IMPORTANT DATES
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Paper submission                January 25th, 2008
Notification of acceptance      March   10th, 2008
Conference                      July 1th-3th, 2008

INVITED SPEAKERS
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- Joachim Weickert (Saarland University - DE)
- David Tschumperlé (GREYC, Image Team - FR)
- Godfried Toussaint (McGill University - CA)
- Driss Aboutajdine (Rabat University - MO)

See http://www.stlo.unicaen.fr/icisp2008/invitedspeakers.php for short biographies.

TOPICS
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*  Image and video processing: 
	image filtering, restoration and enhancement, image segmentation, 
	video segmentation and tracking, morphological processing, 
	feature extraction and analysis, interpolation and super-resolution, 
	motion detection and estimation, computer vision, pattern recognition, 
	content-based image retrieval.
* Signal Processing: 
	spectral analysis, time-frequency and time-scale representation, 
	statistical signal processing, filtering, detection and estimation, 
	nonlinear signal processing, radar, antennas, telecommunications systems, 
	acoustics.
* Computer graphics: 
	algorithms, visualization, animation, virtual reality.
* Applications: 
	biomedical sciences, biometry, document image processing and authentication, 
	other applications.

SPECIAL SESSIONS :
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- Image mass data analysis
- Graph-based representations in pattern recognition
- Biomedical applications: Virtual slide acquisition and processing

see http://www.stlo.unicaen.fr/icisp2008/ssessions.php for a complete description.


General Chairs
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General Chairs
Abderrahim Elmoataz (FR), Université de Caen Basse Normandie
Fathallah Nouboud (CAN), Université du Québec à Trois Rivières

Program Committee Chairs
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Olivier Lézoray (FR), Université de Caen Basse Normandie
Driss Mammass (MO), Université Ibn Zohr
Paulette Herlin (FR), Université de Caen Basse Normandie

Contact & Further Information
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icisp2008@unicaen.fr
http://www.stlo.unicaen.fr/icisp2008