ECCV Workshop on Multi-camera and Multi-modal Sensor Fusion - Call for Papers October 18, 2008 Marseille, France ** NEWS ** 1. Paper submission deadline: July 10, 2008 (extended) 2. The workshop will feature a Best Paper Prize sponsored by Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL) 3. Special Issue: extended versions of selected papers will be considered for publication in a special issue of the Computer Vision and Image Understanding journal Advances in sensing technologies as well as the increasing availability of computational power and efficient bandwidth usage methods are favouring the emergence of applications based on distributed systems combining multiple cameras and other sensing modalities. These applications include audiovisual scene analysis, immersive human-computer interfaces, occupancy sensing and event detection for smart environment applications, automated collection, summarization and distribution of multi-sensor data, and enriched personal communication, just to mention a few. This workshop addresses the principal technical challenges in multi-camera processing when the video modality is also supported by other inputs such as audio, speech, context, depth sensors, and other modalities. The goal of the workshop is to gather high-quality contributions describing leading-edge research in joint capture and analysis of multi-sensor signals as well as to stimulate interaction among the participants through a panel discussion followed by a group discussion. Topics of interest to the workshop include: - Multi-camera and multi-modal systems and sensor fusion - Distributed sensing and processing methods for human-centric applications - Distributed multi-modal scene analysis and event interpretation - Automated annotation and summarization of multi-view video - Automated creation of audiovisual reports (from meetings, lectures, sport events, etc.) - Multi-modal gesture and speech recognition - Multi-modal human-computer interfaces - Data processing and fusion in distributed embedded systems - Context-awareness and behaviour modelling - Performance evaluation metrics - Applications in distributed surveillance, smart rooms, virtual reality, and e-health Workshop format In addition to single-track oral presentations and posters, this workshop will feature a closing panel discussion on "Application-driven design of multi-camera systems" and a group discussion and brainstorming session on "Opportunities in multi-sensor research: driven by concept or technology?" Paper Submission: Papers will be accepted only by electronic submission at http://www.elec.qmul.ac.uk/staffinfo/andrea/M2SFA2.html Important Dates: Full paper submission: July 10, 2008 (extended) Notification of acceptance: August 10, 2008 Final paper submission: August 25, 2008 Workshop date: October 18, 2008 Further information: http://www.elec.qmul.ac.uk/staffinfo/andrea/M2SFA2.html ================================================================================ General chairs Andrea Cavallaro, Queen Mary, U. of London Hamid Aghajan, Stanford University Program committee Francois Bremond, INRIA, France Josep Casas, UPC, Spain Tanzeem Choudhury, Dartmouth College, USA Maurice Chu, PARC, USA C. De Vleeschouwer, UCL, Belgium Pier Luigi Dragotti Imperial College, UK Pascal Frossard, EPFL, Switzerland Luis Matey, CEIT, Spain Jean Marc Obodez, IDIAP, Switzerland James Orwell, Kingston U., UK Wilfried Philips, U. of Gent, Belgium Ronald Poppe, U. of Twente, Netherlands Carlo Regazzoni, U. of Genoa, Italy Rainer Stiefelhagen, U. of Karlsruhe, Germany Ming-Hsuan Yang, Honda Research, USA Li-Qun Xu, BT, UK