Acivs 2005 Advanced Concepts for Intelligent Vision Systems Sept 20-23, 2005 University of Antwerp Belgium http://acivs.org/acivs2005/ Lecture Notes in Computer Science --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: Eurasip, IEEE Benelux Signal Processing Chapter, DSP Valley, Philips, Barco, IPS Acivs 2005 is a conference focusing on techniques for building adaptive, intelligent, safe and secure imaging systems. Acivs 2005 will consist of four days of lecture sessions, both regular (25 mns) and invited presentations, and poster sessions. The proceedings of Acivs 2005 will be published by Springer Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. Acivs 2005 will also feature a conference dinner, and other social activities. Details of the social activities, which will include a reception and a touristic activity, will be announced soon. The conference fee (350 EUR for IEEE-members, Eurasip-members and students and 430 EUR for other participants) includes the social program (conference dinner, coffee breaks, snacks and cultural activities) and a hard-copy of the LNCS conference proceedings. Students, IEEE and Eurasip members can register at a reduced fee. Invited speakers Acivs 2005 will feature a number of invited speakers. One of the invited speakers is Fernando Pereira (Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa, Portugal). The other invited speakers will be anounced on the website. Topics include (but are not limited to) * Vision systems * Image and Video Processing (linear/non-linear filtering and enhancement, restoration, segmentation, wavelets and multiresolution, Markovian techniques, color processing, modeling, analysis, interpolation and spatial transforms, motion, fractals and multifractals, structure from motion) * Pattern Analysis (shape analysis, data and image fusion, pattern matching, neural nets, learning, grammatical techniques) and Content-Based Image Retrieval * Remote Sensing (techniques for filtering, enhancing, compressing, displaying and analyzing optical, infrared, radar, multi- and hyperspectral airborne and spaceborne images) * Still Image and Video Transmission (still image/video coding, model-based coding, synthetic/natural hybrid coding, quality metrics, image watermarking, image and video databases, image search and sorting, video indexing, multimedia applications) * System Architecture and Performance Evaluation (implementation of algorithms, benchmarking, evaluation criteria, algorithmic evaluation) Both classical research papers and application papers are welcome. Venue The conference will take place in the Building G, Middelheim campus, University of Antwerp, Belgium on Sept 20-23, 2005. The venue can be easily reached from Antwerp Airport - Deurne or by train from Brussels main airport. Paper submission and review process Prospective authors should prepare a full paper and submit it electronically. The paper should consist of 4-8 pages in A4 format and should conform to the style guidelines outlined on the Acivs 2005 website. LaTeX style sheets, MSWord templates and more detailed information on the submission process can be found on the Acivs 2005 website (http://acivs.org/acivs2005/). All submissions will be reviewed by at least 2 members of the Program Committee; additional reviewers will be consulted if needed. The papers should provide sufficient background information and should clearly indicate the original contribution. They should state and discuss the main results and provide adequate references. Paper submission implies that one of the authors will present the paper if it is accepted. Conference proceedings The proceedings of Acivs 2005 will be published by Springer Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. LNCS is published, in parallel to the printed books, in full-text electronic form via Springer Verlags internet platform (http://www.springerlink.com). Important deadlines April 10, 2005 Full paper submission May 10, 2005 Notification of acceptance June 7, 2005 Camera-ready papers due June 26, 2005 Registration deadline for authors of accepted papers July 15, 2005 Early registration deadline August 23, 2005 Late registration deadline Sept 20-23, 2005 Acivs 2005 Steering Committee Jacques Blanc-Talon, DGA/DCE/CTA, Arcueil, France. Wilfried Philips, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. Dan Popescu, CSIRO, Sydney, Australia. Paul Scheunders, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium. Organising Committee Wilfried Philips, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. Paul Scheunders, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium. Program committee Fritz Albregtsen, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. Philippe Bolon, University of Savoie, Annecy, France. Don Bone, Mediaware Solutions, Canberra, ACT, Australia. Jean-Pierre Cocquerez, UTC, Compiegne, France. Pamela Cosman, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, USA. Mihai Datcu, German Aerospace Center DLR, Wessling, Germany. Jennifer Davidson, Iowa State University, Ames, USA. Christine Fernandez Maloigne, Universite de Poitiers, Chasseneuil, France. Jan Flusser, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Praha, Czech Republic. Don Fraser, University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia. Georgy Gimel'farb, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. Daniele Giusto, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy. Christine Guillemot, IRISA, Rennes, France. Fred Hamprecht, Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. John Illingworth, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK. Jean-Michel Jolion, INSA, Villeurbanne Cedex, France. Andrzej Kasinski, Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, Poland. Ashraf Kassim, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. Nahum Kiryati, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. Richard Kleihorst, Philips Research, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Ullrich Koethe, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany. Murat Kunt, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland. Hideo Kuroda, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan. Kenneth Lam, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China. Bruce Litow, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia. Brian Lovell, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Pierre Moulin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, USA. Mads Nielsen, IT University Of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Marcin Paprzycki, Oklahoma State University, Tulsa, USA. Jussi Parkkinen, University of Joensuu, Joensuu, Finland. Fernando Pereira, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa, Portugal. Beatrice Pesquet-Popescu, ENST, Paris, France. Matti Pietikaeinen, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland. Aleksandra Pizurica, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium. Gianni Ramponi, Trieste University, Trieste, Italy. Thierry Ranchin, Ecole des Mines de Paris, Sophia Antipolis, France. A. Murat Tekalp, University of Rochester, Rochester, USA. Frederic Truchetet, Universite de Bourgogne, Le Creusot, France. Dimitri Van De Ville, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. Peter Veelaert, Hogeschool Gent, Ghent, Belgium. We look forward to welcoming you at Acivs 2005