Acivs 2006 Advanced Concepts for Intelligent Vision Systems Sept 18-21, 2006 University of Antwerp Belgium http://acivs.org/acivs2006/ Lecture Notes in Computer Science --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: Eurasip, IEEE Benelux Signal Processing Chapter, DSP Valley, Philips, Barco. Acivs 2006 is a conference focusing on techniques for building adaptive, intelligent, safe and secure imaging systems. Acivs 2006 will consist of four days of lecture sessions, both regular (25 mns) and invited presentations, and poster sessions. The proceedings of Acivs 2006 will be published by Springer Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. Acivs 2006 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. 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 Coding and 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 18-21, 2006. 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 8-12 pages in A4 format and should conform to the style guidelines outlined on the Acivs 2006 website. LaTeX style sheets, MSWord templates and more detailed information on the submission process can be found on the Acivs 2006 website (http://acivs.org/acivs2006/). 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 2006 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 9, 2006 Full paper submission May 22, 2006 Notification of acceptance June 16, 2006 Camera-ready papers due June 26, 2006 Registration deadline for authors of accepted papers July 14, 2006 Early registration deadline August 21, 2006 Late registration deadline Sept 18-21, 2006 Acivs 2006 Steering Committee Jacques Blanc-Talon, DGA/D4S/MRIS, 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. Attila Baskurt, University of Lyon, Villeurbanne, France. Laure Blanc-Feraud, INRIA, Sophia-Antipolis Cedex, France. Philippe Bolon, University of Savoie, Annecy, France. Nikolaos Bourbakis, Wright State University, Dayton, USA. Salah Bourennane, EGIM, Marseille, France. Patrick Bouthemy, IRISA/INRIA, Rennes, France. Jocelyn Chanussot, INPG - ENSIEG, Grenoble, France. David Clausi, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada. Pamela Cosman, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, USA. Jennifer Davidson, Iowa State University, Ames, USA. Ricardo de Queiroz, Universidade de Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil. Christine Fernandez Maloigne, Universite de Poitiers, Chasseneuil, France. Jan Flusser, Institute of Information Theory and Automation, Prague, Czech Republic. Don Fraser, University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia. Sidharta Gautama, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. Jerome Gilles, CEP, Arcueil, France. Georgy Gimel'farb, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. Daniele Giusto, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy. John Illingworth, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK. Pieter Jonker, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. Andrzej Kasinski, Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, Poland. Ashraf Kassim, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. Richard Kleihorst, Philips Research, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. 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. Jesus Malo, Universitat de Valencia, Burjassot, Spain. Fabrice Meriaudeau, IUT Le Creusot, Le Creusot, France. Ali Mohammad-Djafari, Supelec, Gif-sur-Yvette, France. Rafael Molina, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain. Vittorio Murino, Universita degli Studi di Verona, Verona, Italy. Marcin Paprzycki, SWPS, Warsaw, Poland. Jussi Parkkinen, University of Joensuu, Joensuu, Finland. Fernando Pereira, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa, Portugal. Beatrice Pesquet-Popescu, ENST, Paris, France. Matti Pietikainen, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland. Aleksandra Pizurica, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium. Gianni Ramponi, Trieste University, Trieste, Italy. Luis Salgado Alvarez de Sotomayor, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain. Frederic Truchetet, Universite de Bourgogne, Le Creusot, France. Dimitri Van De Ville, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland. Peter Veelaert, Hogeschool Gent, Ghent, Belgium.