VISAPP 2012 - International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications

The International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications aims at becoming a major point of contact between researchers, engineers and practitioners on the area of computer vision application systems. Five simultaneous tracks will be held, covering all different aspects related to computer vision: Image Formation and Preprocessing; Image and Video Analysis and Understanding; Motion, Tracking and Stereo Vision; and Applications and Services.
We welcome papers describing original work in any of the areas listed below. Papers describing advanced prototypes, systems, tools and techniques as well as general survey papers indicating future directions are also encouraged. Paper acceptance will be based on quality, relevance to the conference themes and originality. The conference program will include both oral and poster presentations.
Special sessions, dedicated to case-studies and commercial presentations, as well as technical tutorials, dedicated to technical/scientific topics, are also envisaged. Companies interested in presenting their products/methodologies or researchers interested in lecturing a tutorial are invited to contact the conference secretariat.

CONFERENCE AREAS
Each of these topic areas is expanded below but the sub-topics list is not exhaustive. Papers may address one or more of the listed sub-topics, although authors should not feel limited by them. Unlisted but related sub-topics are also acceptable, provided they fit in one of the following main topic areas:

1. IMAGE FORMATION AND PREPROCESSING
2. IMAGE AND VIDEO ANALYSIS
3. IMAGE AND VIDEO UNDERSTANDING
4. MOTION, TRACKING AND STEREO VISION
5. APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES

AREA 1: IMAGE FORMATION AND PREPROCESSING

Image Formation, Acquisition Devices and Sensors
Device Calibration, Characterization and Modeling
Multimodal and Multi-sensor Models of Image Formation
Image Enhancement and Restoration
Image and Video Coding and Compression
AREA 2: IMAGE AND VIDEO ANALYSIS

Early and Biologically-inspired Vision
Color and Texture Analyses
Shape Representation and Matching
Features Extraction
Segmentation and Grouping
Image Registration
Visual Attention and Image Saliency
AREA 3: IMAGE AND VIDEO UNDERSTANDING

Content-based Indexing, Search, and Retrieval
Machine Learning Technologies for Vision
Object and Face Recognition
Object detection and Localization
Categorization and Scene Understanding
Face and Expression Recognition
Event and Human Activity Recognition
Cognitive Models for Interpretation, Integration and Control
AREA 4: MOTION, TRACKING AND STEREO VISION

Stereo Vision and Structure from Motion
Optical Flow and Motion Analyses
Image-based Modeling and 3D Reconstruction
Tracking and Visual Navigation
Active and Robot Vision
Video Surveillance and Event Detection
Vision for Robotics
AREA 5: APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES

Media Watermarking, Security, and Forensics
Digital Photography and Online Photo Sharing
Camera Networks and Vision
Document Imaging in Business
Entertainment Imaging Applications
Medical Image Applications
Pervasive Smart Cameras
Human and Computer Interaction
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
VISAPP 2012 will have several invited keynote speakers, who are internationally recognized experts in their areas. Their names are not yet confirmed.

PAPER SUBMISSION
Authors should submit an original paper in English, carefully checked for correct grammar and spelling, using the on-line submission procedure. The initial submission must have between 3 to 13 pages otherwise it will be rejected without review. Please check the paper formats page so you may be aware of the accepted paper page limits.
The guidelines for paper formatting provided at the conference web ought to be used for all submitted papers. The preferred submission format is the same as the camera-ready format. Please check and carefully follow the instructions and templates provided. Each paper should clearly indicate the nature of its technical/scientific contribution, and the problems, domains or environments to which it is applicable.

Papers that are out of the conference scope or contain any form of plagiarism will be rejected without reviews. Please read INSTICC's ethical norms regarding plagiarism and self-plagiarism.

Remarks about the on-line submission procedure:
1. A "double-blind" paper evaluation method will be used. To facilitate that, the authors are kindly requested to produce and provide the paper, WITHOUT any reference to any of the authors. This means that is necessary to remove the authors personal details, the acknowledgements section and any reference that may disclose the authors identity.
LaTeX/PS/PDF/DOC/DOCX/RTF format are accepted.
2. The web submission procedure automatically sends an acknowledgement, by e-mail, to the contact author.

Paper submission types:
Regular Paper Submission
A regular paper presents a work where the research is completed or almost finished. It does not necessary means that the acceptance is as a full paper. It may be accepted as a "full paper" (30 min. oral presentation) , a "short paper" (20 min. oral presentation) or a "poster".

Position Paper Submission
A position paper presents an arguable opinion about an issue. The goal of a position paper is to convince the audience that your opinion is valid and worth listening to, without the need to present completed research work and/or validated results. It is, nevertheless, important to support your argument with evidence to ensure the validity of your claims. A position paper may be a short report and discussion of ideas, facts, situations, methods, procedures or results of scientific research (bibliographic, experimental, theoretical, or other) focused on one of the conference topic areas. The acceptance of a position paper is restricted to the categories of "short paper" or "poster", i.e. a position paper is not a candidate to acceptance as "full paper".

Camera-ready:
After the reviewing process is completed, the contact author (the author who submits the paper) of each paper will be notified of the result, by e-mail. The authors are required to follow the reviews in order to improve their paper before the camera-ready submission.

PUBLICATIONS
All accepted papers (full, short and posters) will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, on paper and on CD-ROM support.
All papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the SciTePress Digital Library (http://www.scitepress.org/DigitalLibrary/). SciTePress is member of CrossRef (http://www.crossref.org/).
A short list of presented papers will be selected so that revised and extended versions of these papers will be published by Springer-Verlag in a CCIS Series book.
The proceedings will be submitted for indexation by Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index, INSPEC, DBLP and EI.

IMPORTANT DATES
Conference date: 24-26 February, 2012

Regular Paper Submission: October 11, 2011
Authors Notification (regular papers): December 2, 2011
Final Regular Paper Submission and Registration: December 15, 2011

SECRETARIAT
VISAPP Secretariat
Address: Av. D. Manuel I, 27A, 2º esq.

2910-595 Setúbal - Portugal
Tel.: +351 265 520 184
Fax: +44 203 014 5434
e-mail: visapp.secretariat-AT-insticc.org
Web: http://www.visapp.visigrapp.org/