Thursday, March 22, 2018

Call for Papers: The 22nd International Conference on Image Processing, Computer Vision, and Pattern Recognition (IPCV'18), July 30-August 2, 2018, Las Vegas, U.S.A., Paper Submission Deadline: March 30, 2018



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                         CALL  FOR  PAPERS

              Paper Submission Deadline: March 30, 2018
                 11:59pm USA Eastern Time zone (EDT)

        The 22nd International Conference on Image Processing,
               Computer Vision, & Pattern Recognition
                            (IPCV'18)

         July 30 - August 2, 2018, Luxor (MGM), Las Vegas, USA

Corporations who wish to participate in "Career, Job, & Education
Fair", please see the instructions at the end of this announcement.
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SCOPE: TOPICS OF INTEREST INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING:

    PROLOGUE: The broad area of Imaging Science is a field that is mainly
    concerned with the generation, collection, analysis, modification,
    and visualization of images. The field is multidisciplinary in that it
    includes topics that are traditionally covered in computer science,
    physics, mathematics, electrical engineering, AI, psychology and
    information theory where computer science acts as the topical bridge
    between all such diverse areas (for a formal definition of Imaging
    Science, refer to relevant wiki pages.) From the computer science
    perspective, the core of Imaging Science includes the following three
    intertwined computer science fields, namely: Image Processing, Computer
    Vision, and Pattern Recognition. This conference will cover the
    research trends in these three important areas. The list of topics of
    interest that appears below is not meant to be exhaustive.

   IMAGE PROCESSING:
   (Addresses low-level processing as well as imaging fundamentals.)
       - Software Tools for Imaging
       - Image Generation, Acquisition, and Processing
       - Image-based Modeling and Algorithms
       - Mathematical Morphology
       - Image Geometry and Multi-view Geometry
       - 3D Imaging
       - Novel Noise Reduction Algorithms
       - Image Restoration
       - Enhancement Techniques
       - Segmentation Techniques
       - Motion and Tracking Algorithms and Applications
       - Watermarking Methods and Protection + Wavelet Methods
       - Image Data Structures and Databases
       - Image Compression, Coding, and Encryption
       - Video Analysis
       - Multi-resolution Imaging Techniques
       - Performance Analysis and Evaluation
       - Multimedia Systems and Applications
       - Novel Image Processing Applications

   COMPUTER VISION:
   (Addresses mid- to high-level processing as well as vision
   fundamentals.)
       - Camera Networks and Vision
       - Sensors and Early Vision
       - Machine Learning Technologies for Vision
       - Image Feature Extraction
       - Cognitive and Biologically Inspired Vision
       - Object Recognition
       - Soft Computing Methods in Image Processing and Vision
       - Stereo Vision
       - Active and Robot Vision
       - Face and Gesture Recognition
       - Fuzzy and Neural Techniques in Vision
       - Medical Image Processing and Analysis
       - Novel Document Image Understanding Techniques
       - Special-purpose Machine Architectures for Vision
       - Biometric Authentication
       - Novel Vision Application and Case Studies

   PATTERN RECOGNITION:
   (Addresses pattern recognition algorithms and methodologies
   that are of value to the image processing and computer vision
   research communities.)
       - Supervised and Un-supervised Classification Algorithms
       - Clustering Techniques
       - Dimensionality Reduction Methods in Pattern Recognition
       - Symbolic Learning
       - Ensemble Learning Algorithms
       - Parsing Algorithms
       - Bayesian Methods in Pattern Recognition and Matching
       - Statistical Pattern Recognition
       - Invariance in Pattern Recognition
       - Knowledge-based Recognition
       - Structural and Syntactic Pattern Recognition
       - Applications Including: Security, Medicine, Robotic, GIS,
         Remote Sensing, Industrial Inspection, Nondestructive
         Evaluation (or NDE), ...
       - Case studies and Emerging technologies


conference is part of, is among the top five largest international
annual gathering of researchers in computer science, computer
engineering and applied computing. We anticipate to have attendees
from about 75 countries and territories. To get a feeling about the
conferences' atmosphere, see some delegates photos available at
(over 2,000 photos): http://photos.ucmss.com/


KEYNOTE LECTURES AND TUTORIALS:

   There will be between 10 and 20 Keynote lectures and Invited Talks;
   speakers include world-renowned scientists and educators. Featured
   Keynote Speakers in recent years have included:

   - Prof. David A. Patterson (pioneer, architecture, UC Berkeley)
   - Prof. Ian Foster (known as Father of Grid Computing; U. of Chicago & ANL)
   - The Late Prof. John H. Holland (known as Father of Genetic Algorithms;
     U. of Michigan)
   - Prof. Barry Vercoe (Founding member of MIT Media Lab, MIT)
   - Prof. John Koza (known as Father of Genetic Programming; Stanford U.)
   - Prof. Lotfi A. Zadeh (Father of Fuzzy Logic, UC Berkeley)
   - Dr. Firouz Naderi (former Head of NASA Mars Exploration Program;
     former Administrator and/or Director of Jet Propulsion Lab,
     CalTech/NASA; NASA's JPL Solar System Exploration
   - Dr. K. Eric Drexler (known as Father of Nanotechnology)
   - Prof. Ruzena Bajcsy (pioneer, VR, UC Berkeley)
   - Prof. Viktor K. Prasanna (pioneer, U. of Southern California)
   - Dr. Jose L. Munoz (NSF Program Director and CTO of NSF Office of
     Cyberinfrastructure)
   - Prof. David Lorge Parnas (pioneer of software engineering)
   - Prof. Eugene H. Spafford (Executive Director, CERIAS and Professor,
     Purdue University)
   - Prof. Haym Hirsh (Dean, Cornell University & former NSF admin)
   - Prof. Alfred Inselberg (Tel Aviv U, Israel; Senior Fellow, San Diego
     Supercomputing Center; Inventor of the multidimensional system of
     Parallel Coordinates and author of textbook)
   - Prof. H. J. Siegel (Abell Endowed Chair Distinguished Professor of ECE
     and Professor of CS; Director, CSU Information Science and Technology
     Center (ISTeC), Colorado State University, Colorado, USA)
   - Prof. Amit Sheth (LexisNexis Eminent Scholar; Founder/Executive Director,
     Ohio Center of Excellence in Knowledge-enabled Computing (Kno.e.sis))
   - Dr. Leonid I. Perlovsky (Harvard University and CEO LP Information Tech)
   - Dr. James A. Crowder (Chief Engineer, Raytheon Intelligence)
   - Prof. Diego Galar (Director & Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Lulea University of
     Technology, Sweden)
   - Prof. Michael J. Flynn (Stanford U.; known for Flynn's taxonomy)
   - and over 190 other distinguished speakers.


INTRODUCTION:

   We anticipate having between 1,000 and 2,000 participants in the
   Congress. The congress includes 20 major tracks
   technical, research, and panel sessions as well as a number of
   keynote lectures and tutorials; all will be held simultaneously,
   same location and dates: July 30 through August 2, 2018. Last year,
   the Congress had attracted speakers/authors and participants
   affiliated with over 169 different universities (including many
   from the top 50 ranked institutions), major IT corporations
   (including: Microsoft, Google, Apple, SAP, Facebook, Oracle, Amazon,
   Yahoo, Samsung, IBM, Ebay, GE, Siemens, Philips, Ericsson, BAE
   Systems, Hitachi, NTT, ...), major corporations (including: Exxon
   Mobil, Johnson & Johnson, JPMorgan Chase, PetroChina, GlaxoSmithKline,
   HSBC, Airbus, Boeing, Hyundai, ...), government research agencies
   (NSF, NIH, DoE, US Air Force, NSA National Security Agency, ...), US
   national laboratories (including, NASA, ANL, LLNL, Sandia, ORNL,
   Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Los Alamos National Lab, National
   Cancer Institute, NIST, ...), and a number of Venture Capitalists as
   well as distinguished speakers discussing Intellectual Property
   issues. Last year, 55% of attendees were from academia, 24% from
   industry; 20% from government and funding agencies; and 1% unknown.
   About half of the attendees were from outside USA; from 72 nations.


SUBMISSION OF PAPERS:

   You are invited to submit a paper for consideration. All accepted
   papers will be published in printed conference books (ISBN),
   imprinted by the American Council on Science and Education, and
   distributed/published by CSREA (Computer Science Research, Education,
   and Applications Press). The proceedings will also be made available
   online. The printed proceedings/books will be available for
   distribution on site at the conference. The books will be indexed in
   science databases, including EBSCO (www.ebsco.com), one of the
   largest subject index systems, and others. ACM Digital Library is
   also including the titles into its databases as well as ProQuest
   indexing databases and others.

   In addition, like prior years, extended versions of selected papers
   (about 40%) will appear in journals and 12 edited research books;
   publishers include, Springer, Elsevier, BMC, and others. Each book
   in each series will be subject to Elsevier and Springer science
   indexing products (which includes: Scopus, www.info.scopus.com; SCI
   Compendex, Engineering Village, www.ei.org; EMBASE, www.info.embase.com;
   and others). See the web link below for a small subset of such
   publications: (some of these books and journal special issues have
   already received the top 25% downloads in their respective fields and/or
   identified as "Highly Accessed" by publishers and/or science citation
   index trackers.)


   Prospective authors are invited to submit their papers by uploading
   them to the evaluation web site at:  https://american-cse.org/
   Submissions must be uploaded by the due date (see IMPORTANT DATES) and
   must be in either MS doc or pdf formats (7 pages for Regular Research
   Papers; 4 pages for Short Research Papers; 2 pages for Extended
   Abstract/Poster Papers - the number of pages include all figures,
   tables, and references). All reasonable typesetting formats are
   acceptable (later, the authors of accepted papers will be asked to
   follow a particular typesetting format to prepare their final papers
   for publication; these formatting instructions appear at the submission
   web site and they conform to the two-column IEEE style format). Papers
   must not have been previously published or currently submitted for
   publication elsewhere.

   The first page of the paper should include the followings:
      - Title of the paper
      - Name, affiliation, postal address, and email address of each
        author (identify the name of the Contact Author)
      - Abstract (between 100 and 120 words)
      - A maximum of 5 topical keywords that would best represent the
        work described in the paper
      - Write the type of the submission as "Regular Research Paper",
        "Short Research Paper", or "Extended Abstract/Poster Paper".
      - The actual text of the paper can start from the first page
        (space permitting).
      Submissions are to be uploaded to the submission/evaluation web site
      portal at https://american-cse.org/

   Type of Submissions/Papers:

     - Full/Regular Research Papers (maximum of 7 pages):
       Regular Research Papers should provide detail original research
       contributions. They must report new research results that
       represent a contribution to the field; sufficient details and
       support for the results and conclusions should also be provided.
       The work presented in regular papers are expected to be at a
       stage of maturity that with some additional work can be published
       as journal papers.

     - Short Research Papers (maximum of 4 pages):
       Short Research Papers report on ongoing research projects. They
       should provide overall research methodologies with some results.
       The work presented in short papers are expected to be at a stage
       of maturity that with some additional work can be published as
       regular papers.

     - Extended Abstract/Poster Papers (maximum of 2 pages):
       Poster papers report on ongoing research projects that are still
       in their infancy (i.e., at very early stages). Such papers tend
       to provide research methodologies without yet concrete results.

   Each paper will be peer-reviewed by two experts in the field for
   originality, significance, clarity, impact, and soundness. In cases
   of contradictory recommendations, a member of the conference program
   committee would be charged to make the final decision (accept/reject);
   often, this would involve seeking help from additional referees.
   Papers whose authors include a member of the conference program
   committee will be evaluated using the double-blinded review process.
   (Essay/philosophical papers will not be refereed but may be considered
   for discussion/panels). 


CAREER, JOB, & EDUCATION FAIR:

   The CSCE 2018 Congress will host its two-day Career, Job, & Education Fair
   on July 30 and July 31, 2018. This annual strategic event provides
   congress attendees and participants with opportunities to connect with
   employers and educators and learn more about career options. Corporations
   can also exhibit their products during the event. Interested parties


IMPORTANT DATES:

   March 30, 2018:    Submission of papers: https://american-cse.org/
                      - Full/Regular Research Papers (maximum of 7 pages);
                      - Short Research Papers (maximum of 4 pages);
                      - Abstract/Poster Papers (maximum of 2 pages)
   April 15, 2018:    Notification of acceptance (+/- two days)
   May 7, 2018:       Final papers + Copyright + Registration
   July 30 - August 2, 2018:
                      The 22nd International Conference on Image Processing,
                      Computer Vision, & Pattern Recognition (IPCV'18)
                      https://americancse.org/events/csce2018/conferences/ipcv18
                      https://www.americancse.org/events/csce2018


LOCATION:
   Luxor in Las Vegas (renovated)

CONTACT:
   Questions and inquiries should be sent to:
   CSCE'18 Conference Secretariat: cs@american-cse.org