Connectionists: ICIAR 2017: Call for Papers + News (Extended deadline: January 23, 2017)

[Beatriz Remeseiro López]

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CALL FOR PAPERS (Deadline: January 23, 2017)
http://www.aimiconf.org/iciar17 
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ICIAR 2017 - 14th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IMAGE ANALYSIS AND RECOGNITION
    July 5-7, 2017, Montreal, Canada
    http://www.aimiconf.org/iciar17 

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ICIAR News:
    New submission deadline: January 23, 2017
    Plenary Speakers: Terry Peters, Tien Bui, Andrew Wong
    ICIAR Special Session/Workshop: Machine Learning for Medical Image Computing, chaired by Alex Wong and Farzad Khalvati
    ICIAR Best paper Award
    Travel grants of $500CAD each for a selected number of overseas students (out of North America)
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Conference Chairs:
    Fakhri Karray 
    University of Waterloo, Canada

    Aurelio Campilho
    University of Porto, Portugal 

    Farida Cheriet 
    Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada
    
Plenary Speakers:
    Terry Peters
    Robarts Research Institute, Western University, London, Canada
    
    Tien Bui
    Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

    Andrew Wong
    University of Waterloo, Canada
    
ICIAR Special Session/Workshop:
    Machine Learning for Medical Image Computing
    Workshop Chairs:
    Alex Wong, University of Waterloo, Waterloo
    Farzad Khalvati, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto

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ICIAR 2017 is the 14th of a series of ICIAR conferences organized in Portugal and Canada. Authors are invited to submit full papers showing original research contributions. The page limit is 8 pages (1-column - LNCS Springer format), plus 2 extra pages. The sessions will comprise invited keynote speakers and oral and poster presentations. Authors are invited to submit full papers under the topics of the conference, addressing original research developments. The conference proceedings will be published in the Springer LNCS - Lecture Notes in Computer Science series.

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CONFERENCE TOPICS
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FOCUS TOPICS
1) Machine Learning in Image Recognition
2) Image and Video Processing and Analysis:
    Image restoration and enhancement
    Image and video segmentation
    Mathematical morphology
    Color, texture and motion analysis
    3D image analysis
    Tracking
    Shape and matching
    Real time imaging
3) Image and Video Coding:
    Still image and video coding
    Image and video encryption
4) Image Retrieval and Indexing:
    Image and video databases
    Image and video retrieval and indexing
5) Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning Methods:
    Feature extraction and selection methods
    Classification and clustering techniques
    Ensembles and multi-classifiers
    Hybrid methods
    Syntactical methods
6) Applications:
    Biomedical imaging
    Biometrics
    Document processing
    Remote sensing
    Multimedia
    Security systems
    Visual inspection
    Sports
    Other applications

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PAPER SUBMISSION
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Authors are invited to submit full papers showing original research contributions. The conference proceedings is planned to be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science series (Springer LNCS). Only electronic submission will be accepted through the conference paper submission web page. See the conference web site for details.

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ICIAR Best Paper Award and Student travel Grants 
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ICIAR 2017 announces a Best Paper Award to a paper presented at the Conference and selected by an award committee. ICIAR 2017 also announces the availability of a limited number of student travel grants (STG) of $500CAD (five hundred Canadian dollars) each, to support the travel expenses of students from outside North America. The eligibility criteria for STG are: to be a full-time student; have at least one paper accepted; have registered and presenting a paper (oral or poster) in the conference.
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IMPORTANT DATES
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Paper Submission deadline: January 23, 2017
Author Notification: March 1, 2017
Camera-ready version: March 15, 2017
Paper registration: April 7, 2017
Conference: July 5-7, 2017

Please find the call for papers and more information at the conference website:
http://www.aimiconf.org/iciar17 
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