[vtkusers] ECCOMAS Thematic Conference VipIMAGE 2009: Call for Thematic Sessions and Papers

[João Manuel R. S. Tavares]

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International ECCOMAS Thematic Conference VipIMAGE 2009 - II ECCOMAS
THEMATIC
CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATIONAL VISION AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING
14-16th October 2009, FEUP, Porto, Portugal
www.fe.up.pt/vipimage

Call For Thematic Sessions And Papers

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Dear Colleague,

We are glad to announce the International Conference VipIMAGE 2009 - II
ECCOMAS THEMATIC CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATIONAL VISION AND MEDICAL IMAGE
PROCESSING will be held in the Faculty of Engineering of University of
Porto, Porto, Portugal, on October 14-16, 2009.

Possible Topics (not limited to)

• Image Processing and Analysis 
• Segmentation, Tracking and Analyze of Objects in Images 
• 3D Vision 
• Signal Processing 
• Data Interpolation, Registration, Acquisition and Compression 
• Objects Simulation 
• Virtual Reality 
• Software Development for Image Processing and Analysis 
• Computer Aided Diagnosis, Surgery, Therapy and Treatment 
• Computational Bioimaging and Visualization 
• Telemedicine Systems and their Applications 

Invited Lecturers

• Alejandro Frangi - Pompeu Fabra University, Spain
• Christos E. Constantinou - Stanford University School of Medicine, USA
• Demetri Terzopoulos - University of California, USA
• Joaquim A. Jorge - Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
• José Carlos Príncipe - University of Florida, USA
• Lionel Moisan - Université Paris V, France
• Tony Chan - University of California, USA

Thematic Sessions

Proposals to organize Thematic Session within VipIMAGE 2009 are mostly
welcome.
The organizers of the selected thematic sessions will be included in the
conference scientific committee and will have a reduced registration fee.
They will be responsible for the dissemination of their thematic session,
may invite expertise researches to have invited keynotes during their
session and will participate in the review process of the submitted
contributions.
Proposals for Thematic Sessions should be submitted by email to the
conference co-chairs (tavares at fe.up.pt, rnatal at fe.up.pt).

Confirmed Thematic Sessions (not yet closed)

- Texture Image Analysis: Methods and Applications
- Processing and Classification of Satellite Imagery
- Small Animal Imaging: Trends and Techniques
- Imaging of Biological Flows: Trends and Challenges

Publications

The proceedings book is going to be published by the Taylor & Francis Group,
as happened with VipIMAGE 2007 (ISBN: 9780415457774).
The organizers will encourage the submission of extended versions of the
accepted papers to related International Journals; in particular for special
issues dedicated to the conference.
One possibility already confirmed is the International Journal for
Computational Vision and Biomechanics (IJCV&B).
Following the success of VipIMAGE 2007, the organizers are going to too edit
a book to be published by SPRINGER (ISBN: 978-1-4020-9085-1), under the
Computational Methods in Applied Sciences series, with invited works from
the most important ones presented in the conference.

Awards

"best paper award" and "best student paper award" are going to be given to
the author(s) of two papers presented at the conference, selected by the
Organizing Committee based on the best combined marks from the Scientific
Committee and Session Chairs.

Important dates

• Deadline for Thematic Sessions proposals: March 1, 2009 (extended)
• Submission of extended abstracts: March 15, 2009
• Lectures and Final Papers: June 15, 2009

We are looking forward to see you in Porto next October.

Kind regards,

João Manuel R. S. Tavares
Renato Natal Jorge
(conference co-chairs)

PS. For further details, please see the conference website at:
www.fe.up.pt/vipimage