[Imageworld] Final call for papers - extended deadline: 16th Scandinavian Conference on Image Analysis

[Ragnar Bang Huseby]

SCANDINAVIAN CONFERENCE ON IMAGE ANALYSIS 2009

June 15-18, 2009
Radisson SAS Scandinavia Hotel
Oslo, Norway
www.scia2009.org

Following the long line of Scandinavian Conferences on Image Analysis 
the 16th in the series is to take place in Oslo, Norway on June 15-18, 
2009.

The conference invites paper submissions presenting original work within 
a range of topics related to digital images:

Image Analysis                    Computer Vision
Machine Vision                   Image Processing
Pattern Recognition                Neural Networks
Systems and Architectures            Color Imaging
Industrial Applications            Remote Sensing
Biometric Person Identification        Multimedia
Biomedical Applications            Future Technologies
Astronomy and Astrophysics Applications
Multispectral Imaging, Systems and Architectures

All accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings to be 
published by Springer as a volume in the Lecture Notes in Computer 
Science series.

Since 2009 has been proclaimed the "International Year of Astronomy "by 
the United Nations General Assembly we are planning a session on the 
topic "Image and Pattern Analysis in Astronomy & Astrophysics".

We are also pleased to announce that the 11th International Symposium on 
Multispectral Colour Science (MCS'09) is collocated with SCIA 2009


PAPER SUBMISSION
All submissions will be handled electronically. Submission instructions 
will be posted on the conference website www.scia2009.org. All 
submissions will be reviewed by at least two anonymous reviewers. Papers 
will be accepted for oral or for poster presentation. Submissions (as 
well as accepted papers) are limited to 10 pages.


IMPORTANT DATES
Submission of full paper: January 5, 2009
Notification of acceptance: February 22, 2009
Camera-ready paper: March 8, 2009
Registration for paper presenters: March 14, 2009


KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
The conference organizers are extremely proud to present the following 
list of invited speakers and we are truely honored by them having 
accepted the invitation.

- Prof. Rama Chellappa
    University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
- Prof. Samuel Kaski
    Helsinki University of Technology, Helsinki, Finland
- Prof. Peter Sturm
    INRIA Rhône-Alpes,  Montbonnot, France
- Prof. Sabine Süsstrunk
    Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Prof. Peter Gallagher
    Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland


TUTORIALS
Monday June 15th will be a full day of tutorials, one in the morning and 
one in the afternoon. Registration for tutorials is handled alongside 
the general SCIA registration process.

The conference organizers are extremely proud to present two excellent  
tutorial speakers for SCIA 2009.

- Prof Jan Flusser
    The Institute of Information Theory and Automation, Praha, Czech 
Republic
- Prof. Robert P.W. Duin
    Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
  WORKSHOPS
Gjøvik Color Imaging Symposium 2009 will be organized in collaboration 
with SCIA 2009 on Friday June 19.