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International Journal of Computer Vision:
Special Issue on Omnidirectional Vision, Camera Networks
and Non-classical Cameras

The International Journal of Computer Vision (IJCV) is 
organizing a Special Issue on Omnidirectional Vision, 
Camera Networks and Non-classical Cameras.
Research on omnidirectional vision, camera networks and 
non-classical cameras was originated by the need to 
overcome the visibility restrictions of classical cameras. 
Since its starting days, this research field has 
experienced a stable scientific advancement leading both 
to significant progress in the theoretical knowledge and 
to its exploitation within various application domains, 
including but not limited to video surveillance, mobile 
and service robotics and medical imaging.
Today, omnidirectional vision, camera networks and 
non-classical cameras remain very active research fields. 
For example, several geometrical aspects related to 
structure from motion and 3D reconstruction are still 
under investigation for several kinds of non-classical 
sensors; optical aspects and algorithmic issues are 
currently studied in the design of new sensors and 
efficient applications; non-standard techniques are 
conceived to cope with the intrinsic complexity of camera 
network systems.
High quality contributions are sought on original research 
results on any aspect of omnidirectional vision, camera 
networks and non-classical cameras, including novel sensor 
design, applications of panoramic vision, and scalable 
algorithms for large-scale camera networks. The sought 
contributions include extended and improved versions of 
papers presented at the 2008 Workshop on Omnidirectional 
Vision, Camera Networks, and Non-classical Cameras 
(OMNIVIS 2008) but also any other high quality, 
unpublished research results on the themes of this special 
issue.

Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
•	Omnidirectional vision
o	structure-from-motion
o	central and noncentral cameras
o	visual servoing
o	image processing
o	applications
•	Non-classical sensors
o	algorithms and calibration
o	novel, application-tailored designs
•	Large- (>1000) and medium-scale (10-1000) camera 
networks
o	decentralized algorithms robust to node failures
o	continuous calibration, e.g., of non-stationary camera 
networks
o	camera deployment and distributed calibration 
applications: surveillance, tele-immersion, intelligent 
environments

Submission should follow the guidelines set out by IJCV 
and will be reviewed accordingly.

Guest Editors
•	Shree Nayar, Columbia University, USA
•	Yasushi Yagi, Osaka University, Japan
•	Rahul Swaminathan, Deutsche Telekom Research Lab, 
Germany
•	Vincenzo Caglioti, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
•	Antonis Argyros,University of Creete  Greece

Submission deadline
Papers are due by: April 2, 2009

Instructions for authors
In order  to submit your manuscript to the International 
Journal of Computer Vision please click on the URL below 
and in the tool bar under the journal name.Click on 
"register" and put in your relevant information.. This 
will give you a username and password, via email, so that 
you will be able to submit your manuscript through the 
electronic site. When submitting to the special issue, 
please select the "article type" and click on the special 
issue that is appropriate (Omnidirectional Vision).
  
This system supports a wide range of submission file 
formats:
for manuscripts - Word, WordPerfect, RTF, TXT and Latex;
for figures - TIFF, GIF, JPEG, EPS, PPT, and Postscript.
PDF & PS are not an acceptable file formats for 
manuscripts.
   
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Please do not hesitate to contact Betty Pinney at 
betty.pinney at springer.com in case of problems.