[Imageworld] DICTA 2009 Call for Participation on 1-3 December 2009 at Melbourne, Australia

[DICTA 2009]

DICTA 2009 (Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications)
1-3 December 2009, Melbourne, Australia
http://dicta2009.vu.edu.au <http://dicta2009.vu.edu.au/> 
 
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
 
We cordially invite you to attend DICTA2009. DICTA is the main Australian conference on digital image processing, machine vision and related areas. DICTA2009 will be the eleventh meeting hosted by Australian Pattern Recognition Society (APRS). This conference typical attracts 120 participants from Australia, Asia Pacific regions as well as many international researchers.
 
DICTA2009 Keynote speakers (http://dicta2009.vu.edu.au/keynote.html <http://dicta2009.vu.edu.au/keynote.html> )
Professor Tat-Seng Chua
Professor Ewert Bengtsson
Professor Michael S. Brown
Professor Dr. Horst Bunke
 
Conference Venue (http://dicta2009.vu.edu.au/venue.html <http://dicta2009.vu.edu.au/venue.html>  and http://dicta2009.vu.edu.au/accom.html <http://dicta2009.vu.edu.au/accom.html> )
DICTA 2009 will be held at the Medina Grand Melbourne, 189 Queen Street, Melbourne. The FREE City Circle Trams (http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/maps-stations-stops/free-tram-service-city-circle <http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/maps-stations-stops/free-tram-service-city-circle> ) allow you to reach every corner of Melbourne CBD within a short walking distance.
 
Welcome Reception (drinks and canapés) at 6:00PM-9:00PM on Monday 30 November
Level 5, the Medina Grand Melbourne
 
Conference Dinner (http://dicta2009.vu.edu.au/program.html) on 2 December 2009
Grand Ballroom, the Windsor Hotel, 111 Spring Street, Melbourne
Pre-drink from 6:30PM
 
DICTA2009 schedule
http://dicta2009.vu.edu.au/DICTA2009FINALSchedule.pdf <http://dicta2009.vu.edu.au/accepted.html> 
 
Topics include:
- Image coding and processing
- Shape and texture analysis
- Surveillance, defence and industrial applications
- Remote sensing and spectral imaging
- Statistical and structural pattern recognition
- Computer vision, Artificial intelligence
- Hardware and software
- Human-computer interaction
- Biomedical and e-health applications
- Biotechnology applications of pattern recognition
- Content-based image retrieval and image databases
- Video Databases and Visual Information Systems
- Real world applications and emerging technologies

SPONSORS 
 
Gold Sponsorship by Defence Science and Technology Organisation, Department of Defence, Australian  Government
Sliver Sponsorship by NICTA
Bronze Sponsorship by CiSRA (Cannon information System Research Australia Pty Ltd)
 
Technical Sponsored by APRS, IAPR, IEEE, IET
 
Local Sponsored by Victoria University, Monash University and RMIT

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
 
General Chair:
Hao Shi, Victoria University
 
Program Chairs
Yanchun Zhang, Victoria University
Murk Bottema, Flinders University
 
Advisory Committee
Anthony Maeder,  University of Western Sydney
Brian C. Lovell, NICTA and University of Queensland 
 
Technical Committee and Area Chairs
Sir Michael Brady, University of Oxford, UK
David Suter, The University of Adelaide, Australia
Guojun Lu, Monash University, Australia
Rama Chellappa, University of Maryland, USA
Nick Redding, DSTO, Australia
Hong Ren Wu, RMIT University, Australia
P. Anandan, Managing Director of Microsoft Research, India
Antonio Robles-Kelly, NICTA and ANU, Australia
Richard Hartley, Australian National University
Terry Caelli, National ICT Australia (NICTA)
Edwin Hancock, University of York, UK
Michael Frater, UNSW at ADFA, Australia
Roland Goecke, University of Canberra and ANU, Australia
Simon Warfield, Harvard Medical School, USA
Girija Chetty, University of Canberra, Australia
HengTao Shen, University of Queensland, Australia
Horst Bunke, Universität Bern, Switzerland
Anton van den Hengel, The University of Adelaide, Australia
Alan Harvey, RMIT University, Australia
Hans Burkhardt, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Germany
Jacques Blanc-Talon, DGA/MRIS, France 
Fatih Porikli, MERL, USA
 
Finance Officer
Gordon McRobert, Victoria University
 
Webmaster
Anna Pang, Victoria University
 
Administrator
Mohammadreza Pourakbar, Victoria University
 
Review Panel
http://dicta2009.vu.edu.au/reviewers.html


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