Topics include:

AREA 1: IMAGE FORMATION AND PREPROCESSING

• Image Formation, Acquisition Devices and Sensors
• Device Calibration, Characterization and Modeling
• Image Enhancement and Restoration
• Image and Video Coding and Compression
• Multimodal and Multi-sensor Models of Image Formation
• Image Generation Pipeline: Algorithms and Techniques

AREA 2: IMAGE AND VIDEO ANALYSIS

• Image Registration
• Segmentation and Grouping
• Early and Biologically-inspired Vision
• Color and Texture Analyses
• Shape Representation and Matching
• Features Extraction
• Visual Attention and Image Saliency

AREA 3: IMAGE AND VIDEO UNDERSTANDING

• Cognitive Models for Interpretation, Integration and Control
• Machine Learning Technologies for Vision
• Face and Expression Recognition
• Content-based Indexing, Search, and Retrieval
• Object and Face Recognition
• Object detection and Localization
• Categorization and Scene Understanding
• Event and Human Activity Recognition
• Computational Photography
• Near Duplicate Image Retrieval

AREA 4: APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES

• Entertainment Imaging Applications
• Camera Networks and Vision
• Document Imaging in Business
• Medical Image Applications
• Pervasive Smart Cameras
• Human and Computer Interaction
• Digital Photography
• Media Watermarking and Security
• Multimedia Forensics
• Mobile Imaging
• Imaging for Cultural Heritage (Modeling/Simulation, Virtual Restoration)

AREA 5: MOTION, TRACKING AND STEREO VISION

• Image-based Modeling and 3D Reconstruction
• Stereo Vision and Structure from Motion
• Active and Robot Vision
• Optical Flow and Motion Analyses
• Tracking and Visual Navigation
• Video Surveillance and Event Detection
• Vision for Robotics
• Video Stabilization