Visual Communications and Image Processing 2003

Meeting Announcement

8-11 July 2003
Univ. of Italian Switzerland (USI)
Lugano, Switzerland

General Chairs: Touradj Ebrahimi, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Switzerland); Thomas Sikora, Heinrich-Hertz Institute für Nachrichtentechnik (Germany)

Program Chairs: Ming L. Liou, Hong Kong Univ. of Science and Technology (Hong Kong); Majid Rabbani, Eastman Kodak Co.

Tutorial Chairs: A. Murat Tekalp, Univ. of Rochester; Ya-Qin Zhang, Microsoft Research China

Special Session Chairs: King N. Ngan, Univ. of Western Australia (Australia); Sabine E. Susstrunk, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland)

Publicity Chairs: Kiyoharu Aizawa, Univ. of Tokyo (Japan); Tsuhan Chen, Carnegie Mellon Univ.

Scientific Board: Leonardo Chiariglione, TelecomitaliaLab (Italy); Edward J. Delp III, Purdue Univ.; Daniel T. Lee, Yahoo!; Andrew G. Tescher, AGT Associates; Martin Vetterli, Ecole Polytechnique F閐閞ale de Lausanne (Switzerland)

Visual communication has become an important engineering area that attracts interdisciplinary research interest and has lead to significant developments in technology and science. This conference is designed as a forum for presenting important research results. Original and unpublished material of novel techniques and new developments are solicited on the following and related topics:

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1.       Image and Video Coding

1.1

image/video coding algorithms

1.2

image/video coding standards

1.3

object/model/content_based coding

1.4

high-quality image/video coding

1.5

error_resilient video coding

2.       Visual Communication Techniques

2.1

video streaming techniques

2.2

quality of service issue

2.3

wireless video

2.4

Internet video

2.5

interactive/broadband video

3.       Image and Video Analysis

3.1

image analysis

3.2

image sequence analysis

3.3

perceptual quality metrics

3.4

object segmentation and tracking

3.5

feature extraction and tracking

4.       Image and Video Processing

4.1

multiresolution processing

4.2

multimodal media processing

4.3

restoration, enhancement, and noise reduction

4.4

compressed domain processing

4.5

protection and authentication

5.       Synthetic Imaging and Rendering

5.1

stereo, multiview, and 3D video

5.2

synthetic image/video representations

5.3

graphics techniques representations

5.4

3D and animated 3D models

5.5

virtual/enhanced/mixed reality

6.       Implementation and Applications

6.1

electronic cinema

6.2

man-machine interface

6.3

search and retrieval

6.4

universal multimedia access

6.5

video and imaging in e-commerce/m-commerce

The conference will also include tutorials and special events such as a JPEG 2000 Workshop and Exhibition and an MPEG-7 Awareness Event. For more information, please see www.spie.org/info/vc or www.vcip2003.ch in early 2003.

Best Student Paper Awards

At this meeting, awards will be presented to the two best papers submitted by a student. To qualify for these awards, each consisting of a cash prize and a plaque, the candidate must be the principal author. A letter from the student's advisor stating that the major work was done by the student must accompany the final manuscript in order to be considered by the award committee.

IS&T and SPIE gratefully acknowledge Compression Science Corp. and Microsoft Research China for generously sponsoring these awards.

Young Investigator Award

An award will be given for the best paper submitted by a young researcher who has graduated within five years from the date of the meeting and is not currently enrolled in a graduate program. A photocopy of the researcher's most current diploma and a letter from the researcher requesting that his/her paper be considered must be submitted with the final manuscript, certifying he/she meets the qualifications for the award.

IS&T and SPIE gratefully acknowledge Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) for generously sponsoring this award.