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The International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications aims at becoming a major point of contact between researchers, engineers and practitioners on the area of computer vision application systems. Five simultaneous tracks will be held, covering all different aspects related to computer vision: Image Formation and Preprocessing; Image and Video Analysis and Understanding; Motion, Tracking and Stereo Vision; and Applications and Services.
We welcome papers describing original work in any of the areas listed below. Papers describing advanced prototypes, systems, tools and techniques as well as general survey papers indicating future directions are also encouraged. Paper acceptance will be based on quality, relevance to the conference themes and originality. The conference program will include both oral and poster presentations.
Special sessions, dedicated to case-studies and commercial presentations, as well as technical tutorials, dedicated to technical/scientific topics, are also envisaged. Companies interested in presenting their products/methodologies or researchers interested in lecturing a tutorial are invited to contact the conference secretariat.

CONFERENCE AREAS
Each of these topic areas is expanded below but the sub-topics list is not exhaustive. Papers may address one or more of the listed sub-topics, although authors should not feel limited by them. Unlisted but related sub-topics are also acceptable, provided they fit in one of the following main topic areas:

1. IMAGE FORMATION AND PREPROCESSING
2. IMAGE AND VIDEO ANALYSIS
3. IMAGE AND VIDEO UNDERSTANDING
4. APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES
5. MOTION, TRACKING AND STEREO VISION


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


PAPER SUBMISSION
Authors should submit a paper in English, carefully checked for correct grammar and spelling, addressing one or several of the conference areas or topics. Each paper should clearly indicate the nature of its technical/scientific contribution, and the problems, domains or environments to which it is applicable. To facilitate the double-blind paper evaluation method, authors are kindly requested to produce and provide the paper WITHOUT any reference to any of the authors, including the authors’ personal details, the acknowledgments section of the paper and any other reference that may disclose the authors’ identity.

Only original papers should be submitted. Authors are advised to read INSTICC's ethical norms regarding plagiarism and self-plagiarism thoroughly before submitting and must make sure that their submissions do not substantially overlap work which has been published elsewhere or simultaneously submitted to a journal or another conference with proceedings. Papers that contain any form of plagiarism will be rejected without reviews.

Authors can submit their work in the form of a Regular Paper, representing completed and validated research, or as a Position Paper, portraying a short report of work in progress or an arguable opinion about an issue discussing ideas, facts, situations, methods, procedures or results of scientific research focused on one of the conference topic areas. All papers must be submitted through the online submission platform PRIMORIS and should follow the instructions and templates that can be found under Guidelines and Templates. After the paper submission has been successfully completed, authors will receive an automatic confirmation e-mail.

PUBLICATIONS
All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, on paper and on CD-ROM support.
SCITEPRESS is a member of CrossRef (http://www.crossref.org/).
All papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the SCITEPRESS Digital Library.
The proceedings will be submitted for indexation by Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index (ISI), INSPEC, DBLP, EI (Elsevier Index) and Scopus.

IMPORTANT DATES
Conference Date: 11 - 14 March, 2015
Regular Papers
Paper Submission: October 7, 2014
Authors Notification: November 28, 2014
Camera Ready and Registration: December 19, 2014

Position Papers
Paper Submission: November 17, 2014
Authors Notification: December 19, 2014
Camera Ready and Registration: January 12, 2015