ICIAP2021 -21th International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing
LECCE (ITALY), May 23rd -27th, 2022
www.iciap2021.org

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DUE TO COVID 19 issues
THE EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR MAY 2022
to guarantee a physical meeting
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IMPORTANT DATES

Competition proposals: November 1st, 2021
Tutorial proposals: January 21st, 2022
Special Session Proposals: September 15th, 2021
Workshop proposals: November: 1st, 2021
First Round Paper Submission: 15th September 2021
Second Round Paper Submission: 15th, January 2022
Notifications to Authors First Round 31st October 2021
Notifications to Authors Second Round 28th February 2022
Camera Ready Papers Due: 10th March 2022
Challenge deadline: 28th February 2022
Early Registration Deadline: March 15, 2022

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Accepted papers will be included in the ICIAP 2021 conference proceedings, which will be published by Springer as Lecture Notes in Computer Science series (LNCS).

CALL FOR PAPERS

ICIAP 2021 is the 21st edition of a series of conferences organized every two years by the Italian Association for Research in Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (CVPL, ex GIRPR) which is part of the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR).
The focus of the conference is on both classic and recent trends in computer vision, pattern recognition and image processing, and covers both theoretical and applicative aspects, with particular emphasis on the following topics:

- Video Analysis & Understanding
- Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning
- Deep Learning
- Multiview Geometry and 3D Computer Vision
- Image Analysis, Detection and Recognition
- Multimedia
- Biomedical and Assistive Technology
- Digital Forensics and Biometrics
- Image Processing for Cultural Heritage
- Robot Vision
- Brave New Ideas

INVITED SPEAKERS

PROF. LARRY S. DAVIS (University of Maryland & Amazon, USA)
PROF. ROBERTO CIPOLLA (University of Cambridge, UK)
PROF. DIMA ALDAMEN (University of Bristol, UK)
PROF. DR. LAURA LEAL-TAIXE (Technische Universität München, DE)

SUBMISSION AND REVISION
All submissions will be handled electronically via the conference’s CMT Website: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ICIAP2021

While preparing their contributions, authors must follow guidelines and technical instructions provided by Springer that can be found at
https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines

The maximum number of pages is 10 + 2 pages for references. Papers will be selected through a review process. ICIAP2021 reviewing will be double-blind. Each submission will be reviewed by at least three reviewers taking into account originality, significance, clarity, soundness, relevance and technical contents.

Authors may optionally submit additional supplementary material.

AWARDS and PRIZES
The MDPI Journal of Imaging will offer a 1000€ best student paper award (In order to be eligible, the candidate must be the first author of a paper accepted at ICIAP2021)

PEOPLE

GENERAL CHAIRS
COSIMO DISTANTE (Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems, CNR, Italy)
STAN SCLAROFF (Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering Boston University, USA)

TECHNICAL PROGRAM CHAIRS
GIOVANNI MARIA FARINELLA (University of Catania, Italy)
MARCO LEO (Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems, CNR, Italy)
FEDERICO TOMBARI (Google & TUM Germany)

AREA CHAIRS
LAMBERTO BALLAN (University of Padova, Italy)
FRANCOIS BREMOND (INRIA, France)
SIMONE CALDERARA (University of Modena & Reggio Emilia, Italy)
MODESTO CASTRILLON SANTANA (University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain)
MARCO CRISTANI (University of Verona, Italy)
LUIGI DI STEFANO (University of Bologna, Italy)
SERGIO ESCALERA (University of Barcelona, Spain)
LUIZ MARCOS GARCIA GONCALVES (UFRN, Brazil)
JAVIER ORTEGA GARCIA (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain)
COSTANTINO GRANA (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy)
TAL HASSNER (Facebook AML & Open University of Israel, Israel)
GIAN LUCA MARCIALIS (University of Cagliari, Italy)
CHRISTIAN MICHELONI (University of Udine, Italy)
FAUSTO MILLETARÌ (NVIDIA, USA)
VITTORIO MURINO (Italian Institute of Technology, Italy)
VISHAL PATEL (John Hopkins University, USA)
MARCELLO PELILLO (Università Ca’ Foscari Venice, Italy)
FEDERICO PERNICI (University of Florence, Italy)
ANDREA PRATI (University of Parma, Italy)
JUSTUS PIATER (University of Innsbruck, Austria)
ELISA RICCI (University of Trento, Italy)
ALESSIA SAGGESE (University of Salerno, Italy)
ROBERTO SCOPIGNO (Institute of Information Science and Technology CNR, Italy)
FILIPPO STANCO (University of Catania, Italy)
MARIO VENTO (University of Salerno, Italy)

WORKSHOP CHAIRS
EMANUELE FRONTONI (Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy)
PIER LUIGI MAZZEO (Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems, CNR, Italy)

TUTORIAL CHAIR
ALESSIO DEL BUE (Italian Institute of Technology, Italy)
LORENZO SEIDENARI (University of Florence, Italy)