ICPRAM is sponsored by INSTICC – Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication
Scope

The International Conference on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods would like to become a major point of contact between researchers, engineers and practitioners on the areas of Pattern Recognition, both from theoretical and application perspectives.

Contributions describing applications of Pattern Recognition techniques to real-world problems, interdisciplinary research, experimental and/or theoretical studies yielding new insights that advance Pattern Recognition methods are especially encouraged.
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. THEORY AND METHODS
2. APPLICATIONS


AREA 1: THEORY AND METHODS

Exact and Approximate Inference
Density Estimation
Bayesian Models
Gaussian Processes
Model Selection
Graphical and Graph-based Models
Missing Data
Ensemble Methods
Neural Networks
Kernel Methods
Large Margin Methods
Classification
Regression
Sparsity
Feature Selection and Extraction
Spectral Methods
Embedding and Manifold Learning
Similarity and Distance Learning
Matrix Factorization
Clustering
ICA, PCA, CCA and other Linear Models
Fuzzy Logic
Active Learning
Cost-sensitive Learning
Incremental Learning
On-line Learning
Structured Learning
Multi-agent Learning
Multi-instance Learning
Reinforcement Learning
Instance-based Learning
Knowledge Acquisition and Representation
Meta Learning
Multi-strategy Learning
Case-Based Reasoning
Inductive Learning
Computational Learning Theory
Cooperative Learning
Evolutionary Computation
Information Retrieval and Learning
Hybrid Learning Algorithms
Planning and Learning
Convex Optimization
Stochastic Methods
Combinatorial Optimization
Multiclassifier Fusion

AREA 2: APPLICATIONS

Natural language processing
Document Analysis and Understanding
Character Recognition
Information retrieval
Ranking
Web Applications
Economics, Business and Forecasting Applications
Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
Audio and Speech Processing
Signal Processing
Image Understanding
Sensors and Early Vision
Motion and Tracking
Image-based Modelling
Shape Representation
Object Recognition
Video Analysis
Medical Imaging
Learning and Adaptive Control
Perception
Learning in Process Automation
Learning of Action Patterns
Virtual Environments
Robotics
Biometrics

Keynote Speakers
Harry Wechsler, George Mason University, United States
Josef Kittler, University of Surrey, United Kingdom
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 member of CrossRef (http://www.crossref.org/).
All papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the SCITEPRESS Digital Library.
A short list of presented papers will be selected so that revised and extended versions of these papers will be published by Springer-Verlag in a AISC Series book.

Top Selected Papers in specific areas of interest will be published as a special issue in NEUROCOMPUTING JOURNAL
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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: 6 - 8 March, 2014
Regular Papers
Paper Submission: September 25, 2013
Authors Notification: December 18, 2013
Camera Ready and Registration: January 8, 2014

Position Papers
Paper Submission: November 12, 2013
Authors Notification: December 23, 2013
Camera Ready and Registration: January 8, 2014

Special Sessions
Paper Submission: December 17, 2013
Authors Notification: January 10, 2014
Camera Ready and Registration: January 22, 2014

Secretariat

ICPRAM Secretariat
Address: Av. D. Manuel I, 27A, 2º esq.
2910-595 Setúbal - Portugal
Tel.: +351 265 100 033
Fax: +44 203 014 8813
e-mail: icpram.secretariat@insticc.org
Web: http://www.icpram.org/
Venue

The conference will be held in Angers, France, on the new campus of ESEO, a graduate school of engineering in IT, electronics, networks and telecommunications.
Angers, the main city of the department of Maine et Loire in the Pays de la Loire region is the capital of the historic province of Anjou and is considered one of the most beautiful cities in France with its old streets, museums, gardens, gastronomic restaurants and art festivals.
Conference Chair

Ana Fred, Technical University of Lisbon / IT, Portugal
PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS

Maria De Marsico, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy
Antoine Tabbone, LORIA-Université de Lorraine, France