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21st IBEROAMERICAN CONGRESS ON PATTERN RECOGNITION, CIARP 2016

November 8th - 11th, 2016/ Lima, Peru
Venue: Lima, Peru (Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru - Faculty of Law, Auditorium)
Site: http://www.ciarp.org

GENERAL INFORMATION
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CIARP 2016 is the 21st in the CIARP series of annual international conferences devoted to all aspects of pattern recognition, computer vision, multimedia and related fields. The scientific program of the conference will consist of four plenary lectures and contributed papers presented in a single track. Poster presentations will allow expert discussions of specialized research topics. The conference is endorsed by the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR). The proceedings of the conference will be published in the Springer LNCS series.

IMPORTANT DATES
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- SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED: June 5th, 2016
- Acceptance: August 1st, 2016
- Camera-ready due: September 1st, 2016
- Conference data: November 08-11, 2016.


HIGHLIGHTS
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- IAPR-CIARP award to the best paper
- CIARP award Aurora Pons-Porrata
- Proceedings published in the renown Springer-LNCS
- Special issues of journals (currently, conversations are been held in order to publish selected papers in an international journal).
- 4 tutorial given by world renowned scientists

INVITED SPEAKERS
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- Yann LeCun, Director of AI Research, Facebook. Founding Director of the NYU Center for Data Science
- B.S. Manjunath, Director, Center for Bio-image Informatics University of California
- Xiaohui Liu, Design and Physical Sciences Department of Computer Science, Brunel University London
- George Azzopardi, Intelligent Computer Systems, ICT Faculty University of Malta, RUG (The Netherlands)



THE VENUE
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CIARP 2016 will be held in Auditorium of Faculty of Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, in Lima, the capital of Peru. Visiting Peru should be high on anyone’s bucket list, the capital is a foodie paradise with world-class restaurants. Lima’s historic center is lively and easy to walk, where you can find monasteries, museums and historical places. To the south of the historic center is Miraflores, a modern seaside district with nice modern hotels. One of the true wonders of the world, buried deep in the Andes Mountains of Peru, is Machu Picchu, symbol of Inca civilization. Peruvians take great pride in their nation’s rich cultural heritage and natural beauty. Machu Picchu might be the most famous place in Peru, but it is only the beginning.


TOPICS
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• Artificial Intelligence Techniques in PR
• Bioinformatics
• Clustering
• Computer Vision
• Data Mining
• Deep Learning
• DB, Knowledge Bases and Linguistic PR-Tools
• Discrete Geometry
• Geometric Algebra Application in Perception Action
• Document Processing and Recognition
• Fuzzy and Hybrid Techniques in PR
• Image Coding, Processing and Analysis
• Kernel Machines
• Logical Combinatorial Pattern Recognition
• Mathematical Morphology
• Mathematical Theory of Pattern Recognition
• Natural Language Processing and Recognition
• Neural Networks for Pattern Recognition
• Parallel and Distributed Pattern Recognition
• Pattern Recognition Principles
• Petri Nets
• Robotics and Humanoids
• Remote Sensing Applications of PR
• Satellite Image Processing and Radar
• Cognitive Humanoid Vision
• Shape and Texture Analysis
• Signal Processing and Analysis
• Spatio Temporal Patterns
• Special Hardware Architectures
• Statistical Pattern Recognition
• Syntactical and Structural Pattern Recognition
• Speech Audio and Signal Processing


PAPER SUBMISSION
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Prospective authors are invited to contribute to the conference by electronically submitting a full paper in English of no more than 8 pages including illustrations, results and references, and must be presented at the conference in English. The papers should be submitted electronically before June 5th, 2016, through the EasyChair site:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ciarp2016

The final acceptance will be based upon blind peer review of the full-length paper. All accepted papers will be included in the proceedings of the CIARP 2016, which will be published by Springer in Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Submissions should be prepared by following the instructions of Springer for the LNCS series.
(See http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0 )

Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and to present the communication at the conference, if it is accepted.


REGISTRATION FEES
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• Before Aug. 15th: U$S 450 (IAPR members), U$S 500 (non members)
• On or after Aug. 15th: U$S 500 (IAPR members), U$S 550 (non-members)

The registration fee includes: Proceedings, Lunches, Coffee Breaks, Conference Dinner, Tutorials, Cultural Program, Gala Dinner and Diploma.


PROGRAM CHAIRS
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- César A. Beltrán Castañón, PUCP, Lima, Peru
- Ingela Nyström, President of the IAPR, Uppsala University, Sweden
- Fazel Famili, University of Ottawa, Canada


LOCAL COMMITTEE
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- Andrés Melgar Sasieta
- Hugo Alatrista Salas
- Ivan Sipirán Mendoza
- Sofia Khlebnikov
- Rosario Medina Rodriguez
- Ana Paula Galarreta
- María Elena Gonzales
- Arturo Oncevay Marcos
- Fernando Alva Fernandez
- Marco Soldevilla Cabezudo
- Edmundo Aparicio


STEERING COMMITTEE:
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- Marta Mejail, SARP (Argentina)
- Helio Cortes Vieira Lopes, SIGPR-SBC (Brasil)
- Marcelo Mendoza, ACHiRP (Chile)
- Andrés Gago Alonso, ACRP (Cuba)
- Eduardo Bayro-Corrochano, MACVNR (Mexico)
- Cesar A. Beltran Castanon, APeRP (Perú)
- Luis Filipi Barbosa de Almeida Alexandre, APRP (Portugal)
- Roberto Paredes Palacios, AERFAI (Spain)
- Álvaro Pardo, APRU (Uruguay)


PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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Adrian Bors, University of York, Deramoure Lane, UK
Akira Asano, Kansai University, Kansain Yliopisto, Japan
Alberto Sanfeliu, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Aldo Camargo, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Perú
Alessia Saggese, University of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy
Alexander Gelbukh, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México City, Mexico
Alexandre Falcão, University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, Brazil
Alfonso Estudillo-Romero, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
Alfredo Petrosino, Parthenope University of Naples, Napoli, Italy
Alicia Fernandez, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
Alvaro Pardo, Universidad Católica del Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay
Alvaro Gómez, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
Anders Hast, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Andrés Gago-Alonso, CENATAV, La Habana, Cuba
Antoni Grau-Saldes, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
Antonio Rodriguez-Sanchez, University of Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria
Antonio-José Sánchez-Salmerón, Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain
Arnaldo Araujo, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Axel Soto, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Bárbara Poblete, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Benjamin Castañeda, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru
Bilge Gunsel, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
B.S. Manjunath, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Boris Escalante Ramírez, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
Carmen Paz Suárez-Araujo, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain
Cecilia Aguerrebere, Duke University, Durham, USA
Cesar San Martin, Universidad de la Frontera, Temuco, Chile
César Beltrán Castañón, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Perú
Chen Sagiv, Sagiv Tech. Ltd., Tel Aviv, Israel
Claudio Moraga, Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
Claudio De Stefano, Università di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale, Cassino, Italy
Constantinos Pattichia, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Republic of Cyprus
Daniel Acevedo, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
David Menotti, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Brazil
Denis Laurendeau, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
Diego Sebastián Comas, Univ. Nacional de Mar de Plata, Mar de Plata, Argentina
Domingo Mery, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Edel Garcia, CENATAV, La Habana, Cuba
Eduardo Garea, CENATAV, La Habana, Cuba
Eduardo Concepcion, Universidad de Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos, Cuba
Eduardo Morales, INAOE, Puebla, México
Enrique Alegre, University of Leon, Leon, Spain
Enrique Ferreira, Universidad Católica del Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay
Fazel Famili, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
Federico Lecumberry, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
Filip Malmberg, Uppsala University, Upssala, Sweden
Francisco Gomez Fernandez, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Francisco Jose Perales, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma, Spain
Gabriel Cristobal, Instituto de Optica (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
Gabriella Sanniti di Baja, Institute for High Performance Computing and Networking, CNR, Rende, Italy
George Azzopardi, University of Malta, Valleta, Malta
Germán Capdehourat, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
Gernot Fink, TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, Germany
Giovanni Maria Farinella, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
Gisela Klette, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
Giuseppe Serra, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Glauco Pedrosa, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Gregory Randall, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
Guillermo Cámara Chavez, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Brazil
Guillermo Carbajal, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
Gunilla Borgefors, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Gustavo Meschino, Universidad Nacional de Mar de Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Gustavo Vazquez, Universidad Catolica del Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay
Heinrich Niemann, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
Helio Lopes, PUC-Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Hemerson Pistori, Universidade Católica Dom Bosco, Campo Grande, Brazil
Henri Bouma, Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek, Delft, Netherlands
Herwig Unger, FernUniversität in Hagen, Hagen, Germany
Hugo Alatrista, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Perú
Ignacio Ponzoni, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ignacio Ramirez, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay
Ingela Nyström, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Isabelle Bloch, ENST - CNRS, Paris, France
Isabelle Debled-Rennesson, LORIA, Université de Lorraine, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
Ivan Sipirán, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Perú
Jacques Facon, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Parana, Parana, Brazil
Javier A. Jo, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA
Javier Preciozzi, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
Javier Giacomantone, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jean-Francois Bonastre, Université d'Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse, Avignon, France
Jefersson Alex Dos Santos, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Jesús Mena-Chalco, Federal University of ABC, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Jesus Ariel Carrasco-Ochoa, INAOE, Puebla, México
Jian Pei, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
João Manuel R. S. Tavares, INEGI – University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Jose Ruiz-Shulcloper, CENATAV, La Habana, Cuba
José E. Medina-Pagola, CENATAV, La Habana, Cuba
José Fco. Martínez-Trinidad, INAOE, Puebla, México
José Ramón Calvo De Lara, CENATAV, La Habana, Cuba
Kalman Palagyi, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
Laurent Heutte, Université de Rouen, Rouen, France
Lawrence O'Gorman, Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, New Jersey, USA
Leandro Estrozi, Institute de Biologie Structurale, Grenoble, France
Leticia Arco, Asociación Cubana de Reconocimiento de Patrones, Santa Clara, Cuba
Lev Goldfarb, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada
Lidia Sánchez González, Universidad de León, Leon, Spain
Luis Alexandre, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal
M Raza Ali, Vision Research Division, InfoTech, Pakistan
Manuel Montes-Y-Gómez, INAOE, Puebla, México
Manuel Lazo-Cortés, INAOE, Puebla, México
Manuel J. Marín-Jiménez, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain
Marcelo Fiori, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
Marcelo Mendoza, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Valparaiso, Chile
Marco Alvarez, Rhode Island University, Kingston, USA
Maria Frucci, ICAR-CNR, Naples Branch, Italy
Maria Elena Buemi, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Maria Ines Fariello, Facultad de Ingeniería, Montevideo, Uruguay
Maria Jose Jimenez, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
Mariano Tepper, Duke University, Durham, USA
Mariella Dimiccoli, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Mario Vento, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Salerno, Italy
Mark Nixon, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Martin Kampel, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
Mauricio Cerda, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Mauricio Delbracio, Duke University, Durham, USA
Michal Haindl, UTIA, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
Miguel Colom, CMLA ENS, Cachan, France
Miguel Carrasco, Universidad Adolfo Ibanez, Santiago, Chile
Mykola Sazhok, IRTC, Ukraine
Nelson Mascarenhas, Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, Sao Carlos, Brazil
Norberto Goussies, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Odemir M. Bruno, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos, Brazil
Olga Bellon, Universidade Federal do Parana, Brazil
Omar U. Florez, Intel Labs, Santa Clara, USA
Pablo Musé, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
Pablo Negri, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Paola Bermolen, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
Paul Rosin, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
Pedro Real Jurado, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
Petia Radeva, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Rafael Bello, Universidad Central de Las Villas, Santa Clara, Cuba
Rafael Berlanga, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana, Spain
Rafael Sotelo, Universidad de Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay
Rama Chellappa, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
Rebeca Marfil, University of Malaga, Malaga Spain
Reinhard Klette, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
Ricardo Marroquim, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Ronaldo Fumio Hashimoto, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Rocen Dahyot, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Sergio Velastin, Kingston University, London, UK
Silvio Guimaraes, Pontificia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Steffen Hartel, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Vadim Mottl, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Vitaly Kober, CICESE, Baja California, México
William Robson Schwartz, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Xiaohui Liu, Brunel University, London, UK
Xiaoyi Jiang, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
Yan LeCun, NYU Center for Data Science, New York, USA
Yvan Tupac, Universidad Católica San Pablo, Arequipa, Perú



ABOUT PERU!!!
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- Peru: Empire of Hidden Treasures
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yKBwsN5ZlQ

- Discover yourself in Peru
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7FzYdVfl1c

- Welcome to Lima
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyHrKZawDKw

- Short routes from Lima
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjfPxyO5AIk


CONFERENCE INFORMATION
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http://www.ciarp.org

info@ciarp2016.org

Asociación Peruana de Reconocimiento de Patrones - APeRP
Grupo de Reconocimiento de Patrones e Inteligencia Artificial Aplicada, http://grpiaa.inf.puc.edu.pe
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Av. Universitaria 1801, San Miguel, Lima, Peru
Phone number: +51-1-6262000 Ext. 4830