Reminder: The deadline is approaching! (8 Jan)

                        Call for extended abstract


       Biologically-inspired Machine Vision, Theory and Application
              http://users.aber.ac.uk/ffl/BIMVTA03/index.html

                           An AISB'03 symposium
                        Computer Science department
                     University of Wales, Aberystwyth
                           7th - 11th April 2003


Contents
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- Background of the symposium
- Scope of the symposium
- Guest speakers
- Symposium chair
- Programme committee
- Important dates
- Submission

Background of the symposium
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This call for extended abstracts is for one of five symposia offered by the
Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of
Behaviour (AISB) under the theme of:


                   "Cognition in Machines and Animals".


All the symposia will take place at the AISB'03 convention, to be held at
the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, 7th -11th April 2003, in parallel and
serial sessions.

Scope of the symposium "Biologically-inspired Machine Vision, Theory and
Application"
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Computer vision has developed into a mature science over the last 40 years,
but current computer vision systems are vastly different from, and in most
cases lack the efficiency of, biological vision systems. Biological vision
therefore remains a strong metaphor for the design of machines that
simulate intelligent behaviour in visually sensed environments. Immensely
rewarding applications in human-machine interaction await advances in the
multi-disciplinary threads of machine vision, perception and cognition.

To promote a strong multi-disciplinary interaction, the symposium aims to
provide a forum for presentation and discussion of the state-of-the-art and
opening directions of research and technology related to
biologically-inspired machine vision. Papers are sought that advance the
theoretical foundations or present applications on this
topic. Presentations including, but not limited to the following, are
encouraged from both industry and academia:

- Computational models of animal visual systems
- Representations needed for high-level vision
- Role of learning and applications of perception in vision systems
- Human-machine interaction
- Motion tracking and 3-D reconstruction
- Behaviour simulation and understanding
- Face and gesture recognition
- Biometrics and recognition
- Recognition and interpretation
- Architectures and languages for image processing
- Real time image analysis
- Segmentation
- Performance comparisons, evaluations, or measures
- Software tools, associated resources and application (e.g. humanoid robot)

Contributions bringing together two or more of the above themes, to give a
better understanding of a framework towards a more intelligent machine
interpretation of images, are especially welcome.

Guest speakers
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There will be a range a exciting talks given by guest speakers from all
over the world. More details are on the AISB'03 Web page.


For the "Biologically-inspired Machine Vision, Theory and Application"
symposium, the guest speaker will be Prof. Yiannis Aloimonos. Interesting
discussions are expected! 

Symposium chair
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Dr Horst Holstein       Email: [log in to unmask] 
                        Tel: +44(0)1970 622436

Dr Fred Labrosse        Email: [log in to unmask] 
                        Tel: +44(0)1970 622388 

Department of Computer Science, UW Aberystwyth, UK. 

Programme committee
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Prof Eduardo Bayro C., Université Blaise Pascal, France
Dr Yonghuai Liu,       Department of Computer Science, UW Aberystwyth, UK
Dr Derek J Paddon,     Department of Computer Science, University of Bath, UK
Dr Dimitris Rigas,     Department of Computing, University of Bradford, UK
Dr Marcos Rodrigues,   Computing Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam
                       University, UK

Important dates
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Submission deadline (extended abstract):        8th January 2002
Notification of acceptance:                     20th January 2003
Submission of full papers:                      7th March 2003
Convention:                                     7th - 11th April 2003

Authors of accepted extended abstracts will have the chance to improve
their paper on the basis of the reviewers' comments and will be asked to
send a final electronic version of their manuscripts by 7th March 2003 (see
Submission).

Submission
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Electronic manuscripts for an extended abstract (2 pages), or the full
paper if available, should be submitted as an attachment to the co-chair,
Dr Fred Labrosse, by email at [log in to unmask]

Please follow the following submission guidelines:

- For the purpose of anonymous review, the authors should not be
  identifiable on the extended 2-page abstract (or full paper), but all
  authors details and a repeat of the paper title should be given on an
  extra front page.
- The preferred format is pdf, but postscript is acceptable.  An example is
  available on our Web page.
- A LATEX style an an example of LATEX file are available on our Web page.
- The character size is to be not less than 10pt for the body of the text. 
- Double column pagination is to be used. 
- A maximum page limit of 20 pages is imposed on the final paper. 
- References should be given in alphabetical order. 

Accepted papers will be included in proceedings published by AISB with an
ISBN number.

A future update of our web page will include a section on "Instructions to
Authors"



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Marcos A Rodrigues MSc PhD MIEEE
Reader in Intelligent Systems
Computing Research Centre
School of Computing and Management Sciences 
Sheffield Hallam University
Sheffield S1 1WB, UK
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Fax: +44 (0) 114 225 3161

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