[ecoop-info] WIAMIS 2013 - Call for papers - DEADLINE EXTENSION

[Angélique Drémeau]

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** CALL FOR PAPERS: DEADLINE EXTENSION **

The 14th International Workshop on Image and Audio Analysis for Multimedia Interactive Services (WIAMIS) 2013 - Technically co-sponsored by IEEE SPS
3rd-5th July 2013
http://wiamis2013.telecom-paristech.fr

DEADLINES
PAPER SUBMISSION: 15th March 2013
EU PROJECT DEMO PROPOSALS: 15th March 2013

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Dear colleagues,

The 14th International Workshop on Image and Audio Analysis for Multimedia Interactive Services (WIAMIS 2013) will be held in Paris, France, 3rd-5th July 2013. WIAMIS 2013 is a peer reviewed technical scientific workshop, aiming at bringing together researchers and developers from academia and industry working in the areas of image, video and audio applications, with a special focus on analysis.

WIAMIS 2013 is technically co-sponsored by IEEE SPS and sponsored by Quaero and EMC².

*** Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
– Multimedia content analysis and understanding;
– Content-based browsing, indexing and retrieval of images, video and audio;
– Advanced descriptors and similarity metrics for multimedia;
– Audio and music analysis, and machine listening;
– Audio-driven multimedia content analysis;
– 2D/3D feature extraction;
– Motion analysis and tracking;
– Multi-modal analysis for event recognition;
– Human activity/action/gesture recognition;
– Video/audio-based human behavior analysis;
– Emotion-based content classification and organization;
– Segmentation and reconstruction of objects in 2D/3D image sequences;
– 3D data processing and visualization;
– Content summarization and personalization strategies;
– Semantic web and social networks;
– Advanced interfaces for content analysis and relevance feedback;
– Content-based copy detection;
– Analysis and tools for content adaptation;
– Analysis for coding efficiency and increased error resilience;
– Multimedia analysis hardware and middleware;
– End-to-end quality of service support;
– Multimedia analysis for new and emerging applications;
– Advanced multimedia applications.

Prospecting authors are invited to submit full papers by March 8th through the workshop website.

As in previous years, WIAMIS 2013 will also feature a select number of special sessions to supplement the regular workshop program. The list of accepted special sessions can be seen on the workshop website.

Moreover, WIAMIS 2013 will organise a special technical demo session for European Union projects. For more information, please visithttp://wiamis2013.telecom-paristech.fr/call-for-contributions/call-for-eu-project-demos/.

We are looking forward to meeting you in Paris at WIAMIS 2013 which will include a visit of the Musée d'Orsay and a banquet in the restaurant of the museum on 4th July 2013.

Sincerely,
The conference organisation

*** Organizing Committee ***
General Chairs
     Gael Richard
      Telecom ParisTech, France
     Slim Essid
      Telecom ParisTech, France
Program Chairs
     George Tzanetakis
      University of Victoria, Canada
     Noel O'Connor
      Dublin City University, Ireland
Special Session Chair
     Fernando Pereira
      Instituto Superior Tecnico - Insti-tuto de Telecomunicacoes, Portugal
Local Organization Chairs
     Angelique Dremeau
      Telecom ParisTech, France
     Mounira Maazaoui
      Telecom ParisTech, France
African Liaison
     Meriem Jaidane
      Ecole Nationale d’Ingenieurs de Tunis, Tunisia
Asian Liaison
     Homer H. Chen
      National Taiwan University, Taiwan
European Liaison
     Petros Daras
      Informatics and Telematics Ins-titute, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Greece
North American Liaison
     Gerald Friedland
      International Computer Science Institute, Berkeley, USA
South American Liaison
     Roberto M. Cesar
      University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Industry Liaison
     Pieter Van der Linden
      Technicolor