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The Third International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications (VISAPP) aims at becoming a major point of contact between research scientists, engineers and practitioners on the area of computer vision applications systems. Four simultaneous tracks will be held, covering all different aspects related to computer vision, from Image Formation to Image Understanding including Motion Analysis and Stereo Vision. Papers describing advanced prototypes, systems, tools and techniques and general survey papers indicating future directions are also encouraged. Papers describing original work are invited in any of the areas listed below. Accepted papers, presented at the conference by one of the authors, will be published in the Proceedings of VISAPP. Acceptance will be based on quality, relevance and originality. There will be both oral and poster sessions. Special sessions, dedicated to case-studies and commercial presentations, as well as technical tutorials, dedicated to technical/scientific topics, are also envisaged: companies interested in presenting their products/methodologies or researchers interested in lecturing a tutorial are invited to contact the conference secretariat. CONFERENCE AREAS Each of these topic areas is expanded below. Papers should address one or more of the listed topics, although authors should not feel limited by them. Unlisted but related topics are also allowed. 1. Image Formation and Processing 2. Image Analysis 3. Image Understanding 4. Motion, Tracking and Stereo Vision

The purpose of the International Joint Conference on Computer Vision and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications is to bring together researchers and practitioners, including research scientists, engineers and practitioners on the areas of computer vision and computer graphics, interested in both theoretical advances and applications in these fields. Computer Vision and Computer Graphics are knowledge areas that are becoming more and more interrelated, with important interdisciplinary work often being the result of an iterative combined process of image analysis and synthesis with models created in one of the fields being used to improve models created in the other. The VISIGRAPP component conferences are specialized in the following topics: - GRAPP is structured along four main tracks, covering different aspects related to Computer Graphics, from Modelling to Rendering, including Animation and Interactive Environments. - VISAPP has also four main tracks, namely: Image Formation and Processing, Image Analysis, Image Understanding and Motion, Tracking and Stereo Vision.

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IMPORTANT DATES ************************************************Manuscript submission due: August 31, 2007 Acceptance notification: November 15, 2007 Final manuscript due: December 15, 2007 Workshop proposal submissions: June 15, 2007 Workshop acceptance notification: June 22, 2007 ************************************************ Ambient media and systems culminate from the emergence of mobile communication, sensor-actuator technology, virtual environments, and interactive computing. They represent the vision of an all-encompassing multimedia networking environment with human interaction at its core. Advances in computer and communication technologies have the potential to offer people an unprecedented level of convenience and flexibility for living and working. Such technologies need to be closely integrated with human interactions and activity, allowing greater support for smart solutions that improve quality of life, productivity, understanding and intelligence within their situated environment. Ambi-sys focuses on emerging technologies, services and solutions for new, human-centric intelligent ambient environments. The conference is structured into the following areas, each of which focuses on improving the state-of-the-art for ambient media and systems: - Media and Content Provision - Human Interface and Interaction - Communications and Networking - Intelligence and Automation • Media and Content Provision: - Integration of multimedia within ambient systems - Multi-media processing, distribution and integration - Provision and acquisition of ambient information - Privacy, trust accountability and dependability - Cognition, intelligence, ambience, adaptivity, self-organization and evolution - Multimedia and intelligent agents • Human Interface and Interaction: - Haptic immersive environments - Vision and recognition - Visualization and display - Sensor perception technologies - Context awareness - System personalization - System and human collaboration • Communications and Networking: - Wireless communication - Ambient sensors, actuators and networking - Quality of service and system performance - The digital home and smart living - Evolve-able and adaptive pervasive systems - Scalability, integration, and ubiquity • Intelligence and Automation: - Ambient Intelligence - Services, delivery, applications and smart solutions - Multi-media knowledge management, acquisition and data fusion - Detection and knowledge elicitation - Prediction and self-learning - Middleware - Human-computer interaction in technology-rich environments Journal special issue: Selected papers of the conference will be included in a special issue of the ACM/Springer Mobile Networks and Applications. Student paper awards: Four student prizes will be awarded to the best papers authored by full time students as first author. Paper submission: Ambi-sys 2008 invites original manuscripts not previously published, or currently under review, in another conference or journal. Prospective authors should submit their papers in PDF and follow the ACM conference proceedings format. Full papers are limited to 8 single-spaced two-column pages (including all figures and references) in a 10-point font. All paper submissions will be handled electronically. Important Dates: Manuscript submission due: August 31, 2007 Acceptance notification: November 15, 2007 Final manuscript due: December 15, 2007 Workshops: Proposals for workshops should highlight the motivation for the workshop and stress how the proposers intend to provide more insight into the conference topics. Workshop proposals should be submitted to the workshop chair, K. Selcuk Candan (candan@asu.edu), by June 15, 2007. Please include the title of the workshop, a description of the topic, motivation for the workshop, the names of key organizers such as program chair(s), and a tentative list of PC members. Prior contact with the workshop chair is encouraged.