AREA 1: IMAGE FORMATION AND PREPROCESSING

• Image Formation, Acquisition Devices and Sensors

• Device Calibration, Characterization and Modeling

• Image Enhancement and Restoration

• Image and Video Coding and Compression

• Multimodal and Multi-sensor Models of Image Formation

• Image Generation Pipeline: Algorithms and Techniques

AREA 2: IMAGE AND VIDEO ANALYSIS

• Image Registration

• Segmentation and Grouping

• Early and Biologically-inspired Vision

• Color and Texture Analyses

• Shape Representation and Matching

• Features Extraction

• Visual Attention and Image Saliency

AREA 3: IMAGE AND VIDEO UNDERSTANDING

• Cognitive Models for Interpretation, Integration and Control

• Machine Learning Technologies for Vision

• Face and Expression Recognition

• Content-based Indexing, Search, and Retrieval

• Object and Face Recognition

• Object detection and Localization

• Categorization and Scene Understanding

• Event and Human Activity Recognition

• Computational Photography

• Near Duplicate Image Retrieval

AREA 4: APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES

• Entertainment Imaging Applications

• Camera Networks and Vision

• Document Imaging in Business

• Medical Image Applications

• Pervasive Smart Cameras

• Human and Computer Interaction

• Digital Photography

• Media Watermarking and Security

• Multimedia Forensics

• Mobile Imaging

• Imaging for Cultural Heritage (Modeling/Simulation, Virtual Restoration)

AREA 5: MOTION, TRACKING AND STEREO VISION

• Image-based Modeling and 3D Reconstruction

• Stereo Vision and Structure from Motion

• Active and Robot Vision

• Optical Flow and Motion Analyses

• Tracking and Visual Navigation

• Video Surveillance and Event Detection

• Vision for Robotics

• Video Stabilization