The primary areas include, but not limited to, the following: Image and Video Analysis Image matching and registration, image recognition, object and event detection, scene understanding, action recognition, visual tracking, video content analysis, video surveillance, medical image analysis Image and Video Processing Image restoration, image enhancement, image registration, image deblurring, super-resolution Image Representation and Coding Feature extraction, image segmentation, perceptual grouping, shape representation, colour and texture, image & video coding and compression Imaging Technology Image acquisition and display, hyperspectral imaging, radar imaging, biomedical imaging, remote sensing, optical imaging Image and Video Storage and Retrieval Image and video annotation, image and video indexing and retrieval, relevance feedback, image database organization, image watermarking Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition Supervised and unsupervised learning, semi-supervised learning, dimensionality reduction, feature selection, kernel methods, deep learning, manifold learning, graphical models, sparse coding, dictionary learning Human and Machine Vision Stereo vision, robotic vision, camera networks, structure from motion, vision geometry, cognitive and biologically inspired vision Biometrics Face recognition, fingerprint, gait, hand, and iris recognition, handwriting recognition, image- and video-based biometric surveillance 3D Multimedia 3D acquisition, display and visualization, 3D scene reconstruction and understanding, navigation and localization, visual SLAM, 3D immersion and virtual reality Systems and Applications