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IMPROVE is sponsored by INSTICC – Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication

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IMPROVE is a comprehensive conference of academic and technical nature, focused on image processing and computer vision scientific advances and practical applications. It brings together researchers, engineers and practitioners working either in fundamental areas of image processing, developing new methods and techniques, including innovative machine learning approaches, as well as multimedia communications technology and applications of image processing and artificial vision in diverse areas.

CONFERENCE AREAS

Each of these topic areas is expanded below but the sub-topics list is not exhaustive. Papers may address one or more of the listed sub-topics, although authors should not feel limited by them. Unlisted but related sub-topics are also acceptable, provided they fit in one of the following main topic areas:

1. FUNDAMENTALS
2. METHODS AND TECHNIQUES
3. MACHINE LEARNING
4. MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS
5. IMAGING
6. APPLICATIONS


AREA 1: FUNDAMENTALS


  • Image Formation and Sensors
  • Perception Engineering
  • High-speed Computer Vision
  • Image Fusion
  • Digital Image Enhancement
  • Image Restoration
  • Image Analysis and Scene Understanding
  • Image Retrieval
  • Motion, Tracking and 3D Vision
  • Video Understanding
  • Texture Analysis and Classification
  • Face Recognition
  • Action Recognition
  • 3D Vision Analyses

AREA 2: METHODS AND TECHNIQUES


  • Digital Filtering
  • Computer Vision Algorithms
  • Spatial Domain Techniques
  • Frequency Domain Techniques
  • Algebraic Methods
  • Image Segmentation
  • Motion Detection
  • Quality Enhancement
  • Simulation and Software Tools

AREA 3: MACHINE LEARNING


  • Deep Learning and Neural Networks
  • Adversarial Learning and GANs
  • Backdoor Definition and Detection
  • Bayesian Deep Learning
  • Data Mining
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Classification and Clustering
  • Model Optimization
  • Ethics in Machine Learning
  • Privacy and AI
  • Diversity and inclusion in AI
  • Generative AI
  • Adversarial Machine Learning
  • Federate Learning
  • Domain Adaptation

AREA 4: MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS


  • Image Compression and Multimedia Coding
  • Multimedia over Networks
  • Multimedia System Design
  • Social Media Analysis
  • Wearable Multimedia
  • Interactive Visual Systems
  • Video Indexing and Annotation
  • Video and Image Security
  • Intrusion Detection
  • Watermarking and Steganography

AREA 5: IMAGING


  • Digital Imaging and Rendering
  • Optical Imaging
  • Medical Imaging
  • Neuroimaging
  • Functional Imaging
  • Radar Imaging
  • Hyperspectral Imaging

AREA 6: APPLICATIONS


  • Biometrics
  • Remote Sensing
  • Weather and Climate Modeling
  • Traffic Control and Autonomous Vehicles
  • Video Surveillance and Event Detection
  • Crowds Analysis
  • Image Forensics and Security
  • Robotic Vision Engineering
  • Virtual and Augmented Reality Applications
  • Industrial Quality Control
  • Military Applications
  • Computer Vision in Visual Implants of Cameras or Photoreceptors for Visual Impaired

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

IMPROVE 2026 will have several invited keynote speakers, who are internationally recognized experts in their areas. Their names are not yet confirmed.

PAPER SUBMISSION

Authors can submit their work in the form of a complete paper or an abstract, but please note that accepted abstracts are presented but not published in the proceedings of the conference. Complete papers can be submitted as a Regular Paper, representing completed and validated research, or as a Position Paper, portraying a short report of work in progress or an arguable opinion about an issue discussing ideas, facts, situations, methods, procedures or results of scientific research focused on one of the conference topic areas.

Authors should submit a paper in English, carefully checked for correct grammar and spelling, addressing one or several of the conference areas or topics. Each paper should clearly indicate the nature of its technical/scientific contribution, and the problems, domains or environments to which it is applicable. To facilitate the double-blind paper evaluation method, authors are kindly requested to produce and provide the paper WITHOUT any reference to any of the authors, including the authors’ personal details, the acknowledgments section of the paper and any other reference that may disclose the authors’ identity.

When submitting a complete paper please note that only original papers should be submitted. Authors are advised to read INSTICC's ethical norms regarding plagiarism and self-plagiarism thoroughly before submitting and must make sure that their submissions do not substantially overlap work which has been published elsewhere or simultaneously submitted to a journal or another conference with proceedings. Papers that contain any form of plagiarism will be rejected without reviews. Authors should also avoid using an excessive number of self-citations.

All papers must be submitted through the online submission platform PRIMORIS and should follow the instructions and templates that can be found under Guidelines and Templates. After the paper submission has been successfully completed, authors will receive an automatic confirmation e-mail.

PUBLICATIONS

All accepted complete papers will be published by Springer in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference.
The proceedings will be abstracted/indexed in DBLP, Google Scholar, EI-Compendex, INSPEC, Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST), Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals and Series, Mathematical Reviews, SCImago, Scopus and zbMATH. CCIS volumes are also submitted for the inclusion in ISI Proceedings.

IMPORTANT DATES

Conference Date: 20 - 21 May, 2026

Paper Submission: January 5, 2026
Authors Notification: March 3, 2026
Camera Ready and Registration: March 17, 2026

Paper Submission: February 17, 2026
Authors Notification: March 24, 2026
Camera Ready and Registration: April 6, 2026

Workshops
Workshop Proposal: January 20, 2026

Special Sessions
Special Session Proposal: January 20, 2026

Tutorials
Tutorial Proposal: April 10, 2026

Demos
Demo Proposal: April 10, 2026

Panels
Panel Proposal: April 10, 2026

Abstracts
Abstract Submission: March 24, 2026
Authors Notification: April 7, 2026
Camera Ready and Registration: April 15, 2026

SECRETARIAT

IMPROVE Secretariat
Address: Avenida de S. Francisco Xavier, Lote 7 Cv. C
             2900-616 Setubal - Portugal
Tel.: +351 265 520 185
Fax: +351 265 520 186
e-mail: improve.secretariat@insticc.org
Web: https://improve.scitevents.org

VENUE

Available soon.

CONFERENCE CHAIR

Sebastiano Battiato, University of Catania, Italy

PROGRAM CHAIR

Cosimo Distante, CNR and University of Salento, Italy

PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Karm Veer Arya, Multimedia and Information Security Research Group, ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management, Guinea-Bissau
João Ascenso, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Danilo Avola, Sapienza University, Italy
André Backes, Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, Brazil
Tudor Barbu, Romanian Academy - Iasi Branch, Romania
Edurne Barrenechea, Public University of Navarre, Spain
Abdessamad Ben Hamza, Concordia University, Canada
Achraf Ben-Hamadou, Digital Research Center of Sfax, Tunisia
Vittorio Bianco, National Research Council, Italy
Arcangelo R. Bruna, STMicroelectronics, Italy
Duan-Yu Chen, Yuan Ze University, Taiwan, Republic of China
Laurent Cohen, Universite Paris Dauphine, France
Gábor Cseh, Centre for Energy Research, Hungary
Pedro J. de Rezende, University of Campinas, Brazil
Anastasios Doulamis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Ali El-Zaart, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon
Yakup Genc, Gebze Technical University, Turkey
Bart Goossens, imec - Ghent University, Belgium
Yanhui Guo, University of Illinois at Springfield, United States
Ofer Hadar, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Prof. Mahmoud Hassaballah, South Valley University, Egypt
Ariane Herbulot, LAAS-CNRS, France
Marcin Iwanowski, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Chris Joslin, Carleton University, Canada
Ramachandran K I, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India
Hicham Karmouni, National School of Applied Sciences of Marrakech, Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco
Stefanos Kollias, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Constantine Kotropoulos, Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece
Ludovic Macaire, Universite Lille 1, France
Andrzej Materka, Lodz University of Technology, Poland
Humaira Nisar, Tunku Abdul Rahman University, Malaysia
George A. Papakostas, Information Sciences, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
Helio Pedrini, University of Campinas, Brazil
Alessandro Piva, Universita`degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
Volodymyr Ponomaryov, Instituto Politecnico Nacional de Mexico, Mexico
Anton Satria Prabuwono, King AbdulAziz University, Saudi Arabia
Sivaramakrishnan Rajaraman, National Library of Medicine, United States
Lakhdar Remaki, Alfaisl University, Saudi Arabia
Ralf Reulke, Computer Science Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
Joseph P. Robinson, Northeastern University, United States
Joao Rodrigues, University of the Algarve, Portugal
Juha Röning, University of Oulu, Finland
Mhamed Sayyouri, USMBA Fez Morocco, Morocco
Waqar Shahid Qureshi, University of Galway, Ireland
Carlos A. Silva, University of Minho, Portugal
Jon Sporring, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Amin Taheri-Garavand, Lorestan University, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Bernard Tiddeman, Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom
Yuan-Kai Wang, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan, Republic of China
Masahiro Yamaguchi, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Jang-Hee Yoo, ETRI, Korea, Republic of
W Mimi Diyana W Zaki, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
Liming Zhang, University of Macau, Macau

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