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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 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.

The conference accepts, after a strict peer review process, papers describing original work 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 IMPROVE with an ISBN. Acceptance will be based on quality, relevance and originality. There will be both oral and poster sessions.

Special sessions, dedicated to case-studies as well as technical tutorials, focusing on particular technical/scientific topics, are also envisaged. All those interested in presenting product demonstrations or methodologies are invited to contact the conference secretariat.

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
  • Autoencoders and Representation Learning
  • Bayesian Deep Learning
  • Data Mining
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Classification and Clustering
  • Model Optimization
  • Ethics in Machine Learning
  • Privacy and AI
  • Diversity and inclusion in AI

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
  • Magnetic Resonance 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

Michael Bronstein, Imperial College London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Jiri Matas, Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Republic, Czech Republic
René Vidal, The Johns Hopkins University, United States, United States
Jana Kosecka, George Mason University, United States, United States

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 and an excessive number of co-authors.

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 in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, on paper and on digital support.
SCITEPRESS is a member of CrossRef (http://www.crossref.org/) and every paper on our digital library is given a DOI (Digital Object Identifier).
The proceedings will be submitted for indexation by SCOPUS, Google Scholar, DBLP, Semantic Scholar, EI and Web of Science / Conference Proceedings Citation Index.

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

CONFERENCE CHAIR

Sebastiano Battiato, University of Catania, Italy

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS

Francisco Imai, Apple Inc., United States
Cosimo Distante, CNR and University of Salento, Italy

PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Auzuir Ripardo Alexandria, Federal Institute Education Science Technology Ceará, Brazil
Danilo Avola, Sapienza University, Italy
Tudor Barbu, Romanian Academy - Iasi Branch, Romania
Edurne Barrenechea, Public University of Navarre, Spain
Abdessamad Ben Hamza, Concordia University, Canada
Robert Benavente, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Rui Bernardes, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Vittorio Bianco, National Research Council, Italy
Anselmo Cardoso de Paiva, Federal University of Maranhão, Brazil
Ming-Ching Chang, State University of New York, at Albany, United States
Kazimierz Choros, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland
Laurent Cohen, Universite Paris Dauphine, France
Davide Cozzolino, University Federico II of Naples, Italy
Gábor Cseh, Centre for Energy Research, Hungary
Pescaru Dan, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania
Pedro J. de Rezende, University of Campinas, Brazil
Anastasios Doulamis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Yakup Genc, Gebze Technical University, Turkey
Andrea Giachetti, Università di Verona, Italy
Bart Goossens, imec - Ghent University, Belgium
Yanhui Guo, University of Illinois at Springfield, United States
Prof. Mahmoud Hassaballah, South Valley University, Egypt
Dariusz Jacek Jakóbczak, Technical University of Koszalin, Poland
Marek Kraft, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
Tomasz Krzeszowski, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rzeszow University of Technology, Poland
Camille Kurtz, Université de Paris, LIPADE, France
Humaira Nisar, Tunku Abdul Rahman University, Malaysia
Helio Pedrini, University of Campinas, Brazil
Roland Perko, Joanneum Research, Austria
Petra Perner, Institute of Computer Vision and Applied Computer Sciences, Germany
Renaldas Raisutis, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
Juha Röning, University of Oulu, Finland
Petri Rönnholm, Aalto University, Finland
Guofan Shao, Purdue University, United States
Carlos A. Silva, University of Minho, Portugal
Ewa Skubalska-Rafajlowicz, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland
Pawel Strumillo, Lodz University of Technology, Poland
Sandor Szenasi, ÓBuda University, Hungary
Bruno Travençolo, Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil
Roberto Vezzani, Unimore, Italy
Enrico Vezzetti, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Jing Wang, Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom
Masahiro Yamaguchi, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Bülent Ylmaz, Abdullah Gül University, Turkey
Liangjiang Yu, ASML, United States
W Mimi Diyana W Zaki, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
Tieyong Zeng, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Liming Zhang, University of Macau, Macau

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