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The international conference on Image Processing Theory, Tools and Applications aims at gathering challenging international researchers, innovators, educators, and practitioners in image processing theory and tools, for attending extensive educational high level materials, sharing their achievements, exchanging their experiences and discussing future orientations. The conference will also offer an opportunity to fill the gap between image processing researchers and people working in other application fields such as doctors, radiotherapists and industrial parts. Four areas compose the conference topics:

**1. Image acquisition, coding and compression tools:**
  * Image acquisition systems and information extraction,
  * Algorithm-architecture adequacy in image processing
  * Images processing tools
  * Images coding and compression
  * Geometrical Compression of 3D data,
  * Watermarking

**2. Image and Video processing, computer vision:**

  * Image filtering and restoration,
  * Image enhancement techniques,
  * Image segmentation and detection,
  * Image clustering, classification and recognition,
  * Image modeling,
  * Estimation, representation and image analysis,
  * Multivariate image processing
  * Pattern recognition and shapes analysis,
  * Tracking and dynamical analysis,
  * Geometrical image description,
  * Features extraction and description,
  * Image interpretation and recognition in large image databases,
  * Statistical Learning methods for images classification,
  * Complex systems for images analysis.
  * Hyperspectral image analysis and its applications
  
**3. Virtual and augmented reality, visualization and interaction:**
  * Software architecture for VR and AR system
  * Real time modelling and animating virtual environments
  * Multimodal rendering (visual, haptic,...)
  * 3D interaction techniques and user assistance 
  * Interaction based on tangible interface
  * 3D tracking based on hybrid sensors (vision, inertial, GPS,...)
  * Natural user interaction in virtual/augmented reality
  * Systems and Software Architectures for Design NUIs 
  * Methods and tools for Evaluation of NUIs 
  * User experiences and Applications based on NUI
  * Natural User Interaction in Handheld AR Environments
  
**4. Applications:**
  * Content based image retrieval systems,
  * Biological and medical imaging,
  * Image processing for biological systems,
  * Visual information processing,
  * Remote sensing,
  * Biometric authentication, face and iris recognition,
  * Robotics applications,
  * Diagnosis optimization methods,
  * Medical imaging systems technology,
  * Classification tools for image-based diagnosis,
  * Vision systems

===== Confirmed Keynote Speakers: =====


  * Prof. Laurent D. Cohen, CEREMADE Laboratory, UMR CNRS 7534, University Paris Dauphine PSL*, France http://www.ceremade.dauphine.fr/~cohen
  * Prof. Matti Pietikäinen, University of Oulu, Finland http://www.cse.oulu.fi/MattiPietikainen
  * Prof. Yoichi Sato, Institute of Industrial Science,  University of Tokyo, Japan 
http://www.hci.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~ysato
  * Prof. Antoine Manzanera, U2IS-RV / ENSTA-ParisTech, Palaiseau, France 
http://www.ensta-paristech.fr/~manzaner/index_eng.html
  * Prof. Abbes Amira, University of the West of Scotland, United Kingdom  
http://www.uws.ac.uk/staff-profiles/computing/abbes-amira/


**More details are available at:**

 http://ipta14.ibisc.univ-evry.fr/doku.php?id=invited_speakers

and

http://ipta14.ibisc.univ-evry.fr/doku.php?id=tutorials


===== Paper Submission =====
 

Papers describing general surveys, image processing fundamental theory, specific image processing applications, advanced prototypes, tools and methodologies are welcomed. Extended papers describing original contributions are encouraged in the conference topics mentioned above. Accepted papers, presented at the conference by one of the authors, are subject of selection for international journals.

  * Regular paper submissions:<del> April 14th 2014</del> May 5th 2014 
  * Regular papers notification: <del>May 25th 2014</del> June 5th 2014  
  * Final Paper Submission and Registration: <del>June 8th 2014</del> June 20th 2014
  * <del>Special Sessions and tutorials Proposal: January 30th 2014</del>
  * <del>Special Sessions and tutorials notification: February 20th 2014</del> 
  

**Online Paper Submission:**

http://ipta14.ibisc.univ-evry.fr/doku.php?id=papers_submission


===== Special Sessions =====

Proposed special sessions are:

  * Special Session on Statistical Image Analysis for computer-aided detection and diagnosis on Medical and Biological Images (SIA-MBI)
  * Special Session on Features Extraction methods for Medical Images Analysis (FEMIA)
  * Special Session on Image Processing using Metaheuristics Optimization Algorithms (IP-MOA)

Submission details to these special sessions are available at : http://ipta14.ibisc.univ-evry.fr/doku.php?id=special_sessions

===== Tutorials =====

Tutorials will be held on the first day of the conference. Confirmed speakers are available at: 

http://ipta14.ibisc.univ-evry.fr/doku.php?id=tutorials

===== Publication =====

All accepted papers and presented by one of the authors will be published and indexed by IEEE Xplore, published in conference proceeding under an ISBN reference and in CD-ROM support. Will be also indexed by Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index (ISI) and Scopus. 

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