Call for Papers

NCVPRIPG 2011 Third National Conference on Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, Image Processing and Graphics December 15-17, 2011 - B.V. Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering and Technology, Hubli Convener Ashok Shettar Principal, BVBCET Hubli General Chair Prem Kumar Kalra, IIT Delhi Program Co-Chairs Uma Mudenagudi, BVBCET Hubli Dipti Prasad Mukherjee, ISI Kolkata Publication Chair Gaurav Harit, IIT Rajasthan Tutorial Chair C. V. Jawahar, IIIT Hyderabad Organizing Co-Chairs B. L. Desai, BVBCET Hubli R. M. Banakar, BVBCET Hubli Advisory Committee P. Anandan, MSR India Subhashis Banerjee, IIT Delhi Subhasis Chaudhuri, IIT Bombay Santanu Chaudhury, IIT Delhi P. J. Narayanan, IIIT Hyderabad Sharat Chandran, IIT Bombay Bhabatosh Chanda, ISI Kolkata P. K. Biswas, IIT Kharagpur Jayanta Mukhopadhyay, IIT Kharagpur Important Dates: Paper submission: July 15, 2011 Acceptance notification: Sept 15, 2011 Tutorial proposals: Oct 20, 2011 For Further Details: Conference Secretariat, NCVPRIPG 2011

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About NCVPRIPG The third National Conference on Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, Image Processing and Graphics (NCVPRIPG) will be held at Hubli, Karnataka. NCVPRIPG-2011 is being organized by the B.V.Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering and Technology (BVBCET) in association with the Indian Unit for Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence (IUPRAI), an affiliate of the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR). The primary goal of NCVPRIPG is to bring together researchers working in the broad areas of Computer Vision, Graphics, Image Processing, Pattern Recognition and related fields to promote community-wide discussion of ideas that will influence and foster continued research in the field. The NCVPRIPG family of conferences have evolved from the national-level workshops and are held every alternate year since 2004 while the much-acclaimed Indian Conference on Vision, Graphics and Image Processing (ICVGIP) is being organized since 1998. For details, please visit www.icvgip.org. Topics of interest include (but are not restricted to): • Digital Image Processing • Computational Intelligence • Speech Processing and Recognition • Image-Based Rendering • Color Image Processing • Visual Special Effects • Segmentation and Grouping • Animation and Motion Capture • Image and Video Compression • GPU Algorithms • Sensors and Imaging models • Hardware for Graphics and IP • Stereo and 3D Vision • Hardware for Vision Applications • Active and Real Time Vision • Image and Video Processing Architecture • Motion and Video Analysis • Bio-informatics • Object Detection and Recognition • Document Understanding • Image and Video Retrieval • Biometrics • Industrial Vision Systems • Medical Image Analysis • Pattern Analysis and Classification • Digital Heritage • Machine Learning and Data Mining • Aerial and Satellite Image Analysis Proceedings All accepted papers fulfilling conference registration criteria will be included in the conference proceedings. Tutorials Tutorials on the state-of-the-art topics related to the conference theme will be arranged along with the conference. Proposals for tutorials are welcome. Paper Submission All manuscripts should be submitted online in electronic form. For the details of submission, please visit the conference website: (http://ncvpripg2011.bvb.edu/). About the Venue B.V.Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering & Technology was established in 1947 at Hubli. BVBCET is an autonomous institute affiliated to VTU, Belgaum and recognized by AICTE, Delhi. The twin cities Hubli and Dharwad, are the second-largest conurbation in Karnataka and is the commercial and business center, and education and culture hub of North Karnataka.