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IEEE International Conference on Image Processing 2018 (ICIP 2018), Athens, Greece, October 7-10, 2018.

Call for Special Sessions Proposals

ICIP 2018 will include Special Sessions that provide the state-of-the-art, directions and challenges of proposed areas of interest to the image and video processing community. Proposals along (but not limited to) the following directions are particularly encouraged:

1. Machine learning-based advances in image/video/vision processing

(advances in traditional image/video/vision; novel augmented reality and virtual reality proposals)

2. Mobile consumer devices-driven image and video processing

3. Recent progress and new paradigms in image and video standardization

Special sessions proposals should include the following information:

* Title of the Special Session * Motivation, novelty and timeliness of the proposed special session * Short biography of the organizer(s) * List of maximum eight (8) contributed papers (including titles, authors, contact information of the corresponding author, and a short abstract of each contribution).

Note that:

* Special session proposals shall be submitted through the conference website https://2018.ieeeicip.org/ * Each special session organizer may contribute at most ONE paper. * A maximum of THREE organizers per Special Session may be proposed. * The evaluation of the special session proposals will be based on their relevance, timeliness, impact, general fit to ICIP 2018, the qualifications of the organizers and the authors of the contributed papers. * For accepted special session proposals, the authors will submit the papers using the regular ICIP web submission process (select the special session name when submitting the final paper). * All special session papers will undergo the regular ICIP review process.

Dates:

* Special session proposals due: November 15, 2017 * Notification of the accepted proposals: December 15, 2017 * Submission of the special session papers: ICIP general submission (February 7, 2018) * Notification of paper acceptance: ICIP general notifications (April 30, 2018)

Inquiries about Special Sessions can be sent to the Special Sessions co-Chairs at specialsessions@2018.ieeeicip.org

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Call for Tutorials Proposals

The Program Committee is now accepting proposals from those interested in offering a tutorial at ICIP 2018. Tutorials will be held on Sunday, October 7, 2018 in half-day or full-day sessions.

Tutorial proposals are welcome on all topics within the technical scope of IEEE ICIP 2018. They should aim at bringing new and exciting areas of research to the image processing community. They should be timely and accessible to a large audience.

Each tutorial proposal must include:

· Title of the tutorial

· Presenter name(s) along with contact information, short biography, and selected publications

· Description of the tutorial and duration: half-day (3 hours) or full day (6 hours)

· A description of previous tutorial experience and past versions of the tutorial

· Rationale for the tutorial including both importance and timeliness

· Outline of the tutorial and description of material to be presented

Tutorial proposals will be peer-reviewed for relevance, quality, value, and novelty in terms of introducing new tools, ideas, and topics to the IP community.

Tutorial proposals are due by December 15, 2017, and notification of accepted proposals will be sent by February 15, 2018.

Tutorial proposals shall be submitted through the conference website https://2018.ieeeicip.org/

Inquiries about Tutorials may be sent to tutorials@2018.ieeeicip.org

By submitting a proposal, the presenter(s) understand the IEEE SPS policy of strongly encouraging video-recording the tutorial for education purposes if the proposal is accepted.

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