Automatic Image Annotation and Retrieval Workshop 2010

[Hugo Jair]

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CALL FOR PAPERS


AUTOMATIC IMAGE ANNOTATION AND RETRIEVAL WORKSHOP 2010

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October 6 - 8, Puebla, Mexico

http://ccc.inaoep.mx/~tia/AIAR2010


Submission deadline: August 15, 2010 (extended abstract)


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GENERAL INFORMATION
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AIAR 2010 is organized by the TIA research group at INAOE Mexico.


http://ccc.inaoep.mx/~tia/TIA/


AIAR 2010 focuses on image annotation and on the combination of both
textual and visual information into the multimedia image retrieval
task. We invite researchers and students to submit extended abstracts
of their work.

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TOPICS OF INTEREST
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You are invited to submit a paper in one of the following topics:

* Automatic image segmentation
* Automatic image annotation
* Annotation-based image retrieval
* Visual concept detection and object retrieval
* Image retrieval combining textual and visual information
* Methods that use spatial context and/or semantic information for
image annotation
* Relevance feedback in multimedia image retrieval
* Object detection and recognition
* Ground-truth data for image annotation and retrieval


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PRESENTATION & PUBLICATION
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Accepted works will be presented in the workshop and full versions of
accepted abstracts will be published on-line in CEUR Workshop
Proceedings (see http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/Publications/CEUR-WS/).

Additionally, extended versions of a selection the best papers will be
invited for a special issue of a Journal to be announced.

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PAPER FORMAT & SUBMISSION
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Extended abstracts must be prepared according to the EasyChair class
style, available from http://www.easychair.org. The length of the
extended abstract must be of at least one and at most two pages. The
full versions of accepted papers can have a maximum length of 10
pages. Invited papers for the Journal's special issue will be free
length.

Papers must be submitted online using EasyChair system:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aiar2010.

Submission of the paper assumes that at least one author will register
at the workshop and present an accepted paper or poster.

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TUTORIALS
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The format of the workshop includes keynote tutorials in the morning
and oral presentations and posters in the afternoon. We have confirmed
the following keynote speakers:

* Stefan Rüger (Multimedia and Information Systems group, The Open
University of London)

* More to be announced ....

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SCHOLARSHIPS
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AIAR 2010 organizers are pleased to announce the availability of a
limited number of Scholarships for students, who are the principal
authors of accepted papers, attending AIAR 2010. Scholarships will
cover accommodation, foods and registration.

A certificate will be granted to the author(s) of the best student
paper award.

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IMPORTANT DATES
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* Extended abstract submission: August 15, 2010
* Acceptance notification: September 15, 2010
* Camera ready: September 30, 2010
* Electronic publication: October 4, 2010
* Workshop: October 6-8, 2010
* Journal Special Issue Publication Mid-2011

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CULTURAL PROGRAM
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Puebla is a beautiful colonial city recognized by UNESCO. It is
two hours by road from Mexico City, with direct buses from Mexico
City's Airport. We plan to have excursions to Puebla City Center,
Cholula and to the ancient pyramids of Teotihuacan (one of the
most important archaeological sites in America).

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GENERAL INQUIRIES AND CONTACT INFORMATION
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see http://ccc.inaoep.mx/~tia/AIAR2010

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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
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* Aurelio López (all...@inaoep.mx)
* Eduardo Morales (emor...@inaoep.mx)
* Manuel Montes y Gómez(mmon...@inaoep.mx)
* Luis Villaseñor (vill...@inaoep.mx)
* L. Enrique Sucar (esu...@inaoep.mx)
* Hugo Jair Escalante (hugo...@gmail.com)


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