CALL FOR PAPERS

Computer Vision and Image Understanding
SPECIAL ISSUE ON

Advances in Vision Algorithms and Systems Beyond the Visible Spectrum


Guest Editors

Aim and Scope

Recent advances in vision and signal based technologies for medical, safety, security, and defense applications have shown an increased demand to develop innovative and specialized image understanding, computer vision, and pattern recognition algorithms for processing data from many different types of sensors, including infrared, far infrared, millimeter wave, microwave, radar, synthetic aperture radar, and electro-optical sensors. Machine vision beyond the visible spectrum is a fertile area for growth in both analysis and experimentation and includes both civilian and military applications. The availability of ever improving computer resources and continuing improvement in sensor performance has given great impetus to this field of research. The dynamics of technology "push" and "pull" in this field of endeavor have resulted from increasing demands from potential users of this technology including both military and civilian entities as well as needs arising from the growing field of on-road safety and homeland security. A recent workshop series, IEEE Workshop on Object Tracking and Classification in and Beyond the Visible Spectrum (OTCBVS), created connections between pioneering academic, industrial, and military researchers and engineers in the fields of computer vision, image analysis, pattern recognition, signal processing, sensors, and human-computer interaction using non-visible imagery.

Topics

This special issue of CVIU on Advances in Vision Algorithms and Systems Beyond the Visible Spectrum solicits original contributions in the following areas:
  1. Background Estimation and Modeling
  2. Automatic Target Detection and Tracking
  3. Object Recognition and Classification
  4. Pose Estimation and Tracking
  5. Activity Recognition
  6. Vision and Radar Fusion
  7. Combining Visible and non-Visible Signals
  8. Face Recognition in non-Visible Spectrum
  9. Automotive, Medical, and Military Applications
Papers on other topics dealing with non-visible sensors are also welcome.

Important Dates

    Submission of full manuscripts: EXTENDED TO December 5, 2005
     Notification to authors: March 15, 2006
     Submission of revised manuscripts: May 1, 2006
     Final decision on accepted papers: June 1, 2006
     Tentative publication of special issue: Third Quarter 2006

Submission Guidelines

This is an open call-for-papers from outside the IEEE OTCBVS workshop series, though a small number of participants of the workshop were invited to submit a paper of their contribution. All submitted papers will be reviewed according to the guidelines and standards of CVIU. Only original, high-quality papers, in-line with the CVIU standard guidelines, will be considered for publication in this special issue. Submissions will be judged by their contributions to the special issue topic, clarity of presentation, potential impact to the field, and suitability to publication in an archival journal. All articles must be submitted electronically through the Elsevier CVIU website (choose the article type: Special Issue: BeyondVis.Spect.) and use the detailed guidelines for CVIU articles. Please also include in the cover letter that the manuscript is intended for the "Special Issue on Advances in Vision Algorithms and Systems Beyond the Visible Spectrum".


Questions/Comments: Please contact the Guest Editors at cviu-bvs@cse.ohio-state.edu