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Computer Vision and Image UnderstandingSpecial Issue on Image and Video Understanding in Big Data


The big data era has brought with it new challenges to computer vision and image understanding. More scalable and robust methods are required to efficiently index, retrieve, organize and interact with big visual data. One can only think to the amount of image/video data downloaded every minute in social media or to the number of surveillance cameras installed in our cities nowadays. Both cases are not manageable without automatic or semi-automatic (e.g., human-in-the-loop) approaches capable of distill useful information from a large quantity of raw data.

This special issue covers a wide range of topics, with a common denominator devoted to the analysis for understanding of images and videos. Submissions are invited for contributions from both established and new trends in computer vision, pattern recognition and image processing, addressing either theoretical or applicational challenges, with a particular emphasis on the following themes:

•     Video Analysis & Understanding
•     Multi-view Geometry and 3D Computer Vision
•     Learning for Image and Video Recognition
•     Image Analysis, Detection and Recognition
•    Application Systems for Big Visual Data Understanding

This special issue is linked to the 18th International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing, ICIAP 2015, a well-established conference series organized biennially by the Italian Member Society (GIRPR) of the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR). The special issue will collect the extended versions of the best papers of the conference. Additional papers are invited for original contributions to the following extended topics of interest.


Topics of Interest :
Video Analysis & Understanding
Object detection and tracking
Classification and recognition (objects, categories, events)
Activity recognition
Behavior analysis
Video content analysis
Video segmentation
Video summarization
Search and retrieval   
Multi-sensor and multi-modal fusion

Multiview Geometry and 3D Computer Vision
Image-based modeling
Interactive modeling
Multi-view stereo
Structure from motion
Calibration and pose estimation
3D reconstruction
3D cameras and sensors
3D shape retrieval and recognition
3D television

Learning for Image and Video Recognition
Deep learning and neural network models
Kernel methods and support vector machines
Similarity-based methods
Unsupervised learning
Semi-supervised learning
Reinforcement learning
Weakly-supervised learning
Ensemble methods and multiple-classifier systems
Dimensionality reduction and manifold learning
Structural pattern recognition
Active learning
Transfer learning
Online learning
Spatio-temporal pattern recognition

Image Analysis, Detection and Recognition
Coding, processing and transmission of images and multidimensional signals
Mathematical and statistical representation of images and multidimensional signals
Perceptual representation and rendering of images and multidimensional signals
Recognition: detection, categorization, indexing, matching
Scene reconstruction and modeling
Scene analysis and recognition
Scene and image classification
Scene understanding
Object class detection and recognition
Semantic image segmentation
Image indexing and retrieval
Large-scale visual recognition
Fine-grained recognition

Application Systems for Big Visual Data Understanding
Biomedical image analysis and interpretation
Video Surveillance
Multimedia
Remote Sensing
Biometrics
Face and gesture recognition
Text and graphics recognition


Paper Submission
Papers should be submitted electronically using the Elsevier CVIU submission system http://ees.elsevier.com/cviu/default.asp.

Preparation of the manuscript must follow the Guide for Authors which is available at
http://www.elsevier.com/journals/computer-vision-and-image-understanding/1077-3142/guide-for-authors.

To ensure that all manuscripts are correctly identified for inclusion into the special issue, it is important to select SI: Image/Video Understanding when you reach the “Article Type” step in the submission process.


Important Dates
Submission deadline: 5 December 2015
First round decisions: 15 April 2016
Revision deadline: 30 May 2016
Final Round Decisions: 15 September 2016
Online Publication: December 2016


Guest Editors
Vittorio Murino, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia/University of Verona, Italy
Shaogang Gong, Queen Mary University of London, UK
John R. Smith, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, USA
Chen Change Loy, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Loris Bazzani, The Dartmouth College, USA

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