Call for Papers: ICIP 2018

Join the 25th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), held at the Megaron Athens International Conference Centre in Athens, Greece. ICIP is the world's largest and most comprehensive technical conference focused on image and video processing and computer vision. The conference will feature world-class speakers, tutorials, exhibits, and a vision technology showcase.

ICIP 2018 will be using IEEE Xplore® Open Preview!  ICIP 2018 is offering Open Preview, a new IEEE program designed to increase speed to market, allow for accelerated access to research, as well as increase in visibility of the conference publication. Open Preview allows conference proceedings to be available in the IEEE Xplore digital library, free of charge to all customers, one month before the conference until the conference ends. During this time, all papers will be available via the conference mobile app and on IEEE Xplore.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Filtering, Transforms, Multi-Resolution Processing
• Restoration, Enhancement, Super-Resolution
• Computer Vision Algorithms and Technologies 
• Compression, Transmission, Storage, Retrieval
• Multi-View, Stereoscopic, and 3D Processing
• Multi-Temporal and Spatio-Temporal Processing
• Biometrics, Forensics, and Content Protection
• Biological and Perceptual-based Processing
• Medical Image and Video Analysis
• Document and Synthetic Visual Processing
• Color and Multispectral Processing
• Scanning, Display, and Printing
• Applications to various fields
• Computational Imaging
• Video Processing and Analytics
• Visual Quality Assessment
• Deep learning for Images and Video
• Image and Video Analysis for the Web
• Image Processing for VR Systems 
• Image Processing for Autonomous Vehicles 

Paper Submission
Authors are invited to submit papers (up to 4 pages for technical content, with 1 optional page containing only references), on the above topics. Maximize the visibility of your work via early free access: All papers accepted to ICIP 2018 will be published on IEEE Xplore through Open Preview on 7 September 2018 and will be freely accessible and downloadable by all in final format from 7 September 2018 through 11 October 2018.

For more information including instructions and templates, visit 2018.ieeeicip.org. 

Journal Paper Presentations
Authors of papers published in all IEEE Signal Processing Society fully owned journals as well as in IEEE Wireless Communication Letters can request to present a paper, subject to space availability and approval.

Innovation Program
Following the tradition that started in 2016, the ICIP 2018 Innovation Program Chairs will arrange an outstanding event with prominent speakers.

Tutorials, Special Sessions, and Challenge Sessions Proposals
Submit a proposal to present a tutorial on October 7, 2018. Tutorial proposals must include title, outline and description of the tutorial, presenter contact information and biography, and material to be distributed to participants. Special Sessions and Challenge Session Proposals must include a topical title, rationale, session outline, contact information, and a list of invited papers/participants. For detailed submission guidelines, please refer the ICIP 2018 website. All tutorials will be recorded and published on the SPS Resource Center at the conclusion of the conference.

Important Dates

• Special Session Proposals: November 15, 2017
• Notification of Special Session Acceptance:  December 15, 2017 
• Tutorial Proposals:  December 15, 2017 
• Notification of Tutorial Acceptance:  January 15, 2018 
• Paper Submission:  February 7, 2018 
• Notification of Acceptance: April 30, 2018
• Camera-Ready Papers: May 31, 2018

Conference Website
https://2018.ieeeicip.org/

Organizing Committee 

General Chairs
Christophoros Nikou, University of Ioannina, Greece
Kostas Plataniotis, University of Toronto, Canada
 
Technical Program Chairs
Nikolaos Boulgouris, Brunel University London, UK
Lisimachos P. Kondi, University of Ioannina, Greece
 
Finance Chair
Aggelos Pikrakis, University of Piraeus, Greece
 
Plenary Chairs
John Apostolopoulos, Cisco Systems, USA
Athanassios Skodras, University of Patras, Greece
 
Tutorial Chairs
Christine Guillemot, INRIA, Rennes, France
Rafael Molina, University of Granada, Spain
 
Special Sessions Chairs
Guy Côté, Apple Inc., USA
Adriana Dumitras, USA
 
Awards Chair
Jean-Philippe Thiran, EPFL, Switzerland
 
Exhibits/Demo Chair
Adrian Bors, University of York, UK
 
Publication Chair
Jean-Luc Dugelay, EURECOM, France
 
Industry Liaison Chairs
Panos Nasiopoulos, University of British Columbia, Canada
Amir Said, Qualcomm, USA
 
Local Arrangement Chair
Stefanos Kollias, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
 
Publicity Chairs
Nikos Nikolaidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Konstantinos Papadias, Athens Information Technology, Greece
                   
Students/Young Professionals Activities and Doctoral Consortium Chairs
Patrizio Campisi, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Italy
Sotiris Tsaftaris, University of Edinburgh, UK
Nikolaos Thomos, University of Essex, UK
 
Registration Chair
Kostas Berberidis, University of Patras, Greece
 
IEEE Student Activities Chair
Kostas Karpouzis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
 
Innovation Program Chairs
Jill Boyce, Intel Corporation
Haohong Wang, TCL Research America
 
International Liaisons
Panos Papamichalis, Southern Methodist University, USA
Xiao Ping Zhang, Ryerson University, Canada
Yong Man Ro, KAIST, Republic of Korea
 
Advisory Board
Aggelos Katsaggelos
Petros Maragos
Ioannis  Pitas
Sergios Theodoridis