Announcement:

1. Welcome to VCIP 2005. New!

2. The suggested poster size is A0 (841mm (width) x 1189mm (height)). If possible, please print your poster on a single sheet of
thick paper as complete posters present a far more professional appearance than do a collection of separate individual
pages.  Poser boards will be provided both for papers in poster sessions and demonstrations.

3. Final program is ready.  Participation registration is still on (though deadline for author registration has passed).

4. For convenience, we have set up a telephone number and a MSN Messenger ID for you to get instant help on registration.

    Telephone: call +86-10-87757291 or +86-10-87757292  or +86-10-87757293, and then dial extension: 206

    MSN Messenger ID: vcip2005@hotmail.com  (You can download MSN Messenger here)

5. Detail description of tutorials is available now.

Visual Communications and Image Processing 2005

12-15 July 2005,  Beijing Friendship Hotel, Beijing, China

Web: http://www.research.microsoft.com/asia/VCIP2005
Email: vcip2005@microsoft.com

Hosted by:

		Microsoft Research Asia
		Department of Information Sciences
		National Natural Science Foundation of China
		Institute of Computing Technology
		Chinese Academy of Sciences

                                

In Cooperation with:

		IEEE Circuits and Systems Society

Sponsored by:

		Microsoft Research Asia
		DoCoMo Communications Laboratories USA Inc.
		Department of Information Sciences
		National Natural Science Foundation of China
		Ricoh Co., Ltd.

 

Visual communication has become an important engineering area that attracts interdisciplinary research interest and has lead to significant developments in technology and science. This conference is designed as a forum for presenting important research results.

Original and unpublished material of novel techniques and new developments are solicited on the following and related topics:

1. Image and Video Coding

1.1. image/video coding algorithms
1.2. image/video coding standards
1.3. object/model/content-based coding
1.4. error-resilient video coding
1.5. scalable/layered image/video coding
1.6. distributed coding

2. Visual Communication Techniques

2.1. video streaming techniques
2.2. QoS issue
2.3. wireless video for 2G and 3G
2.4. Internet video
2.5. interactive/broadband video

3. Image and Video Analysis

3.1. image analysis
3.2. image sequence analysis
3.3. motion estimation/compensation
3.4. object segmentation and tracking
3.5. statistical models

4. Image and Video Processing

4.1. multi-resolution processing
4.2. multi-modal media processing
4.3. filtering and interpolation
4.4. restoration, enhancement, and noise reduction
4.5. compressed domain processing techniques
4.6. adaptation/transcoding

5. Image and Video Synthesis and Rendering

5.1. stereo, multiview, and 3D (virtual reality)
5.2. synthetic image/video representations
5.3. graphics techniques in image/video representations
5.4. audio/video integration
5.5. image/video conversion

6. Implementation and Applications

6.1. VLSI implementation
6.2. system architecture
6.3. soft radio technologies
6.4. DTV and electronic cinema
6.5. video and home networking
6.6. video and e-commerce/m-commerce

For paper submission, please go to VCIP'2005 Web, http://msrcmt.research.microsoft.com/VCIP2005/ and submit a 1000-word abstract in PDF format by Dec. 20, 2004.

Proposal for Tutorials, Special Sessions, Panels and Exhibitions

Tutorials will be held on July 12, 2005. Proposals for tutorials should include a title, an outline of the tutorial and its motivation, contact and bio information for the presenter(s), and a short description of the material to be covered. Proposals for tutorials should be submitted to Dr. Wei-Ying Ma (wyma@microsoft.com) by Dec. 20, 2004.

VCIP'2005 will include a number of special sessions and panels. Proposals for special sessions and panels should be made according to the guidelines in the VCIP'2005 Call for Special Session (http://www.research.microsoft.com/asia/vcip2005/special_sessions.htm) and   submitted to Dr. Anthony Vetro (avetro@merl.com) by Dec. 20, 2004 for special sessions and by Jan. 31, 2005 for panels.

VCIP'2005 will also feature a demo session. Proposals of technical demonstrations should be made according to the guidelines in VCIP'2005 Call for Demos (http://www.research.microsoft.com/asia/vcip2005/demos.htm) and submitted to Dr. Xian-Sheng Hua (xshua@microsoft.com) by Dec. 20, 2004.

The official language of VCIP'2005 is English.

Important Deadlines:

Abstract for Paper Submission (1000 words)	Due Date:  Jan. 3, 2005 (Extended)
Proposals for Tutorials, Special Sessions, and Exhibitions	Due Date:  Jan. 3, 2005 (Extended)
Proposals for Panels	Due Date:  Jan. 31, 2005
Author Notification	Due Date:  March. 2, 2005
Final Manuscript (8-12 pages) and Summary (250 words)	Due Date:  April 4, 2005

Best Student Paper Awards

At this meeting, awards will be presented to the two best papers submitted by a student. To qualify for these awards, each consisting of a cash prize and a plaque, the candidate must be the principal author. A letter from the student's advisor stating that the major work was done by the student must accompany the final manuscript in order to be considered by the award committee.

Young Investigator Award

An award will be given for the best paper submitted by a young researcher who has graduated within five years from the date of the meeting and is not currently enrolled in a graduate program. A photocopy of the researcher's most current diploma and a letter from the researcher requesting that his/her paper be considered must be submitted with the final manuscript, certifying he/she meets the qualifications for the award.

The conference also includes tutorials, demos and special sessions, and panel discussions. For more information on how to propose a tutorial and/or a special session, please see http://www.research.microsoft.com/asia/VCIP2005 or contact: vcip2005@microsoft.com.    

Proceedings of this conference will be published by SPIE.