Special Sessions
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Special sessions are oral technical sessions, involving 6-8 invited papers. Special session papers are fully reviewed in the same way as regular papers. Acceptance or rejection or special papers will be based on review results and determined by the special session committee.
Topics
The ICIP2012 organizing committee is seeking to include special sessions that highlight topics of emerging interest to the Image Processing community, or topics from related disciplines that deserve greater exposure amongst ICIP attendees.
Session proposals of all topics are welcome, but the conference organizing committee is also particularly interested in topics that relate to: graphics and animation; medical, biomolecular or cognitive imaging; and astronomical/cosmological imaging.
Expectations of Special Session Organizers
The primary roles of session organizers are to: a) obtain commitments from 6 to 8 prospective authors to submit invited papers; b) act as area chairs in coordinating the review process for invited papers; and c) attend the conference and chair the special session. Additionally, special session organizers are encouraged to prepare an overview paper for the topic, which can form one of the papers in the session.
Please note that special session organizers and invited speakers are required to register for the conference and at least one author of each paper is required to attend in person to present the paper and participate in questions or discussion.
Proposals
Special session proposals consist of approximately one page, including: a) a proposed session title; b) an explanation of the significance of the topic and any special features of the proposed session; c) tentative titles of at least 6 invited papers, along with a list of authors who have agreed to present these papers; and d) a biography of the session organizers and their contact information.
The conference organizing committee requests potential session organizers to send a preliminary indication of their intentions to the Special Session chair by 2nd December, 2011. Questions are welcome and should also be sent directly to the Special Session Chair.
Complete special session proposals should be sent to the Special Session chair on or before the 16th of December, 2011.
Please submit proposals to specialsessions@icip2012.com
Important Dates
| Expression of interest | December 2, 2011 |
| Special sessions proposals due | December 16, 2011 |
| Submission of Papers | January 26, 2012 |
| Notification of acceptance | April 13, 2012 |
| Submission of camera-ready papers | May 18, 2012 |